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Maktoum, is said to have fled in fear of her life.", "But campaigners and a former Conservative health minister have criticised his idea.", "US political leaders join condemnation of Nike for pulling a trainer with a controversial US flag.", "Nkululeko Zulu tells a tribunal he suffered years of racist abuse while serving in the Army.", "Teenage qualifier Coco Gauff's fairytale run at Wimbledon continues with an emphatic second-round win over Magdalena Rybarikova.", "England suffer heartbreak in the World Cup semi-final, losing 2-1 to defending champions the United States in Lyon.", "MPs hold a debate on assisted dying.", "See how the players rated as England lost 2-1 to the USA in the Women's World Cup semi-final.", "The BBC show's creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge says Fleabag isn't \"just for posh girls\".", "There were 2,300 \"no shows\" for MOTs in June, despite anger in NI over an appointments backlog.", "After Albert Grannon pulled his airgun trigger, Stanley Metcalf, six, said: \"You 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congresswomen who President Trump told to \"go back\" to their countries?", "The former Beatle is working on a stage adaptation of Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life.", "It's a song from 2006, by a band from Northern Ireland formed in Dundee.", "Michael and Marjorie Cawdery, both aged 83, were attacked in their home in 2017.", "\"America’s united efforts to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working,\" a statement reads.", "The PM calls on the Labour leader to apologise for anti-Semitism failings in heated Commons exchanges.", "Supporters of the measure hope to stop a future PM bypassing Parliament to push through a no deal.", "Hashem Abedi is set to appear in a UK court charged with killing 22 in the 2017 attack, police say.", "Protesters who have blocked a city centre road since Monday leave the site.", "The BBC's boss says he told the government it had taken the \"nuclear\" option on TV licences.", "Rescuers are being hampered by narrow lanes at the site of a deadly building collapse.", "The BBC has obtained footage of the night which shows unarmed police and members of the public as they tried to confront the armed men.", "A survey suggests only 30% of teachers at pilot schools think it will benefit poorer pupils.", "The video streaming pioneer blamed price rises for adding fewer paid subscribers than hoped.", "EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says Theresa May never told him she was willing to leave without one.", "Two watchdogs have \"grave\" concerns about how police and prosecutors treat victims of crime aged over 60.", "The ruling could impact others in the public sector, including police, teachers and doctors.", "David Briffaut is having surgery after breaking his neck in an accident on a water slide in Spain.", "Crew on the Russian ship blocked from leaving the port of Leith over safety fears receive donations.", "One of two men charged with raping and killing Scarlett Keeling is guilty, an Indian court rules.", "Police and the PM's spokesperson praise officers' courage and professionalism during the attack.", "Simon Brown died after leaning from the window of a Gatwick Express train in August 2016.", "Business lobby groups say ministers must act to avoid \"acute\" skills shortages after Brexit.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt make their last pitches to Conservative members before voting closes.", "Cancer Research warns people in the UK to protect their skin at home and not only when they are away.", "What are the roots of the women Trump told to \"go back\" - and how many Americans are from somewhere else?", "Her move to a Tehran hospital follows a hunger strike in protest at her detention in Iran.", "The UK Advertising Standards Authority bans a Dyson ad for implying fan is cordless.", "The remains are undergoing forensic testing and police are following \"many lines of inquiry\".", "Dutch airline KLM has asked mothers to cover up when breastfeeding, in response to complaints.", "After President Trump tells four women of colour to \"go home\", his own party is muted in its criticism.", "Edward Cairney and Avril Jones have both been jailed for the murder of Margaret Fleming.", "Start-up NeuraLink wants to start testing its human computer interface on humans.", "In her last major speech, she says \"ill words\" have consequences, but comes in for criticism herself.", "Salih Khater drove at people in a \"premeditated\" attack before crashing his car outside Parliament.", "Family members and friends have described their loved ones and paid tribute to their lives.", "A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace explores Queen Victoria's modernisation of the Royal Family.", "The government is set to add the Paralympics to the 'crown jewels' list of sports that must be screened live on free-to-air television.", "Victims of domestic abuse in rural areas suffer longer and are less likely to get support, says report.", "A ruling that amateur fighters in Wales must be clean shaven is to be overturned.", "A man killed when he apparently leaned out of a train window and was hit on the head was a life-long railway fanatic who worked in the industry.", "The 25-year-old is also given a lifetime ban by airline Jet2 for \"extremely disruptive behaviour\".", "US imposed sanctions are crippling the economy, making food and medicines unaffordable.", "The boy is one of two taken to hospital and the driver has been arrested in connection with the incident.", "A 24-year-old man killed on a train may have been leaning from a window when he suffered a blow to the head, police say.", "The group, some of whom were boys, were arrested after a British woman alleged she was raped, local reports say.", "What can be done to try to halt Scotland's rising toll of drug-related deaths?", "Fleetwood Town boss Joey Barton is charged with causing actual bodily harm following a post-match incident in the tunnel at Barnsley in April.", "Carl Beech's legal team says he \"genuinely believed\" his paedophile ring allegations to be true.", "At the Made in America showcase, Mr Trump responds to questions about the meaning behind his tweets.", "The retailer is accused of producing more plastic waste, but says the promotion is sustainable.", "The man was suffering from mild hypothermia when he was picked up by French authorities.", "The Killing Eve actresses are both up for best actress in a drama series at this year's Emmy TV awards.", "Prosecutors say they dropped the case after the accuser refused to testify about his missing phone.", "The Royal Society tells the Tory leadership candidates the UK collaborates more with the EU than the US.", "The Commons vote on a plan to prevent Parliament being suspended to allow a no-deal Brexit.", "The man who killed 22 people in a suicide attack had recently returned to the city from Libya.", "Aaron McKenzie appears in court charged with killing Kelly Mary Fauvrelle and her baby in her home.", "MPs say the simple step of adding more ethanol to the UK's fuel mix would be same as taking 700,000 cars off the roads.", "The party says it will eliminate the \"modern-day scourge\" if it wins the next election.", "The Moon appears red on the day of the 50th anniversary of the historic space flight.", "Matthew Bell is facing jail, but questions remain about why it took so long to catch him.", "The US theme park defends its record after Virgin Holidays stops selling tickets to its attractions.", "The 35-year-old woman died at the scene at a roundabout in south London.", "A man who tried to steal a car with children inside was chased and beaten by a mob in Philadelphia.", "An adviser to the supreme leader says Iran should retaliate, after the UK detained an Iranian oil tanker.", "The Metropolitan Police says the alleged leak has damaged the UK's international relations.", "Stem cell donors could \"save\" the life of one-year-old Phoebe Ashfield from Dudley, says her mother.", "Follow a journey through Central America - and see the risks a migrant may face to reach the US.", "Big tech companies are feeling the heat as the General Data Protection Regulation gathers momentum.", "Royal Marines boarded the tanker en route to Syria, amid concerns it was breaching EU sanctions.", "The angular shape of the construction contrasts with the straight sides of Egypt's \"true\" pyramids.", "One of the most important Russian space science missions in the post-Soviet era lifts off from Baikonur.", "The Tory leadership frontrunner says he will appoint a veterans minister if he becomes PM.", "All students are offered free train tickets to a university open day, after fears of excessive cost.", "Top climber Di Gilbert scaled Everest twice and was shocked by the number of bodies she saw.", "Police say they are looking for two men who fled the scene after being disturbed by passers-by.", "Serena Williams faces \"pressure times 100\" when she plays Simona Halep in the Wimbledon final seeking a 24th Grand Slam singles title, her coach says.", "Popular trails have been blocked with rocks and had branches placed at head height.", "A car was seen fleeing the scene after Malik Hussain, 35, was stabbed to death in Birmingham.", "The cricket correspondent will tell passengers to \"hold on to their hats\" at St John's Wood station.", "The pair were arrested after the County Down man's body was found at a lake weeks after he went missing.", "Simona Halep wins her first Wimbledon title and crushes Serena Williams' latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-2 6-2 win.", "Hundreds of migrants occupy the city's Panthéon and demand the right to stay in France.", "The Unite union says 4,000 staff will strike over pay, but the airport says it has plans to remain open.", "But leadership rival Boris Johnson says the UK will leave the EU on 31 October \"come what may\".", "A tribute on the presenter's Instagram page said Emily Hartridge \"touched so many lives\".", "Police say the incident in Old Rutherglen Road in Glasgow followed a disturbance at a pub.", "Rival demonstrations were held in Seoul over the consumption of dog meat, a traditional part of South Korean cuisine.", "Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib describe conditions at US facilities at the southern border.", "Olafur Eliasson's art is quietly provocative, and at its best stimulates your senses and your mind.", "The justice secretary wants to scrap rules obliging some offenders to reveal prison time to employers.", "Gun owners hand over semi-automatic weapons as part of a buyback scheme after the mass shooting.", "Allegations against the financier and registered sex offender reportedly date to the early 2000s.", "The USA win the Women's World Cup for the fourth time after beating the Netherlands 2-0 in Sunday's final.", "Shadow chancellor John McDonnell wants Labour to back a second referendum \"sooner rather than later\".", "They are due to appear in court on Monday after police seized explosive substances in Ballymena.", "One Jaguar Land Rover worker was taken to hospital and 27 were assessed by ambulance crews.", "The justice secretary says he will quit if the next Tory leader pursues leaving the EU without a deal.", "A man in his 20s is shot dead in the early hours, the second to be killed in London this weekend.", "The teenager was struck by a car speeding on the wrong side of Glenburn Road in Paisley.", "The guitar-player set standards in world music with his lilting version of The Girl from Ipanema.", "Police say about 22 people have been injured and are being treated in hospital.", "Fifty years on from the Stonewall uprising, London Pride 2019 was just as colourful as ever.", "He died along with his daughter, three other women and two men in a helicopter crash.", "Sir Antony Gormley says the oil giant has no place sponsoring the annual portrait prize.", "Two Americans and a Spaniard are hospitalised with bull injuries at the popular Spanish event.", "Saudi Arabian carrier flyadeal halts plan to buy Boeing planes and switches to Airbus fleet.", "The Foreign Office will explore how memos from the UK's envoy in the US were published by a paper.", "Leaked emails reveal Sir Kim Darroch described the White House as \"uniquely dysfunctional\".", "The deadline of 1 September set for the deal is a \"tight\" timeframe, experts have warned.", "New figures show 45 people were banned from keeping animals due to cruelty in 2018.", "Why Iran's nuclear agreement is facing its most fundamental challenge yet.", "The singer told fans at the end of his Hyde Park show that he would have the operation in September.", "Fifty-two people died and 700 were injured when four bombs exploded across the capital in 2005.", "A 23-year-old woman and a man, 28, are arrested over the crash on the M61.", "Avoniel Leisure Centre closed early on Sunday amid tensions over loyalist bonfires.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were joined by close family and friends for the private ceremony.", "The scholarships will target those with academic potential but limited opportunities.", "The family of the US actor has confirmed he died after suffering a seizure in his sleep.", "Andy Murray and Serena Williams begin their blockbuster partnership with a confident win in the Wimbledon mixed doubles on Centre Court.", "A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an \"appalling attack\" in Enfield.", "After praising revolutionary rebels for seizing \"airports\", Mr Trump said the autocue went \"kaput\".", "The actor and former footballer was at her side when she died at their family home on Saturday.", "Some Conservative members received more than one paper to vote for the next PM, the BBC learns.", "London and Wall Street could bear the brunt of cuts as the bank fights a falling share price.", "Tens of thousands marched in a bid to raise awareness about a controversial extradition bill.", "The German lender will exit the share trading business, much of which is in London and New York.", "The light-headed feeling is caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure, known as orthostatic hypotension.", "The singer's fans talk to Newsbeat about what she means to them, after news of her suspected drug overdose.", "The former teen star has spoken openly about her painful struggles with drugs and eating disorders.", "Jason Spencer shouted the n-word and bared his buttocks on Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America?", "After meeting Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Trump hails a \"very big day for free and fair trade\".", "The gold medallist and her husband, Steve Backshall, revealed the news on social media.", "General Motors lowers its profit forecast, blaming rising costs for steel and aluminium due to tariffs.", "There is a \"Wild West\" approach to the education provided for pupils who have been excluded, MPs say.", "Dr Kenneth Milner would have been interviewed over rape and child cruelty at a psychiatric hospital.", "Nairo Quintana wins stage 17 of the Tour de France as Britain's Geraint Thomas extends his overall lead and Chris Froome slips to third.", "Susan Margaret Stephos speaks about her experience of being caught up in the wildfires in Greece.", "Rédoine Faïd, who broke out of prison on 1 July, ditched a car with explosives after being spotted.", "At least 74 people die as flames spread across the Attica region around Athens.", "Rescuers comb land and sea for dozens of people missing after fires that claimed at least 80 lives.", "A close associate of the Brexit donor Arron Banks has raised questions about whether he had business contacts with Russia.", "Five men appear in court charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.", "Video shows people taking refuge in the sea as they try to escape wildfires in the area of Rafina.", "Deadly wildfires in Greece follow huge blazes in Sweden, the US and the UK.", "Dutch scientists call an immediate halt to research with the anti-impotence drug in pregnancy.", "The Foreign Office is assisting a British family affected by the fires, which have killed at least 77.", "Matt Hancock, who replaced Jeremy Hunt as health secretary, tells Newsbeat there is \"loads to do\" with apps in the NHS.", "The pop star is reportedly in a stable condition after being found unconscious at her home.", "The activist caused disruption on a plane that stopped the migrant being sent home.", "The Advertising Standards Authority ruled viewers were misled over nutritional value claims.", "Nasa says organic matter suggests there might have been life on the planet.", "The BBC's Gavin Lee visits the devastated village of Mati and meets those who have lost everything.", "Five men are charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm after a three-year-old was injured.", "Civil rights group Big Brother Watch says the police technology breaches the Human Rights Act.", "With the US placing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, how are the countries affected responding?", "Ancient food foraging behaviour has now adapted its rhythms to online food deliveries, say academics.", "The social media firm's shares were hit by news that growth in monthly active users is slowing.", "The wife of a \"fat cat international banker\" is battling against an Unexplained Wealth Order.", "A study suggests it will take more than 100 years to bring the poorest up to the level of classmates.", "At least 20 people died and hundreds went missing after a dam collapsed, engulfing thousands of homes.", "Katerina Pantelidis tells the BBC's Gavin Lee how she survived the devastating wildfires in Greece.", "Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab will \"deputise\" for the PM as talks in Brussels enter crucial phase.", "Businesses, government and regulators need to make tackling sexual harassment at work a priority, say MPs.", "Wildfires have killed at least 74 people in Greece.", "Most inmates have been recaptured, after police sent late-night warnings to the public.", "Leave.EU co-founder Arron Banks says the money was to fund a political campaign and denies corruption.", "The Attica region around Athens is consumed by flames", "Fiona Onasanya is charged with perverting the course of justice and is due at the Old Bailey in August.", "Methane on the Red Planet waxes and wanes with the seasons - another clue in the search for life.", "Dawn Sturgess became ill within 15 minutes of spraying the Novichok on her wrists, says Charlie Rowley.", "The US tries to protect farmers suffering from tit-for-tat tariffs targeting agriculture products.", "Dover MP Charlie Elphicke is charged with three counts of sexual assault against two women.", "MPs and peers from five political parties call on the Home Office to end its opposition to drug consumption rooms.", "Australia retain the Women's Ashes and have an 8-2 lead in the multi-format series as they draw the Test with England at Taunton.", "Countries must work together to tackle global health risks, England's outgoing chief medical officer warns.", "A convicted paedophile made false allegations of murder and sexual abuse against public figures.", "The environment secretary says both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt \"would do a great job\".", "Dozens of masked men armed with batons have stormed a train station in the Hong Kong district of Yuen Long.", "Her husband says she was kept in solitary confinement while on an Iranian psychiatric ward.", "The firm made \"significant\" profits at Brook House, where detainees were allegedly abused, a report finds.", "The Labour leader says he wants to \"confront this poison and drive it out of our party\".", "If new UK PM wants to tear up the withdrawal deal \"we're in trouble\", Ireland's deputy PM warns.", "The BBC's Stephen McDonell is amid the pro-democracy protesters as tear gas is fired.", "Sir Alan Duncan presses for Commons vote on whether MPs support Boris Johnson forming a government.", "Philip Hammond tells the BBC he plans to resign when Theresa May leaves office next week.", "Ireland's Shane Lowry claims a first major championship win of his career with a dominant six-shot victory at The Open at Royal Portrush.", "One woman was taken to hospital after the fire broke out at The Mall in Walthamstow, east London.", "The Chancellor believes that the power over Brexit lies with EU member states and private business.", "The government says the move will help tackle \"intimidation and aggression\" used by some bailiffs.", "The incident happened at St Patrick's Cemetery in Dundalk on Sunday afternoon.", "There are senior jobs for Sajid Javid, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Liz Truss and Michael Gove after more than half of those in cabinet are sacked or resign.", "Ofcom had called on networks to automatically cut prices for out-of-contract mobile subscribers.", "David Briffaut, from Essex, broke his neck in an accident on a slide at a water park in Benidorm.", "As the race ends, one minister quits in protest at a possible Boris Johnson victory.", "Ex-steelworker Toni Olszewski was given hepatitis C-infected blood after a motorbike crash.", "The foreign secretary wants to set up an international mission to respond to Iranian \"piracy\".", "The British Airline Pilots' Association says 93% of its members have voted in favour of industrial action.", "Farmers say wind farms and mobile phone masts cause higher rates of animal mortality, but scientists say there's no evidence to prove it.", "Jo Swinson or Sir Ed Davey will be named as Sir Vince Cable's successor on Monday afternoon.", "The third in line to the throne is seen smiling in an England football shirt in images taken by his mother.", "A report into NI's education funding finds there are \"unmanageable pressures on school budgets\".", "New Zealand stun holders and 11-time champions Australia to win by a single goal in the 2019 Netball World Cup final in Liverpool.", "A cross-party group of parliamentarians is seeking a ruling that parliament cannot be prorogued.", "Ireland's Shane Lowry says he grew up \"holing putts to win The Open\" after winning his first major at Royal Portrush.", "Excavators tear down 'illegal' structures said to house 17 people after a long legal battle.", "The implication of the recent US ban on its companies from dealing with Huawei was not clear, the government says.", "Hundreds of firefighters spend the day battling wildfires in a forested, mountainous region.", "Mike Taggart \"lost his whole world\" when his mother Donna Crist was stabbed to death by her husband.", "A Royal Navy frigate is heard warning Iranian armed forces, moments before a British-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf.", "The 39-year old says she will do \"whatever its takes\" to stop Brexit after defeating Sir Ed Davey.", "With a new prime minister to be announced this week, we are on the verge of another moment of enormous change in politics.", "The car maker says a plastic engine part can in \"very rare cases\" melt and cause a fire.", "Mack Horton has previously accused Chinese freestyle champion Sun Yang of being a \"drug cheat\".", "The suggestion of a mass search for Nessie has gone viral, and prompted a cautionary message from the RNLI.", "The professional dancer, a judge on Strictly's German version, will fill Dame Darcey Bussell's chair.", "The credit score agency has agreed a settlement after hackers stole 147 million people's details.", "A girl seen crying and singing during the set of Sigrid at Glastonbury Festival has met her idol.", "Footage shows the successful launch of India's second lunar mission.", "Swimmer Adam Peaty wins his third successive gold in the men's 100m breaststroke at the World Championships, with compatriot James Wilby taking silver.", "A claim that the footballer assaulted a woman in 2009 cannot be proven, Las Vegas prosecutors say.", "Novak Djokovic saves two championship points in Wimbledon's longest singles final to retain his title in a thrilling win over Roger Federer.", "Here's what Iran and world powers agreed on its nuclear programme, and why it is now in crisis.", "The huge barrel jellyfish, as big as a human, was seen off the coast of Cornwall.", "England win the men's World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in a super over in one of the most incredible games in cricket history.", "The US says Iran's deal breaches are a \"crude attempt\" to extort payments from nations.", "A Ford Fiesta hit a 59-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man on Saturday morning and both died at the scene.", "The 36-year-old was a passenger in a car hit by a police vehicle which had been called to an incident.", "A man who tried to steal a car with children inside was chased and beaten by a mob in Philadelphia.", "An adviser to the supreme leader says Iran should retaliate, after the UK detained an Iranian oil tanker.", "England's men are aiming to win the World Cup for the first time when they face New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday.", "Yellow-vest protesters formed barricades and lit fires after the annual military event in Paris.", "Follow a journey through Central America - and see the risks a migrant may face to reach the US.", "Stem cell donors could \"save\" the life of one-year-old Phoebe Ashfield from Dudley, says her mother.", "Five men are arrested on suspicion of affray after the crash in south-west London.", "Power has now been restored to all customers affected by a power outage in Manhattan.", "The Chancellor believes that the power over Brexit lies with EU member states and private business.", "The Spanish carrier's UK departures were delayed by an average of 31 minutes last year, research shows.", "Demands for a new system will be taken to the ruling executive after allegations of interference.", "Royal Marines boarded the tanker en route to Syria, amid concerns it was breaching EU sanctions.", "Conservative MP Guto Bebb says Boris Johnson would be a \"disastrous\" prime minister.", "France's annual military parade, commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison, takes place in Paris.", "Sir Kim Darroch steps down as Boris Johnson faces criticism for not fully backing him.", "Police say they are looking for two men who fled the scene after being disturbed by passers-by.", "Watch the moment Eoin Morgan and England lift the Cricket World Cup trophy after a dramatic sudden-death super over against New Zealand at Lord's.", "England captain Eoin Morgan says he \"never allowed\" himself to imagine lifting the World Cup.", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle died at the scene while son Riley died in hospital after being delivered.", "A car was seen fleeing the scene after Malik Hussain, 35, was stabbed to death in Birmingham.", "Simona Halep wins her first Wimbledon title and crushes Serena Williams' latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-2 6-2 win.", "\"Europe's GPS\" remains offline as it grapples with a technical glitch in its ground infrastructure.", "A tribute on the presenter's Instagram page said Emily Hartridge \"touched so many lives\".", "Watch the moment that Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win England the World Cup.", "More than 20 workers, a 53m crane and a truck move the 110-year-old Bascule Bridge.", "The former Welsh Office minister and Conservative leader in the Welsh Assembly has died aged 72.", "The duchess has an elderflower and lemon sponge delivered during the Cricket World Cup final.", "Freckles approached a team of divers for help after getting hooks embedded under her eye.", "Roger Federer must \"take it up a level\" to beat Novak Djokovic and claim a record-equalling ninth Wimbledon singles title, says three-time champion John McEnroe.", "Police say the man dropped nearly 200ft, but was found on river rocks below with no major injuries.", "The Queen was in residence at the time of the incident, in the early hours of Wednesday.", "The US president says the UK ambassador is \"a very stupid guy\" amid a row over leaked emails.", "Ex-PM says suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit would be 'totally unacceptable'.", "The US says Iran's deal breaches are a \"crude attempt\" to extort payments from nations.", "The voice-assisted device will give official NHS advice, but critics fear a \"data protection disaster\".", "There was no jaw-dropping moment in ITV debate but both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will be happy.", "Police confirm a body found in a lake in County Down is that of missing man Pat McCormick.", "Parents in Wales will be able to make a formal complaint if new guidelines are not taken into account.", "Researchers have found the earliest example of our species outside Africa.", "Tisha Rowe, who is a doctor, says she was told to wrap herself with a blanket by an attendant.", "A BBC spokeswoman says they have not been able to \"reach agreement\" with Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson.", "The governor of Kronoberg prison, where the rapper's being held, denies TMZ's claims it is \"filthy\".", "Tributes paid to the late comedy actor, who had been receiving palliative care for heart failure.", "Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson trade blows over Europe and US diplomatic row in fractious ITV encounter.", "Police on the Greek island say Suzanne Eaton, who was there for a conference, died of suffocation.", "Joy Watson was left with a broken eye socket following the attack at a roadside cafe.", "Sir Kim Darroch steps down as Boris Johnson faces criticism for not fully backing him.", "Stephen Nicholson tells a court he did not rape or murder 13-year-old Lucy McHugh.", "Theresa May faces questions from Jeremy Corbyn as reaction pours in to Sir Kim Darroch's resignation.", "The British ambassador to the United States resigned from his role on Wednesday.", "MPs are debating the controversial legislation that seeks to push back the next assembly election.", "Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet at Wimbledon for the first time in 11 years after reaching the semi-finals.", "Sir James is reported to have paid £43m for the flat, following the move of his company's HQ to Singapore.", "The machines, which have been used by the NHS, were recently found to have a security vulnerability.", "The government's spending watchdog says there is \"little to show\" following the botched deal.", "The Department for Work and Pensions says the minister was wrong to say victims would not have to pay.", "Headmaster Aled Rees writes to parents after pupils copy the hit TV show and \"pair\" each other off.", "All flights were suspended for more than two hours due to an air traffic control problem.", "New Zealand shock India in a thrilling World Cup semi-final at Old Trafford.", "The coastguard says the pleasure boat was taking on water rapidly three miles off Pembrokeshire.", "A nurse in chronic pain is told she will have to wait at least three years for NHS treatment.", "Opposition growing to policy of charging overseas patients upfront for NHS care in England.", "Bonfire builders say there is no need for the council to intervene after tyres are removed from two sites.", "At least 20% of the most common gulls carry the bacteria, which scientists fear can be passed on to humans.", "The rapper says she has \"better educated\" herself amid a human rights backlash.", "The contenders for Conservative Party leadership, and PM, row over the date the UK will leave the EU.", "The US pop star reclaims pole position on a \"Celebrity 100\" list she last topped in 2016.", "The UK's \"ramshackle\" approach means emissions are not being cut fast enough, advisers say,", "Andy Murray and Serena Williams' box office partnership at Wimbledon continues with another straight-set win in the mixed doubles.", "The British star of stage and screen and father to fellow actor Toby dies at the age of 91.", "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson made the comments after MPs voted to change same-sex marriage and abortion law.", "MPs vote by the thinnest of margins to make it harder for a future PM to prorogue Parliament.", "Julian Dunkerton, back at the helm of the High Street brand, says he is attempting to \"steady the ship\".", "Andy Murray and Serena Williams are out of the Wimbledon mixed doubles after the stellar pairing lose to top seeds Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar.", "A recovery in car production helped the economy grow 0.3% in May after declining 0.4% in April.", "The German chancellor insists there is no need to worry despite the third incident inside a month.", "The water was pumped out during sea trials and HMS Queen Elizabeth returned to Portsmouth.", "BBC News NI assesses the impact of Parliament's vote to legalise same-sex marriage and abortion in NI.", "A girl from war-torn Yemen who had an aggressive tumour in her eye has been fitted with a prosthetic.", "Lord Triesman, Labour's former general secretary, says life in the party has become \"sickening\".", "Captain Eoin Morgan believes his England side could not be better prepared for Thursday's World Cup semi-final against Australia.", "This wasn't Tommy Hodgson's first jump as he trained with the Parachute Regiment in World War Two.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt traded jibes over Brexit, tax and their personalities in a feisty debate on ITV.", "Inadequate assessment of inmates eligible for release is putting public safety at risk, a report says.", "Flights were suspended for 30 hours after the multiple drone sightings at Gatwick Airport in December.", "An inquiry finds that \"unacceptable behaviour\" by \"known offenders\" has been tolerated.", "Brexit, Trump and bad-tempers in TV debate.", "Three people are said to have survived after the vessel sank off the town of Zarzis.", "She wants thousands of people to make \"an incredible vibration\" that \"might just change the world\".", "The Brexit Party MEP compared leaving the EU to \"slaves\" rising up \"against their owners\".", "As the government consults on making Changing Places toilets mandatory in public buildings, campaigners tell the BBC why they are necessary.", "The officer who shot dead London Bridge attacker Khuram Butt says he feared Butt would kill him.", "It's after a report found smoking is being shown more on Netflix than on popular shows on US TV.", "Alek Sigley was freed after a meeting between Swedish diplomats and the North Korean government.", "The government has announced tough stake limits on fixed-odds betting machines, sometimes called the \"crack cocaine\" of gambling.", "Thousands of ethnic minority Muslim children undergo \"cultural re-engineering\" in giant boarding schools.", "Kay Smith wants the terminally ill to be given assistance to die to spare them an \"awful\" death.", "Royal Marines boarded the tanker en route to Syria, amid concerns it was breaching EU sanctions.", "Families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash want to know why the Boeing 737 Max was allowed to fly.", "Kazakhs tell the BBC they and their relatives are being jailed in camps China says are for training.", "Teenage qualifier Coco Gauff's fairytale run at Wimbledon continues with an emphatic second-round win over Magdalena Rybarikova.", "Beijing tells the UK not to \"interfere in its domestic affairs\" after protests in the former colony.", "Carl Beech tells jurors the boy was deliberately run over and he never saw him again.", "After more than 400 years, the oldest building firm in Britain, R Durtnell and Sons, has ceased trading.", "The Ex-English Defence League leader is accused of contempt of court by filming defendants.", "She says the authorities did not believe she would not be performing a solo public concert.", "The London estate agent disappeared 33 years ago and her body has never been found.", "The BBC gets rare access to facilities in Xinjiang thought to be holding more than a million Muslims.", "The first commercial hunt in 33 years went ahead despite an international outcry.", "Richard Selley, who has Motor Neurone Disease, has written to MSPs calling for assisted death to be legalised in Scotland.", "Tammy Minshall was in the back of the ambulance which was in a crash with a car in Needwood.", "The investment will fund an electric version of the XJ model, helping to secure 2,700 jobs.", "Nkululeko Zulu tells a tribunal he suffered years of racist abuse while serving in the Army.", "The figures are 10 times higher than the general population, making support vital, a study says.", "Egypt called for the auction of the relic - which it says was stolen during the 1970s - to be cancelled.", "Europe's biggest conservation charity will sell its fossil fuel shares and invest in green start-ups.", "The problem had also affected Instagram and Messenger, affecting access to media and other files.", "The Norwegian singer will meet Nina, 13, who was overcome with emotion during her Glastonbury set.", "Thirteen students and one staff member were banned from campus during a visit by the Queen.", "A state of emergency has been declared in the city of Ridgecrest as firefighters battle flames.", "Attacks on tankers in the Gulf drew the US in the 1980s - now it could be even more dangerous.", "A fire engulfs two warehouses in Kentucky containing 45,000 barrels of bourbon.", "The reality star says the company is \"notorious\" for \"knocking off\" designer items she wears.", "Bold decisions are needed to improve the way forces work, the chief inspector of constabulary says.", "Take control of this special 1000th episode of BBC Click - a first-of-its-kind interactive experiment that puts you in the director’s chair as you decide what stories to watch and as the show changes to suit you.", "Friends say Gareth Delbridge was a \"big family man\" and Michael Lewis was a \"great guy\".", "The victim was reportedly killed while hiking towards the volcano's summit.", "Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says others will decide if she is \"ultimately responsible\".", "Jeremy Hunt says his team had believed his chance against Boris Johnson to be \"a very long shot\".", "Chelsea name Frank Lampard, who spent 13 years at Stamford Bridge as a player, as their manager on a three-year deal.", "The UK's biggest betting firms agree to contribute more money to fund problem gambler treatment.", "From the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Iran's prime minister to tension in the time of President Trump.", "A diabetic teenager has been refusing treatment and says she wants to die.", "Theresa May urges her potential successors to \"think creatively\" about how to ensure the UK stays together.", "The light-headed feeling is caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure, known as orthostatic hypotension.", "Greek fire survivors confront the defence minister, saying they waited hours for help from authorities.", "A close associate of the Brexit donor Arron Banks has raised questions about whether he had business contacts with Russia.", "Five men appear in court charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.", "The professional fighter pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and must undergo anger management.", "As UK temperatures soar above 30C, we hear from those struggling to find shelter from the sun.", "A couple are in a bitter fight for custody of their grandchildren after their son was killed in China.", "The wife of a \"fat cat international banker\" is battling against an Unexplained Wealth Order.", "England's green and pleasant lands are turning brown.", "The exact location of the discovery - estimated to be worth more than £50,000 - is being kept under wraps.", "Social media users are asking why the controversial YouTuber is appearing on Charlie Sloth's show.", "The Arctic Monkeys receive their fourth nomination as the Mercury Prize reveals its shortlist.", "Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh could be tried in the US and face the death penalty.", "The EU's chief Brexit negotiator rejects a key element of Theresa May's proposals for future trade.", "How does the 2018 heatwave compare to, and differ from, the heatwave of 1976?", "Compare the temperature in your area to other locations in the UK and around the world.", "Temperatures hit 35C as the Met Office predicts the UK's all-time record could be beaten this week.", "Police say the blast was caused by a \"suspected firecracker device\" and only the attacker was hurt.", "Charlotte Brown, 24, died after falling in the River Thames on her first date with Jack Shepherd.", "On their first mixed tour, Barcelona's men flew first class while the women were seated elsewhere.", "At least 83 people have been killed and dozens more are missing in one of Greece's worst-ever wildfire disasters.", "Ellie Soutter, one of Britain's most talented young snowboarders, dies on her 18th birthday.", "The government is reviewing the scheduling of cannabis. What is the current situation?", "Nurses have complained on social media their pay went up by much less than their union had promised.", "Boys are more likely to keep the same group of friends, research suggests.", "The social media ads that helped Vote Leave win the EU referendum are published in full for the first time.", "The BBC was also seeking leave to appeal against the privacy case ruling but it has been refused.", "With the US placing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, how are the countries affected responding?", "An independent FA inquiry into sex abuse in football finds no evidence of an institutionalised conspiracy.", "Officials were alarmed when applications flooded in after mistaken reports the city needed ninjas.", "There are \"serious indications\" the blaze that killed 83 was started deliberately, a minister says.", "The black hole at the centre of our galaxy has helped astronomers confirm a key prediction of Albert Einstein's ideas.", "The decision on whether to spend more on this case is a difficult dilemma for the corporation.", "Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson sends a heartfelt video message thanking hospitals after surgery.", "Children shouldn't be able to buy heavier models that can do more damage, ministers say.", "Match of the Day host Gary Lineker says no one voted \"for the mess we seem to be in\".", "The social media firm's shares were hit by news that growth in monthly active users is slowing.", "Reece is 13 and has been excluded six times. He now attends a Pupil Referral Unit.", "A ruling over coverage of a raid on the singer's home puts press freedom at stake, the BBC argues.", "Self-balancing electric skates designed by Segway will not be allowed on the pavement in the UK.", "The actress urges soul-searching after a train attack, though it is unclear if race was a motive.", "Kaitlan Collins was barred from an event after asking President Trump \"inappropriate\" questions.", "Families of epileptic children welcomed the move, which does not change rules on recreational use.", "Councils often chase debts \"over-zealously\", the Treasury Select Committee says as it calls for change.", "Ex-Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says he would \"not be sitting here today\" without the \"great care\" of hospital staff.", "Crews have the fire under control after evacuating about 50 people from the five-storey building.", "After meeting Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Trump hails a \"very big day for free and fair trade\".", "General Motors lowers its profit forecast, blaming rising costs for steel and aluminium due to tariffs.", "Dr Kenneth Milner would have been interviewed over rape and child cruelty at a psychiatric hospital.", "Video shows people taking refuge in the sea as they try to escape wildfires in the area of Rafina.", "The families of two children are seeking medical cannabis to help stop their seizures.", "Met officers ignored early chances to catch serial killer Stephen Port who murdered four young men.", "The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommends rules should be changed for these drugs, if safe.", "Eurotunnel says air conditioning problems meant some carriages could not be used, leading to delays.", "Charity ADHD Action is calling on the government to formally record adult ADHD figures.", "Shares in the e-commerce giant jump on record profits, driven by online sales and its cloud services.", "The fall in Facebook's shares wiped more than $120bn off the company's market value on Thursday.", "It follows high-profile cases involving children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil.", "The BBC programme opened with footage of former cricketer Wasim Akram but referred to him as Imran Khan.", "The run-up has been been marred by claims of pre-poll rigging, intimidation and a muzzled media.", "The 101-year-old was one of the last surviving female pilots from World War Two.", "US congresswoman Ilhan Omar responds to chants of \"send her back\" at a Trump rally in North Carolina.", "The move follows the sacking of Baroness Hayter after she criticised the handling of anti-Semitism claims.", "The former Beatle is working on a stage adaptation of Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life.", "The online fashion giant says sales growth has been held back by warehouse problems in the US and Europe.", "\"America’s united efforts to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working,\" a statement reads.", "Supporters of the measure hope to stop a future PM bypassing Parliament to push through a no deal.", "The victim was racially abused while travelling with his young daughter on the Borders Railway.", "Hashem Abedi is set to appear in a UK court charged with killing 22 in the 2017 attack, police say.", "Baroness Hayter criticised the Labour leader's team for having a \"bunker mentality\".", "The sighting in a garden near Duthie Park is thought to be the first since the 1970s.", "The House of Commons' Science and Technology raises concerns about accuracy and bias.", "Less than one in 10 offences saw someone charged or summonsed to appear in court, figures show.", "EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says Theresa May never told him she was willing to leave without one.", "The video streaming pioneer blamed price rises for adding fewer paid subscribers than hoped.", "The charge will wipe out profits, but Boeing says it hopes the aircraft will resume flying this year.", "Governor Ricardo Roselló is urged to quit after leaked sexist, profane and homophobic text messages.", "Aliny Godinho was murdered by her ex-husband Ricardo in front of their three-year-old daughter.", "The Office for Budget Responsibility says borrowing could surge if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.", "The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi appears before Westminster magistrates.", "The measure aims to stop a future PM bypassing Parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit.", "The probe will check if water, ventilation and drainage systems at the Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh are safe.", "Chris Froome is named winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after Juan Jose Cobo is stripped of the title over doping irregularities.", "Senior Tories seeking to avoid leaving the EU without a deal, are looking at a radical plan, Newsnight learns.", "People who attack emergency services are not getting harsh sentences despite a new law, an MP says.", "Nearly two million cubic metres of sand is being shifted to a stretch of the Norfolk coast to protect it from the sea.", "Former education secretary says school funding should not be part of a battle over the PM's legacy.", "In a UK first, a 7m high barrier of sand is being created to help stop the coastline from crumbling.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt make their last pitches to Conservative members before voting closes.", "Cancer Research warns people in the UK to protect their skin at home and not only when they are away.", "The three golfing sons of Northern Ireland who helped bring a major championship to north Antrim.", "The group of Israelis, aged from 15 to 20, has been remanded in custody.", "Composer Zosha Di Castri spills the beans on her latest work, which launches the BBC Proms on Friday.", "Marcin Porczyk disappeared after a night out and was found by workers near Swansea marina.", "Ritaj and Rital were born joined at the head. They're reunited with the doctors who saved their lives.", "Family members and friends have described their loved ones and paid tribute to their lives.", "The Beerepoot siblings in Tasmania are ordered to pay more than A$2m for failing to pay income tax.", "The government is set to add the Paralympics to the 'crown jewels' list of sports that must be screened live on free-to-air television.", "The number of likes is a measure of how well content is doing on the social media platform.", "The regulator says water firms must also invest billions more in improving services between 2020 and 2025.", "An Albanian says his photo was used without permission, but the European Commission disputes this.", "The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the average temperature was 61.6F (16.4C).", "Schools and colleges urgently need billions more in funding, a committee of MPs says.", "Julie James says some developments in Wales will have a \"whole pile of problems\" in years to come.", "Jens Stoltenberg calls on Russia to comply with the INF nuclear treaty before an August deadline.", "Heads warn of a funding crisis - and the education secretary says he hears the message \"loud and clear\".", "Lap dancers who fear their jobs are under threat have joined a union in a Scottish first.", "The \"horrendous\" two-car crash in Stevenage came at a gathering where there were modified vehicles.", "Prosecutors say they dropped the case after the accuser refused to testify about his missing phone.", "The Royal Society tells the Tory leadership candidates the UK collaborates more with the EU than the US.", "PC Avi Maharaj was alone at the family home of a dead child when he used their TV account to buy porn.", "The ad urged shoppers to surprise female secretaries with a gift of a wine, chocolate and condoms.", "Theresa May says \"it's not fair\" parents have to return to work before their baby leaves hospital.", "Rory McIlroy makes a quadruple bogey on the first hole and triple bogey at the last as his bid for a home Open victory at Royal Portrush is left in tatters.", "An advocate for the homeless says using children's song Baby Shark as a deterrent is \"inhumane\".", "Zac Cox fell 130ft while working on a stadium ahead of the 2022 World Cup.", "The UK's social safety net has been \"deliberately removed\", says a UN-commissioned report on the UK.", "Shadow chancellor John McDonnell wants Labour to back a second referendum \"sooner rather than later\".", "Fifteen-year-old Coco Gauff is out of Wimbledon following a 6-3 6-3 defeat by Simona Halep in the last 16.", "The judge told drink-driver Victoria Parry she would have gone \"straight down\" to jail if she was a man.", "A security firm says deepfaked audio is being used to steal millions of pounds.", "Mandla Maseko, from South Africa, won a chance to become the first black African in space.", "A lawsuit claims a mix-up at a California fertility clinic meant a woman delivered the wrong children.", "The US star says she is \"still processing a lot\" after becoming upset during a concert.", "Carwyn Jones was giving evidence at the inquest of sacked minister Carl Sargeant.", "Unions back a referendum in all scenarios with voters being given the option to remain in the EU.", "Salih Khater drove at police officers before crashing his car outside Parliament, his trial is told.", "The firm hopes new anti-bullying measures will help prevent abuse but stresses work is still ongoing.", "The Met Police are asked to look into the leak of emails calling the Trump administration \"inept\".", "The justice secretary says he will quit if the next Tory leader pursues leaving the EU without a deal.", "Five people were freed after being arrested at the event which attracted about 600 ravers.", "Two Americans and a Spaniard are hospitalised with bull injuries at the popular Spanish event.", "The proportion of children with autism in Northern Ireland schools has almost trebled in a decade.", "The businessman founded the High Street retailer as Penny's in 1969 in his home country of Ireland.", "Five people were hurt when a van crashed into the queue at a community centre in Kirk Hallam.", "Vulnerable tenants have been forced to sign over benefits in return for accommodation, police believe.", "The civil servant previously in charge of Brexit-planning tells the BBC no deal is fraught with risk.", "The 15-year-old girl was crossing Glenburn Road in Paisley with friends when she was struck by a car.", "The campaigner is the latest celebrity to settle with News Group Newspapers over phone-hacking.", "Storms flooded the Washington DC metro area, snarling the morning commute and stranding drivers.", "Newsnight reveals a letter from more than 50 MPs urging a stronger line on teaching about same-sex relationships.", "The German lender will exit the share trading business, much of which is in London and New York.", "The Brexit-backing MP caused controversy within her party during the 2016 referendum.", "Johanna Konta keeps alive hopes of a first British women's singles champion at Wimbledon for 42 years by reaching the quarter-finals.", "Carl Beech, 51, has refused to give the surname for a boy he claims was abused alongside him.", "More than 700 viewers complained that Maura Higgins \"sexually harassed\" Tommy Fury last month.", "The airline and pilots' union will hold talks to avoid a potentially disruptive summer walkout.", "The airline has said how hackers accessed customer data, but there are a variety of possible methods.", "Mum-of-three Alishia Curry says a loan company claimed her Universal Credit payments.", "Robyn Fryar, 15, was crossing Glenburn Road in Paisley with friends when she was struck by a car.", "After praising revolutionary rebels for seizing \"airports\", Mr Trump said the autocue went \"kaput\".", "YouTuber Daniel Howell told the BBC the fight to being accepted as LGBT is far from over.", "But PM disagrees with the assessment of the Trump administration, which was called \"inept\".", "They are due to appear in court on Monday after police seized explosive substances in Ballymena.", "The USA win the Women's World Cup for the fourth time after beating the Netherlands 2-0 in Sunday's final.", "One Jaguar Land Rover worker was taken to hospital and 27 were assessed by ambulance crews.", "Kylie Minogue, Sheryl Crow and Lewis Capaldi show support for a campaign against \"throwaway fashion\".", "The outgoing prime minister seemed like the figure of change in 2015 but he hopelessly overpromised.", "The British foreign secretary responds to leaked emails by the UK ambassador that call Trump \"inept\".", "Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson trade blows over Europe and US diplomatic row in fractious ITV encounter.", "A charity loses a High Court legal challenge against the use of children as informants by police.", "Supporters rally around the election winner's party headquarters in Athens.", "Newsnight learns that most staff planning for no deal were stood down, but may be reinstated before October.", "The Foreign Office will explore how memos from the UK's envoy in the US were published by a paper.", "Robyn Fryar, 15, was crossing Glenburn Road in Paisley with friends when she was struck by a car.", "A 23-year-old woman and a man, 28, are arrested over the crash on the M61.", "The scholarships will target those with academic potential but limited opportunities.", "The rapper is detained for at least a further two weeks over a fight in Stockholm.", "Legendary racing pundit John McCririck, who for many years was the face of British horse racing, dies at a London hospital aged 79.", "The Brexit Party MEP compared leaving the EU to \"slaves\" rising up \"against their owners\".", "The victim was found with gunshot wounds in Wembley on Friday and pronounced dead in hospital.", "Boris Johnson says it is \"not true\" sensitive information was withheld from him as foreign secretary.", "The family of a teenager found inside a burning car say friends haven't helped the investigation.", "An adviser to the supreme leader says Iran should retaliate, after the UK detained an Iranian oil tanker.", "Employers are urged to be vigilant after the UK's largest modern day slavery network is exposed.", "The presenter announces she is standing down after 13 years at the helm.", "Thousands of ethnic minority Muslim children undergo \"cultural re-engineering\" in giant boarding schools.", "President Donald Trump has hailed the \"brave men and women\" of the US military at 4 July event.", "The law graduate used Facebook to befriend children and incite them to commit sexual acts on camera.", "A 37-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of assault after the van struck people outside a hall.", "Miroslaw Lehmann was tricked into coming to the UK from Poland in 2014 with the promise of a job.", "We take a look at reaction in countries around the world to the news that Boris Johnson is the UK's top diplomat.", "Families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash want to know why the Boeing 737 Max was allowed to fly.", "Kazakhs tell the BBC they and their relatives are being jailed in camps China says are for training.", "Carl Beech tells jurors the boy was deliberately run over and he never saw him again.", "After more than 400 years, the oldest building firm in Britain, R Durtnell and Sons, has ceased trading.", "Carl Beech tells a court he was \"ashamed\" and \"in denial\" about possessing indecent images of children.", "Officers investigating murders committed by Stephen Port were guilty of \"systemic failings\", but won't be disciplined.", "A small UK study found promising signs of a kinder, less invasive treatment for the disease.", "Monkstown is one of Antrim's most deprived areas, but a boxing club is helping youths fight back.", "The BBC gets rare access to facilities in Xinjiang thought to be holding more than a million Muslims.", "The record of the man who will be the UK's next prime minister.", "Why were there issues about the sharing of intelligence with Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary?", "Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says she decided the risk of opening the hospital was too great.", "The man was stuck for six days in his Liverpool basement before being rescued.", "The former longest-serving health secretary hopes to beat Boris Johnson to the job of prime minister.", "British police suspended work with Eurofins Scientific after it was hit by a ransomware attack in June.", "Thirteen students and one staff member were banned from campus during a visit by the Queen.", "A state of emergency has been declared in the city of Ridgecrest as firefighters battle flames.", "The BBC's diplomatic correspondent assesses Boris Johnson's time at the Foreign Office.", "Conservative party leadership race 2022", "American 15-year-old Coco Gauff saves two match points in another astonishing display to extend her dream Wimbledon run into the last 16.", "The new prime minister will be chosen by 160,000 Tory party members - but what are the vote-winning issues?", "A heavily-pregnant woman lost the twins she was carrying after being viciously attacked by the father of the unborn children.", "Police believe portable phone charger may be to blame for the fire on the Virgin Atlantic flight.", "Take control of this special 1000th episode of BBC Click - a first-of-its-kind interactive experiment that puts you in the director’s chair as you decide what stories to watch and as the show changes to suit you.", "After praising revolutionary rebels for seizing \"airports\", Mr Trump said the autocue went \"kaput\".", "Six of the 14 officers killed in a fire on a secret Russian submersible are now state heroes.", "The chancellor says it would be \"shocking\" if the next prime minister tried to \"sideline\" Parliament.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt took part in a Conservative leadership hustings event in Perth.", "A government-owned bank is accused of forging signatures on court documents in repossession proceedings.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are pledging big tax cuts.", "The investment will fund an electric version of the XJ model, helping to secure 2,700 jobs.", "A diabetic teenager has been refusing treatment and says she wants to die.", "Reports of domestic abuse increase over the summer months, says the PSNI.", "Temperatures hit 35C as the Met Office predicts the UK's all-time record could be beaten this week.", "The rapper says she isn't ready to leave her baby after giving birth earlier this month.", "Greek fire survivors confront the defence minister, saying they waited hours for help from authorities.", "Jack Shepherd told police he never asked if Charlotte Brown could swim.", "The Metropolitan Police says it was responding to reports of a firearm.", "A man from Bristol has made his first visit to London since World War Two to mark his 100th birthday.", "For the first time in more than a quarter of a century, a British singer has topped the US R&B chart.", "John Schnatter is seeking documents about his exit from the company, after his use of the N-word.", "At least 83 people have been killed and dozens more are missing in one of Greece's worst-ever wildfire disasters.", "Ellie Soutter, one of Britain's most talented young snowboarders, dies on her 18th birthday.", "There's some chemistry to the pleasant smell of rain after a long, dry spell.", "The US president's former lawyer claims Donald Trump knew of a 2016 meeting with influential Russians.", "The Match of the Day presenter has called for a fresh referendum on any deal.", "The contracts, which were introduced three years ago, are not delivering the benefits they promised.", "In a letter to Ball in 1997, the prince called one of the victims a \"ghastly man\", the inquiry heard.", "People were told not to travel \"due to the extreme weather conditions and signalling failure\".", "The general also mocked the US president for using the language of \"night clubs and gambling halls\".", "He also sent letters and turned up at the house the presenter shares with husband Frank Lampard.", "Three people in a 4x4 and two Italian tourists in a minibus died in the head-on collision in Moray.", "The social media ads that helped Vote Leave win the EU referendum are published in full for the first time.", "The station says \"it doesn't feel right\" to broadcast the chat with the controversial YouTuber.", "Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson sends a heartfelt video message thanking hospitals after surgery.", "Met officers ignored early chances to catch serial killer Stephen Port who murdered four young men.", "Shares in the TV network drop on allegations of sexual harassment by chairman Les Moonves.", "Shares in the e-commerce giant jump on record profits, driven by online sales and its cloud services.", "Thunderstorms move across the country as lightning strikes cause delays to East Coast rail services.", "The family were left \"terrified\" after the safari park bear \"chewed\" the car and no help came.", "Facebook is facing crisis and a leadership vacuum as concerns spread worldwide.", "The US basketball star says he works to reassure LeBron James Jr that he can \"take his own course\".", "The rescue centre said the birds had been placed in buckets of water to \"cool their feet down\".", "As UK temperatures soar above 30C, we hear from those struggling to find shelter from the sun.", "It follows high-profile cases involving children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil.", "A couple are in a bitter fight for custody of their grandchildren after their son was killed in China.", "An independent FA inquiry into sex abuse in football finds no evidence of an institutionalised conspiracy.", "Jennifer Caldwell was selling tickets for a London musical when she was asked to stand in and perform.", "From priest to labourer, 10 UK workers told us what it is like to wear a uniform in hot weather.", "The Gossip Girl actor vehemently denied sexual assault allegations that were filed in Los Angeles.", "Millions of UK employees do not get the time off work they are legally entitled to, says union body.", "England's green and pleasant lands are turning brown.", "The actress urges soul-searching after a train attack, though it is unclear if race was a motive.", "Dominic Cummings is ordered to appear before a select committee's inquiry into fake news by 20 June.", "Lucy McHugh's body was found in woodland in Southampton on Thursday morning.", "The technology meltdown at TSB earlier this year has cost the bank £176m.", "There's a weather warning in parts of north and eastern England for heavy rain. It has already hit some areas such as Doncaster, where this downpour on Thursday evening was caught on camera.", "Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh could be tried in the US and face the death penalty.", "The gang members, all aged 15, are handed life sentences for killing Jacob Abraham in December.", "How does the 2018 heatwave compare to, and differ from, the heatwave of 1976?", "Facial recognition technology needs more diverse data, a top Google executive tells the BBC.", "The EU's chief Brexit negotiator rejects a key element of Theresa May's proposals for future trade.", "Carrie Fisher and Richard E Grant will appear in the ninth instalment of the franchise.", "Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno says he has \"never been in favour of Mr Assange's activity\".", "The Oscar-winning star says he was \"disgusted, busted and not to be trusted\" while drinking.", "Satellite imagery appears to show Pyongyang has demolished buildings at the Sohae rocket launch site.", "There are \"serious indications\" the blaze that killed 83 was started deliberately, a minister says.", "The Queen was in residence at the time of the incident, in the early hours of Wednesday.", "A probe into how MPs treat their staff says behaviour has been \"tolerated and accepted for too long\".", "Researchers have found the earliest example of our species outside Africa.", "Police on the Greek island say Suzanne Eaton, who was there for a conference, died of suffocation.", "Police had warned there was a risk of violence if the council tried to dismantle the Avoniel bonfire.", "All flights were suspended for more than two hours due to an air traffic control problem.", "General secretary Jennie Formby accuses deputy leader of \"denigrating\" progress made against anti-Semitism.", "The university watchdog challenges a continuing rise in the proportion of first-class degrees.", "Bonfire builders say there is no need for the council to intervene after tyres are removed from two sites.", "There are 768 blocks of sea on offer across the main North Sea producing area and West of Shetland.", "Emergency crews retrieve the bodies and rescue two survivors in rough seas off New South Wales.", "Singer Mina from Korean group Twice will get treatment and rest instead of going on a world tour.", "For the first time, no airports are given a \"poor\" rating by the industry regulator.", "A coroner rules Labour's Carl Sargeant killed himself after allegations of inappropriate behaviour.", "Captain Eoin Morgan believes his England side could not be better prepared for Thursday's World Cup semi-final against Australia.", "Police say the man dropped nearly 200ft, but was found on river rocks below with no major injuries.", "The US president says the UK ambassador is \"a very stupid guy\" amid a row over leaked emails.", "Twenty young people will take charge of restoring the natural habitat, alongside producing food.", "An adviser to the supreme leader says Iran should retaliate, after the UK detained an Iranian oil tanker.", "The outgoing prime minister says more information about injustice will lead to better policies.", "Mississippi Republican Robert Foster rejects interview with unaccompanied female reporter.", "Jill McDonald will leave the company after criticism over the availability of fashion products.", "Inspectors find drugs are \"too readily available\" at the UK's largest prison, HMP Berwyn.", "The Department for Work and Pensions says the minister was wrong to say victims would not have to pay.", "Serena Williams makes light work of Barbora Strycova to reach the Wimbledon final and stand one win away from a 24th Grand Slam singles title.", "Attacks on tankers in the Gulf drew the US in the 1980s - now it could be even more dangerous.", "The 50th anniversary of David Bowie's Space Oddity is being marked by a new Ziggy Stardust-inspired doll.", "The German chancellor insists there is no need to worry despite the third incident inside a month.", "The Virgin boss tells the BBC a no-deal Brexit would be \"devastating\" for his company.", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle's baby was delivered after she was attacked at home but died days later.", "Dingwall suffered flooding on Wednesday and forecasters warn parts of Scotland could see further downpours.", "The party's deputy leader says he is \"shocked\" and \"appalled\" by allegations made in a BBC documentary.", "They are holding talks with Buccleuch over its plans to sell 25,000 acres of its Borders Estate.", "Many tourists are flocking to the sacred indigenous site in Australia before it is no longer possible.", "Sir Kim Darroch steps down as Boris Johnson faces criticism for not fully backing him.", "The British ambassador to the United States resigned from his role on Wednesday.", "CHA Fertility Center allegedly implanted their embryo into a different woman, who gave up the child.", "Conservationists say plans for a launch site in North Uist threaten a \"pristine section of wild Atlantic coastline\".", "A nurse in chronic pain is told she will have to wait at least three years for NHS treatment.", "Plastic-backed appliances pose a fire risk and should be removed from sale, the consumer group says.", "A primary school is closed after a survey warns of a \"medium\" risk of a quarry spoil slip.", "England surge into their first World Cup final for 27 years with a sensational eight-wicket demolition of Australia at Edgbaston", "Apple has disabled Walkie-Talkie mode after a security flaw was found.", "Bjørn Kjos, one of the founders of the low-cost airline, stands down after 17 years in charge.", "Hailstorms and gale-force winds leave seven dead and dozens injured in the region of Halkidiki.", "Nearly 240,000 England school leavers try for university, but applicant numbers in the rest of the UK fall.", "The 10-month-old died in hospital after the incident at Bright Horizons Nursery in Edinburgh.", "The rocket carrying a satellite is believed to have landed in the sea, the first failure in 15 launches.", "Blockbusters including James Bond and Mission Impossible are also shot at the studios.", "Labour's deputy leader says it's time to bring in \"sunlight\" to \"disinfect\" the party.", "A judge rules the 2012 shooting of unarmed Anthony Grainger was legally justified but criticises police.", "Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan says investigations are focused on a leak, not a hack.", "The giant block of ice has spun around and is now moving north along the Antarctic Peninsula.", "The former child star played the gum-chewing brat in 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.", "Even going electric won't stop cars polluting city streets, government advisers say.", "Seven people, including six tourists, have been killed in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece.", "Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet at Wimbledon for the first time in 11 years after reaching the semi-finals.", "Relatives of victims of 2018's Lion Air crash signed forms stopping them taking legal action, lawyers say.", "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson made the comments after MPs voted to change same-sex marriage and abortion law.", "Facebook's way of sending data from the EU to the US will be challenged in the EU's top court later.", "A no-deal Brexit is perceived as more likely, but banks are still resilient, says the Bank of England.", "BBC News NI assesses the impact of Parliament's vote to legalise same-sex marriage and abortion in NI.", "Almost two years since 700,000 Rohingyas fled violence in Myanmar, there's no sign of them returning.", "Experts say there is no alarm, despite a high level of caesium at a Soviet-era submarine wreck.", "Climate change campaigners use colourful boats to stop traffic and urge the government to \"act now\".", "England win the men's World Cup for the first time as they beat New Zealand in a super over in one of the most incredible games in cricket history.", "Who are the four US congresswomen who President Trump told to \"go back\" to their countries?", "Test captain Joe Root says England are halfway to reaching the cricket \"pinnacle\" of winning a World Cup and Ashes double.", "Yellow-vest protesters formed barricades and lit fires after the annual military event in Paris.", "The 1,000ft skyscraper is rejected by Sadiq Khan who says it would have \"limited public benefit\".", "The president's suggestion that four politicians leave the country has prompted an outpouring of stories.", "Videos of grandparents' reactions to the Cricket World Cup final capture joy at the once in a lifetime win.", "Louai Ali told jurors the zombie knife used to kill Sidali Mohamed was bought for £50 via Instagram.", "England's stunning victory in a champagne super over was a very English way to win a World Cup, writes Tom Fordyce.", "New tools to fight online scams are launched after a legal action by TV personality Martin Lewis.", "England captain Eoin Morgan says he \"never allowed\" himself to imagine lifting the World Cup.", "\"Europe's GPS\" remains offline as it grapples with a technical glitch in its ground infrastructure.", "The BBC has been given rare access to Iran to gauge the public mood as tensions with the US deepen.", "Liam Fox wants to train new trade negotiators. Opponents say it is a last-minute scramble.", "There was an increase in hoarding coins during the \"tumultuous\" reign of the queen, an expert says.", "The World Health Organization says the news could be a game-changer because of the population density.", "As MPs and peers call for an overhaul of whistleblowing laws, a former teacher explains why she took action.", "Here's what Iran and world powers agreed on its nuclear programme, and why it is now in crisis.", "Cyclist Scott Walker, 43, died after being found seriously injured on a road in Fife last week.", "The Spanish carrier's UK departures were delayed by an average of 31 minutes last year, research shows.", "Karl Shiels appeared in RTE's Fair City and had roles in Batman Begins and Peaky Blinders.", "Prof Catriona Matheson will advise on policies to tackle Scotland's rising number of drug deaths.", "Imports of waste oil from Asia, intended to cut carbon from transport, are linked to rising levels of deforestation", "Fans worldwide said New Zealand's Black Caps had lost the Cricket World Cup, but \"won our hearts\".", "Jacquie says it was like a fire ripping through her family after five relatives died because of drug addiction.", "China's economy has been slowing despite Beijing's efforts to boost spending and cut taxes.", "Why Iran's nuclear agreement is facing its most fundamental challenge yet.", "Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib describe conditions at US facilities at the southern border.", "England's director of cricket Ashley Giles says he is unconcerned about claims England were awarded one run too many in their World Cup final win over New Zealand.", "Five men are arrested on suspicion of affray after the crash in south-west London.", "Gerald Matovu, who sold drugs to serial killer Stephen Port, gave his victim an overdose of GHB.", "The brothers ate quickly without chewing their food properly, an earlier inquest heard.", "Mike Ashley's company says \"uncertain\" trading at House of Fraser is part of the reason for the delay.", "Alan Turing's achievements should make him a household name says \"father of the internet\" Vint Cerf.", "Those who love cricket cannot have asked for any more from England's World Cup final victory, says Jonathan Agnew.", "Stars and politicians are campaigning for a non-white scientist to feature on the new £50 note.", "Officials say there is no evidence for far-right claims foreigners have killed thousands of Germans.", "The 19-year-old was detained after the victim, 22, died from stab wounds on a street in Greenwich.", "How debit cards have replaced cash as the most popular way to pay in the UK - in graphics.", "Watch the moment that Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win England the World Cup.", "Jeremy Hunt says the language was \"totally offensive\", while Boris Johnson says it was \"unacceptable\".", "At the Made in America showcase, Mr Trump responds to questions about the meaning behind his tweets.", "England's cricket world cup-winning squad hails from across the country and around the globe.", "Thousands of workers are calling for better conditions as the retail giant's annual sale starts.", "A \"Fat Controller\" figure should lead operations, says the man tasked with improving the railways.", "Sadiq Khan says \"there's never any excuse for criminality\" but that poverty is a factor.", "England's World Cup-winning cricket team meet British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street.", "People have to \"wake up to the greatness\" of Novak Djokovic after he won his 16th Grand Slam, says Boris Becker.", "Watch the moment Eoin Morgan and England lift the Cricket World Cup trophy after a dramatic sudden-death super over against New Zealand at Lord's.", "Extinction Rebellion protesters are in Cardiff city centre, blocking the road outside the castle.", "It comes as party staff demand an apology from Jeremy Corbyn on Labour's response to Panorama programme.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt face questions from Sun newspaper readers as race enters last week.", "More than 130 people have been killed in Nepal, Bangladesh and India amid flooding and landslides.", "A few months ago the World Cup wasn't even on the radar of England's new bowling star Jofra Archer - but did he just predict the most nail-biting match in history?", "Sara Khan, hired by the government to tackle extremism, says teachers should have had more support.", "Unlike the riotous 2005 Ashes celebrations, England's World Cup parade at The Oval was a much more family-friendly affair.", "Freckles approached a team of divers for help after getting hooks embedded under her eye.", "From Lapland in the Arctic Circle to the southern island of Gotland, dozens of fires are raging.", "Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga walked 35 metres off the ground in front of hundreds of people in Paris.", "He has been treated in hospital for serious burns to his arm and face, police said.", "More drugs are being prescribed to young people in Britain, despite concerns about potential harm.", "The bank says plans to set up a new hub on the banks of the Clyde will double its Scottish workforce.", "Francesco Molinari becomes the first Italian to win a major, holding off a pack of heavyweight names to claim The Open Championship at Carnoustie.", "There's been a rise in the number of families in England who work but are still homeless, says charity.", "Poorer and middle income families have not seen incomes rise since 2003, new research suggests.", "Minister faces questions over the UK's stance on two IS suspects from London facing a possible US trial.", "But preparations have begun in case negotiations end without agreement, Brexit secretary says.", "Ex-Southampton FC coach Bob Higgins was accused of assaulting 24 boys between 1971 and 1996.", "All of the UK will have full-fibre broadband coverage by 2033 under a new national telecoms strategy.", "Six people are arrested after the attack in a room at Manchester's Beetham Tower.", "Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is among the novels on this year's longlist.", "Germany's football association rejects allegations of racism from Mesut Ozil but accepts it could have done more to protect him from abuse.", "A woman admits misleading customers who paid for secured storage for their cars - which were left in fields.", "The three-year-old, who was attacked at a Home Bargains store, suffered burns to his arm and face.", "Temperatures peak at 41.1C (106F), as officials issue a new warning to stay safe.", "There is no guarantee that the products you recycle are actually recycled, the UK watchdog warns.", "Advanced X-ray machines are on trial that can detect explosives and screen items inside bags.", "Faking a murder: The assassin, the police, the victim and his wife explain how they convinced the world it was real.", "Drivers must meet minimum standards, including being able to read a number plate from 20m.", "The foreign secretary says the EU must change its Brexit approach as the UK is \"not going to blink\".", "One in 25 children fell into the category when they left primary school last year, figures show.", "Captured members of a notorious Islamic State cell...", "A drug that can stop people getting recurrent bouts of malaria has been approved by regulators in the United States.", "The UK's largest supermarket group is thought to be planning to challenge discounters Aldi and Lidl.", "Tens of thousands of people hold a protest against a recent law denying surrogacy to gay couples.", "The woman was praying when a 100kg (220lb) stone fell just a few feet away.", "The Irish airline is forced to improve its pay as staff take strike action to get a better deal.", "The 104 page document sets out the UK's proposed relationship with the EU after Brexit.", "The 1963 demo tape features a 16-year-old Bowie singing with his first band, The Konrads.", "\"Down valuations\" can lead to sales falling through and property chains collapsing.", "North Korea's nuclear programme has been a source of great concern for more than 20 years.", "A penalty shootout in a Scottish League Cup tie finally produced the result that comedian Eric Morecambe predicted.", "Lee Savage met his victims on the dating website and mounted a persistent campaign to rape them.", "Satellite imagery appears to show Pyongyang has demolished buildings at the Sohae rocket launch site.", "Five ships are allowed to hunt up to 227 whales for profit, ending a three-decade pause despite criticism.", "The light aircraft veered into a hangar shortly after take-off at an airport near Dallas.", "It would be \"unacceptable\" for civil servants to discuss his health, Downing Street says.", "Stephanie Grisham struggles with Kim Jong-Un's staff to let US media into South Korea meeting.", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle's brother leads tributes to his pregnant sister who was stabbed to death.", "Nigel Farage pledges to scrap interest on tuition fees as he steps up preparations for a snap election.", "Live updates as Hong Kong police move in after protesters storm parliament building.", "It's time the Church of England reflected its many ethnic minority members, says Rose Hudson-Wilkin.", "Images from Hong Kong's Legislative Council as protesters break in and deface the council chamber.", "Carola Rackete ignored Italian orders and docked her Sea-Watch-3 vessel, clipping a patrol boat.", "How did Hong Kong's protesters - many barely out of their teens - manage to force the government's hand?", "BBC journalist Danny Vincent reports from inside parliament after protesters broke into the Legislative Council.", "The five ships that set sail are the first to commercially hunt whales in Japan in more than 30 years.", "The US president and North Korean leader meet at the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea.", "EU leaders have been holding marathon talks in an attempt to pick a successor to Jean-Claude Juncker.", "Here's what Iran and world powers agreed on its nuclear programme, and why it is now in crisis.", "MPs say laws on political advertising and funding need to be updated for the digital age.", "A look at the prince's contribution to Wales during the 50 years since his investiture.", "Police have linked the money to criminal activity carried out by Chinese organised crime groups.", "A mother and her daughter are stopped over fears the 10-year-old was at risk of female genital mutilation abroad.", "The Treasury is urged to provide a \"front-loaded\" five-year fund to improve local roads in England.", "Jonny Bairstow hits a century as England reignite their World Cup campaign with a 31-run win over India.", "He had been suing Essex Police over his arrest following the death of Stuart Lubbock at his home.", "The end of the whisky plant in Kilmarnock led to the loss of about 700 jobs.", "Comic Omid Djalili upsets some people on social media with a joke about the Welsh language.", "Some fear they could run out of money for essential services like child protection and social care.", "Head coach Phil Neville says it would be considered a \"failure\" if England do not beat the USA and reach the Women's World Cup final.", "MPs warn that childcare in England risks becoming accessible only to the wealthy.", "Nominees for the top EU jobs must be a balance of nations and gender, Latvia's PM says.", "The Conservative ex-politician and journalist says he and his wife Frances remain \"good friends\".", "The leadership hopeful says he would give the EU three weeks to show willing before abandoning talks.", "The person is believed to have fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on Sunday afternoon.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be the first royals to visit the Islamic republic in 13 years.", "The conflict between mainland China and Hong Kong is playing out at college campuses across the US.", "The BBC's Allan Little sees a change in Scotland after 20 years of having its own parliament.", "The two leaders meet at the Demilitarized zone, an area that divides the two Koreas.", "Fifteen-year-old qualifier Cori Gauff beats five-time champion Venus Williams in a stunning first-round upset at Wimbledon.", "The Tory leadership candidate's team says there will be no change to how Scottish government funding is calculated.", "Huge group chats with real-time voting let demonstrators decide what steps to take next.", "The true scale of homelessness in the North East is largely hidden from view, according to Shelter.", "The star makes a triumphant return to Glastonbury, 14 years after cancer forced her to pull out.", "The reality star and designer does a U-turn following accusations of cultural appropriation.", "The TV presenter and the former Strictly star got wed in Las Vegas.", "The chancellor says pledges from the Tory leadership hopefuls \"greatly exceed\" the Treasury's coffers.", "Top seed Novak Djokovic starts his defence of the Wimbledon crown by beating Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets.", "The BBC's Nick Beake goes inside the Legislative Council to see the damage after activists broke in.", "Renewed hopes of a US-China trade deal see investors sell gold, while US stocks hit a fresh record.", "Janelle Monae, Billie Eilish, Christine and the Queens and Kylie make their mark on the festival.", "Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering the 26-year-old, whose baby is in a critical condition.", "England suffer heartbreak in the World Cup semi-final, losing 2-1 to defending champions the United States in Lyon.", "The event was billed as one of the biggest celebrations of LGBT pride in history.", "A debate on the issue was prompted by a petition from The Only Way Is Essex's Bobby Norris", "A day that started with champagne led to clashes between police and protesters – and ended with tear gas.", "An Amazon engineer uses machine learning to lock out his cat when it brings back prey in its mouth.", "He is the police force's fifth chief constable, succeeding Sir George Hamilton.", "The Department for Transport wants more charge points in the UK but hybrid vehicle sales have fallen.", "The ex-minister's wife says his farewell note is not an apology over accusations he faced.", "Dominic Grieve's attempt to stop the suspension of Parliament will not be put to a vote on Tuesday.", "Britain's Johanna Konta bids for a Wimbledon semi-final spot, while Andy Murray is in mixed doubles action with Serena Williams.", "The latest plan for replacing EU subsidies after Brexit rewards work such as planting trees.", "A lawsuit claims a mix-up at a California fertility clinic meant a woman delivered the wrong children.", "Advisers asked to find a solution to the Irish border Brexit problem run into immediate difficulties.", "Brexit uncertainty coupled with an economic slowdown has pushed sterling to April 2017 levels.", "Bonfire builders say there is no need for the council to intervene after tyres are removed from two sites.", "After the ambassador's emails row, will Mrs May's successor tackle, tame or tolerate Donald Trump?", "The clip of eight climbers making their way up a peak is being used to help analyse what went wrong.", "The contenders for Conservative Party leadership, and PM, row over the date the UK will leave the EU.", "Andy Murray and Serena Williams' box office partnership at Wimbledon continues with another straight-set win in the mixed doubles.", "An \"eye-opening\" fishing trip persuaded the owners \"there's not plenty more fish in the sea\".", "MPs vote by the thinnest of margins to make it harder for a future PM to prorogue Parliament.", "Get our news coverage on your phone or tablet and discover a range of compelling features.", "Johanna Konta fails in her bid to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals after an error-strewn display in a straight-set defeat by Barbora Strycova.", "Snowball went viral in 2008, but now scientists say he can teach us about dance and social behaviour.", "Unions back a referendum in all scenarios with voters being given the option to remain in the EU.", "More than 40 million households watched the show in its first four days, the streaming service says.", "The US president says the UK ambassador is \"a very stupid guy\" amid a row over leaked emails.", "The firm hopes new anti-bullying measures will help prevent abuse but stresses work is still ongoing.", "The Met Police are asked to look into the leak of emails calling the Trump administration \"inept\".", "The London singer-songwriter is running a writing camp for LGBT artists.", "There was no jaw-dropping moment in ITV debate but both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will be happy.", "Jeremy Corbyn urges the next Tory PM to hold a vote, but doesn't say what he would do if he got to No 10.", "The businessman founded the High Street retailer as Penny's in 1969 in his home country of Ireland.", "Overall, ethnic minorities earn 3.8% less than white ethnic groups, the first official figures show.", "The UN's education agency says global targets on improving education are going to be missed.", "The ex-English Defence League leader's Facebook Live could have intimidated defendants, a judge says.", "The rapper says she has \"better educated\" herself amid a human rights backlash.", "The vessels, which were part of the German High Seas fleet, were deliberately scuttled 100 years ago.", "Researchers find that in US states that have legalised the drug, teen use has dropped.", "Identifying credible journalism on the internet can be a confusing experience - this is why we are making greater efforts to explain what type of information you are reading or watching on our site.", "Skin from Skunk Anansie says the rapper's set was a \"wonderful moment for black culture\".", "The civil servant previously in charge of Brexit-planning tells the BBC no deal is fraught with risk.", "The family of the US actor has confirmed he died after suffering a seizure in his sleep.", "She's spoken about how she's struggled with criticism and why becoming a mum is making her take action.", "Storms flooded the Washington DC metro area, snarling the morning commute and stranding drivers.", "Flights were suspended for 30 hours after the multiple drone sightings at Gatwick Airport in December.", "The UK's data privacy regulator has said it plans to fine the US hotel group for a data breach.", "Johanna Konta keeps alive hopes of a first British women's singles champion at Wimbledon for 42 years by reaching the quarter-finals.", "The business pioneer twice ran for president as an independent in the 1990s.", "The rapper is detained for at least a further two weeks over a fight in Stockholm.", "The first head-to-head clash between the rivals saw some pointed and personal exchanges.", "The artefact was sold for £4.7m last week, despite Egypt warning it was probably stolen.", "Scotland's drug-related death toll may have hit a new record high of 1,200 in 2018, MPs are told.", "The new prime minister will be chosen by 160,000 Tory party members - but what are the vote-winning issues?", "The UK Foreign Office bans two Russian news agencies, accusing them of spreading misinformation.", "The Unite leader says Labour should trust Jeremy Corbyn to consult the party on its Brexit stance.", "Lord Triesman, Labour's former general secretary, says life in the party has become \"sickening\".", "Two other teenagers who also fell ill were taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment.", "The British foreign secretary responds to leaked emails by the UK ambassador that call Trump \"inept\".", "Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson trade blows over Europe and US diplomatic row in fractious ITV encounter.", "The Foreign Office will explore how memos from the UK's envoy in the US were published by a paper.", "Inadequate assessment of inmates eligible for release is putting public safety at risk, a report says.", "The Old Town Road star posted a string of LGBT themed tweets on the final day of 2019 Pride Month.", "The coastguard says the pleasure boat was taking on water rapidly three miles off Pembrokeshire.", "The UK's \"ramshackle\" approach means emissions are not being cut fast enough, advisers say,", "The BBC show's creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge says Fleabag isn't \"just for posh girls\".", "The naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says that climate change will make parts of Africa uninhabitable.", "Denmark plans controls on popular influencers after an Instagram star posted a suicide note.", "A \"straight pride\" group claimed they were victims of terrorism after they were sent glitter-filled envelopes.", "Music videos by Daddy Yankee, Rosalia and Maluma dominate YouTube's most-watched list for 2019.", "The shadow foreign secretary was cycling when she was involved in a collision in Westminster.", "CalMac ferries faces rising costs for complications and delays on two new ships, according to the owner of the shipyard where they are being built.", "Marcin Porczyk disappeared after a night out and was found by workers near Swansea marina.", "The murdered journalist's sister Nichola opens up about her family's experience the night of the murder.", "Brandon Rice, 17, became unwell in a house in Hamilton in the early hours of Wednesday.", "Algeria win the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secures a 1-0 win against Senegal in Cairo.", "Commuters have been \"let down by a programme that is well behind schedule\", a committee of MPs says.", "The charge will wipe out profits, but Boeing says it hopes the aircraft will resume flying this year.", "Composer Zosha Di Castri spills the beans on her latest work, which launches the BBC Proms on Friday.", "Samson D'Souza was found guilty of \"culpable homicide not amounting to murder\" by an Indian court.", "Zimbabwe netballers celebrate their top-eight finish at the World Cup by dancing their way on to BBC Two's TV coverage while Hazel Irvine is still presenting.", "He said he had to check on his 65-year-old mother despite fracturing his hip earlier in the day.", "Iris Goldsmith was driving the vehicle on the family farm in Somerset, an inquest has heard.", "The \"horrendous\" two-car crash in Stevenage came at a gathering where there were modified vehicles.", "The Inverclyde yard posts a £60m loss following major cost overruns on deal to build new ferries.", "Fraudster Shaun Greenhalgh returns to Bolton Museum which paid £440,000 for one of his fake statues.", "The 5.1 magnitude earthquake knocked out telecoms and power in parts of the city.", "The home secretary also said open racism was propelling extremist politicians to power around the world.", "A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 12 and 19 July.", "Scottish SPCA officers and police seized more than 100 animals in the Aberdeenshire raid in 2017.", "Michael Lewis and Gareth Delbridge were using a petrol-engined tool when they were struck on 3 July.", "Thirteen-year-old Lucy McHugh had \"unknown promise, cruelly obliterated\", the judge said.", "Former members of a radical sect describe growing up in communes where abuse was commonplace.", "Ireland fans hit headlines at Euro 2012 with their \"Angela Merkel thinks we're at work\" flag.", "Theresa May says \"it's not fair\" parents have to return to work before their baby leaves hospital.", "Rory McIlroy agonisingly misses the cut at his home Open as Ireland's Shane Lowry shoots a 67 to take a share of the lead.", "David De Montfalcon, 64, died from a heart attack after Alan Rooney shouted and caused damage in his shop.", "A Conservative AM says it must start generating cash or be sold by the Welsh Government.", "Senior Tories seeking to avoid leaving the EU without a deal, are looking at a radical plan, Newsnight learns.", "Ben Kaye and the boys' grandfather surprised children at a Shropshire primary school.", "In his first interview, YouTube's UK managing director defends the platform's algorithms.", "Higher debt interest payments and increased spending on services contributed to a sharp rise in borrowing.", "Donald Trump has told US media \"I like\" Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, and that they're \"friends of mine\".", "The 17-year-old boy became unwell at the property in Pitreavie Court, Hamilton in the early hours of Wednesday.", "“He's a different kind of a guy but they say I’m a different kind of guy too,\" the US president says.", "The world premiere of the fifth series of Peaky Blinders was held in Birmingham ahead of its return to BBC One later this year.", "Whether it's almond, soy or coconut it seems cow's milk is being ditched for alternatives.", "Attacks on tankers in the Gulf drew the US in the 1980s - now it could be even more dangerous.", "The boss of the new high-speed rail link has reportedly warned the project will exceed its £56bn budget.", "The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the average temperature was 61.6F (16.4C).", "Schools and colleges urgently need billions more in funding, a committee of MPs says.", "Government plans to toughen punishments for motorists breaking the law to try to reduce road deaths.", "BeLeave founder Darren Grimes says the Electoral Commission's punishment has \"taken a huge toll\".", "Dentists, teachers and police officers are reportedly to get pay increases of between 2% and 2.9%.", "James Goddard, 30, who was arrested outside Parliament, admits public order offences.", "New light is being shed on the dispute between the agency that buys Cal Mac ferries and the only shipyard in Scotland able to build them. With large loans and overspends at stake, this will get messy in 2019.", "A series of messages are sent from the Met's account calling for the release of a drill rap artist.", "The government says separate entrances \"stigmatise\" social housing tenants in new developments.", "The Scottish government draws up plans to take Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde into public ownership", "Teachers and members of the armed forces are among those receiving a wage increase.", "The US musician becomes the first woman to conduct the First Night of the BBC Proms.", "Water scooter riders are reported for harassing a dolphin in the river near North Shields Fish Quay.", "Alek Sigley wrote articles about North Korean fashion, apps, and restaurants for website NK News.", "Police say about 22 people have been injured and are being treated in hospital.", "Fifty years on from the Stonewall uprising, London Pride 2019 was just as colourful as ever.", "Employers are urged to be vigilant after the UK's largest modern day slavery network is exposed.", "Sir Antony Gormley says the oil giant has no place sponsoring the annual portrait prize.", "Get BBC News", "Marie McCourt wants to deny killers parole if they will not reveal where victims' remains are.", "A Smurf-like sculpture of the US first lady unveiled in her hometown of Sevnica gets mixed reviews.", "Officers investigating murders committed by Stephen Port were guilty of \"systemic failings\", but won't be disciplined.", "The man was stuck for six days in his Liverpool basement before being rescued.", "Charlie Adlard says he has had exhibitions all over the world but never in his home town Shrewsbury.", "Get our news coverage on your phone or tablet and discover a range of compelling features.", "Take control of this special 1000th episode of BBC Click - a first-of-its-kind interactive experiment that puts you in the director’s chair as you decide what stories to watch and as the show changes to suit you.", "England finish fourth at the Women's World Cup after losing 2-1 to Sweden in the third-place play-off in Nice.", "Boris Johnson says there should be a \"strong Conservative influence\" in the replacement for EU aid.", "", "The Lego model is unveiled as events are held to mark 50 years since the Stonewall uprising.", "Up to 1.5 million people have been watching the parade go through central London.", "Why Iran's nuclear agreement is facing its most fundamental challenge yet.", "Identifying credible journalism on the internet can be a confusing experience - this is why we are making greater efforts to explain what type of information you are reading or watching on our site.", "How to get in touch with BBC News about web and digital services.", "Dan O'Sullivan, 29, is believed to be first person charged since Finns Law was introduced.", "Conservative party leadership race 2022", "American 15-year-old Coco Gauff saves two match points in another astonishing display to extend her dream Wimbledon run into the last 16.", "Several places in southern Alaska are experiencing record temperatures, including its largest city.", "The show, due to take place this weekend, is called off after number of exhibitors pulled out.", "Get the latest news, entertainment, and top stories about Rossett from the BBC", "Ballot papers arrive as Sir John Major endorses Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson backs new trade zones.", "Conservative Party members have started voting on who will be the next prime minister.", "The guitar-player set standards in world music with his lilting version of The Girl from Ipanema.", "Johanna Konta stages a determined comeback to beat Sloane Stephens and reach the Wimbledon fourth round but Dan Evans and Harriet Dart lose.", "Merseyside fire chiefs admit that its response to emergences has been 'compromised' by budget cuts.", "Sir John Sawers says Whitehall is \"anxious\" that \"potential prime ministers\" lack leadership qualities.", "Carl Beech tells a court he was \"ashamed\" and \"in denial\" about possessing indecent images of children.", "Monkstown is one of Antrim's most deprived areas, but a boxing club is helping youths fight back.", "The singer told fans at the end of his Hyde Park show that he would have the operation in September.", "The actor is interviewed under caution over sex assault claims in the UK, a US website reports.", "Andy Murray and Serena Williams begin their blockbuster partnership with a confident win in the Wimbledon mixed doubles on Centre Court.", "Gordon Brown says his party must \"rebuild trust\" with the Jewish community.", "Producers of Welsh lamb, potatoes and sea salt say the EU helps them on the global market.", "After praising revolutionary rebels for seizing \"airports\", Mr Trump said the autocue went \"kaput\".", "Police said there was \"widespread\" disorder before, during and after Millwall's game against Everton.", "\"Tree is a fine example of Manchester International Festival's spirit of adventure.\"", "The victim was found with gunshot wounds in Wembley on Friday and pronounced dead in hospital.", "The family of a teenager found inside a burning car say friends haven't helped the investigation.", "Parm Sandhu says she was denied promotion and opportunities on the basis of her race and gender.", "Kate Williams says she only knows of three other people in the UK who have the same cancer as her.", "The British establishment figure was accused of sexual harassment and assault, The Times reports.", "MPs vote in favour of a new \"Helen's Law\" to deny killers parole if they will not reveal where victims' remains are.", "How to add BBC News alerts to your app and sign up for our newsletters.", "A fight breaks out ahead of Millwall and Everton's FA Cup clash at The Den in London.", "Noel Conway said he was \"extremely disappointed\" as his court battle for assisted dying ends.", null, "Get our news coverage on your phone or tablet and discover a range of compelling features.", "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were joined by close family and friends for the private ceremony.", "Councillors are warned a campus revamp is under threat after they rejected proposals to finance it.", "Some Conservative members received more than one paper to vote for the next PM, the BBC learns.", "\"A star has been born,\" according to nine-time champion Martina Navratilova after watching Coco Gauff, 15, reach the Wimbledon fourth round.", "The law should be changed so convicted killers who do not reveal where their victims' bodies are cannot be set free, the mother of a murdered woman says.", "The North Antrim MP will miss crucial Brexit votes when Parliament resumes.", "From Lapland in the Arctic Circle to the southern island of Gotland, dozens of fires are raging.", "The aircraft \"blatantly violated\" Israeli airspace, Israel's PM says, but Syria denies this.", "For the second year running, travel watchdog Transport Focus has asked customers for their views.", "They are to spend nine days living in a monastery, a tradition for Thai men who experience adversity.", "The Western Mediterranean route to Spain is now the most popular with migrants trying to reach Europe.", "More drugs are being prescribed to young people in Britain, despite concerns about potential harm.", "The Tour de France is stopped temporarily when riders are affected by a spray used on protesting French farmers, with some needing medical treatment.", "Teachers and members of the armed forces are among those receiving a wage increase.", "Poorer and middle income families have not seen incomes rise since 2003, new research suggests.", "The gold medallist and her husband, Steve Backshall, revealed the news on social media.", "Adolescent boys in England will now get the vaccine for which girls are already eligible.", "At least 74 people die as flames spread across the Attica region around Athens.", "Fatima Khan, 21, posted a video on social media of Khalid Safi as he lay dying.", "Global heat records have fallen this month, and not 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So what's happening?", "Dutch scientists call an immediate halt to research with the anti-impotence drug in pregnancy.", "Researchers say it could help to identify dementia earlier when the condition is easier to treat.", "Sabrina by Nick Drnaso is among the novels on this year's longlist.", "More than 100,000 people want Insatiable to be pulled before its release, but the show's star urges viewers to watch before passing judgement.", "The football and hot weather helped sales to grow at their fastest pace this year, research suggests.", "The BBC's Gavin Lee visits the devastated village of Mati and meets those who have lost everything.", "Daniel was only 18 months old when he first met Stuart at a care home.", "RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire employs 600 people and has been the Red Arrows' home since 2000.", "A woman admits misleading customers who paid for secured storage for their cars - which were left in fields.", "The man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.", "At least 20 people died and hundreds went missing after a dam collapsed, engulfing thousands of homes.", "One in 25 children fell into the category when they left primary school last year, figures show.", "For the towns where 66 people died in last June's forest fires, life will never again be normal.", "Forest fires raging across Greece have killed at least 20 and injured more than 100.", "Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab will \"deputise\" for the PM as talks in Brussels enter crucial phase.", "Passenger numbers fell in 2017 in a number of English cities, but overcrowding remains a problem.", "France's Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 16 of the Tour de France after Britain's Adam Yates crashes late on while leading.", "A Briton held for two years in Bangladesh following a deadly cafe siege faces no charges, police say.", "Leave.EU co-founder Arron Banks says the money was to fund a political campaign and denies corruption.", "A woman abused by her stepfather has said she is \"delighted\" she will now be able to claim compensation.", "The Attica region around Athens is consumed by flames", "After months of lockdown, many are enjoying a spell of hot weather. Here is how to handle the heat.", "The Kingdom Choir performed Stand By Me at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.", "North Korea's nuclear programme has been a source of great concern for more than 20 years.", "Holyrood's Brexit bill is \"fundamentally inconsistent\" with UK law and should be struck down, judges are told.", "Satellite imagery appears to show Pyongyang has demolished buildings at the Sohae rocket launch site.", "The pop star is reportedly in a stable condition after being found unconscious at her home.", "Dawn Sturgess became ill within 15 minutes of spraying the Novichok on her wrists, says Charlie Rowley.", "The US tries to protect farmers suffering from tit-for-tat tariffs targeting agriculture products.", "Scientists capture an image of two particles interacting and sharing their physical states for an instant.", "Darren Pencille stabbed Lee Pomeroy 18 times in an argument on a Guildford to London train.", "London's iconic bell began striking the hour on 11 July 1859.", "Iris Goldsmith, 15, was killed in an accident on her family's Somerset farm earlier this week.", "Police had warned there was a risk of violence if the council tried to dismantle the Avoniel bonfire.", "Darren Pencille, the man who stabbed Lee Pomeroy to death on a London-bound train, had a history of mental illness.", "General secretary Jennie Formby accuses deputy leader of \"denigrating\" progress made against anti-Semitism.", "Popular trails have been blocked with rocks and had branches placed at head height.", "The former Blue Peter presenter is accused of assaulting a woman in Westminster in 2008.", "Some Emerade pens have blocked needles so patients are advised to carry a spare one at all times.", "The Unite union says 4,000 staff will strike over pay, but the airport says it has plans to remain open.", "Roger Federer moves within one win of a record-equalling ninth Wimbledon singles title as he beats Rafael Nadal to set up a final against Novak Djokovic.", "The 35-year-old woman died at the scene at a roundabout in south London.", "An adviser to the supreme leader says Iran should retaliate, after the UK detained an Iranian oil tanker.", "They are part of an operation that saw 16 foreigners detained after testing positive for drug use.", "The outgoing prime minister says more information about injustice will lead to better policies.", "More than 1,000 demonstrators were arrested during April's climate change protests in London.", "As forced marriages reported in Scotland increase, Nyla Khan describes being taken to Pakistan to marry aged 17.", "Big tech companies are feeling the heat as the General Data Protection Regulation gathers momentum.", "Christine Mackie, who plays Coronation Street's Dr Gaddas, was 11 when her dad took his own life.", "Mississippi Republican Robert Foster rejects interview with unaccompanied female reporter.", "All students are offered free train tickets to a university open day, after fears of excessive cost.", "It is understood the trial of the former first minister on charges of attempted rape and sexual assault will not begin until at least January.", "Misconduct proceedings against four officers involved in detaining Thomas Orchard are dismissed.", "Excluded from mainstream school, these teenagers explain how boxing helps them channel their ADHD.", "Serena Williams makes light work of Barbora Strycova to reach the Wimbledon final and stand one win away from a 24th Grand Slam singles title.", "The pair were arrested after the County Down man's body was found at a lake weeks after he went missing.", "Attacks on tankers in the Gulf drew the US in the 1980s - now it could be even more dangerous.", "Rival demonstrations were held in Seoul over the consumption of dog meat, a traditional part of South Korean cuisine.", "Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib describe conditions at US facilities at the southern border.", "A flight from Vancouver to Sydney hits a severe patch of turbulence and is diverted to Hawaii.", "The Tory leadership candidate says the move would show the UK was \"ready to defend its interests\".", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle's baby was delivered after she was attacked at home but died days later.", "Ali Issa Ahmad says he was badly beaten after wearing a Qatar flag T-shirt at a match in Abu Dhabi.", "Our business and transport correspondents answer your questions on electric cars.", "HMS Duncan's deployment has been brought forward amid escalating tensions between the UK and Iran.", "A submarine suspected to be carrying drugs is seized by US Coast Guards in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.", "All the latest content about Global Education from the BBC.", "The BBC secures exclusive rights to the 2021 Women's European Championship, which will be hosted by England.", "Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renew their celebrated rivalry on Friday when they meet at Wimbledon for the first time since the epic 2008 final.", "But leadership rival Boris Johnson says the UK will leave the EU on 31 October \"come what may\".", "This is Theresa May's final interview with the BBC before she leaves Downing Street for the last time next week.", "England surge into their first World Cup final for 27 years with a sensational eight-wicket demolition of Australia at Edgbaston", "Olafur Eliasson's art is quietly provocative, and at its best stimulates your senses and your mind.", "The story of the deadly violence in Khartoum on 3 June, told through those who filmed it.", "Babies with tongue-ties rarely need surgery to help them feed, a US study suggests.", "The prime minister has told the BBC that she will leave the job with a \"mixture of pride and disappointment\"", "Manchester Grammar School pupil Yousef Makki was stabbed in the heart with a flick knife in March.", "The Metropolitan Police says the alleged leak has damaged the UK's international relations.", "A judge rules the 2012 shooting of unarmed Anthony Grainger was legally justified but criticises police.", "The Tory leadership frontrunner says he will appoint a veterans minister if he becomes PM.", "Police say Farhad Salah \"posed a very real risk to the safety of our communities\".", "Cody Rhys Williams-Jones had so many haemorrhages in his eyes, it was impossible to count them.", "Relatives of victims of 2018's Lion Air crash signed forms stopping them taking legal action, lawyers say.", "US police believe the mother suffered a fall in 2016 and her daughter did not provide adequate care.", "Hundreds of migrants occupy the city's Panthéon and demand the right to stay in France.", "Nathaniel Ernest developed permanent ringing in his ears after going to a loud concert aged 18.", "The cameras have faced criticism, but Sajid Javid says it is right police use the latest technology.", "The young man, who died at the scene in Croydon, was one of three people attacked on the same street.", "The singer is reportedly facing several new charges including child abuse images.", "Almost two years since 700,000 Rohingyas fled violence in Myanmar, there's no sign of them returning.", "The Scottish festival ran for 22 years but organisers say they're focusing on new events.", "Experts say there is no alarm, despite a high level of caesium at a Soviet-era submarine wreck.", "After President Trump tells four women of colour to \"go home\", his own party is muted in its criticism.", "The man was suffering from mild hypothermia when he was picked up by French authorities.", "Gerald Matovu, who sold drugs to serial killer Stephen Port, gave his victim an overdose of GHB.", "Who are the four US congresswomen who President Trump told to \"go back\" to their countries?", "Thousands of workers are calling for better conditions as the retail giant's annual sale starts.", "A \"Fat Controller\" figure should lead operations, says the man tasked with improving the railways.", "The brothers ate quickly without chewing their food properly, an earlier inquest heard.", "The Killing Eve actresses are both up for best actress in a drama series at this year's Emmy TV awards.", "Germany's Ursula von der Leyen is voted in by MEPs as the head of the EU Commission.", "The government says it will consult on raising the age limit for playing the National Lottery from 16 to 18.", "A senior Tory says the views expressed by the leadership rivals appear to rule out any compromise.", "Pearson says students will only be able to rent physical books as it makes all products \"digital first\".", "The 1,000ft skyscraper is rejected by Sadiq Khan who says it would have \"limited public benefit\".", "A health warning is issued as nine people collapse after using a vaping liquid containing the drug.", "The president's suggestion that four politicians leave the country has prompted an outpouring of stories.", "The London rapper has been charged over the stabbing of a 20-year-old at a 2018 New Year's Party.", "Victims of domestic abuse in rural areas suffer longer and are less likely to get support, says report.", "Prof Catriona Matheson will advise on policies to tackle Scotland's rising number of drug deaths.", "Tyga, Stefflon Don and Yxng Bane were among the acts due to perform.", "Jacquie says it was like a fire ripping through her family after five relatives died because of drug addiction.", "US imposed sanctions are crippling the economy, making food and medicines unaffordable.", "The version now available on the streaming site no longer depicts a young girl taking her life.", "Police and the PM's spokesperson praise officers' courage and professionalism during the attack.", "A House of Lords inquiry looked at the impact of the ban on fishing discards six months on.", "The BBC has obtained footage of the night which shows unarmed police and members of the public as they tried to confront the armed men.", "Business lobby groups say ministers must act to avoid \"acute\" skills shortages after Brexit.", "New tools to fight online scams are launched after a legal action by TV personality Martin Lewis.", "The 58-year-old was fatally injured at an Asda supermarket in Peterhead on Tuesday afternoon.", "Rescuers are searching through the debris of the four-storey building in India's financial capital.", "The airline also says it could close bases and axe summer flights next year.", "The party says it will eliminate the \"modern-day scourge\" if it wins the next election.", "An analyst says research showed the scheme made offenders more harmful, but it continued to be used.", "The Moon appears red on the day of the 50th anniversary of the historic space flight.", "Her move to a Tehran hospital follows a hunger strike in protest at her detention in Iran.", "Guinness World Records says the Harlech street has beaten the previous record holder in New Zealand.", "Writer Ahdaf Soueif says it should take \"a clear ethical position\" on BP sponsorship and other issues.", "Jeremy Hunt says the language was \"totally offensive\", while Boris Johnson says it was \"unacceptable\".", "GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre reveals it blocked 200,000 messages lying about a refund.", "At the Made in America showcase, Mr Trump responds to questions about the meaning behind his tweets.", "A man accused of lying about an alleged VIP paedophile ring is a sophisticated paedophile, jurors are told.", "Shares in AG Barr fall sharply after the soft drinks maker warns of a \"challenging year\" for the firm.", "The shadow foreign secretary was cycling when she was involved in a collision in Westminster.", "The 33-year-old was struck by the vehicle while walking in the Shettleston area of Glasgow.", "Labour's Gloria De Piero, who opposes a second EU referendum, says she has received online abuse.", "Experts fear that for some vulnerable girls, secondary school lessons on the issue will be too late.", "The German leader uses the 75th anniversary to call on citizens to counter rising right-wing extremism.", "Algeria win the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secures a 1-0 win against Senegal in Cairo.", "Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy says missing the cut at his home Open hurt, but the \"love\" of the crowd spurred him on to a remarkable round of 65.", "Sarah Boyle was incorrectly told she had an aggressive cancer after noticing problems breastfeeding.", "England fall to an agonising 47-45 defeat by New Zealand in the Netball World Cup semi-final in Liverpool.", "Official data reveals the highest number of practical tests taken by learners in a year.", "Demonstrators call for anti-Putin activists to be allowed to run in September's Moscow elections.", "Bin collections, cleaning and school dinners could be taken back in-house under the party's plans.", "Australia will defend their Netball World Cup crown on Sunday after coming through 55-53 in a thrilling semi-final against South Africa.", "Zimbabwe netballers celebrate their top-eight finish at the World Cup by dancing their way on to BBC Two's TV coverage while Hazel Irvine is still presenting.", "He said he had to check on his 65-year-old mother despite fracturing his hip earlier in the day.", "Donald Trump says he will speak to the Swedish Prime Minister and wants the situation 'resolved'.", "Passengers were left coughing and short of breath following exposure on the morning Tube train.", "The US musician becomes the first woman to conduct the First Night of the BBC Proms.", "Swansea and Bristol are both about 45 miles from Cardiff, yet one train ticket costs £1,300 more.", "There was once about 6,000 Jewish people in Wales but the figure has dropped to the hundreds.", "Rory McIlroy agonisingly misses the cut at his home Open as Ireland's Shane Lowry shoots a 67 to take a share of the lead.", "Benjamin Netanyahu breaks the record set by Israel's founding father, but he faces an uncertain future.", "The Brazilian president accuses the national space agency of exaggerating the scale of deforestation.", "Difficult questions will have to be answered about decisions that were taken ahead of the seizure of a British tanker.", "Ireland's Shane Lowry shoots an incredible eight-under 63 to give him a four-shot lead heading into Sunday's final round of The Open.", "“He's a different kind of a guy but they say I’m a different kind of guy too,\" the US president says.", "BBC China correspondent Stephen McDonell was interrupted on air by pro-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong.", "Attacks on tankers in the Gulf drew the US in the 1980s - now it could be even more dangerous.", "The boss of the new high-speed rail link has reportedly warned the project will exceed its £56bn budget.", "The five-week-old dogs were stolen by machete-wielding burglars but are now \"safe and well\".", "The deployment of soldiers and fighter jets comes amid heightened tensions with Iran in the Gulf.", "England take on New Zealand while holders Australia face underdogs South Africa in the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup 2019 in Liverpool.", "Campaigners say bringing knives to courts shows some people are \"desensitised\" to carrying weapons.", "The March for Change is protesting ahead of the announcement of a new prime minister.", "A series of messages are sent from the Met's account calling for the release of a drill rap artist.", "The government says separate entrances \"stigmatise\" social housing tenants in new developments.", "The backpackers were fined €950 (£853) and asked to leave the city under a new public order law.", "The airline halts all flights to the Egyptian capital for a week as a security \"precaution\".", "The European Parliament meet this week for the first time since May's elections.", "Scottish universities are to recruit more medical students from Scotland at the expense of those from elsewhere in the UK.", "The airline says four British passengers it denied boarding at Amsterdam were \"disruptive\".", "The video platform says it is sorry some have felt pressured to send their favourite influencers money.", "The Tibetan spiritual leader apologises for saying a future female successor should be \"attractive\".", "Two days of rain have caused at least 15 deaths and disrupted transport in India's financial capital.", "The 13-year-old's death has left his school \"devastated\", the chairwoman of governors says.", "The crew members were poisoned by fumes during Monday's incident in northern Russia, officials say.", "The record heat experienced across Europe last week was made much more likely by rising temperatures say researchers.", "Skywatchers in parts of Chile and Argentina briefly saw the Moon pass directly in front of the Sun.", "A ruling that amateur fighters in Wales must be clean shaven is not fair, a student says.", "Images from Hong Kong's Legislative Council as protesters break in and deface the council chamber.", "The five ships that set sail are the first to commercially hunt whales in Japan in more than 30 years.", "The Academy - the people who choose Oscars winners - announce 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was cleared of all charges except posing with the body of a dead prisoner in Iraq.", "The Conservative ex-politician and journalist says he and his wife Frances remain \"good friends\".", "The person is believed to have fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on Sunday afternoon.", "The previous owners were unaware it was a long-lost piece of the medieval Lewis Chessmen.", "The annual report shows the difficulty of reporting any financial year, and the disadvantages of removing BBC Studios from the equation of salaries disclosed.", "Meet the English duo hoping to be the architects of their home nation's World Cup semi-final defeat on Tuesday.", "The BBC director general says Chris Evans felt \"under pressure\" after his salary was published.", "Police hope targeting the cash will reduce street violence by disrupting gang activities.", "Fifteen-year-old qualifier Cori Gauff beats five-time champion Venus Williams in a stunning first-round upset at Wimbledon.", "Serious concerns are raised by MPs about penalty fines for vulnerable people going to the dentist.", "Ursula von der Leyen is the first woman to be nominated for the post of European Commission chief.", "Mr Magid was elected as the first Green MEP for the Yorkshire and The Humber constituency in May.", "Northern Ireland's politicians have jointly called for Group B Strep screening for all pregnant women.", "Gary Lineker and Chris Evans are among the top earners - but many stars have taken pay cuts.", "A fault in Whirlpool machines was blamed for at least 750 fires over an 11-year period.", "Ann Drummond was found with serious burns near Bathgate and her death is being treated as suspicious.", "Data from GPs and hospitals shows a three-fold increase in appointments for the condition in September.", "The UK's biggest betting firms agree to contribute more money to fund problem gambler treatment.", "The chancellor says pledges from the Tory leadership hopefuls \"greatly exceed\" the Treasury's coffers.", 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government would not tolerate the use of NDAs to \"silence and intimidate victims to stop them speaking out\".\n\n\"The new legislation will stamp out misuse, tackle unacceptable workplace cultures, protect individuals and create a level playing field for businesses that comply with the law,\" she said.\n\nSir Philip Green was previously accused of using NDAs to stop several former employees from speaking out about bullying and sexual harassment\n\nLast year, Sir Philip Green was accused of using NDAs to stop several former employees from speaking out about bullying and sexual harassment at his Arcadia retail group.\n\nAnd earlier this year, dozens of academics told the BBC they were \"harassed\" out of their jobs and made to sign NDAs after raising complaints about discrimination, bullying and sexual misconduct.\n\nMs Tolhurst said the new legalisation would ensure that the limitations of the confidentiality clause were clear and in plain English.\n\nIt will also provide more advice and introduce new enforcement measures to deal with agreements that fail to meet the legal requirements.\n\nShe said the new measures would \"protect individuals and create a level playing field for businesses that comply with the law\".\n\nRebecca Hilsenrath, chief executive of the Equality & Human Rights Commission, said: \"Harassment and discrimination should never go unanswered and unchallenged just because victims are prevented from speaking out.\n\n\"This new legislation will help to end ambiguity about employees' rights and stop the misuse of NDAs to protect corporate and personal reputations and obstruct justice.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Cricket\n\nWomen's Ashes Test, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day four of four):\n\nAustralia will retain the Women's Ashes as the Test petered out into a draw.\n\nEngland avoided the follow-on and declared on 275-9, but they could not tear through the Australian batting line-up, which finished on 230-7.\n\nEllyse Perry (76 not out) again batted well as the tourists opted not to set England a fourth-innings target.\n\nEngland trail 8-2 in the multi-format series, but could still draw it if they win all three Twenty20 games, beginning in Chelmsford on Friday.\n\nAustralia won all three one-day internationals to open up a 6-0 lead and the two points available for a draw in this four-day Test would guarantee their retention of the Ashes.\n\nThat knowledge was always at the back of their minds as they batted out the game before shaking hands with an hour of scheduled play remaining.\n\nAt the start of the day's play, all four results were still theoretically possible with England on 199-6 behind Australia's 420-8 declared, but as it turned out, the most crucial passage was first up in the best period of the entire Test.\n\nEngland needed 72 to avoid the follow-on and there was more intent to their batting than they had shown on the third evening when their dead-bat tactics were heavily criticised.\n\nThey did lose Shrubsole for 11 and Nat Sciver 12 short of a century, with England still 19 shy of the 271 target.\n\nBut Laura Marsh and Sophie Ecclestone combined stoically for the ninth wicket partnership to get them over the line.\n\nMarsh, who made a brave 28, survived a testing and hostile examination from young quick Tayla Vlaeminck before a cut for four off the left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux ensured Australia would have to bat again.\n\nMarsh took that positive impact with the bat into her bowling and in the space of five balls in the first over after lunch she removed openers Alyssa Healy for 13 and Rachael Haynes for one.\n\nWith Ecclestone causing problems at the other end with her left-arm spin, there were a few tricky moments for Australia.\n\nMeg Lanning and Perry eased any worries with a 50 partnership until the Australia captain somehow dispatched a filthy full toss from Kirstie Gordon straight to Georgia Elwiss at cover.\n\nEngland captain Heather Knight brought herself on for a rare bowl and claimed the wicket of Jess Jonassen (37) but Perry continued on her own serene way.\n\nShe eventually finished unbeaten on 76, and 192 runs for the match, after her first-innings century as she showed why she is a cut above the rest in women's cricket.\n• None How far are England behind Australia?\n• None Quiz: Test your knowledge of the Women's Ashes\n\nAustralia pass on chance to tee up drama\n\nAustralia were under no obligation to set any kind of target for England to chase in the fourth innings, but there was a slight disappointment about their cautious attitude.\n\nA run rate of 3.46 from 35 overs in the afternoon session when they had the chance to put their foot on their accelerator did not suggest a team in a desperate hurry to win the game.\n\nWhen they returned to bat after tea, their intentions were clear and the game drifted to its conclusion, in what was the first women's Test since these two sides met at North Sydney Oval in November 2017.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Gloria De Piero said she had received online abuse from people wanting to overturn the result of the EU referendum\n\nLabour's shadow justice minister has quit its front bench and decided not to stand at the next general election.\n\nGloria De Piero, MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, said she was unsure she could \"sustain the energy and commitment of the last nine years\".\n\nShe campaigned for Remain in a strongly pro-Brexit seat but does not support a second referendum.\n\nIn her speech to party members, she also hit out at a \"lack of tolerance\" in the Labour Party.\n\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell said her decision was \"disappointing\".\n\nSpeaking to members on Friday, Ms De Piero said: \"I've had time to think about whether I can continue to give you all the energy and personal sacrifices that you need as a Labour champion for this constituency. You deserve the absolute best.\"\n\nShe added: \"The Labour Party is made up of mostly good people who sometimes disagree on how to achieve good. There is nothing wrong with that. It's good and it's healthy and it should be welcomed.\n\n\"The lack of tolerance for different viewpoints in the Labour Party frankly worries me.\n\n\"We have to have respect for each other, even if we disagree, because we are all part of this Party.\"\n\nShe also said she received \"grim\" abuse on social media from people wanting to overturn the referendum result.\n\nEarlier this month, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn challenged the next Conservative leader to hold another referendum before taking the UK out of the EU, saying Labour would campaign for Remain.\n\nIn the EU Referendum 69.8% of voters in Ashfield voted Leave, on a turnout of 72.8%.\n\nMs De Piero has represented the traditionally safe Labour seat since 2010 but at the last election won by only a few hundred votes.\n\nShe continued: \"This party is about a set of values not any individual and we would all do well to remember that.\n\n\"And while I'm at it, and it doesn't happen in Ashfield, but when I hear people being called right-wing in the Labour Party I find it utterly offensive.\n\n\"We are all left-wingers in this party - that is why we joined the Labour Party.\"\n\nMr McDonnell said he thought her speech was \"lovely\" but added: \"We worked together as a team, [I'm] disappointed she's standing down, but we're a broad church in the Labour Party and we always will [be].\n\nThe shadow chancellor said he had been to visit Ms De Piero to help fundraise only a few weeks ago\n\n\"If there's any evidence of intolerance, we've said to our MPs and members, let us know and we will take action.\"\n\nMs De Piero finished her speech by saying she \"actually believes\" in Brexit and would continue to campaign for a soft version of it, before inviting members back to her home for drinks and frozen pizza.\n\nCorrection 9th October 2019: This story has been updated to clarify that Ms De Piero said she was stepping down for personal reasons, not directly because of her views on a \"lack of tolerance\" within Labour.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mahershala Ali (middle) has been announced as Marvel's new Blade\n\nMarvel has announced a bumper crop of 10 new superhero movies at Comic Con.\n\nMarvel studios president Kevin Feige, flanked by dozens of Hollywood stars, revealed the post-Avengers roster of films to a stunned hall in San Diego.\n\nMany attendees at world's largest pop-culture fan convention had camped out to reserve a seat for the event.\n\nOne major surprise was the announcement of Oscar winner Mahershala Ali as Blade the vampire hunter, a role played by Wesley Snipes in the 1998 film.\n\nThere was rapturous applause and screams as Ali took to the stage to reveal he would take on the role of the daywalker.\n\nNatalie Portman confirmed her return to a fourth Thor film - Thor: Love and Thunder - reprising her role as Jane Foster, but this time wielding the power of the Thor hammer.\n\n\"Feels pretty good. I've always had a little hammer envy,\" Portman told the delighted crowd after being handed the hammer by director Taika Waititi.\n\nPortman's role is based on Jason Aaron's comic book series that sees Jane Foster become the mighty lady Thor when Thor Odinson finds himself unworthy of picking up the hammer.\n\nChris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson will also return for the film.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Marvel Studios This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarlier the audience were teased with number of new productions and sequels from phase four of the Marvel cinematic universe.\n\nThe first film to be announced was The Eternals. The cast includes Angelina Jolie, and Salma Hayek appeared on stage in front of the excited audience to talk about their new roles.\n\nJolie, who will play Thena, told the crowd: \"I'm going to work ten times harder because I think what it means to be a part of the MCU, what it means to be an Eternal, to be part of this family. I know what we all need to do.\"\n\nAngelina Jolie spoke about her new role in the The Eternals as she was stood on stage next to Lia McHugh and Dong-seok Ma\n\n\"We've all read the script, we all know what the task ahead is and we know what you deserve so we are all going to be working very very hard,\" she added.\n\nThe Eternals are powerful beings who look human but have special powers. The film has a release date of November 2020.\n\nThe first Asian American super hero film Shang-Chi was also announced, and we now know who will play the lead role. After months of castings Kevin Feige announced Canadian actor Simu Liu had been confirmed to play the Kung-Fu master only a few days ago.\n\nShang-Chi who was born to a Chinese father and an American mother, first appeared in the Marvel comics almost 50 years ago.\n\nShang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings will also star Crazy Rich Asians actress Awkwafina.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Marvel Studios This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nScarlett Johansson has played the role of Natasha Romanoff elsewhere but this is her standalone film\n\nAfter months of speculation, Marvel finally confirmed the first details of the eagerly anticipated Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff.\n\nThe film has been in production for 30 days with a teaser trailer showing early scenes in Budapest.\n\nJohansson told the panel: \"I get to play Natasha as a fully realised woman, in all of her many facets, and I'm excited for fans to see the flawed side of her.\"\n\nA number of Marvel series were also announced which would be available on the new Disney+ streaming service, including Loki with Tom Hiddleston and Hawkeye starring Jeremy Renner and Kate Bishop.\n\nFeige ended the panel by telling a cheering audience that he did not have time to talk about a host of other films.\n\n\"We didn't mention that we're making Black Panther 2, we didn't mention the fact that Guardian of the Galaxies 3 is coming.\n\n\"We didn't have time to talk about Captain Marvel 2, and I didn't have time to talk about the Fantastic 4 and there's no time to talk about Mutants,\" he told a delighted crowd.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Mr Johnson has said the public expects Brexit promises to be honoured\n\nBoris Johnson has called on his Conservative leadership rival Jeremy Hunt to commit to leaving the EU on 31 October \"deal or no deal\".\n\nMr Johnson said the two men should agree that the revised Brexit deadline must be met \"no matter what\" in order to keep promises to the British people.\n\nMr Hunt has suggested he could seek extra time if he was close to getting a better deal but was not quite there.\n\nThe two are vying to succeed Theresa May, with the result due on 23 July.\n\nThe deadline for Brexit was pushed back to 31 October after MPs rejected the deal Mrs May agreed with the EU three times.\n\nIn an interview with Talk Radio, one of a series of media and public appearances, Mr Johnson said he would stick to that date \"come what may, do or die\".\n\nIn an effort to turn the pressure up on his rival, Mr Johnson later tweeted a copy of a letter he had written to Mr Hunt insisting this was the \"central question\" of the contest.\n\n\"Leaving on 31st October - with no ifs, buts or maybes - is the only way to restore trust in our democracy. In short this is about whether the original people's vote will be respected.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Boris Johnson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLike Mr Johnson, Mr Hunt has also promised to renegotiate Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement, particularly focusing on the controversial Irish backstop.\n\nHe has said he would back a no-deal exit as a last resort but he has hinted he might ask for more time beyond 31 October if necessary to get an improved deal.\n\nCommitting to a deadline that might come too soon to allow a proper negotiation risks triggering a general election and the \"political suicide\" of the Conservatives, Mr Hunt has said.\n\nResponding to his rival's letter, Mr Hunt suggested Mr Johnson was afraid of debating the issue face to face.\n\nSky News was forced to scrap a planned debate later on Tuesday after Mr Johnson refused to attend, leading Mr Hunt's team to accuse his rival of \"bottling it\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Johnson has struggled to explain in detail how he will get the EU and MPs on side in time to enable the UK to leave with a deal on Halloween.\n\nBut on a visit to the Wisley Gardens in Surrey, he insisted there was a \"new dynamic\" in place in Brussels and London since last month's European elections - which saw a surge in support for populist anti-EU parties - and there was \"goodwill\" on both sides to do a deal.\n\nMr Johnson belatedly hit the campaign trail on Tuesday\n\nHe stopped off at a butchers in Oxshott\n\nHe insisted getting rid of the backstop - the insurance policy designed to maintain an open border on the island of Ireland - was a precondition to a renegotiated agreement even though the EU has ruled this out on many occasions.\n\nHe suggested he would be willing to \"suspend\" the £39bn \"divorce bill\" the UK has agreed to pay the EU until he had secured commitments on trade and the border.\n\nPressed over why the EU would agree to this, the former Mayor of London said \"what I bring is the ability to change the equation\".\n\nHowever, he conceded his plan to maintain frictionless trade with the continent after Brexit through Article 24 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) would require the approval of the rest of the EU and could not happen unilaterally.\n\nThis was reiterated by International Trade Secretary Liam Fox - a backer of Mr Hunt - who wrote in a letter to one of his constituents that Article 24 \"would not, by itself, allow the UK to maintain tariff-free trade with the EU in the absence of a negotiated agreement\".\n\n\"It is important that public debate on this topic is conducted on the basis of fact rather than supposition, so that we are able to make decisions in the best interests of our country,\" he wrote.\n\nAfter days of criticism that he was hiding away, Mr Johnson undertook a succession of media and public appearances and met members of the public in a walkabout in Surrey.\n\nBut he continued declined to answer questions about Friday's row with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds.\n\nThere has been speculation about whether a picture of the couple sitting happily in a beer garden, which appeared in Monday's newspapers, was actually taken over the weekend as much of the initial coverage implied.\n\nMr Johnson said he was not responsible for what pictures newspapers published\n\nAsked during an interview with LBC whether the picture was actually much older, Mr Johnson repeatedly refused to comment on its \"antiquity or provenance\" and said the persistent line of questioning was \"farcical\".\n\nMr Johnson has also raised eyebrows by making a series of uncosted spending pledges.\n\nAreas ranging from social care and schools to infrastructure and broadband are all set for investment if he becomes prime minister, Mr Johnson has said.\n\nHe also said he would prioritise reducing the tax burden on those on lower incomes, by raising National Insurance thresholds, ahead of other measures.\n\nHe has faced criticism for proposing to also increase the level at which people pay the higher rate of income tax from £50,000 to £80,000, a move which financial experts have said would cost billions and favour the top 8% of earners.", "Last updated on .From the section Boxing\n\nManny Pacquiao said he had \"fun\" as he became the oldest welterweight champion in history by beating WBA Super champion Keith Thurman in a split decision in Las Vegas.\n\nThurman - previously undefeated - had promised to send the 40-year-old Fillipino into retirement, but was knocked down in the first round before a thrilling fight went the distance.\n\n\"I knew it was too close,\" said American Thurman. \"He got the knockdown so he had momentum in round one. This was a beautiful night of boxing.\"\n\nThe 30-year-old had been looking for his 30th straight win.\n\nTwo judges scored it 115-112 to Pacquiao, while the other gave it 114-113 to Thurman.\n\nPacquiao - a world champion at eight weights - was fighting for the 71st time in a stellar career that has seen seven defeats, but with four of those losses coming in his past 11 fights before the meeting with Thurman.\n\nAfterwards, Pacquiao said he felt \"blessed\" and he will return to the Philippines to resume his work as a senator before deciding his next move.\n\n\"I think I will fight next year,\" he added.\n\nThurman had a height, reach, weight and age advantage over Pacquiao, but was chasing the fight from the beginning and started to bleed from his nose in the fifth round.\n\nHe recovered in the middle of the contest, but Pacquiao stormed back to take the last few rounds.\n\nThe Filipino could now face Britain's Amir Khan, though last week he denied claims that an agreement for a bout in Saudi Arabia was a already in place for November.\n\nKhan claims the fight will take place in Riyadh on 8 November.\n\n\"I wish I had a little bit more output to go toe to toe,\" Thurman told US broadcasters. \"I felt like he was getting a little bit tired, but he did have experience in the ring. My conditioning, my output, was just behind Manny Pacquiao. It was a great night of boxing. I'd love a rematch.\n\n\"I want to thank the fans. I want to thank everybody for coming out. Manny Pacquiao is a great, truly great champion.\"", "Angela Merkel visited an exhibit in Berlin in July on anti-Nazi conspirator Claus von Stauffenberg\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Markel has used the 75th anniversary of the most famous plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler to call on citizens to counter rising right-wing extremism.\n\nMs Merkel thanked the German officer, Claus von Stauffenberg, and other plotters who tried in 1944 to kill the Nazi dictator with a briefcase bomb.\n\nStauffenberg and some 200 co-conspirators were caught and executed.\n\n\"This day is a reminder to us, not only of those who acted on July 20, but also of everyone who stood up against Nazi rule,\" she said in her weekly video podcast.\n\n\"We are likewise obliged today to oppose all tendencies that seek to destroy democracy. That includes right-wing extremism.\"\n\nThe right-wing party Alternative for Germany in May became the country's largest opposition party in parliament with an anti-immigrant and nationalist agenda.\n\nIn recent years there has been a rise in far-right attacks, including the murder of a German politician, whose death prosecutors believe was politically motivated and carried out by assassins with neo-Nazi extremist links.\n\nAccording to government figures, there are 24,000 right-wing extremists in Germany. Nearly 13,000 are believed to have a tendency to violence.\n\nCount Claus von Stauffenberg pictured with his children in 1940\n\nThe German colonel was 36 years old when he tried to kill Adolf Hilter during a meeting at the Nazi leader's secret headquarters - called the Wolf's Lair - in a forest in East Prussia.\n\nHitler survived the assassination attempt with minor injuries after someone had moved the bomb, concealed in a briefcase, next to a heavy table leg, deflecting much of the explosion.\n\nStauffenberg and his co-conspirators were branded as cowards and traitors, and executed within hours. Their plot to seize control of the regime and make peace with Western allies to end World War II went relatively unrecognised for decades.\n\nThe plot, known as Operation Valkyrie, came back to prominence with the 2008 film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise as the former count attempting to over-throw Hitler's Nazi regime.", "Last updated on .From the section Netball\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and app from 15 July; Follow daily live text commentaries online.\n\nEngland missed out on the Netball World Cup final once again as they fell to an agonising 47-45 defeat by New Zealand in Liverpool.\n\nThe Roses were unbeaten in the group stage but fell short in the semi-finals against an inspired Silver Ferns side.\n\nNew Zealand go on to face holders Australia in Sunday's final for a sixth consecutive tournament.\n\nEngland have now lost eight straight World Cup semi-finals and face South Africa in the bronze-medal match.\n\nThey will match their achievements from 2015 if they beat the Proteas, who were narrowly beaten by Australia in the opening semi-final.\n• None As it happened: England fall to semi-final defeat\n\nTracey Neville's Roses famously fought back to snatch a late win in the gold-medal match against the Diamonds at the Commonwealth Games in 2018.\n\nBut this time they were on the receiving end of the disappointment.\n\nNew Zealand showed their intent by surging into a 5-0 lead as England panicked, but the Roses regrouped to take a three-goal lead into half-time.\n\nUntil this match, England had not come from behind in the tournament and as the Silver Ferns pushed back in front, they looked intent on staying there.\n\nEngland threw everything at the Kiwis in the final quarter - but their opposition soaked up the pressure and played down the seconds left on the clock.\n\nWhat went wrong for England?\n\nEngland did not look like the confident team who came through the group stages without losing a quarter.\n\nShooter Jo Harten's form dropped dramatically in the first half, compared to her heroics in the previous game against South Africa, and she only improved when she moved to goal attack.\n\nEngland's engine room and captain Serena Guthrie was also guilty of failing to bring the goods on the day.\n\nHead coach Neville said her side's \"basic errors\" cost them the game.\n\n\"New Zealand came out really strong in that first quarter, \"she said. \"We didn't learn our lessons quickly enough. We seemed to be chasing the game, which is something we haven't done in this tournament.\n\n\"We gave it our all but didn't have the legs. This tournament is quite brutal. We've got another game tomorrow and we go again.\"\n\nGive it a go yourself! Find out how to get into netball with the BBC Get Inspired guide\n\n'We've already won in some respects'\n\nIt was a rocky road to this final for New Zealand. They failed to reach the Commonwealth finals in 2018 for the first time and dropped to fourth in the rankings, one place behind England.\n\nOff the court, key player Laura Langman, who has made more than 100 international appearances, was out of the set-up for 18 months because she chose to play her club netball in Australia.\n\nBut the arrival of coach Noeline Taurua in 2018 led to those club rules being relaxed and now Langman, along with veteran defender Casey Kopua, will get a shot at gold again in what is likely to be their last World Cup.\n\n\"I'm a bit lost for words,\" said Taurua. \"We've got one more game to go to get the gold and that's what we're going for.\n\n\"We've already won in some respects. We were underdogs coming into this game. There's nothing else for us to worry about.\"\n\nNew Zealand came close to beating the Diamonds in the preliminary stages and this victory over the hosts will surely give them the belief they need to beat their long-time rivals.\n• None Find your netball position from how you use your phone\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Simon Coveney: Ireland would have to protect its place in the EU single market\n\nIf the new UK prime minister wants to \"tear up\" the existing withdrawal agreement with the EU \"we're in trouble\", Ireland's deputy PM has said.\n\nSimon Coveney said the decision for a no-deal Brexit would be the UK's but added checks \"of some sorts\" would be needed in the Irish Republic.\n\nIreland would have to protect its place in the single market, he told the BBC.\n\nBoth men vying to become UK PM say they want to change the withdrawal deal and, in particular, the so-called backstop.\n\nMr Coveney warned: \"That's a little bit like saying, 'Give me what I want or I'm going to burn the house down for everybody.'\"\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he hoped the UK and EU would negotiate a future relationship that would mean the backstop - designed as an insurance policy to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland - could be avoided.\n\nHowever, he warned it could not be removed from the withdrawal agreement.\n\n\"The EU has made it very clear that we want to engage with the new British prime minister, we want to avoid a no-deal Brexit but the solutions that have been put in place to do that haven't changed,\" Mr Coveney said.\n\n\"If the British government forces a no-deal Brexit on everybody else, the Republic of Ireland will have no choice but to protect its own place in the EU single market. That would fundamentally disrupt the all-Ireland economy.\"\n\nHe said the all-Ireland economy had helped maintain peace on the island of Ireland but that protecting it would \"not be possible\" in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHowever, he added that contingency plans were being drawn up with the European Commission to try to minimise the disruption.\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have said they would keep no deal on the table to strengthen negotiations\n\nBut former Tory leader and Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith said both the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and the Irish prime minister had told him there would be no hard border with Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\n\"I asked, well, lay out what your proposals are - and we'd already proposed alternative arrangements - and basically what was described to me was alternative arrangements - the same thing we'd been talking to them about which would alleviate the idea of necessary checks on the island of Ireland based on what exists at the moment,\" Mr Duncan Smith said.\n\nAnd DUP leader Arlene Foster said she was \"disappointed, but not surprised\" by what Mr Coveney had said, and accused him of trying to \"look tough\" in the eyes of the incoming prime minister.\n\nThe DUP, whose 10 MPs are crucial for the Conservative Party's majority, has said it does not want the UK to leave the EU without a deal, but believes ruling out no-deal would damage the UK's negotiating hand.\n\nMuch of what Simon Coveney had to say today mirrored his warnings in the past.\n\nNo time limit on the backstop, there is wiggle room on the political declaration and no deal would be a disaster for the economy.\n\nBut there was one key difference this time - his intended recipient of the message.\n\nThe Irish government is acutely aware that the incoming prime minister is likely to want to make good on his Brexit strategy.\n\nNo deal is still on the table.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland has managed to keep the EU on board and its backstop argument has not changed - but can it hold the line?\n\nThis was also the clearest interview from Mr Coveney yet - stressing if a no-deal Brexit does happen, the blame rests with Westminster, not Dublin.\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster hit back that the Irish deputy prime minister was trying to \"look tough\" to the new PM.\n\nIn the coming days, we will likely see much more \"tough talk\" emerging from both sides.\n\nThe withdrawal agreement has been rejected three times by MPs in the Commons, with the backstop a key sticking point among Brexiteers.\n\nThe two men vying to become the next prime minister, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, have said the backstop is \"dead\" - a position seen as increasing the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nIf MPs fail to support a Brexit deal agreed between UK and EU by 31 October, the legal default is to leave with no deal on that date.\n\nBoth contenders to be the next prime minister have said they want to leave on that date and renegotiate with the EU, leaving with a deal.\n\nBut Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson have also said they would keep the possibility of no deal on the table to strengthen negotiations, despite Parliament voting to rule the option out.\n\nMr Johnson has also refused to rule out suspending Parliament to force a no-deal Brexit through.\n\nThis week, MPs backed a bid to make it harder for a new prime minister to do this.\n\nA majority of 41 approved the amendment, with four cabinet ministers, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, abstaining.\n\nDo you have any questions about what would happen in the event of a no-deal Brexit?\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 20,000 protesters have gathered in Moscow demanding free and fair elections in the Russian capital.\n\nProtesters are calling for opposition candidates to be allowed to register for the September polls.\n\nThe authorities have refused to register them despite each candidate gathering the minimum 5,000 signatures needed to be eligible to run.\n\nOpposition leaders including the most prominent, Alexei Navalny, joined supporters at the rally.\n\nActivists opposed to the government of President Vladimir Putin say the authorities have wrongly declared supporters' signatures invalid. Around 30 candidates were barred from running.\n\nThousands attended the rally in Moscow on Saturday\n\nSpeaking at the event Mr Navalny told protesters: \"We will show them this is a dangerous game. We should fight for our candidates.\"\n\nHe vowed that there would be a bigger rally next week unless authorities register a number of candidates for the vote.\n\nOne candidate, Lyubov Sobol, has been on hunger strike for more than a week, demanding that she be allowed to run.\n\nProtesters are demanding that opposition leaders be allowed to run in the September elections\n\nOrganisers said on Facebook that they were protesting for a Russia \"without bandits, fraudsters, swindlers and thieves\".\n\nLocal authorities gave permission for the rally to take place.\n\nLast week, police arrested dozens of protesters at another rally in defence of independent election candidates.\n\nThe protests come amid a drop in approval ratings for Mr Putin and anger over declining living standards and widespread corruption.\n\nOrganisers said they were calling for a Russia without \"fraudsters\"", "Thousands of people are marching in Hong Kong in the latest of a series of protests by pro-democracy campaigners.\n\nProtesters ignored the designated finish line, continuing on to China's government headquarters in Hong Kong, where anti-China graffiti was sprayed.\n\nThe BBC's Stephen McDonell was amid the pro-democracy protesters as tear gas began to be fired.", "England won bronze at the Netball World Cup by beating South Africa 58-42 in their play-off match in Liverpool.\n\nTracey Neville's side were aiming for gold on home soil but suffered an agonising two-goal defeat by New Zealand in Saturday's semi-finals.\n\nBut the Roses, ranked third in the world, did finish with a medal - comfortably seeing off the Proteas after a cagey opening quarter.\n\nNew Zealand beat Australia 52-51 in a thrilling final later on Sunday.\n\nEngland won an unexpected gold at the Commonwealth Games 15 months ago and although they could not match the elation of that moment, the home crowd were still delighted to see the Roses on the podium on the final day.\n\nIt also gave head coach Neville a positive send-off in her 70th and, as it stands, final match in charge before she steps down to concentrate on starting a family.\n\n\"When Tracey first came into his job it was a whirlwind, but to see her grow as a world-class international coach has been a pleasure,\" said England captain Serena Guthrie.\n\n\"Today was about sending her off as best we could and we did that.\n\n\"It's hard to keep it together when we have got everybody crying at the moment. This has been the best experience.\n\n\"We almost feel like we have won a gold medal because of how we have changed the game. These 12 athletes have been up against it from the beginning and I'm so proud of everyone. I'm lost for words.\"\n• None All the reaction from England v South Africa\n\nNeville opted for the same seven who finished the heartbreaking semi-final, with Nat Haythornthwaite rewarded for her fluid performance at wing attack in place of Chelsea Pitman.\n\nThe errors that cost England a place in the final were eradicated, with Jo Harten looking far more comfortable at goal attack, and partner Helen Housby finishing with 100% shooting stats.\n\nIt was a nervous first half but the Roses gradually became more confident and took a seven-goal lead against a fifth-ranked South Africa team, who were going for their first medal since they won silver in 1995.\n\nSouth Africa's colossal efforts in their own two-goal semi-final defeat appeared to have taken it out of them as defenders Karla Pretorius and Phumza Maweni, so clinical against Australia, were unable to contain England.\n\nProteas coach Norma Plummer brought on Surrey Storm's Shadine van der Merwe at wing defence in an attempt to shore up her centre court and stifle the Roses, but the South Africa faded and the gap was too wide.\n\nEngland lost only three quarters during the entire tournament and have now secured bronze for the third World Cup in a row, which goes a little way towards banishing the disappointment of losing their eighth successive semi-final.\n\nThe two coaches say goodbye\n\nNeville announced before the tournament that she would be stepping down for personal reasons. She took the reins from Anna Stembridge in 2015, leading the squad to World Cup bronze in Sydney later that year.\n\nIt was her first major tournament at the helm and she had to deal with the personal tragedy of the death of her father on the eve of the event.\n\nThe former international shooter's time will be remembered as being the first England coach to win Commonwealth gold in 2018.\n\n\"You talk about the journey and the rollercoasters - this tournament has surmised everything about this team,\" said the 42-year-old.\n\n\"It was about finishing as the Roses because they know we'll never play together again as a squad.\"\n\nWhen asked if she would be open to a return after her career break, she responded: \"It was a difficult decision for me to hand in my notice, but it was the best decision for me at the time. I always want to come back to the Roses. I want to be part of this squad no matter what.\"\n\nMeanwhile, netball legend Plummer - a former world champion with Australia as both a player and coach - finished her stellar after the match - her 50th as South Africa coach.\n\nThe 74-year-old has overseen the Proteas' rise up the world rankings, and as hosts of the next World Cup in Cape Town, Plummer leaves the team in good shape for her successor to win a medal at a home tournament.\n• None Find your netball position from how you use your phone\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "The SNP is considering bringing forward legislation that would stop \"no deal\" being the default Brexit position.\n\nIf a Brexit agreement is not reached between the UK and EU by 31 October, the current legal default is to leave with no deal in place.\n\nSNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said there were mechanisms to change this, such as bringing forward a new bill, if enough MPs support it.\n\nPM hopeful Boris Johnson has said he is prepared to walk away without a deal.\n\nBut speaking to the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland, Mr Blackford said he was confident that \"no deal\" was not now the most likely outcome.\n\nThe SNP Westminster leader said he was encouraged by the vote to stop a new prime minister suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe added: \"We need to seize the moment to finish the job and take no-deal off the table.\n\n\"There is a clear majority in Parliament that wants to stop no-deal, we are talking right across the chamber, it is right that we do that, and there are opportunities we are looking at.\n\n\"We need to bring a motion to parliament that would have authority, allow us to present a bill that can stop Boris Johnson going forward and pushing through no deal.\n\n\"There are a number of potential options but for example we could bring forward a bill that would amend the Withdrawal Act that would strike out no-deal as the default position.\n\n\"If parliament gives that signal that no deal is not acceptable then I would expect the EU to take account of that.\"\n\nMr Johnson is widely expected to become the next prime minister when the winner of the Tory leadership race is announced on Tuesday\n\nMPs have consistently voted against a no-deal Brexit - which means the UK would immediately leave the EU with no agreement in place about the \"divorce\" process - but the new prime minister could try to get around that by suspending Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to the deadline, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nA majority of 41 MPs approved an amendment in the House of Commons on Thursday that blocks any such suspension of Parliament between 9 October and 18 December.\n\nTory leadership front runner Mr Johnson has said he is not bluffing about leaving the EU on 31 October - even if it means walking away without a deal.\n\nHis opponent, Jeremy Hunt, says he will decide by the end of September whether there is a \"realistic chance\" of reaching a new deal. After that, he will prepare to leave without one.\n\nMeanwhile, also speaking on Sunday Politics Scotland, Lib Dem leadership candidate Jo Swinson again ruled out any coalition with a Labour party led by Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nShe said: \"Jeremy Corbyn is not fit to be prime minister, he can't be trusted on Brexit because time and time again he has shown he wants Brexit to happen.\n\n\"I am ruling out a coalition with Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, absolutely,\"\n\nThe Scottish MP is favourite to succeed Sir Vince Cable as Lib Dem leader when the party ballot closes on Monday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond: \"All the polling suggest Boris Johnson will win... and I am making my plans accordingly\"\n\nPhilip Hammond has told the BBC he intends to resign as chancellor if Boris Johnson becomes the UK's next PM.\n\nHe said a no-deal Brexit, something Mr Johnson has left open as an option, was \"not something I could ever sign up to\".\n\nAsked if he thought he would be sacked next week, Mr Hammond said he would resign on Wednesday to Theresa May.\n\nHe said he intends to quit after Prime Minister's Questions but before Mrs May steps down.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Hammond said it was important the next PM and his chancellor were \"closely aligned\" on Brexit policy.\n\nMr Johnson has said the UK must leave the EU by the new Brexit deadline of 31 October \"do or die, come what may\".\n\nHis leadership rival Jeremy Hunt has said a no-deal exit cannot be ruled out, but he is prepared to further delay Brexit if required to get a new withdrawal deal.\n\nMr Hammond said the situation \"might be more complicated\" if Mr Hunt wins the Tory leadership contest, but \"all the polling\" suggested Mr Johnson would succeed.\n\n\"That is what is likely to happen, and I'm making my plans accordingly\", he said, adding he would wait until the result is announced on Tuesday to \"see for sure\".\n\nMr Hammond said he understood committing to leave by this date, even with no deal, would be a condition for serving in Mr Johnson's cabinet.\n\nHe said: \"That is not something I could ever sign up to. It's very important that a prime minister is able to have a chancellor that is closely aligned with him in terms of policy\".\n\nHe added that Jeremy Hunt's position regarding a no-deal Brexit was \"more nuanced\", and he had not demanded a \"loyalty pledge\" on the exit date from prospective ministers.\n\nMr Hammond said he would support either man in their pursuit of a new Brexit deal, but it would not be possible to agree this before the end of October.\n\n\"A genuine pursuit of a deal will require a little longer\", he added.\n\nEither Jeremy Hunt (l) or Boris Johnson (r) will become PM next week\n\nMr Hammond has been a prominent critic of the idea of a no-deal Brexit, recently indicating he may vote to bring down the next PM to stop such a scenario.\n\nHe had said he could \"not exclude anything\" when asked whether he would back a motion of no-confidence in the government.\n\nAsked whether he would go against the next PM in a vote of no confidence, he said: \"I don't think it will get to that\".\n\n\"I am confident that Parliament does have a way of preventing a no-deal exit on October 31 without parliamentary consent\".\n\n\"I intend to work with others to ensure Parliament uses its power to make sure that the new government can't do that\", he added.\n\nEarlier, Justice Secretary David Gauke reiterated his intention to resign from government should the next prime minister pursue a no-deal Brexit.\n\nMr Gauke told the Sunday Times: \"If the test of loyalty to stay in the cabinet is a commitment to support no-deal on October 31 - which, to be fair to him, Boris has consistently said - then that's not something I'm prepared to sign up to.\"\n\nThe votes haven't been counted - but already Westminster is preparing for Prime Minister Johnson.\n\nIt's not a surprise that Philip Hammond has decided not to serve in a Johnson government.\n\nBut the manner of the announcement - live on television, hammering Mr Johnson's key policy on Brexit so publicly - shows just how deep divisions in the Tory Party run.\n\nJustice Secretary David Gauke has confirmed he'll quit too if Mr Johnson wins - and others are likely to follow.\n\nThere is an element of jumping before they are pushed.\n\nBut it's also a reminder the next PM will face the same huge challenge Theresa May faced - how do you manage discipline in a bitterly divided party, with such a slender working majority in Parliament?\n\nNobody knows the answer for sure.\n\nMeanwhile, the Irish deputy prime minister said the Irish Republic would have \"no choice\" but to protect its place in the EU's single market if the UK \"forces a no-deal Brexit on everybody else\".\n\nAlso speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Simon Coveney warned that if the incoming Conservative prime minister chose to \"tear up\" the Brexit withdrawal deal, then \"we're in trouble\".\n\n\"That's a little bit like saying, 'Give me what I want or I'm going to burn the house down for everybody\".\n\nSome 160,000 Conservative Party members are voting in a postal ballot to elect the next leader.\n\nBallots must be returned by 17:00 BST on Monday, with the winner of the contest due to be announced on Tuesday.", "Ireland's Shane Lowry claimed a first major championship win with a dominant six-shot victory on 15 under par amid raucous scenes at The Open.\n\nLowry started the celebrations early, his arms aloft as he squeezed through the crowds who swarmed the 18th fairway at Northern Ireland's Royal Portrush.\n\n\"This feels like an out-of-body experience,\" said the 32-year-old.\n\nLowry held his nerve in the wind and rain to shoot a one-over 72, with Tommy Fleetwood second on nine under.\n\nEngland's Fleetwood briefly threatened but a double bogey on the 14th effectively ended his challenge as he finished with a three-over 74.\n\n\"I can't wait to wake up on Monday morning and find out what it's going to feel like then. It's just going to be incredible,\" added Lowry who was mobbed before he reached the green on the last hole.\n• None 'How Lowry became Pied Piper of Portrush'\n• None The Cut podcast: Lowry Open win is 'for the island of Ireland'\n\nThousands of partisan fans lined the 18th to cheer Lowry's victory procession and as he turned to embrace his caddie Brian 'Bo' Martin after hitting his second shot to the green, hundreds flooded the fairway ahead of him.\n\nLowry and Martin were shepherded through the crowds and under a rope by marshals to allow them safe passage.\n\nThere will also have been a sense of redemption for Lowry following his final-round capitulation at the US Open three years ago when, like on Sunday, he started with a four shot lead but a 76 saw him fall away as Dustin Johnson won.\n\nAmerican Tony Finau carded a one-over-par 71 to end third on seven under, his best finish at a major.\n\nAn up-and-down round for England's Lee Westwood saw him card a two-over 73 for a share of fourth that guarantees him a place at next year's Masters. He finished six under overall alongside world number one Brooks Koepka who struggled to a 74.\n\nThere was little doubt about who the vast majority of the fans were behind from the first moment until the last, with huge cheers greeting Lowry's name when it was read out over the speakers as he arrived at the first tee.\n\nHe had looked calm while out on the practice green but nerves appeared to take their hold when he tugged his opening tee shot into the rough before hitting his second into a greenside bunker.\n\nLowry escaped with a bogey but the nerves were there for Fleetwood too as he missed a birdie putt that would have cut the lead to two.\n\nThe 28-year-old, bidding to become the first Englishman to win the Open since Sir Nick Faldo in 1992, then overhit his par putt on the third and the bogey meant Lowry's advantage was four once again.\n\nThat seemed to give Lowry the confidence boost he needed and he holed two successive birdie putts from the fourth. Heavy rain and wind arrived soon after and Lowry, battling both the elements and nerves, struggled after the turn, bogeying four of the five holes from the ninth.\n\nFrom then on it was about digging in and not giving Fleetwood the glimmer of hope of taking it down to the wire. Lowry holed a couple of crucial par putts before celebrating a birdie on the 15th with a big fist pump. It was a putt that appeared to signal the moment Fleetwood's fleeting hopes of staging a comeback were ended.\n\nLowry's name was already being engraved on the Claret Jug as he approached the 18th green as he soaked up the adulation from the thousands gathered to witness the biggest win of his career.\n\nWestwood, runner up at 2010 The Open, will have arrived at Portrush on Sunday quietly confident of mounting a challenge as he looked to break his major duck.\n\nThe 46-year-old Englishman made a poor start with a bogey on the first but recovered with three birdies over his next four holes.\n\nHowever, every time he looked like threatening the leading pair, the chance to close the gap passed him by. He left a birdie putt hanging on the edge of the seventh hole before missing another opportunity on the eighth.\n\nHis challenge effectively ended around the turn with bogeys on the ninth, 11th and 12th and he finished six under overall after carding a two-over 73.\n\nWestwood's compatriot Justin Rose had an even tougher day. He shanked a shot almost sideways in the midst of the heavy rain while on the ninth and did not pick up a birdie until the 12th hole. But three bogeys in his last six holes saw him return to the clubhouse with an eight-over 79 to end one under.\n\nIn contrast, Scotland's Bob MacIntyre and England's Tyrrell Hatton were the only two golfers who finished in the top six to fire under-par rounds on Sunday.\n\nMuch of that will be down to their earlier start time and missing the stormy weather. MacIntyre, making his major debut, hit a three-under-par 68 while Hatton finished on two under.\n\nBack-to-back titles never on for Molinari\n\nFrancesco Molinari, the 2018 winner, never really got his defence going, although he did finish on a high by shooting the best round of the day.\n\nThe Italian, who won by two shots at Carnoustie last year, shot a five-under 66, which included an eagle on the 12th.\n\nAsked if he had enjoyed his week as defending champion, Molinari, who had opened with a three-over 74 in round one, said: \"I can't lie - some bits of it yes, some bits of it no.\n\n\"But I was not managing my expectations well enough unfortunately. On Sunday I was playing more freely, just enjoying the support from the crowd.\"\n\nThe parties in Portrush will go long into the night, but one person who will not be in the mood for any celebrations any time soon is JB Holmes.\n\nThe American led at the halfway stage of the tournament and was third on 10 under at the start of the final day, primed to challenge for the victory.\n\nHowever, he endured a horror round of 87 that included six bogeys, four double bogeys and one triple bogey, finishing 16 over for the day and six over for the tournament.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond: \"We can seek to persuade... but we can't control\"\n\nPhilip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe chancellor told BBC Panorama that if the UK leaves without a deal, then the EU will control many of the levers - including what happens at the French port of Calais.\n\nEx Brexit Secretary David Davis told the programme that Whitehall never believed a no-deal Brexit would happen.\n\nThe EU has set the UK a deadline of 31 October to leave the bloc.\n\nBut despite spending £4.2bn on Brexit preparations, Mr Hammond warned that the government has limited influence on how a no-deal scenario might look.\n\nAsked if the UK can control Brexit, he said: \"We can't because many of the levers are held by others - the EU 27 or private business. We can seek to persuade them but we can't control it.\"\n\nHe added: \"For example, we can make sure that goods flow inwards through the port of Dover without any friction but we can't control the outward flow into the port of Calais,\" he told Panorama.\n\n\"The French can dial that up or dial it down, just the same as the Spanish for years have dialled up or dialled down the length of the queues at the border going into Gibraltar.\"\n\nFrench officials have previously rejected suggestions they could resort to a \"go-slow\" policy at Calais if there is no Brexit deal - insisting that closing the port would be \"economic suicide\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond and John McDonnell agreed on the threat posed by no deal\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Hammond told MPs a no-deal Brexit could cost the Treasury up to £90bn and said it would be up to them to ensure that \"doesn't happen\".\n\nHe has also said it was \"highly unlikely\" he would still be in his job after Theresa May stands down next month.\n\nThe Panorama programme - entitled Britain's Brexit Crisis - will outline the tensions in government during Theresa May's time at Number 10 when it is broadcast on Thursday.\n\nMr Davis, who quit as Brexit secretary last year, told the BBC that the Treasury wanted to avoid talking about the prospect of leaving without a deal.\n\nHe concluded that many in Whitehall did not believe it would ever happen - despite two years of planning.\n\n\"I've got to be able to say to you 'if this doesn't work we'll leave anyway' and you've got to believe it.\n\n\"And for you to believe it I've got to believe it. And I don't think Whitehall really ever believed that they would actually carry out the plans we laid so carefully over two years.\"\n\nDavid Davis quit as Brexit secretary, saying the PM had \"given away too much too easily\"\n\nTory leadership favourite Boris Johnson has pledged the UK will leave the EU on 31 October - with or without a deal.\n\nHis rival Jeremy Hunt has said he can negotiate a new deal for the UK \"by the end of September\" - and that he \"expects\" the UK will leave the EU before Christmas.\n\nVoting among the party's 160,000 or so members is under way, with a winner expected to be announced on 23 July.\n\nBritain's Brexit Crisis is on BBC1 this Thursday, July 18, at 9pm.\n\nDo you have any questions about what would happen in the event of a no-deal Brexit?\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has been seriously injured and taken to hospital after being hit by a car at a cemetery in County Louth.\n\nThe incident happened at St Patrick's Cemetery in Dundalk on Sunday afternoon.\n\nGardaí (Irish police) said a \"dark coloured car drove at a number of people\".\n\nThe car then drove out of the cemetery onto the public road and collided with a number of parked cars before coming to a stop.\n\nA man in his late 20s, believed to be the driver, was arrested at the scene.\n\nIrish national broadcaster RTÉ reported that the cemetery was crowded at the time.\n\nSeveral other people received minor injuries, gardaí said.\n\nThe injured man was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.\n\nIt happened during the annual blessing of the graves at about 15:40 local time.\n\nAn eyewitness who spoke to RTÉ said some people had to jump out of the path of the car.\n\nThe priest taking the service told RTÉ it was a \"very frightening\" experience.\n\nFr Mark O'Hagan said the incident happened towards the end of the service.", "Last updated on .From the section Swimming\n\nCoverage: Highlights on BBC Two, updates on BBC R5L Sports Extra, and reports on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nBritish swimmer Adam Peaty has become the first man to swim 100m breaststroke in under 57 seconds - breaking his own world record with a time of 56.88.\n\nThe 24-year-old has dominated both the 100m and 50m in recent years, setting the 14 best times in the 100m breaststroke.\n\nPeaty's latest fastest time came in the semi-finals of the World Championships in South Korea.\n\n\"There's no other word except for 'incredible',\" he said.\n\nHe is now unbeaten in five years over the distance in major competitions.\n\n\"Obviously I've been chasing that for three years now, ever since I touched that wall in Rio [in 2016] I was like, I could go faster,\" Peaty added.\n\nThe Olympic champion eclipsed his own record by just over two-tenths of a second and won comfortably in the second men's semi-final on day one in Gwangju.\n\nCompatriot James Wilby and Japan's Yasuhiro Koseki finished almost two seconds behind Peaty, with China's Yan Zibei winning the first semi-final in 58.67 to qualify second behind Peaty for Monday's final.\n\nPeaty previously claimed he could break his own 100m world record in South Korea, calling it the \"magic 57-second barrier\".\n\n\"I could blow it away, get near it or be miles off it - but it's looking good,\" Peaty told BBC Sport.\n\nHe recently revealed he practises \"active meditation\" to aid his mental health after suffering a dip following his gold-medal winning performance in the 100m breaststroke at Rio 2016 and has since backed mental health campaigns.\n\nPeaty will attempt to retain his Olympic title in the 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.", "Police have released images of two people they want to speak to\n\nPolice are looking for two men after suspected CS gas was released during a fight on a London Underground train.\n\nIt happened at 09:13 BST on board a Victoria line Tube train at Oxford Circus in central London.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) said a number of people were treated at the scene by paramedics for coughing and shortness of breath.\n\nThe force has appealed for witnesses and released CCTV images of the two men they would like to speak to.\n\nBTP added that other than the symptoms shown by the passengers, there were \"no further concerns for their health\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPassenger Michael Roberts was with his girlfriend on their way to Oxford when he said he saw two people \"looking into the next carriage had seen some sort of a commotion\".\n\n\"Then two guys stumbled into our carriage and all the people on our carriage moved naturally away from the door.\n\n\"That's when everybody realised we couldn't breathe properly.\"\n\nOxford Circus is situated on the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street\n\nThe 26-year-old said at first he thought the men were drunk \"because they were trying to frantically get into the carriage\" while the train was moving northbound between Green Park and Oxford Circus.\n\nMr Roberts said he had his T-shirt over his mouth because he could not breathe and his girlfriend was \"spluttering\".\n\nHe said the effects of the gas lasted about an hour and described the ordeal as \"pretty frightening\", adding the train was about half full at the time.\n\nOxford Circus Tube station is situated at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street and serves the Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines.\n\nA Transport for London spokeswoman said the train had been taken out of service and to a depot for quarantine.\n\nCS gas, also known as tear gas, can cause a burning sensation around the eyes and difficulty in breathing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The proposal would allow renters in England to check up on their prospective landlord\n\nA database of rogue landlords would be opened up to prospective tenants under government plans.\n\nThe Rogue Landlords Database was launched in 2018 and only has ten names on it so far.\n\nIt includes those who have been banned for failing to make a property habitable, or have been convicted of serious offences.\n\nAt the moment the list is only open to local authorities but under a package of rent reforms it will be opened up.\n\nThe proposals apply to England as housing policy has been devolved.\n\n\"This database has the potential to ensure that poor quality homes across the country are improved and the worst landlords are banned, and it is right that we unlock this crucial information for new and prospective tenants,\" said Communities Secretary James Brokenshire.\n\n\"Landlords should be in no doubt that they must provide decent homes or face the consequences.\"\n\nMore than four and half million households rent from private landlords in England, a number which has risen dramatically in recent years as buying a house has become more expensive.\n\n\"Renters have to provide references from employers and previous landlords before a landlord hands over the keys to a new flat. So it is only fair that renters get the opportunity to check that a prospective landlord doesn't have a criminal record,\" said Dan Wilson Craw, director of Generation Rent, which campaigns on behalf of tenants.\n\n\"This plan is another victory for renters, though we need much more effective enforcement to identify all landlords who have been breaking the law,\" he added.\n\nThe move will be open to a 12-week consultation which will also consider whether to widen the scope of the rogue list to more housing-related offences, such as breaching the Tenant Fees Act.\n\nAccess to the Rogue Landlords Database is part of a wider package of reform to the rental sector, which includes an end to no-fault evictions, which allow landlords to get rid of tenants without a reason after their fixed-term tenancy period has ended.", "Prince George is seen smiling in an England football shirt for official photographs released to mark his sixth birthday.\n\nKensington Palace published three pictures taken recently by his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nThe third in line to the throne turns six on Monday.\n\nTwo of the images show the prince wearing a white England home shirt and grinning in the garden of his home at Kensington Palace.\n\nA third shows him on a family holiday, wearing a green polo shirt and striped blue and white shorts.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex took to Instagram to wish their nephew a happy birthday.\n\nWriting from their official account, the royal couple commented: ''Happy Birthday! Wishing you a very special day and lots of love!\"\n\nThe England football team also sent their well-wishes to the young royal, complimenting the prince on his Three Lions t-shirt.\n\nThe official account for the England team wrote on Twitter: \"Great choice of shirt! Have a brilliant birthday, Prince George!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by England This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPrince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London.\n\nHe appeared in front of the world's media one day later, when Prince William and Catherine stood cradling him on the hospital steps.\n\nThis year, he has appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony and at his mother's Chelsea Flower Show garden.\n\nBy George, how you've changed! Clockwise: Prince George on his six birthdays\n\nEarlier this month, the young prince received a tennis lesson from Roger Federer at the home of Kate's parents in Bucklebury, Berkshire.\n\nThe sports star said George was \"cute\" and had a \"good\" technique.\n\nThe prince's first appearance, when he was only a day old\n\nA great-grandchild to the Queen, George is expected to take the throne after his grandfather and his father.\n\nThe prince has completed Year 1 at the private Thomas's Battersea school.\n\nHe will begin Year 2 this September, his final year in the lower school before he moves to the middle school.\n• None In pictures: George's first five years", "Last updated on .From the section Golf\n\nShane Lowry admitted he would go to bed \"thinking about holding the Claret Jug\" on Sunday after finishing round three of The Open with a four-shot lead.\n\nThe Irishman is 16 under after carding a sensational course record of eight-under 63 at Royal Portrush on Saturday.\n\nEngland's Tommy Fleetwood is second on 12 under, while American JB Holmes is two shots further back in third.\n\n\"It's only natural, isn't it?\" said Lowry. \"We're human. We're not robots. We can't not think about things.\"\n\nHe added: \"And when you try not to think about something you end up thinking about it more - so you might as well talk about it.\n\n\"I'm not going to be sitting there on Sunday morning in the house trying not to think about the day ahead. I'll be talking about it.\"\n\nThe 32-year-old also held a four-shot lead after three rounds of the US Open at Oakmont in 2016, but a final-day collapse saw him fall away and Dustin Johnson claim victory.\n\n\"I learned a few things that day about playing the final day in a major with a lead,\" he said. \"I'm a different person now. That's what will help me.\n\n\"I've got certain things in my life that make it different. I've got a family now. No matter what I shoot on Sunday, my family will be waiting for me.\"\n\nLowry only fell short of equalling Branden Grace's major-championship record of 62, set at The Open two years ago at Royal Birkdale, when he missed a putt by an inch on the 18th green.\n\nHe was cheered on by a partisan crowd and he reflected: \"Walking from the green to the next tee, people are literally a yard away roaring in your face.\n\n\"I thought I dealt with it well and hopefully will do the same on Sunday.\"\n\nHome trio Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke had been tipped to do well at the Dunluce Links on the Northern Ireland coast, but only McDowell made the cut and is two under after a third round of 68.\n\n\"I felt like I could come here and come under the radar - I'm not quite under the radar any more,\" Lowry added.\n\nLowry will play with Fleetwood in Sunday's final group, and the pair will tee off at the earlier than scheduled time of 13:47 BST because of a forecast of wet and windy weather.\n\n\"Tommy grew up in Southport, he's played in bad weather and bad conditions before,\" said Lowry. \"JB Holmes flights the ball lovely, he's pretty good. Brooks (Koepka) is there too.\n\n\"There's a good leaderboard behind me. We'll see what happens.\"\n\nFleetwood, 28, shot a five-under 66 to follow rounds of 68 and 67 and is two shots ahead of Holmes.\n\n\"There are moments where you get your nerves, and there are critical moments you have to handle,\" said Fleetwood.\n\n\"I have handled them pretty well this week. The weather's set to be pretty rough, but I'll be pretty happy no matter what.\n\n\"We'll see what happens, but Sunday is going to be special and very loud. It will be a challenge to keep your concentration all day but I wouldn't have it any other way.\"\n• None Sign up to get golf news sent to your phone", "Last updated on .From the section Netball\n\nNew Zealand stunned holders and 11-time champions Australia to win the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool.\n\nThe final was tense throughout and came down to the dying seconds and just one goal, as the Kiwis prevailed 52-51.\n\nIt was the Silver Ferns' fifth world title but their first since 2003 as they finally ended the Diamonds' dominance.\n\nEngland clinched bronze with a 58-42 victory over South Africa in their play-off match earlier on Sunday.\n\nThe Roses' win was routine compared with the drama which followed between the Trans-Tasman rivals who were competing against each other for the sixth consecutive World Cup final.\n\nIn a final that was evenly poised at half-time, New Zealand came out firing in the third quarter as they powered into a seven-goal lead with the 8,000-strong crowd behind them.\n\nAustralia reached the final unbeaten, defeating the Silver Ferns in their last group game by a single goal, and they brought the score back to that margin in the fourth quarter as Liverpool prepared for a spectacular finish.\n\nBut then they wilted under the pressure. With three minutes remaining, a mistake between the usually reliable shooter Caitlin Bassett and wing attack Kelsey Browne left the Diamonds flustered and New Zealand secured the turnover.\n\nThe Silver Ferns held their nerve and ran the clock down to snatch the trophy from their long-time rivals.\n\nIt gave a number of players the perfect send off, with Kiwi veteran defender Casey Kopua and international centurions Laura Langman and Maria Folau likely to bow out as world champions.\n\nKiwi coach Noeline Taurua, who took charge 11 months ago, suggested that her more experienced players were central to the victory. She said: \"Our fossils stood up and led from the front.\n\n\"I was actually quite speechless. Every day was going to be a challenge for us. To do the final is massive for the Ferns, for the sport and the community at home.\"\n\nAustralia coach Lisa Alexander chose to start captain Bassett after resting her for the semi-final against South Africa and she said after their defeat: \"There are hundreds of things you could change to make a difference but I'm proud of our efforts. We just didn't bring our A game.\n\n\"We'll look at everything but you don't have a knee-jerk reaction on a one-goal loss. It shows how close world netball is.\"\n\nThe Diamonds have now lost back-to-back major finals following their defeat by England in the Commonwealth Games in 2018, which also ended 52-51.", "In 2017, most drug-related deaths involved heroin but a large percentage had also taken pills\n\nThe Home Office has been urged to take part in an emergency summit about Scotland's record drugs deaths.\n\nThe number of drug-related deaths in Scotland soared to 1,187 last year, the highest rate since records began in 1996.\n\nScotland's Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick has said he will host a summit in Glasgow to discuss the crisis.\n\nMr FitzPatrick has invited the UK government to take part.\n\nIn his letter to the Home Secretary Sajid Javid, Mr FitzPatrick described the \"tragic\" increase in drugs deaths as \"unacceptable\" and added: \"I take seriously the impact this has on individuals, families and communities.\"\n\nMr FitzPatrick wrote: \"In response to these shocking statistics, I am inviting the UK government to work with the Scottish government to tackle this problem which claims so many lives.\"\n\nAsking for a government minister to attend a proposed emergency summit - expected to be held in Glasgow - about the problem, he added: \"The Scottish government has already agreed that we will host such a summit, where government representatives, local authorities and the chair of Scotland's new drug deaths taskforce would be invited, ensuring the voices of those with experience of using drugs, and their families, are also heard.\n\n\"I understand that there is cross-party support for this conversation, including from [Scottish Conservative] Miles Briggs MSP, who has written to me to offer his support.\"\n\nPublic Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick said the deaths were an \"emergency\"\n\nMr Briggs, the Scottish Conservative health spokesman, described the situation as a \"national emergency\" and called for \"serious and detailed conversation\".\n\nHe said: \"This is a crisis that spans political divides, so we would hope that both Scottish and UK governments are involved.\"\n\nThe Home Office said it would be responding to Mr FitzPatrick's letter in due course and a spokesman added: \"Any death related to drug misuse is a tragedy.\n\n\"The causes of drug misuse are complex and need a range of policy responses and many of the powers to deal with drug dependency such as healthcare, housing and criminal justice are devolved in Scotland.\n\n\"We are combating the illicit drug trade with the National Crime Agency and Border Force working to prevent serious organised crime and importation across Scotland.\n\n\"We will continue to work with Scottish government to tackle this problem which claims so many lives.\"", "This crisis was entirely predictable, but was it avoidable?\n\nAt the start of this month the Gibraltarian authorities - aided by a detachment of Royal Marines - detained a tanker which was believed to be carrying Iranian oil destined for Syria.\n\nThis would have been a breach of EU sanctions directed against various Syrian entities and individuals.\n\nGibraltar and Britain insist they were acting entirely legally, but Tehran has described the episode as piracy.\n\nAnd ever since the vessel was detained, the Iranians have been threatening to seize a British-flagged ship in retaliation.\n\nIndeed, an earlier effort by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to divert a British tanker into Iranian waters was only averted by the muscular intervention of a Royal Navy warship, the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose.\n\nBut there is a limit to what one warship can do.\n\nThis time it appears not to have arrived on the scene quickly enough and the Stena Impero and its crew are now in Iranian hands.\n\nA second ship that was detained by the Iranians was subsequently allowed to go, underlining the fact that this seems to be a direct retaliation for the arrest of the tanker off Gibraltar.\n\nWell the first thing to remember is that this specific row between Tehran and London is only one aspect of an already highly volatile situation in the Gulf.\n\nThe Trump administration's decision to walk away from the international nuclear deal with Iran and to re-apply sanctions is having a hugely damaging impact on the Iranian economy.\n\nWhile it denies some of these actions, the US and its allies believe it was responsible for attacking several vessels with limpet mines.\n\nIt has also shot-down a sophisticated US unmanned aircraft.\n\nAnd, as if to underline the risk of conflict, the US claims more recently to have shot down an Iranian UAV (drone) that approached one of its vessels. The Iranians deny the loss.\n\nSo the first order of business is to try to calm tensions and avoid escalation.\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has made it clear that way ahead will rely upon diplomacy not force\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has made it clear that he wants this problem resolved urgently, but that the way ahead will rely upon diplomacy not force.\n\nHe has already spoken with his US counterpart - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\nHe has tried, but so far failed, to speak to his Iranian opposite number.\n\nThere are likely to be many more bilateral conversations in the hours and days ahead as Britain seeks to develop as wide a coalition of countries as possible to try to encourage Iran to release the Stena Impero.\n\nWhile Britain will not want to have this presented as a simple exchange of vessels - it maintains that Iran's actions, contrary to its own, are illegal - it is highly likely that the fate of the Grace 1 - the vessel detained off Gibraltar - will have to figure in any future arrangement.\n\nSince Iran's threats to UK-flagged shipping were well known, this episode is highly embarrassing for the British government.\n\nThe priority now will be to ensure the safe return of the vessel and its crew.\n\nBut difficult questions will have to be answered concerning the decisions that have been taken and the resources available.\n\nGiven the highly fragile and volatile situation in the Gulf, together with the desperate need to bolster the flagging Iran nuclear accord, was it sensible to detain the vessel carrying Iranian oil off Gibraltar?\n\nWhat did ministers think Iran would do?\n\nAnd did they really believe that this arrest could be insulated from the wider crisis in the Gulf?\n\nSecondly, why was UK shipping not adequately protected in the Gulf?\n\nThere are only a relatively small number of UK-flagged vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, but, as events have shown, far too many for one hard-pressed warship and its crew to provide security.\n\nA second warship is on its way, the Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan.\n\nWe are told that the decision to announce the despatch of the second vessel was thought about long and hard - balancing the need for security against a desire not to do anything to escalate tensions.\n\nNonetheless, Iran was signalling its intentions loud and clear. It was neither deterred nor dissuaded from seizing a British tanker.\n\nThe episode raises some uncomfortable issues regarding Britain's global maritime role.\n\nThe UK has the pretence of playing a significant naval role in the Gulf.\n\nThis today amounts to a naval base, one frigate, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary amphibious landing ship and four mine counter-measures vessels - what used to be called minesweepers.\n\nOne destroyer is on its way and another vessel is due to head to Gulf waters in due course.\n\nThis force was not configured to protect British shipping.\n\nNaval experts believe that the Royal Navy simply no longer has sufficient numbers of work-horses - frigates and destroyers - to be able to surge vessels into the Gulf when a crisis beckons.\n\nYou clearly cannot be everywhere at once.\n\nBritain must tailor its armed forces according to its means. But this crisis did not erupt yesterday.\n\nAnd for whatever reason, the naval presence there was insufficient to prevent the seizure of a British merchant vessel.\n\nPerhaps Iran's warnings were not taken seriously enough?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liam was so frustrated by the lack of signs for scientific words, he created his own\n\nFrustrated at the lack of complex scientific terms in British Sign Language, a Dundee student has created more than 100 new signs to help deaf people express themselves when talking about science.\n\nFor any new student, coming into a lecture theatre or a laboratory can be nerve-wracking - especially if you can't hear.\n\nThat was the reality Liam Mcmulkin faced when he began studying life sciences at the University of Dundee in 2015.\n\nBorn deaf, Liam was the first person in his family to go to university, after receiving an undergraduate scholarship from The Robertson Trust.\n\nHe admitted having fears about what life as a student would be like, particularly when it came to lectures:\n\n\"When I applied to university, I was worried about two things,\" he told BBC Scotland's The Nine.\n\n\"Firstly, I was at school with 10 other deaf people but now at university, I was the only deaf person. How could I communicate?\n\n\"Secondly, English at university is at a higher level, would I be able to cope?\n\n\"I thought I would just apply anyway.\"\n\nFrustrated at the lack of complex scientific terms in British Sign Language (BSL) during classes, Liam decided to take matters into his own hands.\n\n\"Watching the interpreters for a one hour lecture is very tiring,\" he said.\n\n\"There are a lot of new words and scientific words are often very long, like 'deoxyribonucleotide' and 'deoxyribonucleoside'.\n\n\"Sometimes the interpreter would be finger spelling for ages and I was having to watch it.\n\n\"We would make up new signs which meant it was easier next time, but it also meant I had to learn new signs which was very tiring.\"\n\nLiam began his project, with funding from the BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship and The Robertson Trust.\n\nWithin two months he had invented over one hundred new signs, which are now recognised by British Sign Language and used across the country.\n\nLiam hopes his new signs will make science more accessible to deaf people\n\nAsked how he came up with his own signs, Liam said: \"You have to think about the meaning of the word.\n\n\"Sign involves hand shape, orientation and location to signify the meaning.\n\n\"It's definitely much easier because there is less finger spelling.\n\n\"It is easier for the interpreter as well as for me. So, maybe when I meet other deaf scientists we will have the signs to communicate rather than finger spelling, because I don't want that.\"\n\nLiam starts a master's degree in September and in future, hopes to become a researcher.\n\nHe plans on building his library of signs to make science accessible to everyone.\n\n\"I feel really happy because I know from my own experience how difficult it is to learn during my lectures,\" he said.\n\n\"Now the new signs have spread, I feel it will be much better for future students.", "They used to be football hooligans, fighting each other on the terraces and in the streets.\n\nNow, two groups of \"football lads\" have got together to combat extremism – but in very different ways.\n\nThe Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) claims to be against all forms of extremism – but critics say it peddles far-right and Islamophobic ideas online and on its marches.\n\nWorried football fans created Football Lads And Lasses Against Fascism (FLAF) in response.\n\nNo longer involved in football violence, men from both groups spar online and put up stickers around grounds to mark their territory.\n\nFor more on the DFLA and FLAF listen to this edition of 5 Live Investigates.", "Ireland's Shane Lowry produced one of the great major championship rounds with a sensational eight-under-par 63 that sees him take a four-shot lead into Sunday's final round of The Open.\n\nLowry, who called it \"one of the most incredible days of my life,\" carded eight birdies to finish on 16 under overall at Royal Portrush.\n\nEngland's Tommy Fleetwood is Lowry's closest rival on 12 under after a 66.\n\nJB Holmes is third on 10 under, one head of Justin Rose and Brooks Koepka.\n\nWorld number one Koepka, who won this year's US PGA Championship and finished runner-up at the Masters and US Open, finished with successive birdies on the 17th and 18th holes to keep himself in contention to win a fifth major in his last 10 appearances.\n\nBut the day belonged to the 32-year-old Lowry who started the day tied at the top of the leaderboard alongside Holmes and was in sensational form from the first hole until the last, hitting 17 of the 18 greens in regulation as he set a new course record.\n\nA partisan crowd at the Northern Irish course cheered his every birdie, the noise being so raucous that Fleetwood and playing partner Lee Westwood, who were in the group in front, had to wait to play their tee shots on the 18th.\n\nAnd there were incredible scenes as Lowry walked down the last. Scenes usually reserved for the final day of the championship, as fans stood to applaud and cheer their man as he completed a memorable round of golf.\n\nWith adverse weather forecast for Sunday, tee times have been brought forward with the first tee time at 07:32 BST with the leaders beginning their final round at 13:47 BST.\n\n'Nowhere I'd rather be'\n\nWith home favourite Rory McIlroy - who shot a 61 on this course before two new holes were created on the Dunluce Links for The Open - missing Friday's halfway cut, the fans put their support behind Lowry, and he rose to the occasion.\n\nHe came agonisingly close to matching Branden Grace's major-championship record of 62, set at The Open two years ago at Birkdale, but his effort for birdie on the 18th missed by an inch.\n\nNevertheless, his 16-under overall total of 197 is the lowest after 54 holes in Open history and he has, so far, shown little signs of faltering in his pursuit of a first major success.\n\nEven as Fleetwood rose up the leaderboard Lowry kept his cool, picking up a shot on the par-five fourth before taking the outright lead with another gain on the 12th before successive birdies on the 15th, 16th and 17th stretched his advantage to four.\n\nAnd amid the chaotic scenes on the 18th as Lowry putted for par, his playing partner Holmes holed a birdie putt to ensure a positive end to a mixed round.\n\nThe American had kept pace with Lowry through the first 12 holes, sinking three birdies without dropping a shot, but bogeys on the 13th and 14th allowed Lowry to move clear. Holmes finished with a two-under 69 and starts Sunday's round six shots off the pace.\n\nHowever, Lowry knows as well as anyone that there is still a long way to go. Three years ago he went into the final round of the US Open with a four-shot lead only to let that tournament slip from his grasp with a final-round 76.\n\n\"I hope I'm going to be able to deal with it better,\" said Lowry. \"I know it's going to be difficult and hard but hopefully I am ready for it.\n\n\"I have a tough 24 hours ahead of me, but there's nowhere I would rather be. I have a four-shot lead in an Open in Ireland. Sunday is going to be incredible no matter what happens.\"\n\nWaiting to pounce should Lowry slip up, however, is Fleetwood.\n\nThe Southport native is aiming to become the first English winner of the Open since Nick Faldo in 1992 and he, like Lowry, made the most of the calm conditions to shoot a low score on the front nine, hitting three birdies to reach the turn in three under.\n\nFleetwood picked up another birdie on the par-five 12th but finished with six straight pars to post a bogey-free 66.\n\n\"We'll see what happens, but Sunday is going to be special and very loud,\" Fleetwood told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"It will be a challenge to keep your concentration all day but I wouldn't have it any other way.\"\n\nEngland's Rose, who finished in a share of second place at last year's Open Championship at Carnoustie, threatened to trouble the leaders when an eagle on the par-five 12th followed by two birdies propelled him up the leaderboard.\n\nHowever, a bogey on the par-three 16th meant he finished with a three-under 68 and will start Sunday seven shots behind Lowry, alongside Koepka, who shot six birdies and two bogeys.\n\nCompatriot Lee Westwood briefly climbed to the top of the leaderboard after a run of three successive birdies from the second, sparking hopes the 46-year-old might finally break his major duck, but his form slipped on the back nine and two bogeys meant he signed for a 70 to finish on eight under.\n\nBut it was a good day for 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett as the Yorkshireman shot the second lowest total of the day.\n\nThe 31-year-old hit six birdies without dropping a shot, giving him the clubhouse lead halfway through the round but Lowry's scintillating display likely leaves Willett needing another strong final round to just put himself in contention for a second major victory.", "Passengers at London Heathrow were handed letters from BA explaining the suspension of the Cairo flights\n\nLufthansa has resumed flights from Cairo, but British Airways says services will still be cancelled for another six days as a \"precaution\".\n\nOn Saturday BA alerted passengers who were about to board a plane from Heathrow to the Egyptian capital.\n\nGerman airline Lufthansa also stopped flights between Cairo and Frankfurt and Munich but they resumed on Sunday.\n\nBA took the decision to suspend flights on the Heathrow to Cairo route for \"security reasons\".\n\nThe British government said it was aware of BA \"notifying passengers\" of the decision to temporarily stop flights to Cairo.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office has updated its advice, saying \"there is a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation\".\n\nA BA spokesman said on Saturday: \"We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment.\n\n\"The safety and security of our customers and crew is always our priority, and we would never operate an aircraft unless it was safe to do so.\"\n\nBritish Airways passengers received a letter at Heathrow about the cancellations\n\nBA currently runs one flight from Heathrow to Cairo and back again per day - and says flights will continue to be suspended between the capital cities until next Saturday, 27 July.\n\nEgyptair is continuing to fly twice daily between Heathrow and Cairo - and flights from UK airports to other parts of Egypt are still scheduled.\n\nThe Independent's travel editor Simon Calder told the BBC: \"It seems to be specifically British Airways and specifically Cairo to Heathrow which is the concern.\"\n\nA spokesman for Cairo airport told the BBC the airport had yet to be notified by BA of any such changes.\n\nChristine Shelbourne, 70, from Surrey was due to go to Cairo for a week on Saturday with her 11-year-old grandson. She said she managed to check into the flight at 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT). However, her boarding card wouldn't open the barriers.\n\nMs Shelbourne said her husband knew about the cancellation before the airport staff\n\n\"The check-in staff reissued my boarding pass and I tried again but that didn't work either and we were told to try again in half an hour,\" she said.\n\n\"Whether they knew anything I don't know, but my husband told me the flight had been cancelled before they did. There were no suggestions or help from staff about alternative flights.\"\n\n\"My 11-year-old grandson is heartbroken - he's been looking forward to the trip for months. We're just not going now,\" she added.\n\n\"It was handled badly to be honest. My grandson is currently looking for flights for us - he's devastated.\"\n\nOne passenger named Dan said the airline had given customers £5 food vouchers \"meant to last 24 hours\".\n\nMichael Khalil, 42, from Guildford says he is about £1,200 out of pocket as a result of his flight being cancelled.\n\nMichael Khalil said he rushed to another terminal to catch an alternative flight to Cairo\n\nHe was booked on the flight earlier on Saturday but ran to Terminal 2 and used his own money to book on to another flight.\n\nMr Khalil works in training and development. He says he has an important business meeting on Monday and told the BBC: \"I have no choice. I have to be there.\"\n\nSafaa Almaghrabi was due to fly to Cairo on 24 July with her husband and six children for her sister's wedding on 26 July.\n\nThe 31-year-old says she cannot find any direct flights. When there were some available earlier on Saturday, they were more than £35,000 for the whole family.\n\n\"We contacted British Airways and they had two nonsense solutions. The first was to book us a flight on the 31 July, the earliest flight they can. And this way we'll miss the wedding,\" she told the BBC.\n\nThey also offered her a full refund which she says is \"really disappointing and unfair\".\n\nThe only indirect flights she can find are via Dubai, and Jordan which she said \"will be horrible for six kids\".\n\nShe said: \"I cannot afford to go but I have to go.\"\n\nHannah Lilley said she had been saving up for her holiday since winter\n\nHannah Lilley, from London, was due to be flying to Cairo this Thursday for a \"once-in-a-lifetime holiday\".\n\nShe told the BBC: \"I am grateful for security and of course it is important to be safe.\n\n\"However, the communication from BA has been very poor. I am gutted at the damage to my summer.\n\n\"My holiday was booked in February. Flights with BA, a tour of the Nile from Cairo to Aswan across eight days and a couple of days at a resort by Giza.\n\n\"I have to wait until Monday to get through to my insurers to try and get all these different costs back.\"\n\nCurrent UK Foreign Office (FCO) advice on travel to Egypt warns against \"all travel\" to certain parts of the country.\n\nBut Cairo is part of a safer region where the FCO only suggests reviewing its advice before visiting.\n\nFollowing the bomb explosion that destroyed a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai peninsula in October 2015 after it had departed Sharm El Sheikh airport, the UK was one of a number of countries to temporarily suspend flights to and from the country.\n\nHave you been affected by flights to Cairo being cancelled by British Airways? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some people attempted to extinguish fires near their homes\n\nHundreds of firefighters have spent the day battling wildfires in a forested, mountainous area of central Portugal.\n\nEight firefighters and 12 civilians have been injured in the Castelo Branco region, according to the interior ministry.\n\nOne badly burned civilian was evacuated by helicopter to the capital Lisbon.\n\nHelicopters and tanker planes have been used to douse three major blazes in the region, with two now said to have been brought under control.\n\nThe biggest operation - involving 800 firefighters, 245 vehicles including bulldozers, and 13 planes and helicopters - is tackling a fire in the municipality of Vila de Rei.\n\nHe added that an investigation had been launched to discover whether the fires might have been started deliberately.\n\n\"There's something strange. How is it that five such large fires broke out in areas that are so close to each other?\" said Mr Cabrita.\n\nThe Portuguese army said it had sent soldiers and machinery into the area to open routes for firefighters.\n\nPresident Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa expressed his \"solidarity with the hundreds fighting the scourge of the fires\".\n\nThe fires started on Saturday afternoon and were fanned by strong winds.\n\nVillages were evacuated as a precaution, and several major roads were closed.\n\nWildfires are an annual problem in Portugal. The country is warm, heavily forested, and affected by strong winds from the Atlantic.\n\nDozens of people were killed in huge fires there in 2017.\n\nSix regions in central and southern Portugal are currently on high alert for fires.", "The BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell has been interrupted on air by pro-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong.\n\nThere have been mass demonstrations in the city in recent weeks against a proposed extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to China for trial.\n\nThis weekend is seeing mass protests by both pro- and anti-China demonstrators in Hong Kong.\n\nRead more: Why are there protests in Hong Kong? All the context you need", "A recording of radio exchanges between a British warship and an Iranian armed forces vessel has been released, revealing the moments before a British-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf.\n\nIn the audio the Iranian vessel can he heard instructing the tanker, the Stena Impero, to change direction. The Iranian vessel then tells the Royal Navy frigate that its intention is to inspect the Stena Impero, for \"security reasons\".", "The puppies catch up on some sleep after their ordeal\n\nSix puppies stolen by machete-wielding burglars have been reunited with their mother after they were found by police.\n\nThe litter was snatched on Saturday morning when two men followed a man into a flat in Harpurhey, Manchester.\n\nThe five-week-old puppies were shoved into carrier bags and their mother was slashed in the face when she tried to defend them, police said.\n\nOfficers later recovered all six puppies from a property in Moston.\n\nA 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary and remains in custody for questioning.\n\nGMP initially believed seven puppies were taken but on Sunday they said six puppies had been stolen.\n\nZena was injured with a machete while trying to defend her puppies\n\nDet Con Nick Kershaw said: \"The puppies are all safe and well, and have been reunited with their mother, Zena, who was absolutely delighted to see them.\n\n\"It has been a huge effort from the team to reunite the puppies with their mother before the worst happened, however our investigation is not finished there and we are keen to speak with anyone who can help us.\"\n\nA man at the Fernclough Road flat was also attacked during the burglary and suffered \"defensive wounds\" to his hands and arms, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nOfficers said the burglars - who also took cash, keys and a phone - were both black, slim and wore dark clothing with their hoods up.\n\nBoth men were thought to be in their 20s.\n\nOne is believed to have been about 6ft 3in and was wearing a grey and black camouflage face covering while the other is slightly shorter and wore a plain black face covering, police said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gen Kenneth McKenzie, Commander of US Central Command, visited Saudi Arabia on Thursday\n\nThe Pentagon has said US troops are being deployed to Saudi Arabia to defend American interests from \"emergent credible threats\".\n\nThe move comes amid heightened tensions with Iran over the safety of shipping lanes in the Gulf.\n\nSaudi Arabia confirmed that King Salman had approved the move \"to strengthen regional security and stability\".\n\nThe kingdom has not hosted US combat forces since 2003, when Donald Rumsfeld announced their withdrawal.\n\nThe US presence in Saudi Arabia started with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.\n\nBBC North America correspondent Peter Bowes says the US is understood to be deploying Patriot air defence missile batteries manned by 500 soldiers to Prince Sultan Base in Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe US also plans to send a squadron of F-22 stealth fighters to the base.\n\n\"This movement of forces provides an additional deterrent and ensures our ability to defend our forces and interests in the region from emergent, credible threats,\" a statement from US Central Command said.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran have worsened since Washington unilaterally withdrew from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. The US has since tightened sanctions it re-imposed on Iran's oil sector.\n\nLast month, Iran shot down a US surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, accusing it of violating Iranian airspace. The US insisted the drone had been over international waters at the time, and condemned it as an unprovoked attack.\n\nThe US has also called on Iran to release a Panamanian-flagged tanker and 12 of its crew, which was seized by Revolutionary Guards on Sunday during a naval patrol. Iran said the vessel had been smuggling fuel.\n\nThen on Thursday President Donald Trump said a US warship had destroyed an Iranian drone that came too close. Iran has denied losing a drone.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iran releases video which it claims show its drone still flying\n\nOn Friday tensions ratcheted up even higher when Iranian forces seized the UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Gulf saying it was in breach of regulations.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt demanded the tanker's release, saying there would be \"serious consequences\" if Iran continued to detain it.\n\nThe US has also blamed Iran for two separate attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman in May and June - an allegation Tehran has denied.", "Asim Khan's family are being supported by specially trained officers\n\nA 21-year-old man who was stabbed to death in Cardiff city centre has been named by police.\n\nAsim Khan, from Grangetown, was treated at the scene but later died at the city's University Hospital of Wales.\n\nSouth Wales Police was called to St Mary Street at about 04:50 BST on Sunday after reports of an assault.\n\nA 27-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody at Cardiff Bay police station.\n\nMr Khan's family are being supported by family liaison officers.\n\nInvestigations centred on an area of St Mary Street\n\nDet Supt Richard Jones said: \"A young man has tragically lost his life early this morning and we are doing all we can to identify the person responsible.\n\n\"CCTV shows a disturbance which starts in the street near McDonald's and moves towards the Oxfam store where the victim has collapsed having sustained a wound as a result of being stabbed.\"\n\nDet Supt Jones said \"significant police inquiries\" were continuing and thanked the local community for its \"understanding\" while cordons are in place.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The teenager was shot as he stood outside McDonald's in Coventry city centre\n\nA 15-year-old boy is being treated for potentially life-changing injuries after he was shot outside a McDonald's.\n\nPolice believe shots were fired from a motorbike carrying \"a number of people\" on Cross Cheaping in Coventry city centre at about 23:10 BST on Saturday.\n\nDetectives are investigating links to two other incidents at about the same time after a knife was recovered from a Cosy Club bar nearby.\n\nWest Midlands Police is treating the shooting as attempted murder.\n\nThe force said a second person, believed to be about 20, who was standing near the shot teenager was also hurt but not seriously.\n\n\"This was an appalling and reckless attack in a part of the city centre which was busy with people enjoying nights out,\" Det Insp Harjit Ubhi said.\n\nA second incident where a knife was found at Cosy Club may be connected, police said\n\nIn a third incident, an 18-year-old man was robbed a five minute walk away outside The Litten Tree pub on Warwick Road.\n\nThree people have been arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, in connection with the knife that was recovered from a bag in Cosy Club on Cathedral Lanes about 20 minutes after the shooting.\n\nPolice said there would be an increased presence in the city centre to reassure people.\n\nDetectives are examining CCTV and have appealed for any witnesses or anyone with dash-cam footage to contact them.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of central London in a march against Brexit and Conservative Party leadership hopeful Boris Johnson.\n\nThe pro-European March for Change is holding a \"No to Boris, Yes to Europe\" event, and includes a blimp depicting him.\n\nCampaigners are asking for Mr Johnson to \"stop the Brexit chaos\".\n\nEither he or Jeremy Hunt will be named as Theresa May's replacement as prime minister next week.\n\nFormer foreign secretary Mr Johnson, who has declined to comment on the march, is seen as the frontrunner in the contest.\n\nMany protesters waved the European Union flag as they demonstrated through central London\n\nHe said the UK would leave the European Union by 31 October \"come what may\" under his tenure, while Mr Hunt said he expected this to happen by Christmas.\n\nMr Johnson has claimed Brexit \"done right\" could \"cement and intensify\" the union between the UK nations.\n\nThe balloon depicting Mr Johnson has \"£350m\" emblazed on its front, symbolising the leave campaign's pledge of money towards the NHS during the 2016 referendum.\n\nThe March for Change organisers said: \"We won't put up with a hard Brexit PM being imposed on the country and hurtling us towards the cliff edge.\"\n\nThe march began in Park Lane and ended with a rally in Parliament Square\n\nProtesters used placards to share their feelings on Brexit\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liam was so frustrated by the lack of signs for scientific words, he created his own\n\nFrustrated at the lack of complex scientific terms in British Sign Language, a Dundee student has created more than 100 new signs to help deaf people express themselves when talking about science.\n\nFor any new student, coming into a lecture theatre or a laboratory can be nerve-wracking - especially if you can't hear.\n\nThat was the reality Liam Mcmulkin faced when he began studying life sciences at the University of Dundee in 2015.\n\nBorn deaf, Liam was the first person in his family to go to university, after receiving an undergraduate scholarship from The Robertson Trust.\n\nHe admitted having fears about what life as a student would be like, particularly when it came to lectures:\n\n\"When I applied to university, I was worried about two things,\" he told BBC Scotland's The Nine.\n\n\"Firstly, I was at school with 10 other deaf people but now at university, I was the only deaf person. How could I communicate?\n\n\"Secondly, English at university is at a higher level, would I be able to cope?\n\n\"I thought I would just apply anyway.\"\n\nFrustrated at the lack of complex scientific terms in British Sign Language (BSL) during classes, Liam decided to take matters into his own hands.\n\n\"Watching the interpreters for a one hour lecture is very tiring,\" he said.\n\n\"There are a lot of new words and scientific words are often very long, like 'deoxyribonucleotide' and 'deoxyribonucleoside'.\n\n\"Sometimes the interpreter would be finger spelling for ages and I was having to watch it.\n\n\"We would make up new signs which meant it was easier next time, but it also meant I had to learn new signs which was very tiring.\"\n\nLiam began his project, with funding from the BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship and The Robertson Trust.\n\nWithin two months he had invented over one hundred new signs, which are now recognised by British Sign Language and used across the country.\n\nLiam hopes his new signs will make science more accessible to deaf people\n\nAsked how he came up with his own signs, Liam said: \"You have to think about the meaning of the word.\n\n\"Sign involves hand shape, orientation and location to signify the meaning.\n\n\"It's definitely much easier because there is less finger spelling.\n\n\"It is easier for the interpreter as well as for me. So, maybe when I meet other deaf scientists we will have the signs to communicate rather than finger spelling, because I don't want that.\"\n\nLiam starts a master's degree in September and in future, hopes to become a researcher.\n\nHe plans on building his library of signs to make science accessible to everyone.\n\n\"I feel really happy because I know from my own experience how difficult it is to learn during my lectures,\" he said.\n\n\"Now the new signs have spread, I feel it will be much better for future students.", "PC Saddique was on holiday on Skye when he died suddenly\n\nA police officer has died while visiting the Isle of Skye's Fairy Pools during a holiday in Scotland.\n\nPC Shazad Saddique, who served with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), was visiting the attraction with his 13-year-old son on Friday when he died suddenly.\n\nHis family said the 38-year-old was passionate about outdoor activities and committed to youth work.\n\nPolice Scotland said there were no suspicious circumstances.\n\nThe Fairy Pools are a natural waterfall phenomenon in Glen Brittle. The vivid blues and greens of the pools suggest an unnatural origin and they are popular with wild swimmers.\n\nPC Saddique joined GMP a year ago and was a student officer based in the Tameside district just outside Manchester.\n\nOutside work, the officer enjoyed hiking and trekking and was heavily involved in outreach work with young people in the local community, which focused on enabling youngsters to experience outdoor activities in the countryside.\n\nThe Fairy Pools at the foot of the Black Cuillin mountains are renowned for their crystal clear water\n\nA statement from PC Saddique's family said: \"Shaz was the most selfless person you could ever hope to meet; he always put other people first and wanted to make every new experience a fun one.\n\n\"He had a real passion for the outdoors and helping others, particularly young people in the community.\n\n\"Deep in his heart, he felt very strongly about youth outreach programs and getting young people out in the countryside to do fun activities.\n\n\"He loved his family more than anything; he was a supporting figure and a role model for his siblings. He was the best dad, and his wife and kids were his absolute world.\"\n\nPC Saddique's family said he was passionate about outdoor activities\n\nCh Sup Neil Evans, GMP's territorial commander for Tameside, said it was a very sad day for his force.\n\nHe added: \"Although Shazad was only with us for a short amount of time, it is clear to see the significant impact he had, not only on the public, but also on his colleagues.\n\n\"I spent some time with his close colleagues and listened to all the lovely words they had to say about him, and the stories they had to tell.\n\n\"I think one of the main things which stood out to me, were just how much of an outstanding individual and role model he was.\"", "Passengers at London Heathrow were handed letters from BA explaining the suspension of the Cairo flights\n\nBritish Airways has cancelled all flights to the Egyptian capital Cairo for a week as a security \"precaution\".\n\nPassengers about to board a BA flight to the city from London's Heathrow Airport were told that it was cancelled - and that there would be no alternative flights for a week.\n\nThe airline did not specify what the security issue was.\n\nA spokesman for Cairo airport told the BBC the airport had yet to be notified by BA of any such changes.\n\nA BA spokesman said: \"We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment.\n\n\"The safety and security of our customers and crew is always our priority, and we would never operate an aircraft unless it was safe to do so.\"\n\nGerman airline Lufthansa also cancelled flights to Cairo on Saturday. However, flights to the city would resume on Sunday, a spokesman said.\n\nChristine Shelbourne, 70, from Surrey was due to go to Cairo for a week on Saturday with her 11-year-old grandson. She said she managed to check into the flight at 1500 (1400 GMT). However, her boarding card wouldn't open the barriers.\n\nMs Shelbourne said her husband knew about the cancellation before the airport staff\n\nShe said: \"The check-in staff reissued my boarding pass and I tried again but that didn't work either and we were told to try again in half an hour.\n\n\"Whether they knew anything I don't know, but my husband told me the flight had been cancelled before they did. There were no suggestions or help from staff about alternative flights.\"\n\n\"My 11-year-old grandson is heartbroken - he's been looking forward to the trip for months. We're just not going now,\" she added.\n\n\"It was handled badly to be honest. My grandson is currently looking for flights for us - he's devastated.\"\n\nOne passenger named Dan said the airline had given customers £5 food vouchers \"meant to last 24 hours\".\n\nMichael Khalil, 42, from Guildford says he is about £1,200 out of pocket as a result of his flight being cancelled.\n\nMichael Khalil said he rushed to another terminal to catch an alternative flight to Cairo\n\nHe was booked on the flight earlier on Saturday but ran to Terminal 2 and used his own money to book onto another flight.\n\nMr Khalil works in training and development. He says he has an important business meeting on Monday and told the BBC: \"I have no choice. I have to be there.\"\n\nSafaa Almaghrabi was due to fly to Cairo on 24 July with her husband and six children for her sister's wedding on 26 July.\n\nThe 31-year-old says she cannot find any direct flights. When there were some available earlier on Saturday, they were more than £35,000 for the whole family.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"We contacted British Airways and they had two nonsense solutions. The first was to book us a flight on the 31st July, the earliest flight they can. And this way we'll miss the wedding.\"\n\nThey also offered her a full refund which she says is \"really disappointing and unfair.\"\n\nThe only indirect flights she can find are via Dubai, and Jordan which she said \"will be horrible for six kids.\"\n\nShe said: \"I cannot afford to go but I have to go.\"\n\nThe UK Foreign Office updated its advice for Britons travelling to Egypt.\n\nThe advice includes the warning: \"There's a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation. Additional security measures are in place for flights departing from Egypt to the UK.\"\n\nFollowing the bomb explosion that destroyed a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai peninsula in October 2015 after it had departed Sharm El Sheikh airport, the UK was one of a number of countries to temporarily suspend flights to and from the country.\n\nThe Foreign Office continues to advise against travel to certain parts of Egypt.\n\nHave you been affected by flights to Cairo being cancelled by British Airways? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Fans are accusing TikTok creators of exploiting them for cash\n\nVideo-sharing app TikTok says it is \"sorry\" that some children and other young people have felt pressured into sending money to their favourite influencers on the app.\n\nTikTok lets fans send their favourite videomakers \"digital gifts\", which can cost up to £48.99.\n\nA BBC investigation found influencers promising to share their phone numbers with fans in exchange for the gifts.\n\nTikTok said it would strengthen its policies and guidelines but did not explain exactly how.\n\nClaire (not her real name) told BBC News she regretted spending £100 to obtain her favourite TikTok star's phone number - and he had never answered his phone.\n\nClaire, 12, who lives in the north-west of England, sent TikTok star Sebastian Moy a £48.99 \"drama queen\" gift to show her appreciation for his videos.\n\nAnd when he had asked for another one in exchange for his personal phone number, she said she was swept up in the moment.\n\nThe US-based video-maker has 3.8 million fans on TikTok and has not broken any of the app's rules.\n\nHe has not responded to the BBC's requests for comment.\n\nTikTok is the fastest-growing social media app, with about 500 million regular users, although the company doesn't disclose its userbase. It's estimated to have been downloaded more than a billion times on app stores.\n\nThe app lets people post 15-second videos. It is known for clips of teenagers lip-syncing and dancing to the latest trending music.\n\nThe company says it is most popular with 16- to 24-year-olds but there is evidence that many users are under 13, which is against the app's rules.\n\nThe firm has already been fined $5.7m (£4.5m) by a US regulator after being accused of collecting under-13s' personal details without their parents' consent. And on Tuesday, the UK's Information Commissioner revealed she had also launched an inquiry into whether the app was doing enough to safeguard its youngest users.\n\n\"We do have an active investigation into TikTok right now, so you can watch that space,\" said Elizabeth Denham.\n\nVideomakers with more than 1,000 followers are allowed to broadcast live on the platform. It is during these live streams that fans can send digital gifts to show their appreciation.\n\nGifts appear as on-screen animations and cost between 5p and £48.99. The app's biggest stars can earn thousands of pounds in one live stream.\n\nTikTok declined to say how much of that money it kept - but several influencers told the BBC they took home 50% of all gift revenue earned.\n\nOver 10 weeks, the BBC monitored dozens of live streams in which the app's stars asked fans for gifts.\n\nIn exchange, they promised shoutouts on their live streams, said they would follow back fans on social media or offered to make \"duets\", which allow users to collaborate with TikTok stars in a split-screen video.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOne creator promised to talk to a fan on Instagram \"for a week\" and was given three gifts worth a total of £147.\n\nSome creators routinely offered personal messaging details and phone numbers in exchange for gifts.\n\nThe BBC also found a group who scoured the app for people giving gifts and then contacted them directly asking for money in exchange for \"likes\" and \"follows\".\n\nStephanie Barbour, from Toronto, found her 11-year-old daughter had run up a bill for $400 (£240).\n\n\"I was shocked when I found out what the money was spent on,\" she said.\n\n\"I said to my daughter, 'So you don't actually get anything for it?' and she said, 'No.'\n\n\"Adults should know better. And even other teenagers should know better - that you do not ask children for money.\"\n\nAnother TikTok fan, Kelly, told the BBC she had spent £500-£600 of her own money on digital gifts. She no longer sends them because she feels she was exploited.\n\n\"I understand people need to make money these days off social media but I just think it's force-fed down young people's throats that they need to pay money to get attention or feel appreciated,\" Kelly said.\n\nRhys, 20 said he had spent more than £1,000 without realising it.\n\n\"Gifting on TikTok is a little bit like gambling,\" he said \"It gets addictive. I really didn't see anything wrong with it at the time but now I don't think it's worth it.\n\n\"I have nothing to show for it. It was my personal choice but I do think there should be some sort of age restriction or timeout function.\"\n\nThe BBC contacted several of the TikTok stars seen using such techniques but most of them did not reply.\n\nThe Neffati brothers have amassed 2.5 million followers in just six months on the platform.\n\nThe 25-year-old Polish twins who live in Blackburn, Lancashire, are famous for their dancing and comedy sketches.\n\nThey offer to follow back fans in exchange for a \"drama queen\" gift, worth £49 and promise to write fans' names on their heads if they send multiple gifts.\n\nThey told the BBC that they had only started offering perks in exchange for gifts because they had been receiving them regularly.\n\nThey said they were simply following the lead of other creators on the platform and that most of the fans that sent gifts were about 30 years old.\n\nBut they said they did feel guilty when they received gifts from young fans.\n\n\"We don't like it when our gifters are young, so basically we ask them if their parents know about it,\" they said.\n\n\"But we can't stop them. We can't stop it. We are going live not only for the money but we are going on the live to get more audience.\"\n\nRhia, from south Wales, and has 2.5 million fans thanks to her creative video-editing skills.\n\nShe said her average fan was about 10 to 14 years old and they were always happy with the perks she offered in exchange for gifts.\n\nBut she also feels uncomfortable when she receives several gifts from very young followers.\n\nAnd she would like to see stricter age limits on gifting.\n\n\"It would give us peace of mind as creators,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It would make you feel more ethical because taking money from children is not a good way to earn a living really.\"\n\nLivestream gifting originated in China - where TikTok's owner Bytedance is based. The practice is far more popular there. Professional \"cam girls\" earn huge amounts from their audiences.\n\nIn the West, tipping has become more common especially on gaming platforms such as Twitch.\n\nHowever, the rapid rise of TikTok is testing the business model like never before.\n\nTikTok declined to answer specific questions but told the BBC it was investigating digital gifting.\n\nIn a statement, it said: \"We do not tolerate behaviours that are deceptive in nature and we are sorry to hear some of the users' experiences.\n\n\"We recognise there is always room for improvements in terms of making guidelines and information more accessible, clear and easy-to-understand for all users.\n\n\"We value your feedback and will further strengthen our policies and product features.\"\n\nThe company gave no details on what policies or community guidelines it would change.\n\nAlessandro Bogliari, from the Influencer Marketing Factory, said there was wider pressure on TikTok to make changes.\n\n\"These sorts of stories are not good for a social network that is becoming popular with brands and marketers,\" he said.\n\n\"The app has major potential but there is clearly work to do to improve things.\n\n\"I think more parental-control features would be a good idea and some sort of cap on the amount users can gift per day or per livestream.\n\n\"They could also make the guidelines more clear and ban the use of certain terms that 'hard sell' to users.\"", "Judges are having to deal directly with rowing couples in family courts because of legal aid cuts, the top family court judge in England and Wales has said.\n\nSir Andrew McFarlane said many hearings could be avoided, and went on to call for a \"public education programme\" on how to be a parent after splitting up.\n\nIt comes as a report says more parents are representing themselves because they do not qualify for legal aid.\n\nThe government said people representing themselves \"has long been the case\".\n\nSir Andrew, president of the Family Division which covers England and Wales, had earlier commissioned two groups to look at how the court system deals with cases involving children, and how it can be changed. Their reports were published on Wednesday.\n\nAsked on BBC Radio 4's the World At One programme how cuts to legal aid have affected the system, Sir Andrew said: \"What it means for the court is that the judges and magistrates are often having to interact with these individuals directly, and that's a different skill-set from interacting with a professional lawyer.\n\n\"But what's needed is a major public education programme about parenting and how to be a parent once you and your partner have fallen out.\n\n\"The sort of thing I have in mind is the approach that was taken to smoking or seatbelts or other public health issues.\n\n\"Each parent has full responsibility now to sort the problems out for their children and we need to do what we can to educate the public at large about other ways of sorting their problems out other than coming to court.\"\n\nHe gave examples of mediation, counselling or \"maybe a YouTube video with parents talking about separation\".\n\nThe changes to legal aid came into force in April 2013 as part of a plan to reform the system and save £350m a year, and now legal aid applies to a limited range of family cases.\n\nIn its report, the working group of judges and professionals said legal aid data confirmed its observations that more people were coming to court in person and there had been a drop in the number taking up mediation sessions.\n\nThe report has suggested that a quarter of private law cases do not raise child protection issues and could be dealt with out of court.\n\nOne mother, who lost custody of all four of her children, said \"you get emotionally drained, physically drained\" from representing herself in court.\n\n\"It's now made me where I'm physically disabled and can't walk without a walking frame and suffer with stress incontinence every single day of the week,\" she told the World at One.\n\nAnother mother, who represented herself and secured custody of her child, also told the programme: \"I'd already been in three sets of family court proceedings before I represented myself for the final set.\n\n\"I was used to how family court works and how solicitors worked because I'd had a lot of experience watching it and being represented.\n\n\"So when I took the decision to be a litigant in person I felt quite confident that I knew procedure and the process but it was nevertheless still daunting.\n\n\"It was a prolonged, protracted set of proceedings. To deal with solicitors and barristers and judges as somebody with no legal training, it was daunting and a big decision to take.\n\n\"You have to be as objective as possible, especially in the courtroom, but you're talking about the most emotive thing there can be - it's about your child.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: \"It has long been the case that some people represent themselves in the family court and the latest figures remain stable.\"\n\nSince 2015, he said, the government has invested \"almost £8 million\" to help litigants in person - meaning people who represent themselves in court - via advice and support and will provide a further £3 million over the next two years.\n\n\"Legal aid remains available for family mediation and we are working to increase awareness of out-of-court dispute resolution to reduce the number of cases which come to court unnecessarily,\" the spokesman added.\n\nMeanwhile, the number of cases involving the care and supervision of children being referred by council social service departments have risen by by 25% since 2016, he said.\n\nLocal authorities need to be encouraged to do more preparation before bringing applications to family court, said Sir Andrew.\n\n\"It feels to me as if we are running up a down escalator,\" he said. \"We are running - people are working flat out to deal with the volume of cases. Although we may be holding our own, bit by bit we're slipping backwards.\"\n\nLocal authorities needed to be encouraged to undertake a thorough assessment of each case before making the decision to come to court, he said.\n\n\"Time spent in reconnaissance by the local authority, and frankly money spent in looking at the problem in depth before they come, is likely either to lead to those cases not coming at all, or if they do come, they'll be match-fit.\"\n\nLegal aid is the money given to people who need legal advice or help but cannot afford it.\n\nTo get legal aid for both criminal and civil cases, you have to show that the situation is serious and you can't afford to pay yourself.\n\nIn most cases, to qualify there is a means test based on the applicant's income and savings.\n\nSince 2010, there have been considerable falls in the amount of money the government has spent on legal aid.\n\nThe changes which came into force in 2013 withdrew aid from areas of law including family, welfare, housing and debt.", "Tributes have been paid to a \"very popular\" 13-year-old boy who was found dead in a river.\n\nAn investigation has been launched into how Christopher Kapessa ended up in the River Cynon in Fernhill, Rhondda Cynon Taff, on Monday.\n\nEmergency services were called to the scene at about 17:40 BST and police said he was confirmed dead \"shortly after\" his body was found in the water.\n\nIt was \"a terrible tragedy\", a Mountain Ash Comprehensive School governor said.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with his family,\" chairwoman Pauline Jarman added. \"It's knocked us for six to be honest.\"\n\nThe main road in Mountain Ash was closed while police attended the scene\n\nDozens of tributes have been left on the main road near the scene.\n\nA group of pupils from the school came to lay flowers.\n\nBethany, 13, was one of Christopher's friends and said: \"He was a lovely, funny boy. He was like the class clown.\"\n\nThe girls added friends of the boy who were with him at the time had tried to help but were unable to save him.\n\nBethany's grandmother Heather Llewellyn, from Cwmbach, was with Bethany on Monday when she got the news.\n\n\"Beth was sitting next to me and she said, 'My friend's died'.\n\nAnother tribute called him the funniest boy in the world, adding: \"You meant the world to me. Your laugh changes everybody's mood.\"\n\nOne tribute at the scene read: \"I miss you so much already\"\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan said in a statement: \"This is devastating news, but I know that the local community will rally around and offer its full support to the family and his friends at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nRay Thomas, from Fernhill Community Centre, said the family of the boy, from Pontypridd, had not lived in the area very long.\n\n\"As a community we have been left devastated by the tragic events that unfolded last night,\" he said.\n\n\"We cannot begin to comprehend what the family and friends of the victim are going through.\n\n\"The family have not lived in our community long but that has no relevance to us, when you live in our community you become one of our own.\n\n\"We all feel incredibly saddened by this tragedy and would like to express our sincere heartfelt condolences to the family and close friends of this young lad and extend our offer of support to anyone who has been affected.\"\n\nHis football club Mountain Ash Juniors, said in a tribute on social media that Christopher was a \"lovely lad, a great friend and teammate to many\".\n\nLawson, 13, a classmate and teammate in the football club's under-13s side, came to leave a football shirt in his memory.\n\nOne girl cried on her friend's shoulder after placing her flowers alongside the ever-growing pile of tributes.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said it was \"saddened\" to hear about the incident and added pastoral support would be offered to those affected.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was stabbed to death in south London in the early hours of Saturday\n\nThe baby son of a heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in south London has died.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months pregnant, died at a house in Raymead Avenue, Croydon, on Saturday.\n\nHer baby - named Riley by Ms Fauvrelle's family - was delivered by paramedics at the scene but died in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nThe news comes as the Metropolitan Police released footage of a man seen running away from the house that night.\n\nDet Ch Insp Mick Norman said the \"tragic development makes it even more important that anyone with information comes forward as a matter of urgency\".\n\nThe CCTV released by Scotland Yard earlier shows a figure walking towards Ms Fauvrelle's home at about 03:15 BST on Saturday, then running away just over 10 minutes later.\n\nMs Fauvrelle died at the scene but Riley was delivered by paramedics and was initially said to be in a critical condition.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The footage shows a man walking towards Kelly Mary Fauvrelle's home, then running away\n\nPolice were called on Saturday to the house in Thornton Heath over reports of a woman in cardiac arrest.\n\nThe Met said it was an \"extremely challenging investigation\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Norman said officers needed \"to identify the man shown in the footage urgently, even if only to eliminate him from our inquiries\".\n\nPolice have described the investigation as \"fast-paced and extremely challenging\"\n\nHe added that police were aware of \"speculation about whether Kelly's attacker was known to her\" but said detectives were \"not in a position to say and we must retain an open mind\".\n\n\"One of the key aims of my investigation is to build a complete picture of Kelly's life and the people with whom she was in contact, but I also need to consider other possible scenarios,\" he said.\n\nTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of murder.\n\nA 37-year-old man has been released with no further action while a 29-year-old man was bailed until a date in August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Andrew Moffat said the No Outsiders project was about community cohesion\n\nA suspended equality programme at the centre of a row about teaching LGBT rights will return at a school.\n\nThe No Outsiders programme at Parkfield Community School sparked protests, which spread to Anderton Park Primary School, with parents claiming the teachings were not \"age appropriate\".\n\nThe Birmingham-based school said the new version of the programme had been designed to respect parental concerns.\n\nBut a parent group has said it feels it is still \"biased\" towards LGBT issues.\n\nThe amended scheme, called 'No Outsiders for a Faith Community', will be implemented at Parkfield Community School in Alum Rock in September.\n\nThe school said the re-launch followed five months of consultation with parents, community representatives and the Department for Education.\n\nHundreds of parents and children gathered outside Parkfield Community School in protest at the teachings\n\nIt said that in the amended resource, lessons referenced race, religion, age, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation and disability.\n\nA spokesperson for the school said: \"As a result of the consultation 'No Outsiders for a Faith Community' has been especially designed for Parkfield Community School acknowledging and respecting the concerns and sensitivity expressed by some parents in the present school community.\"\n\nThe resources and programme will also be structured for each year group.\n\n\"Our school ethos of equality and everyone being welcome remains a key aspect of our school,\" the spokesperson added.\n\nHowever, the Parkfield Parents Group said it had voted against the newly-developed programme.\n\n\"This is because it is well known that the original programme and now even the new programme is heavily biased towards LGBTQ, whereas an equality programme doesn't need to be,\" it said.\n\nFatima Shah, whose daughter is at Parkfield School, said: \"We just haven't been listened to.\n\n\"We have said we don't want children in reception to be shown books with same sex relationships. Its confusing for them.\n\n\"But the school has said it will do exactly the same as it was doing before but with a slightly different name. How is that taking our views into account?\"\n\nThe No Outsiders programme is being taught at more than a hundred schools across England.\n\nParents said they had concerns the teachings were not \"age appropriate\"\n\nIt was designed by Andrew Moffat, the assistant head at Parkfield School, in 2014.\n\nHe said its aim was to introduce children to diversity in society and make them accept difference within the world today so that everybody is welcome.\n\nOfsted previously ruled the lessons at Parkfield were age-appropriate.\n\nBirmingham's Anderton Park School has also faced months of protests over its relationships education.\n\nProtesters have been banned from its gates by a High Court injunction, with a trial to take place later this month to decide whether they can resume directly outside the school.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police investigating the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh are searching land in Worcestershire after receiving \"new information\".\n\nThe body of Ms Lamplugh, who disappeared from London in 1986, has never been found and her killer never charged.\n\nMetropolitan Police officers are now searching areas of land in Pershore.\n\nMs Lamplugh's family has been notified and police will remain at the scene until a \"thorough search\" is complete.\n\nThere is a large police cordon along the road next to the field police are investigating\n\nThe new information followed publicity about the search last year of a property in Sutton Coldfield which once belonged to the mother of prime suspect John Cannan.\n\nCannan, 64, who is serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of Bristol newlywed Shirley Banks, was named as a suspect in Ms Lamplugh's murder in 2002.\n\nPolice searched the former home of John Cannan's mother last year\n\nOfficers from West Mercia Police are supporting the latest search, which the Metropolitan force said was not connected to the owner of the land.\n\nThere have been searches for Ms Lamplugh - who was officially declared dead in 1994 - in Worcestershire previously, when police excavated a field near the former Norton Army Barracks in 2000 and 2001 and land near the village of Drakes Broughton in 2010.\n\nThe 2010 site is near to the latest area of interest but that search was called off after no evidence connected to the case was found.\n\nThe search in Pershore is expected to last about two weeks, a police spokesperson said.\n\nThere is a large police cordon along the main road, the B4084, on the outskirts of Drakes Broughton in Pershore, and a mechanical digging device was checking sections of the field along with a dog unit.\n\nA neighbour who lives across the road from the site told the BBC the \"whole area is in a state of shock\" at the latest development.\n\nA digger could be seen in the field as police search for Ms Lamplugh's remains in Pershore\n\nMs Lamplugh's parents, Paul and Diana, who died without finding out what happened to their daughter, set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust four months after her disappearance to support victims of stalking.\n\nIn a statement, the Trust said: \"We hope that the current investigations will be successful and provide some resolution to Suzy's case.\"", "Netflix has announced it's taking a long-term lease on Shepperton Film Studios near London.\n\nIts plan is to create a dedicated UK production hub, including 14 sound stages, workshops and office space at the site owned by the Pinewood Group.\n\nMajor films including Gladiator, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again have used the facilities.\n\nFilming on Netflix's action film The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron, is already underway at the studio.\n\nThe deal, believed to be in place for 10 years, will see the Netflix production hub take up 435,000 square feet of the studios.\n\nThe financial details have not been disclosed by either company.\n\nOver the past year, 40 Netflix originals and co-productions have been created across Britain, including Sex Education in Wales, Outlaw King in Scotland and The Crown at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire.\n\nOscar-winner Olivia Colman takes over as the Queen in the next series of The Crown\n\nTed Sarandos, the chief content officer for Netflix said the studio \"has been synonymous with world class film for nearly a century\".\n\n\"We're incredibly proud to be part of that heritage,\" he went on. \"This investment will ensure that British creators and producers have first rate production facilities and a world stage for their work.\"\n\nThe creative industries in Britain are growing much faster than the rest of the economy. This means they will be central to the country's future after Brexit. If you talk to the streaming giants, they say that the cheap pound, exceptional calibre of producers and writers, and huge appetite for English-language productions together make this country a hugely attractive proposition.\n\nAs a result, there is a chronic shortage of studio space in Britain. When demand vastly exceeds supply, prices rise. When prices rise, the poor are priced out. It follows that while a giant like Netflix - the biggest company in film and television anywhere in the world today - says they want studio space at Shepperton, they get it. But for the smaller companies desperate for facilities where their creative impulses can flow, there is still not nearly enough usable space.\n\nEventually, this will get built, as part of an investment-in-infrastructure programme. In the meantime, the marriage of Netflix and Shepperton - one of the most storied names in all cinema - shows that when the best of the new and the best of the old come together, Britain is the location. At some point, politicians will notice, and look to take advantage.\n\nPinewood group chairman, Paul Golding, added the deal with Netflix was part of a wider £500m expansion which will see them build an additional 22 sound stages (16 at Shepperton and six at Pinewood), thus \"enabling us to host even more productions.\"\n\nUS actor Gary Lockwood on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was written and directed by Stanley Kubrick\n\nOver the past decade the growth of the UK film/TV industry has significantly outpaced that of the UK economy.\n\nDedicated production space, therefore, is in short supply and specialist property agents Lambert Smith Hampton estimate there is a current shortage of studio space in the UK the size of more than one hundred football pitches.\n\nNetflix and its partners will produce new and existing TV series and feature films.\n\nEarlier this year Netflix's Roma won three Oscars - including best foreign language film.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Kenyan aviation authority: \"Whoever it is most likely had access to the airside\"\n\nThe stowaway who fell from a Kenya Airways plane in London is likely to have been an employee at Nairobi's main airport, a Kenyan official has said.\n\nThe plane was flying from the airport in Kenya's capital to Heathrow when a body fell into a garden on Sunday.\n\nThe man most probably had legal access to the airport, Kenya's Civil Aviation Authority chief told the BBC.\n\nA post-mortem examination would be carried out and the death was not being treated as suspicious, UK police said.\n\nThe body fell a metre away from a resident who had been sunbathing in the garden in south London's Clapham suburb, a neighbour said.\n\nThe neighbour, who did not want to be named, said he heard a \"whomp\" so he looked out of an upstairs window and saw the body and \"blood all over the walls of the garden\".\n\n\"So I went outside, and it was just then the neighbour came out and he was very shaken,\" he said.\n\nThe neighbour said a plane spotter, who had been following the flight on an plane tracking app from Clapham Common, had seen the body fall.\n\nThe plane spotter had arrived almost at the same time as the police and told them the body had fallen from a Kenya Airways flight.\n\nDescribing the victim, he said: \"One of the reasons his body was so intact was because his body was an ice block.\"\n\nThe identity of the individual is yet to be established.\n\nPolice believe the victim fell from the landing gear compartment of the plane - where a bag, water and some food were found when it landed.\n\nThe director general of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Gilbert Kibe, told BBC Africa that there was tight security at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.\n\nIt was unlikely that an outsider would have crossed the runway, and climbed into the plane without being noticed, he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Where do stowaways hide on planes?\n\n\"They do check every part of the airplane, including the undercarriage, the wheels, the brakes, the tyre condition, the wheel well that is above there. They inspect everything. So when those checks were being done, it is not likely that person was there, otherwise he would have been seen.\n\n\"So at which point the person gained access, that is the mystery,\" Mr Kibe said.\n\nThe discovery of the stowaway who started his journey from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi has raised questions about the effectiveness of security checks in place there.\n\nThe airport is already under a state of heightened security largely responding to the threat posed by the militant group al-Shabab, based in neighbouring Somalia.\n\nA similar incident took place in 1997 when the body of a young man was found hanging in the nose-wheel bay of a British Airways flight from Nairobi after it landed at Gatwick Airport.\n\nThe Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) says a team has been assembled to investigate how the stowaway got on board the plane.\n\nThe KAA carries out security drills at the airport - most recently in November 2018.\n\nIt is not the first death of this kind on the Heathrow flight path.\n\nIn June 2015, one man was found dead on the roof of notonthehighstreet.com's headquarters in Richmond, west London, while another was found in a critical condition after they both clung on to a British Airways flight from Johannesburg.\n\nIn August 2012, a man's body was found in the undercarriage bay of a plane at Heathrow after a flight from Cape Town.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A fire in Kentucky that has destroyed two Jim Beam warehouses containing 45,000 barrels of bourbon may have been caused by a lightning strike.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"He always had a smile on his face\"\n\nTributes have been paid to the two railway workers who died after being hit by a train on Wednesday.\n\nGareth Delbridge, 64, from Kenfig Hill and Michael \"Spike\" Lewis, 58, from North Cornelly, were hit by the Swansea to Paddington train near Margam.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) said the men may have not heard the train coming as they had ear defenders on.\n\nMr Delbridge was called an \"absolutely fantastic guy\" while the family of Mr Lewis said he was \"loved by everyone\".\n\nA third worker was treated at the scene for shock, but was not injured.\n\nFlowers for the victims were placed near the scene\n\nIn a statement, Mr Lewis's family said: \"We would like to thank everyone so much for their support during this difficult time and ask that we are now given the space we need to grieve.\"\n\nAlan Gitsham, a former railway worker who used to work with both men, said: \"Mike was great, a tidy fella. I'm devastated, I can't believe he's gone.\"\n\nKenfig Hill Rugby Club said earlier Mr Delbridge was a long-standing member and \"an absolutely fantastic guy\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The train hit the men while they were on the tracks near Margam\n\nGary Chappell, the club's treasurer, said Mr Delbridge's death was \"more than devastating\".\n\n\"He was an absolutely fantastic guy. He always had a smile on his face,\" he said.\n\n\"He always had time to say hello to you.\"\n\nHe added that Mr Delbridge, who was known as \"Gazza\", was an \"absolute staunch\" Kenfig Hill supporter and was well known at the club.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kenfig Hill RFC This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRay Giles, club secretary, described Mr Delbridge as a \"big family man\" and \"a really, really likeable lad\".\n\n\"Cheerful, never down, always bags of fun,\" he added.\n\nMr Giles went on to say Mr Delbridge was an excellent sportsman when he was younger and it was \"such a tragedy to lose someone so dear\".\n\n\"We were all just stunned, lost for words, and just grieving at the moment.\"\n\nThe Reverend Gordon Sollis, from North Cornelly Methodist Church, said it had opened its doors for those who want to pray or reflect on the incident.\n\n\"I'll be here if people want to talk about anything or just be here,\" he said.\n\nMr Delbridge and Mr Lewis died at the scene following the incident shortly before 10:00 BST and an investigation is under way.\n\nBTP Supt Andy Morgan said: \"Following a number of urgent inquiries into this tragic incident, it has been established that the three people were railway workers who were working on the lines at the time.\n\n\"The initial stages of the investigation suggest that the two men who died had been wearing ear defenders at the time and, tragically, could not hear the passenger train approaching.\n\n\"We have a number of officers who remain in the area and we are continuing to work alongside the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to understand the full circumstances of what happened in the moments before this incredibly sad, fatal collision.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police is working to establish the identity of the victims.\n\nThe Rail Accident Investigation Branch said it will proved further details of what happened and information about its investigation in the coming weeks.\n\nIt said its investigation was independent to any by the railway industry, BTP or the industry's regulator, the Office of Rail and Road.\n\n\"We will publish our findings, including any recommendations to improve safety, at the conclusion of our investigation,\" it said.\n\nThe deaths come just three months after the branch warned there were \"too many near misses in which railway workers have had to jump for their lives\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Trafnidiaeth Cymru / Transport for Wales This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by Trafnidiaeth Cymru / Transport for Wales\n\nIn 2018, there was one death on the mainline railway and 6,641 injuries, of which 164 were major.\n\nBill Kelly, Network Rail's route managing director for Wales, said: \"We are fully co-operating with the British Transport Police and Rail Accident Investigation Branch.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the families of our colleagues and our members of staff who will be affected by this tragic loss, and we will provide all the support we can.\"\n\nGreat Western Railway (GWR) said about 180 passengers were on the train at the time of the incident and they were transported by buses to Port Talbot and Cardiff about three hours later.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers on the train which killed two rail workers describe how events unfolded\n\nGWR said everyone at the company was \"incredibly saddened\" to learn two railway colleagues died and it was working with BTP, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and Network Rail to find out how the \"tragic accident\" happened.\n\nStephen Lester, who was on board the train, said: \"[I] looked out of the window and saw people standing around looking at the floor.\"\n\nHe said the blinds had to be pulled down as there were about 30 secondary school children from Swansea in the carriage who were due to go on a trip to London.\n\nAbout 180 passengers were on the train at the time of the incident, Great Western Railway said\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nThe body of Swiss footballer Florijana Ismaili has been found, days after vanishing following a swimming accident at Lake Como in Italy.\n\nThe 24-year-old was declared missing on Saturday after jumping into the lake from a boat and failing to resurface.\n\nItalian rescue services said her body was found at a depth of 204 metres on Tuesday.\n\n\"I am deeply saddened and shaken. It's hard to accept that Flori is gone,\" said Swiss women's boss Nils Nielsen.\n\nIsmaili, who made her international debut in 2014, was the captain of BSC Young Boys.\n\n\"We are very upset and deeply affected,\" her club said.\n\nUntil the last moment, I still had hoped for a miracle and wished in my heart that everything was just a bad dream\n\nShe was capped 33 times by her country.\n\nLiverpool's Swiss international forward Xherdan Shaqiri said he was \"deeply shocked\" by the news.\n\nNational women's team coach Nielsen added: \"She always had a smile on her face and inspired us with her happy nature. She was someone who faced every challenge and set the example. I can only imagine what it must be like for all those who knew Flori longer and closer than me. But my thoughts are with them in these difficult times.\"\n\nInternational team-mate Lia Walti, who plays in the WSL for Arsenal, said: \"Until the last moment, I still had hoped for a miracle and wished in my heart that everything was just a bad dream.\n\n\"The news has hit me deeply and you can not find any right words at such a moment. I just hope very much that Flori did not have to suffer.\"\n\nAnother team-mate, Lara Dickenmann, said: \"We are all incredibly sad and shocked. it is inconceivable that Flori is no longer with us.\"\n\n\"In the sky a star has gone out. We are very, very sad,\" said Swiss men's team national coach Vladimir Petkovic.\n\nIsmaili was named in the Swiss league's team of year for four successive seasons, and the Swiss Association of Football Players (SAFP), which runs the vote, said she \"deserves to receive this award when she is again voted one of the top 11 in Switzerland by team-mates\" for the 2018-19 season.\n\nSAFP president Lucien W Valloni said the player \"was a very loyal member of SAFP, who has worked to improve conditions in women's football.\n\n\"SAFP will like to remember Florijana as a wonderful person and great player.\"\n\nGianni Infantino, the president of world football's governing body Fifa, also paid tribute saying: \"This is an extremely sad moment for all the football community, particularly at a time when we gather at the Fifa Women's World Cup.\"\n\nUefa president Aleksander Ceferin added: \"Uefa and the European football community is deeply shocked and saddened by the death of Florijana Ismaili.\n\n\"We extend our deepest sympathy to her family and friends at this sad moment.\"", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was stabbed to death in south London in the early hours of Saturday\n\nThe family of a heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in her bedroom in south London were woken by her \"screams\", police have said.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months pregnant, died in the early hours of Saturday and her baby Riley was pronounced dead on Wednesday.\n\nDet Ch Insp Michael Norman said Ms Fauvrelle was the victim of a \"sustained and vicious attack\".\n\nHe said police were yet to establish a motive for the \"double homicide\".\n\nThe Met has also released CCTV which shows a figure walking towards Ms Fauvrelle's home at about 03:15 BST on Saturday, then running away just over 10 minutes later.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The footage shows a man walking towards Kelly Mary Fauvrelle's home, then running away\n\nDet Ch Insp Norman, from Homicide Command, said whole Ms Fauvrelle's family - her mother, two brothers, sister and sister's baby son - were in the house on Raymead Avenue, Croydon, at the time of the attack.\n\n\"The family were alerted just before 3:30 in the morning by the sound of screams which was clearly Kelly,\" he said.\n\n\"Kelly's sister was the first person to go into the room, by that point there was no-one else there.\"\n\nHe said police and paramedics did \"everything they possibly could to try to save Kelly's life and it was clear they were going to be unsuccessful\" and then delivered the baby by Caesarean section.\n\nMs Fauvrelle was pronounced dead at the scene and the baby - named Riley by the family - died in hospital.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle died at the scene and her baby died in hospital\n\nDet Ch Insp Norman said \"we have to remain open minded\" regarding a motive to the attack and there is a \"need to build as complete a picture of Kelly as we possibly can\".\n\nHe said that Ms Fauvrelle's bedroom was at the rear of the ground floor and there was a communal passageway so \"potentially the obvious access point would be through the kitchen\".\n\n\"There is no sign of a forced entry but that does not mean, through accident, the premises were insecure,\" he added.\n\nPolice said Riley's father was not currently being treated as a suspect.\n\nLocal MP Steve Reed raised the murder in Parliament during Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions and said: \"The police now believe this may have been a random attack by someone unknown to the family.\"\n\nIn response, Prime Minister Theresa May said \"we were all shocked when we saw this terrible act\".\n\nA 37-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been released with no further action, while a 29-year-old man held over the same offence was bailed until a date in August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "All 157 passengers and crew were killed when flight ET302 went down shortly after take-off\n\nBoeing is giving $100m (£80m) to help families affected by the two crashes of the company's 737 Max planes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.\n\nThe payment, stretching over several years, is independent of lawsuits filed in the wake of the disasters, which together killed 346 people.\n\nThe money will support education and living expenses for families and community programmes, Boeing said.\n\nThe loss of Ethiopian Airlines' flight ET302 in March was the second fatal accident involving a 737 Max in the space of five months. A near identical aircraft, owned by the Indonesian carrier Lion Air, went down in the sea off Jakarta in October 2018.\n\nCrash investigators have focussed on the aircraft's control system and Boeing has been working with regulators to roll out a software upgrade. The top-selling 737 Max has been grounded worldwide since March, with no date when the aircraft might be cleared to fly again.\n\nBoeing said in a statement on Wednesday that the \"funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programs, and economic development in impacted communities. Boeing will partner with local governments and non-profit organizations to address these needs. This initial investment will be made over multiple years.\"\n\nDennis Muilenburg, the chairman and chief executive, added: \"We at Boeing are sorry for the tragic loss of lives in both of these accidents and these lives lost will continue to weigh heavily on our hearts and on our minds for years to come.\n\n\"The families and loved ones of those on board have our deepest sympathies, and we hope this initial outreach can help bring them comfort,\" he said.\n\nNomi Husain, a Texas-based lawyer representing some of the families of victims of ET 302, said Boeing's payment \"doesn't come anywhere close to compensating the families for what has been taken from them\".\n\nHe told the BBC's transport correspondent Tom Burridge that \"some of our clients are not interested in financial compensation at this point\" and that Boeing \"put profit over safety to get their number-one selling plane to market\" - a claim the planemaker strongly denies.\n\nMr Husain has so far filed seven cases on behalf of families, with some of those lawsuits seeking damages of $276m. He estimated that about 50 lawsuits had so far been filed by victims' families.\n\nSome families are waiting for further information about the technical causes of the crashes and how regulators cleared the 737 Max to fly before deciding on legal action, he said. But many others just want the truth, he added.\n\nMeanwhile, Robert Clifford, who is representing 23 families, said: \"This type of offer so early in the litigation process is unprecedented. Because there is still so much to learn about what occurred, it also appears to be disingenuous.\"", "England's players left \"their hearts and souls on the pitch\" in their Women's World Cup semi-final defeat by the USA, said boss Phil Neville.\n\nThe Lionesses lost 2-1 in Lyon, with Ellen White having a goal ruled out by the VAR for offside and captain Steph Houghton having a late penalty saved.\n\n\"I've told them no tears tonight,\" said Neville. \"I'm proud. They have touched the hearts of the nation.\n\n\"I couldn't ask for more. We had the time of our lives.\"\n\nEngland must now shrug off the heartbreak of a third consecutive semi-final defeat in a major tournament to face either Sweden or the Netherlands in Saturday's third-place play-off.\n\n\"We'll have to allow 24 to 48 hours for this to sink in and for them to get over this disappointment,\" added Neville, who said beforehand anything other than reaching the final would be a \"failure\".\n\n\"Nothing I can say will make them feel better. Elite sport and being on top of the world means that on Saturday in Nice we have to produce a performance.\n\n\"It will tell me a lot about my players. I've moved on from this already and now I'm looking forward to Saturday's game.\"\n• None Pundits: 'England must be honest to take next step'\n• None Analysis: 'England miss out on eureka moment again'\n\nThe USA, who are the world's top-ranked team and defending champions, led within 10 minutes from Christen Press' header. Ellen White equalised for England with her sixth goal of the tournament, a tally matched by Alex Morgan when she put the USA back in front.\n\nThe real drama came after the break as White had a goal disallowed and was awarded a penalty after she was tripped by Becky Sauerbrunn, with both decisions made by the VAR.\n\nHoughton's spot-kick was saved by Alyssa Naeher, and Millie Bright was sent off late on for a second booking as the game drifted away from England.\n\n\"It's about winning,\" said Neville. \"I can't say to my players: 'Unlucky.' That's white noise to them, because they wanted to win. That tells me that we're closer than we've ever been. We came here to win and we didn't do that.\n\n\"Football can be cruel. We have had a fantastic ride. When we got the penalty I turned to my bench and said 'we are going to win it' but it wasn't to be.\n\n\"We knew it was going to be an open game and I felt they were starting to run out of steam in the second half.\n\n\"We only had a 10-minute period in the first half where we played with the belief that we talked about. We stood off them too much. We will learn massively from this.\"\n\nNeville accepted the offside decision against White was correct but said Bright should not have been shown her first yellow card and he thought \"the referee wasn't really in control of the game\".\n• None How you rated the players: England v USA\n\n'I was planning the next two years this afternoon'\n\nNeville says he is already looking to the future as England look to win a major tournament for the first time. His contract runs until the end of Euro 2021, which is being held in England - with the final at Wembley.\n\nPrior to that, the former Manchester United player will also take charge of the Great Britain team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - they qualified as a result of England's run to the World Cup semi-finals.\n\n\"The minute the game finished my first thought was 'how do we win on Saturday?' and my second thought was 'how do we win Olympic gold?'\" he said.\n\n\"I was looking at them and that was my motivation. And then I looked at them and thought, 'how do we win the Euros in 2021?' I won't wallow or go back to my room and feel sorry for myself.\n\n\"It's now making us be better and getting the next two or three percent that will make us become the best team in the world. The aim is to become the best like America. We've still got a way to go. I won't stop until I get there.\n\n\"I've started already. I was actually in my room this afternoon planning the next two years. It's the way I work. It's fast.\"\n\nI've let the team down - Houghton\n\nNeville said \"no blame should be attached to\" captain Houghton, who has had a fantastic tournament but missed the penalty which ultimately cost them extra time.\n\n\"That was cruel,\" said Neville. \"She was outstanding in the game and she read everything.\n\n\"She has probably had the best season of her career. She had the courage to take the penalty and then keep playing football after. She is an amazing person and a world-class footballer.\"\n\nNikita Parris had missed England's previous two penalties in the tournament.\n\nManchester City defender Houghton said: \"I got told today that I was on the penalties and I was confident because I had been scoring all week but I didn't connect with it properly and the goalkeeper guessed the right way.\n\n\"I've let the team down but we've got to try to get a bronze medal now. I hold myself to high standards. I'm gutted and heartbroken. It's not just about me but in those actions it is. We were so close but I'm proud of everyone because we gave it everything.\n\n\"I thought we were the better side in terms of how we played football, but ultimately, lapses in concentration cost us.\"\n\nEngland goalscorer White added: \"The person stepping up takes a lot of courage and we'll never put anything on Steph - she's our leader.\"\n\nGoalkeeper Carly Telford said: \"I have to give my heart to Steph. It was probably the biggest moment of her career and unfortunately she missed it. But stepping up was inspirational to me.\"\n\nWhite's goal put her top of the Golden Boot chart with six, but Morgan pulled level - and the American leads because of her three assists to White's zero.\n\nThe game could have been different had White's second-half strike - which was initially allowed - stood. The VAR offside decision was correct, albeit marginal.\n\nThe 30-year-old, who has joined Manchester City from Birmingham this summer, was in tears as she spoke to BBC Sport after the game.\n\n\"I'm going to cry,\" she said. \"I'm devastated not to get to the final.\n\n\"All I feel is pride for my team-mates. I'm proud to be English. USA had an amazing match and we just couldn't match them. I wish them all the best in the final.\n\n\"We gave everything. In the first half we were sloppy. We got ourselves back into the game with the goal and it's bitterly disappointing.\n\n\"We've got an unbelievable squad and we had so much belief that we'd get to that final but we just couldn't do that on the day.\"\n\n'I hope a lot of girls and boys pick up England shirt'\n\nTelford, who was playing because of an injury to Karen Bardsley, said: \"It was devastating, heartbreaking. It's not how we thought the journey would end.\n\n\"I knew yesterday afternoon I would be playing. I had 24 hours to prepare but I felt like I had been preparing for the whole of my life. I would have preferred to be on the winning side.\n\n\"It was end-to-end but you want to be on the winning side no matter what. I hope there are a lot of young girls and boys picking up an England shirt.\n\n\"That's an important message for us.\"\n\nHow has the World Cup inspired you?\n\nWhat impact has the Women's World Cup had on you? Has it inspired someone you know to take up football? Has it sparked an interest in the game you are going to continue into the new season? Let us know here and we will publish the best stories.\n• Find out how to get into football with the", "Footage of a man seen running away from a house where a heavily pregnant woman was stabbed to death in south London has been released by police.\n\nThe CCTV, recorded on two cameras, shows a figure walking towards Kelly Mary Fauvrelle's Croydon home at about 03:15 BST on Saturday, then running away just over 10 minutes later.\n\nMs Fauvrelle, 26, died at the scene. Her baby was delivered by paramedics but died in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nDet Ch Insp Mick Norman said officers \"need to identify the man shown in the images urgently, even if only to eliminate him from our inquiries\".", "Theresa May is expected to visit Scotland on Thursday\n\nThe prime minister is to announce a review of UK government departments to make sure they work in the best interests of devolution.\n\nTheresa May will make the announcement during a visit to Scotland this week in one of her final visits as prime minister.\n\nIt was described as a \"desperate act\" by Nicola Sturgeon.\n\nThe review will be chaired by Lord Dunlop, the former Scotland Office minister.\n\nIt will ensure that all of the UK government's structures - including government departments - are co-operating to ensure devolution works.\n\nThe move is seen as a necessary step, particularly after the UK's departure from the European Union.\n\nScotland's first minister has said she wants to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence if the country is taken out of the EU.\n\nAnd Scotland Secretary David Mundell has warned that a no-deal Brexit could \"threaten the continuance\" of the UK.\n\nBoth Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have committed to strengthening the union, but neither has ruled out leaving the EU without a deal.\n\nFormer Scotland Office minister Lord Dunlop will lead the review\n\nWhen news of the review was reported by The Scotsman on Tuesday night, there was concern that it could stray into devolved areas - but Number 10 made clear it was not the case.\n\nNicola Sturgeon said it was a \"desperate act by a prime minister who has shown zero respect for the Scottish Parliament during her time in office\".\n\n\"It's for the Scottish people - not a Tory PM - to consider and decide what future we want for our parliament and country.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nicola Sturgeon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nScotland Office minister Lord Duncan told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that Ms Sturgeon \"would say that sort of thing, wouldn't she?\"\n\nHe added: \"What we're doing right now is examining how devolution works here.\n\n\"Time and time again I've listened to the first minister saying that the UK government isn't working for Scotland. The UK government is working for Scotland and it wants to make sure that it is working as best as it can, hence this review - a simple straightforward way of making sure devolution is working as best as it can be.\"\n\nThe SNP's leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford, later described the review as a \"farce\" at Prime Minister's Questions, and claimed that: \"The real legacy of this prime minister is shutting down Scotland and ignoring the will of the Scottish Parliament. The Tories have never supported devolution and it's clear they never, never will.\"\n\nMrs May responded by saying: \"There is only one party in this House who wants to stop devolution in Scotland and that's the Scottish National Party\".\n\nThe prime minister's visit to Scotland on Thursday will come the day before a Conservative leadership hustings in Scotland.\n\nOn Sunday, Mr Johnson outlined plans for a unit in Number 10 which would \"sense-test and stress-test\" every policy for the results it would have on the union.\n\nAnd he said the next prime minister should be \"minister for the union\", a position which was \"cost-free but symbolically significant\".\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Hunt said he would ensure the UK left the EU in a way that protects the union.", "Two men who were rescued from the boat were taken back to a rescue station in Durban\n\nA British woman has died while sailing onboard a yacht that was damaged off the coast of South Africa.\n\nRescuers were called to reports of a boat taking on water 242 nautical miles (448km) off the country's east coast on Monday, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said.\n\nTwo South African men on board the yacht were uninjured and were rescued along with a dog.\n\nThe Foreign Office said it is supporting the woman's family.\n\nRescue crews tried to save the woman but she was pronounced dead on board.\n\nThe two survivors, who are from Durban and Cape Town, and the dog were taken to Durban sea rescue station.\n\nThe NSRI said it offered its \"sincere condolences\" to the woman's family and friends.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman added: \"Our staff are supporting the family of a British woman following her death whilst sailing off the coast of South Africa and are in contact with the South African authorities.\"", "Obesity now causes more cases of four common cancers in the UK than smoking, according to a charity.\n\nCancer Research UK says bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancers are more likely to have been caused by being overweight than by smoking tobacco.\n\nIt says millions are at risk of cancer because of their weight and that obese people outnumber smokers two to one.\n\nBut its new billboard campaign highlighting the obesity-cancer risk has been criticised for fat-shaming.\n\nIt is not the first time the charity has been accused of fat-shaming.\n\nIn February, comedian and campaigner Sofie Hagen took to Twitter to criticise the campaign.\n\nOne Twitter user, @KenLynch73, said linking obesity with cigarette-style branding was a new low.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Serious Ken This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Serious Ken\n\nCancer Research UK says it is not about blaming people for being overweight.\n\nNor is it suggesting that smoking and obesity are directly comparable in terms of cancer risk. Both increase a person's risk.\n\nBut it says being overweight or obese causes around 22,800 cases of cancer each year, compared to smoking which causes 54,300. For the four highlighted cancers:-\n\nSmoking remains the UK's leading preventable cause of cancer overall. Obesity ranks second, says CRUK.\n\nBut while smoking rates are decreasing, obesity is increasing, which health experts agree is concerning.\n\nTheir warning comes as Tory leadership contender Boris Johnson vowed to not to extend the sugar tax without a review.\n\nWhen asked about plans to extend the tax on soft drinks to milkshakes, Mr Johnson mocked his own weight and said he was \"very, very reluctant\" to imposes taxes that \"clobber those who can least afford it\".\n\nHe suggested we \"encourage people to walk, cycle and generally do more exercise\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In 2018, Cancer Research UK said around 38% of all cancers diagnoses could have been prevented\n\nJust over one in four UK adults are obese.\n\nIn the UK, there are about:\n\nWhile the link between obesity and cancer is well established, the biological mechanisms behind it are not yet fully understood.\n\nFat cells make extra hormones and growth factors that tell cells in the body to divide more often. This increases the chance of cancerous cells being made.\n\nPhysical activity probably plays a role too, experts say.\n\nBeing overweight or obese does not mean a person will definitely develop cancer but it does raise their risk.\n\nAnd this risk is higher the more weight a person gains and the longer they are overweight for.\n\nAccording to Cancer Research UK, 13 different cancers are linked to obesity:\n• breast (in women after the menopause)\n• bowel\n• pancreatic\n• oesophageal (food pipe)\n• liver\n• kidney\n• upper stomach\n• gallbladder\n• womb\n• ovarian\n• thyroid\n• multiple myeloma (blood cancer)\n• meningioma (brain cancer)\n\nThe link between obesity and cancer is in adults only, although a healthy weight is important for children too.\n\nEach year in the UK, the charity says, excess weight causes about:\n\nProf Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK's prevention expert, said the government should do more to tackle the UK's obesity problem.\n\nThe government had been slow to restrict unhealthy food and drink ads, the British Medical Association said.\n\n\"While we are very much aware of the health risks associated with smoking, less effort has been thrown behind tackling obesity, which is now a major cause of cancer,\" it said,\n\nNHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said: \"The NHS can't win the 'battle against the bulge' on its own.\n\n\"Families, food businesses and government all need to play their part if we're to avoid copying America's damaging and costly example.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nBritain's Andy Murray has confirmed he will play mixed doubles with Serena Williams at Wimbledon.\n\nMurray, a two-time singles champion at SW19, will compete in both the men's and mixed doubles less than a month after returning following hip surgery.\n\nAmerican Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, had earlier told journalists: \"If you guys really want it... all right, done.\"\n\nThe pair are expected to play their first match together on Thursday.\n\nMurray, who won Queen's with Feliciano Lopez, will partner Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the men's doubles.\n\nThe Scot was turned down by world number one Ashleigh Barty before suggesting he might pair up with 37-year-old Williams, who has won seven doubles titles at Wimbledon.\n\nMurray said: \"Serena is obviously a brilliant player, has a great doubles record and is brilliant on grass obviously. She's arguably the best player ever.\"\n\nLaughing, he added: \"So she'd be a solid partner.\"\n\nThe only issue will be whether the American's knees will cope with the extra demands of playing doubles as well as singles - and whether Murray's fitness holds up to what will be a packed doubles programme if they have a good run.\n\nWilliams has struggled with a knee injury this year but beat Giulia Gatto-Monticone on Tuesday.\n\nMurray played mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2006 where he teamed up with Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens and reached the second round.\n\nHe was also a silver medallist with Laura Robson in the London 2012 Olympics which were played at the All England Club.\n\nWilliams is a two-time mixed doubles Grand Slam champion, having partnered Max Mirnyi to win Wimbledon and the US Open in 1998.\n\nSome 64 pairings compete in the mixed doubles, which is played over the best of three sets.\n\nJust before the pairing was confirmed, Williams had remained coy about the prospect at a news conference following her first-round singles victory.\n\nJournalist: \"When do you think you could make that decision? Next three hours? In the morning?\"\n\nWilliams: \"This is crazy. I don't know. I'm still kind of in the singles mode, trying to figure that part out. We'll see. I could use extra matches, though, so... could be something.\"\n\nJournalist: \"Could you give us a rough percentage of how likely you think it is you would play with Andy?\"\n\nWilliams: \"I don't know. If you guys really want it, then maybe I'll do it.\"\n\nJournalist: \"We do really want it.\"\n\nWilliams: \"Yeah? All right, done, just for you guys. Don't forget.\"\n\nAsked what she likes about Murray, Williams replied: \"We're a lot alike on the court! I've always liked that about him.\n\n\"Talking about work ethic... His work ethic is just honestly off the charts. That's something I've always respected about him. His fitness, everything.\n\n\"To do what he's done in an era where there's so many other great male tennis players, so much competition, to rise above it, not many people have done it.\n\n\"There's so many things to be admired. Above all, he really stands out, he really speaks up about women's issues no matter what. You can tell he has a really strong woman in his life. I think above all that is just fantastic.\"\n• None Relive the coverage of day two from Wimbledon\n• None Williams through with Barty and Kerber\n• None Konta among five Britons to reach second round on Tuesday\n• None Theatrical Kyrgios sets up Nadal tie as Tomic loses in under an hour", "England must be \"honest with themselves\" if they are to \"take the next step\" after a third consecutive major tournament semi-final defeat, says former player Alex Scott.\n\nCaptain Steph Houghton missed a late penalty as England were beaten 2-1 by defending world champions the USA.\n\nThe Lionesses lost at the last World Cup to Japan and at the 2017 Euros to eventual winners the Netherlands.\n\nMidfielder Jordan Nobbs said England \"need to be hard on ourselves\".\n\nThe Arsenal player, who missed the World Cup with a knee injury, told BBC One: \"It is heartbreaking but USA always have something which gets them to a final.\n\n\"We have not quite found that yet. We need to be hard on ourselves because we will never get to a final if we don't look into that.\"\n\nFormer England and Arsenal player Scott added: \"England were beaten by the better team. When you look at the USA side, they were fitter, ruthless and clinical when they needed to be - those are the lessons England will need to take.\n\n\"How do we get to the next level? They have to be honest with themselves, they need to look and evaluate. They need to learn a harsh lesson and need to learn to be truthful with one another to get to the next step.\n\n\"Every player will look at themselves now and ask: 'What do we need to do to be better and be the best in the world?' That is the level [they need to be at].\"\n\nFormer USA goalkeeper Hope Solo said: \"We wanted to see the USA tested and we wanted to see England attacking in numbers. For the first time, USA did not drop back defensively and they tried to play. It was fun football to watch and I am proud of both sides.\"\n\n\"For England, the success is in final details,\" she said. \"They have come so far in terms of their fitness and how they want to play.\n\n\"You can see in the second half, England were putting together passes and were getting opportunities at goal, but it is now about doing it for 90 minutes, it is about the consistency.\"\n• None Analysis: 'England miss out on eureka moment again'\n\nShould White have stepped up for the penalty?\n\nEngland fell behind to Christen Press' early header and levelled through Ellen White's brilliant, first-time strike. But Alex Morgan's free header just after the half-hour mark proved to be the winner.\n\nWhite and Morgan are tied at six goals each in the race for the Golden Boot, but should the England forward have stepped up for the crucial missed penalty?\n\nNikita Parris had failed to convert from the spot with her past two efforts in the tournament so the opportunity was given to Houghton, but the Manchester City player saw her strike saved by USA goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher.\n\nScott said: \"Maybe we needed someone telling Ellen: 'You can score goals, go and take it.'\n\n\"But throughout previous World Cups and tournaments, Ellen has never wanted to step up and take a penalty - maybe it is the pressure and how you handle it? It is something she can work on.\"\n\nNobbs added: \"It is brave from Steph and she will be disappointed but Ellen has scored so many goals. You don't know what goes on on the training field.\n\n\"We missed two penalties, then changed it so they have obviously done work on that for Steph. But it is about pressure and who can get that goal.\"\n\nEarlier in the second half, White looked to have equalised with a lovely finish, but the video assistant referee (VAR) adjudged she was offside by the narrowest of margins.\n\nEngland had won all five games until the semi-final loss and were on a run of 381 minutes without conceding a goal before Press struck.\n\nNeville's side had defender Millie Bright sent off late on for two yellow cards, the second of which was a foul on Morgan. But it was England's lack of composure on the ball that proved to be their undoing.\n\nScott said: \"Sloppy is the right word for England throughout the tournament - in the second halves, when the team has got tired. If Phil has come in with the philosophy of wanting to be a footballing team and wants to play out from the back, then we need to be better on the ball.\n\n\"At times we were the architects of our own downfall, handing the ball to the USA.\"\n\nNobbs added: \"Eventually your luck runs out and against a top team like the USA, they will score goals against you and that happened to us today.\"", "Skin, from the band Skunk Anansie, says she doesn't want to \"throw shade\" on Stormzy - despite pointing out he's not actually the first black British artist to headline Glastonbury.\n\nThe rapper made the claim in the build up to his Pyramid Stage slot last week - though he swiftly corrected it.\n\nSkin had, in fact, topped the bill 20 years earlier.\n\nBut she's told Radio 1 Newsbeat that Stormzy's set was still a \"wonderful moment for black culture\".\n\nStormzy's original tweet went out on the day of his performance.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post 2 by CROWN OUT NOW 👑\n\nAnd Skin says it's not the first time she's been overlooked.\n\n\"It's one of those things - Beyonce said she was the first black female and I didn't really say anything then.\n\n\"I love Stormzy, it's all come from a place of love, but I did feel like I had to point out that we did it.\"\n\n\"At the end of the day - and I don't want to offend any Keith Flint fans out there - but you could argue Maxim was a frontman of the Prodigy.\n\n\"And they beat us to it in 1997!\"\n\nGoing back even further, there are bands like UB40 who had several black members and headlined in 1983.\n\nTheir lead singer was white, though - so it really comes down to how you define a \"black headliner\".\n\nMaxim from the Prodigy could also claim to be the first black British artist to headline Glastonbury\n\nSkunk Anansie formed in 1994, headlined Glastonbury in 1999, split up in 2001 and reformed in 2008.\n\nBut Skin says when they played Worthy Farm her race was never explicitly mentioned.\n\n\"It wasn't a conversation that was being had whether we were the first or I was the first black woman or anything like that.\"\n\nBut she thinks, under the surface, it was on people's minds.\n\n\"Glastonbury had a certain face at that time and it was white rock artists and not many women either.\n\n\"So there were a lot of articles and newspapers that were asking 'Why Skunk Anansie?', in the same way that, when he did it, people were asking 'Why Jay-Z?'\n\n\"Because there's a black face at the front of the band maybe people thought it wasn't rock enough - that it wasn't the right face for Glastonbury festival.\"\n\nStormzy used his set to talk about everything from politics to knife crime\n\nBut she thinks attitudes have now changed.\n\n\"Twenty years later Stormzy is there and it's just amazing to see,\" she says.\n\n\"To be honest I think 20 years is a bit too long. There could have been many black artists in that 20 years that could have had that slot and absolutely nailed it, from Dizzee Rascal to Goldie.\n\n\"But me and Maxim from the Prodigy are good friends and we're just really proud for this next generation and bigging up Stormzy.\n\n\"None of us want to put even a hint of shade on his amazing success. We're really delighted for him.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Facebook says glitches affecting its platforms have now been resolved.\n\nUsers across the world had been unable to upload or view photos, videos and other files.\n\nThe problems had affected its Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp apps.\n\n\"The issue has... been resolved and we should be back at 100% for everyone,\" it tweeted. It added that an unspecified issue had been accidentally \"triggered\" during \"routine maintenance\".\n\nFacebook has more than 2.3 billion monthly active users and Instagram has one billion.\n\nIn some cases, users were shown grey boxes annotated with text explaining what the firm's image analysis software had suggested to be the contents of the original photos.\n\nRival platform Twitter also had issues, with some users not able to send direct messages or receive notifications for a time.\n\nThe company apologised for the inconvenience, tweeting at about 23:00 BST: \"We're almost at 100% resolved. There may be some residual effects for a small group of people, but overall your DMs should be working properly now. We appreciate your patience!\"\n\nIn March, Facebook and Instagram suffered their longest period of disruption ever. Problems also struck both apps as well as WhatsApp in April.\n\nThe latest problems followed earlier disruption on Tuesday when Cloudflare - a company that provides internet security to website operators - suffered a fault of its own that caused thousands of websites to display \"502 errors\" when visited. The US firm has since published a blog blaming a flawed software deployment.\n\n\"Our testing processes were insufficient in this case and we are reviewing and making changes to our testing and deployment process to avoid incidents like this in the future,\" it said.", "A Sikh boxer says a rule that amateur fighters in Wales must be clean shaven is discriminatory.\n\nCardiff University student Aaron Singh, 20, says the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association is preventing him from competing because of his faith.\n\n\"It's not right and it's not fair,\" he said.\n\nA similar rule was dropped in England and professional boxers have been allowed to compete with a beard for years.\n\nThe Welsh Amateur Boxing Association said it was waiting for guidance from the International Boxing Association.", "A disabled R&B fan has been guaranteed a seat to see one of her favourite acts after being warned she may have to stand.\n\nVirginie Assal had bought a seated ticket months ago to see Janelle Monae perform at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester.\n\nBut she found out a week ago her place had become \"first come, first served\".\n\nThe gig's organiser said it had now reserved seats for all those who indicated they require them.\n\nThe Manchester International Festival (MIF) website said those who had already expressed they needed \"access seating\", or a wheelchair space, would receive a wristband allowing them into the access area.\n\nMs Assal has scoliosis, a serious back condition, which means she cannot stand for long periods. She also cannot risk being in a crowded area in case she gets hurt. She does not use a wheelchair but is mobility-impaired.\n\nThe 25-year-old had booked her ticket to see the popular US singer, who's just played Glastonbury, in December last year. At the time, she requested a seat away from the crowd, and was told \"that was fine\".\n\nThe situation changed last week. She looked at the festival's website and saw only wheelchair users could reserve spaces. Seats for mobility impaired people could no longer be assured.\n\nWhen Ms Assal messaged MIF, it replied: \"We will have an accessible seating area available for the performance. As we have limited capacity, we'd advise turning up early as the seating area will be first come first served.\"\n\nHow early was early, she asked the organiser?\n\n\"[A]s soon as doors open,\" she was told.\n\nIt emerged only 12 reservable places were to be made available, for wheelchair-users only. A further 40 access seats were to be made available but could not be reserved.\n\nMs Assal complained to the festival organisers about its change of policy. She felt she could not have attended the gig with confidence in case she couldn't sit down. And, if she did get a seat, she would feel bad for potentially stopping another disabled person from sitting.\n\nHowever, after the BBC reported her story on Tuesday, MIF apologised. It clarified that Ms Assal would be guaranteed a seat. It was sorry if the advice given was \"at any point was confusing\".\n\nMs Assal received the reassuring news in an email on Tuesday evening from MIF's chief executive, John McGrath.\n\nIn a statement, MIF said it considered access a \"key priority\".\n\n\"[W]e work hard to ensure our events are as accessible as possible. MIF does not manage this particular space and although it is a standing event, we have worked closely with the external team to ensure there are accessible positions.\"\n\nIt asked that everyone booking tickets for an MIF event \"make us aware of their access requirements when they book\". It says it has increased the capacity of Castlefield Bowl to meet demand.\"\n\nMs Assal said she was \"on the whole pleased and grateful.\n\n\"It's a win, it's better. Accessibility can always be improved but my general request was for all the disabled people who needed a seat to have one and that was achieved.\"\n\nFor more Disability News, follow on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to the weekly podcast.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A US Navy Seal has been found not guilty of killing a young Islamic State group prisoner in Iraq and other murder charges in a San Diego military court.\n\nSpecial Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, 40, was accused of stabbing the injured teenager to death as well as randomly shooting Iraqi civilians.\n\nHe was convicted of posing with the 17-year-old's corpse, but acquitted of all other charges.\n\nAnother Seal had testified that he was the one who killed the prisoner.\n\nGallagher, a decorated combat veteran who served eight tours, denied all the allegations against him.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe seven-person military jury, which included five Marines and two sailors, delivered the verdict after about eight hours of deliberation.\n\nThe maximum sentence for posing for photos with a corpse is four months - but Gallagher has already served nine months in pre-trial confinement.\n\n\"We have a sentencing to do, but the maximum sentence of what they're about to sentence him on is much less than the time that they've already had him in the brig,\" Gallagher's lawyer, Tim Parlatore, said after the verdict, according to NBC News. \"So he is going home.\"\n\nThe allegations against the chief had come from members of his own platoon in the special operations branch of the US Navy.\n\nBut in a surprising twist, Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott testified earlier this month that he had asphyxiated the wounded militant while the teenager was in US custody.\n\nThe Seal medic said he had witnessed Gallagher unexpectedly begin stabbing the fighter after the two men had stabilised his injuries following an airstrike, but that the stab wounds had not appeared to be life-threatening.\n\nWhen the chief walked away, Mr Scott said he had plugged the youth's air tube as an act of mercy. When asked why, Mr Scott replied, \"I knew he would die anyway.\"\n\nMr Scott was granted immunity from being prosecuted for criminal charges before he testified. Prosecutors accused him of trying to protect Gallagher, alleging he had never mentioned committing the crime in previous interviews.\n\nIn the San Diego courtroom, I watched the seven men on the jury, knowing that six of them had served in combat. The fact that most of them had gone through battle meant they were more likely to be sympathetic to the accused, a veteran of eight deployments.\n\nThe verdict shows that the jurors did not believe there was enough evidence against him for a murder conviction - but enough to find him guilty of posing with a dead body.\n\nOverall, the verdict reflects an understanding that people can be transformed by combat and act in ways that are out of character.\n\nThis will reassure those who are concerned about being unfairly punished for their actions during wartime.\n\nAt the same time, the verdict will upset those who thought that the evidence against Gallagher was compelling. Regardless of how one sees the outcome of the trial, one thing is clear: it will be closely studied by those in the military for years to come.\n\nThe case drew the attention of some Republicans in Congress as well as President Trump, who tweeted in support of Gallagher and had reportedly weighed a pardon for him.", "Kevin Mcleod's body was found in Wick harbour in 1997\n\nPolice Scotland has asked for an independent review into the death of a man whose body was recovered from Wick harbour 22 years ago.\n\nKevin Mcleod's family believe he was murdered and have criticised how his death was dealt with in the past.\n\nWhy former Northern Constabulary did not investigate the case as a murder as instructed by a Crown official will form part of the review.\n\nMerseyside Police will carry out the \"detailed review\".\n\nMr Mcleod's uncle Allan Mcleod told BBC Scotland News online the review was an \"unexpected but welcome twist in the case\".\n\nHe said: \"The last 22 years have been exhausting for the whole family.\n\n\"We are delighted that everything from 1997 to the present day will now be the subject of an external independent review.\"\n\nAllan said he believed the review would begin in August or September.\n\nKevin, a 24-year-old electrician from Wick, was last seen alive on 8 February 1997 while on a night out with friends in the Caithness town.\n\nHis body was recovered from the sea the following day.\n\nKevin's parents, June and Hugh Mcleod, have received apologies from the police for how the investigation was handled at the time, and also the responses they had received to complaints about the probe.\n\nThe initial investigation into Kevin's death in 1997 by Northern Constabulary will be reviewed, along with all further inquiries carried out by Police Scotland since its formation in 2013.\n\nKevin Mcleod's parents June and Hugh and uncle Allan believe the 24-year-old was murdered\n\nAssistant Chief Constable Gillian MacDonald said: \"Kevin's parents, Hugh and June Mcleod, have suffered unimaginable pain and trauma for more than 20 years as they search for answers regarding his death.\n\n\"It is only right that Police Scotland does everything it possibly can to address these unanswered questions.\"\n\nShe added: \"As we have said previously, numerous investigations into this case by Police Scotland have confirmed that initial inquiries by Northern Constabulary fell short of the required standard and opportunities to gather vital evidence were missed.\"\n\nThe senior officer said Police Scotland's \"unequivocal position\" was that it fully accepted an instruction was given by a procurator fiscal to treat Kevin's death as a murder and to investigate it accordingly, which Northern Constabulary at that time failed to do.\n\nShe said: \"The tragic events surrounding Kevin's death remain unexplained, however we are fully committed to investigating any new evidence which may come to light.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tourists watch the explosion from a beach on the island of Lipari\n\nA volcano has erupted on the Italian island of Stromboli, killing one person and sending frightened tourists fleeing.\n\nThe victim is a male hiker who was hit by a falling stone, while other people were injured.\n\nThe navy has been deployed for a possible mass evacuation, with 70 people already evacuated.\n\nThe volcano is one of the most active on the planet and has been under a regular state of eruption since 1932.\n\n\"Unfortunately one man is dead, there are a few injured, but none seriously,\" emergency worker Calogero Foti told Italy's Rai television.\n\nThe victim was a 35-year-old man from Sicily who was hiking when the volcano erupted twice. His Brazilian friend was discovered dehydrated and in a state of shock, the AGI news agency reported.\n\nAsh rising from Stromboli after the eruption\n\nFirefighters are battling flames on the island.\n\n\"We saw the explosion from the hotel. There was a loud roar,\" said Michela Favorito, who works in a hotel on the island.\n\n\"We plugged our ears and after this a cloud of ash swept over us. The whole sky is full of ash, a fairly large cloud,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Columns of ash rise from the eruption of the volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli.\n\nFiona Carter, a British tourist on the island of Panarea, some 17 miles from Stromboli, heard the eruption.\n\n\"We turned around to see a mushroom cloud coming from Stromboli. Everyone was in shock. Then red hot lava started running down the mountain towards the little village of Ginostra,\" she said.\n\nView of the volcano from the nearby island of Panarea\n\nHolidaymakers were reported to have run into the sea after seeing ash rising from the volcano. The island is a popular location for holiday homes of the rich and famous.\n\nStromboli is known as the \"Lighthouse of the Mediterranean\" and has a population of around 500. The last major eruption was in 2002, when a blast destroyed local buildings and piers, injuring six.\n• None Mount Etna erupts for first time this year", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anthony Lock believes employers think he will be on the sick all of the time\n\nA former soldier injured in two blasts in Afghanistan believes employers are discriminating against him because of his post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\nAnthony Lock, 37, a former corporal in the Royal Welsh, also criticised Jobcentre staff for not being aware of their own scheme to support veterans.\n\nMr Lock, from Newport, is unemployed despite a citation for \"exemplary leadership and bravery\" and submitting \"hundreds\" of job applications.\n\nMr Lock said: \"No-one will employ me because I have post-traumatic stress disorder.\n\n\"That's how I feel, it's discrimination - it's always when I have to tell them why I've got a six or seven year gap off work, and that's when it goes dead.\n\n\"So it's either because I've got PTSD, mental health issues or I've had a number of injuries and they think I'm going to be on the sick all the time.\"\n\nMr Lock said he felt unable to leave the house for 10 years\n\nOn one trip to a Jobcentre, Mr Lock said staff had no knowledge of the armed forces champions scheme, aimed at helping veterans into work, and told him to contact the Salvation Army.\n\nA UK government spokesman said: \"We deeply value the service of our armed forces and apologise to Mr Lock if he feels his visit to the Jobcentre fell below his expectations.\n\n\"Every Jobcentre has an armed forces champion and if he'd like to make contact with us again, then we'd be happy to speak to him about the support we can provide.\"\n\nMr Lock was injured twice in six weeks by two separate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan in 2009, resulting in \"serious life-changing injuries\" including a broken neck and ruptured spleen.\n\nHe feels he has been let down by the Army, UK government and employers, saying: \"The Army cannot even find the English and maths qualifications I gained while serving.\"\n\nHis mental health declined in the years after leaving the Army and he said he was close to suicide when he decided to write a book about his experiences.\n\nMr Lock said he was the first British soldier to be operated on aboard a helicopter over Afghanistan\n\nAnthony Lock was thrown 15m after his tank hit an IED in June 2009\n\nHe said: \"I was looking at the view, and there was a massive drop in front of me, and I thought 'I can do this now, I can end my suffering' - and something just stopped me.\n\n\"It was almost like somebody grabbed me from the back, I'd like to believe it was one of the boys who passed away.\"\n\nHe wants more employers to realise PTSD is not a barrier to giving someone a job and added: \"We're not bad people, a lot of us come with some really, really good skills that can help your business.\"\n\nNewport East MP Jessica Morden raised Mr Lock's story in the House of Commons during an armed forces debate, saying there was \"a lack of support for veterans like Anthony\" and too little oversight of the Jobcentre.\n\nShe added: \"We need to do far more with our veterans to help them into employment, to ease that transition into civilian life.\"\n\nThe Army said it does not issue qualifications gained while in service, as this is done by an awarding body.\n\nIt added that the awarding body should be contacted directly for a replacement.", "Changing Places toilets are bigger disabled toilets with a hoist, a changing bed and more space around the toilet for someone who needs assistance.\n\nThe UK government wants to make these toilets mandatory in new large public buildings.\n\nFiona from Bolton who has muscular dystrophy and Lorna from North Lincolnshire tell the BBC's Ellis Palmer why such toilets are necessary for them to do the things many take for granted.\n\nFilmed, produced and edited by Ellis Palmer and Rachel Schraer for BBC News and BBC Reality Check", "It was reported that two men spent two days inside the hospital offering to help staff claim back tax\n\nNine victims of a suspected fraud at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine have been identified, police have said.\n\nThe scam at the hospital is understood to have taken place earlier this month.\n\nTwo men reportedly spent two days inside the hospital offering to help staff claim back tax.\n\nThousands of pounds are believed to have been lost; police believe there are more victims of the fraud and have urged them to come forward.\n\nIt is believed the fraudsters obtained the personal details of the employees, including bank details.\n\n\"We currently have nine potential victims of this alleged fraud, we believe there are more potential victims out there and we need them to contact us,\" said Det Insp Bob Blemmings.\n\n\"We are working closely with the Causeway Hospital to identify any potential victims and identify any suspects.\n\n\"We would advise anyone who believes they are the victim of this type of fraud to report it to their local Police station by calling 101.\"", "Outsourcing giant Serco has been fined £19.2m for fraud and false accounting over its electronic tagging service for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).\n\nThe fine is part of a deferred prosecution deal with the Serious Fraud Office, which will end an investigation that began in 2013.\n\nSerco had been understating how profitable the contract had been in its reporting to the MoJ.\n\nBack in 2013 the company paid £70m in compensation to the government.\n\nOn top of the fine, Serco paid £3.7m in costs.\n\nThe firm said it was \"mortified\" its UK subsidiary Serco Geografix had overcharged to tag criminals.\n\n\"Serco apologised unreservedly at the time, and we do so again,\" the firm's chief executive Rupert Soames said.\n\nHe added that the management and culture of Serco \"have changed beyond all recognition\" since 2013.\n\nIn 2013 Serco and fellow outsourcing group G4S faced allegations of charging the government for electronically monitoring people who were either dead, in jail, or had left the country.\n\nSerco lost its contract to tag criminals in the UK in late 2013.\n\nIt said it has taken \"significant steps\" to try to reform, including strengthening its bidding, contract management, internal audit and management assurance processes.\n\nNo board members or senior executives that were in post at the time still work for the group.\n\nThe Financial Reporting Council also launched an investigation in June 2016 into Serco's auditor, Deloitte, at the time of the offences.", "Khalid Al Qasimi appeared on the runway during London Fashion Week Men's last month\n\nA son of the ruler of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates has died in London, officials have announced.\n\nSheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi died on Monday. London police say his death is being treated as unexplained.\n\nThe 39-year-old had forged a career for himself as a fashion designer. Clothes from his label, Qasimi, were shown at London Fashion Week.\n\nFuneral prayers were held on Wednesday morning in the UAE, where three days of national mourning have been declared.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by shjmediaoffice This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHis father, Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, has ruled Sharjah since 1972. He expressed his sorrow in an Instagram post on Tuesday, saying his son was \"in the care of God\".\n\nThe President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, offered his condolences to Sheikh Sultan and his family.\n\nIn a statement, the fashion label Qasimi said the sheikh had died \"unexpectedly\" but did not provide further information.\n\nPolice said they had received a report of \"a sudden death at a residential property in Knightsbridge\".\n\nA post-mortem examination was carried out on Tuesday but proved inconclusive, and they were awaiting the result of further tests, the police statement added.\n\nSheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi said his son was \"in the care of God\"\n\nQasimi said Sheikh Khalid had been \"praised for his tenacious yet sensitive exploration of social-political issues, particularly those pertaining to the Middle East and its sometimes strained relationship with the West\".\n\nAccording to the fashion label, he had studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins in London, and released his first collections in 2008.\n\nSheikh Khalid was also chairman of the Sharjah Urban Planning Council, which was tasked with overseeing infrastructure projects in the emirate.\n\nA friend - who did not want to be named - said Sheikh Khalid studied at the Architectural Association and was \"very talented, incredibly smart\" and \"incredibly passionate about human rights\".\n\n\"He loved life, very outgoing,\" the friend added. \"A very kind and generous person as well.\n\n\"He didn't care too much about ego - he could have, but he didn't.\"\n\nSeveral people have shared their grief at the news on social media, including fashion photographer Mariano Vivanco who called him \"my angel\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by marianovivanco This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe UK's ambassador to the UAE, Patrick Moody, expressed \"our deepest condolences\" to Sharjah's royal family.\n\nThe Qasimis are one of six ruling families in the country, and rule both the Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah emirates.\n\nNo date has yet been set for an inquest.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I like the bakery and the sweetshop'\n\nA Welsh museum made up of re-erected ancient buildings has been named museum of the year.\n\nSt Fagans National Museum of History beat four other contenders to secure the £100,000 prize.\n\nThe Cardiff museum completed a £30m redevelopment last year, adding new exhibitions and hands-on workshops to its collection of historical buildings.\n\nThe last Welsh institution to win the prize was the Big Pit National Coal Museum in 2005.\n\nThe award, Britain's biggest single art prize, was known as the Gulbenkian Prize at the time.\n\nHMS Caroline in Belfast, Nottingham Contemporary. Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford and V&A Dundee also made this year's shortlist.\n\nEach will receive £10,000 in recognition of their achievements.\n\nFounded in 1948, St Fagans is one of Wales' most popular heritage attractions.\n\nStephen Deuchar, Art Fund director and chair of the judges, said it was \"a truly democratic museum\" that \"lives and breathes the culture, history and identity of Wales\".\n\n\"It was made by the people of Wales for people everywhere,\" he continued. \"I can't think of a single person who wouldn't enjoy visiting this incredible place.\"\n\nThe Art Fund charity has supported Museum of the Year since 2008\n\nArtist Jeremy Deller presented this year's prize to David Anderson, director general of National Museum Wales, at the Science Museum in London on Wednesday.\n\nBBC London arts reporter Brenda Emmanus and Scottish artist David Batchelor were among the 2019 judges.\n\nRecent winners of the prize include Tate St Ives, the Hepworth Wakefield gallery and the Whitworth in Manchester.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "PC Tim Andrews pointed out Khuram Butt as the ringleader to armed police officers\n\nA police officer has told an inquest how he shouted at armed police to shoot the ringleader in the final moments of the 2017 London Bridge attack.\n\nPC Tim Andrews pointed at Khuram Butt and shouted \"shoot him!\" after an armed response vehicle pulled up beside him.\n\nHe had been on duty with PC Bartosz Tchorzewski when reports came in of a van hitting pedestrians on the bridge.\n\nHe had thought it was a drink-drive incident until he saw men carrying knives. Eight died in the attack.\n\nIn just 10 minutes, Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, ploughed down pedestrians on the bridge and brought chaos to Borough Market, carrying knives and wearing fake suicide belts. As well as the eight who died, 48 people were seriously injured.\n\nAll three men were finally shot dead in Stoney Street, bringing the attack to an end.\n\nAn inquest is taking place at the Old Bailey into the deaths of the attackers who were killed by armed police officers. It is expected to go on for three weeks and, under law, must be heard by a jury.\n\nAt the hearing, jurors heard evidence from Antonio Filis, the last person to be attacked. He said he had no idea what was going on before one of the knifemen stared at him and came over.\n\n\"I raised my hands in defence and shouted something along the lines of 'oi, what are you doing?'.\n\n\"I felt a blow on my head. At first I thought it was a bottle but I had no idea it was a knife.\n\n\"I remember seeing two more people coming towards me.\n\n\"I felt I was being pushed around so I found myself on the ground curled up with my hands over my head.\"\n\nHe then described hearing what sounded to him like fireworks going off in quick succession as the three men were shot.\n\nAfter the attack, a police officer helped him to the Globe pub where he realised he had been stabbed in the body as well as the head.\n\nGiving evidence, PC Andrews told how he and his colleagues had tried to chase down the attackers, first running towards Bedale Street where members of the public were pointing and shouting: \"They've gone down there.\"\n\nAs the officers walked down Middle Road, they came across the three men, the court heard.\n\n\"Butt had a football shirt on and he was standing with two knives in either hand,\" PC Andrews said. \"The other two gentlemen... were in dark clothes also with knives.\n\n\"Then it dawned on me it was probably a terrorist attack. I pressed my emergency button and asked for emergency assistance, firearms support.\"\n\nAmong the early morning bustle of Borough Market - porters wheeling barrows of vegetables, tourists being shown one of London's most atmospheric spots - a group of people emerged clutching maps and photographs.\n\nIt was the chief coroner and the jury from the inquest into the deaths of the London Bridge attackers.\n\nHis Honour Judge Lucraft QC showed the jurors the narrow streets and alleys, saying he wanted them to get an impression of what the place was like.\n\nThey saw some of the pubs and bars where Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba stabbed their victims.\n\nThen they examined the spot where the three men were shot dead by armed police, and the spot where the officers' armed response vehicle had rolled into tables and chairs. In his hurry to get out, the armed officer who was driving had not put the handbrake on.\n\nThe officers, who were in plain clothes and armed only with batons, backed away but were chased by the three men.\n\nPC Andrews said his partner was hit by a missile but by the time they got back to Bedale Street the attackers had disappeared so they resumed their search.\n\nHe said they found Butt in nearby Stoney Street with the other two, repeatedly stabbing a man.\n\n\"We started to close them down to assist the gentleman,\" he added.\n\nHe said he was about 10 metres away when an armed response vehicle pulled up and a firearms officer got out of the passenger door, holding his firearm.\n\n\"I was pointing at Butt shouting, 'shoot him! shoot him!'\" PC Andrews said.\n\n\"Butt started to close the officer down. The officer pulled the weapon up and shot him a number of times.\"\n\nPC Andrews said Butt had been running at the police marksman with \"hands raised in a threatening manner\".\n\nHe said the officer had shouted \"armed police\" before opening fire.\n\nButt fell to the ground and the officer shouted to PC Andrews \"cuff him, cuff him\", jurors were told.\n\nHe said: \"He was making some noises and moving slightly. I put the cuffs straight on. I looked down and could see a bomb belt around his waist.\"\n\nPC Andrews said that at the time he thought it was real and shouted that everyone needed to get back.\n\nPC Ian Rae, another officer at the scene, told jurors his attention was drawn to the other attackers who had been shot.\n\nHe said: \"I ran over to the one that was moving because I knew he had an IED (improvised explosive device) strapped to him by that time. I could see it.\"\n\nHe went to handcuff the man but an armed officer screamed at him to get out of the way, he said.\n\nRudi Thirion, who had been holding the Wheatsheaf pub door shut as the attackers tried to force their way in, told jurors he heard screams of \"drop your weapons, get to the ground\".\n\nHe said the knifemen were \"definitely in attacking mode\" as they ran towards the blue police lights.\n\n\"I saw two of them get shot. I did not see the third one get shot. I must have ducked down to take cover,\" he added.", "Former paratrooper Hani Gue told a tribunal he was subjected to racist abuse in the Army\n\nA former paratrooper endured racial abuse and described racism as \"prevalent\" in his battalion, an employment tribunal heard.\n\nHani Gue told the tribunal he saw Nazi, Confederate and SS flags and photographs of Adolf Hitler displayed in accommodation at Colchester.\n\nMr Gue and colleague L/Cpl Nkululeko Zulu have taken the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to a tribunal alleging they suffered racial discrimination.\n\nThe MoD is contesting the claims.\n\nMr Gue joined the Army in 2012 before transferring to 3rd Battalion (3 Para) A Company, based at Merville Barracks.\n\nMr Gue's colleague L/Cpl Nkululeko Zulu has joined him in taking the Ministry of Defence to a tribunal\n\nIn his statement to a central London employment hearing on Tuesday, Mr Gue, who describes himself as a black African of Ugandan nationality, recalled colleagues using racist language to describe Kenyan soldiers during a deployment to the country.\n\nMr Gue, who changed his Muslim surname of Hassan for fear that it could make him more likely to be a target, said racism was \"prevalent in 3 Para and A Company in particular\" and often passed off as \"banter\".\n\nHe also said photographs of himself and Mr Zulu, from South Africa, were pinned to the door of his room daubed with swastikas, Hitler moustaches and racist language.\n\nMr Gue, who asked to leave the Army in January last year, said: \"During the course of my employment I noticed that there were Nazi, Confederate and SS flags and photographs of Hitler displayed in A Company's accommodation which is a stone's throw away from the battalion headquarters.\"\n\nHe said the alleged abuse, which included people smashing bottles and urinating in the corridor where he was staying, had \"an extreme psychological impact\" on him.\n\nHe added: \"Unfortunately, my experiences of racial harassment and discrimination during the course of my employment have led me to realise that the Army is not the honourable institution I once thought it to be.\"\n\nMr Gue and Mr Zulu say they were racially abused, harassed and that the Army did not take reasonable steps to prevent it.\n\nThe MoD said the armed forces take complaints very seriously and at least one incident was referred to the Royal Military Police..\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Announcing the nominations for the four top posts in the EU, European Council President Donald Tusk has hailed a \"perfect gender balance\" of two men and two women.\n\nIf approved by the European Parliament she will become the first female in the job.\n\nIMF chief Christine Lagarde was also nominated to head the European Central Bank.", "China has warned the UK not to \"interfere in its domestic affairs\" amid a growing diplomatic row over the recent protests in Hong Kong.\n\nIts UK ambassador said relations had been \"damaged\" by comments by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and others backing the demonstrators' actions.\n\nLiu Xiaoming said those who illegally occupied Hong Kong's parliament should be \"condemned as law breakers\".\n\nThe ambassador was later summoned to the Foreign Office over the remarks.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said Sir Simon McDonald, permanent under secretary and head of the diplomatic service, told the ambassador his comments were \"unacceptable and inaccurate\".\n\nEarlier, Prime Minister Theresa May said she had raised concerns with Chinese leaders.\n\nWeeks of mass protests in the territory over a controversial extradition bill exploded on Monday, when a group of activists occupied the Legislative Council building for several hours after breaking away from a peaceful protest - raising the colonial-era British flag.\n\nCritics say the extradition bill could be used to send political dissidents from Hong Kong to the mainland.\n\nDemonstrators have also broadened their demands to include the release of all detained activists and investigations into alleged police violence.\n\nIn the middle of the demonstrations, Mr Hunt pledged his \"unwavering\" support to the ex-British colony and its citizens' freedoms.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a series of broadcast interviews and posts on social media, Mr Hunt repeated the message that the protesters should refrain from violence, but urged China to listen to the concerns of the Hong Kong people.\n\nBeijing has made a formal complaint about Mr Hunt, accusing the Conservative leadership contender of \"colonial-era delusions\".\n\nBut Mr Liu said he was \"disappointed\" by the UK's response.\n\nHe said the countries' relationship was based on mutual respect and suggested there would be further \"problems\" if the UK did not recognise China's sovereignty over Hong Kong, its \"territorial integrity and principle of non-interference in domestic affairs\".\n\nHe said it was \"hypocritical\" of UK politicians to criticise the lack of democracy and civil rights in Hong Kong when, under British rule, there had been no elections nor right to protest.\n\nThe recent unrest, he added, was \"not about freedom but about breaking the law\".\n\nIn response, Mr Hunt said good relations between countries were based on \"honouring the legally binding relationships between them\" - a reference to a 1984 treaty between the UK and China which paved the way for sovereignty over the territory to pass back to Beijing.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Joint Declaration, signed by Margaret Thatcher and the then Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang, set out how the rights of Hong Kong citizens should be protected in the territory's Basic Law under Chinese rule.\n\nHong Kong has, since 1997, been run by China under a \"one country, two systems\" arrangement guaranteeing it a level of economic autonomy and personal freedoms not permitted on the mainland.\n\nThe ambassador gave the British government both barrels at his press conference earlier.\n\nWhat's fascinating is there was no pretence, no attempt to gloss this over at all. This was visceral and system-wide. This is merely the British side of things, the same message is coming from Beijing and Hong Kong too. There is definite push-back from the whole Chinese machine.\n\nThe British are so infuriated that they've summoned the ambassador almost immediately to give him a dressing down.\n\nWhat was a war of words now risks becoming a substantial issue between the two countries.\n\nThe Foreign Office has said it continues to make it clear to the Chinese government, both in public and private, that the rights of Hong Kong residents must be fully respected.\n\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Theresa May said she had raised her concerns directly with Chinese leaders at the recent G20 meeting.\n\n\"It is vital that Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and the rights and freedoms set down in the Sino-British joint declaration are respected,\" she told MPs.\n\nSuccessive UK governments have heralded a \"golden era\" in economic relations with China, with growing levels of trade and foreign investment.\n\nBut critics say this has come at the expense of turning a blind eye to human rights violations in China and Beijing's increasing economic nationalism.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than one million people across the Japanese island of Kyushu have been ordered to evacuate, amid warnings of landslides and floods brought on by heavy rain.\n\nAuthorities urged residents in parts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures to move to safety immediately.\n\nOne elderly woman in Kagoshima city died after a mudslide hit her home.\n\nPrime Minister Shinzo Abe has told residents of the cities to \"take steps to protect their lives\".\n\nKagoshima prefecture has asked Japan's self-defence forces to help with the relief efforts, Governor Satoshi Mitazono reportedly said.\n\nThe entire populations of Kagoshima city, Kirishima and Aira were ordered to leave. Another 930,000 people in the south of the island were also advised to move.\n\nBut by 1600 local time (0700 GMT), the country's Fire and Disaster Management Agency reportedly said fewer than 4,000 people had been evacuated.\n\nWeather officials say 1,000mm (39in) of rain has fallen on Kyushu island since Friday, and Japan's Meteorological Agency forecasts the rains will continue into next week.\n\nA further 350mm of rain is expected in the southern part of the island and 300mm in the northern part by Thursday morning, with some areas predicted to get more than 80mm of rain every hour. The agency said a month's rainfall could hit parts of Kyushu in just 24 hours.\n\nThe island of Shikoku is also forecast to receive up to 250mm of rain in the same period. The rainy front is expected to hang over the entire Japanese archipelago until Saturday.\n\nLast July about 200 people died in western Japan in the country's worst flooding disaster in decades. It was the highest death toll caused by rainfall in Japan since 1982.\n\nAbout two million people were evacuated and more than 70,000 emergency workers were deployed after the heavy rain caused floods and landslides in the region.", "5G could be used as a replacement for fixed home broadband as well as offering new services such as virtual reality\n\nVodafone has become the second UK mobile operator to turn on its 5G network, offering faster speeds and the opportunity for new services.\n\nThe network is going live in seven UK cities, including Cardiff, London, Manchester and Glasgow.\n\nMaking a success of the service could be crucial to the firm which has seen financial losses and customer complaints in recent years.\n\n5G networks offer more capacity than 4G with speeds up to 100 times faster.\n\nIt could also help support new technologies such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things, robotics, connected cities and self-driving cars.\n\nThe three other cities to benefit are Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool.\n\nTwelve additional towns and cities will follow later this year - Birkenhead, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Guildford, Newbury, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Reading, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Warrington and Wolverhampton.\n\nVodafone is the first UK provider to offer 5G roaming in Germany, Spain and Italy.\n\nBusiness director of Vodafone UK, Anne Sheehan, said: \"5G is a game-changer for the economy and UK businesses. We are committed to helping our customers take advantage of this technology by making it widely available in the UK and through roaming. We want to help UK businesses become global leaders and 5G will play an important role in achieving that aim.\"\n\nVodafone is offering three pricing options for SIM only:\n\nTariffs that are structured by data speed are \"a first for the UK\" said mobile analyst Kester Mann, of research firm CCS Insight.\n\nAs such, Vodafone will need to explain this to customers who are \"only just beginning to understand the value of megabytes and gigabytes\".\n\nThe total cost of a 5G Samsung Galaxy S10 and two-year contract is £1,637 ($2,062) for Vodafone's cheapest advertised tariff.\n\nTo encourage small businesses to take up 5G services, Vodafone is offering a series of new plans that give business customers access to unlimited data and 5G at the same price as 4G.\n\nRival Three plans to roll out 5G in August with services from O2 coming in the autumn.\n\n\"After a hotly contested battle with Vodafone, EE claimed the honour of switching on the UK's first 5G network, in May 2019. However, the reality is that being first means little to consumers and the initial launches this summer represent only the first few tentative steps in a marathon 5G journey ahead,\" said Mr Mann.\n\n\"The real winners in 5G will only become apparent several years down the line.\"\n\nThe UK has put itself at the top of the leader board with its swift adoption of the technology.\n\n\"In 2012, the UK was only the 53rd nation to launch 4G behind places such as Guam, Azerbaijan and Kiribati. Now, with all four networks planning to switch on 5G in 2019 it moves from laggard to leader,\" said Mr Mann.\n\nAll the UK's operators continue to use Huawei's equipment despite controversy surrounding the Chinese telecoms firm. If the UK government decides it is no longer safe to rely on having it as part of the network, the operators would be forced to strip out its kit and replace it.", "Mr Magid said he was \"visibly different\" and \"didn't intend to fit in\"\n\nA newly-elected Green MEP claims he was asked to leave the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on his first day.\n\nMagid Magid, 30, was wearing a baseball cap and a T-shirt with swearing and an anti-fascist slogan on it when he was asked to leave.\n\nThe former Lord Mayor of Sheffield was elected as one of six MEPs for the Yorkshire and Humber region in May.\n\nThe European Parliament said no member of staff was involved in the incident.\n\nMr Magid said he did not know who the person was who asked him to leave, although he believed that individual to be an official.\n\nHe said the person asked if he was lost and then suggested he leave.\n\nHe added: \"I make people feel uncomfortable, people don't know how to react.\"\n\nIn a tweet, he said: \"I know I'm visibly different. I don't have the privilege to hide my identity. I'm BLACK & my name is Magid.\n\n\"I don't intend to try fit in. Get used to it!\"\n\nHe said the exchange said a lot about what people thought politicians were supposed to look like, and he did not leave the building.\n\nA spokeswoman for the European Parliament said: \"We investigated the matter immediately after our attention was brought to it and can safely say that no member of Parliament staff was involved.\"\n\nMr Magid was attending the opening of the new five-year session of the parliament, though the length of the UK's involvement remains in doubt.\n\nUK MEPs may sit in the parliament until the country formally leaves the EU.\n\nMr Magid came to Sheffield aged five from an Ethiopian refugee camp \"to find a better life\".\n\nHe was a contestant on Channel 4's reality show Hunted, and was elected Broomhill and Sharrow Vale Green councillor in 2016 and became the city's youngest Lord Mayor in 2018.\n\nHe went on to cause controversy when, in July 2018, he \"banned\" visiting US President Donald Trump from Sheffield.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Northern Ireland's politicians have jointly called for Group B Strep screening for all pregnant women.\n\nGroup B Strep is the most common cause of serious infection in newborn babies in the UK.\n\nA cross-party letter has been sent to Department of Health officials.\n\nIt says it is unacceptable that a baby born in Northern Ireland has a higher chance of developing the infection than one born elsewhere.\n\nThe letter was prompted by the death of Hollie Maguire shortly after her birth in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital in 2016 from congenital pneumonia.\n\nAt her inquest last month, her parents, Brendan Maguire and Susan Ho-Maguire from Dunmurry, warned other mothers-to-be to take a simple test for the Group B Streptococcus bacteria that caused their daughter's death.\n\nGroup B Strep is also one of the leading causes of neonatal pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis.\n\nOn average, two babies each day in the UK develop a Group B Strep infection and each week one baby dies.\n\nEach year in the UK, between 400 to 500 babies are born with Group-B streptococcus (GBS) - a bacteria which can cause serious illness or death in newborns.\n\nMost will fully recover with treatment, but GBS can lead to pneumonia, meningitis and a dangerous blood infection called sepsis.\n\nAbout 150,000 pregnant women - one in five - carry GBS and if it is undiagnosed, there is a chance they could pass it to their baby.\n\nGBS can be especially dangerous to babies who are born prematurely.\n\nThe government has launched a new screening trial across 80 hospitals in Great Britain\n\nMost strains of the new born infection can be prevented by testing during pregnancy and providing intravenous antibiotics to women in labour.\n\nHowever, the UK does not routinely test for GBS, unlike the United States, Canada, Germany, France and Spain.\n\nExperts worry that routine testing would see antibiotics given to many more women.\n\nIn 2017, independent experts said there was not enough proof that a national screening programme would benefit mothers and babies. Campaigners disagree.\n\nIn May, the government said screening would be offered as part of a trial at 80 hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland.\n\nThe trial will compare two tests with the current approach of testing only \"high risk\" pregnant women.\n\nMr Maguire said he was pleased to see the issue had united the parties.\n\n\"I'm so pleased to see the political parties united in support of group B Step screening,\" he said.\n\n\"Nothing can bring Hollie back, but if Northern Ireland introduced routine screening, other babies like Hollie would be protected and other families wouldn't have to go through the heartbreak we have.\"\n\nBrendan Maguire and Susan Ho-Maguire have called for all pregnant women to be tested for Group B Strep\n\nThe letter signed by representatives of the DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP and Alliance parties is also backed by the chief executive of charity Group B Strep Support.\n\nThe letter outlines that while Northern Ireland has made significant steps forward in its prevention of Group B Strep infection, improvements are possible.\n\n\"In America, Canada, France, Germany or Italy, Mrs Maguire would have been tested to see if she was carrying Group B Step bacteria and offered antibiotics in labour, which would very likely have prevented Hollie's infection,\" it states.\n\nJane Plumb who founded the B Strep support group told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster that the UK national screening committee had recommended against routine testing.\n\n\"We believe their decision is flawed,\" she said. \"Most developed countries are screening and have seen their rates fall quite dramatically.\n\n\"In ours, the rates are just going up. If we just keep doing what we're doing, we're going to get the same thing happening.\n\n\"It is not good enough. One baby a week in the UK is dying from GBS. We must change this.\"\n\nMs Plumb said that the test for GBS was costed by the NHS at £11 to £12.\n\n\"It's inexpensive, simple and safe. When you consider the costs of having a baby who develops GBS, the financial costs associated for that are absolutely huge before you even get onto the emotional costs.\n\n\"We can be protecting these babies and for the sake of £11 for this test for each pregnant woman, we absolutely should be making this available.\"\n\nShe welcomed news that Northern Ireland politicians had united to call for screening and noted that NI had made \"significant steps forward\" in recent years in preventing GBS.\n\n\"We can be doing so much more because babies and families are being let down by the current approach.\"", "Two rail workers were hit by a train with about 180 people on board on Wednesday morning\n\nA warning that there were \"too many near misses in which railway workers have had to jump for their lives\" was issued only three months ago.\n\nNow the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is looking into how two workers were killed by a train near Port Talbot on Wednesday.\n\nThe pair were struck near Margam by the Swansea to London Paddington train at about 10:00 BST and a third person was treated for shock.\n\nNetwork Rail has said it is cooperating with the British Transport Police and Rail Accident Investigation Branch.\n\nThe RAIB's annual report in April issued the warning and said every near miss should be regarded as a \"failure\" to deliver safety.\n\nAn incident in London in November 2018 was the first in about four years where a track worker was killed.\n\nThat was the only death of a track worker on mainline railways - excluding trams, undergrounds and private lines - included in the RAIB's annual report for 2018.\n\nThere were 6,661 injuries, of which 164 were major.\n\nRail investigator Simon French said the risk to workers had fallen since the organisation was created 13 years ago.\n\nBut, in the RAIB report, he said: \"I am concerned that, despite much effort and many initiatives, we are not seeing the hoped-for improvements in safety for track workers.\n\n\"Every near miss, however caused, should be viewed as a failure of the system to deliver safety.\"\n\nEmergency vehicles on the scene of the accident near Port Talbot on Wednesday\n\nUnions have said Wednesday's tragedy should not have been allowed to happen.\n\nManuel Cortes, Transport Salaried Staffs' Association general secretary, said: \"It's too early to speculate about what has happened here but clearly something has gone badly wrong.\n\n\"There must now be a full investigation because it is simply not acceptable that in the 21st Century people go out to work and end up losing their lives.\n\nHe added: \"Safety on our railways is paramount and sadly, as today's tragic events show, it can never be taken for granted.\"\n\nMick Cash, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, described the deaths as \"shocking\".\n\n\"RMT is attempting to establish the full facts but our immediate reaction is that this is an appalling tragedy and that no-one working on the railway should be placed in the situation that has resulted in the deaths that have been reported this morning,\" he said.\n\n\"As well as demanding answers from Network Rail and a suspension of all similar works until the facts are established, the union will be supporting our members and their families at this time.\"\n\nMartin Frobisher, safety director at Network Rail said: \"We take all safety incidents, especially near misses with track workers, extremely seriously.\n\n\"Huge strides have been made in railway safety over recent years. Britain has a good safety record and Network Rail expects that all our people should come home safely every day.\n\n\"The tragic accident in south Wales has been shocking for all our people and we will make further improvements,\" he said.\n• None Rail workers who died 'may not have heard train'\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "England captain Steph Houghton reflects on her penalty miss against USA as England are knocked out of the Women's World Cup.\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "Cannabis oil is used to control Billy Caldwell's seizures\n\nFamilies' hopes were unfairly raised when doctors were allowed to prescribe cannabis, a report has concluded.\n\nThe public had expected ready access to prescriptions after the law changed in November but that had not and will not happen any time soon, MPs said.\n\nA report by the Health and Social Care Committee said that products remained unlicensed due to a lack of research.\n\nIt found the government had \"failed to communicate\" this - leaving doctors to face a backlash.\n\nThe efforts of the families of Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, children with intractable epilepsy, led to the change in the law.\n\nBut very few prescriptions have been issued since the new rules were introduced.\n\nRecreational use of cannabis remains illegal - something the committee said ministers had chosen to stress.\n\nOnly a specialist doctor can prescribe these unlicensed cannabis products, not a GP. And they need evidence they are safe and effective.\n\nBut, the MPs said, some pharmaceutical companies were not making their products available for research and that clinical trials would take years.\n\nThe Department of Health should \"name and shame\" companies that obstruct trials \"as a matter of urgency\", the MPs' report said.\n\nThey added that there is currently no UK supplier for patients to turn to and that prescribed cannabis from overseas should not be seized.\n\nCost is another barrier, said the report.\n\nIt may cost about £25,000 to £30,000 a year to treat one child with rare epilepsy, the committee heard.\n\nPeter Carroll, from the campaign group End Our Pain, said doctors should not have to wait for full trial results.\n\nNHS England said it had told doctors what the change to the law meant and what arrangements were necessary.\n• None 'I smuggled cannabis oil to help my son'\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man accused of stabbing a passenger 18 times on a train phoned his girlfriend to say he was hearing voices and being followed, jurors have heard.\n\nChelsea Mitchell said Darren Pencille's call was \"quite normal\" as he had panic attacks on trains, but he did not tell her he was going to kill anyone.\n\nShe told the Old Bailey that after she had collected him from the station he said \"he had been in a fight\".\n\nMs Mitchell, 28, of Wilbury Road, Farnham, in Surrey - the same address as Mr Pencille - denies assisting an offender following the incident on 4 January.\n\nLee Pomeroy was stabbed 18 times on a Guildford-to-London train, the Old Bailey has heard\n\nMs Mitchell said she did not suspect anything serious has happened after Mr Pencille asked her to pick him up from the train station.\n\n\"It was quite normal for him to be like that, very frustrated, with anxiety and paranoia. I have had so many calls like that,\" she said.\n\nShe told the court that she saw Mr Pencille had cuts when she got home and asked him if he wanted to go to hospital, but he said \"no\". She then went to the chemist and got antiseptic wipes and plasters.\n\nWhen she returned, he had shaved off his beard, she told jurors.\n\nThe court heard Mr Pencille made phone calls to his mother and ex-partner, and Ms Mitchell said she could hear him crying to his mother.\n\nShe told jurors she discovered what had happened \"not long after I got home\".\n\nAsked what she thought, Ms Mitchell said: \"I just shut down and froze. I was there earlier. I picked someone up. I just froze.\"\n\nAsked if she said anything to Mr Pencille, she said: \"I didn't know how to say anything. I didn't know what to do.\"\n\nThen asked if she called the police, she said: \"No. I didn't know what to do. The police were going to come anyway. The first place they were going to call was his flat and my flat.\"\n\nAsked what she did, Ms Mitchell replied: \"I waited.\"\n\nThe court heard police arrived the next morning and she told them Mr Pencille was in the house.\n\nShe said she had not tried to prevent Mr Pencille being arrested or prosecuted.\n\nThe court heard he was currently prescribed drugs which are used to treat anxiety, depression and psychotic conditions, and he had received inpatient and outpatient treatment.\n\nMr Pencille chose not to give evidence during the trial.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One in five people admitted to a UK hospital drinks alcohol in a harmful way and one in 10 depends on it, a study suggests.\n\nKing's College London researchers want people with issues caused by drinking to be screened. They are also calling for more trained staff to give support.\n\nAlcohol can cause a large number of medical conditions, which costs the NHS in the UK around £3.5bn a year.\n\nBut many may not be receiving appropriate treatment, they said.\n\nHarmful alcohol use is 10 times higher and dependence eight times higher in hospital inpatients than in other people, the study suggests.\n\nThe study was published in the Addiction journal. It looked at 124 past studies and more than 1.5 million patients to estimate how many had any of 26 conditions related to heavy alcohol use.\n\nThe patients were in general wards, intensive care units, A&E departments or mental health inpatient units.\n\nThe report's lead author, Dr Emmert Roberts, said many doctors knew the problems were common among inpatients.\n\nBut he warned: \"Our results suggest the problem is much bigger than anecdotally assumed.\"\n\nAlcohol abuse was most common among patients in mental health units, the report found. Dependence was more common among people in A&E departments.\n\nDr Roberts said the findings were the most reliable to date.\n\nHe said dedicated inpatient alcohol care teams were needed to tackle the issue.\n\nEarlier this year, NHS England announced plans to put alcohol care teams in the 50 hospitals with the highest alcohol-related admissions.\n\nAt the time, Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, said it would give patients \"the support they need\".\n\nKate Oldridge-Turner, head of policy and public affairs at the World Cancer Research Fund, said the figures were worrying.\n\n\"We have a social culture in the UK which can be very focused on alcohol.\n\n\"We need the government to empower people to drink less by making our daily environments healthier. Information alone won't lead to large-scale change in behaviours.\"\n\nShe called for a minimum unit price and better urban planning to \"give people more social spaces that do not revolve around alcohol\".\n\nA minimum price for alcohol was introduced in Scotland in May last year. A recent report suggests there has been a substantial fall in the volume of alcohol sold at very low prices.", "Carl Beech has been accused of lying about an alleged VIP paedophile ring\n\nA man accused of lying to police about an alleged VIP paedophile ring said he was sexually abused and tortured by army generals, a court has heard.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, told jurors the torture included electrocution and turning him into a human dartboard.\n\nMr Beech is on trial accused of inventing allegations that a group of powerful figures sexually abused and murdered boys in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nHe denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nThe former NHS manager's claims led to a £2m Metropolitan Police investigation, which ended with no further action being taken.\n\nGiving evidence at Newcastle Crown Court, Mr Beech also repeated claims he was raped by Jimmy Savile, who he said was a guest of the alleged group of abusers \"a few times, not many\".\n\nMr Beech described other abuse he claims he was subjected to as a child, including being taken to the army village of Imber, Wiltshire, where he said he was tied up and had his feet burnt.\n\nThe father-of-one from Gloucester said more than 10 adults were present - including former head of the Army, Lord Bramall - who were \"all in military uniform\".\n\nHe told jurors said that \"five or six\" others boys were present, but they \"were all split up and taken into different buildings\".\n\n\"I was undressed and tied to the wall\", he said. \"My hands raised above my head.\"\n\nThe defendant told the court that some of the men stabbed \"something into my foot, into my hands, then later on they put a lighter to my feet\".\n\n\"I can remember screaming and I can remember crying,\" he said.\n\nThe court has previously been shown footage of Lord Bramall, a D-Day veteran, telling police in 2015 that the allegations were \"ridiculous\" and demanding that detectives clear his reputation.\n\nLord Bramall, 95, was too ill to attend the trial in person.\n\nMr Beech also told the court that a now deceased former head of MI5, Sir Michael Hanley, was present at Imber with military figures and the former head of MI6, Maurice Oldfield.\n\nThe defendant said the MI5 boss threatened to make him \"disappear if I didn't do as I was told and no-one would care\".\n\nHe said Sir Michael was not personally involved in the alleged torture but directly \"instigated it\".\n\nDescribing other alleged physical abuse at Imber, he said: \"I had darts thrown at me, so I was a dartboard in effect, and electrocution as well.\"\n\nHe said the electrocution involved sparking wires being placed on \"my knees\" and \"between my legs\".\n\nMr Beech was known by the name \"Nick\" when his claims were first reported in the media\n\nEarlier, Mr Beech told jurors he was abused by his stepfather, Major Ray Beech, soon after he and his mother moved in with the officer in the mid-1970s.\n\nHe said his stepfather first raped him in a toilet cubicle at a \"wildlife park near Oxford\" after going there for a \"nice outing\" along with another man and his son.\n\nThe jury heard that his stepfather first introduced him to \"General Bramall\" at an army office in Wiltshire.\n\nHe said that Lord Bramall \"asked my stepfather to leave or to wait outside\", adding: \"I wasn't in there for very long, and he touched my head, he touched my body, I had to undress and then I had to dress again.\"\n\nAsked about his stepfather's reaction to the trip, he said: \"He was happy. It was one of the few times that I remember him happy. He said I had done well although I don't know what I did.\"\n\nHe said that within days he was taken by his stepfather to an empty house where he found Lord Bramall, General Sir Roland Gibbs, General Sir Hugh Beach, and a man taking photos.\n\nHe said all the other men left the room apart from Lord Bramall, who then raped him.\n\nProsecutors say that Mr Beech's allegations, which prompted the Metropolitan Police's Operation Midland inquiry, were completely made up.\n\nJurors have been told Beech has admitted charges of making indecent images of children and voyeurism.", "Lucy McHugh's body was found in woodland at Southampton Sports Centre\n\nA schoolgirl barricaded her bedroom door to stop her mother's \"violent\" lodger, who is accused of her murder, from coming in at night, a court has heard.\n\nLucy McHugh, 13, was later found stabbed to death near Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre in July 2018.\n\nJurors were also told the girl's family had asked her school friend to slap her \"on several occasions\".\n\nLucy's friend, who cannot be named, said she was \"really worried\" when Lucy told her in 2017 she had a \"boyfriend\" who was \"a 23 or 24-year-old\" who \"took her virginity\", Winchester Crown Court heard.\n\n\"She looked really uncomfortable and almost scared,\" the friend said in a video interview played in court.\n\nShe said concerns about Mr Nicholson were dismissed as \"fantasy land\" by Lucy's mother.\n\nLater, Lucy confided in the girl again, the jury heard.\n\n\"She told me Stephen's drinking and smoking weed was getting worse and he was getting more violent with her.\n\n\"About two weeks before she died she told me Stephen was slapping her.\n\n\"I asked whether she told Stacey [Lucy's mother]. She said she did, but Stacey told her to get out of her fantasy land because it would ruin someone's life.\n\n\"Then a week before she died she told me Stephen got really drunk and high and tried to get into her room and to stop him she put her bed against the door.\"\n\nWhen asked by prosecution barrister William Mousley QC how Lucy was after that, the witness replied: \"Terrified.\"\n\nThe girl said she stopped raising concerns in order to \"protect\" Lucy from her family.\n\n\"Her mum started getting physical with her, flinging her about,\" the girl said.\n\n\"On several occasions they asked me to slap her for lying but I never put a hand on her, I refused to do it.\"\n\nWhen questioned in court, the witness admitted she had not initially told police about events she later described in her video interview.\n\nJames Newton-Price QC, defending, asked her whether she really had been asked to slap Lucy by her family.\n\n\"Yes... about things she was saying at school about her and Stephen,\" the girl insisted.\n\nThe barrister asked if she had questioned whether the bedroom barricade really happened.\n\n\"No, I believed her,\" she replied.\n\nMr Nicholson also denies three charges of raping Lucy when she was 12 and two counts of sexual activity with a child once she had turned 13.\n\nThe care worker, formerly of Mansel Road East, also denies sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl in 2012.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The actions of protesters who burst into Hong Kong's Legislative Council have divided opinion\n\nA splinter group of protesters smashed their way into Hong Kong's legislative council on Monday, breaking glass walls, defacing paintings and spraying graffiti. It was denounced by the city's leader as an extreme use of violence, but how do residents feel about what happened?\n\nOn the roads that surround Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) small groups of passers-by take photos of what is now being described as a crime scene. Some peel hand-written post-it notes from walls as memorabilia.\n\nTwenty-four hours earlier, the bustling six-lane carriageway that surrounds the government offices was held ransom by thousands of young protesters demanding the withdrawal of a controversial extradition law.\n\nArmed with makeshift barricades, they stormed Hong Kong's parliament - spraying graffiti on walls, and working in teams to deface symbols of Hong Kong's law-making body.\n\n\"I can understand the frustration and can also understand the opposition to what happened,\" said one Hong Kong resident, leaning on the fencing of a bridge overlooking the government offices.\n\n\"They avoided hurting anyone, they put up posters, they defaced the symbols of Hong Kong. I see it as organised riots. It was targeted at symbolism.\"\n\nThe regional emblem of Hong Kong was defaced\n\n\"I don't support them. They did the wrong thing,\" said a man who didn't want to be identified.\n\n\"I am glad that no one died,\" another man said.\n\nIn recent weeks millions of Hong Kong residents have marched on the streets, united in opposition to a now-suspended extradition law which critics fear could spell an end to Hong Kong's judicial independence.\n\nEven portraits of legislators were not safe\n\nThe peaceful protests have transformed into a youth-led civil disobedience campaign, aimed at disrupting government departments.\n\nOn Tuesday Beijing condemned the ransacking of the LegCo building. But the storming of the law-making body has garnered a mixed response from those who oppose the extradition law.\n\n\"Most of my friends support the young people because they think only this kind of action can achieve the goal. As a mum I only support protesting in a peaceful way,\" said a housewife identified only as Sarah, who has attended many of the peaceful marches against the extradition law.\n\n\"Their actions have deepened the gap between the young people and the senior citizens.\n\n\"Most of Hong Kong people support the action to fight for the democracy of Hong Kong, but they don't want to see any overwhelming violent action. I don't support the violence,\" she said.\n\nThe 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China was marked on 1 July. Organisers claim that more than 500,000 took part in an annual pro-democracy march, ten times the number of protesters who attended last year's demonstration.\n\nOrganisers say over half a million took part in a pro-democracy march on 1 July\n\n\"We are fighting with a government that isn't elected by the public and a communist system. Protests like in your country don't work here,\" says Chris Yu, a secondary school teacher who has also joined many of the peaceful marches.\n\nOn 1 July, he saw his own students on the streets surrounding government buildings.\n\n\"Somehow, I agree\", says Mr Yu. \"I didn't agree in the past but now I do. I somehow realise we may need some new ways to protest.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A day that started with champagne toasts ended with tear gas\n\nPro-democratic lawmakers argue that protesters acted out of despair. But many fear that the violence could play into the hands of the pro-Beijing camp.\n\n\"I do not support violence. I think that we should use vote to continue the struggle. This is the second battlefield. But I will still fully support them,\" said a shop owner who took part in the peaceful march.\n\n\"This class of young people are fighting for something the adults have not dared to fight for so many years. How can I not be touched by them?\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tesco boss Dave Lewis says the impact on shoppers of a no-deal Brexit is still uncertain.\n\nPlanning for the new Brexit deadline is \"more difficult\" because the supply network will be full of Christmas stock, Tesco's boss has warned.\n\nDave Lewis told the BBC that the new deadline of the end of October meant there would be \"less capacity\" for stockpiling longer-life items.\n\nA no-deal Brexit could mean tariffs and delays at the border that interrupt supplies of some food, he said.\n\nBut Mr Lewis said leaving the EU could also provide opportunities for the UK.\n\nMr Lewis said the supermarket chain had bought extra stock of long-life items in preparation for 29 March - when the UK was initially expected to leave the EU - but said it would be harder to make similar preparations this time round.\n\n\"We'll do whatever is practical depending on how things develop between now and then.\n\n\"But the challenge will always be those things which are shorter life - fresh produce. That's what the UK imports quite a lot of,\" he said.\n\nHe said the impact on shoppers of a no-deal Brexit was still uncertain.\n\n\"Empty shelves depends on what no-deal means. If there's a problem at the border, if there's a problem with tariffs then there could be interruption.\n\n\"If as part of no deal there is no tariff, there is no problem. We could be absolutely fine,\" he said.\n\nThe UK currently imports about half of the food it eats, but Mr Lewis said Brexit could be a good time to \"take stock\".\n\n\"It may be a good time for the UK to... decide, actually: what food do we want to eat, with what impact on health, with what impact on the environment.\n\n\"Having a food strategy for the country would be a very good outcome.\"\n\nOther key challenges facing the supermarket giant are demands for healthy eating, cutting waste and plastic-free packaging.\n\nMr Lewis admitted companies \"don't ever do enough\" to cut plastic use.\n\nWhile Tesco has removed plastics where it can and introduced the option for customers to bring their own packaging, he said getting rid of it completely would require huge changes across the supply chain which would involve \"9,000 suppliers across 35,000 products\".\n\nHe warned getting rid of packaging protection for loose goods could mean they were more likely to be damaged, creating more waste, and ultimately higher prices.\n\n\"We can't change everything tomorrow, it's not practical,\" he said.", "Brexit is causing poorer children to fall further behind in learning foreign languages, says the British Council.\n\nParents in disadvantaged areas are telling teachers languages will be less useful after Brexit, it says.\n\nIt warns that GCSEs and A-level languages in England are seen as being hard subjects in which to get a good grade.\n\nThe government said the overall picture for language learning in England was improving.\n\nThis is a snapshot of the state of language learning in England from the organisation that promotes British culture abroad.\n\nIt warns of growing concern that GCSEs and A-levels in modern foreign languages are seen as harder than other subjects.\n\nSome academics have recently written to Ofqual asking it to look again at the marking of language exams.\n\nThe British Council report also describes a shift in attitude, with some parents saying languages are \"little use\" as the UK is due to leave the European Union.\n\nTeresa Tinsley, the report author, says secondary schools in poorer areas are reporting a very definite Brexit effect, which could lead to an even sharper decline in language learning.\n\nShe fears if languages become the preserve of the better-off, or privately educated teenagers, those from less privileged backgrounds will be even further left behind.\n\n\"If they haven't got a language, that is a closing off of opportunities for work and culturally,\" she said.\n\nSchools are also reporting a reduction in activities, such as foreign exchanges, which give children the chance to experience a different culture.\n\nThe government's own guidance for schools says studying a foreign language from primary school onwards is a \"liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures\".\n\nFrom the age of seven to 11, pupils in England are expected to study a foreign language, either modern or ancient.\n\nBut Dr Tinsley says while some schools embrace language learning, others are struggling because of a lack of expertise or support from nearby secondary schools.\n\n\"Schools that are not achieving well are focusing on core subjects, and primary Sats tests. These are the outcomes that Ofsted will look at.\"\n\nThe report suggests their choice may be very limited. Only 5% of primary schools that responded to the British Council offered German.\n\nSankey Valley St James primary school in Warrington is one of the few to offer German as well as French.\n\nPupils in year 6 are encouraged to have a German pen pal and there is a lunchtime language club.\n\nThe school has a higher-than-average number of pupils from poorer families. But head teacher Deb Feltham said that made it even more important to maintain foreign language learning.\n\n\"We have great success with disadvantaged children. Through languages they learn speaking skills as well as the ability to listen.\"\n\nThe German ambassador in London, Peter Wittig, told the BBC the British Council report was \"alarming\". He said the findings were both saddening and troubling.\n\nHe described knowledge of German as a \"huge asset\". There was evidence that it was the most sought-after language among employers, as well as the basis for encouraging trust and understanding across borders.\n\n\"Post-Brexit the UK will - understandably and rightly - seek a new and even greater role in our globalised world. This will be facilitated if young Britons are inspired to be outward-looking and open from a very early age,\" he said.\n\n\"Language learning will be indispensable, and German, which is the mother tongue to more people in Europe than any other language, will remain an ideal choice.\n\n\"If we are to value and further develop our relationship with each other, we will again have to learn, in every sense, to speak each other's language.\"\n\nThe report comes on the day when he will be presenting an award to teachers of German.\n\nGerman has disappeared from some areas in secondary schools, but French and Spanish remain more common.\n\nA BBC languages investigation earlier this year showed the extent of the decline of French and particularly German in the last five years.\n\nA department for education spokesperson says the government is providing \"a range of support\" to schools to encourage foreign language learning.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nThe Netherlands reached their first Women's World Cup final after Manchester United midfielder Jackie Groenen's sweet extra-time strike settled their cagey semi-final against Sweden.\n\nThe European champions will face holders the United States in Lyon on Sunday, after Jill Ellis' side's win over England.\n\nThe 48,452 fans inside the Stade de Lyon had looked set to endure a nervy penalty shootout, before Groenen's crisp low shot sunk the Swedes' hopes of reaching their second final.\n\nFormer Arsenal goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal had earlier kept the Dutch on level terms with three important saves, before Gunners striker Vivianne Miedema's header was touched on to Sweden's crossbar at the other end.\n\nSubstitute Shanice van de Sanden's fierce shot was then tipped wide by Hedvig Lindahl to send the game to extra time and the Dutch eventually found a way through.\n\nSweden, who were playing in their fourth semi-final after stunning Germany in the last eight, will now face England in Saturday's third-place play-off in Nice (16:00 BST).\n• None How you rated the players\n• None Relive the game as it happened\n\nWednesday's disappointing contest failed to match up to the entertainment, the quality or the intense atmosphere that was seen in Tuesday's gripping tie between England and three-time champions the USA.\n\nBut the Netherlands' achievement - reaching the final while competing in only their second Women's World Cup - was greeted with emotional celebrations at the full-time whistle after a tense 120 minutes and their colourful fans danced with joy in the stands.\n\nRanked eighth in the world, they have enjoyed a rapid rise towards the top of the women's game, two years after winning the Euros on home soil, and they have been backed by a lively, dancing horde of passionate fans all across France.\n\nSarina Wiegman's side beat New Zealand 1-0, Cameroon 3-1 and Canada 2-1 to top Group E and reach the knockout stages for the second time.\n\nA dramatic 2-1 win over Japan and a 2-0 quarter-final victory against Italy followed to put them into their first semi-final, and they narrowly overcame the Swedes in Lyon despite never really playing their best football.\n\nPFA player of the year Miedema, who was the top scorer in the English Women's Super League in 2018-19, was relatively quiet but did almost win the tie in normal time when former Chelsea stopper Lindahl did brilliantly well to save her header.\n\nBoth goalkeepers had fine games as a well-organised and compact Sweden side made it hard for the Dutch to create chances.\n\nBut Groenen's winner saw the Scandinavians eliminated by the same side that knocked them out of the European Championship at the quarter-final stage in 2017.\n\nSweden will still look back on their run in France fondly, after wins over Chile and Thailand saw them reach the knockout stages, before they rested key players and lost 2-0 to the USA to finish second behind the pre-tournament favourites in Group F.\n\nImpressive wins over highly rated Canada and Germany followed, as the Swedes threatened to match their 2003 run to the final, but instead it is the Dutch who will be the Women's World Cup's first European finalists since the Germans' triumph in 2007.\n\nWith little between the two sides, the introduction of Lyon's former Liverpool winger Van de Sanden from the bench added pace to the Dutch attack and they looked slightly the stronger in the additional 30 minutes.\n\nFormer Chelsea midfielder Groenen, who agreed to join Manchester United from German club Frankfurt in May, was mobbed by her team-mates as the full-time whistle blew.\n\nHowever, the game ended moments after Sweden's former Manchester City midfielder Kosovare Asllani was carried off on a stretcher with a concerning injury following an awkward landing. She was taken to hospital but Sweden will hope she can feature against England on Saturday.\n\nCan the Dutch win the final? BBC pundits have their say\n\nFormer US goalkeeper Hope Solo: \"The USA are already fitter than every other team. This doesn't look good for the Dutch going into the final. They will have to have the game of their lives against the United States.\"\n\nEx-England striker Dion Dublin: \"USA have got their hands on it already for me, these teams are miles apart. It should be a walk in the park.\"\n\nFormer Scotland winger Pat Nevin: \"Are they even close to taking on the USA? Is even one Dutch player good enough to get into the USA team?\"\n\nMatch stats - first semi-final to be won in extra time\n• None The Netherlands are the eighth different team and fourth European nation to reach a Women's World Cup final.\n• None No side have lost more Women's World Cup semi-final matches than Sweden, with this their third loss in four.\n• None This was the first Women's World Cup semi-final match to be settled in extra time.\n• None Groenen's winning goal was the Netherlands' first from outside the box in the Women's World Cup since their first ever goal in the competition, with each of their last 12 being scored inside the box.\n• None Sweden's Asllani won seven fouls, more than any other player in a single game at this year's tournament.\n• None It will be only the second WWC final to be contested by two female coaches, following Germany v Sweden in 2003.\n• None Kosovare Asllani went off injured after Sweden had used all subs.\n• None Delay over. They are ready to continue.\n• None Delay in match because of an injury Kosovare Asllani (Sweden).\n• None Attempt missed. Shanice van de Sanden (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Daniëlle van de Donk.\n• None Attempt blocked. Julia Zigiotti Olme (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sherida Spitse with a cross following a set piece situation.\n• None Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the right wing. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "England's World Cup semi-final defeat by the United States attracted the highest peak television audience of the year so far with 11.7m setting a new record for women's football in the UK.\n\nThat is 50.8% of the available audience and smashes the previous best for a women's game of 7.6m for England's quarter-final win over Norway.\n\nEngland play Sweden or the Netherlands in Saturday's third-place play-off.\n\nThe USA take on the winner of that semi-final in Sunday's final.\n• None Where next for England?\n\nThe 11.7m figure is the year's top audience based on a five-minute peak, as the semi-final attracted an average audience of 10.3m.\n\nEpisode one of BBC One's Line of Duty is the most watched programme overall of 2019 with 13.2m based on 28-day viewing data.\n\nFormer Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn says the World Cup has moved women's football from an \"Olympics sport\" to the mainstream.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"What's been so different and great about this tournament is the sheer number of people watching the Lionesses on TV.\n\n\"It's moved from being an interesting Olympic-type sport to an absolute mainstream sport. The importance of that is that adds attraction, it pulls girls and women into playing.\n\n\"At the top end, what will make the product of the Women's Super League more attractive is getting more exposure in the millions - so being on terrestrial TV is important - making sure the games are played in the elite stadiums that the men play in, and continuing to improve the quality of the football.\n\n\"At the end of the day it's a leisure pursuit and if people see great quality football being played then they'll come and watch it.\"\n\nHow the audience has grown\n\nIt is the fourth time a new record peak audience for women's football has been recorded by the BBC during the groundbreaking tournament. Peak figures are based on those watching for five minutes or more.\n\nHow has the World Cup inspired you?\n\nWhat impact has the Women's World Cup had on you? Has it inspired someone you know to take up football? Has it sparked an interest in the game you are going to continue into the new season? Let us know here and we will publish the best stories.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Arizona has pulled a $1m grant to help Nike build a new factory in a dispute over the firm's withdrawal of a trainer allegedly featuring racist symbolism.\n\nThe state's governor had condemned Nike's decision, which was prompted by complaints about its use of an old US flag embraced by white nationalists.\n\nNike-sponsored sportsman Colin Kaepernick had criticised the trainers, now selling on websites for $1,500.\n\nBut governor Doug Ducey said Nike had bowed to political correctness.\n\nThe special edition Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July trainer features the Betsy Ross flag.\n\nWith a circle of 13 stars representing the first US colonies, the flag was created during the American Revolution. Although opinion is divided over its origins, the flag was later adopted for use by the American Nazi Party.\n\nNike said it withdrew the trainers \"based on concerns that it could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation's patriotic holiday\".\n\nOn Tuesday the trainers were selling for well over $1,500 on StockX, the online marketplace for trainers.\n\nColin Kaepernick was a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers for six years\n\nEarlier, Mr Kaepernick, a former NFL star, reportedly told Nike that he found the flag offensive because of its connection to the era of slavery. Other critics also raised concerns with Nike.\n\nLast year, he became the face of Nike's advertisement marking the 30th anniversary of the company's \"Just Do It\" slogan.\n\nThe former American football quarterback had previously sparked a furore by kneeling during the national anthem before games to protest against police violence against African-Americans.\n\nMr Kaepernick was joined by other players, but their actions caused fury among some Republicans.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said the players had shown \"disrespect\" to the US flag, adding that they should be sacked.\n\nThe Betsy Ross flag was used by the American Nazi Party as a symbol, here seen at a German American Bund rally in Madison Square Garden in 1939\n\nDoug Ducey, the Republican governor of Arizona, said in a series of tweets: \"Words cannot express my disappointment at this terrible decision. I am embarrassed for Nike.\n\n\"Instead of celebrating American history the week of our nation's independence, Nike has apparently decided that Betsy Ross is unworthy, and has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism,\" he said.\n\nLater, the governor's office confirmed that the $1m from the Arizona Commerce Authority' Competes Fund had been withdrawn. The fund is designed to attract, expand or retain businesses to the state. The factory was expected to generate about 500 jobs.\n\nNike said in a statement it remained committed to making \"a significant investment in an additional manufacturing centre which will create 500 new jobs\". It did not mention the Arizona plant by name.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Doug Ducey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGeorgia Lord, the mayor of the city of Goodyear in Arizona where Nike is building the new factory, said the city \"had found itself in the middle of a difficult situation\".\n\nShe said the Goodyear City Council had recently \"unanimously approved a job creation agreement with Nike\".\n\n\"This deal is expected to bring more than 500 jobs and a significant investment to the city. We will honor the commitment we made in our agreement,\" she added.\n\nTexas Senator Ted Cruz also dismissed Nike's move as unpatriotic, writing on Twitter that the shoe giant \"only wants to sell sneakers to people who hate the American flag\". Other Twitter users called for a boycott of Nike products over the move.\n\nHowever, Nike also received widespread support, with Twitter users pointing out that the flag had been used by white nationalists.\n\nMatt Powell, senior industry adviser at the research and consultancy group NPD, said Nike would probably find support among its core consumers.\n\n\"I think it's important to understand who Nike's core demographic is here. They're really focused on teens and looking at the commentary on Twitter and so forth, I don't see a lot of teens coming out with a negative attitude here,\" he said.\n\nMr Kaepernick has not played in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2016 season, and sued the organisation, arguing team owners deliberately froze him out because of his activism, later settling with the NFL.\n\nBetsy Ross was credited with sewing the first \"Stars and Stripes\" flag in 1776, although this version of events has been rejected by modern US scholars.\n\nNike is not the only company to recently face a backlash over products labelled racially insensitive. In December, Prada pulled products accused of depicting blackface.\n\nAnd on Monday, reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian said she would rename her Kimono line after people in Japan said her use of the term was disrespectful.", "Lauren Bullock, Morgan Barnard, and Connor Currie died as they queued to get into an event on St Patrick's night\n\nThe Police Ombudsman is starting a criminal investigation into five PSNI officers for alleged misconduct over the Cookstown disco crush tragedy.\n\nFour of the officers attended an incident at the Greenvale Hotel in County Tyrone where three teenagers died on the night of 17 March.\n\nThe other officer was involved in call handling that night.\n\nThe PSNI had asked the ombudsman to look into the actions of the first officers arriving at the hotel.\n\nThe ombudsman's office confirmed it was considering whether the five officers committed the offence of misconduct in public office.\n\nMorgan Barnard, 17, Lauren Bullock, 17, and Conor Currie, 16, died as hundreds of young people queued to get into an event on St Patrick's night.\n\nThe PSNI said at the time that officers who responded to a 999 call \"withdrew to await further police support\".\n\nThe then Chief Constable Sir George Hamilton has since described the officers' actions as \"brave\" but later apologised for doing so.\n\nNone of the officers under investigation has been suspended, the BBC understands\n\nMorgan Barnard's parents have said serious questions must be asked of the police.\n\nThe inquiry \"does not come as a surprise\", according to the Barnard family's solicitor Darragh Mackin.\n\nThe ombudsman's decision to investigate \"exonerates the family's efforts to ensure that no stone has been left unturned in the pursuance of truth\", he said.\n\nThe PSNI said it would \"cooperate fully throughout\" the ombudsman's investigation.\n\n\"We have full confidence in the office of the Police Ombudsman to complete a thorough and independent investigation,\" said Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin.\n\n\"Until this is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with the families of Morgan Barnard, Connor Currie and Lauren Bullock who tragically died at the event and the police investigation into the circumstances surrounding their deaths continues.\"\n\nIt is understood none of the officers under investigation has been suspended but that position is being kept under review.", "The government is announcing a \"road map\" aimed at tackling inequality faced by women from school to retirement.\n\nWomen and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt said women take an \"economic hit\" at each life stage and are \"more likely to end up financially fragile\".\n\nShe wants to look at barriers to equality including employment rights and workplace sexual harassment.\n\nShe also said abortion rules in Northern Ireland were \"incompatible with a person's human rights\".\n\nUnlike other parts of the UK, the 1967 Abortion Act does not extend to Northern Ireland, and a termination is only permitted if a woman's life is at risk or if there is a risk of permanent and serious damage to her mental or physical health.\n\nMs Mordaunt said the issue was devolved, but added that she expected the UK government to act following an expected court ruling on the subject.\n\n\"If government did not act, Parliament would,\" she added. \"I think paucity of care that women have endured in Northern Ireland is the most appalling thing and it must change.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4, she said women, on average, enter the workplace with higher qualifications and \"worked very hard, but earn less and save less\".\n\nThe road map sets out \"eight key issues\" including gender imbalances in certain industries and occupations and attitudes in schools.\n\n\"What this does is actually track a woman throughout the course of her life and at each stage of that life, the hit that she takes, usually the economic hit, which means that she's more likely to end up financially fragile, with fewer choices than the average person in society,\" Ms Mordaunt said.\n\n\"Women are 50% more likely to be in low pay and trapped in low pay for decades.\"\n\nThe minister said a consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace would be launched next week - and would include proposals on making employers responsible when a member of staff was harassed by another employee.\n\nShe also said she wanted to end paternity leave discrimination, make a better childcare offer, ensure pension pots were taken into account in divorces and introduce employment rights for carers.\n\nThe minister acknowledged that \"many have asked for paid leave for carers\" adding: \"The reason why these things haven't emerged is because we need more pressure from the Cabinet Office.\"\n\nThe CEO of the Chartered Management Institute, Ann Francke, said the road map was \"ambitious, comprehensive and collaborative\", and \"well-executed, it is a potential game changer\".\n\nCaroline Waters, deputy chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said gender inequality in Britain was \"deeply entrenched\" and there could be no \"quick fixes\".\n\n\"We urge concerted action across government to address all the barriers that continue to hold women back from achieving their full potential.\"\n\nBut Sarah Green, co-director of End Violence Against Women, said the proposals were \"little tweaks when what is needed is quite a big cultural shift still in our workplaces\".\n\n\"We need to do something fundamental as shifting the responsibility for preventing sexual harassment at work fundamentally from the individual employee to the employer.\"", "Princess Haya fled her husband in Dubai and is in hiding in London\n\nPrincess Haya Bint al-Hussein, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, is in hiding in London and said to be in fear for her life after fleeing her husband.\n\nSheikh Mohammed, 69, who is a billionaire racehorse owner and has often been seen conversing with the Queen at Ascot, has posted a furious poem on Instagram accusing an unidentified woman of \"treachery and betrayal\".\n\nThe Jordanian-born and British-educated Princess Haya, 45, married Sheikh Mohammed - owner of Godolphin horse racing stables - in 2004, becoming his sixth and \"junior wife\".\n\nSheikh Mohammed reportedly has 23 children by different wives.\n\nPrincess Haya fled initially this year to Germany to seek asylum. She is now said to be living in a £85m ($107m) town house in Kensington Palace Gardens, in central London, and preparing for a legal battle in the High Court.\n\nSo what prompted her to flee her luxurious life in Dubai and why is she said to be \"afraid for her life\"?\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSources close to her have said that Princess Haya had recently discovered disturbing facts behind the mysterious return to Dubai last year of Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler's daughters. She fled the UAE by sea with the help of a Frenchman but was intercepted by armed men off the coast of India and returned to Dubai.\n\nPrincess Haya then, along with the former Irish president Mary Robinson, defended Dubai's reputation over the incident.\n\nThe Dubai authorities said the runaway Sheikha Latifa had been \"vulnerable to exploitation\" and was \"now safe in Dubai\". But human rights advocates said she was forcibly abducted against her will.\n\nSince then, it is alleged, Princess Haya has learnt new facts about the case and consequently came under increasing hostility and pressure from members of her husband's extended family until she no longer felt safe there.\n\nA source close to her said she fears she may now be abducted herself and \"rendered\" back to Dubai. The UAE embassy in London has declined to comment on what it says is a personal matter between two individuals.\n\nPrincess Haya was educated in Dorset and Oxford and is thought likely to want to stay in the UK\n\nThere is, however, a wider, international element to this story.\n\nPrincess Haya, who was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset then University of Oxford, is thought likely to want to stay in the UK.\n\nIf her estranged husband demands her return then this poses a diplomatic headache for Britain, which has close ties to the UAE.\n\nThe case is also awkward for Jordan since Princess Haya is the half-sister of Jordan's King Abdullah. Nearly a quarter of a million Jordanians work in the UAE, sending back remittances, and Jordan cannot afford a rift with Dubai.\n\nThe BBC documentary Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess will be re-broadcast on BBC Two at 23:15 BST on Thursday.\n• None BBC Two - Escape from Dubai- The Mystery of the Missing Princess", "Boris Johnson has said he wants to examine whether levies on foods high in salt, fat and sugar are effective, and has vowed not to introduce any new ones until the review is complete.\n\nThe \"sugar tax\" on drinks came into force in April 2018, and a wider levy on all unhealthy foods is being considered to help tackle obesity.\n\nMr Johnson says he is concerned they unfairly target the less well-off.\n\nBut campaigners and an ex-Tory health minister have criticised his idea.\n\nIt comes as Cancer Research UK says millions are at risk of cancer due to their weight, and obesity now causes more cases of four common types than smoking.\n\nMr Johnson and his rival Jeremy Hunt are vying to be the next leader of their party and the next UK prime minister, and have been appearing in a number of events across the UK.\n\nThe Conservative Party's 160,000 members will begin voting for their preferred candidate next week and Theresa May's successor is expected to be announced on 23 July.\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock - who is one of Mr Johnson's most prominent backers - is set to publish a green paper which recommends extending the sugar tax to milkshakes.\n\nBut Mr Johnson said \"sin taxes\" were disproportionately paid by poorer families, and the current evidence that they reduced the consumption of unhealthy foods was \"ambiguous\".\n\nSpeaking during a leadership campaign visit, he added that he wanted to see proof that taxes \"actually stop people from being so fat\".\n\n\"We have got to deal with obesity, but we have got to do it in a way that is evidence based,\" he said.\n\nSpeaking after Mr Johnson's announcement, Mr Hancock said he welcomed plans for a review into the levy on sugary drinks - and any \"future levies in this area\" - to determine their effectiveness.\n\nHe added that there were \"more ways\" other than taxation to tackle obesity \"without the need of the nanny state\".\n\nMr Johnson has also faced criticism for ordering the review given that in early 2016, while London mayor, he introduced a 10p charge on sugary drinks sold at City Hall.\n\nLabour's deputy leader Tom Watson - who has said he \"reversed\" a diagnosis of type-2 diabetes after cutting out refined sugar and fast food - said the announcement constituted an \"acute flip-flop\".\n\n\"Sin taxes\" commonly refer to taxes on alcohol and cigarettes - regularly hiked at Budget time - but Mr Johnson's team said he was not referring to those items and was talking specifically about food.\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care said the sugar tax had led to recipes for half the drinks that fell within its scope being changed - equivalent to removing 45m kilograms of sugar every year.\n\nA spokesperson added: \"Our policies on obesity and public health have always been guided by evidence and will continue to be in the future.\"\n\nForeign Secretary Mr Hunt has said he would rather target manufacturers who produce less healthy products and \"threaten\" them with legislation \"if they don't play ball\".\n\nHe added: \"But my experience is, if you make that threat, you don't actually need to follow through with the dreaded milkshake tax.\"\n\nResponding to his rival's plan, Mr Hunt said he was \"totally confused about what Boris's policy is\".\n\n\"He says he doesn't want them, but the Health Secretary Matt Hancock is on his team and he says he strongly supports them.\n\n\"We have the second highest obesity in young people in the whole of Europe, and so the people who say they want to scrap these taxes need to say what is their plan, because it is terrible for these young people.\"\n\nFormer health minister Steve Brine, who is supporting Mr Hunt, also criticised Mr Johnson's suggestion.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Steve Brine MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut Treasury Minister Liz Truss, who is supporting Mr Johnson, said \"taxes on treats\" hit those on the lowest incomes, and people should be \"free to choose\".\n\nThe sugar tax - known officially as the soft drinks industry levy - means drinks with more than 8g per 100ml are taxed at 24p per litre, and those containing 5-8g of sugar per 100ml are taxed at 18p per litre.\n\nPure fruit juices are exempt as they do not carry added sugar, while drinks with a high milk content are currently exempt due to their calcium content.\n\nMoney raised by the sugar tax goes to help fund primary school sport.\n\nBoris Johnson has a bit of a mixed history on this matter because at times he's seemed to be fairly keen on a sugar tax. Indeed, he brought one in at City Hall. But now he appears to have changed tack.\n\nIt does represent quite a significant push-back against what has been government policy for a few years now - the need to disincentivise people from making unhealthy choices. And it could be a bit awkward given the health secretary is one of his key backers.\n\nBut talk of \"standing up to the nanny state\" probably goes down well with the Tory members.\n\nHis critics say it's back of the fag packet stuff and point to other things announced by him or his team in recent weeks that have gone a bit wobbly soon after. Tax cuts for higher earners and a possible public sector pay rise, for example.\n\nCamilla Cavendish, who argued for the tax as ex-PM David Cameron's head of policy, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she thought Mr Johnson would be wrong to review it.\n\nShe said she had made the case for the levy after becoming concerned about the cost to the NHS of treating diabetes, and obesity rates among poorer children.\n\n\"Boris is talking about not clobbering people on lower incomes, but actually I think that tax is one way to help people just drink better,\" she said.\n\nShirley Cramer, chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health, said she was \"bitterly disappointed\" with Mr Johnson's \"short-sighted\" proposal.\n\n\"We should be building on the success of the sugar levy, not turning back the clock on the progress that has been made so far.\"\n\nShe said: \"They have been highly effective in bringing down smoking rates to record lows, including within deprived communities.\n\n\"Physical activity is one way to lose weight, but the government also has a big role to play if we are to significantly reduce obesity levels.\"\n\nEngland's chief medical officer has been considering taxing all unhealthy foods to tackle childhood obesity.\n\nProf Dame Sally Davies report is due in September - it was commissioned by Mr Hancock.", "US political heavyweight Mitch McConnell has waded into the \"racist trainer\" row with a call for Nike to reverse a decision to halt sales.\n\n\"I'll make the first order,\" the Republican Senate majority leader promised if Nike changes its mind.\n\nThe special-edition Fourth-of July trainer features an old US flag that some people say has racist overtones.\n\nMr McConnell said \"I think we've got a problem\" if some \"Americans find the American flag controversial\".\n\nThe sportswear giant withdrew the trainer, featuring the Revolutionary War-era Betsy Ross flag, following complaints that it represented an era of slavery.\n\nAlthough the origins and meaning are disputed, the flag was adopted by the American Nazi Party and other extremist groups.\n\nSportsman, activist and Nike-sponsored Colin Kaepernick was widely reported as one of those who said it was inappropriate, although he has yet to comment publicly.\n\nNike's decision sparked a huge backlash from conservative America and the governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, ordered the cancellation a $1m grant to help the company build a factory in the state.\n\nSpeaking in Kentucky, Mr McConnell told reporters: \"I hope Nike either releases these shoes or some other shoe maker picks up the flag, puts it on a pair of shoes and starts selling it. I'll make the first order.\n\n\"If we're in a political environment where the American flag has become controversial to Americans, I think we've got a problem.\"\n\nThe trainers are selling for more than $2,000 on secondary websites\n\nThe heels of the trainers were decorated with the flag, known for its circular arrangement of 13 stars representing the 13 original colonies of the US.\n\nThe shoes, which had already been shipped to retailers, are selling on the StockX online marketplace for more than $2,000. Nike has asked retailers to return the stock.\n\nTexas Senator Ted Cruz also dismissed Nike's move as unpatriotic, writing in a series of tweets that the shoe giant \"only wants to sell sneakers to people who hate the American flag\".\n\n\"Yep, I own lots of @Nike I've been a life-long customer, since I was kid. But they've now decided their shoes represent snide disdain for the American flag,\" he said. \"Since they don't want my business anymore, I wont buy any more.\"\n\nIn an editorial, the Wall Street Journal said that \"no flag of the United States is a symbol of oppression and racism\" and that the row was \"another sign of our current political insanity\".\n\nBut social media was equally full of comments backing Nike and criticising the firm for thinking the flag was appropriate.\n\nLast year Mr Kaepernick, a former NFL star, became the face of Nike's advertisement marking the 30th anniversary of the company's \"Just Do It\" slogan.\n\nThe former American football quarterback had previously sparked a furore by kneeling during the national anthem before games to protest against police violence against African-Americans.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said he had shown \"disrespect\" to the US flag. Many consumers said they would never buy Nike again after it adopted Mr Kaepernick, and social media featured pictures of people burning their trainers.\n\nBut in the following three months, Nike reported a rise in sales.\n\nMatt Powell, senior industry adviser at the research and consultancy group NPD, said Nike would probably also find support among its core consumers this time.\n\n\"I think it's important to understand who Nike's core demographic is here. They're really focused on teens and looking at the commentary on Twitter and so forth, I don't see a lot of teens coming out with a negative attitude here,\" he said.", "Nkululeko Zulu said he suffered racist abuse after asking for early holiday\n\nA former paratrooper was racially abused in the Army and heard a soldier call Nelson Mandela a terrorist, an employment tribunal has been told.\n\nNkululeko Zulu, who served as a lance corporal in the Parachute Regiment, also said he felt he had been held back for promotion due to his race.\n\nMr Zulu and former colleague Hani Gue have taken the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to a tribunal alleging they suffered racial discrimination.\n\nThe MoD is contesting the claims.\n\nMr Zulu served with 3rd Battalion (3 Para), based at Merville Barracks in Colchester, the tribunal in central London heard.\n\nHe said he had been racially abused by a sergeant in 2014 after asking for early holiday to return to South Africa to visit family.\n\nMr Zulu said there had been a series of events where he felt racially harassed and discriminated against throughout his time in the Army, which he joined in June 2008.\n\nBut the tribunal was told matters had escalated during a six-week exercise in Kenya in 2017.\n\nA corporal had referred to Kenyan soldiers as \"African animals\" and racist slurs were used to describe heard the local population, the former paratrooper said.\n\nDuring a platoon conversation Mr Zulu claimed a private said \"Nelson Mandela is a terrorist\" which was supported by a corporal.\n\nHe said: \"Both the corporal and private knew that Nelson Mandela, who fought for the liberation of black people under the evil apartheid regime in South Africa, was a big part of my life and South Africa's history.\"\n\nMr Zulu said after he reported the abuse, people in his unit stopped talking to him and were \"turning a blind eye to the racism\".\n\nFormer paratrooper Hani Gue told a tribunal he was subjected to racist abuse in the Army\n\nHe told the tribunal he left the Army in 2018 as he could no longer go on serving a \"racist institution\".\n\nSimon Tibbitts, for the MoD, said after an apology from the sergeant, Mr Zulu had accepted he was happy with the outcome but the former paratrooper said this was because he was of a junior rank and keen to progress his career.\n\nThe tribunal has already heard from Mr Gue, who claimed soldiers had decorated their barracks with Nazi flags and pictures of Adolf Hitler.\n\nThe MoD said the armed forces took such complaints seriously and at least one was referred to the Royal Military Police.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nCoco Gauff's fairytale introduction to Wimbledon continued with a second-round victory over Magdalena Rybarikova that belied her years.\n\nThe 15-year-old American qualifier needed just one hour nine minutes to beat her Slovakian opponent 6-3 6-3 under Court One's new roof.\n\nGauff, who beat five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams on Monday, will play Slovenia's Polona Hercog next.\n\n\"I'm still shocked I am even here,\" Gauff told BBC TV.\n\n\"I played well on pressure points. She was serving amazing. I've not been able to relax, there is so much going on.\n\n\"I believe I can beat anyone across the court.\"\n\nShe becomes the youngest player to reach the last 32 at Wimbledon since fellow American Jennifer Capriati, who reached the semi-finals in 1991, also aged 15.\n• None Edmund and Watson lose in second round\n• None Chance to play with Serena once in a lifetime - Murray\n• None Day three at Wimbledon as it happened\n\nAt such a tender age, Gauff is only eligible to play 10 tournaments at professional level between her 15th and 16th birthdays yet she appears to be taking the grand occasion of Wimbledon in her stride.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, she had trained briefly under the gaze of 18-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal before being approached for a chat by Roger Federer, an eight-time winner here, more than six hours before she finally got to play.\n\nAfter a late court switch, the match finally got under way just after 20:00 BST, but Gauff looked at home straightaway against the world number 139, who reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon two years ago.\n\nShe broke 30-year-old Rybarikova's serve to love to go 4-2 up, losing just five points on her own serve throughout the entire first set.\n\nRybarikova, somewhat unsettled by the crowd's fierce support for Gauff, had her serve broken once again early in the second set.\n\nBut, showing glimpses of the form that saw her formerly become the world number 17, Rybarikova started to rally, twice defying Gauff on break point.\n\nYet this was always to be Gauff's night, and she saw out the win by breaking serve once again in front of a delighted crowd and in front of her ecstatic parents Corey and Candi.\n\nSpeaking after the match Gauff revealed that she has been using social media to help relax between matches and cope with her newfound fame.\n\n\"I wasn't expecting any of this. A lot of celebrities were messaging, posting me. I'm kind of star struck. It's been hard to reset. I don't know,\" she said.\n\n\"Surprisingly social media kind of relaxes me before the match. That's what I kind of do. Right now I'm going to keep everything the same because it's been working.\"\n\nOn a day for the youngsters, Felix Auger Aliassime, 18, progressed to the third round of the men's singles by beating France's Corentin Moutet 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\n'Gauff is the favourite against Hercog'\n\n\"Hopefully her parents will handle this success well. There will be enormous offers and sponsorships galore.\n\n\"The way she's playing at the moment and the way she's acting - there aren't many players she will lose to.\n\n\"Gauff is the favourite going into the match against Hercog.\"\n\nGauff possible route to the final\n\nSo who could the 15-year-old face en route to a possible dream final a week on Saturday?\n\nIf she beats Hercog, then she could come up against former world number one Simona Halep in the fourth round.\n\nAnd if she passes that challenge then 2018 Australian Open winner Caroline Wozniacki might await her in the quarter-final followed by the possibility of a semi-final match against the wily Karolina Pliskova.\n\nAnd in the final? Current number one Ashleigh Barty or maybe one of her idols, Serena Williams.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nEngland's dreams of reaching their first Women's World Cup final were dashed as Steph Houghton's late penalty was saved in a dramatic semi-final loss to holders the United States.\n\nThe England skipper's 84th-minute spot-kick was held by Alyssa Naeher, shortly before Houghton's fellow centre-back Millie Bright was sent off for a second bookable offence, as the Lionesses exited at the last-four stage for a third major tournament in a row.\n\nWinger Christen Press and striker Alex Morgan scored with headers either side of Ellen White's instinctive equaliser as the USA took a deserved 2-1 lead in a frenetic first half.\n\nA spirited Lionesses side improved after the break and White thought she had equalised with a low strike from Jill Scott's flicked through ball, only to be found to be marginally offside on a video assistant referee (VAR) review.\n\nWhite was then clipped in the area and Phil Neville's side were awarded a penalty after another VAR review.\n\nBut Houghton could not convert from the spot and the wait for a senior England side to reach a first global final since 1966 goes on.\n\nThe USA, who were backed by the majority of the 53,512 crowd in a gripped Stade de Lyon, are through to their third consecutive World Cup final and will now bid for a record fourth title when they face either Sweden or European champions the Netherlands on Sunday.\n\nThose two sides meet on Wednesday, with the losers taking on the Lionesses in Nice in Saturday's third-place play-off.\n\nSo close but yet so far for England\n\nThe Lionesses were the first senior England side to reach the semi-finals of three consecutive major tournaments, after their third-place finish at the 2015 World Cup in Canada and their run to the last four at Euro 2017.\n\nAfter winning the invitational SheBelieves Cup in the USA earlier this year, victories over Scotland, Argentina and Japan saw them top Group D in France, as belief grew that they could win their first major trophy.\n\nConsecutive 3-0 victories over Cameroon and Norway in the knockout stages followed, but Neville's side were unable to play with the same composure on the ball against the confident defending champions.\n\nEngland came under intense pressure in the early stages and may have been slightly relieved to be only 2-1 down at half-time, after the lively Rose Lavelle twice went close for the holders.\n\nEngland had the better of the second 45 minutes and were rewarded with a late chance to level when Becky Sauerbrunn made contact with White's shooting leg when the Manchester City striker was poised to tuck home.\n\nHowever, Houghton's penalty was weak and Naeher saved low to her right - the third spot-kick out of four England have missed in this tournament.\n\nTwo minutes later Bright was dismissed for a second yellow card for a clumsy foul on Morgan.\n\nSome of the devastated England players sank to the ground in despair as the final whistle extended their wait for a first major title.\n\nPre-tournament favourites the USA, who have reached at least the semi-finals of every Women's World Cup, will now contest their fifth final.\n\nAfter narrow 2-1 wins over Spain and hosts France in their past two games, they showed their experience and clever game-management to see out a third consecutive win by the same scoreline.\n\nThey were rampant early on, and led through Press' powerful header, continuing their record of scoring inside the first 12 minutes in all of their games so far in this tournament.\n\nThey had almost netted even earlier, when Lavelle nutmegged Bright in the fourth minute and rounded Demi Stokes, only to see her close-range shot well saved by Carly Telford, who played in goal for England with number one Karen Bardsley out with a knock.\n\nMorgan's sixth goal of this tournament put her level with White again at the top of the standings in the battle for the Golden Boot, after White had turned home Beth Mead's excellent ball from the left to level for England.\n\nHampshire-born coach Jill Ellis' side went through without their star of the previous two matches, winger Megan Rapinoe, who was a surprise late absentee with a hamstring injury.\n\nThroughout this tournament, England head coach Neville - who took charge of the Lionesses in January 2018 - has insisted his side's style is \"non-negotiable\", but he raised eyebrows by tweaking his line-up tactically for Tuesday's semi-final.\n\nRather than playing wide on the right, Lyon winger Nikita Parris was moved to a more central role, playing as a deep striker in something closer to a 4-4-2 formation than the tried-and-trusted 4-2-3-1 that had seen the Lionesses through to the last four.\n\nToni Duggan and Fran Kirby were left out with versatile winger Rachel Daly and Arsenal's Beth Mead coming in to the side to start as wide midfield players. England had a 4-2-4 feel when they were attacking, but Neville's team were frequently overrun in midfield in the first half.\n\nThe introduction of Kirby at number 10 after the break and Parris' switch back out to the wings appeared to propel England back in to the game, as they rallied and saw more of the ball in the USA's half.\n\nUltimately, they remain without a win over the USA in the World Cup, having lost 3-0 in 2007's quarter-finals and being beaten in 10 of their 16 contests overall.\n\nBut the Lionesses have won over millions of new supporters at home, with record television audiences watching their run to the latter stages.\n\nAnd their next major tournament will be on home soil, with 2021's European Championship to be played in England.\n\n'I've moved on from this already' - reaction\n\nEngland boss Phil Neville: \"We'll have to allow 24 to 48 hours for this to sink in and for them to get over this disappointment. Nothing I can say will make them feel better.\n\n\"Elite sport and being on top of the world means that on Saturday in Nice [in the third-place play-off] we have to produce a performance. It will tell me a lot about my players.\n\n\"I've moved on from this already and now I'm looking forward to Saturday's game. I'll see the attitude, commitment of my players. They won't let me down, because they never have.\"\n\nEngland captain Steph Houghton: \"It's hard to put into words. We took one of the best teams in the world all the way. I'm so proud but I'm disappointed with the penalty and the goals we conceded.\n\n\"Ultimately we know that we can beat them and our aim was to win and we didn't do that. I got told today [that I'd be taking any penalty] and I've been practising them a lot and I was confident.\n\n\"I just didn't get a good connection. I'm gutted. I've let the team down. I'm gutted and heartbroken. We were so close but I'm proud of everyone because we gave it everything.\"\n\nUSA boss Jill Ellis: \"I can't even express how proud I am. It was such a great effort from everybody. Everyone stepped up, and that's what this team's about.\n\n\"That was her [Alyssa Naeher's] shining moment. We have one more game. I couldn't be prouder of this group. We have four days this time in between, so that will help.\n\n\"I told them [in a post-match huddle]: 'Stay humble. We've got one more.'\"\n\nEngland off the spot - the stats\n• None USA become the first side to reach three consecutive World Cup finals - they played Japan in 2011 and 2015.\n• None USA set a new World Cup record of 11 successive wins with victory, beating Norway's previous mark of 10 in a row (1995-99).\n• None Steph Houghton is only the second player to miss a penalty in a World Cup semi-final. Both misses have been against USA, also Germany's Celia Sasic in 2015.\n• None England's Millie Bright became the fourth player to be sent off at the World Cup.\n• None Christen Press' opening goal ended England's national record run of 381 minutes without conceding at the tournament.\n• None USA have never lost a World Cup game they have scored first in, winning 36 and drawing four.\n• None Ellen White is only the third player in World Cup history to score in three consecutive knockout games, after Carli Lloyd (2015) and Abby Wambach (2011).\n\nHow has the World Cup inspired you?\n\nWhat impact has the Women's World Cup had on you? Has it inspired someone you know to take up football? Has it sparked an interest in the game you are going to continue into the new season? Let us know here and we will publish the best stories.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.\n• None Carli Lloyd (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Nikita Parris (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Second yellow card to Millie Bright (England) for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Francesca Kirby (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Penalty saved! Stephanie Houghton (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Becky Sauerbrunn (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Delay over. They are ready to continue. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The day has started with questions to Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Ministers.\n\nShortly after 10:00 BST, the attorney general will take questions from MPs.\n\nThen, there are two urgent questions.\n\nThe first is on the role of Serco in the justice system, this question is being asked by shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.\n\nThe second UQ comes from former shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams and is on the review of social security claimant deaths since 2010, and whether or not these were supplied to reviewers of Work Capability Assessment.\n\nThen, MPs will hear the business statement for upcoming business in the Commons.\n\nAfter, there'll be a statement from the Transport Committee on local roads funding and maintenance.\n\nThis will be followed by a backbench business debate on ending the sale of petrol and diesel cars.\n\nAfter that, a general debate on assisted dying.\n\nFinally, the day will close with an adjournment debate on NHS procurement.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nEngland missed out on a place in the Women's World Cup final after losing 2-1 to holders the United States in Lyon. Ellen White was your star performer for the Lionesses. Here's how you rated the players out of 10.", "It's fair to say Phoebe Waller-Bridge is having an excellent year professionally.\n\nShe's helping to write the next Bond movie, has seen Killing Eve become a huge international success, and had a triumphant final series of Fleabag.\n\nIt was almost universally praised by critics and audiences.\n\nThe only hint of negativity was that it was all... how best to say it? A bit, well... posh.\n\nThe Guardian's reviewer certainly felt the air of wealth and privilege made the show \"a little less lovable\".\n\nPhoebe Waller-Bridge admits that she was \"perfectly set up to have success in the world\".\n\nShe was a guest on the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, revealing she has never pretended she's \"not from a privileged position\".\n\n\"I really know that I am. I mean, my God.\"\n\nShe went to private schools, lived in a lovely bit of London and had a supportive family and agrees it's \"absolutely, probably true that loads of people don't have the the same opportunities\" as her.\n\n\"If that is where it comes from, then I am really sympathetic to that feeling.\"\n\nBut she is less impressed when people criticise her actual work because she's had a lucky start in life.\n\n\"To criticise a story on the basis of where the author had come from, or how privileged the author is, undermines the story.\n\n\"It's not like my privilege created Fleabag. I created Fleabag, but from a point of place in my life where I was able to sit and write.\"\n\nShe thinks it is largely down to getting the right support.\n\nShe explains: \"I like to think that whatever life I'd lived, wherever I'd been born or brought up, I would still have written if I had been given the encouragement.\n\n\"That's the thing that I care about, encouraging people to do it.\"\n\nIsn't your dad's garden like this?\n\nPhoebe Waller-Bridge also disagrees that the story is \"just for posh girls\".\n\nShe says she was very aware that it was told \"through the prism of a very middle class family\" but says she was \"using them to tell a story that was emotional.\"\n\n\"People were sending me photos of tweets, with one guy saying 'I'm a disabled 42-year-old man living in Hull and I am Fleabag'.\n\nShe didn't have quite so much to say about her latest job - as part of the writing team for the new Bond film.\n\nThere were no plot hints but she's previously said she's trying to make the Bond girls \"feel like real people\".\n\nIn fact, the only thing she did reveal was that she had a \"total freak-out\" about an \"amazing\" 007 water bottle given out to cast and crew.\n\nNot the juiciest Bond gossip but good to know that Q Branch is on the case with cutting out disposable plastic.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Despite the backlog, there are no plans to relax MOT rules\n\nMore than 2,000 motorists across Northern Ireland failed to turn up for their MOT tests in June, despite public anger over test backlogs.\n\nThere were 2,300 missed appointments last month, according to the Department for Infrastructure.\n\nAt £30.50 per car per test, that is a potential loss to drivers of more than £70,000.\n\nIt comes as some motorists argue that backlogs mean they cannot book a slot before their MOT certificate expires.\n\nTo tackle the tests backlog, the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) opened 2,000 Sunday MOT slots on 16 and 23 June.\n• None Same year32,000 customers did not attend MOT tests\n\nMore vehicle examiners have been recruited and reminder letters are being sent out earlier to deal with the waits.\n\nIn the first three months of this year alone, 7,300 vehicles failed to turn up for a booked test - 3.4% higher than the equivalent period in 2018.\n\nA DVA spokesperson said that in 2018-19 financial year, 32,000 customers did not attend their MOT appointments.\n\nIn cash terms, \"no-show\" drivers have poured a potential £976,000 down the drain.\n\nThe DVA conducted just over 1.09 million vehicle tests in 2018-19, an increase of 1.8% on the year before and the highest figure on record.\n\nIn a statement, the DVA encouraged customers to book their vehicle test online as soon as they receive a reminder notice.\n\n\"We would ask that customers either attend their pre-booked appointments or cancel them to allow others to make use of the appointment,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nDespite discussions between police and the DVA about relaxing the rules to ease the situation, the department said it was not considering offering motorists exemptions from the MOT test at this stage.\n\nNorthern Ireland has different rules around MOTs than the rest of the UK.\n\nA test is required on a car's fourth birthday in NI, rather than the third birthday elsewhere in the UK.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, tests must be carried out at a specific MOT testing site operated by the DVA, whereas in Britain, tests can be conducted by approved private operators in commercial premises, such as garages.\n\nHave you got a question about MOT tests in Northern Ireland you would like us to answer? You can use the tool below to submit your suggestions.\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.", "Stanley was visiting the house when he was fatally shot by Albert Grannon with a modified weapon\n\nA man who shot dead his six-year-old great-grandson with an unlicensed air rifle has been jailed for three years.\n\nStanley Metcalf died in hospital after being hit in the abdomen by a pellet at Sproatley, near Hull, on 26 July.\n\nAlbert Grannon, of Church Lane, Sproatley, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court.\n\nAfter Grannon had pulled the trigger on the adapted weapon, the boy told the 78-year-old: \"You shot me granddad.\"\n\nStanley's mother said the pensioner has never apologised.\n\nGrannon admitted possessing an air rifle without holding a firearms certificate, along with the charge of manslaughter by gross negligence.\n\nThe youngster was shot by Grannon from a few feet away at a family gathering at the pensioner's house, prosecutor John Elvidge QC told the court.\n\nAlbert Grannon shot his great-grandson Stanley Metcalf with an air rifle\n\nMr Elvidge said Grannon kept the gun in a cupboard with a curtain over it and it was normally left loaded. The weapon needed a firearms certificate because its power meant it was categorised as \"specially dangerous\".\n\nHe said members of the family who were in the garden heard a loud bang and rushed in to find Stanley bent over in the kitchen with a wound the size of a 5p piece in his stomach.\n\nMr Elvidge said the pellet from the .22 rifle had gone all the way through, severing an artery.\n\nStanley's condition deteriorated in the ambulance and he died within two hours.\n\nThe prosecutor said Grannon told police the gun went off as he was checking whether it was loaded and the pellet must have ricocheted off the floor.\n\nBut, he said, forensic tests revealed that this could not have been the case.\n\nAt the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, mitigating barrister Paul Genney said his client accepted that he pointed the gun at Stanley as he squeezed the trigger to check the gun was not loaded, \"but not, of course, deliberately\".\n\nReading a statement to the court Stanley's mother Jenny Dees said: \"Never once did he say sorry and now if he did, it would be meaningless and too little too late.\n\n\"It was through his [Grannon] recklessness, stupidity and lack of forethought that caused Stanley to be taken away.\n\n\"I hope he can live with himself and the pain he has caused\".\n\nGrannon showed no emotion as he stood to be sentenced.\n\nThe boy was shot in the abdomen with the air rifle, but died later from the injuries\n\nMr Justice Lavender told Grannon: \"You ended a young life and you brought lifelong grief and misery to his parents and to the whole of his family.\"\n\nHe said: \"What you did was obviously a very dangerous thing to do. Why on Earth did you do it?\"\n\nThe court heard how Stanley's extended family had been split by the incident and some relatives sat in the court itself while others were in the overhanging public gallery.\n\nMany were in tears as the sentence was passed.\n\nAs he was taken down, one woman shouted from the balcony: \"Love you Dad.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The train hit the men while they were on the tracks near Margam\n\nTwo rail workers who died after being hit by a passenger train were wearing ear defenders and may not have heard it coming, police say.\n\nThe men, aged 58, from North Cornelly, and 64, from Kenfig Hill, were struck near Margam by the Swansea to London Paddington train at about 10:00 BST.\n\nThe pair were pronounced dead at the scene and a third person was treated for shock, but was not injured.\n\nNetwork Rail said it was \"shocked and distressed\" by the incident.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) Supt Andy Morgan said: \"Following a number of urgent enquiries into this tragic incident, it has been established that the three people were railway workers who were working on the lines at the time.\n\n\"The initial stages of the investigation suggest that the two men who died had been wearing ear defenders at the time, tragically, could not hear the passenger train approaching.\n\n\"We have a number of officers who remain in the area and we are continuing to work alongside the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to understand the full circumstances of what happened in the moments before this incredibly sad, fatal collision.\"\n\nBill Kelly, Network Rail's route managing director for Wales, added: \"We are fully cooperating with the British Transport Police and Rail Accident Investigation Branch.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the families of our colleagues and our members of staff who will be affected by this tragic loss, and we will provide all the support we can.\"\n\nPolice and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch are investigating\n\nThe tragedy happened just three months after the Rail Accident Investigation Branch warned there were \"too many near misses in which railway workers have had to jump for their lives\".\n\nIn 2018 there was one death on the mainline railway and 6,641 injuries, of which 164 were major.\n\nGreat Western Railway (GWR) said about 180 passengers were on the train at the time of the incident.\n\nOne passenger said a party of school children were on board, and they had had to shut the blinds in the carriage to prevent them seeing what was happening outside.\n\nThe train has since been moved and the line reopened just before 21:00 but GWR said replacement bus services will continue to operate to supplement trains between Swansea and Cardiff Central stations.\n\nThe company said in a statement: \"Everyone at GWR is incredibly saddened to learn that two railway colleagues lost their lives this morning, when they were struck by the 0929 service from Swansea to London Paddington.\n\n\"We have offered our full assistance to the British Transport Police, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, and Network Rail as they seek to understand the circumstances which led to this tragic accident.\"\n\nPassengers started being evacuated from the train around three hours after the crash and were put on buses to Port Talbot and Cardiff.\n\nOne passenger who was on board the train said: \"This happened shortly after we left Port Talbot Parkway. We didn't hear anything at all. We weren't even aware an incident had taken place until the train manager made an announcement.\"\n\nStephen Lester could see \"devastated\" rail staff out of the window\n\nStephen Lester, who was also on board, said: \"[I] looked out of the window and saw people standing around looking at the floor.\n\n\"They were devastated that one or maybe two of their colleagues was under the train.\"\n\nHe said the blinds had to be pulled down as there were secondary school children from Swansea in the carriage. A teacher travelling with around 30 pupils said they had been on a trip to London, adding that rail staff had been \"absolutely amazing\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers on the train which killed two rail workers describe how events unfolded\n\nArriving at Port Talbot Parkway, passenger Auriel Griffiths from Cimla, Neath Port Talbot, said: \"It was a bit of an experience really… thank God the train didn't turn over.\"\n\nShe had been travelling to visit a relative in hospital when the incident happened.\n\nShe said staff on the train had been \"very good\". \"They kept coming along and giving us information, coffee and water,\" she said.\n\nDescribing the moment the train came to a standstill, she said: \"It just sort of stopped. I didn't feel a bang or anything…\n\n\"People got killed, that's worse than being inconvenienced isn't it… I feel upset about it.\"\n\nRobert Jones praised the train staff for their handling of the incident\n\nFellow passenger Robert Jones, from Neath, who was travelling with his wife, said it had seemed as if the train was stopping because of the works which were going on.\n\n\"There was no sound, there was no particular judder, there was no commotion.\n\n\"Quite soon after the announcement was made that a major incident had occurred,\" he said, adding two further announcements were made explaining what had happened. \"It became evident that it was a tragedy.\"\n\nMr Jones said it was difficult in the hours that followed, knowing people had lost lives, but said: \"Every single passenger in my coach dealt with it in the most remarkable way. They accepted the situation that there would be a delay and the staff were just unbelievable all round.\"\n\nAbout 180 passengers were on the train at the time of the incident, Great Western Railway said\n\nThe Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary Mick Cash called for a suspension of all similar works by Network Rail \"until the facts were established\" following the \"shocking news\".\n\nHis counterpart at the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, Manuel Cortes, said it was not acceptable for people to \"go out to work and end up losing their lives\".\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke about the incident at Prime Minister's Questions.\n\nHe said: \"I'm sure the whole house will want to express their condolences to the families of those rail workers who were hit and killed by a train this morning in Port Talbot.\"\n\nUK and Welsh ministers expressed their condolences after the fatal crash\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May said she shared his sentiments.\n\nSpeaking in the Senedd, Welsh government deputy transport minister Lee Waters said the government and the assembly was \"deeply shocked\", adding: \"It's hard to understand how this could have happened this morning just 20 or so miles away from us.\"\n\nUK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said there would be an investigation into how the accident happened, adding: \"I will ensure lessons are learned\".\n\nHe said he was \"deeply saddened\" and sent his condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the workers.\n\nTwo ambulances as well as vehicles from the Hazardous Area Response Team and Wales Air Ambulance were sent to the scene\n\nWales' Transport Secretary Ken Skates tweeted: \"Deeply shocked by the news about the tragic incident involving railway workers near Margam this morning, and my thoughts are with the families of those involved.\"\n\nMP for Aberavon Stephen Kinnock added: \"I'm very concerned to see reports of the tragic accident on the rail line between Bridgend and Port Talbot... This is awful news, and my thoughts are with the families of all concerned.\"\n\nA passenger took this picture from the train involved in the incident\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Marie Anderson has been recommended for the role of Police Ombudsman\n\nMarie Anderson has been recommended to take over as Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman when the role becomes free later this year.\n\nMrs Anderson is currently Northern Ireland's Public Services Ombudsman, a position she has held since April 2016.\n\nCurrent ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, was appointed in 2012 and will finish his seven-year tenure in July 2019.\n\nA law passed last year gives the secretary of state power to appoint the position.\n\nSecretary of State Karen Bradley said: \"My absolute priority is to see the restoration of the executive at the earliest opportunity.\n\n\"In the absence of an executive, it is vital that we ensure stability and continuity for this important public appointment.\"\n\nPSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton said Mrs Anderson brings \"a wealth of experience to the role\".\n\n\"I recognise the importance of the role of the office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and the public confidence that the independent investigation of complaints against police carried out by the office can bring,\" he said.\n\n\"It is an essential part of the mechanisms by which the PSNI can be held to account and I am confident PSNI will engage positively with the new Police Ombudsman in the future.\"\n\nThe post comes with an annual salary of £134,841.\n\nDuring his time in office, Dr Michael Maguire has been involved in a number of high-profile cases.\n\nIn September 2017, Dr Maguire contacted more than 100 families to say a squeeze on resources meant Troubles legacy complaints could not be proceeded with.\n\nHe said some of the inquiries could take up to 20 years to complete.\n\nIn November 2018, a judge rejected an application to quash his report into the Loughinisland killings.\n\nIn June 2016, Dr Maguire ruled there had been collusion between some police officers and the gunmen.\n\nLast year, the secretary of state passed a law through the Commons that gave UK government ministers the power to make some public appointments to the NI Policing Board, the Probation Board and the Police Ombudsman.\n\nThe role of the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland is to investigate complaints against the police.\n\nIt has a staff of more than 150 and received a budget of £9.3m in the last financial year.\n\nThere was interest in the role from both national and international candidates.\n\nMarie Anderson's appointment is required to go through a formalities process before being officially announced.\n• None Commissioner would welcome more powers", "An MP is applauded after her emotional speech on the introduction of the Children's Funeral Fund following her \"impatient\" campaigning.\n\nCarolyn Harris thanked MPs from across the political divide who had helped to instigate the government funding for bereaved parents for the cost of their child's funeral.\n\nThe deputy leader of Welsh Labour has been calling for the fund - which will start on 23 July - since she had to take out a loan to pay for the funeral of her son, Martin.\n\nHer campaigning zeal was praised by Speaker John Bercow and the prime minister.", "Christine Lagarde is known as the \"rock star\" of international finance\n\n\"No, no, no no, no no,\" was what Christine Lagarde was reported to have said when asked last year if she was interested in running the European Central Bank (ECB).\n\nYet just a few months later, she has been nominated as the institution's new president.\n\nMs Lagarde - known as the \"rock star\" of international finance - said the new role was \"an honour\".\n\nPoised, chic and known for her straight talking, she has become one of Europe's most influential ambassadors in the world of international finance.\n\nUntil this weekend, the main contenders for the ECB job were male central bankers.\n\nBut assuming the nomination is approved she will become the central bank's first ever female leader, responsible for the euro and the monetary policy of the eurozone.\n\nMs Lagarde is legendary for her stamina\n\n\"First ever female\" is a tag that has followed Ms Lagarde throughout her career.\n\nThe former lawyer was the first woman to chair global law firm Baker McKenzie, the first woman to serve as a finance minister from any Group of Seven nation and then the first to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF).\n\nUnsurprisingly she has long championed promoting women into powerful positions, saying it's the key to improving the world economy.\n\n\"As I have said many times, if it had been Lehman Sisters rather than Lehman Brothers, the world might well look a lot different today,\" she said earlier this year.\n\nThe silver-haired 63-year-old is legendary for her stamina. A former synchronised swimmer for the French national team, she is reported to exercise daily, even during meetings if necessary.\n\nIn her current role, she has been praised for steering the Washington-based IMF through the aftermath of the financial crisis.\n\nChristine Lagarde's status as rock star of international finance is beyond doubt.\n\nShe has a high profile as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, building on her experience as a cabinet minister in France.\n\nWhat she doesn't have is the technical expertise as a central banker. The previous presidents of the ECB did.\n\nAll three had been governors of their own national central banks. Mario Draghi in particular presided over the bank at a time when it faced the eurozone financial crisis and a weak economic recovery. The response was both innovative and technical.\n\nChristine Lagarde would not be the first ever central banker to be in that position. But there could well be challenges.\n\nThe eurozone is struggling with inflation that is persistently below its target. Getting it back up might require more innovation. Ms Lagarde would need to draw on the expertise of the ECB's technocrats.\n\nHer career has however had one significant negative, when she was investigated for abuse of authority during her time as French finance minister in 2007.\n\nIn 2016, she was convicted in a French court for failing to challenge a €404m award to flamboyant French businessman Bernard Tapie in 2008 over the sale of sportswear brand Adidas. She did not serve a sentence.\n\nBernard Tapie was ordered to pay back the €404m with interest\n\nMs Lagarde has always defended her decision, saying it was \"the best solution at the time\".\n\nIt's a determination that she learnt at a young age after her father's death when she was 17. Her mother, widowed at just 38, bought Ms Lagarde and her three younger brothers up alone.\n\n\"My mother was a very strong character. I learnt a lot from her,\" she told the Financial Times in an interview.\n\nMs Lagarde knew how to \"impose calm\" a former colleague says\n\nConsistently ranked among the top 10 most powerful women globally, Ms Lagarde has helped to rebuild the IMF's credibility following Greece's 2010 bailout, which bent the fund's rules.\n\nShe also presided over the IMF's biggest bailout, a $57bn deal for Argentina last year that many credited with arresting emerging market turbulence.\n\nMs Lagarde has admitted before that she lacks economic experience, telling the Guardian in 2012: \"I've studied a bit of economics, but I'm not a super-duper economist.\"\n\nMany don't believe this will hold her back.\n\nOne former IMF official said her leadership of the fund meant she was \"exceptionally qualified\" to run the ECB.\n\n\"She knew how to impose calm without posing as morally superior,\" instead displaying \"a touch of humanity,\" said a former colleague.\n\nMark Sobel, a former US Treasury official and chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, said Ms Lagarde has experience in monetary policy even though she is not an economist.\n\n\"She's been involved in all the monetary debate and it's not like they don't discuss monetary policy at the fund,\" he said.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland surged into their first World Cup semi-final since 1992 with a comprehensive 119-run defeat of New Zealand at Chester-le-Street.\n\nThe hosts are set to finish third in the group and will meet India or Australia at Edgbaston next Thursday for a place in the final.\n\nNeeding to defeat the Black Caps to be sure of progressing, England were led by Jonny Bairstow's dominant hundred, his second century in the space of four days.\n\nThough they were checked as the New Zealand bowling improved, the England total of 305-8 seemed imposing on a pitch that gradually got harder to bat on.\n\nAnd they were boosted by the run outs of both Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor - Williamson unluckily undone when backing-up - that left New Zealand 69-4.\n\nFrom there, the Black Caps sucked the life from the spectacle with a limp attempt to defend their net run-rate, eventually being bowled out for 186 with Mark Wood taking 3-34 on his home ground.\n\nWilliamson's men have now suffered three successive defeats and slipped to fourth in the table.\n\nThey will be caught if Pakistan beat Bangladesh on Friday, though it would need an almost impossible swing in run-rate to deny them a place in the semis.\n• None TMS podcast: An England semi-final, the Plunkett song and Mark Wood's tiny hands\n\nBack-to-back defeats by Sri Lanka and Australia left England on the brink of an unthinkable exit, but they have responded with impressive wins over India and New Zealand, two fellow members of the top four.\n\nWhereas Sunday's victory at Edgbaston was played in front of a crowd ferocious in its support of the Indians, here they were willed on by a loyal following in the Durham sunshine.\n\nEoin Morgan once again had the benefit of winning an important toss. Not only did batting seem easier early in the day - though that could have been due to the excellence of Bairstow and Jason Roy - their three losses have come when chasing.\n\nWith a score on the board, England, again fielding four frontline pace bowlers, were a constant threat with the ball and superb in the field.\n\nJos Buttler took a wonderful diving catch to remove Martin Guptill and Adil Rashid's bullet throw accounted for Taylor.\n\nEngland began the World Cup as the top-ranked side and favourites. Now they are playing well enough to justify both tags they will be feared in the semis, especially if they bat first.\n\nIt is no coincidence England have got back to winning ways since Roy returned from a hamstring injury to resume his dependable opening partnership with Bairstow.\n\nIndeed, there was a sense of inevitability about the result from as early as the first over, when Roy hit left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner through the covers for four.\n\nOn Sunday, they added 160 for the first wicket, here it was 123 and, just as at Edgbaston, it was Bairstow who went on to make the more telling contribution.\n\nSo often Bairstow favours the leg side, but here he crunched the ball through the covers, played delicate late cuts and launched a mighty straight six down the ground.\n\nThe Yorkshireman has now made two centuries since attracting controversy for saying people were \"waiting for England to fail\" - comments he has since rowed back from - and celebrated with a leap into the air.\n\nEngland slowed after he dragged on to his own stumps off Matt Henry - they were actually 111-7 over the course of the last 20 overs - but Bairstow had already done enough to lift them to a winning score.\n• None 'Bairstow brings the noise - and the bedlam'\n\nNew Zealand won five of their first six games - the other rained off - but they now find themselves stumbling into their semi-final at Old Trafford on Tuesday against whichever team tops the group.\n\nDisadvantaged by the toss and an injury to pace bowler Lockie Ferguson, they started poorly with the ball, especially Santner and the returning Tim Southee, who was punished by Bairstow.\n\nAs England ran hard, New Zealand's fielding was sloppy, but the Black Caps gradually adjusted to the conditions and their improvement was led by the variations of medium-pacer Jimmy Neesham.\n\nNew Zealand's real problem is a reliance on the batting of Williamson - before today he had scored more than 30% of their runs in the tournament.\n\nFor that reason, the freakish way he was dismissed was a huge stoke of fortune for England and a mortal blow to the Kiwis.\n\nAs Taylor drove straight, bowler Wood got a finger-end to the ball before it crashed into the non-striker's stumps, with the desperate Williamson short of his ground.\n\nIn the next over, Taylor foolishly chanced Rashid's arm attempting a second and the contest was as good as over.\n\n'Win the next two tosses and win the World Cup' - what they said:\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"I thought we were outstanding today. It started with the two boys at the top of the order.\n\n\"They set a good solid platform playing in the manner they do. Jonny getting his hundred was match winning.\n\n\"The wicket did change after the 25th over and it did slow up. It was difficult to score. Every batsman found that so to have so many on the board was encouraging.\"\n\nFormer England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special: \"If England win the next two tosses then I think they will win the World Cup.\n\n\"If they are in a chase I doubt whether they can play the right intelligent cricket under pressure.\n\n\"Can they win four tosses on the trot? Of course they can.\"\n\nNew Zealand captain Kane Williamson: \"There are a lot of variables in these games and the margins on the scoreboard have looked big but for us it is important we look at it for what it is.\n\n\"England did get the best of the conditions but they were the better team. They outplayed us in all facets. The conditions didn't decide the result.\"", "\"Not since Boston dumped it in the sea has England been dissed with tea like this,\" declared the front page of Wednesday's New York Post.\n\nAlex Morgan's 'tea drinking' goal celebration, after heading the winner against England to send her side into the World Cup final, was definitely a diss.\n\nEngland forward Lianne Sanderson thought so. She called it \"distasteful\".\n\nAs the newspaper saw it, Morgan's swipe at Phil Neville's Lionesses was the best burn against the English since a load of tea was chucked in the sea in Boston in 1773, setting in motion American independence from the yoke of British rule.\n\n'Sticking it to the Brits' was the US women's national team take on it too. It said Morgan's strike was \"in honor of those 13 colonies\". (Quick history lesson - the 13 colonies were the original US colonies that fought for, and won, independence back in the 18th century.)\n\nAccording to Time magazine, Morgan was responsible for some \"masterful trolling\" and the \"ultimate power move\" against a nation that loves its tea almost as much as it used to love colonising.\n\nMorgan - kind of - tried to play it down. Ever heard the phrase \"that's the tea\"? Well that's what she was getting at. Apparently. That's the tea - that's the situation. I just scored against you. And we're in the final.\n\n\"I wanted to keep it interesting,\" she said after the game. \"I know Megan Rapinoe has the best celebration. I had to try and step up this game,\" she explained.\n\nHmmm. But you raised a pinkie, Alex. That's a giveaway...\n\nA butterfly can beat its wings and cause hurricanes on the other side of world, so the theory goes. Alex Morgan can lift her pinkie and send millions of people into meltdown. Because lifting the pinkie is supposed to be how the English drink their tea. It's etiquette, you see? (Spoiler alert: it's not really how you drink tea).\n\nEtiquette, though, has been sorely missing from the USA camp, according to Lionesses coach Neville.\n\nSo was Morgan making a point there and hitting back at such criticism?\n\n\"I feel like this team has had so much thrown at them and us. I feel like we didn't take an easy route through this tournament and 'that's the tea',\" she said later.\n\nFormer US presidential candidate and ex-first lady Hillary Clinton was among those offering congratulations to the winners. \"Congrats to the #USWNT for earning that tea,\" she tweeted.\n\nFair play for her not having a direct dig at Neville, who once reminded Mrs Clinton \"you lost, move on\" in a long-since deleted tweet.\n\nFor their part, the US players are no strangers to political involvement.\n\nSo it's possible, in the week that the US celebrates its independence from British rule, Morgan was giving a knowing nod to her nation's political past and the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776.\n\nOr maybe she was just having a pop at the tea-drinking English for a bit of a laugh?\n\nThat's more than likely. Though not everybody appreciated the joke.\n\n\"I could be wrong but it's based upon playing against England and we love our tea in England,\" Juventus forward Sanderson told beIN Sports.\n\n\"I'm not a tea drinker but that's what we're connected with so I think it's a little bit distasteful.\"\n\nHow has the World Cup inspired you?\n\nWhat impact has the Women's World Cup had on you? Has it inspired someone you know to take up football? Has it sparked an interest in the game you are going to continue into the new season? Let us know here and we will publish the best stories.", "The dream for England is over, just as the sun sets on Battersea Park.\n\nUnder a cloud of disappointment, England fans who've been glued to the big screen for 90 minutes file home, swigging the last of their beers.\n\nThere were England shirts, men in suits, well-behaved dogs, women with St George's flags painted on their faces and the occasional American.\n\nWhen Christen Press scored the opening goal, you saw just how outnumbered the US was at the gathering in the park - only five people got to their feet, arms aloft, cheering on their countrywomen.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by loveparkswandsworth This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEngland's fans stayed seated on their picnic rugs and deckchairs - a gulp and a glance across at a friend.\n\nBut when Ellen White fired in England's first, the crowd were on their feet - screaming, cheering and hugging one another.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by loveparkswandsworth This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe warm night, filled with expectation and hope, was a reminder of last summer's men's World Cup for many.\n\nBen Bezuidenhoit, a student from Essex, wrapped in his England flag recycled from last year, has been enjoying England's success.\n\n\"The men scrape through on penalties but the women are smashing it,\" he says.\n\nBen Bezuidenhoit and Juliet Coutts agreed that England's success story up to the semis had been a welcome break from politics on the news\n\n\"When you watch the men play, you expect them to lose. When the women play you feel nervous because you know they could win.\"\n\nThere was a bigger take-up in Alice's work sweepstake for this World Cup, than for last year's. \"It's probably because we've been going on about it so much,\" she jokes.\n\nThere were some nervous smiles before the game kicked off\n\nBut people are divided about whether World Cup fever really has gripped the country.\n\nJuliet Coutts, another UCL student, is not convinced. \"It feels like it's been whipped up by the media,\" she says.\n\nBut Mr Bezuidenhoit says news of England's success had made a welcome break from all the political stories and the \"B-word\" that's dominated news headlines for so long.\n\nConnor Netter, pictured right, was confident the US could win\n\nWhen the US's Alex Morgan clinches another, Connor Netter, 20, who's on an eight-week internship from Los Angeles, is feeling confident.\n\n\"I like our chances,\" he says, grinning from ear to ear.\n\nHe's got caught up in the fans' passion for the game. Back home, he's more into American football and basketball - and definitely not men's football.\n\n\"Men in the US are so bad. The women's team are killing the men in terms of support,\" he added.\n\n\"There's a lot of interest in the women's game back home - people are definitely respecting the game more and there's a real hype.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ellen White has a goal ruled out by VAR for offside\n\nWhen the final whistle blows, there's a smattering of applause.\n\n\"Come on, Sweden,\" shouts one lone voice. The team will take on the Netherlands in less than 24 hours for a place to play the US in the final on Sunday.\n\nMr Netter and his friends from Ohio State University are very happy.\n\nAs expected? \"You've got to be confident,\" he says, still grinning.", "\"Sorry to interrupt the game,\" comes the Welsh lilt of the sports bar owner in Washington DC, speaking on a microphone to the crowds glued to the USA v England game at the start of the second half.\n\n\"But someone's left their fish and chips on the bar - and it's been 20 minutes. No one likes cold fish and chips.\"\n\nThey could be forgiven for being so engrossed in the action that they forgot to eat - at times it seemed like people were even forgetting to breathe as the teams battled it out for a place in the World Cup final.\n\nThe venue, aptly (for the US fans, as it turned out) called Lucky Bar, is packed to capacity with red, white and blue ahead of the kickoff. That's despite the fact it is 15:00 local time on a blazing hot Tuesday afternoon.\n\nA few England fans are showing their colours by wearing Three Lions on their shirts, but there are many, many more Americans - in some cases, their friends or partners, delighting in ribbing each other during the game.\n\nBrit Richard Lindley, who has lived in the US for nine years, says: \"When we found out England was playing the USA, we took the day off work to be here. I feel horribly outnumbered though.\"\n\n\"We're going to see if our marriage lasts the game, But we have an agreement that we're not going to gloat, no matter what,\" promises his American wife Ridley Williams with a smile.\n\nRichard Lindley was supporting England while his wife supported the USA\n\n\"I'm surprised there are so many people here,\" she adds. \"But surprised in a good way. It's great to support this team, but we need to support them too financially [referring to their fight with US Soccer for pay equality with the men's team]. From a US perspective, the women are way better than the men so it just doesn't make sense.\n\n\"The women's game is so much more popular. Basically, the US backs the women because they're winners.\n\n\"And it's wonderful also for young girls to be able to look up to someone who looks like you.\"\n\nMany of the people in the bar admit they wouldn't have turned up if the US men's team was playing.\n\nChristine Nawrot and Stephen Ikin react to a tense moment during the match\n\nChristine Nawrot says: \"There's no way this bar would be so full. But I like that it's not just women supporting the game - it's a real cross-section.\"\n\nHer English partner Stephen Ikin adds: \"I've never taken much notice of the women's team before. Here in America, football's seen more as a women's sport. It was kind of amazing at the last game to see a guy with a female jersey on, with the name of a female player on the back.\"\n\nHe may well have been talking about Kelly Stephenson, who is wearing a shirt bearing the name of Kelley O'Hara, teamed with a pair of star-spangled banner shorts.\n\nKelly Stephenson bought his shirt online during the USA's first match of the tournament\n\n\"We were here at the bar for the first game,\" he says. \"I was on the phone at half-time, ordering this jersey. And then I decided to book tickets to France, and went to their Chile game.\n\n\"I love this team. This group of women have great personalities and support fantastic causes. They're a great unit.\n\n\"I'm borderline obsessed.\" [This indeed becomes obvious as he pauses to watch the goal replays at half-time, not wanting to miss a second].\n\nKelly Stephenson and Cate Behles transfixed by the match\n\nJim Grieco, visiting from New Jersey, fixed his schedule so he could catch the match. \"We're all very proud of them. I'm so happy to see such a large crowd here,\" he says.\n\nAnne Lumpkin, who played football at college level, is watching with a group of friends, all in their USA shirts.\n\n\"It's fun to watch with other people who share your passion for the game and the country,\" she says. \"And it's fun with it being 4 July soon, which makes it more exciting.\"\n\n\"And it helps with the excitement to be playing England as it's such a big name,\" adds her friend Colton Hotary.\n\nHarry Weiss, with his head in his hands, works in the USA but is from England\n\n\"England-America is such a classic game,\" says Harry Weiss, originally from the UK but living in the US. \"And it's about seeing great teams playing a great sport - I think people respect that.\"\n\nFans were concerned Megan Rapinoe wasn't playing, with Gaites Layton - there with her friends to watch the game - saying: \"I'm really hoping she's OK for the final. I think she's awesome and gives such a great voice to the sport.\"\n\nThe passion ran high during the match, with polite applause at first for England from the US fans turning to shouts of \"VAR!\" and \"are you kidding me?\" as the minutes ticked away.\n\nTwo women watch a dramatic moment during the World Cup semi-final\n\n\"This team definitely has the potential to go all the way,\" says Cate Behles. \"I've supported the team since the last women's World Cup, and it's just got bigger and bigger.\"\n\nWhen, in short succession, England miss a penalty and then Millie Bright is sent off, there are loud cheers and chants of \"USA! USA!\", any pretence of friendly rivalry having completely dissipated. And at the final whistle, the place erupts, finally letting out its collected breath.\n\nGaites Layton, right with her hands up, celebrating the US win\n\nSarah Parkinson says she is enjoying \"haranguing\" her English girlfriend, away in South Africa, over text message. \"Yeah it's been nasty back and forth for the last few minutes,\" she grins. \"It was a brilliant game.\n\n\"It's time for the world to recognise not just the degree of skill, but the degree of soul women's teams are bringing to the game, and elevate it to beyond where it's been.\"\n\nHer friend Alex Krensky, visiting from Wisconsin, admits: \"I'm not usually into sports. But it was so powerful being in a space with so many women there, seeing them be so excited and inspired.\"\n\nAnd Ridley Williams, consoling her husband over the result, says with a smile: \"Nope, still not gloating!\"", "Andrea Camilleri, the Sicilian author behind the popular Inspector Montalbano television series, has died aged 93.\n\nOne of Italy's best-loved writers, he had been admitted to a hospital in Rome last month after a cardiac arrest.\n\nThe crime writer was best-known for his detective books starring inspector Salvo Montalbano based in the fictional Sicilian town of Vigàta.\n\nThe adapted Rai TV series was loved in Italy and became popular in the UK, US, France, Spain, Germany and Australia.\n\nCamilleri lost his sight in recent years but said in 2017 it had allowed him to picture things more clearly.\n\n\"I am blind, but losing my sight made all my other senses come back to life,\" he said. \"They have come to the rescue. My memory has improved, and I remember more things than before with great lucidity, and I still write.\"\n\nTogether, over a period of 25 years, they transformed a grim landscape of mobsters and mafia violence to a light-hearted, humorous, food-focused near-paradise of an imaginary town called Vigàta.\n\nNo other mystery plots have narrated the Sicilian \"gioia di vivere\" (joy of life) so effectively and with such a colourful protagonist: a detective whose days involve morning swims, spaghetti with clams and an onslaught of hilarious malapropisms from an illiterate receptionist at the local police station.\n\nWhere else can you find a coroner with a secret passion for cannoli, the cream-filled tubes of Italian pastry.\n\nFor London-based Sicilian writer Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Camilleri is \"by far the greatest Sicilian writer since the Second World War\".\n\n\"He should have been put forward for the Nobel prize,\" she said, adding that he was \"a man of great intellect, of immense culture and strong and unwavering left-wing principles that, if anything, grew over the years\".\n\n\"His passion for justice and support of those less fortunate, be they poor Italians or refugees or boatmen coming from Africa, never wavered.\"\n\nCamilleri wrote more than 100 books. His stories were fiction, but influenced by current affairs or the result of hours of scouring the archives.\n\nThe Montalbano novels, each of them published in a 180-page format - 18 chapters of 10 pages - have achieved worldwide sales of 25 million and have been translated into 120 languages.\n\nHis most recent, Alcyon's Cook, was published in May in Italy and quickly became a bestseller.\n\nCamilleri's final book in the series, entitled Riccardino and written in 2006, remains with his publisher, locked in a cabinet in Palermo under agreement that it be printed at a later date.\n\nA sculpture of Camilleri sits in front of Montalbano's house in Ragusa, Sicily\n\nThe writer's fame was amplified when his stories were adapted for television: his 24 novels and 10 short stories were made into 34 episodes and distributed in some 60 countries to date.\n\nThe Montalbano TV mysteries, first broadcast in May 1999, celebrated their 20th anniversary last month.\n\nItalians' interest in the character of Salvo Montalbano was ignited with The Shape of the Water, published in Sicily by Sellerio in 1994. At that time, Camilleri was already a 67-year-old pensioner having left a successful career as a director and TV author.\n\nReaders quickly developed a fondness for Montalbano because of his values: a policeman with an high sense of respect for people, with impeccable honesty and a strong dislike for bureaucracy.\n\nThey grew to admire his relatable humility, his stubbornness, his grouchy approach and his solitary spirit - he loves eating alone, in silence.\n\nThrough his books, Italian readers also got the opportunity to rediscover the importance of Sicilian dialect.\n\nCamilleri's use of Sicilian expressions - infusing the Italian language with Sicilian mother tongue - helped promote the island's culture, making people rethink their history.\n\nIn Sicily, his work is now studied in schools.\n\nThe character of Catarella - the comical illiterate police officer who talks incomprehensively in a mix of bureaucratic Italian and dialect - is amusing both in Italian and in English, as translated by Stephen Sartarelli.\n\nMontalbano seizes the imagination of a wide audience with descriptions of the picturesque seafront in the fictional Vigàta, the view from the terrace of the detective's house, the culinary surprises of his housekeeper, Adelina, and the feasts at the restaurant Calogero.\n\nEvery detail is both real and imaginative. One of Camilleri's early introductions to literature was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, which was read to him by his grandmother.\n\nSicily has been a popular tourist destination for years, but the so-called \"Montalbano effect\" has been credited with boosting tourism on the island.\n\nThe town of Scicli and the Church of San Matteo: one of the locations for the Montalbano TV series\n\nThe entire area of Ragusa - where cities such as Noto, Modica and Scicli are locations for the TV series - features beautiful baroque buildings and is home to a number of Unesco World Heritage sites.\n\nSix years ago, an airport opened in the province at Comiso which built on the increase in tourism.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib: \"I'm dealing with the biggest bully I've ever had to deal with\"\n\nThe ongoing row between US President Donald Trump and four non-white Democratic congresswomen has continued to escalate following a controversial campaign rally.\n\nDuring a speech in North Carolina, Mr Trump took aim at Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley as well as Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born lawmaker who he focused much of his criticism on.\n\nHis rhetoric prompted a chant of \"send her back\" from his supporters, which Mr Trump on Thursday claimed he disagreed with.\n\nThe rally fallout follows debate over a series of vitriolic tweets and statements by the president that have been widely condemned as racist.\n\nAll the women are US citizens. So what else do we know of the lawmakers known as \"the Squad\"?\n\nAll four were elected to the House of Representatives in last November's mid-term elections, each making history as a result.\n\nKnown to be progressive, they have clashed in recent weeks with the more pragmatic Speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi - divisions with racial overtones that Mr Trump has tried to exploit with his tweets.\n\nMs Omar speaks at a news conference in Washington DC in June\n\nFirst-term congresswoman Ilhan Omar won a Minnesota seat in the House of Representatives last November, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the US.\n\nHer family first came to the US as refugees from Somalia, settling in Minneapolis in 1997 after fleeing the country's civil war. She became a citizen in 2000.\n\nThe 37-year-old mother of three is one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to the US Congress.\n\nBefore her election to Congress, she served in Minnesota's state legislature, making her the then highest elected Somali-American public official in the US.\n\nMs Omar's precedent-setting tenure has earned both adoration and criticism.\n\nShortly after her election, she drew praise for fighting to change a 181-year ban on headwear in the House, allowing her to wear a hijab for her oath of office.\n\nBut Ms Omar has also faced repeated accusations of anti-Semitism.\n\nShe was forced to apologise for a series of tweets in February that suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) was buying influence for pro-Israel policies.\n\nLawmakers on both sides of the aisle said the tweets stoked anti-Semitic tropes about Jews and money.\n\nMs Omar later released a statement \"unequivocally\" apologising for her tweets.\n\n\"Anti-Semitism is real and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes,\" Ms Omar wrote.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ilhan Omar on her journey to becoming the first Somali-American lawmaker in the US\n\nShe came under fire from conservatives again in April for comments on 9/11 that Democrats said were taken out of context.\n\nA clip of Ms Omar apparently describing 9/11 as \"some people did something\" began circulating online, and the president tweeted a video showing footage of the terrorist attacks spliced with Ms Omar's speech.\n\nThe quote was from a speech Ms Omar gave to a civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), in March. The comments in Mr Trump's video were taken from a point she made about the treatment of US Muslims in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks:\n\n\"For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I'm tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it. Cair was founded after 9/11 because they recognised that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.\"\n\nIn recent weeks, Mr Trump has focused his attacks on Ms Omar saying she \"hates Israel\" and \"hates Jews\", and suggesting she supports the jihadist group al-Qaeda.\n\nUS media reported that Mr Trump's accusations probably reference a 2013 interview where Ms Omar was discussing a college terrorism class.\n\nShe did not praise al-Quaeda in the interview. Ms Omar remarked that a professor said the names of terrorist groups with a different kind of \"intensity\" compared with the tone he used when he said \"America\" or \"England\".\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez and Ms Tlaib at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing\n\nAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, often referred to as AOC, made waves in the Democratic Party last June when she defeated political veteran and establishment favourite Joe Crowley in their party's primary in a new York district.\n\nThe 29-year-old went on to beat Republican candidate Anthony Pappas in the November mid-terms, becoming the youngest ever US congresswoman.\n\nThe freshman lawmaker was born in the Bronx, New York to parents of Puerto Rican descent. She has a degree in economics and international relations from Boston University, and worked as a community organiser, educator and bartender before deciding to run for office.\n\nSince her election, the self-described democratic socialist has become a lightning rod for the political right.\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez has not shied away from the spotlight, frequently taking to social media to hit back at Republicans, members of the media and other critics on a range of issues including immigration, poverty and race.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on detained migrants: 'The women were told to drink out of a toilet bowl'\n\nShe has earned a reputation for her impassioned testimonies at congressional hearings, which are often re-circulated among her nearly five million Twitter followers.\n\nShe has been particularly vocal in her push for environmental policy, serving as one of the sponsors of the Green New Deal resolution, which calls upon the US to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions along with other goals.\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez has also been outspoken in her criticism of the president, saying there is \"no question\" that Mr Trump is racist.\n\nAnd she recently accused Ms Pelosi of \"singling out\" new congresswomen of colour following a number of clashes over their policy stances.\n\nSocial media savvy, Ms Ocasio-Cortez inadvertently coined the term \"the squad\" after suggesting they hashtag a photoshoot image of the four of them #squadgoals.\n\nMs Tlaib and Ms Omar talk before Mr Trump's second State of the Union address\n\nMuch like the other congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib's election this November made history.\n\nThe Michigan Democrat is the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ms Tlaib is the daughter of Palestinian immigrant parents. Her grandmother still lives in the West Bank.\n\nShe was sworn into office wearing a traditional Palestinian garment stitched by her mother.\n\nMs Tlaib also joined Ms Omar as one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to serve in Congress.\n\nThe eldest of 14 siblings, Ms Tlaib became the first member of her family to graduate from high school, and then from college and law school.\n\nSince assuming office, Ms Tlaib has been an outspoken critic of the president. She courted controversy when she used explicit language when calling for the president's impeachment.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rashida Tlaib This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Tlaib was unapologetic about the furore incited by her remark, tweeting that she would \"always speak truth to power\".\n\nAfter his twitter storm, she said Mr Trump was \"biggest bully I've ever had to deal with in my lifetime\", and said his attacks were a \"distraction\" from her job of representing people in her congressional district.\n\nCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley, 45, is the first African-American woman to be elected to the US Congress from Massachusetts.\n\nBorn in Cincinnati and raised in Ohio, Ms Pressley is the only child of a single mother.\n\nAfter attending Boston University, she served as a senior aide to Congressman Joseph P Kennedy II, and worked for Senator John Kerry for 13 years.\n\nHer own political career began in 2009 when she waged a successful bid for a seat on Boston City Council, becoming the first woman of colour elected to the council in its 100-year history.\n\nSimilar to Ms Ocasio-Cortez, Ms Pressley's election to the US Congress involved a major political upset: she unseated 10-term Democratic congressman Michael Capuano in their party's primary.\n\nSince assuming office in January, Ms Pressley has been a vocal advocate of abortion rights, pushing to repeal an amendment that prevents Medicaid from covering abortions for low-income Americans.\n\nA survivor of sexual violence, Ms Pressley has also spoken up for better protections for assault victims, writing on her website that \"the people closest to the pain should be closest to the power\".\n\nShe said she could not call Mr Trump the president, only the \"occupant\" of the White House.\n\n\"He does not embody the principles, the responsibility, the grace, the integrity of a true president,\" she told CBS.", "Over the course of his career, Sir Paul McCartney has written films, oratorios, poetry collections, children's books and more than 100 hit singles.\n\nNow, at the age of 77, he has a new challenge: His first stage musical.\n\nThe star is working on an adaptation of Frank Capra's classic It's A Wonderful Life, the story of a suicidal man saved by his guardian angel.\n\nSir Paul, who was four when the film was released in 1946, called it \"a universal story we can all relate to\".\n\nThe musical is set to debut in \"late 2020\", according to producer Bill Kenwright, whose previous credits include the West End show Blood Brothers and the touring version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.\n\nLee Hall, who wrote Billy Elliot and the recent Elton John biopic Rocketman, is penning the script and collaborating with Sir Paul on the lyrics.\n\n\"It's A Wonderful Life is my favourite film,\" said the Tony Award-winner. \"It has absolutely everything - comedy, pathos and a rare humanity which has touched generation after generation.\n\n\"To give it a life on the stage is an immense privilege in itself, but to do with Paul McCartney is off the scale.\n\n\"Paul's wit, emotional honesty and melodic brilliance brings a whole new depth and breadth to the classic tale. I feel as if an angel must be looking after me.\"\n\nThe beloved film starred James Stewart as George Bailey. Karolyn Grimes played Zuzu, his daughter.\n\nThis is not the first time that Capra's Oscar-nominated film has been turned into a musical.\n\nAn ill-fated adaptation was staged in the US in 1986, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler On The Roof) and music by Joe Raposo, a composer on the TV show Sesame Street, where he wrote C Is For Cookie and Sing - which was later covered by the Carpenters.\n\nInitially performed at the University of Michigan, it suffered repeated delays arising from a dispute over the rights to the story upon which the film was based, Philip Van Doren Stern's novella The Greatest Gift.\n\nBy the time the first professional production was staged, in 1991, Raposo had died of cancer. A 2006 off-Broadway revival received mixed reviews, with the New York Times criticising changes to the film's plot, and the show's lack of \"emotional punch.\"\n\nReviewer Anita Gates concluded: \"It used to be A Wonderful Life\".\n\nA more recent adaptation, by Keith Ferguson and Bruce Greer, still tours churches and schools around the US.\n\nBill Kenwright says he harboured ambitions to turn the film into a musical long before either of the US productions took shape, writing to director Frank Capra to seek permission at the very start of his career.\n\nDespite receiving a \"lovely handwritten letter by reply,\" his approach was turned down. Decades later, he was offered the rights \"out of the blue\" and approached Sir Paul to see if he'd be interested in writing the music.\n\n\"Like many of these things this all started with an email,\" said the former Beatle.\n\n\"Writing a musical is not something that had ever really appealed to me but Bill and I met up with Lee Hall and had a chat and I found myself thinking this could be interesting and fun.\"\n\n\"The songs take you somewhere you don't expect to go. They sound simple - but it's deceptive. That's Paul's genius.\"\n\nStarring James Stewart and Donna Reed, It's A Wonderful Life struggled at the box office upon release in 1946.\n\nHowever, it went on to become a beloved Christmas staple and has been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made.\n\nSir Paul's music has frequently been used on stage, notably in Cirque Du Soleil's ambitious Beatles show, Love.\n\nThe star also wrote a movie musical, Give My Regards to Broad Street, which was savaged by critics upon its release in 1984.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"I still have a really deep relationship with that song,\" says Gary Lightbody. \"It's a beautiful moment every time you play it.\"\n\nSnow Patrol's ballad Chasing Cars has been crowned the most-played song of the 21st Century on UK radio.\n\nOriginally released in 2006, the lovestruck ballad never reached number one in the UK, but remained on the charts for more than three years.\n\nIt took up a similar residency on the airwaves, where it has become the most popular song of the last 20 years.\n\nSecond place went to Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling, while Pharrell's similarly upbeat Happy came third.\n\n\"It's unbelievable,\" Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody told the BBC. \"I'm not sure how that happened.\"\n\nAsked to explain the Chasing Cars' appeal, he said: \"It's an emotionally open song and it's a simple song. But it's also unabashedly a love song, and we don't really have any others.\n\n\"The way it unifies an audience is the thing I most cherish about it. It's a beautiful moment every time you play it.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by SnowPatrolVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThe song was taken from Snow Patrol's fourth album, Eyes Open. It was the 14th biggest-selling single of 2006, and the last song played live on Top of the Pops.\n\nLightbody was presented with a special award marking the achievement on Tuesday by music licensing body PPL, which tracks all the music played on radio and television in the UK, as it marked its 85th anniversary.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Lightbody looked back on the creation of Chasing Cars in a wine-fuelled, all-night recording session.\n\nI read that you'd written Chasing Cars in the garden of your producer's house. Is that right?\n\nYes, Jacknife Lee had a studio in the shed of his garden and we went down there with a couple of bottles of wine, and we wrote through the night.\n\nIn fact, we wrote 10 songs that night - and five of them ended up on Eyes Open, so that was pretty much half the album.\n\nNormally when you listen back to the music you wrote after a few glasses of wine, you go, 'Ah well, better luck next time'. But that particular evening, [we] gathered a lot of good stuff.\n\nSo what was in the air that night?\n\nI'm not sure. We were writing a Snow Patrol record, but we were also tasked with writing some songs for some other people - so that might have taken some pressure off. But by the next morning, none of those songs were going to anybody else, that's for sure!\n\nWho might have recorded Chasing Cars if you hadn't kept it?\n\nOh, I'm not going to tell you that! That's not fair!\n\nLightbody received his award from PPL boss Peter Leathem on Tuesday night\n\nEveryone knows the \"If I just lay here\" part. Had you written that lyric before the session?\n\nNo, it came spontaneously. The lyrics for that song all came that night. They just came out onto the page. And that's how I used to write - with just a flow. They would generally just sort of come out, and I wouldn't edit, for better or worse.\n\nSo with Chasing Cars, it was just what was happening at that moment in my life. I was in love. So it was a true, true representation of what was going on.\n\nI guess that's the secret. It's real emotion, with no filter and no censorship.\n\nYeah, yeah, that's very well put. It was as spontaneous a song as I've ever written. There's very few that were written so quickly.\n\nThat's why trying to like follow up or trying to like recreate a hit like that is a fool's errand. It's just never going to work that way again, because it's just about the magic that's in the air, the environment, the mood that you're in that day. All the chemistry comes together in that moment, and it can't be recreated.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by PharrellWilliamsVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nLet's look at the other songs in this chart... Chasing Cars beat I Gotta Feeling and Pharrell's Happy. What do you make of those songs?\n\nI mean, it would seem that there's a pattern in there, and that pattern has nothing to do with Chasing Cars. They're very upbeat songs that are giving an audience permission to kind of jump up and down and be happy. Whereas Chasing Cars is a little bit more reflective. But it's good company to be in, because those songs have been absolutely dominant.\n\nPeople always say that writing a hit Christmas song is like a retirement plan... So is this song your retirement plan?\n\nNo! I don't have a retirement plan. I never thought about retiring. I'm always going to be writing songs.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nOr if you'd like to share your memories of listening to Chasing Cars email them tohaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nYou can also contact us in the following ways:\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe killing of an elderly couple in their home by a man with severe mental health issues could have been avoided, a report has found.\n\nMichael and Marjorie Cawdery, both 83, were attacked by Thomas Scott McEntee in Portadown, County Armagh, in 2017.\n\nAn independent panel, appointed by health authorities to investigate the deaths, has completed its work.\n\nThe Health and Social Care (HSC) system said it would learn from the \"tragic incident\".\n\nThe investigation found that McEntee's actions on the day the Cawderys died occurred in \"the context of a significant deterioration\" in his mental health.\n\nIt concluded that the deaths \"could not have been predicted but could have been avoided\".\n\nA HSC spokesperson said it would work to reduce the risk of something similar happening in the future.\n\nMcEntee was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing the couple\n\nThe couple's son-in-law Charles Little said it was \"shattering\" for the family to hear that the deaths were avoidable.\n\n\"We are also very angry that the Southern Health and Social Care Trust and the Health and Social Care Board have taken two years and two months to come to a conclusion that was obvious to the family by the end of June 2017,\" he added.\n\nIn June 2018, McEntee, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison.\n\nThe court case heard that authorities missed chances to take him off the streets.\n\nMcEntee had been causing a public nuisance in Warrenpoint, County Down, the day before the killings.\n\nPolice then took him to Newry train station, where McEntee said he planned to travel to Lurgan, County Armagh.\n\nHowever, he did not board a train and instead broke into a garage in nearby Derrybeg Lane.\n\nThe next morning, police received reports about McEntee walking naked along the road between Bessbrook and Newry.\n\nHe was taken to the nearby Daisy Hill Hospital but was not admitted.\n\nMcEntee left hospital and attacked the Cawdreys in their home nearby\n\nInstead he was taken to Craigavon Area Hospital in an ambulance, with a police escort.\n\nWhile waiting to be assessed in the emergency department, he got up and left.\n\nA short time later, McEntee was in the Cawdery's home, which is near the hospital.\n\nThey died in what the court case heard was a sustained, frenzied and gratuitous attack, which included the use of six knives.\n\nAn independent panel was appointed to conduct a level three serious adverse incident (SAI) review and the findings were recently shared with the Cawdery family.\n\nMr Little said his family was \"broadly content\" with the investigation's conclusion.\n\nBut he added mental health patients need to be handled \"carefully\".\n\n\"The fact that the incident could not be predicted is no defence - it is the very unpredictability of behaviour of those mental health patients who lead chaotic lifestyles that means they must be handled very carefully if they are to remain in the community.\"\n\nThe HSC said it would consider the report and involve the family in the process.\n\n\"We fully recognise the enormous distress that the families affected by this tragedy have suffered and we would unreservedly apologise for this,\" it added.", "Deaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids like oxycodone fell by 14.5%\n\nDrug overdose deaths in the US have fallen for the first time since 1999, according to preliminary official data.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures showed a drop of 5.1% in 2018 from the year before.\n\nHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said this was down to a decline in deaths linked to opioids.\n\nUS efforts \"to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working,\" he said in a statement, although he added the issue \"will not be solved overnight\".\n\nThe US is in the midst of an opioid crisis, with hundreds of thousands thought to have died over the last few decades.\n\nFatal drug overdose numbers rose every year from 1999 to 2017, including a sharp spike between 2014 and 2017.\n\nExperts partially blame the overprescription of powerful and addictive painkillers for the epidemic.\n\nThe CDC research shows that an estimated 68,557 people died in 2018, down from 72,224 people in 2017.\n\nDeaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids - painkillers like morphine, codeine and oxycodone - fell by 14.5%, the sharpest drop for any drug category.\n\nHowever, those linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl still rose. Fentanyl is said to be up to 100 times stronger than morphine and has flooded the illegal US drugs market.\n\nThe numbers of deaths attributed to cocaine and methamphetamine also rose in 2018.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Lives are being saved, and we're beginning to win the fight against this crisis,\" Mr Azar's statement said, praising efforts by the Trump administration and community efforts across the US for the shift.\n\nBut while he described the decline as \"encouraging\", Mr Azar said \"by no means have we declared victory against the epidemic or addiction in general\".\n\n\"This crisis developed over two decades and it will not be solved overnight.\"\n\nThe Washington Post reports that the biggest US drug companies gave out 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills between 2006 and 2012.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. May and Corbyn both went on the attack in relation to their anti-racism records\n\nTheresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed over their anti-racism records after the prime minister demanded an apology for anti-Semitism in Labour.\n\nMrs May said it was a \"disgrace\" Mr Corbyn had \"dodged his responsibility\" for tackling anti-Jewish prejudice.\n\nThe Labour leader insisted he was \"dealing\" with the issue.\n\nAnd he said the PM should reflect on the impact of her own \"hostile\" immigration policies and her party's problems with Islamophobia.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, more than 60 Labour peers put their names to an advert in the Guardian accusing Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism.\n\nThe signatories, who make up about a third of Labour members in the Lords, said the leader was presiding over a \"toxic culture\".\n\nBrandishing a copy of the advert at Prime Minister's Questions, Mrs May said he could not \"parade himself as the champion of the people and the defender of equality and fairness\" until he apologised for his failure to get to grips with the problem of anti-Semitism.\n\n\"The person who has been dodging his responsibility is the right honourable gentleman,\" she said. \"The real disgrace is his handling of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.\"\n\nIn response, Mr Corbyn said he would \"deal with any racism\" in his party and \"looked forward\" to Mrs May doing the same with allegations of Islamophobia in the Tories.\n\n\"This party totally opposes racism in any form whatsoever. Anti-Semitism has no place in our society or any of our parties and no place in any of our dialogue,\" he said.\n\nAlthough it was a bit of a cheek for Theresa May to lean over the despatch box and demand her opponent apologise, it does point to the fact that the anti-Semitism crisis in Labour has become a Jeremy Corbyn crisis.\n\nThis morning some Labour MPs were saying they wanted Mr Corbyn to go in front of a Jewish audience and apologise for his personal failure to tackle anti-Semitism.\n\nThe response of Team Corbyn has so far been to denounce such people as political malcontents seeking to damage his leadership.\n\nBut interestingly John McDonnell, a key ally of Mr Corbyn, said maybe the party ought to listen to some of the views of these critical peers and incorporate them into future recommendations.\n\nYou begin to wonder if the pressure is now becoming so intense that merely circling the wagons and denouncing critics as traitors is no longer sufficient.\n\nHe said Mrs May should reflect on the impact of her immigration policies when she was home secretary and the failings in the treatment of the families of Windrush settlers.\n\n\"Coming from a prime minister who encouraged the hostile environment, sent 'go home' vans around London and deported British citizens, I think she might look to her own party's and government's records as well.\"\n\nThe advert signed by 60 Labour peers, that appeared in Wednesday's Guardian\n\nLabour has been engulfed in a long-running dispute over anti-Semitism, which has seen nine MPs and three peers leave the party.\n\nLast week, the BBC's Panorama revealed claims from a number of former party officials that some of Mr Corbyn's closest allies tried to interfere in disciplinary processes involving allegations of anti-Semitism.\n\nAs well as calls for an investigation into the claims made in the programme, the Labour leadership is also under pressure to adopt an independent complaints process.\n\nIn the Guardian on Wednesday, the peers said Mr Corbyn had failed to accept responsibility for \"allowing anti-Semitism to grow in our party\".\n\n\"The Labour Party welcomes everyone irrespective of race, creed, age, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Except, it seems, Jews,\" the advert said.\n\n\"This is your legacy Mr Corbyn,\" it added. \"Labour is no longer a safe place for all members and supporters,\" it said.\n\nAbout a dozen of the signatories are former ministers who served in the last Labour government - including Peter Mandelson, Beverley Hughes and John Reid.\n\nThose who signed make up about a third of the Labour members of the House of Lords.\n\nShadow Chancellor John McDonnell hit back, saying the letter was \"completely inaccurate\".\n\nHe said some people wanted to use the issue as a \"political weapon\" - but he was focussed on sorting the issue.\n\nWhen the Panorama documentary aired, a Labour spokesman said the former employees who had talked to the BBC were \"disaffected\", and included some officials \"who have always opposed Jeremy Corbyn's leadership\".\n\nBut more than 200 current and former staff wrote to Mr Corbyn to say the party had treated whistleblowers in an \"appalling and hypocritical\" way, and that the \"moral responsibility\" for the anti-Semitism crisis lay with the party's leader.\n\nIn February Labour released figures showing that the party received 673 accusations of anti-Semitism by Labour members between April 2018 and January 2019. However the scale of the issue remains disputed.\n\nMeanwhile, there have been calls for the Conservatives to commission an independent inquiry into claims of Islamophobia by its members.\n\nEarlier in the leadership contest, Home Secretary Sajid Javid pressed his rivals to sign up for one during a head-to-head debate.\n\nTory chairman Brandon Lewis has also refused to say how many complaints the party has received about Islamophobia, but he has insisted the numbers were \"very, very small\".\n\nCorrection 23rd July 2019: An earlier version of this article inaccurately said that Labour has never confirmed the number of anti-Semitism cases it is investigating and this has been amended to confirm that the party did release figures for a 10 month period in 2018/19.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The House of Lords has backed an attempt to prevent a future prime minister suspending Parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe measure will now go to MPs for a vote on Thursday, after peers defeated the government by 272 votes to 169.\n\nTory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson has not ruled out suspending Parliament to ensure the UK could leave by 31 October, even without a deal.\n\nLabour said suspension would be \"constitutionally improper\".\n\nMr Johnson's leadership rival, Jeremy Hunt, has ruled it out.\n\nIf the 31 October deadline is reached without a deal being agreed, the UK will leave the EU without one.\n\nMPs have consistently voted against this option, but the prime minister could try to get around that by closing Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to Brexit day, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nThe Lords cross-party measure to prevent a suspension came in the form of an amendment to a bill on restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland.\n\nLast week, MPs amended the bill to require ministers to give fortnightly reports to Parliament throughout October on progress to restore devolution.\n\nThe hope of those behind that amendment was that it would make it more difficult for Parliament to be shut down.\n\nThe latest move by peers is designed to strengthen that position, by making sure the fortnightly reports would have to be physically debated in the Commons and therefore it could not be suspended.\n\nThe amendment will have to be approved by MPs on Thursday in order to make it into the final version of the bill.\n\nFormer independent reviewer of terrorism legislation Lord Anderson said it would require Parliament to sit at specified intervals between September and December.\n\nAlso backing the move, Labour peer Lord Goldsmith said suspending - or proroguing - Parliament to push through no deal would be \"a very bad idea\".\n\n\"It's Parliament who ensures we remain a free land - that is how we do our democracy. To allow that to be set aside would be wrong,\" he added.\n\nGovernment minister Lord Duncan of Springbank opposed the amendment, arguing it would send a message that peers can \"use Northern Ireland for different purposes when we choose to do so\".\n\nAlso opposing the move, Conservative peer Lord True said Mr Johnson had \"never said\" he would suspend Parliament, and \"outrage\" about the possibility of this occurring has been \"got up\" by \"Remainers\".\n\nFormer Tory prime minister John Major has said he would seek a judicial review in the courts if the new prime minister tried to suspend Parliament.\n\nCampaigner Gina Miller has threatened the same action.\n\nTory MP Sir Oliver Letwin, who opposes a no-deal Brexit, has warned that any attempt to do so is likely to end up in the Supreme Court.\n• None What would change with a no-deal Brexit?", "Hashem Abedi was arrested in Tripoli by members of the Rada Special Deterrence Force a day after the attack\n\nThe younger brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi is to appear in court charged with murdering the 22 victims of the attack, police say.\n\nHashem Abedi, 22, was detained in Libya shortly after the May 2017 suicide bombing in which hundreds were injured.\n\nHe was extradited earlier, and arrested by British officers upon his arrival in the UK, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nMr Abedi will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday, the force said.\n\nPolice said prosecutors had authorised them to bring charges against Mr Abedi in respect of:\n\nLibyan authorities handed Mr Abedi over to British police officers, who escorted him on a flight which left Mitiga Airport, near Tripoli, at 10:30 BST.\n\nThe university engineering student, who was born in Manchester, was transferred to a police station in London upon his arrival in the UK.\n\nFamilies of the victims and survivors were the first to be informed of the developments, police said.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Eilidh MacLeod, Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nBoth brothers travelled to Libya in April 2017, before Salman Abedi returned alone to carry out the attack on 22 May.\n\nTwenty-two people died in the bombing while a total of 112 needed hospital treatment after the attack.\n\nGMP was granted a warrant for Mr Abedi's arrest in November 2017.\n\nA Libyan court had previously agreed to extradite Mr Abedi to the UK because he is a British citizen but the extradition process was delayed by fighting in Libya.\n\nHashem Abedi was transferred to a police station in London upon his arrival in the UK\n\nThis has meant the inquests into the deaths of the 22 victims were delayed, with family members told that the full hearings were not likely to begin until April 2020 at the earliest.\n\nNo-one has previously been charged over the Manchester Arena attack despite police raids after the bombing.\n\nA 2018 report said 23 people arrested in the UK were all released without charge.\n\nAbout 14,000 people were at the Manchester Arena for a concert when Salman Abedi, pictured, detonated a device\n\nMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said it was \"right and proper\" that those affected by the \"appalling\" attack will be able \"to see a judicial process on British soil\".\n\n\"Today is an important day in the recovery process for our city,\" he added.", "The protesters held a meeting to decide whether to stay on Castle Street or move\n\nClimate change protesters have ended a protest which involved blocking one of Cardiff's main thoroughfares since Monday.\n\nMembers of Extinction Rebellion voted to move their boat from Castle Street to City Hall and the road has reopened.\n\nThe group held a symbolic clean up at the site before they left.\n\nThey apologised for the inconvenience caused over the three days but said it \"achieved mass public awareness\" adding they were meeting with AMs later.\n\n\"Over just a few days of this bold action we have achieved mass public awareness and discussion, numerous media headlines, supportive statements from politicians,\" an Extinction Rebellion Cymru statement said.\n\nThe group, which has a camp set up at City Hall, said it will decide what the next steps will be at that location, but added the disruption caused was necessary.\n\n\"Not everyone will agree that this disruption is justified or necessary, but we truly believe it is,\" the statement said.\n\n\"Climate change and the current catastrophic loss of wildlife present a genuine threat to our civilisation which we must address immediately.\"\n\nEarlier, Insp Reg Martin from South Wales Police told the crowd the force would prefer them to move.\n\n\"You have taken this street for two-and-a-half days and in terms of public support, because of the disruption to the public, it's better to move sooner rather than later,\" he said.\n\nThe green boat which was in the middle of the street since Monday was towed to City Hall on Wednesday afternoon\n\n\"We've had some different threats to protest sites... there are individuals in the community [who] are opposed to this for whatever reason and clearly your public safety and protection is vitally important to us.\"\n\nHe said the disruption was \"escalating as time goes by\" adding: \"We would rather you were to leave this location in a dignified manner.\"\n\nSouth Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael had said police got the balance right in handling the protest.\n\nHe told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers: \"The balance is the protection of the right to peaceful protest and, on the other hand, not allowing things to go too far in terms of disrupting the lives of ordinary people.\"\n\nHe said he had received \"feedback\" from \"some people who are quite angry\" while others said it was \"a very important issue\".\n\nThe protest has now moved to City Hall and roads have reopened\n\nLabour AM Mick Antoniw met with protesters outside City Hall.\n\n\"We declared a climate emergency in the assembly and we've got to turn it into action,\" the Pontypridd AM said. \"These people here are doing that.\n\n\"I'm 65 this year, it's my generation that have screwed it up and so the protestors have got every right to complain. It's their future.\n\n\"These protests are our environmental conscience. It's one thing to declare a climate emergency. It's another thing to put it into action.\"\n\nHe added: \"I will be speaking with [first minister] Mark Drakeford about some of the issues raised with me here.\n\n\"Our biggest decision was not to proceed with the M4 relief road... That shows a significant recognition by the Welsh Government that business as usual is no longer possible.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The BBC's director general has claimed the Conservative government went \"nuclear\" by telling the corporation to take responsibility for free TV licences for over-75s.\n\nThe BBC announced last month that most over-75s would lose free licences.\n\nThe BBC took on the policy \"really unwillingly\" but had \"no choice\", Tony Hall told MPs on the House of Commons culture select committee.\n\nThe decision was made in negotiations with the government in 2015.\n\nLord Hall said the first he knew about the decision was when then-Culture Secretary John Whittingdale called him to say he had \"lost the argument\" and that the BBC would have to take over free TV licences for over-75s.\n\n\"At which point I said, 'Well, that's nuclear.' And I then laid out the consequences of that decision.\"\n\nLord Hall said future negotiations over the licence fee should take place \"in plain sight\"\n\nHe said he told the government at the time that the policy would need to be cut in some way, and that the government didn't seek a guarantee that it would be protected.\n\nAfter a consultation, the BBC has now decided to revoke free TV licences for all over-75s, except those claiming the pension credit benefit. That has proved controversial, with more than 600,000 people signing a petition calling for the government to restore funding.\n\nIn a sometimes tetchy hearing, Conservative MP Julian Knight accused Lord Hall of \"whingeing\", suggesting he had misjudged his negotiations with politicians at the time.\n\nThe corporation won certain other agreements from the government - including an extended charter period, an increase in the licence fee, no longer paying for broadband roll-out, and plugging a loophole that meant people could watch the iPlayer without a TV licence.\n\nCommittee chairman Damian Collins, also a Conservative MP, suggested those deals were worth \"about £700m\", adding: \"It seems you're net gainers from this process.\"\n\nDame Helen Mirren and Sir Lenny Henry signed an open letter calling for the move to be reversed\n\nThe corporation has said keeping free licences for all over-75s would cost £745m, a fifth of the BBC's annual budget, by 2021/22.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Lenny Henry were among a host of celebrities to sign an open letter calling on the next prime minister to go back to the pre-2015 set-up.\n\nThe Conservative Party included a pledge to continue free TV licences for over-75s in its manifesto for the 2017 general election - after power for the concession had passed to the BBC in law.\n\nLord Hall told MPs he wrote to the government after the election to ask \"quite why the manifesto didn't reflect the powers that they had given to us, and I don't have a satisfactory answer\".\n\nHe added: \"It seemed, at best, odd to us that you had a manifesto commitment that was completely at odds with what the law had just determined was the case.\"\n\nLicence fee negotiations should not happen at such speed behind closed doors in the future, Lord Hall said.\n\n\"I feel very, very strongly that this mustn't happen again,\" he said. \"It happened in 2010 over a period of a few days, behind closed doors, and it happened again in 2015.\n\n\"I think when it comes to 2021, next time it's negotiated, it needs to be in plain sight with parliamentary involvement in a way that allows proper debate to take place.\"\n\nA government statement said it was \"very disappointed\" with the BBC's decision to change licence fee arrangements.\n\n\"We've been clear that we want and expect the BBC to continue this concession,\" it said. \"People across the country value television as a way to stay connected, and we want the BBC to look at further ways to support older people.\n\n\"Taxpayers want to see the BBC using its substantial licence fee income in an appropriate way to ensure it delivers for UK audiences, which includes showing restraint on salaries for senior staff.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Rescuers are relying on human chains of volunteers\n\nA human chain of rescuers is searching for survivors a day after a building collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, killing 13 people and trapping dozens.\n\nOfficials say rescue efforts have been hampered by a warren of old streets which prevent access by heavy vehicles.\n\nRescuers are hopeful of finding more people alive. A woman was saved on Wednesday but her two children died.\n\nSuch disasters are not uncommon in Mumbai, which has thousands of old, dilapidated buildings.\n\nRescuers are facing a huge challenge because Dongri - in the south of the city, where the building was located - is a web of cramped, narrow lanes, hemmed in by run-down buildings.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Volunteers searching for survivors formed a human chain and rescued a little girl\n\nOfficials say fire crews and ambulances could not even reach the site because the lane was too narrow. So a chain of fire-fighters, municipal workers and local volunteers has been ferrying rescue materials to the building and carrying away the injured and the dead.\n\n\"Tandel street, where the building stood, is so narrow that only one person can walk through it comfortably at a time,\" says BBC Marathi's Mayuresh Konnur.\n\nRescuers worked through much of the night looking for people trapped by the debris. At least 10 other people were injured in the collapse and are in hospital.\n\nOn Tuesday, fire-fighters were retrieving a body from the under the rubble when they discovered an outstretched hand. That's how they found and saved 23-year-old Zinat Salmani and her daughter. She was trapped under an iron beam, wooden doors and a gas cylinder. They are now recovering in hospital.\n\nAnother woman, Alima Indrasi, 28, was pulled to safety on Wednesday. \"She has sustained injuries but is undergoing treatment,\" National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) spokesman Sachidanand Gawde told AFP. He said her two children had not survived.\n\nSome 15 families were living in the Kesarbai building when it came down early on Tuesday, police said.\n\nPeer Mohammed, who lives in the building next door, says he heard a huge sound about 11:40 local time (06:10 GMT).\n\n\"I ran outside and saw that people were stuck under the rubble. We rescued four people, but many others are still trapped, \" he told BBC Marathi's Janhavee Moole.\n\nTwo of Mr Mohammed's relatives - his brother and his brother's daughter-in-law - died in the accident. Two other members of his family were injured.\n\nMr Mohammed, his family and his neighbours - many of whom live in Dongri's crumbling buildings - want to know who will be held responsible.\n\nState housing minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil says there will be an inquiry into what caused the building to collapse and \"strict action\" will be taken against any officials who were found responsible for negligence.\n\nThe Kesarbai building is reportedly 100 years old.\n\nWhile the cause in this particular instance still remains unclear, Mumbai administrators say the building's owners added a section to the original structure illegally, without securing the necessary permits.\n\nThis, they say, is the part that collapsed, while the original building is largely still standing.\n\nThe ANI news agency has since shared a 2017 official notice from the Maharashtra housing and area development authority asking residents to evacuate the building for demolition.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Officials estimate around 2,000 people in India die each year when buildings collapse\n\nMr Mohammed confirms that such a notice was indeed issued in 2017. \"But we need somewhere else to stay. We need help or where will we go with our family?\"\n\nThis is a familiar story. Some 14,000 of Mumbai's buildings are more than 70-80 years old. And they are especially vulnerable during the monsoon season, between June and September.\n\nAnd dozens of them have collapsed in recent years, often during the monsoon season.\n\nBut occupants refuse to leave despite the threat of demolition or a possible collapse. Many of them have been living in the same place for generations and have nowhere else to go.\n\n\"Some provision should be made for maintaining old buildings,\" says Harshad Bhatia, an architect and town planner. He says many old buildings have been declared \"heritage\" structures, increasing the bureaucratic hurdles standing in the way of renovation.\n\nHe adds that due to an archaic law which limits raising rents, owners cannot afford to invest in the upkeep of their buildings.", "For the first time, the BBC can show footage of the moment unarmed officers and members of the public came face to face with the three London Bridge attackers.\n\nThe footage was filmed by Paul Clarke, a member of the public who was at the scene of the attack.\n\nKhuram Butt, Rachid Redouane, and Youssef Zaghba ploughed into pedestrians on the bridge before stabbing people at Borough Market. They killed eight people before they were shot dead by firearms officers.\n\nThis video was shown at both the inquest into the victims' deaths, and the inquest into the attackers' deaths which concluded that the three attackers were lawfully killed by the police.", "Blaenymaes is among the most deprived areas in Swansea, according to the 2014 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation\n\nAlmost two-thirds of teachers at schools that have trialled Wales' new curriculum feel it will not benefit poorer pupils, a survey has suggested.\n\nOnly 30% of 600 teachers at \"pioneer schools\" surveyed by Cardiff University thought it would be beneficial.\n\nHowever, 64% of 204 teachers at schools with higher numbers of deprived pupils felt it would help them.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams said the new curriculum would \"make learning relevant to them\".\n\nThe new curriculum focuses on six areas including maths and numeracy, languages, literacy and communication, and expressive arts.\n\nIt is out to consultation until 19 July, with the final version due to be published in January ahead of a 2022 rollout in primary schools, followed four years later in secondary schools.\n\nNigel Newton from the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research at Cardiff University told BBC Eye On Wales: \"This is shocking. What we don't want is for there to be a situation in 10 years' time, where pupils in some schools leave just not knowing the things other pupils know.\n\n\"This new curriculum could actually exacerbate the segregation within schools between different groups of pupils.\"\n\nLast year there were almost 65,000 children aged five to 15 in Wales on free school meals\n\nOnly 32% of pupils eligible for free school meals achieve five or more GCSEs at grade C or above - including English and maths - compared to 64% of those who are not eligible.\n\nPupil development grants were introduced in 2016, giving schools extra funds based on the numbers of pupils they take in with free school meals.\n\nMs Williams said: \"I don't think the size of your parents' pay cheque should determine your educational destiny and we have to take steps to address that.\"\n\nDr Newton said evidence showed engaging parents, supporting transition from primary to secondary school and moving away from setting pupils by ability could help close the attainment gap.\n\nBut he added: \"Yet when we asked teachers in pioneer schools, those things were not forefront of their minds. They weren't planning. And that's worrying, because without planning and forethought, those things won't happen.\"\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams said the new curriculum was about \"raising aspirations, supporting teaching and developing excellence in our classrooms\"\n\nMark Dennis, who teaches at Blaenymaes Primary School in Swansea said: \"If we're going to close the gap, now is the time with the new curriculum, to think why is the gap there, why hasn't what we've done before worked to close that gap, and what can we do now to make a difference.\n\nDale Duddridge, a teacher at Maesteg Comprehensive School in Bridgend county, said: \"I think it can be a dangerous notion to think that schools will use this curriculum as an excuse to dumb down and have lower aspirations for children from deprived areas. I passionately believe the opposite will happen.\"", "The Netflix hit Stranger Things has just begun a third series\n\nNetflix added fewer paid subscribers than expected in the last three months, with the streaming service blaming price rises.\n\nShares in the company sank 10% after Netflix added 2.7 million new customers worldwide in the April-June period, well below expectations.\n\n\"Our missed forecast was across all regions, but slightly more so in regions with price increases,\" it said.\n\nIt comes as competition increases from rivals such as Walt Disney and Apple.\n\nThe company, behind such hits at The Crown and Orange is the New Black, said in its statement: \"We don't believe competition was a factor since there wasn't a material change in the competitive landscape during [the second quarter] and competitive intensity and our penetration is varied across regions,\" the company said.\n\nThe additional 2.7 million subscribers fell far short of analysts' estimates of about five million.\n\n\"While our US paid membership was essentially flat in Q2, we expect it to return to more typical growth in Q3, and are seeing that in these early weeks of Q3,\" Netflix said.\n\nHowever, that failed to calm investors, who in after-hours trading on Wall Street bailed out of a stock that had risen by almost 35% so far this year.\n\nNetflix will be losing some of its hit shows such as Friends to rival platforms being launched in the coming months, but argued that it will make up for that with original content.\n\n\"Much of our domestic, and eventually global, Disney catalogue, as well as Friends, The Office, and some other licensed content will wind down over the coming years, freeing up budget for more original content,\" the company said in its statement.\n\n\"From what we've seen in the past when we drop strong catalogue content... our members shift over to enjoying our other great content.\"\n\nNet income fell to $270m in the second quarter ending 30 June, from $384m a year earlier. Total revenue rose to $4.92bn from $3.91bn.\n\nNicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Netflix could face tougher challenges as competition from rival streaming services intensifies.\n\n\"The performance in the next two quarters will be crucial. Fending off the likes of Disney and Apple with one hand while scooping in new customers with the other is a big ask,\" he said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michel Barnier says Theresa May and her ministers never threatened to leave without a deal during negotiations\n\nThe UK will have to \"face the consequences\" if it opts to leave without a deal, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator has said.\n\nMichel Barnier told BBC Panorama the thrice-rejected agreement negotiated by Theresa May was the \"only way to leave the EU in an orderly manner\".\n\nHe also insisted Mrs May and her ministers \"never\" told him during Brexit talks she might opt for no deal.\n\nPublicly, Mrs May has always insisted no deal is better than a bad deal.\n\nMeanwhile, the Office for Budget Responsibility has said the UK will fall into recession next year if there is a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe fiscal watchdog said economic growth would fall by 2% by the end of 2020 if it left the bloc without an agreement.\n\nIn his first UK broadcast interview - conducted in May before the start of the Conservative leadership contest - Mr Barnier was asked what would happen if the UK \"just tore up the membership card\" for the EU.\n\n\"The UK will have to face the consequences,\" he replied.\n\nAsked whether the UK had ever genuinely threatened to leave in such a way with no deal, Mr Barnier said: \"I think that the UK side, which is well informed and competent and knows the way we work on the EU side, knew from the very beginning that we've never been impressed by such a threat.\n\n\"It's not useful to use it.\"\n\nPanorama: Britain's Brexit Crisis will be broadcast on Thursday at 21:00 BST.\n\nConservative Party leadership contender Jeremy Hunt told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the fact the EU \"never believed that no deal was a credible threat\" was \"one of our mistakes in the last two years\".\n\nHe said while there will be economic consequences to no deal, \"we are much better prepared for no deal than we were before\".\n\nHe said the issue of the Northern Ireland border could be solved with \"existing technology\" and the controversial Irish backstop, which aims to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, \"isn't going to happen\".\n\nFormer Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, a key figure in Boris Johnson's leadership campaign, accused Mr Barnier of trying to \"threaten\" the UK.\n\nHe said Mr Barnier's remarks were an indictment of Britain's negotiating strategy and showed \"how useless\" Mrs May's approach had been.\n\nLeadership frontrunner Mr Johnson was asked for an interview by Panorama, but he declined.\n\nElsewhere in the programme, Mrs May's de facto deputy David Lidington revealed that a senior EU official made a secret offer to the UK to put Brexit on hold for five years and negotiate a \"new deal for Europe\".\n\nMr Lidington said the offer was passed on in 2018 by Martin Selmayr, a senior aide to EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.\n\n\"Martin sort of said, 'Look, why don't we have a deal whereby we just put all this on ice for five years?'\n\n\"Let's see how things go, let's get the UK involved with France and Germany, let's see how the dust settles and let's talk about whether we can come to a new deal for Europe.'\"\n\nIn his own interview for the programme - also recorded in May - Mr Selmayr said he was \"very certain\" the UK was not ready to leave without a deal before the original Brexit deadline in March this year.\n\n\"We have seen what has been prepared on our side of the border for a hard Brexit. We don't see the same level of preparation on the other side of the border,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Timmermans: \"It's like Lance Corporal Jones: 'Don't panic, don't panic'... running around like idiots\"\n\nIn another interview for the programme, the EU Commission's First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, said UK ministers were \"running around like idiots\" when they arrived to negotiate Brexit in 2017.\n\nMr Timmermans said while he expected a \"Harry Potter-like book of tricks\" from ministers, instead they were like a character from from Dad's Army.\n\nIn an interview in March 2019 with the BBC's Nick Robinson, Mr Timmermans said he found it \"shocking\" how unprepared the UK team was when it began negotiations.\n\n\"We thought they are so brilliant,\" he said. \"That in some vault somewhere in Westminster there will be a Harry Potter-like book with all the tricks and all the things in it to do.\"\n\nBut after seeing the then-Brexit Secretary David Davis - who resigned over his disagreements with the deal - speaking in public, his mind changed.\n\n\"I saw him not coming, not negotiating, grandstanding elsewhere [and] I thought, 'Oh my God, they haven't got a plan, they haven't got a plan.'\n\n\"That was really shocking, frankly, because the damage if you don't have a plan...\n\n\"Time's running out and you don't have a plan. It's like Lance Corporal Jones, you know, 'Don't panic, don't panic!' Running around like idiots.\"\n\nMr Timmermans - interviewed two months before Mrs May announced her resignation - also criticised Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit negotiations from when they began.\n\n\"Perhaps I am being a bit harsh, but it is about time we became a bit harsh. I am not sure he was being genuine,\" he said.\n\n\"I have always had the impression he is playing games.\"\n\nNegotiations between the UK and EU began in 2017 after Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the Article 50 process to leave the bloc.\n\nAt the end of 2018, a withdrawal agreement was settled between the two sides and EU officials said the matter was closed.\n\nBut MPs voted against the plan three times, which led to a number of delays to the exit date - now set for 31 October.\n• None Is the EU really united over Brexit?", "Police forces were aware of older people's increasing concerns about fraud, the report found\n\nOlder people who are victims of crime are being let down by police and prosecutors in England and Wales, a report has concluded.\n\nThe joint report by two watchdogs has looked for the first time at the treatment of victims aged over 60.\n\nIt found that care was not good enough in 101 of the 192 cases examined.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service said it accepted the findings. The College of Policing said it aimed to improve the protection of vulnerable people.\n\nThe report highlighted \"grave\" concerns regarding safeguarding measures and said: \"Much work is needed\".\n\nInspectors found 153 cases in England and Wales where a safeguarding referral should have been made by police to the local council.\n\nBut there were no such referrals in about half (77) of the incidents.\n\nPolice forces in Greater Manchester, North Wales, Dorset, Humberside, Cambridgeshire and Gloucestershire were examined for the report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI).\n\nThe report said: \"Crime against older people isn't well understood, despite the vulnerability of older people and the importance that society attaches to looking after people in their old age.\"\n\nAlthough police forces recognised fraud was an \"increasingly common concern\" for older victims, forces had only a \"superficial\" understanding of other problems, the report added.\n\nOfficers struggled to deal with the complex needs of older people and did not always take measures to keep them safe after they had reported a crime, the report found. Referrals to victim support services were also branded \"too inconsistent\".\n\nIn one example, a 75-year-old man who was said to be traumatised after being attacked and threatened was not contacted by police for three weeks after reporting the crime.\n\nAnother case concerned an 83-year-old robbery victim who lived alone and had mental health problems.\n\nInspectors said he was given no opportunity to record his evidence in advance of the trial. The case was later dropped because he was unable to testify in person in court.\n\nThe College of Policing, which sets standards for the police, said it would work to improve the protection of vulnerable people, whatever their age.\n\nHM Inspector of Constabulary, Wendy Williams, said older victims of crime presented a \"unique challenge\" to police officers.\n\nA spokesperson from the CPS said it accepted all of the report's recommendations.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Jane Langford had been in a relationship with Air Commodore Christopher Green for 15 years\n\nA woman has won the right to her late partner's military pension in a landmark ruling for unmarried couples.\n\nAir Commodore Christopher Green had been in a relationship with Jane Langford, 72, for 15 years when he died unexpectedly in 2011.\n\nThe RAF pension scheme allows unmarried partners of officers to receive their pension if they die.\n\nBut Ms Langford was disqualified because she had not formally dissolved her marriage to her husband.\n\nOn Wednesday the Court of Appeal unanimously held that this rule breached Ms Langford's human rights, in a move that is likely to have far-reaching consequences for other unmarried couples in the public sector.\n\nThe rule - which was held to be unlawful in Ms Langford's case - is found in most public sector schemes, including education, the police, fire service, NHS and civil service.\n\nAnyone who has been refused a surviving partner's pension because they had not divorced an ex-partner may now be able to bring a claim, including for back payments.\n\nLord Justice McCombe said the RAF's \"broad exclusionary rule\" barring married partners from receiving such compensation was \"a sledgehammer to crack a nut\".\n\nThe judge ruled that the discrimination in the rule was \"unlawful and cannot be justified or proportionate in Ms Langford's case\".\n\nSonia Bamford from Candey Solicitors, which represented Ms Langford, said the ruling was \"a gateway to justice\" for others who had been denied pension rights following the death of a partner.\n\nAir Cdre Green was a serving officer in the RAF when he died suddenly from a heart attack.\n\nMs Langford, who lives near Reading in Berkshire, was shocked when she was told she would not be eligible for his pension. She had been estranged from her husband for 17 years.\n\nShe said she struggled to pay her mortgage and was forced to rent out part of her home while she fought for eight years for the right to Mr Green's pension.\n\n\"I can't take it in,\" Ms Langford told the BBC following the judgement. \"I can't believe it's over and the worry I've had for the last eight years is gone.\n\n\"There hasn't been much spare money. Now I can have a holiday, I can have my friends and children to stay, I can buy Christmas presents for my children.\"\n\n\"I'm so pleased if it can benefit others in a similar situation,\" she added. \"I wouldn't like to see anybody treated the way I was treated.\"\n\nThe judge accepted it was a \"legitimate aim\" of the RAF pension scheme \"to achieve parity of treatment between married and unmarried partners of scheme members\".\n\n\"But such parity is in reality achieved not by imposing restrictions based on a partner's marital status, but by requiring the demonstration of a substantial, exclusive and financially dependent relationship in practice,\" he said.\n\nMs Langford previously claimed entitlement to an armed forces pension, but her claim was dismissed by the High Court in 2015.", "A 23-year-old man from Essex who broke his neck after an accident at a Spanish water park is having surgery, his family has told Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nDavid Briffaut could be left paralysed after going on the Splash ride at Aqualandia in Benidorm.\n\nHis uncle Mark Pooley said: \"David is a wonderful young man who was enjoying an innocent day out with his girlfriend.\"\n\nAqualandia said it's \"very sad about what happened\" but added: \"The park is not responsible for the accident.\"\n\nDavid, who's from Benfleet, is on a life support machine in a Spanish hospital after breaking his neck in two places.\n\nHe went down the slide on his stomach - as you're supposed to - but lost consciousness after hitting the water in a pool at the bottom.\n\nA file picture of Splash - the white slide on the right\n\nDavid works as a green-keeper at a golf club in Essex and is a junior county golfer.\n\nHis uncle Mark told Newsbeat David had been at the water park with his girlfriend Penny Bristow to celebrate her completing her degree. They've been together for six years.\n\n\"We are praying for a miracle, but we have been told that the injuries he has sustained are very traumatic,\" Mark said.\n\n\"We cannot understand how this happened at a family tourist destination. David was behaving in the normal way, and he had not been drinking.\n\n\"We believe there should be a full investigation into the circumstances of what happened.\"\n\nA spokesperson from Aqualandia told Newsbeat: \"The ride Splash is completely safe, as are the rest of the slides at the park.\"\n\nThe park says the slides are checked by an external company every season and by staff each morning.\n\nIt also said: \"Video footage plainly shows how the 23-year-old man did not follow the guidelines for Splash. Our lifeguard team informed him of the rules of the ride and he didn't obey them.\"\n\nDavid's uncle told Newsbeat: \"We totally refute that, if you look at the video clips you see David going down the slide in a fashion that anyone would go down the slides, so that's just not true.\n\n\"David is a big guy - he's 6ft 4... but he was going down in accordance to the instructions at the top of the ride.\n\n\"It's just unbelievable he goes down the ride, there's a big splash and he ends up breaking his neck at the end,\" Mark added.\n\nDavid's mum and dad, Lorraine and Stephane, have flown to Spain to be with their son and hope to bring him home by air ambulance.\n\nThere are fears David's injuries mean he is left paraplegic - unable to use his legs\n\nThe Foreign Office said: \"Our consular staff are assisting the family of a British man hospitalised in Alicante, including by providing details of local lawyers, visiting the family at the hospital and liaising with the local authorities.\"\n\nDavid's family have set up a crowdfunding page to raise £75,000 to help pay for his care when he returns home, which has so far raised more than £33,000.\n\nHis uncle Mark added: \"We are hoping that David's travel insurance will pay for him to be flown home, but after that he faces a very uncertain future.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Captain Gennadi Kukvinov said his crew was still waiting for their wages\n\nA Russian ship detained in Leith over unpaid wages and safety issues has had fresh food delivered by a charity.\n\nThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) found \"several deficiencies\" with the Alexander Tvardovskiy ship.\n\nThe MCA also said wages had not been paid to the crew and there were other maritime labour convention issues.\n\nEmergency supplies were provided by the Apostleship of the Sea, a Catholic charity supporting sailors.\n\nEarlier, Captain Gennadi Kukvinov had said nine days had passed with no response to his pleas for supplies.\n\nHe said: \"I sent the request for food on 8 July.\n\n\"So now we have only some remainders of food.\n\n\"No fresh fruit, some pieces of meat, some pieces of bread.\"\n\nThe Alexander Tvardovskiy was built in 1995-96 and was previously flagged in Russia\n\nThe Alexander Tvardovskiy was formerly flagged in Russia but this was then changed to the Cook Islands in the South Pacific.\n\nA representative of the Cook Islands is now travelling to Scotland to try to secure the release of the cargo ship.\n\nThe International Transport Workers Federation has told BBC Scotland that the ship's captain and another senior officer are now expected to receive their pay but it is unclear when the rest of the crew will.\n\nThe owners have not responded to requests for comment.\n\nA spokesman for the MCA said: \"The vessel has been detained for non-payment of seafarers' wages and other maritime labour convention issues. This is in addition to not having a ISM and international ship security certificates onboard.\n\n\"The detention will remain in place until the seafarers wages are paid and other identified deficiencies are rectified.\"\n\nIt is not the first time the Alexander Tvardovskiy has encountered trouble in UK waters.\n\nIn August 2012 the 90m-long ship collided with dredger UKD Bluefin and another general cargo vessel, Wilson Hawk, off Immingham in North East Lincolnshire.", "Scarlett was \"bubbly, clever, lively and intelligent,\" her family said\n\nAn Indian court has convicted one of the two men charged over the rape and killing of British teenager Scarlett Keeling in Goa in 2008.\n\nThe high court in Goa found Samson D'Souza guilty of \"culpable homicide not amounting to murder\". It upheld the acquittal of Placido Carvalho.\n\nA lower court had acquitted both men in 2016 after a prolonged trial, but the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appealed against the verdict.\n\nD'Souza will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nHe was found guilty of assault, destruction of evidence and providing narcotics to Scarlett, among other charges, the Keelings' lawyer, Vikram Varma, told the BBC.\n\nScarlett's mother, Fiona MacKeown, told the BBC she was \"delighted\" by the verdict but was sorry it had taken so long for justice to be obtained for her daughter.\n\nShe said the Indian authorities had put her family \"through hell\" and her heart went out to all the other families fighting for justice for loved ones who had been murdered abroad.\n\nMs MacKeown said she had been worried there would not be enough evidence for a conviction.\n\n\"I think he murdered her but culpable homicide is very close,\" she said.\n\n\"I hope that we can all put this behind us now and get on with our lives.\"\n\nShe said she would continue to campaign for justice for other families of people murdered in Goa.\n\n\"I think that people still need to take huge precautions,\" she said of the beach destination.\n\n\"It is still not safe until the tourist murders are taken seriously.\"\n\nScarlett's bruised and partially clothed body was found on a beach in Goa in February 2008. The 15-year-old from Bideford in Devon was on a six-month \"trip of a lifetime\" to India with her family when she died.\n\nPolice in Goa initially concluded her death was accidental but, after a campaign by her family, a second post-mortem examination in March 2008 revealed she had been drugged and raped before drowning in seawater.\n\nDelays in court saw a trial start in March 2010, but a verdict was not reached until 2016.\n\nMr Carvalho and D'Souza denied all charges and were acquitted by a judge at Goa Children's Court in September 2016.\n\nSamson D'Souza (left) and Placido Carvalho were alleged to have plied Scarlett with drugs, raped her and left her unconscious\n\nScarlett's body was found on Anjuna beach just after dawn on 18 February 2008.\n\nThe family had spent two months at the Goan resort before travelling down the coast to neighbouring Karnataka - but Scarlett was allowed to return to attend a Valentine's Day beach party.\n\nShe was left in the care of 25-year-old tour guide Julio Lobo, Ms MacKeown told media outlets.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scarlett's mother Fiona McKeown showed the BBC's Justin Rowlatt where she found her daughter's clothes two days after she died\n\n\"That's the last memory I have of her, squealing and being excited because I said yes,\" Ms MacKeown said.\n\n\"I have to live with that every day that I let her go.\"\n\nTwo days after Scarlett's body was discovered, her mother found her sandals, pants and shorts close to the beach.\n\n\"There was no investigation,\" she said at the time.\n\nScarlett's body was found on Anjuna beach in Goa\n\nTraces of cocaine, ecstasy and LSD were found in her system and she suffered 50 separate injuries in the attack, the court heard.\n\nThe case was taken up by India's Central Bureau of Investigation and D'Souza and Mr Carvalho were arrested in March 2008.\n\nThe prosecution alleged the men were working at a beach-side shack near where Scarlett's body was found, had plied her with drugs and then attacked her.\n\nIt took two years for the trial to begin, in March 2010. With 72 witnesses to be called, the court case was expected to last a year - but prosecutor SR Rivonkar resigned the following February, causing further delays.\n\nBy December 2013, 30 witnesses had given evidence, with dozens more to go.\n\nScarlett's body is buried on the family's smallholding in Bideford, north Devon\n\nAlong with the delays in court, Ms MacKeown had to wait four and a half years to bury her daughter.\n\nShe was finally laid to rest in June 2012, in a garden at the family's home in Devon.\n\nThe 2016 acquittal of the two men prompted angry statements from Ms MacKeown.\n\nThe verdict also drew widespread criticism in Goa, leading to the CBI filing a petition for a retrial.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC correspondent Daniel Sandford on the unseen footage of the London Bridge attacks\n\nThe three London Bridge attackers, who killed eight people in 2017, were lawfully killed by police, an inquest has found.\n\nKhuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, ploughed into pedestrians on the bridge before stabbing people around Borough Market.\n\nThey were shot dead by firearms officers less than 10 minutes after the attack began.\n\nJurors concluded the attackers \"ignored clear warning shouts\" from the police.\n\nChief coroner Mark Lucraft QC had directed them that the only \"safe\" conclusion was that the three men were lawfully killed.\n\nHe told the court no-one during the inquest had criticised the officers involved and it was agreed using anything other than \"lethal force\" would not have been appropriate.\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick welcomed the verdict and paid tribute to the \"tremendous courage and professionalism\" shown by armed officers on the night of the attack.\n\n\"Faced with an appalling and confused scene, they acted calmly, quickly, decisively, and in accordance with their training,\" she said.\n\n\"There is no greater responsibility for an officer than having to make the split-second decision whether or not to use lethal force.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe police commissioner said both armed and unarmed police officers should take \"great pride\" in having saved lives on the night of the attack.\n\n\"These dreadful events showed us the very worst of humanity, but it also showed us the very best as well,\" she said.\n\nDuring the inquest, accounts of \"tremendous bravery and compassion\" by both the public and emergency services stood out \"head and shoulders above all else\", she added.\n\nPreviously unseen footage released on Tuesday showed many people approach the attackers, including two bakers who threw crates and a broom at the knifemen.\n\nCity of London Police Commander Karen Baxter paid tribute to three armed officers from her force.\n\n\"They put themselves in the way of danger to protect and preserve life: a principle at the very core of policing,\" she said.\n\nThe response to the attack showed \"how officers from all forces have the courage and dedication necessary to defeat the hatred and fear that terrorists seek to sow in our community\", she added.\n\nDowning Street also praised the emergency services and members of the public who \"showed unstinting courage in the face of such danger and terror\".\n\nMany more people could have suffered were it not for the \"professionalism, speed and bravery of those who responded and defended themselves and others\", the prime minister's official spokesperson said\n\n\"Our police and security services work tirelessly every day to keep us safe and when they are called upon in the most difficult of moments their skill and fortitude must be commended,\" they added.\n\nDuring the inquest, jurors visited Stoney Street, where Butt, Redouane and Zaghba died, and heard accounts of their final moments.\n\nPC Bartek Tchorzewski, 36, one of the unarmed officers who tracked the attackers through Borough Market, said: \"We were just thinking about stopping them.\"\n\nBefore arriving at the scene of the attack, he said he had tried to anticipate what he may encounter, \"but to be honest nothing can prepare you for that\".\n\nOne armed officer who attended the scene, identified only as BX46, told jurors he shouted words to the effect of \"armed police, stand still, drop the knife\".\n\nHe said he thought he was in immediate danger as Butt came towards him with a knife.\n\n\"I believe his intention was to use the knife and stab me, kill me and get hold of my weapons,\" he said.\n\nHe said he then became aware of a belt around Butt's torso, which appeared to be a suicide vest.\n\n\"Now he was an even bigger threat, even with (a distance of) one or two metres, a detonation would be fatal to colleagues, members of the public, anyone in the location,\" he told the court.\n\n\"So I aimed my rifle towards the male and I was moving back quickly and I pulled the trigger.\"\n\nHis colleague BX44 also shot at Butt, but had to turn his attention to Redouane, who was moving towards another officer.\n\nBX44 said: \"I carried on firing until I had to deal with the third threat of Youssef Zaghba who was on top of me.\"\n\nHe said he was backing away from Zaghba when he fell backwards, and continued to fire from the floor through his legs up to the attackers' chest.\n\n\"I thought he was about to kill me,\" he added.\n\nPC Iian Rae, who went to handcuff Redouane as he moved on the ground, said: \"His arms and legs were moving and I knew he had an IED (improvised explosive device) strapped to him.\n\n\"I did not know they were fake. I had to make a split-second decision - if I don't go and do something there is going to be a lot more lives lost.\n\n\"I had to handcuff him and stop him from detonating that device, if they were real or not.\"\n\nBut firearms officers shouted at him to get away and he ran to safety.\n\nThey then used \"lethal force\" to avert the danger that the terrorists would detonate explosive devices, jurors heard.\n\nAn earlier inquest concluded the victims Xavier Thomas, 45, Chrissy Archibald, 30, Sara Zelenak, 21, James McMullan, 32, Kirsty Boden, 28, Alexandre Pigeard, 26, Sebastien Belanger, 36, and Ignacio Echeverría, 39, were unlawfully killed.", "Simon Brown was killed on the Gatwick Express in August 2016\n\nA rail firm has been fined £1m after a man died leaning out of a train window.\n\nSimon Brown, 24, was killed when he hit his head on a steel gantry on the side of the track while on the Gatwick Express in London in August 2016.\n\nIn May, Govia Thameslink Railway admitted a health and safety breach because a sign saying not to lean out was not displayed clearly enough.\n\nThe rail regulator has written to firms demanding \"immediate action\" over trains with these types of windows.\n\nJudge Jeffrey Pegden QC, at Southwark Crown Court, said while there was a warning sticker on the door, it was \"jumbled\" around other notices.\n\n\"The signage around the window was confusing,\" he said, adding no risk assessment of the windows had been carried out.\n\nJudge Pegden said there was also no-one on the train to monitor the use of the window at the time.\n\n\"This was a tragic corporate blind spot in what is otherwise a well-run organisation,\" Judge Pegden said.\n\nThe Office of Rail and Road said there were about 1,500 of the \"droplight\" windows - which allow passengers to reach through to open doors from the outside once the train has stopped at a station - in circulation on the rail network.\n\nDirector of safety Ian Prosser, who is also HM Chief Inspector of Railways, said he had written \"to operators instructing them to take immediate action to prevent a similar tragedy happening again\".\n\nThe only warning sign to not lean out of the window is in yellow on the left\n\nThe accident happened on 7 August 2016 at Wandsworth Common station as the Class 442 train was travelling to London Victoria from Gatwick Airport.\n\nThe train was travelling at 61mph when Mr Brown suffered the fatal injuries.\n\nMr Brown, from East Grinstead, West Sussex, had been previously described by friends as a life-long railway fanatic who was working in the rail industry.\n\nHe first volunteered on the Bluebell steam railway in Sussex aged nine and was working as an engineering technician with Hitachi Rail Europe in Bristol.\n\nThe train stopped at Wandsworth Common station where paramedics tried to save Simon Brown\n\nThe regulator said \"droplight\" windows were mostly confined to old InterCity trains and \"charter\" rolling stock, and in most cases there were four windows per carriage.\n\nRail firms using carriages with these windows have been asked to carry out a risk assessment of their use.\n\nA report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch said the sticker on the door was \"cluttered\" with six other notices.\n\nThe RAIB has also made recommendations telling operators to \"assess the risk arising from reduced clearance outside those windows\".\n\nSimon Brown's family said in a statement: \"Irrespective of the penalty imposed, we hope, as a result of our tragedy, that operating companies up and down the country will take their responsibilities to the travelling public more seriously.\"\n\nAlong with the fine, the firm was ordered to pay £52,267 in costs.\n\nGovia Thameslink said it had taken the health and safety failings very seriously and pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.\n\nChief executive Patrick Verwer said: \"I am very sorry for the death of Mr Brown and the deep distress this tragic loss has caused his family and friends.\"\n\nFollowing Mr Brown's death, GTR took steps to \"minimise risk\" by putting hazard tape across on the droplight windows of its 14 trains that had them.\n\nIt also placed bars across the windows in such a way that it was still possible to lower the window.\n\nThe trains were withdrawn from service in 2017 across all of GTR's network.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The next prime minister should lower the salary threshold for foreign workers in the UK from £30,000 to £20,000, a group of business and education bodies has said.\n\nThey say that such a move would help to avoid \"acute\" skills shortages.\n\nCurrently any non-EU citizen working in the UK must earn at least £30,000, but under current proposals this will be extended to EU citizens after Brexit.\n\nThe Home Office said it was still consulting on the plans.\n\nThe extension of the threshold was proposed in last year's Immigration White Paper, which set out the government's vision for a post-Brexit immigration system.\n\nHowever, the coalition - including the British Retail Consortium, business advocacy group London First, Universities UK, and UK Hospitality among others - warned that more than 60% of all jobs in the UK were currently beneath the £30,000 cut-off.\n\n\"It is vital that the government does all it can to keep the country at full strength at a time of great uncertainty. The thousands of businesses we represent are clear that without a bold move now on immigration reform, the skills shortages many companies face risk becoming even more acute,\" said Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive at London First.\n\nThe coalition also called for more generous temporary and post-study work visas, following curbs in recent years to lower immigration.\n\n\"Without the ability to access international talent, many of our world-class sectors are at significant risk,\" they said in a letter to both prime ministerial candidates.\n\n\"As the UK prepares to leave the EU in the near future, it is imperative that the government puts in place measures that will avoid employers facing a cliff-edge in recruitment, and works towards building a successful economy that is open and attractive.\"\n\nA government target of net migration under 100,000 a year has never been met`\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt - considered the underdog in the race to be the next leader of the Conservative Party - has said he would review the £30,000 salary threshold, while prioritising skilled workers.\n\nThe frontrunner to take over from Theresa May, Boris Johnson, has called for a new Australian-style points-based system.\n\nThis would consider factors such as whether an immigrant has a firm job offer and their ability to speak English.\n\nBoth men also oppose the government's target of bringing net migration down to under 100,000 people a year, which has never been met.\n\nAccording to the Migration Observatory, a think tank, the government is already issuing waivers to allow essential workers to bypass the £30,000 cut-off.\n\nRecent figures gleaned from freedom of information requests show that, despite Home Office rules, 90% of nurses, half of all medical radiographers, 10% of paramedics and a third of secondary schoolteachers earn below the minimum.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Our new skills-based immigration system is designed to attract the talented workers we need for the economy to continue to prosper, while also delivering on the referendum result following the end of free movement.\n\n\"We know there are a range of views about salary thresholds, and the home secretary has asked independent experts to advise on this issue before the proposals are finalised next year.\n\n\"The new system will reduce the burden on businesses by streamlining and simplifying our sponsorship system and we will create a new temporary work route to allow UK companies access to the employees they need to thrive.\"\n• None Rise in net migration from outside EU", "The two candidates to become the UK's next prime minister have made their final pitch to the Conservative Party.\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt took part in the final leadership hustings at the London Excel Centre on Wednesday, in front of more than 2,000 Tory members.\n\nIt came ahead of the final day the 160,000 members can post their votes to choose their next leader.\n\nBrexit dominated the conversation, although feminism and hair-dye also made an appearance.\n\nThe winner of the contest will be announced on 23 July, and take office the following day.\n\nBoth candidates were asked about their views on the deal Theresa May negotiated with the EU - turned down by MPs three times - and what they would change.\n\nIt came after a head-to-head debate earlier this week, where Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt declared the Irish backstop - the insurance policy part of the deal to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit - was \"dead\".\n\nMr Johnson said the outgoing PM's deal was \"effectively defunct\", but it was the backstop element that he found \"the most difficult\".\n\n\"We would see a division between the union between and Great Britain and Northern Ireland and I think that's an utterly intolerable choice,\" he added.\n\n\"So as far as I'm concerned the backstop won't work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAsked if the whole withdrawal agreement was dead, Mr Hunt said: \"As it is now, yes.\"\n\n\"I want to get a deal and so we have got to make some profound changes to that withdrawal agreement.\"\n\nBut Mr Hunt said his plan didn't mean \"ripping up\" Mrs May's deal - instead it was the backstop that \"had to go\".\n\n\"If you are saying that we will remove any guarantees over not having hard border infrastructure in the island of Ireland, then no,\" he added.\n\n\"I think there is agreement in our party that we can never go back to a hard border in the island of Ireland.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Hunt said the withdrawal agreement needs \"profound changes\"\n\nThe candidates said they were both feminists and backed equality between the sexes.\n\nHowever, they both ruled out championing all-female shortlists to get more female Conservative MPs.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"I want to encourage young women to get into politics, join our party and to lead our party. That is the way it should be.\n\n\"But I am not certain introducing quotas, which are… by their nature discriminatory, is the way to solve the problem.\"\n\nMr Hunt said: \"I'm not in favour... because we are a meritocracy and I think the risk is that devalues the achievement that a woman makes when she achieves the job, if she thinks she got it because of her sex.\n\n\"But that doesn't mean there aren't a thousand other things we can do to help people reach their potential.\"\n\nIt was alleged by the compere, LBC presenter Iain Dale, that the talk among political journalists at the hustings was that Boris Johnson dyed his hair.\n\nBut Mr Johnson denied such an accusation, saying: \"Never. Outrageous suggestion. What with?\"\n\nFor a matter of \"balance\", Mr Dale asked the same question to Mr Hunt.\n\nHe also denied it, but added: \"I have got a few grey ones mind you. I might have to start.\"", "Skin cancer rates have \"soared\" in the UK over the last decade, particularly in men and younger adults, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has warned.\n\nIncidence of melanomas rose in men by 53% - from 19 per 100,000 in 2004-6 to 29 per 100,000 in 2014-16.\n\nAnd diagnoses in 25-49 year olds rose by 78% - from nine per 100,000 in the mid-90s to 16 per 100,000 in 2014-16.\n\nThe charity said that people needed to remember to protect their skin in the UK, as well as on holiday.\n\nMen are more likely to develop skin cancers on their chests and backs and women on their legs, probably because of what they wear in the sun. Men's risk can also be increased if they have a job that means they work outdoors.\n\nMelanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK - with just under 16,400 cases in 2016, with 3,400 of those among people aged 25-49.\n\nThe increase is being linked to the rise in cheap flights, which means people are more likely to go abroad more frequently.\n\nHowever, skin cancer is still more common in people over 65.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nExperts say almost nine in 10 cases could be prevented by using a high factor sun cream.\n\nMichelle Mitchell, chief executive of CRUK, said: \"While some might think that a tan is a sign of good health, there is no such thing as a healthy tan, it's actually your body trying to protect itself from harmful rays.\"\n\nCRUK, which is launching its Own Your Tone campaign, says people can be complacent about risk in the UK.\n\n\"Sun safety is not just for when you're going abroad,\" says health information manager Karis Betts. \"The sun can be strong enough to burn in the UK from the start of April to the end of September.\n\n\"It's important that people are protecting themselves properly both at home and further afield when the sun is strong.\n\n\"We want to encourage people to embrace their natural look and protect their skin from UV damage by seeking shade, covering up and regularly applying sunscreen with at least SPF 15 and four or five stars.\"\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: \"Although cancer survival is at a record high, more people are getting diagnosed with melanoma and nearly half a million people were urgently referred for skin cancer checks in the last year.\n\n\"So it's vital that people take every precaution possible to protect their skin, particularly in the summer months, by wearing sunscreen and spending time in the shade.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "What are the roots of the women Trump told to \"go back\" - and how many Americans are from somewhere else?", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for alleged spying, is now in a hospital psychiatric ward, her husband says.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe said he feared the Iranian Revolutionary Guard could be isolating his wife in a Tehran hospital to press her to sign denouncements.\n\nIt comes after Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, went on hunger strike for 15 days last month in protest at her detention.\n\nShe was jailed in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.\n\nIn a press release, the Free Nazanin Campaign said it was not known what treatment she was receiving or how long she was expected to remain in hospital.\n\nHer father said he visited the hospital on Tuesday but was not allowed to see his daughter and that she had not been allowed to contact her family.\n\nThe campaign said before being transferred, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had told relatives: \"I was healthy and happy when I came to Iran to see my parents.\n\n\"Three and a bit years later and I am admitted to a mental health clinic.\n\n\"Look at me now - I ended up in an asylum. It should be an embarrassment.\n\n\"Prison is getting harder and harder for me. I hate being played in the middle of a political game. I just hate it.\"\n\nRichard Ratcliffe went on hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London\n\nHer transfer follows her hunger strike last month in protest at her \"unfair imprisonment\", during which time Mr Ratcliffe also did not eat and camped on the pavement outside the Iranian Embassy in London.\n\nIn January, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, from London, went on a three-day hunger strike in protest against being denied specialist medical care.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he felt \"euphoric\" when he heard his wife had been moved to a hospital, thinking it could be a prelude to getting treatment or even her release.\n\nHowever, after her father was refused access to visit her in hospital or allowed to speak to her on the phone, the family grew increasingly concerned.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Mr Ratcliffe said his fears could be misplaced, but added that when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were involved \"bad stuff happens\".\n\nHe said the last time she was alone with the guards, they pressured her to sign various denouncements. He said he had asked embassy officials to visit her as soon as possible.\n\nEarlier he said it was \"unnerving\" not knowing what was happening, adding he would follow up the case with the next prime minister.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why one mother's personal plight is part of a complicated history between Iran and the UK (video published August 2019 and last updated in October 2019)\n\nEarlier this year, foreign secretary and Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt granted Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in a bid to resolve her case.\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq, who is Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's MP, thanked the government for granting her constituent protection, but asked whether the government had protested against her treatment, and questioned what further steps were being made to secure her freedom.\n\nShe said: \"The time for sentiment is over. This has gone on for too long and we need to see decisive action, right now, today.\"\n\nMs Siddiq also questioned whether Grace 1, the Iranian supertanker seized by Royal Marines and the authorities in Gibraltar, is linked to the latest developments in Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case.\n\nIn response, Foreign Office minister Andrew Murrison said: \"I don't believe the two are directly linked.\"\n\nHe said the UK is seeking consular access and wanted to appeal to the \"better nature\" of people in Tehran to \"do what is right for Nazanin\".\n\nIn 2017 Conservative leadership contender, Boris Johnson, apologised after saying that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in Iran \"teaching people journalism\" - despite her family's insistence she was there to visit relatives.\n\nHe also told MPs the government was in \"no doubt that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in Iran on holiday and that was the sole purpose of her visit\".\n\nHe has repeatedly said the responsibility for her continued detention lies with the Revolutionary Guard.\n\nIn a statement, the Foreign Office said it was \"extremely concerned about the welfare of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"We urge Iran to allow family members to visit and check on her care as a matter of urgency. We will continue to call for her release at the highest levels.\"\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport in April 2016 and has always maintained the visit was to introduce her daughter, Gabriella, to her relatives.\n\nThe couple's five-year-old daughter, Gabriella, has stayed in Iran with her grandparents since her mother's arrest.\n\nBefore being transferred, she was being detained in Tehran's Evin Prison.", "Dyson argued that consumers would not think the fan was cordless\n\nAn advert for one of Dyson's £400 fans has been labelled misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).\n\nThe video, for the company's Pure Hot and Cool Fan, suggests the fan is cordless when it actually needs to be plugged in, it said.\n\nDyson told the ASA it did not think there was \"any reasonable prospect\" of consumers thinking a tower fan or purifier could be cordless.\n\nBut after examining the ad, the ASA ordered it should not be shown again.\n\nNo power sockets or electrical leads could be seen in the ad – until the final shot, when a cord appeared which was \"very thin and coloured grey on a light background\".\n\n\"The cord was the same colour, thickness and approximately the same length as the edge of the carpet which appeared opposite it on the screen,\" the ASA said.\n\nDyson had argued that its fans had been on the market for more than a decade.\n\n\"None of those products had ever been cordless nor been advertised as being so,\" Dyson told the ASA.\n\nDyson said if the fan were cordless, it would advertise the fact clearly\n\n\"If Dyson were to create a cordless purifier it was reasonable to assume that this would be one of the key features which they would advertise.\"\n\nThe ASA was not convinced.\n\nIt told Dyson in future not to imply that their fans were cordless unless they actually were.", "The bones were found in the village of Kempsey\n\nHuman remains have been found in a septic tank by police investigating an \"unexplained death\" in Worcestershire.\n\nWest Mercia Police are probing the disappearance of a woman from Kempsey in 1982, and had alerted investigators searching for missing Suzy Lamplugh nearby.\n\nBut the force said there was no link to the Met Police's search for Ms Lamplugh, eight miles away in Pershore.\n\nThe results from a post-mortem examination are yet to be revealed.\n\nWest Mercia Police said they are following \"many lines of inquiry\" after the discovery of the human remains in Kempsey at 16.30 BST on Friday.\n\n\"Included within this is to establish if this is connected to the disappearance of a woman from the village of Kempsey in the 1980s,\" West Mercia Police said.\n\n\"We are also aware there is some speculation that this discovery may be linked to the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh who also went missing in the 1980s.\n\n\"Although we don't believe it to be, until we have the post-mortem results we are not in a position to link the bones to any particular person at this stage and are keeping an open mind.\"\n\nSupt Damian Pettit, South Worcestershire's Local Policing Commander added: \"We are conducting a very thorough investigation and have multiple lines of enquiry to explore and one of which is into the disappearance of a woman from Kempsey that was launched in 1982.\"\n\nEstate agent Ms Lamplugh, 25, from London, disappeared in July 1986 and was declared dead, presumed murdered, in 1994.\n\nThe Met has confirmed that officers have found \"no evidence\" linked to her disappearance, after a two-week search in Pershore.\n\nA body has never been found and her killer never charged.\n\nSuzy Lamplugh went missing in 1986, aged 25, but her body has never been found\n\nOfficers from West Mercia Police had been assisting the Metropolitan Police with the latest search.\n\nIt was sparked following publicity about a search last year of a property in Sutton Coldfield, which once belonged to the mother of prime suspect John Cannan.\n\nThere have been previous searches in Worcestershire in connection with Ms Lamplugh's disappearance.\n\nPolice excavated a field near the former Norton Army Barracks in 2000 and 2001 and land near the village of Drakes Broughton in 2010.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dutch airline KLM has caused an uproar on Twitter after telling a customer it might ask mothers to cover themselves while breastfeeding.\n\nKLM told Heather Yimm that breastfeeding on flights is allowed, but if other passengers are offended they may be asked to cover up.\n\nThe airline's response has sparked a backlash on Twitter, with many people criticising the policy.\n\nKLM told the BBC it is trying to \"keep the peace on board\" its flights.\n\n\"Of course, breastfeeding is permitted on board KLM flights.\n\n\"However, not all passengers feel comfortable with breastfeeding in their vicinity, and sometimes these passengers complain to the cabin staff,\" said a KLM spokeswoman.\n\nThe spokeswoman said its aim in such cases was to \"try to find a solution that is acceptable to everyone and that shows respect for everyone's comfort and personal space\".\n\n\"This may involve a request to a mother to cover her breast,\" she added.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nKLM's response has sparked a flurry of requests from Twitter users asking other airlines, such as British Airways and EasyJet, about their breastfeeding policies.\n\nBritish Airways told the BBC that it would never look to stop a mother from breastfeeding, and would assist in providing privacy if requested.\n\n\"We carry thousands of infants and their families on our flights every year, and we welcome breastfeeding on board,\" said a spokesman.\n\nMeanwhile, EasyJet's official policy says that it \"supports breastfeeding mothers\", and passengers are welcome to feed their babies on board \"at any time\".\n\nLabour and Co-operative Party MP Stella Creasy tweeted that she felt KLM had gone \"beyond the pale\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n• None 'This is how we fed our babies'", "Donald Trump with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who declined to comment on the remarks\n\nAmid the uproar at Donald Trump's attack on four Democratic congresswomen - an attack which was widely described as racist - there was a notable silence from the president's Republican Party colleagues.\n\nWith a few exceptions, they kept quiet as the world reacted to his suggestion that the four Congresswomen - all women of colour - \"go back\" and \"fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came\".\n\nAll four women are US citizens; three - Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib - were born in the US, and one - Rep Ilhan Omar - came to the country from Somalia as a child refugee.\n\nFor many, the president's remarks went a step beyond anything he had previously said, despite a long history of accusations of racism that predates his political life. The language he used called on a well-established racist trope of telling citizens from minority backgrounds to \"go home\".\n\nBut for a Republican party increasingly aware that its electoral fortunes are tied to the president's national appeal, his remarks did not appear to go beyond the pale - rather the pale had been moved to accommodate them.\n\nThe president's tweets, published on Sunday, read: \"So interesting to see 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done.\"\n\nLeading Democrats were quick to condemn the remarks as racist. A handful of Republicans issued criticisms - Republican representative Will Hurd of Texas told CNN the comments were \"racist and xenophobic\"; Rep Fred Upton of Michigan said he was \"appalled by the President's tweets\"; Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski tweeted: \"There is no excuse for the president's spiteful comments - they were absolutely unacceptable and this needs to stop.\"\n\nBut the party's senior leadership and the majority of its rank and file stayed quiet or declined to call the remarks racist. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - the most senior Republican after the president and vice president - did not comment. The treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin said: \"I don't find them racist.\" Former Republican presidential candidate and Utah Senator Mitt Romney acknowledged that \"a lot of people have been using the word\", but he demurred.\n\nThe House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said: \"The President is not a racist\". \"It's really kind of a socialist battle versus a thing that we believe within America,\" he said.\n\nIt was an illustration of how far the party had travelled since hitching its wagon to Mr Trump's star. When Mr Trump said in 2016, as a candidate, that a Mexican-American judge would be automatically biased against him because of the judge's heritage, the party's most senior figures were unsparing in their condemnation. Majority Leader McConnell jumped to the judge's defence. \"This is a man who was born in Indiana. All of us came here from somewhere else,\" he said.\n\nRepresentative Ilhan Omar speaks at a press conference with her three Democratic colleagues\n\nAmong the Republicans who did criticise the president's remarks on Monday, there was a noticeable trend: criticism of the Democratic congresswomen too.\n\nSenator Lindsay Graham, a close ally of the Trump administration, suggested indirectly that the president \"aim higher\" but called the Democratic congresswomen a \"bunch of communists\" who \"hate our own country\".\n\nSenator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania acknowledged that the citizenship of the congresswomen was \"as valid\" as his own, but prefaced it by saying he \"couldn't disagree more\" with their views on \"virtually every policy issue\".\n\nRep Elise Stefanik of New York said: \"While I strongly disagree with the tactics, policies, and rhetoric of the far-left socialist 'Squad,' the President's tweets were inappropriate, denigrating, and wrong.\" Senator Susan Collins of Maine said Mr Trump's remarks were \"way over the line\", but called the congresswomen \"far-left\". Mr Romney said the congresswomen's views were \"not consistent with building a strong America\".\n\nThe president called them \"Radical Left Congresswomen\" and said they should apologise to the country and to him.\n\nDonald Trump has a long history of being accused of racism, predating his political life\n\nTaken together, the statements appeared to signal a Republican strategy ahead of next year's election of branding the Democratic Party and its four popular new House representatives as far-left and anti-American. Ms Pressley, Ms Ocasio-Cortez, Ms Tlaib and Ms Omar - known affectionately by fans as \"The Squad\" - are already a lightning rod for conservatives seeking to sow fear over a progressive shift in the Democratic Party.\n\nThere may have been other goals behind Mr Trump's remarks. He is well versed in the politics of distraction, and immigration raids he had promised on the same day were not materialising. And in his tweets he attempted to aggravate an existing dispute between the four Democratic congresswomen and their party leadership; in the end his remarks produced a show of unity between the two factions.\n\nWhatever the aim, the relative silence from his own party's leadership over his remarks may have sent a clear signal to the president - that the party was with him in an electoral strategy that accommodated language widely regarded as racist. The president denies any kind of prejudice and has claimed several times to be \"the least racist person you've ever met\".\n\nThe Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday announced a resolution in the House to condemn the president's remarks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would introduce a similar motion in his chamber. \"We'll see how many Republicans sign on,\" he said.\n\nCorrection: A quote from Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado was removed as it did not refer directly to the Congresswomen.", "Cairney and Jones spent 20 years pretending that Ms Fleming was still alive\n\nTwo carers who murdered a vulnerable teenager whose body has never been found have each been ordered to spend a minimum of 14 years in prison.\n\nEdward Cairney, 77, and Avril Jones, 59, killed Margaret Fleming, 19, between December 1999 and January 2000.\n\nJones then continued to claim £182,000 in benefits until it finally emerged Margaret was missing in October 2016.\n\nAt the High Court in Glasgow Lord Matthews told Cairney he must serve at least 14 years.\n\nJones' minimum life tariff was also set at 14 years.\n\nShe was also found guilty of benefit fraud as Margaret's money was paid directly into her account.\n\nLord Matthews told them: \"Only you two know the truth. Only you know where her remains are.\"\n\nMargaret Fleming was last seen when she was 19\n\nThe judge said it was obvious the motive for the murder and the cover-up was financial.\n\nHe added: \"Margaret Fleming was a vulnerable young woman with evident difficulties. She was in your care and you breached the trust placed in you.\n\n\"The manner in which you described her when you spoke about her was cruel and the fantastic web of deceit you spun was callous and calculating.\"\n\nThomas Ross QC, for Cairney, said his client uses a wheelchair and had his colon removed a few years ago after he contracted an infection.\n\nHe also suffers from hip damage and the after effects of breaking three vertebrate.\n\nMr Ross said: \"Mr Cairney continues to deny any involvement in the crime and, so far as he is concerned, he maintains that, to his knowledge, Margaret is still alive.\"\n\nIain Duguid QC, for Jones, said his client was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy, a condition which affects the nervous system, in 1994.\n\nThe court heard the case has left Jones, a former legal secretary and greenkeeper, \"isolated\" from her friends and family.\n\nThe QC said his client also maintains her innocence and that, as recent as their last contact in October 2017, Margaret was still alive.\n\nDespite a painstaking search of their dilapidated property in Inverkip on the Clyde coast, and its garden, no trace of Margaret has ever been found.\n\nTestimony from Avril's brother, Richard Jones, was used to pinpoint the last independent sighting of the teenager on 17 December, 1999.\n\nThree weeks later, on 5 January, 2000, Avril told her mother, Florence Jones, Margaret had run off with a traveller.\n\nThe couple, who had no previous convictions, then embarked on a cover up which involved bogus letters and erasing all trace of Margaret from the cottage where she had lived for around two years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Edward Cairney and Avril Jones spoke to the BBC in 2017 about Margaret Fleming's disappearance\n\nThe catalyst for the teenager moving in with the couple was the death of her father in 1995.\n\nCairney, who was his friend, offered to help and took advantage of Margaret's strained relationship with her mother.\n\nAll ties between the pair were severed in November 1997 when Cairney assaulted Margaret Cruickshanks after she arrived at Seacroft to see her daughter.\n\nThereafter the couple took control of the teenager's life and subjected her to what police described as a \"living hell\".\n\nPolice and prosecutors narrowed the timeframe of the murder to a three-week period around the turn of the millennium.\n\nThe trial heard that a benefits investigator attempted to visit Ms Fleming in June 2012 but was told by Jones that she would not see her.\n\nThe investigator said a duty social worker should have visited the \"totally chaotic\" property to follow up on the young woman's welfare, but no-one did.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Lord Matthews said the pair spun a \"web of deceit\" that was callous and calculating\n\nWhen police were finally alerted four years later it was as a result of an application for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) - which had been filled out by Jones.\n\nIn it she wrote that Ms Fleming \"needs constant care\", had self-harmed and was \"caught eating out of a dog bowl\".\n\nA social worker phoned Jones to offer help and was told Ms Fleming had not been to the doctor, despite picking a hole in her head.\n\nWhen justice eventually caught up with the couple a year later they maintained Margaret was still alive and often returned to visit them.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Det Supt Paul Livingstone: \"If you have any decency left tell us where the body is.\"\n\nCairney even gave evidence in his defence, during which he was warned by the judge for insulting prosecutor Iain McSporran QC.\n\nBut an exhaustive investigation failed to find any trace of the teenager and the jury took just three hours to find the pair guilty.\n\nDet Supt Paul Livingstone, the officer who led the investigation, said: \"Margaret was a very vulnerable young woman when she was abused, neglected, manipulated and murdered by these two greedy, evil individuals.\n\n\"Margaret's family and friends will never know just what happened to her and they have been denied the right to pay their final respects to her at her funeral.\n\n\"I would say to Cairney and Jones - if you have a scrap of decency you will give the answers to the questions that Margaret's family deserve.\n\n\"I am willing to meet either of them so that they can tell me in order to provide some kind of comfort to her family and allow them to put her to rest finally.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The aim of the firm is to find ways to stimulate the brain in paralysed humans to allow them to control computers\n\nNeuraLink, a company set up by Elon Musk to explore ways to connect the human brain to a computer interface, has applied to US regulators to start trialling its device on humans.\n\nThe system has been tested on a monkey that was able to control a computer with its brain, according to Mr Musk.\n\nThe firm said it wanted to focus on patients with severe neurological conditions.\n\nThe device the firm has developed consists of a tiny probe containing more than 3,000 electrodes attached to flexible threads - thinner than a human hair - which can then monitor the activity of 1,000 neurons.\n\nThe advantage of this system, according to the firm, is that it would be able to target very specific areas of the brain, which would make it surgically safer. It would also be able to analyse recordings using machine learning, which would then work out what type of stimulation to give a patient.\n\nNeuraLink did not explain how the system translated brain activity or how the device was able to stimulate brain cells.\n\n\"It's not like suddenly we will have this incredible neural lace and will take over people's brains,\" Mr Musk said during his presentation. \"It will take a long time.\"\n\nBut he said, for those who choose it, the system would ultimately allow for \"symbiosis with artificial intelligence\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Meet Elon Musk, the man who inspired Robert Downey Jr's take on Iron Man\n\nPreviously Mr Musk has suggested that AI could destroy the human race.\n\n\"Even in a benign AI scenario, we will be left behind,\" he said.\n\n\"With a high bandwidth brain machine interface, we can go along for the ride and effectively have the option of merging with AI.\"\n\nConnecting the brain to an interface would create a new layer of \"superintelligence\" in the human brain, he added, something people \"already have via their phones\".\n\nLater, during a question and answer session, he revealed that the device NeuraLink is working on has been tested on monkeys, with the animal able to control a computer with its brain, according to Mr Musk.\n\nNow the firm is putting together a submission to start human testing, which will need to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.\n\nMr Musk is also looking to recruit more scientists to the firm, which currently has about 100 employees.\n\nNeuraLink released a paper to coincide with the announcement, but it has not been peer-reviewed, something that is generally seen as a crucial part of any new scientific breakthrough.\n\nKrittika D'Silva, an AI researcher at the Frontier Development Lab, a partnership with Nasa attended the event, and said: \"The technology described by NeuraLink is exciting because it is significantly less invasive than prior work in this field.\n\n\"The plans they describe will require many years of work to deal with technical and ethical challenges, but the technology could be a big step in working to alleviate certain serious medical conditions like epilepsy and Parkinson's.\"\n\nThe Kording Lab Twitter account, for scientists from the University of Pennsylvania's neuroscience department, tweeted that there was \"nothing revolutionary but a range of really creative ideas\" which seemed to suggest the firm was \"on a great track\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by KordingLab This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAndrew Hires. assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Southern California, tweeted that the company had \"pushed forward\" the best of existing lab technology.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Andrew Hires This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNeuraLink is not the only firm building neural interfaces. Kernel, set up by tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, is attempting similar things to \"radically improve and expand human cognition\".\n\nMany of Mr Musk's ventures push at the boundaries of what is currently possible. Space X is exploring missions to Mars, while his Boring Company is looking to build tunnels underneath Los Angeles, and his Hyperloop project aims to reinvent travel.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. May: \"I'm worried about the state of politics\"\n\nTheresa May has said the growth of an \"uncompromising absolutism\" in UK and global politics risks poisoning debate and undermining democratic values.\n\nIn her last major speech as PM, she said it was leading to a political culture based on \"winners and losers\".\n\nIf \"ill words\" went unchallenged, it could lead to \"ill deeds\" later on.\n\nShe admitted her own language had not always been \"perfect\" and she had been wrong to say EU nationals were \"jumping the queue\" in a speech in 2018.\n\nBut ex-Conservative chair Baroness Warsi said the outgoing PM had \"systematically failed to challenge xenophobic and racist language\" used by party members about British Muslims.\n\nMrs May will stand down as Tory leader and prime minister next week.\n\nShe was forced to quit after failing to persuade MPs to back her Brexit deal with the EU.\n\nIn a wide-ranging speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, she warned about the threat to the international order from populism and authoritarianism, and defended multilateral agreements such as the Paris Climate Accord and Iran Nuclear Deal, shunned by the US.\n\nUrging politicians to find \"common ground\" over Brexit and other urgent international challenges, such as climate change, she said compromise should not be seen as a dirty word.\n\nShe said the growing rancour and \"tribal bitterness\" of much contemporary debate risked undermining the \"enormous potential\" for public good and progress that politics offered.\n\nThe job of leaders, Mrs May continued, was to address the genuine concerns of people rather than making promises that could not be kept and \"telling people what you think they want to hear\".\n\n\"Being prepared to make compromises in order to make progress does not entail a rejection of our values and convictions by one iota. Rather it is exactly the way to defend them.\"\n\nShe said politics was at its best \"where persuasion, teamwork and a willingness to make mutual concessions are needed to achieve an optimal outcome\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. May: Next PM must leave EU \"in a way good for the UK\"\n\n\"The alternative is a politics of winners and losers, of absolutes and of perpetual strife - and that threatens us all.\"\n\nOn Brexit, she said while the result of the 2016 referendum must be honoured, the process had been poisoned by a \"winner takes all approach to leaving or remaining\".\n\n\"Whatever path we take must be sustainable for the long term... and that must mean some kind of compromise,\" she said.\n\nWho could she have been talking about?\n\nTheresa May was careful not to name names, but her successor's main challenge will be the one that eventually brought her down - finding a way to deliver the UK's departure from the EU.\n\nTo that end, her cautioning against polarised debate driven by ideology will be seen by some as a warning to whoever moves into No 10 that they need to compromise.\n\nIndeed, Mrs May emphasised her belief the UK should leave with a Brexit deal - something which will require compromise in the Commons.\n\nSome of Mrs May's critics however might raise an eyebrow tonight - and ask if things might have been different if she'd pursued a cross-party approach after losing her majority at the snap general election in 2017.\n\nWarning of a general coarsening of political debate, she said \"some are losing the ability to disagree without demeaning the views of others\".\n\nWhile not mentioning President Donald Trump - whose comments about Democratic rivals has sparked a race row in the US - by name, she said that \"words have consequences\".\n\n\"Ill words that go unchallenged are the first step on a continuum towards ill deeds - towards a much darker place where hatred and prejudice drive not only what people say but also what they do.\"\n\nBut she conceded she had been clumsy in her use of language on sensitive issues, such as when last November she claimed freedom of movement had allowed EU citizens to \"jump the queue\" to enter the UK despite being legally entitled to do so.\n\n\"Has every phrase I used been as perfect as it should have been? No.\"\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, Mrs May called on Jeremy Corbyn to apologise for failing to get to grips with anti-Semitism in the Labour Party in heated exchanges in Parliament.\n\nBaroness Warsi, who has accused Mrs May of having her \"head in the sand\" over the extent of Islamophobia in her own party, suggested the prime minister had also failed.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sayeeda Warsi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd Brexit MEP Martin Daubney said Mrs May was directly responsible for the populism that she was now bemoaning.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Martin Daubney MEP ➡️ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jurors were shown CCTV footage of the defendant's car driving at cyclists before crashing into barriers\n\nA man who drove at cyclists and police officers outside the Houses of Parliament has been found guilty of attempted murder.\n\nStudent Salih Khater, 30, aimed his car at members of the public before swerving towards the officers in Parliament Square on 14 August 2018.\n\nThe Old Bailey heard Khater wanted to cause maximum carnage and it was \"miraculous\" that no-one was killed.\n\nHe had denied two counts of attempted murder.\n\nCCTV of the attack shows Khater, of Highgate Street, Birmingham, plough his Ford Fiesta into a pedestrian and a group of cyclists who had stopped at a red light.\n\nHe then careers into a security lane and crashes into barriers as two police officers jump out of the way.\n\nKhater claimed he had gone to London to get a visa from the Sudanese embassy, but \"got lost\" around Westminster and panicked.\n\nKhater said he had panicked after getting lost, causing him to drive into pedestrians, cyclists and police\n\nThe jury deliberated over two days before rejecting his explanation and finding him guilty.\n\nProsecutor Alison Morgan QC said the attack had been \"premeditated and deliberate\", causing \"widespread fear and chaos\".\n\nKhater arrived in Parliament Square in the early hours of 14 August, and drove around Westminster before resting for four-and-a-half hours in Windmill Street, Soho.\n\nHe then returned to Westminster, where he made four laps of the square before launching the rush-hour attack.\n\nOne victim, pedestrian Paul Brown, was crossing the road when Khater's car \"came out of nowhere\" and hit him, causing bruising and grazes.\n\nCyclists Krystof Tokarski and Anya Breen were waiting at the crossing when Khater revved his engine and knocked them down.\n\nMr Tokarski suffered grazes and a broken little finger while Ms Breen was thrown over the bonnet, fracturing her collar bone.\n\nOther people were trapped under their bikes, with some screaming in pain, the court heard.\n\nKhater then made a sharp turn into a slip road, going 32mph, forcing officers Darren Shotton and Simon Short to dive out of the way.\n\nThe silver Ford Fiesta allegedly driven by Mr Khater smashed into a security barrier\n\nHe told jurors he \"got lost\" and \"panicked\" when he crashed into cyclists and was trying to pull over when he crashed into barriers in the security lane.\n\nHe said: \"I remember something made me panic. The car was not in my full control at the time.\"\n\nMs Morgan told jurors Khater's reason for the attack was unclear, but targeting officers guarding the Palace of Westminster suggested a possible \"terrorist motive\".\n\nMobile phone evidence showed he had looked up maps for 10 Downing Street and Westminster, described as potential \"deliberate targets\" by prosecutors.\n\nSudan-born Khater was granted asylum in Britain in 2010 after claiming he had been tortured in his home country.\n\nMrs Justice McGowan remanded him into custody to be sentenced on 7 October and ordered pre-sentence reports to help her determine Khater's potential dangerousness.\n\nIt was \"miraculous\" that no-one died as a result of the defendant's actions, the Old Bailey has heard\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Saffie-Rose Roussos was a \"beautiful, sensitive soul with an amazing magnetic personality\", her mother Lisa said.\n\nShe was at the arena with eight-year-old Saffie and was injured in the attack, as was Saffie’s elder sister, Ashlee Bromwich.\n\nShe said she would watch Saffie “with wonder”, adding that she loved to dance and make people laugh and would “leave little notes of 'I love you' everywhere”.\n\nSaffie’s father Andrew said she was his “perfect, precious beautiful daughter” who \"melted people's hearts\" with \"those big brown eyes\", adding: \"It's like the best artists got together and drew her from top to toe.\"", "The Queen looks around the exhibition, which explores the life of her great-great grandmother\n\nQueen Victoria's modernisation of the Royal Family was a \"feminist transformation\", the curator of a major exhibition has said.\n\nThe show at Buckingham Palace marks 200 years since her birth.\n\nIt reveals how by transforming the building into a liveable home and opening it up for public events, Victoria revolutionised the monarchy.\n\nCurator Dr Amanda Foreman said it was significant a woman was responsible for these changes.\n\nVictoria created the palace balcony used today for public appearances and staged garden parties to recognise citizens.\n\nBy transforming the \"fabric of the building\" Victoria also created the \"traditions which we now associate with the modern monarchy\", Dr Foreman said.\n\n\"Whether it's the balcony, or garden party, or bringing people into this palace to celebrate very important national and public occasions.\n\n\"That kind of relationship is very much a female relationship, it's an expression of female power - it's about family, duty, loyalty and public service - not about military might.\"\n\nQueen Victoria had nine children and her reign saw the expansion of Buckingham Palace to accomodate her growing family\n\nThe centrepiece of the exhibition is the ballroom where the Queen loved to dance and socialise.\n\nJust 18 years old when she became Queen, Victoria was \"a very outgoing person\" and \"like any teenager, would embrace social life\", said Dr Foreman.\n\nThe room features holographic-type images of eight dancers in period dress performing a dance called a quadrille to the sounds of La Traviata.\n\nWhen she visited the exhibition, the Queen was left \"totally engrossed\" by the 3D recreation, Dr Foreman said.\n\nBut the Queen joked she was glad that style of dancing had died out, saying as she left the ballroom: \"Thank God we don't have to do that anymore.\"\n\nQueen Victoria moved into the palace in 1837, just three weeks into her reign. She married in 1840 and went on to have nine children.\n\nOther exhibits in the show include a casket filled with the baby teeth of Victoria's children, the casts the monarch had made of her offsprings' arms and legs, and costumes worn by Victoria and her family.\n\nThe exhibition - Queen Victoria's Palace - can be viewed during the summer opening of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace, from 20 July to 29 September.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nThe government is set to add the Paralympics to the 'crown jewels' list of sports events that must be screened live on free-to-air television.\n\nIt will be given the same status as the Olympics and other events including the men's football World Cup, Grand National and Wimbledon finals.\n\nThe government also wants to look into adding football's Women's World Cup and Women's FA Cup to the list.\n\nIt is the first time the list has been updated for 20 years.\n\nIt follows record television audiences for the Women's World Cup when it was broadcast on the BBC this summer.\n\nChannel 4, meanwhile, has shown the last two Paralympics and will do the same next year in Tokyo.\n\nEngland's win in the men's Cricket World Cup final was broadcast live on Channel 4 on Sunday after an agreement from Sky, who owned the UK rights to the tournament.\n\nHowever, there are currently no plans to add live cricket to the list.\n\n\"Sport has a unique power to unite the nation,\" said Jeremy Wright, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport.\n\n\"But to maximise its ability to inspire, our sporting crown jewels must reflect the diversity of sporting talent we have across the country.\n\n\"Adding the Paralympic Games to the list rightly puts it on the same footing as the Olympics.\n\n\"I also want to see greater equality in the coverage of women and men's sport on TV. Later this year, I will consult on adding the equivalent women's events to the men's events already on the list.\"\n\nOfficially known as the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, the so-called 'crown jewels' list was first created in 1991. It was then revised in 1999 and split into two categories, A and B, with events on the A list being those which must offer live rights to free-to-air broadcasters at a \"fair and reasonable\" cost. Events on the B list must offer highlights packages.", "A \"deeply hidden and disturbing side to rural life\" has been laid bare by an 18-month inquiry into domestic abuse in the English countryside.\n\nDomestic abuse victims there suffer for longer, are less likely to report abuse and struggle to get support, it said.\n\nVictims are isolated, unsupported and unprotected in a \"rural hell\" that protects the perpetrators, the National Rural Crime Network report found.\n\nThe government has just set out new plans to tackle the issue.\n\nThe researchers carried out 67 in-depth interviews with people who had experienced domestic abuse, and a set of separate interviews with those working in services supporting victims.\n\nThe inquiry also included a review of academic literature and a survey of a separate group of 881 abuse survivors, recruited for the research with the help of support services.\n\nIt sought to discover how the experience of domestic abuse in rural areas and getting help for it is different from urban areas and why.\n\nNational Rural Crime Network chairwoman Julia Mulligan described domestic abuse as \"the hidden underbelly of rural communities\".\n\n\"We have uncovered a deeply hidden and disturbing side to rural life.\n\n\"Far from the peaceful idyll most people have in their mind when conjuring up the countryside, this report bares the souls and scars of domestic abuse victims, who all too often are lost to support, policing and criminal justice services,\" she said.\n\nRural victims were half as likely to report their abuse to others, and experienced abuse for 25% longer, the report found.\n\nAnd rural isolation is often used as a weapon by abusers, it said.\n\n\"Physical isolation is arguably the best weapon an abuser has and has a profound impact on making the victim feel quite literally captive,\" the report said.\n\nIt cited evidence that abusers move victims to rural settings to further isolate them or systematically use isolation to their advantage if they already live in an isolated place.\n\nThis not only helped abusers control their victims while in the relationship, but made it harder for victims to escape that abuse, it added.\n\nIt also argued that while strong community spirit is one of the joys of rural life, close-knit rural communities facilitate abuse as they can be equally powerful in keeping domestic abuse hidden.\n\nOne abuse victim told the inquiry: \"I found it so hard to find anyone in the village to talk to. They are all perfectly nice people on the surface, but after he shouted at me in the pub that night it was like everyone took a step back from me.\"\n\nThe report also found the policing response is inadequate, with feedback from victims showing the response in rural areas is not as good as that in urban areas.\n\nSome of this is due to a lack of female police officers being available in rural areas, as well as fewer officers with appropriate domestic abuse training.\n\nAnother victim said they had never considered calling the police, adding: \"You don't really have a choice - the police are at least an hour away and if it happens on a Friday or a Saturday night, which it always did, they are busy dealing with other things.\"\n\nIt also found that the reduced availability of public services in rural areas also limited escape routes for victims.\n\nSupport services are scarce - less available, less visible and less effective in supporting victims, even if people do seek help, it said.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said it was committed to tackling the horrendous crime of domestic abuse.\n\n\"Whether it takes place in our rural communities or cities, we are supporting chief constables and police and crime commissioners so they can deploy resources as they best see fit to tackle crime, including domestic abuse.\n\n\"The new Domestic Abuse Commissioner will play an important role in monitoring the provision of services for victims of domestic abuse, including those in rural communities.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aaron Singh wanted Wales to follow England and reverse the ban\n\nA ruling that amateur fighters in Wales must be clean shaven will be overturned, Welsh Boxing has announced.\n\nAaron Singh, a Sikh, has welcomed the change as he had previously said the rule used by the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association (WABA) was discriminatory.\n\nThe 20-year-old Cardiff University student said he had \"missed out on a lot of experiences\" as he could not compete because of his faith.\n\nWelsh Boxing said the rule change would be introduced from 1 August.\n\nThe Sikh principle of Kesh prevents the removal of any hair on the body, because it is considered sacred and a gift from God.\n\nMr Singh, who is from the East Midlands but studies in Cardiff, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast with Claire Summers it was a \"very significant change\".\n\n\"This means I can actually get my amateur career started as I wasn't able to before,\" he said.\n\n\"I would like to thank the WABA for even considering what I have had to say and actually making a change.\"\n\nWABA chairman Derek McAndrew said: \"This is an important rule change, which is in line with the WABA board's strategy of inclusivity for boxing in Wales, and takes effect in time for the new domestic season.\"\n\nA WABA statement said the decision had been taken after receiving legal advice, consultation with the international regulatory body and an internal review of its domestic policies and rules.\n\nThe English amateur body, England Boxing, also reversed the ban following a campaign from Sikh and Muslim boxers.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Simon Brown was killed when he was travelling on the Gatwick Express on Sunday\n\nA man killed when he apparently leaned from a train window and was hit on the head was a life-long railway fanatic who worked in the rail industry.\n\nSimon Brown, from East Grinstead, West Sussex, died while travelling on the Gatwick Express in London on Sunday.\n\nThe 24-year-old first volunteered on the Bluebell Railway aged nine and was working as an engineering technician with Hitachi Rail Europe in Bristol.\n\nFriend Reuben Smith said: \"Railways were his life.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police believe Mr Brown may have been leaning out of a train door window when he suffered a blow to the head.\n\nOther passengers said he was looking out of the window when he was hit.\n\nThe train stopped at Wandsworth Common station where paramedics tried to save the man\n\nThe incident happened at Wandsworth Common station at about 17:30 BST on Sunday, as the train was travelling to London Victoria from Gatwick Airport.\n\nIt has been reported to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.\n\nMr Smith, a railway conductor who had known Mr Brown since the age of 12, has launched a fundraising page to help cover the costs of his friend's funeral.\n\nWriting on the page, Mr Smith said: \"Simon was a great friend of ours and a real light in the railway world.\n\n\"He was always smiling, cheerful and would bend over backwards to help anyone.\n\n\"There's now a massive hole in our close-knit community where he was.\n\n\"He has been taken from us at the age of 24 - it's far too young.\n\n\"Please donate. I want to help ease the burden of the cost of the funeral for his parents.\"\n\nA transport police spokesman said: \"The death is being treated as non-suspicious and the circumstances, including what caused the head injuries, are still being investigated.\"\n\nMr Brown's family have been informed of his death and a file is being prepared for the coroner.\n\nA Gatwick Express spokesman said: \"The emergency services attended the scene at Wandsworth Common station and, despite their best efforts, they were unable to save him.\n\n\"We send our condolences to his family.\n\n\"We are co-operating fully with British Transport Police and the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, who are investigating this incident.\"", "The flight to Dalaman was redirected to Stansted Airport\n\nA woman who allegedly caused a flight to be diverted due to \"extremely disruptive behaviour\" has been given an £85,000 bill by an airline.\n\nThe flight to Dalaman in Turkey was redirected back to Stansted Airport on 22 June.\n\nA 25-year-old woman from Maidenhead in Berkshire was arrested on suspicion of common assault, criminal damage and endangering an aircraft.\n\nAirline Jet2 said she has been billed £85,000 and given a lifetime ban.\n\nThe woman attempted to open the aircraft doors during the flight and displayed a \"catalogue of aggressive, abusive and dangerous behaviour\" before being restrained by staff and passengers, according to the airline.\n\nSteve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2, said her behaviour had been \"one of the most serious cases\" the airline had experienced.\n\nHe said: \"She must now face up to the consequences of her actions, and we will vigorously pursue to recover the costs that we incurred as a result of this divert, as we do with all disruptive passengers.\"\n\nThe flight was escorted in to land by RAF Typhoon jets with residents reporting their houses shaking due to a sonic boom.\n\nThe woman was released on bail until 21 August.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and has imposed ever tightening sanctions on the country in a move designed to force Tehran to curtail their nuclear ambitions.\n\nThe sanctions have led to increased prices and the local currency has fallen significantly. Iranians are being dragged into poverty and the poorest are feeling the effects.\n\nAs tensions rise between Iran, the United States and its allies, the BBC has been given rare access to Iran.\n\nBBC Middle East correspondent Martin Patience, has been in Tehran looking at the impact of sanctions. While in the country, filming access was controlled - as with all foreign media the team was accompanied by a government representative at all times.", "The incident happened on Tuesday evening on the Gellideg estate\n\nTwo boys aged 10 and 12 have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a group of young people in Merthyr Tydfil.\n\nThe incident happened when a silver Audi left the road and hit the group at Heol Scwrfa on Gellideg estate on Tuesday at about 19:00 BST.\n\nThe driver, 32, has been arrested in connection with the crash and remains in custody.\n\nSouth Wales Police said the 12-year-old boy suffered serious injuries.\n\nHe is being treated at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.\n\nOne neighbour, who did not want to be named, said: \"I was on my laptop when I heard a car horn which went on for three or four seconds.\n\n\"I thought it might have been aimed at a dog or something in the road. Then I heard loud revving so I looked out the window and saw a car had mounted the kerb and was dragging one lad with it before it hit the wall of the house opposite and came to a stop.\"\n\nThe car left the road on Heol Scwrfa\n\nThe neighbour said boys were always playing football and other games in that area.\n\n\"They were just sat down on the grass away from the kerb,\" he said.\n\n\"People started running out to help. I rang the ambulance. People were everywhere trying to help. Police had flood lights set up all night removing the debris and checking the road.\"\n\nA police statement said the car \"left the carriageway and collided with a number of youths at the location\".\n\n\"Officers wish to thank members of the public and local community who assisted at scene and for their patience during the road closure,\" it said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police and paramedics were called to Wandsworth Common station\n\nA man killed on a train may have been leaning from a window when he suffered a blow to the head, police have said.\n\nThe 24-year-old suffered serious head injuries while on board a Gatwick Express train at Wandsworth Common station at about 17:30 BST on Sunday.\n\nBritish Transport Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious, and dismissed reports on social media that the man had been \"decapitated\".\n\nThe man, from East Grinstead, Sussex, was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nPolice said the man's next of kin had been informed and they were still looking at what caused his injuries.\n\n\"Our investigation remains at an early stage, but initial enquiries suggest the man may have been leaning out of a train door window when he suffered a blow to the head,\" police said.\n\nThe man was treated by ambulance crews but died at the scene\n\nInsp James Tyrrell added: \"We are aware of a number of reports on social media which say the man was decapitated as a result of this incident. However, this is not the case.\"\n\nKirstin Duffield said she was travelling on the train and stayed with the man as the carriage was evacuated at the station.\n\nShe said the man was \"apparently travelling alone\" and was \"looking out of the window\" when he was hit.\n\n\"There was no other train involved, it was the embankment side\", she said.\n\nBritish Transport Police have not confirmed whether this was the case or not.\n\nThe matter has been reported to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch.\n\nA Gatwick Express spokesman confirmed there had been an incident on board a train that was travelling from the airport to Victoria.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Twelve Israelis have been arrested in Ayia Napa in Cyprus over an alleged rape of a British woman, reports say.\n\nLocal media said police were called in the early hours of Wednesday morning.\n\nCypriot police confirmed that 12 arrests were made and said the suspects would appear in court in Paralimni on Thursday morning.\n\nA spokesman for the Foreign Office said it was \"supporting a British woman who was assaulted in Cyprus and are in contact with local police\".\n\nAn Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed that 12 Israeli citizens were arrested and their families notified.\n\nThe Times of Israel said some of those involved in the alleged attack were boys, and that the alleged victim was 19.", "Street Valium is also known as Street Blues\n\nScotland's latest drug death figures are to be published on Friday - with the country expected to still have the highest rate in Europe.\n\nPublic health minister Joe FitzPatrick lost his job after figures released last year showed that 1,264 people died in 2019, which was even worse than the year before.\n\nIn January, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced £250m in extra funding over five years to tackle the rising number of fatalities after admitting that her government should have done more.\n\nBut almost three years after the deaths were declared a public health emergency, what can be done to tackle the problem?\n\nOpposition parties have accused the Scottish government of cutting rehab programmes in previous years, which they say has had a big part to play in the recent upward trend in the number of deaths.\n\nThere are currently 408 rehab beds in Scotland, with the Scottish government pledging to spend £20m a year for the next five years to increase that number across the country.\n\nCastle Craig rehab clinic, a private hospital near West Linton in the Scottish Borders, has treated people for alcohol and drug addiction for 30 years.\n\nOf its current patient list of 60, only two are NHS-funded. Around a quarter of its clients are Dutch - reflecting the value placed on its services by insurers in the Netherlands - with the remainder being privately funded or via health insurance.\n\nThe facility's medical director, Prof Jonathan Chick, said the proportion of Scottish patients - particularly those funded by the Scottish NHS - has fallen in recent years.\n\nThe weekly cost of treatment at the clinic ranges starts from £2,500, which Prof Chick said was out of the reach of most families - but not out of the reach of health services.\n\nCastle Craig currently has 60 patients but only two are funded by the NHS\n\nHe told BBC Scotland: \"They are providing quite expensive treatments for years and years and not looking at other opportunities.\"\n\nSeveral frontline charities and critics of the Scottish government's approach to tackling the crisis have backed the Scottish Conservatives' Right to Recovery Bill.\n\nThe Tories say it will enshrine in law individuals' right to their chosen drug treatment, including residential rehabilitation services, which the party says would help get people off drugs and recover rather than simply managing their addictions.\n\nScottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: \"This proposal has the backing of frontline groups and experts across the political spectrum. SNP MSPs are reportedly on board privately. We only need the government to wake up, stop stalling and support it.\"\n\nDrugs minister Angela Constance said the government was working hard to get more people into treatment that works for them as quickly as possible.\n\nShe added: \"Without treatment, there is little hope of recovery so we are funding as many community and third-sector initiatives as we can so that individuals have the widest possible choice and can opt for the support which suits them and their family.\"\n\nNaloxone can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose if used in time\n\nThe Scottish government set up a drugs deaths taskforce in response to the crisis, which met for the first time in September 2019.\n\nIt has spent time gathering evidence and proposing changes that it says could quickly save lives.\n\nThe main focus of this has been the distribution of Naloxone, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opiate-related overdose.\n\nUsers often die because they are unable to breathe and, if used in time, Naloxone can restore breathing and save their lives.\n\nDrug campaigners have been trying to get the kits into the hands of anyone who might have or be a witness to a drug overdose. This is mainly drug users and relatives but could also be anyone involved in services such as hostels or outreach workers.\n\nAlmost two-thirds of ambulance crews - who have been using Naloxone for many years - are now also able to distribute it to people who might need it, with the remainder due to be trained by the end of this year.\n\nPolice Scotland has also run a pilot project for its officers to carry Naloxone while on patrol.\n\nThe most significant harm reduction services are methadone and buprenorphine which are offered to heroin addicts to reduce the risk of fatal overdose.\n\nMethadone is controversial because it has been implicated in more drug-related deaths than heroin, the drug it is a substitute for.\n\nExperts point out that methadone is recognised by the World Health Organization as an essential medicine but say it is not always delivered effectively.\n\nDavid Liddell, of the Scottish Drugs Forum, said there was a \"massive issue\" around people on too low doses.\n\n\"We estimated around half of those on methadone are on too low a dose, so what is happening for individuals is they are then forced to top-up on street drugs,\" he said.\n\n\"That's fuelling the poly-drug use problem that we have and leading to deaths as a result.\"\n\nHe also said there were problems around access to methadone services and retention of drug users within treatment.\n\nHe said some countries such as Norway had a policy of \"no unplanned discharges\" and they would actively seek to bring people back into treatment.\n\nEarlier this month, it was announced that Buvidal - an alternative to methadone that contains buprenorphine - would be rolled out across the country after a successful trial in prisons.\n\nIt allows patients to receive an injection every 28 days instead of having to visit a chemist every day to take their medication.\n\nIt is hoped this will allow patients to focus on improving their lives and overall health rather than managing their dependence.\n\nScotland's new drug tsar has called for a public health approach\n\nAll the experts who gave evidence to Westminster's Scottish affairs committee said the stigma around drug addiction was stopping people seeking treatment.\n\nProf Matheson said the people who needed help were the \"most marginalised in Scottish society\".\n\nShe said they were not willing, interested or engaged with services because they were stigmatised and did not want to come forward.\n\nProf Matheson said only about 40% of people who needed treatment were getting it.\n\nShe said: \"They don't want to go to their GP if they have health problems, they feel stigmatised if they have a criminal record and they are stigmatised about getting work.\n\n\"This is keeping people excluded from the help and the care they need.\"\n\nProf Matheson said that, as a result, older drug users - who have a range of respiratory, cardiac, liver and kidney issues - were not seeking treatment and were physically more vulnerable to an overdose.\n\nDenmark is among the countries to have introduced fix rooms\n\nIt is now more than four years since Glasgow City Council first proposed allowing users to take their own drugs under the supervision of medical staff at a special facility in the city.\n\nThe idea is to encourage users who inject heroin or cocaine on Glasgow's streets to enter a safe and clean environment.\n\nIt is hoped the special room would encourage addicts into treatment, cut down on heroin needles on city streets and counter the spread of diseases such as HIV.\n\nThe so-called \"fix rooms\" are already operating in some overseas countries but this would be the first of its kind in the UK.\n\nThey have the support of the Scottish government but drug laws are reserved to Westminster.\n\nThe House of Commons committee that investigated Scotland's drug crisis recommended new legislation to provide for safe drug consumption facilities but it was rejected in the UK government's response to its report.\n\nThe UK government said: \"We want to do all we can to stop people having access to drugs that could ultimately kill them. No illegal drug-taking can be assumed to be safe and there is no safe way to take them.\"\n\nGlasgow announced Scotland's first scheme giving drug addicts diamorphine, a pharmaceutical-grade form of heroin, in November 2019.\n\nThe Enhanced Drug Treatment Service (EDTS) aims to use the medically-licensed drug to treat patients with the most severe, long-standing and complex addictions.Six ways to tackle Scotland's drugs crisis\n\nThey will have to attend the clinic, which has been licensed by the Home Office, twice a day, every day.\n\nIt is hoped the facility will help reduce street drug use, overdose deaths and the spread of HIV in the city.\n\nThe Daily Record is campaigning for decriminalisation of drug use\n\nThe Daily Record newspaper launched a campaign two years ago calling for the decriminalisation of drug use.\n\nIt said Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Canada and, most notably, Portugal were among 25 nations to loosen the punitive attitude to drug possession to enable treatment programmes to succeed.\n\nThe Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) has also recently called for the Scottish and UK governments to seriously consider decriminalising drug possession.\n\nChanging the law to \"decriminalise\" does not mean class A drugs would be legal, but people would not be prosecuted for possession for personal use.\n\nAll UK drugs misuse legislation is currently reserved to Westminster.\n\nThe 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act bans the possession, supply, manufacture, import and export of controlled drugs except by licence.\n\nA cross-party Westminster committee - chaired by SNP MP Pete Wishart but including four Conservative MPs, three Labour members, two Lib Dems and two other SNP MPs - found that decriminalisation was a \"public health\" approach that could cut the stigma around problem drug use and encourage people to seek treatment.\n\nSchemes elsewhere channel drug addicts committing low level crimes into treatment instead of jail.\n\nPolice Scotland's Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson called for radical reform, saying politicians should have the \"confidence and courage\" to decriminalise.\n\nHe said the criminal justice process was actually pushing people into a place where there was more harm.\n\nThe woman leading the Scottish government's drugs taskforce, Prof Catriona Matheson, told BBC Scotland the evidence for decriminalisation was strong.\n\nShe said: \"It is about not putting these marginalised drug users into prison because that further marginalises them and that makes the recovery all the more difficult.\"\n\nThe UK government later rejected the report's recommendation to reform the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act and decriminalise drugs for personal use.\n\nIt said decriminalisation would not \"eliminate the crime committed by the illicit trade, nor would it address the harms associated with drug dependence\".\n\nIt added: \"There is a strong link between drugs and crime, which is why we reject the assertion that the Department for Health and Social Care should lead on drug misuse. We know that people who regularly use heroin, cocaine or crack cocaine are estimated to commit around 45% of all acquisitive crime.\"\n\nThe Scottish Greens have called for both the UK and Scottish governments to admit that the so-called \"war on drugs\" has failed, and to instead focus on \"restoring people's dignity and treating their addiction, rather than criminalising them\".", "Last updated on .From the section Fleetwood\n\nFleetwood Town manager Joey Barton has been charged with causing actual bodily harm following a post-match incident in the tunnel at Barnsley on 13 April.\n\nPolice say the incident, after the Tykes beat Fleetwood 4-2 in a League One game at Oakwell, left a man with facial injuries.\n\nThe 36-year-old has been bailed until 9 October.\n\nBarnsley complained to the Football Association and English Football League in April about the incident.\n\nAt the time, South Yorkshire Police also appealed for any witnesses with footage of the incident to come forward.\n\nBarton took charge of the team for the 1-0 defeat in their pre-season friendly away against Port Vale on Wednesday night.", "Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nA man accused of inventing a murderous VIP paedophile ring believed his claims to be true, a court has heard.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, is on trial over claims he was a victim of the alleged network, which supposedly included MPs and members of the Army and intelligence services, in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nDefending Mr Beech, Collingwood Thompson QC said his client \"genuinely believed\" what he had told detectives.\n\nMr Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nHis allegations - including that he had witnessed three child murders at the hands of the group - prompted the Metropolitan Police to launch a £2m investigation known as Operation Midland.\n\nThe investigation, which ran between 2014 and 2016, ended without an arrest being made.\n\nDuring his closing speech at Newcastle Crown Court on Wednesday, Mr Thompson said: \"Mr Beech's case is that the allegations he made in his ABE (achieving best evidence) interviews are true.\"\n\nMr Thompson added that, even if jurors doubt the accuracy of the allegations, \"the defence case is that this man genuinely believed to be true what he was describing to the police\".\n\nHe added: \"We know that the Metropolitan Police, under the guise of Operation Midland, looked into the allegations made by Mr Beech and ultimately, in March 2016, took no further action on them because they took the view that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute.\n\n\"It simply does not follow that just because the Metropolitan Police thought there was insufficient evidence, Mr Beech is guilty.\"\n\nOn Tuesday, prosecutor Tony Badenoch QC told the jury Mr Beech found telling falsehoods \"as easy as starting the day with a cup of tea might be to some of you\".\n\nHe added: \"The defendant Carl Beech is a sophisticated paedophile. I make no apology for saying it, the evidence proves it.\n\n\"At some stage Carl Beech appears to have convinced himself that such behaviour is acceptable for whatever purpose he had.\n\n\"Spying on children, covertly filming [a child], gathering literally hundreds of images of the rape and abuse of children, each of them a criminal offence.\"\n\nThe court heard in May that Mr Beech has convictions for voyeurism and making and possessing indecent images of children.", "At the Made in America showcase, the president responded to questions about the meaning behind his weekend tweets, which some critics say were racist toward four Democratic members of Congress.", "The Little Shop collectables can be stored in a special album\n\nMarks & Spencer says a controversial giveaway plastic toy campaign will continue despite protests from environment-conscious customers.\n\nThe retailer is offering miniature replicas of its most popular food items in a promotion called Little Shop.\n\nThere are 25 of the toys and shoppers get one free for every £20 spent.\n\nBut some shoppers have taken to social media to denounce M&S for producing needless plastic waste, while others have complained about the high cost.\n\nEach toy comes in a wrapper, making it impossible to see which one it is until it is opened.\n\nEven if it were possible to be sure of getting a different one every time, it would still be necessary to spend a minimum of £500 to get a complete set.\n\nThe store chain's head of sustainability, Carmel McQuaid, has appeared in a YouTube video in an effort to reassure customers that the promotion will not harm the environment.\n\nShe said that sustainability was \"at the heart\" of the Little Shop collectables and that M&S would recycle any unwanted toys.\n\nBut one customer commented: \"Major fail M&S who clearly are not listening to the public tide of anti-single use plastic.\"\n\nThe campaign has also been criticised on other social media platforms, including Facebook and Mumsnet.\n\nOne visitor to the M&S Facebook page said: \"M&S, you've completely missed the point. Yes, recycling is very important, but it's about stopping making the pointless plastic rubbish in the first place.\"\n\nAn M&S spokesperson told the BBC the toys were \"designed to be used again and again\", but there were collection boxes in every store for those who wanted to return them for recycling.\n\nThe retailer is also running swap events where people can exchange duplicates and obtain the toys they have missed.\n\nThe spokesperson said the promotion was part of M&S's strategy to be \"more relevant to the family customer\".\n\nAs for the high cost of collecting all the items, the spokesperson said M&S was planning additional promotions allowing shoppers to get more toys for a lower cost.", "The migrant was picked up a few miles north of Calais\n\nA migrant has been rescued as he tried to swim across the English Channel to the UK with flippers and a float.\n\nThe man - who was suffering from mild hypothermia - was picked up by the French authorities at 07:30 BST about three miles north of Calais.\n\nMeanwhile, 38 people were caught attempting the crossing in three boats before midday, the Home Office said.\n\nPictures showed a woman and children as Home Office officials processed the migrants in Dover.\n\nAnother photograph appeared to show some of the people wearing orange lifejackets as they were taken to shore in a Border Force rigid-inflatable boat.\n\nThe Home Office said a group of eight men and women were found after a boat washed ashore in Dungeness, Kent. They were medically-assessed and found to be well.\n\nA further two vessels were intercepted off the Sussex coast.\n\nThe two groups - made up of 12 and 18 men, women and children - were taken to Dover and transferred to immigration officials.\n\nDamian Collins, Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, said of the developments: \"People will almost certainly die trying to do this. I don't want to see people dying trying to make this crossing.\n\n\"We have got to do more to spot these people and stop them making these journeys before leaving the French coast.\"\n\nChildren were pictured among the migrants who were taken to Dover\n\nSo far this year more than 600 migrants have attempted the crossing.\n\nFormer coastguard Andy Roberts said of the lone swimmer: \"I've seen every kind of attempted unorthodox crossing of the Dover Strait. This one is absolutely incredible. Anyone who thinks with a rubber ring and some flippers they can swim 21 miles as the crow flies... is really asking for serious trouble.\"\n\nBBC South East reporter Simon Jones said: \"The fact that one migrant was prepared to try to go it alone will no doubt be of grave concern to the authorities.\"\n\nA note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Killing Eve stars Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh will battle it out off-screen for the best actress award at this year's Emmys.\n\nThe comedy thriller series has nine nominations in total at the ceremony.\n\nThe show's original writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge is also up for lead actress in a comedy series for Fleabag.\n\nHer show has 11 nominations in total, while Game of Thrones has 32, including acting nods for Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke.\n\nThat's the highest total for any programme in a single year, beating NYPD Blues which received 26 in 1994.\n\nHowever, mixed reviews for the final series of epic fantasy show could damage its chances outside the technical categories.\n\nGame of Thrones goes up against British series Bodyguard and Killing Eve for outstanding drama series, alongside Better Call Saul, Ozark, Pose, Succession and This is Us.\n\nComer, whose portrayal of Killing Eve's psychopathic assassin Villanelle won her a Bafta earlier this year, received her first Emmy nomination on Tuesday.\n\nShe failed to make the cut last year, when her co-star Sandra Oh lost the best actress category to Claire Foy, who played the Queen in Netflix's The Crown.\n\nThis year, both Comer and Oh are nominated alongside Clarke, Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder), Laura Linney (Ozark), Mandy Moore (This Is Us) and Robin Wright (House Of Cards).\n\nHugh Grant is nominated for best actor in a limited series or movie for A Very English Scandal.\n\nHis competition, aside from Harington, is Mahershala Ali (True Detective), Benicio Del Toro (Escape at Dannemora), Jared Harris (Chernobyl), Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us) and Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon).\n\nFleabag, a dark comedy about a Londoner grappling with the death of her best friend and her troublesome family, sees nominations for all five of its female stars - Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Kristin Scott Thomas and Fiona Shaw - who picks up a second nomination for her role as MI6 chief Carolyn Martens in Killing Eve.\n\nWaller-Bridge, who created both Killing Eve and Fleabag, faces stiff competition in the best comedy actress category.\n\nJulia Louis-Dreyfus, who already holds the record for the most Emmy awards for a single role, will be hoping to pick up a seventh prize for her portrayal of vainglorious US President Selena Meyer in Veep.\n\nVoters may be persuaded to honour the star for her last outing in the HBO series, which ended earlier this year.\n\nLast year's winner, Rachel Brosnahan, is also a favourite for Amazon Prime's comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, in which she plays an aspiring comedian in 1950s New York.\n\nAlthough the BBC's ratings hit Bodyguard, is nominated for best drama series - there is nothing for the show's star, Richard Madden, who picked up a Golden Globe for his performance earlier this year.\n\nThis year's Emmy ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 22 September.\n\nThe nominations and winners are voted for by the 25,000 Emmy members and recognise the best of television. The awards are the biggest TV awards show in the US.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Prosecutors in the US state of Massachusetts have dropped a criminal case against Kevin Spacey.\n\nMr Spacey, 59, was accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a bar in 2016.\n\nBut indecent assault and battery charges were dropped on Wednesday after the accuser refused to testify about a missing phone, which the defence said could prove the actor's innocence.\n\nMr Spacey has faced several sexual misconduct accusations but this was the only one to result in a criminal case.\n\nThe claims date back three years, when the accuser says Mr Spacey bought him alcohol and groped him at a bar on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.\n\nThe accuser was ordered to take to the stand this month after he said he lost the phone he had used on the night of the alleged assault. Mr Spacey's lawyers had accused the man of deleting text messages and said the phone could be used to prove their client's innocence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"To Kevin Spacey: Shame on you for what you did to my son\"\n\nHowever, he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refused to testify.\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office said the \"unavailability of the complaining witness\" had led them to drop the case.\n\nThe announcement comes after the accuser earlier this month said he was dropping a civil case against the actor.\n\nThe accuser's lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian, said in a statement on Wednesday that his client had \"shown an enormous amount of courage under difficult circumstances.\"\n\nThe allegations in the case came after an actor accused a then 26-year-old Mr Spacey of climbing on top of him on a bed when he was just 14.\n\nMr Spacey apologised for any inappropriate conduct, which he said he could not remember.\n\nIn May, Mr Spacey was questioned over allegations of sexual assault in the UK between 1996 and 2013. Metropolitan Police officers travelled to the US to speak to him. Inquiries in the case are ongoing.\n\nAmid multiple allegations of misconduct, the Oscar-winning actor was dropped from Netflix series House of Cards in 2017 and had his scenes edited out of the film All the Money in the World.\n\nThe Nantucket case was one of few criminal cases to be brought as a result of Hollywood's #MeToo scandal.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt urged to consider the impact of a no-deal Brexit on UK research.\n\nThe president of the Royal Society has warned the Tory leadership candidates that UK research could be damaged by a bad deal or no-deal Brexit.\n\nProf Sir Venki Ramakrishnan has presented them with an analysis showing that the UK collaborates with the EU much more than previously thought.\n\nIt shows that a third of UK research papers are co-authored with the EU scientists.\n\nThis compared with less than a fifth from the US.\n\nProf Ramakrishnan added that without a new visa arrangement it will be much more expensive for researchers from the EU to work in the UK compared with other countries.\n\nBritish science is one of the biggest winners of the UK's membership of the European Union. It receives tens of millions of pounds more each year than it puts into the EU research budget. Membership also allows UK researchers easy access to collaborations with the best laboratories in Europe.\n\nIn a letter to Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, Professor Ramakrishnan says that those benefits will be lost and with them risks the UK's pre-eminent position in research, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe Royal Society's new analysis indicates that links with the EU are of growing importance to UK science.\n\n\"The loss of support from European research grants and collaborations would have an immediate impact on innovation in the UK and stop valuable research in its tracks,\" Prof Ramakrishnan wrote to both leadership candidates.\n\nHe has also provided data which shows that it is substantially more expensive for researchers to get work visas in the UK than other nations. Currently, EU researchers working in UK labs have to pay nothing, but without a proper arrangement in place, those applying in future will have to pay thousands.\n\nMore than 1,600 IT specialists and engineers offered jobs in the UK were denied visas between December and March\n\n\"How the UK approaches immigration directly impacts our attractiveness as a place to work or train as a researcher. As well as tackling the immediate costs barrier, we need a cultural shift within the immigration system that makes us more human and welcoming in the way we handle cases,\" he said.\n\nLast month, the UK's leading research bodies urged the Conservative leadership candidates to make a pledge to put scientific research at the heart of their economic policy.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs approved two significant changes to the Northern Ireland bill - intended to make it harder for a new prime minister to prorogue Parliament and force through a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThey endorsed last night's Lords amendment, to ensure Parliament sits for a fortnightly debate - on government updates on the restoration of power-sharing in Northern Ireland.\n\nAnd they backed the Burt-Benn amendment by 315 to 274 votes, to ensure that debates and ministerial statements on this topic go ahead, even if Parliament has been suspended.\n\nThe Leader of the House of Commons set out the business for next week, saying:\n\nQuote Message: I feel sure that there will be an opportunity for the House to hear from the new prime minister next week, although clearly I cannot comment on the precise circumstances that may pertain to that; that will be a matter for him, whoever he is. from Mel Stride Leader of the House of Commons I feel sure that there will be an opportunity for the House to hear from the new prime minister next week, although clearly I cannot comment on the precise circumstances that may pertain to that; that will be a matter for him, whoever he is. Leader of the House of Commons\n\nNext week will also include any necessary consideration of Lords amendments, and a debate on Tuesday 22 July on on body image and mental health. Mr Stride said that, at the conclusion of business on Thursday 25 July, Parliament would rise for the summer recess and return on Tuesday 3 September.\n\nIf you want to know more about the day's events, tune into Today in Parliament on BBC Radio 4, at 11:30pm.", "Salman Abedi has been named by police as the Manchester bomber\n\nPolice have named 22-year-old Salman Ramadan Abedi as the person who carried out the suicide bomb attack at Manchester Arena on 22 May.\n\nIt is thought many of his actions prior to the attack were carried out alone, but police have yet to rule out whether he was part of a larger network.\n\nWhat more do we know about him?\n\nAbedi was born in Manchester on New Year's Eve 1994 to Libyan parents. They fled Libya after becoming opponents of Colonel Gaddafi's regime.\n\nHaving spent a few years in London, the family moved to Manchester where Abedi's father did the call to prayer at a mosque in Didsbury.\n\nFriends remember him as a good footballer, a keen supporter of Manchester United and a user of cannabis. He had a sister and two brothers.\n\nAbedi attended Burnage Academy for Boys in Manchester between 2009 and 2011, before going to The Manchester College until 2013. He went to Salford University in 2014.\n\nHe also attended football coaching sessions put on by the Manchester United Foundation. The foundation, which runs street projects, said it could not comment for \"data protection reasons\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ramadan Abedi, the father of the Manchester suicide bomber, spoke to Reuters two days after the attack\n\nA former classmate of Abedi told the BBC \"he was a very jokey lad\" but at the same time was \"very short tempered\", and would lose his temper over \"the littlest thing\".\n\nThe man, who does not want to be identified, said: \"What I realised was he had a short temper but apart from that was a very sound lad.\"\n\nHe said Abedi was \"away at random times throughout the year - but I don't know if that was because he was out the country, or just didn't show up to school, because he did hang around with the wrong crowd and was very, very gullible\".\n\n\"You could tell him anything and he would pretty much fall for it,\" he added.\n\nAnother, who also did not want to be named, told the BBC Abedi did not \"come across as an intelligent person\".\n\nAsked whether he thought Abedi might have been manipulated by more intelligent people, he replied: \"A hundred percent... I can't imagine the idea that he would be able to go through with such a complicated procedure. He must have had help.\"\n\n\"I wasn't shocked,\" the classmate added. \"He fits the profile for a suicide bomber.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Salman Abedi's cousins say the bomber \"betrayed his family\"\n\nThe bomber's two cousins, Isaac and Abz Forjani, were both arrested the day after the attack and questioned by police for seven days.\n\nThe pair said Abedi had never admitted extremist views, and thought that he may have been radicalised abroad.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Newsnight understands Abedi fought against the Gaddafi regime in Libya\n\nAged 16, Abedi is believed to have fought against the Gaddafi regime with his father Ramadan during the school holidays, according to BBC Newsnight.\n\nA Libyan businessman, Adel Alrayni, told BBC Arabic that Abedi's father supported the radical cleric, Abu Qatada, and used to meet him in London.\n\nAbu Qatada was deported from Britain in 2013, but was later cleared of terrorism charges in Jordan.\n\nBy the time Abedi left Burnage Academy for Boys - formerly Burnage High School - in 2011, he had become \"more and more religious\", later cutting ties with former classmates.\n\nIt was while at Manchester College two people who knew Abedi made separate calls to an anti-terrorism hotline to warn police about his extremist views.\n\nA community support worker, who did not wish to be named, said they contacted the authorities after he publicly said \"he was supporting terrorism\" and \"being a suicide bomber is OK\".\n\nGreater Manchester Police said it had not found a record of the phone calls, but added had been arrested in 2012 for minor offences including theft and assault.\n\nHowever, he said he had not been known to the government's Prevent anti-extremism scheme, which aims to deradicalise young people or prevent others from being radicalised.\n\nAbedi's family lived at more than one address in the city, including a property at Elsmore Road, in the Fallowfield area, that was raided by police on 23 May.\n\nHis mother and father are now back living in Libya, where his father and younger brother Hashem, 20, are being held by special forces linked to the interior ministry in the Libyan capital Tripoli.\n\nFor a while Abedi left the UK too, but he returned in the days before the bombing. During his trip back from Libya he briefly stopped off at Düsseldorf Airport, having reportedly been in Prague, but remained in the airport's transit zone.\n\nThe BBC also understands Abedi was in Manchester earlier this year, when he told people of the value of dying for a cause and made hardline statements about suicide operations and the conflict in Libya.\n\nGreater Manchester Police would not comment on the claims.\n\nHis sister, Jomana, has said she believed her brother may have been reacting to US-led strikes in the Middle East.\n\n\"He saw the explosives America drops on children in Syria, and he wanted revenge.\n\n\"Whether he got that is between him and God,\" she reportedly told the Wall Street Journal.\n\nIt is also being reported that a Libyan government spokesman said 15 minutes before he blew himself up, Abedi called his mother and brother.\n\nManchester is home to one of the largest Libyan communities in the UK. Neighbours have talked about the family having a Libyan flag flying in its house at certain times of the year.\n\nBBC home editor Mark Easton said the area was known to have been home to a number of Islamist extremists in recent years; some with links to Syria and Libya; some alive and some dead.\n\nA property in Whalley Range, Manchester, was among two addresses searched by police on Tuesday\n\nHamid El-Sayed, who worked for the UN on tackling radicalisation and who now works at the University of Manchester, said Abedi had a \"really bad relationship\" with his family.\n\n\"Eventually he was doing very bad at his university, at his education, and he didn't complete, and they tried to take him back to Libya several times. He had difficulties adjusting to a European lifestyle,\" he said.\n\nA trustee of the Manchester Islamic Centre, also known as the Didsbury Mosque, told the Press Association it was likely Abedi had attended there.\n\nFawaz Haffar said while Abedi's father used to perform the call for prayer at the mosque, one of his brothers had also been a volunteer there.\n\nMr Haffar described the mosque as moderate, modern and liberal, and said he was a member of an organisation liaising with police.\n\nSalman Abedi was born in Manchester on New Year's Eve 1994 to Libyan parents\n\nMohammed Saeed El-Saeiti, the imam at the Didsbury Mosque, remembers Abedi as a dangerous extremist, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reports.\n\n\"Salman showed me the face of hate after my speech on Isis [an acronym for the Islamic State group],\" said the imam.\n\n\"He used to show me the face of hate and I could tell this person does not like me. It's not a surprise to me.\"\n\nChief Constable Ian Hopkins said Abedi had been part of a network of collaborators and Home Secretary Amber Rudd confirmed he had been known to security services.\n\nHowever, the police investigation has found it most likely that Abedi assembled the bomb himself.\n\nIt is less clear whether he acted alone in buying the components needed to make the device.\n\nAbedi left Britain on 15 April and travelled to Libya before returning to the UK on 18 May.\n\nIt seems he was intent on committing the attack within days of his return, as CCTV has shown him purchasing more items for the bomb soon after he came back.\n\nThese included nuts from a DIY store that were used for shrapnel, said Russ Jackson, head of the North West counter terrorism unit.\n\nAbedi was also tracked going to and from the Banff Road area of Rusholme, where a white Nissan Micra was found.\n\nThe Micra - which was bought on 13 April - contained materials for bomb making and Abedi is forensically linked to the car, say police.\n\nMeanwhile a search is continuing at a landfill site for a blue suitcase thought to contain items Abedi discarded after assembling the device.\n\nA Whitehall source said Abedi was one of a \"pool\" of former subjects of interest whose risk remained \"subject to review\" by the authorities.\n\nThe self-styled Islamic State group issued a statement after the attack claiming it had been carried out by one of its members, but that has not been verified.", "Aaron McKenzie has been remanded into custody\n\nThe ex-partner of a heavily pregnant woman stabbed to death in her own home has accepted responsibility for her killing, the Old Bailey has heard.\n\nAaron McKenzie, 25, is charged with the murder of Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months pregnant.\n\nHe is also accused of the manslaughter of her baby, Riley, who was delivered at the scene but died in hospital four days later.\n\nMr McKenzie is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.\n\nA plea hearing was set for 2 October with a provisional trial date of 2 December.\n\nMr McKenzie, from Peckham, south London, was remanded into custody.\n\nRoyal Mail worker Ms Fauvrelle was attacked in her bedroom on the ground floor of the family home in Thornton Heath on 29 June.\n\nHer mother, two brothers, sister and her sister's baby son were all in the house.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle's baby was delivered by paramedics but died later in hospital\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Adding more ethanol to the UK's fuel mix would cut carbon by as much as taking 700,000 cars off the roads, according to a group of MPs.\n\nThe All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Bioethanol says the swift introduction of E10 fuel would also help the £1bn British biofuel industry.\n\nE10 is a mixture of 10% ethanol with 90% petrol, double the current permitted maximum.\n\nThe MPs say that Brexit has distracted the government from taking action.\n\nOne of the unintended consequences of 2015's diesel emissions scandal has been a jump in the sales of petrol cars, with a knock-on effect on sales of the fuel.\n\nThis has contributed to the first increase in emissions of CO2 from new cars in two decades recorded in 2017.\n\nA significant plank of the government's plan to reduce carbon on the roads has been the introduction of biofuels made from crops, which soak up CO2 as they are grown.\n\nAt present, ethanol made from wheat or sugar beet is blended into petrol to a maximum of 5%.\n\nThe report's authors say that while electric cars and vehicles are the long-term solution to emissions from transport, E10 represents a big advance that could be achieved right now.\n\n\"For many reasons it is absolutely a no-brainer,\" said Nic Dakin MP, the chairman of the all-party group.\n\n\"On the environmental front, it's a cleaner, greener fuel at a time when we're trying to address air pollution and tackle climate change.\n\n\"Cars aren't going to all switch to battery power overnight and if they did there isn't the capacity in the National Grid to power all of our transportation.\n\n\"This must be a top priority for the government and we renew our call for a mandate to introduce E10 by 2020 at the latest.\"\n\nIn other European countries, the change to E10 has been fully embraced. France introduced the fuel in 2009 and last year it was the largest volume petrol grade sold, with 47% of the market.\n\nGermany, Belgium and Finland have also introduced E10, with other countries including China and India set to do the same. In Brazil the minimum ethanol content is now 27%.\n\nThe report says that without the introduction of E10 fuel the UK's bioethanol producers, based in the North of England, will struggle to survive.\n\nLast September Vivergo, one of the three main producers of the biofuel announced it would close its facility on Humberside with the loss of 150 jobs.\n\nThe introduction of E10 would likely secure and strengthen the industry which has the potential to support approximately 6,000 jobs in the UK.\n\nWheat is one of the crops that is used for making ethanol in the UK\n\n\"We built a plant in 2010, we've had four periods when the plant has been offline, and the reason for that is lack of demand,\" said Grant Pearson from Ensus, one of the UK's three ethanol production companies.\n\n\"We expected that demand would be at least twice what it is, and that move from E5 to E10 would just get us back on track.\"\n\nLast year the government issued a consultation on the idea of increasing this to 10%, but since then nothing has happened, a decision that MPs describe as \"baffling\" and likely due to the distraction of Brexit.\n\n\"It is bonkers that the Department of Transport has yet to publish its consultation on the introduction of E10,\" said Nic Daikin.\n\n\"The British bioethanol industry is in a state of collapse, and ministers can not allow the fog of Brexit to distract them any longer from saving a £1bn industry that will not only make our cars cleaner and greener, but provide thousands of green jobs in the North and prove that the government is serious about championing the green economy.\"\n\nIn response, a Department for Transport spokesperson said: \"We are committed to supporting cleaner and greener fuels, and we recognise the important role they have to play in decarbonising transport.\"\n\n\"Following our call for evidence on E10, we intend to publish our next steps in due course.\"\n\nCritics of the introduction of E10 say that it is not certified to run in some older cars, principally those manufactured before 2000.\n\nOne of the UK's bioethanol plants near Middlesbrough\n\nThe report says that this threat is minimal and that there is no evidence from Europe or the US where E10 is widely used of the fuel causing any significant damage to to any vehicle manufactured before the turn of the century.\n\nIndeed the report says that the fuel industry has \"given express assurances that were E10 to be mandated, motorists would still be able to purchase E5 (as octane 98) at many forecourts. Thus any older cars which are not expressly warrantied for E10 can still have access to fuel that is compatible with their engines.\"\n\nOther critics of the switch are worried that going for extra ethanol in the mix might push up prices on the forecourt.\n\n\"The cost impact is minuscule,\" said Grant Pearson.\n\n\"The price of ethanol compared to petrol varies over time, we've had periods where ethanol has been cheaper than petrol. There's a tiny reduction in terms of potential mileage but its less than 1%, so depending on how heavy your shoe is you wouldn't see it in the mileage that your are doing.\"\n\nIf the bioethanol industry flounders, the report says, the UK would likely have to increase imports of biofuel from overseas, including used cooking oil from China, which is likely boosting the use of palm oil from deforested lands.", "Labour is pledging to end in-work poverty within its first five years in office if it wins the next election.\n\nIn a speech in London, John McDonnell promised to tackle the issue with a \"structurally different economy\", \"public services free at the point of use\" and a \"strong social safety net\".\n\nThis includes a \"real living wage\" and stopping the Universal Credit roll-out.\n\nBut the Conservatives said the policies would \"harm the people [Labour] claim they want to help the most\".\n\nPoverty among people who are working has risen since the mid-1990s.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies said the proportion has gone up from 13% in 1994-95 to 18% in 2017, meaning about eight million people living in working households are in relative poverty.\n\nA household is defined as being in relative poverty when its income is less than 60% of the average - less than £17,040 a year, on the most recent figures.\n\nThe IFS research said the rise had been partly driven by higher housing costs and lower earnings growth.\n\nSpeaking at the Resolution Foundation, the shadow chancellor said his goal was to eradicate poverty, since \"nothing less should be the aim of a socialist government\".\n\nWhile the next Labour government would re-distribute income between the richest and poorest, he said this would only \"paper over the cracks\" unless there were major changes in the way the economy worked to address inequalities in opportunities and productivity.\n\nHe listed a number of policies - some which have been announced before - that he says will see a Labour government achieve their goal within a Parliamentary term of five years.\n\n\"Behind the concept of social mobility is the belief that poverty is OK as long as some people are given the opportunity to climb out of it, leaving the others behind,\" he said.\n\n\"I reject that completely, and want to see a society with higher living standards for everyone as well as one in which nobody lacks the means to survive or has to choose between life's essentials.\"\n\nPledging to end the \"modern-day scourge\" of in-work poverty, he added. \"As chancellor in the next Labour government, I want you to judge me by how much we reduce poverty... how much we create a more equal society... by how much people's lives change for the better.\"\n\nWhile immediately ending the most \"damaging\" aspects of Universal Credit, he said Labour would not seek to replicate the system of tax credits, designed to top up the incomes of the lowest-paid, introduced by Gordon Brown when he was chancellor.\n\nInstead, a future government would \"take a step back\" and looking at designing a welfare system that helped people \"find work and progress in work\".\n\nThe main way poverty is assessed is by using a relative measure - \"relative poverty\".\n\nIt's calculated by taking the median income in the country - that's the midpoint where half of the overall population have income more than that amount and half have less. It was £507 a week in 2017-18, or £437 after housing costs.\n\nThen you take 60% of this middle amount and anyone who has less income than this is considered to be living in relative poverty.\n\nIn 1998-99, 34% of children in the UK were living in relative-poverty households. Today, this proportion is 30%, which represents about 4.1 million children.\n\nStatistics on income after housing costs and benefits received are more widely used as this gives a better idea of how much disposable income someone might have.\n\nBut, some say relative poverty is flawed as a measure because the poverty line moves when average income changes. In times of recession, for example, when lots of people's wages decrease, relative poverty rates improve.\n\nCampaigners say the benefit freeze in place for most of the past decade has been the biggest factor in exacerbating poverty levels among working families with children.\n\nRather than rising each year in line with inflation, to reflect the rising cost of living, most working-age benefits and tax credits have been frozen in value each year.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation says this has pushed 200,000 people into poverty since 2016 and a further 200,000 could follow by 2020.\n\nClaire Ainsley, the organisation's executive director, said ending in-work poverty should be the government's \"number one priority after Brexit\".\n\n\"In-work poverty is the problem of our times as millions have been swept into poverty through low wages, low hours and rising costs,\" she said.\n\nWork and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said it is \"essential\" that the freeze is lifted next year although she had acknowledged it will be up to the next prime minister.\n\nBut Conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis dismissed Labour's wider pledge, saying its plans for the economy \"would lead to worse living standards\".\n\nHe added: \"Just this week we have seen wages rise by their fastest in 11 years, giving people more money in their pockets, and record numbers of people getting the security of a wage.\n\n\"Thanks to (the Conservatives') balanced approach, we've also cut taxes for 32 million people, taking millions of the lowest paid out of paying income tax altogether, and taken action to reduce the cost of living.\"", "Joanne Edwards captured this image of the Moon over Flintshire\n\nSkywatchers across the UK have witnessed a partial lunar eclipse, 50 years to the day since the US mission to put men on the Moon lifted off.\n\nThe surface of Earth's satellite appeared red or dark grey at the height of the eclipse at about 22:30 BST.\n\nLunar eclipses occur when the Earth crosses between the Sun and Moon - casting a shadow on the lunar surface.\n\nThe Apollo 11 mission carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off on 16 July 1969.\n\nFour days later Armstrong became the first man to step on to the Moon's surface.\n\nDuring a partial eclipse, some - but not all - of the Moon passes through the darkest area of shadow behind the Earth, the central region called the umbra.\n\nThe Moon was clearly visible over Blackheath in south east London\n\nThe partial eclipse was seen from Avon beach in Mudeford, Dorset\n\nThe Moon appeared red above London as the Earth came between it and the Sun\n\nMostly clear skies also allowed the partial lunar eclipse to be seen from Stoodley Pike in West Yorkshire\n\nBBC Weather was expecting mostly clear skies, meaning the eclipse could be seen across much of the UK.\n\nThe spectacle could be seen from Tynemouth Priory on the north-east coast of England\n\nThe event was visible across Europe and was also expected to be seen from Africa, much of Asia, the eastern part of South America, and western Australia.\n\nLunar eclipses can only occur on the night of a full moon.\n\nThe next partial lunar eclipse is not expected until 19 November 2021.\n\nThe partial eclipse could be seen across the world including in Brasilia, Brazil\n\nThe Moon appeared red ahead of the partial eclipse in Speyer, Germany\n\nThe last total lunar eclipse - sometimes known as a \"super blood wolf moon\" - was visible in the UK in January.\n\nSkywatchers in the UK will not get the chance to see another until 2029 - weather permitting.", "Mathew Bell directed the attacks from his home in Irvine\n\nBritish authorities failed to arrest a paedophile for 18 months after a tip-off about him, the BBC has learned.\n\nThe National Crime Agency was first warned about the activities of Matthew Bell, 51, in September 2016 - but he was not arrested until March 2018.\n\nBell continued to pay to watch the abuse of Filipino children until at least April 2017, court papers show.\n\nThe NCA said there was not enough evidence to arrest him initially, but it \"acted swiftly\" when more emerged.\n\nHowever, the chairwoman of the House of Commons home affairs committee said the case was \"deeply worrying\".\n\nMatthew Bell, from Irvine, North Ayrshire, is thought to be the first man in Scotland to be convicted of live streaming the sexual abuse of children.\n\nEarlier this month he pleaded guilty to five offences - the judge describing his crimes as being \"of the utmost depravity\".\n\nBell would pay as little as 93p to watch on a webcam from his home as children in the Philippines were forced to carry out sex acts.\n\nBut we can now reveal the NCA was first warned about Bell in September 2016 - 18 months before he was eventually arrested.\n\nThe NCA says it didn't have enough information to make an arrest in 2016, but after BBC News brought forward extra material officers were able to \"develop intelligence\" about the case and \"act quickly\".\n\nInvestigative journalist Peter Dupont took this picture of Bell on his webcam\n\nThis story starts not in Scotland but a small town near Brussels, Belgium, and a man called Peter Dupont.\n\nHe is an investigative journalist who wanted to find out more about the live-streaming gangs in the Philippines who abuse children for the benefit of Western paedophiles watching via webcam.\n\nIt's a huge and growing problem. Children, even babies, are being sexually exploited for cash often by their own families.\n\nSo Mr Dupont went undercover and infiltrated a group based in Iligan in the south of the Philippines.\n\nMr Dupont was called by an unknown Skype number and stumbled into a group Skype session.\n\nOn screen was Bell, sitting in his flat, 25 miles from Glasgow, directing the sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl.\n\n\"That was one of the most gruesome things - he was enjoying it very much, he was laughing the whole time,\" Mr Dupont told the BBC.\n\nHorrified, the journalist took several screenshots of Bell and dropped the call.\n\nMr Dupont first contacted the Child Exploitation and Online Protection command in 2016\n\nMr Dupont continued his work, gathering evidence on numerous foreign paedophiles. He was also writing a book and making a documentary with the help of two non-governmental organisations (NGOs).\n\nIn April 2015, he took all the information he gathered to the police in the Philippines. Five adults were arrested in Iligan and 12 children were rescued.\n\nHe continued to work with the Philippine National Police and a US charity called the International Justice Mission. But he wanted Bell to face justice too.\n\nIn January 2016 Mr Dupont gave an interview to the Daily Mail about his investigation - a picture of Bell only partially disguised appeared in the paper.\n\nThe journalist said he expected British police to get in touch - but they didn't. From then, he tried to make contact with the British authorities. Here is a timeline:\n\nIn January 2018, the BBC heard about the case and travelled to Belgium to interview Mr Dupont.\n\nHe did not understand why no action had been taken against Bell. \"It's a huge shame,\" he told us. \"It's pure negligence.\"\n\nA month later we took all the information we had gathered to Ceop, and on 21 March 2018 Bell was arrested.\n\nThat arrest took place 18 months after Mr Dupont says he first passed enough information to identify Bell to authorities.\n\nOn 2 July this year, Bell pleaded guilty to five offences. However, court documents show that he was still abusing children in April 2017, more than a year after his image appeared in the Daily Mail and seven months after Ceop's initial tip-off.\n\nLabour MP Yvette Cooper said the case was \"really worrying\"\n\nThe NCA said: \"In September 2016 we received information from Mr Dupont which, despite researching and developing, provided insufficient evidence for action to be taken against Bell and the case remained open.\n\n\"We thank the BBC for their visit in February 2018, after which we continued to develop intelligence enabling us to act swiftly in partnership with Police Scotland to arrest and convict Bell.\"\n\nIt said an internal review found there was \"no referable or recordable conduct\" and no need to involve the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, which investigates serious incidents involving the police.\n\nBut questions about this case and the wider issues facing the NCA are now being asked at Westminster.\n\nLabour MP Yvette Cooper, who is chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, described the case as \"incredibly disturbing\".\n\n\"To have delays in a case like this, which is so serious with such a vile crime against children, is really worrying.\"\n\nShe added: \"I've been concerned for many years that there just aren't enough resources going into this given the scale of the escalating problem we face.\"\n\nBell will be sentenced next week, but questions remain for the NCA about why it took so long to catch him - and how many children were left at risk.", "SeaWorld has faced criticism over the way it treats cetaceans\n\nSeaWorld has hit back after Virgin Holidays said it had stopped selling tickets to the US theme park chain's captive whale and dolphin experiences.\n\nSeaWorld said it was \"disappointing to see Virgin Holidays succumb to pressure from animal activists\".\n\nIt said the activists were people \"who mislead and manipulate marine mammal science to advance their agendas\".\n\n\"No company does more to protect marine mammals and advance cetacean research, rescue and conservation,\" it added.\n\nSeaWorld's statement came a day after Virgin Holidays said it was removing the attractions from its line-up.\n\nIn a blog, Virgin boss Richard Branson said the firm would \"end the sales and promotion of tourism attractions that involve captive cetaceans, such as whales and dolphins.\"\n\nAnimal rights activists say keeping cetaceans in captivity restricts their movement and can lead to aggressive behaviour, illness and even death.\n\nVirgin said it had been working towards its goal since 2014 when it sold tickets to about 20 captive whale and dolphin experiences.\n\nThe firm, which sells tickets to various attractions as part of its holiday packages, said the final destinations to be axed were:\n\nHowever, it said it would still sell tickets to the hotels at the Atlantis resorts.\n\nIn its response, SeaWorld said: \"Virgin's own corporate mission is having a measurable purpose that positively impacts communities and the environment. SeaWorld is the epitome of that mission.\n\n\"With more than 35,000 animal rescues and decades of meaningful scientific contributions, we are proud to be a recognised global leader in marine mammal science, education and, in particular, providing preeminent care to all of our marine mammals.\n\n\"With rising threats to our oceans and their inhabitants, supporting independently accredited zoological facilities is more important than ever. No company does more to protect marine mammals and advance cetacean research, rescue and conservation than SeaWorld.\"", "Police said no arrests had been made following the crash on Friday morning\n\nA woman riding an electric scooter has been killed in a crash with a lorry in south London.\n\nThe 35-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene at the Queen Circus roundabout, Battersea following the crash at about 08:30 BST.\n\nA Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said her next of kin had yet to be informed and no arrests had been made.\n\nIn July last year a cyclist was killed at the roundabout after being hit by a bin lorry.\n\nA London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: \"We sent an advanced paramedic, two ambulance crews, an incident response officer and two medics in cars to the scene, with the first of our medics arriving in under four minutes.\n\n\"Sadly, despite the extensive efforts of medics, a woman died at the scene.\"\n\nElectric scooters are illegal to ride on public roads\n\nTransport for London and Wandsworth Council redesigned the roundabout in 2015, which trialled the use of raised kerbs and separate traffic lights to keep cyclists and vehicles segregated at junctions.\n\nConcerns had been raised that the new layout was too complicated.\n\nWhile the cause of the crash is unknown, e-scooters are illegal to ride on public roads, including in cycle lanes or on the pavement.\n\nA Department for Transport spokeswoman said: \"We extend our deepest sympathies to all those involved in this tragic incident, and fully support the police as they carry out their investigations.\n\n\"Safety is at the heart of all our road laws and it is important that retailers continue to remind people at the point of sale that it is illegal to ride e-scooters on public roads.\"\n\nAn electric scooter, or e-scooter, is similar to a traditional children's scooter but has a motor attached.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Philadelphia police say the suspected carjacking happened on Thursday\n\nA couple have been questioned by police and may face charges after a suspected carjacker was beaten by a mob and died in the US city of Philadelphia.\n\nPolice say the man who died had tried on Thursday to steal a woman's car with her three young children inside.\n\nThe woman's boyfriend, the father of two of the children, managed to chase the car when it got stuck in traffic.\n\nThe suspect, 54, was then pulled out of the vehicle and beaten by the boyfriend and some local residents, police say.\n\nThe suspected carjacker was unconscious when emergency services arrived at the scene shortly afterwards. He later died in a local hospital.\n\nThe couple who were questioned by police are both aged 25. They have not been identified.\n\n\"I'm not a fan of street justice,\" Philadelphia Police Capt Jason Smith was quoted as saying by CBS.\n\n\"I think everything should play out through us as it comes to criminal actions,\" he added.\n\nThe city's medical examiner's office is yet to determine how the suspected carjacker died.\n• None Two more men jailed for carjack death", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nAn Iranian official has said a British oil tanker should be seized, if a detained Iranian ship is not released.\n\nBritish Royal Marines helped officials in Gibraltar to seize the super-tanker Grace 1 on Thursday, after it was suspected of carrying oil from Iran to Syria, in breach of EU sanctions.\n\nA court in Gibraltar has ruled the ship can be detained for a further 14 days.\n\nIran later summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to complain about what it said was a \"form of piracy\".\n\nMohsen Rezaei said Iran would respond to bullies \"without hesitation\".\n\nMr Rezaei - a member of a council that advises the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei - said, in a tweet: \"If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities' duty to seize a British oil tanker.\"\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help detain Grace 1 and its cargo.\n\nGibraltar said there was reason to believe the ship was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous.\n\nThe territory was initially able to detain the ship for 72-hours, but Gibraltar's Supreme Court granted a 14-day extension on Friday.\n\nIran's Foreign Ministry condemned the initial seizure of the vessel as illegal and accused the UK of acting at the behest of the United States.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office dismissed claims of piracy as \"nonsense\".\n\nSpain's Acting Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said, on Thursday, Spain - which disputes British ownership of Gibraltar - was studying the circumstances of the action, but said it followed \"a demand from the US to the UK\".\n\nBBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said, while Britain has been keen to suggest it was an operation led by the Gibraltar government, it appears the intelligence came from the US.\n\nIran's threat to retaliate against the impounding of its super-tanker is an indication of how hurt Tehran is by the UK's action.\n\nIn the eight years of war in Syria this appears to be the first time Iran's supply of oil to its ally has been interrupted, even though EU sanctions have existed for almost the whole duration.\n\nThe episode also reflects worsening relations between Iran and the UK over a range of issues - particularly the continued imprisonment of British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nThe tanker and its cargo are probably worth more than $200m (£160m).\n\nIran is looking for ways to respond to what it sees as illegal and an act of piracy. It has the capability to take over a British ship in the Gulf and would see such a move as proportionate.\n\nOn Friday, a senior Iranian lawmaker said the seizure of tanker was proof the UK \"lacks honour\" and takes orders from the US.\n\nMostafa Kavakebian, who leads the Iran-UK parliamentary friendship group, tweeted that the seizure was \"a form of piracy and illegal hostility towards Iran\".\n\nTensions between the UK and Iran have been exacerbated by the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe\n\nWhite House national security advisor John Bolton said the seizure was \"excellent news\". He added that the US and its allies would continue to prevent regimes in Tehran and Damascus from \"profiting off this illicit trade\".\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the swift action would deny valuable resources to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's \"murderous regime\".\n\nThe Baniyas Refinery, where the Iranian tanker was believed to be taking the oil, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products - a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nThis latest row comes at a time of escalating tensions between the US and Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration - which has pulled out of an international agreement on Tehran's nuclear programme - has reinforced punishing sanctions against Iran.\n\nIts European allies, including the UK, have not followed suit.\n\nNonetheless, there have been growing tensions between the UK and Iran too, after Britain said the Iranian regime was \"almost certainly\" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in June.\n\nThe UK has also been pressing Iran to release British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted for spying, which she denies.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the UK ambassador in the US, which were critical of the Trump administration.\n\nAssistant Commissioner Neil Basu said there was a \"clear public interest\" in bringing those responsible to justice.\n\nSir Kim Darroch stepped down as ambassador on Wednesday, saying it was \"impossible\" for him to continue.\n\nPresident Trump had earlier said the US would no longer deal with Sir Kim.\n\nThe US president branded him \"a very stupid guy\" after confidential emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nAnnouncing the criminal investigation, Mr Basu said he was satisfied the alleged leak had damaged UK international relations.\n\nHe urged whoever was responsible to turn themselves in and \"face the consequences\".\n\n\"I would say to the person or people who did this, the impact of what you have done is obvious,\" he said.\n\n\"However, you are now also responsible for diverting busy detectives from undertaking their core mission.\"\n\nAnyone with information about the alleged leak or those responsible should contact the police, he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe advised individuals and the media not to publish leaked government documents, warning this could be a criminal matter, and to instead hand them over to the police or return them to their rightful owner.\n\nThe investigation was launched by the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command, which takes national responsibility for investigating allegations of criminal breaches of the Official Secrets Act, Mr Basu said.\n\nThe government had already opened an internal inquiry into the publication of the memos.\n\nBBC correspondent Dan Johnson said the involvement of counter-terrorism officers gave \"an indication of just how complicated this investigation could be - and how long it may take\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn pay tribute to Sir Kim Darroch's service\n\nSir Kim's resignation prompted widespread support for him - as well as criticism of Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson.\n\nAccording to some Whitehall sources, Sir Kim decided to resign after Mr Johnson failed to fully support him during a TV debate on Tuesday night.\n\nMr Johnson said he had spoken to Sir Kim on Thursday to express his sadness over his resignation and the ambassador told him he had not watched the TV debate.\n\nBut on Friday, Mr Johnson told the BBC a \"misrepresented\" account of his remarks later relayed to Sir Kim had been \"a factor\" in his decision to step down.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump: 'I wish the British ambassador well'\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May said Sir Kim's departure was \"a matter of deep regret\" and public servants should be able to give \"full and frank advice\".\n\nShadow foreign minister Liz McInnes said Sir Kim Darroch was \"just doing his job\" and the criminal investigation was \"welcome\".\n\nOn Friday, President Trump said he wished the former ambassador well and that he had been told Sir Kim had actually said \"some very good things\" about him.\n\nIn the emails leaked to the Mail on Sunday, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true.", "Hundreds have attended screening sessions to find a stem cell match for a toddler with leukaemia.\n\nOne-year-old Phoebe Ashfield, from Gornal, Dudley, needs a transplant to treat a rare form of the illness.\n\nOrganisers hoped to collect more than 2,000 samples from the donor drive at two locations in the Black Country on Saturday.\n\nMother Emma Wyke said it was \"overwhelming\" to see so many people turn up for her daughter.\n\nHundreds attended donor screening sessions in the Black Country on Saturday\n\nPhoebe suffers from Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, an aggressive condition which affects white blood cells.\n\nAbout 650 people a year in the UK are diagnosed with the illness, according to the NHS.\n\nMs Wyke said chemotherapy was not working for her daughter, and doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital have told the family a stem cell transplant is her best chance for survival.\n\n\"If you don't save my little girl's life then you could save another child's life,\" added Ms Wyke.\n\nThe sessions, during which cheek swabs were taken from potential donors, were held at Tesco Extra in Dudley and Tipton Sports Academy.\n\nDKMS charity volunteer Kam Arora said there had been a good response to the family's appeal\n\nDKMS, a charity which places people on the stem cell register, co-ordinated the appeal.\n\n\"It's a very very simple way of helping to save someone's life,\" said Kam Arora, a volunteer from the organisation.\n\nFurther donor sessions are being planned to help save Phoebe, said her family.\n\nBlood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK, according to DKMS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Since October, almost 700,000 people have been detained crossing the border from Mexico into the US, a huge jump on previous years.\n\nThe reasons people give for trying to reach the US are varied - family, better economic opportunity, or the chance to escape the threat of violence.\n\nIn the interactive bot below, we have focused on the story of one woman, Maria, who represents many of those seeking to make the journey.\n\nMaria is fictional. But everything that happens to her here is based on the real experiences of migrants who have travelled to America, experiences that have been documented by rights groups, journalists and lawyers.\n\nSee for yourself the decisions and dangers a migrant like Maria may face.", "Facebook has more than two billion active users worldwide\n\nSocial media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic of Ireland since the European Union's new data protection regulation came into force a year ago.\n\nMost of the major US tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, LinkedIn, Airbnb and Dropbox, are registered for processing personal data in Ireland.\n\nIreland's Data Protection Commission says it has launched 19 statutory investigations, 11 of which focus on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.\n\nTwitter and LinkedIn are also under investigation, and last week the commission launched a probe in to Google over the way it uses personal data to provide targeted advertising.\n\nThis follows on from Google's €50m ($56m; £44m) fine imposed by French data regulator CNIL for \"lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding ads personalisation\".\n\nGoogle is appealing against the decision.\n\nSo the responsibility for policing their compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which started in May 2018 - falls on the country's Data Protection Commission (DPC).\n\nNine of the DPC's investigations were launched after complaints from individuals or businesses, while 10 have been instigated by the DPC itself.\n\nThe most common concerns are about the legal basis for processing personal data, lack of transparency about how a company collects personal data, and people's right to access their data.\n\n\"There has been a huge increase in awareness among individuals about their data rights since GDPR came in,\" says Graham Doyle, the DPC's head of communications.\n\nThis has led to a steep rise in complaints, with the number increasing from 2,500 in 2017 to more than 6,500 now, says Mr Doyle.\n\nAn office of 27 staff has had to be beefed up to more than 130. Mr Doyle expects the number to rise eventually to more than 200 over the next year or so.\n\nA Facebook spokesperson said: \"We spent more than 18 months working to ensure we comply with the GDPR.\n\n\"We made our policies clearer, our privacy settings easier to find and introduced better tools for people to access, download, and delete their information. We are in close contact with the Irish Data Protection Office to ensure we are answering any questions they may have.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in May 2018 and gives EU citizens more rights over how their personal data is collected, used and stored.\n\nWe have the right to demand a copy of our personal data from companies, and they have to comply within a month.\n\nThat data must be easy to understand and should also be presented in a machine-readable format, so that a customer could transfer all their data to a competitor.\n\nWe can ask for any incorrect data to be corrected or for the whole lot to be deleted if we want.\n\nAnd companies have a responsibility to keep our data safe. If any is stolen or unwittingly shared with unauthorised organisations - and this could pose a risk to people's rights and freedoms - companies have to inform the national data regulator within 72 hours.\n\n\"Big tech is well and truly in the spotlight at the moment following the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and other well-publicised data breaches,\" says Anthony Lee, data privacy expert and partner at law firm DMH Stallard.\n\n\"A lot of these big tech companies are consumer facing so handle a lot of personal data, but come from the US which doesn't have as strong privacy laws as Europe,\" he adds.\n\n\"If they weren't well attuned to the requirements that GDPR imposes, they certainly are now.\"\n\nAccording to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), fines levied for GDPR breaches now top €56m. Fines can be as high as €20m or 4% of annual turnover.\n\n\"In the first year, we've seen tens of thousands of complaints and data breaches,\" says Omer Tene, the IAPP's vice president and chief knowledge officer.\n\n\"But we've yet to see much evidence that the GDPR has led to an improvement in organisations' data practices.\"\n\nIAPP estimates that organisations have appointed more than 500,000 data protection officers with specific responsibility for handling GDPR-related issues.\n\nAnn Bevitt thinks the real effects of GDPR have yet to be felt by businesses\n\nBut it thinks many companies still need to do much more to bring themselves fully into compliance.\n\nAnd Ann Bevitt, partner at law firm Cooley, believes that while some companies have instigated a \"wholesale change in their culture around privacy and data protection\", many others have simply engaged in \"a box-ticking exercise with little to no embedded change in practice\".\n\nA year after GDPR came in to force, she warns that \"to some extent, the impact has yet to be felt, in that we haven't yet seen significant enforcement activity, both in terms of volume and amount\".\n\nThis is likely to change over the next year as the number of completed investigations - and potential fines - rises.\n\nThere is a time lag because investigations can take many months. All parties need to be consulted before the data protection authority can reach a conclusion. Then the decision has to be circulated to all the other EU data protection authorities for approval.\n\nAnd the company under investigation has the right to appeal against the final decision.\n\nIreland's Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, is expected to circulate her decisions on some cases by July or August, with final rulings made by the end of the year, Mr Doyle predicts.\n\nBig tech firms may be feeling the heat for some time to come.", "The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nRoyal Marines have boarded an oil tanker on its way to Syria thought to be breaching EU sanctions, the government of Gibraltar has said.\n\nAuthorities said there was reason to believe the ship - Grace 1 - was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in Syria.\n\nThe refinery is subject to European Union sanctions against Syria.\n\nBritain's ambassador in Tehran, Robert Macaire, has been summoned over the incident.\n\nIran's foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi was quoted on Iranian state TV as saying the ambassador had been summoned over the \"illegal seizure\" of the tanker.\n\nGibraltar's chief minister, Fabian Picardo, praised the marines who detained the ship.\n\n\"Be assured that Gibraltar remains safe, secure and committed to the international, rules-based, legal order,\" he said, thanking the police, customs and port authorities for their involvement in detaining the ship.\n\nThe British overseas territory of Gibraltar stands at the gateway to the Mediterranean\n\nGibraltar port and law enforcement agencies detained the super tanker and its cargo on Thursday morning with the help of the marines.\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help seize the tanker, at the request of the Gibraltar government.\n\nA defence source described it as a \"relatively benign operation\" without major incident.\n\nMr Picardo said he had written to the presidents of the European Commission and European Council to give details of the sanctions that have been enforced.\n\nThe Baniyas refinery, in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products, a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nA spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said she welcomed the \"firm action\" by the Gibraltarian authorities.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Egypt has opened to visitors the Bent Pyramid near Cairo, in a move that is part of a wider push to boost tourism.\n\nThe Bent Pyramid at Dahshur was built for pharaoh Snefru about 2,600BC, and was originally designed as a \"true\" pyramid with the steep 54-degree angle.\n\nBut the pyramid was being built on soft, silty clay - and there was a problem with stability and subsidence. This was solved by adjusting the angle to a flatter 43 degrees, 147ft (45m) up the face.\n\nThe angular shape contrasts with the straight sides of the Red Pyramid just to the north.\n\nVisitors can now clamber down a 79m narrow tunnel from a raised entrance on the Bent Pyramid's northern side to reach two chambers deep inside the structure.\n\nArchaeologists also presented mummies, masks and tools discovered during continuing excavation works that began near the Dahshur pyramids last year.\n\nTourism is an important source of revenue for the country.\n• None How were the pyramids made?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Artwork: The Spektr-RG mission is really two telescopes in one\n\nOne of the most significant Russian space science missions in the post-Soviet era has launched from Baikonur.\n\nThe Spektr-RG telescope is a joint venture with Germany that will map X-rays across the entire sky in unprecedented detail.\n\nResearchers say this information will help them trace the large-scale structure of the Universe.\n\nThe hope is Spektr-RG can provide fresh insights on the accelerating behaviour of cosmic expansion.\n\nIt should also identify a staggering number of new X-ray sources, such as the colossal black holes that reside at the centre of galaxies.\n\nAs gas falls into these monsters, the matter is heated and shredded and \"screams\" in X-rays. The radiation is essentially a telltale for the Universe's most violent phenomena.\n\nSpektr-RG is expecting to detect perhaps three million super-massive black holes during its service life.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. It is one of the most significant Russian space science missions in the post-Soviet era\n\nThe telescope rode to orbit atop a Proton rocket which left the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 17:31 local time (12:31 GMT).\n\nIt will be many weeks however before the mission's work can begin in earnest.\n\nThe spacecraft must first travel to a popular observing position some 1.5 million km from Earth known as Lagrange Point 2.\n\nIt's here that Spektr-RG can enjoy a stable environment free from the shadowing and temperature swings it would otherwise experience if operating closer to our home planet.\n\nBut once testing is complete, the observatory can get on with the business of scanning the sky.\n\nThis has been a decades-long journey for Russian scientists\n\nTaking up most of the room on the spacecraft bus, or chassis, is the German-developed eRosita system. Nestled next to it is the Russian-built science hardware known as ART-XC.\n\nBoth use a cluster of seven tubular mirror modules to corral the X-ray light down on to sensitive camera detectors.\n\nWorking in tandem, eRosita and ART-XC will map the radiation as it floods across the cosmos in the energy range of 0.2 to 30 kiloelectron volts (keV).\n\nOver the course of six months, they should complete one full-sky survey, which will then be repeated again and again to improve on the detail.\n\nScientists expect the data to be a revelation. An all-sky X-ray map has never before been produced at the sought-after energies and at such fine resolution.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by DLR This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nA key goal of Spektr-RG will be to investigate the mysterious cosmic components referred to as \"dark matter\" and \"dark energy\".\n\nThis duo make up 96% of the energy density of the Universe, but next to nothing is known about them. The former seems to pull on normal, visible matter gravitationally, while the latter appears to be working to drive the cosmos apart at an ever faster rate.\n\nSpektr-RG's insights will come from mapping the distribution of hot, X-ray-emitting gas.\n\nThis will illuminate the great clusters of galaxies that thread across the Universe. And in doing so, it will identify where the greatest concentrations of dark matter can be found.\n\n\"We're aiming to detect about 100,000 clusters, and in fact above a certain mass limit we expect to detect all the clusters in the Universe,\" explained Prof Kirpal Nandra from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.\n\n\"We then measure their masses, and see how the number of clusters of a given mass evolves over cosmic time. This gives us a potentially very accurate measure of the amount of dark matter, and how it clumps together,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Our sensitivity allows us to map all this out to huge distances, all the way back to more than half the age of the Universe. That means we see the large-scale structure not just as it is today, but back then as well. And we also see how it's evolved over time. That's what gives you the ability to test cosmological models and to see perhaps the influence of dark energy and whether this has changed over time.\"\n\neRosita: A cluster of seven mirror modules guides the X-rays down on to camera detectors\n\nSpektr-RG has taken decades to develop. Russian scientists have had to cope with inconsistent funding down the years and as a consequence the concept that launched on Saturday is quite radically different from what was originally envisaged.\n\nThe mission has been described as the most important astrophysics venture in post-Soviet Russia. Prof Nandra said his Russian colleagues certainly saw it that way.\n\n\"It puts them right at the forefront of X-ray astronomy; it's a massive opportunity for them,\" he added.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson says veterans should be protected from \"unfair prosecutions\"\n\nPotential prime minister Boris Johnson has pledged to end \"unfair\" prosecutions of Army veterans who served in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Tory leadership contender has joined rival Jeremy Hunt in backing a public campaign supporting soldiers who served during the Troubles.\n\nMany Conservative MPs have called for such a move in recent months.\n\nThe government is working on legislation to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nMr Johnson also reportedly promised on Thursday to appoint a veterans minister if he is chosen to lead the Conservative Party.\n\n\"We need to end unfair trials of people who served their Queen and country when no new evidence has been produced and when the accusations have already been exhaustively questioned in court,\" he told the Sun newspaper.\n\n\"We must protect people against unfair prosecutions. And I will.\n\n\"I totally support the principle of cross-government work to secure world-class care and support for veterans.\"\n\nSinn Féin legacy spokesperson Linda Dillon said Mr Boris Johnson was \"backing a campaign which is about giving these soldiers immunity from prosecution.\n\n\"His comments are a reckless and a highly offensive attack on the rights of victims of the conflict in their search for truth and justice and flies in the face of the views expressed in a public consultation on dealing with the legacy of the past.\"\n\nSix former soldiers are facing prosecution in connection with Troubles-era killings\n\nA number of Northern Ireland veterans are facing charges, including Soldier F, who has been charged in relation to the killings of two protesters on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972.\n\nFormer Northern Ireland Police Chief Constable Sir George Hamilton has previously said official figures show that investigations are not unfairly focused on the armed forces and police.\n\nThe idea of a statute of limitations for former soldiers is backed by many Conservative backbenchers, including some who served in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut it was withdrawn from a legacy consultation document published in May 2018, even though Prime Minister Theresa May had claimed the system for investigating the past was \"patently unfair\".\n\nLast week, the Northern Ireland Office published responses to its consultation, which showed a \"clear majority\" of respondents felt an amnesty for Troubles-related matters would be inappropriate.\n\nNo specific question was asked on the proposal for a so-called statute of limitations for military veterans.\n\nIt would prevent veterans from being prosecuted.\n\nSimon Hoare was elected as the chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in June\n\nHowever, the recently elected chairman of Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee said he did not think it was right to put timeframes on bringing forward legislation.\n\nSimon Hoare told BBC News NI he had been asked to back the campaign but chose not to because of his committee role.\n\nThe Conservative MP for North Dorset said any solution that did not work for everyone would \"not last very long\".\n\n\"It's more important to get it right,\" he told the Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\nMr Hoare said he did not support Mr Johnson's Tory leadership campaign as he found the former foreign secretary to be \"not be across the detail\" on many matters.\n\nMr Johnson is battling it out with the current foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to become the next prime minister.\n\nThey are trying to convince around 160,000 Conservative Party members to support them in the ballot for the top job, with the winner set to be announced on 23 July.\n\nHere's a quick guide to their positions on Brexit, immigration, tax, spending, health and social care and education.", "A railway company is to offer free train tickets to all students going to a university's open day.\n\nWest Midlands Railway will provide free travel to the University of Worcester this autumn.\n\nIt follows warnings that disadvantaged families were not able to go to open days because of travel costs.\n\nAnne-Marie Canning, director of social mobility at King's College London, said rail fares had become a major barrier to widening access to university.\n\nJon Harris, of West Midlands Railway, said this pilot scheme was part of a commitment to making rail travel \"accessible for all\".\n\nStudents can register with the university for a voucher for a free ticket for the next open day in September, which can be used on West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway services.\n\nOpen days, where applicants can ask tutors about courses and look at accommodation, have been attracting tens of thousands of families in recent weeks.\n\nBut the BBC has highlighted concerns that the cost of getting to open days had become a significant limit on applying to university.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen long-distance rail tickets can cost £100 or £200, and students might want to see several potential universities, it can become unaffordable.\n\nMs Canning says her work with families in disadvantaged areas, looking at barriers to university, had found the cost of train tickets to open days had been raised by parents as one of the biggest worries.\n\nThe social mobility charity, the Villiers Park Educational Trust, had also warned that poorer youngsters were limiting their applications to the universities which they could afford to reach on open days.\n\nThere is no obligation to attend an open day, but they have become big recruitment events, where students get a chance to see where they would live and study and to view the facilities on offer.\n\nThe cost of train travel can make it difficult to get to open days, say social mobility charities\n\nThe charity found that young people saw going to university as a major financial commitment - and many would not consider applying to a place they had not visited.\n\n\"We know how important open days are for prospective students. It is a chance to ask questions, speak to lecturers and to get a feel for whether it is the place for them,\" said the University of Worcester's pro vice-chancellor, Ross Renton.\n\nHe said that everyone had a \"fundamental right to education\" and the offer from the rail company would \"help make travel costs less prohibitive for people\" wanting to visit the university.\n\nThe rail company's offer of tickets to open days follows another scheme providing free travel for those going to job interviews or to training courses for job seekers.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Di Gilbert back at top camp after reaching the summit of Everest in May\n\nAfter Di Gilbert became the first British woman to lead an expedition to the top of Mount Everest 14 years ago she vowed she would never go back - but earlier this year she did.\n\nDi, originally from Alford in Aberdeenshire, is one of a very small group of women who have successfully led more than one expedition to the 8,848 m (29,029 ft) summit of the world's highest mountain.\n\nAt the end of May, Di successfully completed her second expedition, but she said the sight of so many who had died near the summit was \"horrendous\".\n\nBy the light of her head torch, Di counted 11 bodies on the day she reached the summit before she stopped counting.\n\nDi is one of a very small group of women to have successfully led more than one expedition\n\nHer team had to manoeuvre past one climber whose body was hanging on the famous \"second step\" both as they went up and back down the mountain.\n\n\"I don't climb mountains to see bodies,\" she told BBC Scotland's Mornings with Kaye Adams programme. \"I think it is a side of climbing mountains that people don't really appreciate.\"\n\nDi, who is based in Grantown-on-Spey in the Highlands, reached the peak from the Tibetan/Chinese side as a photograph emerged showing dozens of climbers queuing on the busier Nepal side of the mountain.\n\nShe says the \"traffic jams\" at the top are caused by a very short weather window and a large increase in the number of expeditions, especially from the Nepal side.\n\nAt that altitude, known as the \"death zone\", any delay can be fatal because low levels of oxygen can lead to weakness and exhaustion.\n\nDi told the programme her summit day could not have gone better, but when her team came away it felt \"as if we had come off a war zone because they were all traumatised\", she says.\n\nIt took days for them to start speaking about it because they had to take time to process what they had seen, she said.\n\nDi led her team from the Tibetan/Chinese side, which is travelled by far fewer people because permits are restricted.\n\nDi and her team in the lower elevations of Everest\n\nShe says there had been 11 reported fatalities on Everest this year and that nine were on the Nepal side, with some being due to not having enough oxygen.\n\nShe thinks most of the bodies she saw had been on the mountain from previous years.\n\n\"When you are working at these extreme altitudes you can't just put people in an ambulance and get them stretchered off a hill. It is a massive operation,\" she says.\n\nDi first reached the summit of Everest in 2005, which she says was an amazing experience.\n\nBut she always maintained \"they could never pay me enough money\" to go back.\n\nShe now says she thrives on the challenge of leading a big commercial expedition, and for her the return to Everest was about the journey rather than the summit.\n\n\"When you do summit you have been on the go for days in very hard conditions, you haven't eaten, you haven't drank and you have survived in the death zone for quite a few days,\" she says.\n\n\"On summit day you've been going for maybe nine hours and you get to the top and all you want to do is get back down.\"\n\nDi says it is only when you come back down to the lower elevations and consider what you have done that it really sinks in.\n\n\"Certainly on summit day, you are not thinking about anything bar getting off that hill,\" she says.\n\nMore than 900 people climbed Everest this year and Di says the average cost of taking part in an expedition is about US$45,000 (£35,900).\n\nShe says those prepared to pay the high cost split into two camps.\n\nThere are \"kindred spirits\", she says, genuine climbers who have dreamt about Everest all their lives and there are \"the selfie stick people\", who basically want to get a summit photograph.\n\nDi is a hugely experienced expedition leader who has climbed the highest mountains on every continent and completed all of Scotland's 282 Munros.\n\nShe says her heart lies in places like Ben Nevis and the Cairngorms and she jokes: \"I often say the Himalayas are good training for the Scottish hills.\n\n\"Everest is not the most difficult climb. There are certainly more technical climbs on the north face of Ben Nevis, for example, but in terms of altitude it is the big cream.\n\n\"Because it is so high there is nothing else on planet earth that can simulate that elevation. That's why it is such a unique mountain.\"", "Police are looking for two men after a woman was sexually assaulted at the TRNSMT festival in Glasgow.\n\nDuring the incident, a 32-year-old woman was grabbed by one man and then sexually assaulted by another during a concert at Glasgow Green.\n\nThe incident took place at about 22:00 as she made her way to the toilets, believed to be near the main stage.\n\nThree men who were walking by at the time shouted at the suspects, who then ran off.\n\nThe suspects are both described as white, 6ft tall, of medium build and dark hair.\n\nOne was wearing a black T-shirt with a small logo on the front and the other a white T-shirt with black writing.\n\nDet Sgt Euan Keil said: \"The woman was making her way to the toilets when she was grabbed by one man and pulled to the rear of the toilet block where another man sexually assaulted her.\n\n\"Her attackers fled when they were disturbed by three men who were walking by the area and who shouted at them.\n\n\"I don't think the three men realised what was actually going on or that their intervention probably stopped this attack from escalating.\n\n\"It is important that we trace them as what they saw could prove vital to us catching the two men responsible.\"\n\nA statement from the TRNSMT festival said: \"We are doing everything possible to help emergency services with their inquiries but our focus at this moment is the wellbeing of the person involved, and we are ensuring that they have all the support that they need.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live on BBC TV, Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website and mobile app with text commentary online.\n\nSerena Williams will need to deal with \"pressure times 100\" when she faces Simona Halep in Saturday's Wimbledon final seeking to equal the all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.\n\nThis is the challenge that got her back out on to the court after almost dying giving birth and the one that keeps her motivated at the age of 37.\n\n\"Serena has already beaten a lot of records but this is the ultimate one,\" coach Patrick Mouratoglou told the BBC.\n\nAustralian Margaret Court set her record for singles titles between 1960 and 1973 - at a time that spanned the amateur and Open era.\n\nWilliams already holds the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open era with 23 but it is not enough for her.\n\nStanding in her way is 27-year-old Romanian former world number one Halep, who says she has a new-found love of grass courts and a belief she can beat anyone and win a second Grand Slam title.\n\nWilliams has been stuck on 23 Grand Slam titles since winning the 2017 Australian Open while eight weeks pregnant.\n\nSince coming back from maternity leave in March 2018, she reached the Wimbledon and US Open finals last year.\n\nIn the defeat by Angelique Kerber here 12 months ago, her lack of mobility around the court was exploited, while against Naomi Osaka in New York the American lost her cool in dramatic scenes.\n\nHere she has been calm and happy, which Mouratoglou says makes her \"much more dangerous\".\n\n\"I definitely feel like I play better when I'm calm,\" Williams said. \"But it's definitely an effort. Not getting over-pumped, but at the same time not getting under-wound. I have to be in that right space.\"\n\nMouratoglou said that despite Williams claiming she was not thinking too much about the record, it was something they would be focussing on before the final.\n\n\"To possibly break a record and make history, the pressure is times 100,\" he said. \"If you try to put it aside it will come back and hit you stronger so you have to accept it, deal with it and talk about it. That's what we're going to do.\"\n\nWilliams came into the tournament after an injury-hit year, where she she was forced to withdraw from three tournaments in a row.\n\nBut here she has looked strong and says she has even been helped by playing mixed doubles with Britain's Andy Murray and getting more match time and volleying practice.\n\nShe has dominated with her serve - having notched 45 aces so far - and her percentage of first-serve points won reached almost 90% in her semi-final win over Barbora Strycova.\n\n\"You can't get to the big points because Serena is always ahead. It's the weapon of mass destruction I call it - the Serena serve,\" nine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova said.\n\nHow can Halep stop her?\n\nThis will be the 11th meeting between Halep and Williams, with the American having won nine of their previous encounters.\n\nBut the Romanian says that over the years she has learned that she will have her chances, and plans to take them.\n\n\"Of course, I respect a lot what she has done and what she's doing, but now I feel stronger mentally facing her,\" the seventh seed said.\n\n\"I think it's a great feeling to face Serena in a Grand Slam final. If you are able to win, it makes it sweeter.\"\n\nFormer Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who beat then defending champion Williams in the fourth round in 2011, said the best way to beat the American was to try to keep the rallies going as long as possible and hope she tires.\n\nBefore her semi-final victory over Barbora Strycova, Williams had completed 75% of her points within four strokes.\n\n\"The biggest chance is to extend the rally and, if you get a shorter ball try and attack it,\" Frenchwoman Bartoli told BBC television.\n\n\"Serena has to be fatigued to take some of the sting out of her serve.\"\n\n\"You have to try and hold your ground but it is so difficult. You feel like you are moving backwards because the ball is coming at you so hard.\"\n\nHalep has her own point to prove\n\nWhile Williams is chasing a place in the history books, Halep has her own points to prove.\n\nShe finally silenced the 'she's number one, when will she win a Grand Slam?' questions last year when she won her maiden major at the French Open, which came after three final defeats and with a reputation as a choker.\n\nBut since then she has lost the number one ranking and not come close to another Grand Slam title, falling in the third round at last year's Wimbledon and being stunned in the first round defeat of the US Open.\n\nHer Roland Garros title defence ended with a straight-set defeat by unseeded American teenager Amanda Anisimova.\n\n\"She finished the year number one twice in a row. I feel like she's back. She wants to prove that she can do it again,\" Williams said.\n\n\"You can't underestimate her. She's like a little powerhouse.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Cyclists have reported branches being arranged across tracks at head height\n\n\"Incredibly dangerous\" booby traps have been found on popular cycle paths in the Peak District.\n\nItems found in recent weeks include large rocks moved out of position, pins dropped on the road and branches arranged at head height across paths.\n\nChris Maloney, who runs a local cycling information blog, said while cyclists appeared to be the target, the obstacles could harm anyone.\n\nPolice said they had been made aware and appealed for information.\n\nThe traps have been spotted on trails and roads in Bradwell, Bamford and Aston, near the Derbyshire/South Yorkshire border. There are no reports of anyone being injured.\n\nBlogger Chris Maloney, a member of mountain biking advocacy group Peak District MTB, said: \"The worrying thing is we don't know who it is who's doing this kind of stuff.\n\n\"It's somebody with a vendetta, someone who has something against we assume mountain bikers or riders - but the things they're putting out do not discriminate.\n\n\"It's an incredibly dangerous and reckless thing to do.\"\n\nDerbyshire Police said no official complaints had been made but said there have been previous incidents where tacks were placed on roads in and around some villages.\n\n\"Anyone acting in this manner is putting people at serious risk of injury and, potentially, even death. It is not just cyclists that could be affected - horses and their riders, walkers and other trail users could all be hurt,\" the force said.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said it was also aware of reports of alleged trail sabotaging.\n\nTraps have also been found at mountain biking trails elsewhere in the UK, including a plank of wood with 200 nails embedded in it, found in a forest path in Wales.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Malik Hussain was pronounced dead at the scene of the stabbing in Baker Street, Sparkhill\n\nDashcam footage \"could be key\" to catching the killer of a man stabbed in an apparent targeted attack, police have said.\n\nMalik Hussain, 35, was found dead in Baker Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham, at about 23:20 BST on Friday.\n\nWest Midlands Police said it was particularly keen to gather information about a car that sped from the area.\n\nDet Insp Nick Barnes said dashcam footage \"could be crucial\" in identifying the vehicle.\n\n\"We believe this could be key in helping us to catch the killer and would ask anyone who can help to come forward as soon as possible,\" he said.\n\nPolice are keen to hear from motorists who were around Baker Street, Warwick Road, Stratford Road and the surrounding areas between 23:00 and midnight.\n\nDet Insp Caroline Corfield added: \"At this stage we believe this may have been a targeted attack and we're keen to hear from anyone with information which can assist our inquiries.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination will take place in due course, the force said.\n\nThe man was discovered in Baker Street\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jonathan Agnew takes over tube announcements for the Cricket World Cup final.\n\nSports fans arriving by Tube for the final of the Cricket World Cup will find themselves greeted by BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew.\n\nAnnouncements read by the commentator will be relayed at St John's Wood - the north-west London Underground station that is closest to Lord's.\n\nAggers's passenger tips will include: \"To avoid being run out, please hold the handrail on the escalator.\"\n\nEngland take on New Zealand on Sunday with radio coverage on Radio 5 Live.\n\nIn another message, the BBC correspondent warns: \"For some reason St John's Wood is a very windy station so hold on to your hats.\"\n\nEngland fans will be hoping for a similar performance from their team as Thursday's semi-final\n\nSpeaking about recording the broadcasts, Agnew, who played for England in the 1980s, said it had been \"great fun spending time in the control room\".\n\n\"I accidentally played one of my announcements out over the Tannoy, which was a bit embarrassing - but I think I got away with it!\" he said.\n\nSt John's Wood station is likely to be considerably busier than this on Sunday morning\n\nBoth New Zealand and England, who were last in a World Cup final in 1992, will be aiming to win the competition for the first ever time.\n\nFor those who will not be at Lord's - and will not get to hear Agnew's announcements - the match is set to be the first of the tournament to be broadcast on free-to-air television in the UK after Channel 4 agreed a deal with rights holder Sky.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lesley-Ann Dodds, 21, denies aiding and abetting and perverting the course of justice\n\nAn engaged couple has appeared in court charged in connection with the murder of County Down man Pat McCormick.\n\nThe body of the 55-year-old father of four from Saintfield was found at a lake in nearby Ballygowan on Tuesday.\n\nDavid Gill, of Ballyglighorn Road in Comber, County Down, appeared at Newtownards Magistrates' Court on Friday, handcuffed and flanked by police.\n\nThe 26 year old denied a charge of murder and did not apply for bail.\n\nHis fiancée Lesley-Ann Dodds, 21, from Mountcollyer Avenue in Belfast, also appeared, charged with aiding and abetting and perverting the course of justice.\n\nShe denied involvement in the murder.\n\nA detective inspector told the court she could connect both defendants to the charges.\n\nFather-of-four Pat McCormick had been missing since 30 May\n\nMr McCormick was last seen alive in Comber on Thursday 30 May and police had carried out extensive searches for his body for several weeks.\n\nThe court heard there had been text message exchanges and phone calls between the trio before Mr McCormick met the couple at a flat on Castle Street in Comber on the night of 30 May.\n\nIt also heard Mr McCormick was anxious about the meeting as he feared he was being \"set up\".\n\nThe officer said CCTV footage showed Mr Gill leaving the property but Mr McCormick was never seen alive again.\n\nPolice were searching a lake at a former quarry when they found the body\n\nObjecting to Ms Dodds' bail application, police said she had been searching for cheap holidays the day after the murder and there were concerns she may interfere with witnesses.\n\nWhen asked by the defence, the officer accepted Ms Dodds had no physical involvement in Mr McCormick's murder or the disposal of his body.\n\nThe judge rejected bail due to the concerns raised by police.\n\nBoth of the accused are due to appear in court again in August.", "Simona Halep won her first Wimbledon title and crushed Serena Williams' latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam success with a devastating 56-minute display of athleticism.\n\nThe Romanian won 6-2 6-2 in front of an incredulous Centre Court, running after everything the American threw at her.\n\n\"It was my best match,\" the 27-year-old said after her second Grand Slam title following her 2018 French Open success.\n\nFor 37-year-old Williams, it was a third major final defeat in 12 months.\n\n\"She played out of her mind, it was a little bit deer in the headlights for me,\" she said.\n• None I played the match of my life - Halep\n• None Someone told me not to look at records - Williams\n\nHalep shows no nerves as expectation weighs on Williams\n\nWilliams, like in last year's final defeat by Angelique Kerber, seemed weighed down by public and personal expectations as she quickly fell 4-0 behind in the opening set.\n\nHalep had said beforehand that she had no pressure on her and that is exactly how she played.\n\nFrom the outset she looked relaxed and confident, attacking the Williams serve and keeping the rallies long and deep to force the American into errors.\n\nWhile Williams closed her eyes at changeovers to try to regroup, Halep kept her eyes on the prize and kept her cool to take the victory on her second match point, when the American sent a forehand into the net.\n\nHalep's level never dropped in an almost perfect display in which she made just three unforced errors to Williams' 26.\n\n\"I knew that I have to be aggressive, be 100% for every ball, and that I don't have to let her come back into the match because she's so powerful and so strong,\" Halep said. \"She knows how to manage every moment. So I knew that I have to stay there, which I did pretty well today.\"\n\nDefeat means Williams' wait for a first Grand Slam title since becoming a mum continues, as does her pursuit of an eighth Wimbledon singles title.\n\n\"I definitely knew that she was just playing her heart out,\" the American said. \"I felt like, OK, what do I need to do to get to that level?\n\n\"When someone plays lights out, there's really not much you can do. You just have to understand that that was their day today.\"\n\nSeventh seed Halep, in her first major final since winning the French Open last year and having lost her world number one ranking, flew under the radar at these championships while much of the focus was on Williams and her record chase.\n\nBut she executed the perfect gameplan - stifling Williams' biggest weapon in her serve - and it was credit to her returning ability that Halep restricted the American to just two aces when she had fired 45 during her other matches.\n\nHalep's movement around the court contrasted with a sluggish Williams - who at one point was urged to \"wake up\" by one shout from the crowd - and her tenacity in the rallies forced the American to overcook her shots through what felt like desperation at times.\n\nA break in the first game set the tone, with Williams firing wide before a Halep hold to love underlined her determination to win. The net helped Halep in the next game, with her shot scraping over but Williams' return bouncing back at the American.\n\nWith just 11 minutes on the clock Halep had won the first four games and she barely slowed, facing just one break point - which she saved.\n\nWilliams started to get herself a bit more into the match early in the second set but when she came to the net for a volley with the whole court at her disposal and only managed to find the net, giving Halep the break, she must have known it was not going to be her day.\n\nHalep won the next three games in a row, falling to her knees with her arms raised to the sky in celebration as Centre Court rose to its feet in appreciation of one of the greatest Wimbledon final performances.\n• None Halep won 83% of her first-serve points, compared to 59% for Williams\n• None Williams made 26 unforced errors, while Halep made just three\n• None Williams had more winners - 17 - than Halep (13), but Halep won 45% of receiving points compared to 26% for Williams\n• None Halep had lost nine of her previous 10 meetings with Williams\n• None Halep has now won the past two Grand Slam finals she has appeared in, having been defeated in the three before that. Williams has lost her past three\n• None Although 56 minutes is a quick victory, it is some way off the fastest Grand Slam final win - Steffi Graf's 34-minute French Open win of 1988\n• None Halep, who began the championships as world number seven, will rise to number four when the next rankings are published on Monday\n\nBBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller: \"At the start of the second set you could see that Simona Halep was still that bit better, actually a lot better. I don't think anyone is going to feel short-changed by the 56 minutes of tennis that they have seen today because they have seen one of the all time great Wimbledon final performances.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam champion Tracy Austin on BBC TV: \"Unbelievable tennis from Simona Halep. She put herself in such a bubble mentally and she didn't let herself begin to think about the end of the match. She said this was a chill year. She really took the pressure off herself.\"\n\nThree-time Wimbledon singles champion John McEnroe: \"I'm shocked. She obviously is a tremendous and, at this stage in her career, superior athlete. But I didn't think it would intimidate Serena Williams as much as it did today. Halep completely and thoroughly outplayed her. It wasn't even a match. There's only a handful of times in your life when you feel as though you're in the zone like that and that was one of them.\"\n\nNine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova: \"I think it's essential for Serena Williams to play more matches. You can't fake it. You need those matches. History can get in the way, and it can get difficult to get rid of those nerves.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Undocumented migrants are surrounded by police during the protest\n\nHundreds of undocumented migrants have stormed the Panthéon in Paris and demanded the right to remain in France.\n\nThe protesters, who were mainly from West Africa, surged into the building at around midday (11:00 GMT) on Friday.\n\nTourists were evacuated from the mausoleum, where many of France's most famous figures are buried.\n\nThe group called themselves the \"black vests\" - a reference to the yellow vest protest movement that spread through much of France earlier this year.\n\nThey waved papers in the air, chanted, and demanded to hold talks with Prime Minister Édouard Philippe over their immigration status.\n\nThe demonstrators held waved papers and chanted as they demanded the right to stay in the country\n\nThe Pantheon monument is a grand neoclassical building in the centre of Paris\n\nIn a statement, the protest group described themselves as \"the undocumented, the voiceless and the faceless of the French Republic\".\n\n\"We don't want to negotiate with the interior minister and his officials any more, we want to talk to Prime Minister Édouard Philippe now!\" it said.\n\nBetween 200 and 300 migrants took part in the protest, a police spokesman told Reuters news agency. There were 37 arrests made.\n\nBut other estimates - from activist groups and witnesses - said as many as 700 people were involved in the demonstration.\n\nHundreds of mainly West African migrants took part in the protest\n\nSome of the demonstrators suffered minor injuries\n\nThe protesters remained in the Panthéon, a grand neoclassical building in the centre of the city, for several hours before they were evacuated by police.\n\nWriters Émile Zola, Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, and scientist Marie Curie, are among those buried in the building.\n\n\"All of the people who gained entry to the Panthéon have been evacuated,\" Prime Minister Philippe said on Twitter. \"France is a country based on the rule of law which means... respect for public monuments and for the memory they represent,\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, dozens of riot police were pictured barricading the site to prevent people from entering while the protest was taking place.\n• None Who are the 'gilets jaunes'?", "Holidaymakers jetting off on summer breaks could be hit by strike action planned at London's Heathrow airport.\n\nMore than 4,000 workers at the airport - including customer service, engineering and security staff - have voted to strike over pay.\n\nStaff will walk out on 26 July, 27 July, 5 August, 6 August, 23 August and 24 August, which the Unite union said could create \"summer travel chaos\".\n\nHeathrow says it has contingency plans to remain open and operate safely.\n\nUnite said members had voted in eight ballots to support action after an 18-month pay rise offer averaging 2.7% was rejected.\n\nWayne King, the union's Unite regional co-ordinating officer, said: \"There is deepening anger over pay among workers who are essential to the smooth running of Heathrow Airport\".\n\nUnite said the dispute was also in part because of different pay rates for the same job, as well as discontent with the pay package of airport boss John Holland-Kaye.\n\nAccording to the company's annual report, last year the Heathrow boss banked a 103.2% pay increase, from £2.1m in 2017 to £4.2m in 2018, thanks largely to a long-term bonus scheme.\n\nThe union said the airport's current pay offer amounted to £3.75 a day extra for its lowest-paid workers.\n\nHeathrow urged the union to return to the bargaining table to resolve the pay dispute.\n\n\"We have proposed a progressive pay package giving at least a 4.6% pay rise to over 70% of our frontline colleagues. The total package offered is above RPI [Retail Prices Index] and is specifically designed to boost the wages of lower paid colleagues\".\n\nAs the dispute rumbles on, the airport said its contingency plans would ensure flights could still take off and land during one of the busiest period of the year.\n\n\"We will be working alongside our airline partners to minimise disruption caused to passengers as they look towards their well-deserved summer holidays,\" it said.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has refused to guarantee that the UK will leave the EU before Christmas, but said he \"expects\" it to happen by then.\n\nHe would not say when Brexit would take place if he became PM, telling the BBC: \"I'm being honest with people\".\n\nRival Boris Johnson said the UK would leave by 31 October \"come what may\".\n\nHe also defended his remarks on the UK ambassador in Washington, who quit this week over leaked criticisms of Donald Trump.\n\nMr Johnson added he did not accept that his failure to support Sir Kim Darroch during a debate on ITV earlier this week had prompted him to resign.\n\nHowever, he said a \"misrepresented\" account of his remarks later relayed to Sir Kim had been \"a factor\" in his decision to step down.\n\nHe added: \"I stood up completely for the principle that civil servants should be allowed to say what they want to their political masters.\"\n\nUp to 160,000 Conservative Party members are voting for their next party leader - and UK prime minister - to replace Theresa May.\n\nThe BBC's Andrew Neil has interviewed both contenders for a programme broadcast on BBC One.\n\nMr Johnson, a former foreign secretary and mayor of London, is seen as the frontrunner in the contest.\n\nMr Hunt warned party members not to \"vote with their hearts instead of their heads\".\n\nHe added that the \"quickest way\" to leave the EU was \"to send to Brussels a prime minister who can negotiate a deal that will get through Parliament - and I'm that person\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nForeign Secretary Mr Hunt, who set up his own business before entering politics, was challenged on whether he had the skills to negotiate effectively with the EU.\n\nHe replied that being an entrepreneur had given him the \"basics\", adding: \"In government those same skills I used to negotiate very complex things - like the licence fee deal with the BBC, the NHS pay awards, the protracted dispute to try and get a peace process going in Yemen - that business of negotiation is something I have been doing all my life.\"\n\nMr Hunt said the main change he wanted to see to the UK's current withdrawal deal was to the Irish border backstop plan - an insurance policy which aims to guarantee there will not be a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.\n\nHe added that changes to this part of the Brexit withdrawal deal - which has been rejected three times by MPs - would \"broadly\" make it acceptable to the Commons.\n\nWhen pushed on what else he would alter, Mr Hunt said that \"there may be other elements\", but did not provide further details.\n\nOn Parliament's attempts to block a no-deal Brexit, he warned that the UK needed to be \"careful\" about the 31 October deadline, and said: \"I think I'm the best person to get a deal… but I can't control what Parliament does.\"\n\nAsked whether Brexit would have happened by Christmas, Mr Hunt said: \"I expect so.\"\n\nHe was then challenged on whether the UK would still be a member of the EU going into 2020, replying: \"I don't believe so.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his interview with Andrew Neil, Mr Johnson said he believed the UK would leave the EU on 31 October, and that if this did not happen it would lead to \"a huge erosion of trust in politics\".\n\n\"I think it is very odd that those who say they would delay even further can't set another date - I mean, how much further are we going to wait?\" he said.\n\n\"I think it's very, very important that we get ready to leave on 31 October, come what may, and we will.\"\n\nMr Johnson said he did not want to prorogue - suspend - Parliament to push a no-deal Brexit through, but he would not rule it out.\n\nThe UK's ambassador in Washington, Sir Kim Darroch, resigned on Wednesday after a row over leaked emails critical of President Donald Trump's administration.\n\nMr Johnson was criticised in the aftermath for failing to fully support Sir Kim in the ITV leadership debate the evening before. This followed angry criticism of Sir Kim by Mr Trump.\n\nMr Johnson said he had spoken to Sir Kim on Thursday to express his sadness over his resignation and the ambassador told him he had not watched the TV debate.\n\nBut Mr Hunt said: \"I think we have to back our diplomats all over the world.\n\n\"Sir Kim was doing his job. He was giving his own personal but totally honest view about the country he was serving in.\"\n\nOn economic policy, Mr Hunt admitted that some of his spending pledges would take longer to deliver if the UK left the EU without a deal.\n\nBut he insisted that even in a no-deal scenario, he would push ahead with his plan to cut corporation tax - adding it would help firms cope with the resulting \"shock\" to the economy.\n\nWhen asked whether he would continue with the current government's self-imposed limits on borrowing, Mr Johnson pledged to \"continue to bear down on our national debt\".\n\n\"We will be setting out in a Budget and a spending review exactly what we will be doing on the fiscal rules and everything else,\" he added.\n\nThe result of the Conservative leadership contest will be announced on 23 July, with the winning candidate taking over from Mrs May on 24 July.", "Emily Hartridge built up a social media presence with her health and lifestyle advice\n\nStars including Davina McCall and Calum Best have paid tribute to TV presenter and YouTuber Emily Hartridge who has been killed in a crash in south London.\n\nShe is believed to be the victim of a crash involving an electric scooter and lorry in Battersea on Friday.\n\nA tribute on the 35-year-old's Instagram page described her as someone who \"touched so many lives\".\n\nShe had more than 340,000 YouTube subscribers to her channel and a big presence on Twitter and Instagram.\n\nHer channel offered health and lifestyle advice, and she founded the YouTube show '10 Reasons Why'. She had interviewed A-listers such as Hugh Jackman and Eddie Redmayne.\n\nHartridge had also fronted a 4OD documentary on turning 30.\n\nA statement on Hartridge's Instagram page said: \"Emily was involved in an accident yesterday and passed away.\n\n\"We all loved her to bits and she will never be forgotten.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by emilyhartridge This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMcCall said in a response to the post on Instagram announcing the death: \"My heart goes out to Emily's family and friends. Such a shock. Sending you love and prayers.\"\n\nBest wrote that it was \"so sad and he was so sorry\".\n\nMonths prior to her death she had told The Sun of her decision to freeze her eggs and hopes of becoming a mum.\n\nOn Thursday she had shared a video of herself with a boyfriend on Instagram.\n\nA biography on the website of Insanity Group, her management agency, reveals she had a \"huge interest in mental health and fitness\".\n\n\"Following a very difficult period, she turned her life around,\" the bio said.\n\n\"One of the positive outcomes of her breakdown\" was that it became her \"mission to remove the stigma surrounding anxiety and depression\", it added.\n\nTV historian Greg Jenner tweeted he was \"deeply saddened\" by the death.\n\n\"I met @emilyhartridge on a train 5 years ago, and by the end of the journey we'd shared all sorts of things about our mental health and insomnia,\" he said.\n\n\"She was funny, kind, and open-hearted.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Three people were struck by a car after leaving the Pig & Whistle pub on McNeil Street\n\nThree people were injured in an \"attempted murder\" after being hit by a car which had mounted a pavement.\n\nTwo men, aged 25 and 28, and a 63-year-old woman, were struck on Old Rutherglen Road in Glasgow after leaving the Pig & Whistle pub on McNeil Street at about midnight on Friday.\n\nAll three were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment.\n\nThe 25-year-old was later released. The 28-year-old man and 63-year-old women were described as \"stable\" in hospital.\n\nPolice have been trying to obtain a description of the car involved.\n\nDet Sgt Keith Runcie said: \"The car had driven up onto the pavement and therefore we are treating this incident as attempted murder.\n\n\"Officers had been called to a disturbance at the pub prior to the incident taking place and therefore we are trying to establish whether both incidents are linked.\n\n\"We are appealing for anyone who may have been in the Pig & Whistle pub on McNeil Street last night, or who witnessed the incident take place on Old Rutherglen Road to get in touch with us as soon as possible.\"", "Rival demonstrations have been held over the consumption of dog meat, a traditional part of South Korean cuisine, outside parliament in the capital, Seoul.\n\nA vocal group of dog farmers ate the meat and handed out leaflets touting its benefits.\n\nMetres away, US actor Kim Basinger was among animal rights protesters who carried models of emaciated dead dog and chanted slogans.", "Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib were giving evidence to the House Oversight Committee following their visit to detention facilities on the southern border.\n\nJust a few hours later, Vice President Mike Pence was touring a facility and reviewed the conditions there.", "This week's review is different. It is, as they say in the land of promotions, a two-for-one.\n\nWe are looking at Olafur Eliasson's new exhibition at Tate Modern from two perspectives: mine, and further down this page, Laura Hackett's (winner of the Radio 4 Today programme's student critic of the year award). We see things a bit differently…\n\nThere are few crystal balls as opaque as the one into which museum folk stare to see how many punters might turn up to a forthcoming exhibition. Words like \"blockbuster\" or \"niche\"' get bandied about by curators, marketeers, and Dave from finance (whose opinion is never sought and ignored when proffered).\n\nIn my time working at the Tate I sat in countless such meetings. Sometimes we got it about right. Sometimes we erred (too high for Dalí & Film, which was a turkey; too low for Edward Hopper).\n\nBut there was one occasion in 2003 when we truly excelled ourselves.\n\nOur guesstimate for an installation in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall by an unknown Nordic artist was so spectacularly wrong that we were left with no other choice but to blame Dave.\n\nWe thought around 100,000 people would come to see Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project during its six-month run. Of course, we hoped for a few more because it had been very expensive creating the giant sun effect in such a big space (lots of mirrors on the ceiling).\n\nBut we had to be realistic.\n\nThe Weather Project, 2003, saw representations of the sun and sky dominate the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern\n\nIn the end over two million visitors came to see and experience what would become the most famous piece of immersive art in the world.\n\nIt was epic in every sense: an instant masterpiece that was the making of both Tate Modern and Olafur Eliasson.\n\nSixteen years later he returns to Tate Modern with a career retrospective that doesn't include a re-installation of his giant, misty \"Sun\", to the huge and obvious disappointment of a couple of London cabbies to whom I was talking.\n\nHowever, it does have some other notable pieces of his signature immersive art.\n\nThe best of which by some distance is the aptly named Your Blind Passenger (2010), which is the Danish term for a stowaway. It consists of a long walkway of bright, white fog that makes seeing much beyond your outstretched arm impossible. If you're a skier or a hiker, you'd call it a white-out: if you live in Beijing now or were in London in the '50s it is reminiscent of dense smog: a peasouper.\n\nYour Blind Passenger, 2010, takes you through a corridor of dense fog, which the artist says helps \"you realise that you are not completely blind, you have a lot of other senses which start to kick in\"\n\nExcept, the environment Eliasson has created is sweeter (literally, the mist is sugar-based) and gentler.\n\nYou will be disorientated and restricted but the discombobulated feeling is more of purity and wonderment than fear or repulsion. Keep walking and the optical effects start happening.\n\nIf you see someone else the impact is severely diminished.\n\nIt is typical of Eliasson's thoughtful, quietly provocative art, which when at its best stimulates your senses and your mind.\n\nThat's the case with Your Uncertain Shadow (2010), another stand-out work in an otherwise slightly disappointing show.\n\nIt is exploring his primary artistic concerns of light and colour, environment and perception. You walk into a white-walled gallery that doesn't look much until you stand in front of five floor-mounted coloured spotlights and look on the back wall. There you will see, and be enchanted by, your silhouette writ large in five overlapping pastel shades.\n\nYour Uncertain Shadow (colour), 2010, challenges the way we see our environment\n\nWill Gompertz getting into Eliasson's art\n\nEliasson is at his best when there's an element of playfulness in his work, which is evident again in Beauty (1993), a black-box room with misty water falling from the ceiling through beams of light.\n\nHe is less convincing when being overly earnest, as with the scaffold waterfall situated outside the building.\n\nBeauty, 1993, evokes the meteorological phenomenon of a rainbow inside the show\n\nOn the terrace outside Tate Modern you see Waterfall, 2019, a new installation measuring over 11 metres in height\n\nThere's no doubt he is a very good artist with important things to say.\n\nBut this show somehow fails to capture his spirit. It feels disjointed and thin, which is incredible given how prolific Eliasson has been over the years.\n\nMaybe Dave has decided to flex his muscles and imposed some budget restrictions?\n\nEliasson's exhibition doesn't have an obvious entrance. There are doors, yes, but the viewer's experience begins long before that. Outside, you can't avoid his waterfall. With its scaffolding laid bare, the huge sculpture is a testament to the human power to get inside nature and remake it in our own image, but also nature's power to get inside us. Stand beside it and close your eyes, and the busy urban landscape is replaced by an elemental non-human scene.\n\nThe waterfall stands beside a Tate cafe, and if you're peckish you can enjoy a set menu created in conjunction with the chefs at Studio Olafur Eliasson - vegetarian offerings designed to be shared and eaten slowly. The philosophy behind this exhibition has entered you before you have really entered it.\n\nIf you take the lift, you might wonder whether the museum's lights are faulty, but you are in a rebirth of Eliasson's 1997 Room for one Colour - mono-frequency lamps reduce everything to yellow and black, and the uncanny atmosphere continues in the blindingly bright foyer.\n\nIn Room for one Colour, 1997, the space is bathed in light from mono-frequency lamps\n\nEliasson's art is not contained to the exhibition space; it spills outside, refusing the idea of a frame.\n\nInside the exhibition proper, some of the Scandinavian artist's best known pieces from the past 20 years find new meaning.\n\nThe giant moss wall, which will dry out, be watered, and re-grow over the course of the exhibition, has a new sense of urgency in the context of climate crisis. Its overwhelming size is concurrent with its vulnerability, and a sense of misplaced-ness in this pristine environment.\n\nBut often it's the viewer who feels out of place. Water trickles outside the windows, to simulate rain, serving as a reminder of the falsity of our constructed indoor worlds. Buildings are recalibrated as not only forces of protection, but also imprisonment, separating us from the natural world.\n\nOne room is empty, with bright white walls, until you walk in and your silhouette appears in five colours. This piece is titled Your Uncertain Shadow - you might create the art, but your silhouette is split up. You lose structural integrity. Another features a rotating irregular blotch of light which manages to be at once cosmic and embryonic, unbearably close and unimaginably distant.\n\nIf the posters are anything to go by, Your Uncertain Shadow is the leading image of the exhibition, but for me the stand-out piece was Beauty, a darkened room with a spotlight shining through falling mist. As you tip-toe around (this is a space which implicitly demands silence), you might catch a glimpse of a rainbow, and watch the mist change pattern and direction.\n\nEliasson says Beauty demonstrates our capacity to see different things but still be together. It does this, but even more powerfully, it manages to create a space which is both inside and outside, not simply in-between. It forms the climax of an exhibition whose resounding message is the mutual implication of mankind and our environment, an implication which Eliasson believes should be celebrated, but also recognised as a responsibility to protect the world we live in.", "Some convicted killers, sex offenders and drug dealers could have their records wiped under new plans to help them back to work.\n\nPeople sentenced to more than four years in prison currently have to disclose their conviction to employers for the rest of their working life.\n\nJustice secretary David Gauke wants to scrap this rule to \"break barriers\" to employment for reformed criminals.\n\nThe change will not apply to the most serious crimes - including murder.\n\n\"The responsibility, structure and support provided by regular work is an essential component of effective rehabilitation, something which benefits us all by reducing reoffending and cutting the cost of crime,\" said Mr Gauke.\n\n\"That's why we are introducing reforms to break barriers faced by ex-offenders who genuinely want to turn their lives around through employment.\"\n\nThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said the new legislation in England and Wales is most likely to apply to lower level, non-violent offences after a \"rehabilitation period\" - during which they do not reoffend - has passed.\n\nIt will not apply to those convicted of serious sexual, violent and terrorism offences, or where offences attract the most serious sentences, including life.\n\nHowever, it could be applied to people who have served sentences for offences including manslaughter, assault, robbery and some sex offences.\n\nThe exact length of these \"rehabilitation periods\" - the specified period after which the conviction will not have to be disclosed - will be decided after consultation with the justice sector, the MoJ said.\n\nPeople applying for sensitive roles, including working with children and vulnerable adults and positions of public trust will still be required to disclose any convictions, even those committed as a child.\n\nIn addition to the rule change for sentences of more than four years, the period of time for which shorter and community sentences have to be revealed to employers will be scaled back under the new proposals.\n\nThe MoJ said the new rules on disclosure will also stand for applications by ex-offenders for housing, adoption, education and insurance.\n\nMr Gauke said the reforms were intended to remove the stigma of convictions, insisting the government \"will never compromise public safety\".\n\n\"That is why separate and more stringent rules will continue to apply for sensitive roles, including those which involve working with children and vulnerable adults,\" he said.\n\nAccording to the MoJ, regular work is a major factor in breaking the cycle of crime but many ex-offenders find it impossible to get a job - and reoffending is on the rise in England and Wales.\n\nJust 17% of offenders are in employment a year after their release from prison, and half of employers say they would not consider hiring an ex-offender, research suggests.\n\nThe reforms set out will be introduced as new legislation when parliamentary time becomes available.\n\nPenelope Gibbs, chairwoman of the Standing Committee for Youth Justice, said: \"Currently anyone convicted of shop-lifting twice aged 12 must disclose that when applying to be a traffic warden aged 55.\n\n\"Shortening rehabilitation periods should be a first step in reform of whole criminal records disclosure system.\"\n\nThe charity Unlock also welcomed the justice secretary's plans but questioned how effective the legislation will be when information remains online.\n\nChristopher Stacey, co-director of Unlock, said: \"The government needs to make sure that the legislation does what it is intended to do - give people a chance to live free of the stigma of their past.\n\n\"We look forward to working with the government so that law-abiding people with convictions have a real chance to move on positively with their lives without their criminal record hanging over them.\"\n\nThe Institute of Directors said the proposal \"merits serious consideration\" with employers being \"much more open to giving people a second chance than is often thought\".\n\n\"The details matter, of course, but this could fit with efforts by companies to find ways or removing bias from the recruitment process,\" a spokesperson added.\n\nThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) also said ex-offenders who have changed their ways deserve a second chance.\n\nCraig Beaumont, FSB's director of external affairs and advocacy, said: \"With employment levels at record highs, and one in three smaller firms citing skills shortages as a major barrier to growth, it's critical that we bring those furthest from the labour market into our workforces.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'The law changed, and made everyone feel safer'\n\nNew Zealanders have started handing over their semi-automatic weapons as part of a buyback scheme following a ban after the Christchurch attacks.\n\nGun reforms were enacted after a gunman shot dead 51 people at two mosques in March.\n\nSaturday's handover in Christchurch was the first of more than 250 collections to be held across the country.\n\nMore than NZ$433,600 (£230,000) was paid in compensation to 169 firearms owners, who handed in 224 weapons.\n\nThe weapons were then destroyed.\n\n\"Police recognise that this is a big change for the law-abiding firearms community and we are hearing really positive feedback from people as they come through today that they are finding the process works well for them,\" regional police commander Mike Johnson said.\n\nMore than 900 gun owners in the Canterbury region had registered to hand over 1,415 firearms, he added.\n\nOne gun owner, who requested anonymity, was pleased with the NZ$13,000 (£6,900) he received for his semi-automatic hunting firearm.\n\n\"I didn't think this would be a fair process at all - I wasn't particularly happy about it. But the outcome was good and they handled it well,\" he told the New Zealand Herald newspaper.\n\nHowever, not everyone was happy with the collection.\n\nChristchurch firearm owner Vincent Sanders told TV New Zealand that he would be staying away after being offered just $150 for his grandfather's 100-year-old gun.\n\n\"They've rushed through the entire process, they gave us two days for submissions, paid no attention - and forced it through,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New Zealand PM, Jacinda Ardern: \"These weapons were designed to kill\"\n\nThe government has pledged NZ$208 million (£110 million) for the scheme.\n\nThe gun reform bill was passed by 119-1 in April to prohibit military-style semi-automatic weapons and parts that can be used to assemble prohibited firearms.\n\nDelivering an emotional speech to parliament in April, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said: \"I cannot imagine circumstances where that is more necessary than it is now.\"", "Jeffrey Epstein registered as a sex offender as part of a widely criticised plea deal\n\nWealthy US financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested on new sex trafficking charges connected to allegations from the early 2000s, reports say.\n\nEpstein was arrested in New York and will appear in court on Monday, law enforcement officials told US media.\n\nIt comes amid renewed controversy over a plea deal he once reached to end a federal investigation against him.\n\nHis lawyer told Reuters news agency he would plead not guilty to any charges.\n\nLaw enforcement officers have not been authorised to discuss the case, but several have spoken to US media outlets.\n\nOne told the Associated Press the latest charges stemmed from allegations that Epstein paid underage girls for massages and molested them at his New York and Florida homes.\n\nThe same claims were made by sources quoted in other outlets, including The Daily Beast, which first reported Epstein's arrest.\n\nEpstein, 66, was previously accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls.\n\nThe wealthy financier - who was once friendly with Prince Andrew, former US President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump - reached a plea deal to avoid federal sex trafficking charges in the case.\n\nInstead, he pleaded guilty in 2008 to lesser state charges of soliciting and procuring a person under age 18 for prostitution\n\nThis averted a possible life sentence, and instead saw him spend 13 months in jail and register as a sex offender.\n\nEarlier this year, a Florida judge ruled that federal prosecutors broke the law by not informing Epstein's victims of the plea deal at the time.\n\nJudge Kenneth Marra is currently deciding whether the non-prosecution agreement that protected Epstein from the more serious charges should still stand.\n\nFollowing the ruling, the White House said it was also \"looking into\" Labour Secretary Alexander Acosta's role in the plea deal, which he approved in his previous role as a US attorney.\n\nEpstein in December deprived his alleged victims of the chance to testify against him for the first time by reaching a last-minute agreement to settle a civil lawsuit.\n\nBefore the criminal charges, New York-born Epstein was best known as a wealthy financier with connections to the business and political elite.\n\nAs a young man, he taught mathematics and physics at Manhattan's private Dalton School.\n\nHe moved into finance in 1976, working as an options trader for investment banking company Bear Stearns. Within four years, he was made a limited partner.\n\nHe then went on to found his own financial management firm J Epstein & Co, reportedly managing the assets of clients with more than $1bn (£798m) in net worth.\n\nIn 1996, he changed his company's name to The Financial Trust Co and based it in the US Virgin Islands for tax purposes.\n\nHis lavish lifestyle, along with the secrecy surrounding his client list and other details of his business, earned Epstein a reputation as a mysterious moneyman.\n\nHe was also known for his friendships with high-profile people, including Mr Trump and Mr Clinton.\n\n\"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy,\" Mr Trump said in the New York Magazine profile. \"He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.\"\n\nAlong with his wealth and high-profile friends, Epstein built a reputation as a philanthropist.\n\nIn 2003, he hit headlines for making a $30m donation to Harvard University for the founding of a mathematical biology and evolutionary dynamics programme.\n\nReports of his current wealth vary, with his Virgin Islands-based firm generating no public records. According to Florida court records, cited by NBC News, Epstein maintains properties in the US Virgin Islands, New York, Paris, Mexico and Florida. He also has numerous luxury cars and motorbikes.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nThe United States won the Women's World Cup for a record fourth time as they eventually overpowered the Netherlands in Lyon.\n\nMegan Rapinoe's penalty and Rose Lavelle's fine run and finish gave the defending champions victory in the second half, after resilient first-half defending from the Dutch.\n\nVeteran winger Rapinoe's calmly-slotted opener came from a spot-kick awarded after a video assistant referee (VAR) review, at the end of a tournament in which the system has been a major talking point.\n\nBarcelona defender Stefanie van der Gragt's high boot caught USA striker Alex Morgan and French referee Stephanie Frappart pointed to the spot after assessing replays, and the holders did not look back after taking the lead.\n\nThe European champions, reaching the final in only their second World Cup, kept the favourites at bay in the first half as former Arsenal goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal produced four excellent saves.\n\nBut the USA, playing in their third consecutive final, continued their reign as the world's finest side as they added to their titles of 1991, 1999 and 2015.\n\nRapinoe's goal also meant she won the Golden Boot after finishing with six goals and three assists, while she also took the Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player.\n• None Reaction as the USA beat Netherlands to win the World Cup\n• None Rate the players from the final\n\nVictory for the USA saw their English-born boss Jill Ellis, from Hampshire, become the first coach to lift the trophy twice.\n\nHer side's second consecutive world title was a hard-fought one, but they have been the best side in a 24-team tournament that was fiercely contested, despite facing more serious trophy contenders than four years ago.\n\nThey laid down a daunting marker in their first match of the competition as they cruised to a 13-0 win over Thailand - the biggest-ever victory at the finals.\n\nComfortable successes over Chile and Sweden followed, before they faced three much more detailed tests of their title credentials in the knockout rounds but battled to a trio of 2-1 wins over Spain, hosts France and England.\n\nIn 2015's final in Canada, the USA took a 4-0 lead over Japan inside 16 minutes, as a Carli Lloyd hat-trick helped them win 5-2, but the Dutch posed a far stiffer test.\n\nSarina Wiegman's side, who beat Sweden in the last four on Wednesday, did well to absorb pressure from the USA in the first half and counter attack with pace when they could.\n\nHowever, the Oranje created very few clear chances over the 90 minutes and winger Tobin Heath spurned multiple opportunities to extend the USA's lead late on.\n\nChampions making headlines on and off the pitch\n\nThe Stars and Stripes became only the second nation to successfully defend a Women's World Cup title, after Germany did so in 2007.\n\nBut their outstanding squad of players have generated headlines off the field as well as on it during an absorbing 52-match tournament in France.\n\nRapinoe, who scored twice in their last-16 tie and did so again in the quarter-final, made front-page news during the tournament by saying she would reject a hypothetical invitation to the White House, for which she was criticised by US President Donald Trump.\n\nEllis's team were sometimes accused of being arrogant - and even branded disrespectful when striker Morgan celebrated her semi-final goal against England by pretending to sip a cup of tea - but their confidence has ultimately been fully justified by their impressive defence of their title.\n\nTheir 2-0 win in front of a capacity crowd of 57,900 at the Stade de Lyon saw them lift the title in Europe for the first time, after triumphs in China, on home soil and in Canada.\n\nScoring 26 goals over their seven matches in France, they set a new record for a single World Cup campaign, while 34-year-old Rapinoe became the oldest player to score in a final.\n\nHer penalty took her narrowly above team-mate Morgan and England's Ellen White to win the Golden Boot award.\n\nThat came after Van Veenendaal had kept the USA at bay in a frenetic spell towards the end of the first half, first saving from Julie Ertz's powerful strike - the final's first shot on target after 28 minutes - before denying Samantha Mewis and keeping out two Morgan efforts, the first of which hit the post.\n\n'They've made history' - what they said\n\nUnited States boss Jill Ellis, speaking to BBC Sport: \"This is an amazing group of players - they showed fantastic resilience.\n\n\"They put their hearts and souls into this journey, I cannot thank them enough. I could barely speak immediately after the game but I told them they had made history and to enjoy it.\"\n\nUSA co-captain Megan Rapinoe: \"It's unbelievable just to know all of the people in our group have put in so much work. We have all our friends and family here, it is surreal.\"\n• None USA attacker Megan Rapinoe is the second player in history to start three Women's World Cup finals (2011, 2015, 2019) after Germany's Birgit Prinz (1995, 2003, 2007).\n• None The USA scored 26 goals at the 2019 Women's World Cup, the most by a team at a single tournament in the competition's history.\n• None Rapinoe became the first player to score a penalty in a Women's World Cup final, as well as being the oldest scorer in a final (34 years and two days).\n• None This was a 12th consecutive victory at the Women's World Cup for the USA - the longest run in World Cup history (men's and women's).\n• None Netherlands goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal made eight saves in this match - the most by a goalkeeper in a knockout stage match at the 2019 Women's World Cup.\n• None Since failing against Australia in July 2017, the USA have scored in 45 consecutive matches in all competitions, netting 148 goals and scoring at least twice in each of their past 12 games.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Morgan (USA) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.\n• None Attempt blocked. Carli Lloyd (USA) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rose Lavelle.\n• None Attempt missed. Jill Roord (Netherlands) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vivianne Miedema.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jill Roord (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lineth Beerensteyn.\n• None Attempt saved. Christen Press (USA) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rose Lavelle.\n• None Attempt saved. Alex Morgan (USA) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ali Krieger.\n• None Attempt missed. Sherida Spitse (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour should 'get on with' changing its Brexit policy to support a second referendum, the shadow chancellor has told the BBC.\n\nJohn McDonnell said Jeremy Corbyn was \"rightfully\" trying to build consensus, but added the party needed to reach a position \"sooner rather than later\".\n\n\"I want to campaign for Remain,\" he said.\n\nHe also denied he had called for the Labour leader's advisors to be sacked, as reported in the Sunday Times.\n\nLabour had previously promised a vote on Brexit in certain circumstances, specifically if it could not get its own deal with the EU passed by MPs or if there was no general election.\n\nFollowing the party's poor performance in the European elections in May, Mr Corbyn appeared to go further, suggesting there \"had to be a public vote\" on any deal agreed with Brussels.\n\nHe has recently come under pressure from his own MPs to confirm that the party would call for another referendum, and would campaign to remain in the EU.\n\nSpeaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr McDonnell confirmed that he, personally, would campaign to Remain if there was a second referendum.\n\nHe said he wanted to \"get on with it\", but added that Mr Corbyn was \"much wiser\" and wanted to \"build consensus and then go for it\".\n\n\"That's what he's doing at the moment,\" he added.\n\n\"Jeremy and I go back 40 years, we're the closest of friends. We've minded each other's back throughout that period. Yes, we'll disagree on things, and then we'll come to an agreement.\"\n\nAsked if he and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott had called for Mr Corbyn's advisors - Karie Murphy and Seumas Milne - to be sacked, Mr McDonnell replied such stories were \"rubbish\".\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's Barry Gardiner told Sky News' Sophy Ridge that his party is in talks with Conservative MPs who might support a no-confidence motion in the government in order to stop a no-deal Brexit. Conservative MP and ex-minister Sam Gyimah suggested \"30 plus\" Tory MPs would seek to stop a no-deal Brexit.\n\nMr McDonnell was also asked about reports in the Sunday Times that up to half a dozen Labour staff have ignored non-disclosure agreements (NDA) to speak to BBC journalists working on a Panorama programme about Labour and anti-Semitism.\n\nAccording to the Times, Labour, through the law firm Carter Ruck, has warned there could be legal action against those staff members.\n\nMr McDonnell said the Labour Party was \"reminding them of their confidentiality agreement\".\n\nHe argued this was important in cases where employees \"are dealing with individual cases, individual information and individual members\".\n\nHowever, he added the party would \"always protect anyone subject to harassment\".\n\nA number of Labour MPs criticised the reported action, including deputy leader Tom Watson who said \"using expensive media lawyers in an attempt to silence staff members is as futile as it is stupid\".\n\nLabour MP Wes Streeting tweeted \"Labour opposes NDAs, yet seems to impose them. I'm protected by parliamentary privilege. I'll whistleblow in the House of Commons for anyone who needs me to do so. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. No more excuses or hiding places. You should promise the same Jeremy Corbyn.\"\n\nMr Gardiner, shadow international trade secretary, has attacked the forthcoming Panorama programme - which will be aired next week - as neither balanced or impartial.\n\nIn response the BBC said: \"The Labour Party is criticising a programme they have not seen.\n\n\"We are confident the programme will adhere to the BBC's editorial guidelines. In line with those, the Labour Party has been given the opportunity to respond to the allegations.\"", "Two people have been charged with terrorism offences after police seized munitions and ammunition in County Antrim.\n\nA man, 33, and a woman, 31, were arrested after a search at a property on Cladytown Road in Glarryford, near Ballymena on Friday night.\n\nThey are charged with offences including possessing explosive substances and ammunition.\n\nThey are due to appear at Coleraine Magistrates' Court on Monday.", "An investigation is under way at the site\n\nParamedics assessed 28 Jaguar Land Rover workers after a suspected chemical incident at the firm's Solihull site.\n\nA number of staff felt unwell in Lode Lane, Solihull, after a floor sealant had been applied.\n\nOne person taken to hospital on Sunday had \"minor symptoms\" West Midlands Ambulance Service said. JLR said they were discharged later the same day.\n\nThe company said it was \"business as usual\" at the site on Monday.\n\nA spokesman said the incident had ended and there were \"several theories\" about the cause, but an investigation was under way.\n\n\"We can confirm that a small number of contractors and employees were triaged by West Midlands Ambulance Service,\" he said.\n\nThe ambulance service said it carried out its policy of \"remove, remove, remove\" and got people out of the building.\n\n\"Most staff felt symptoms reduce once out of the affected area and in fresh air,\" it said.\n\nWest Midlands Fire Service said it advised on the incident but did not send crews.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Justice Secretary David Gauke says he will resign if the next prime minister chooses to pursue a no-deal Brexit.\n\nTory leadership favourite Boris Johnson has pledged the UK will leave the EU on 31 October - with or without a deal.\n\nHowever, Mr Gauke told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that a \"sizeable\" number of Conservative MPs believed the UK should leave with a deal.\n\nHis comments come as Tory MP Sam Gyimah said more than 30 Tory MPs could vote against a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe EU has set the UK a deadline of 31 October to leave the bloc.\n\nMr Gauke said he believed Parliament \"will find a mechanism\" between now and 31 October to prevent the UK leaving without a deal.\n\nWhen asked whether he thought he would be sacked from the cabinet if Mr Johnson became prime minister, he said: \"I suspect that I will possibly have gone before then.\"\n\nHe added: \"Assuming that he wins, if Boris's position is that he is going to require every member of the cabinet to sign up to being prepared to leave without a deal on 31 October, to be fair to him I can't support that policy - so I would resign in advance.\"\n\nFormer Tory leadership hopeful Mr Gyimah - who resigned as a minister over Theresa May's Brexit plan - said there were more than 30 Tory MPs looking at legislative options to block a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe told Sky News: \"I wouldn't want to announce them before they have been tested as being viable.\"\n\n\"But there is a real concern. The real concern here is not about Leavers or Remainers. The real concern here, is that this is not in the interest of our country.\"\n\nHe added: \"What all this is about is staving off economic mayhem.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPro-Remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve has suggested MPs could use a Commons vote on Northern Ireland on Monday to launch a fresh bid to block a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe government has tabled a Bill to delay any new election to the Northern Ireland Assembly while talks to restore power-sharing are ongoing.\n\nNorthern Ireland has been without a functioning government since 2017, when the power-sharing parties split in a bitter row.\n\nMr Grieve told Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics: \"The chances are, if Brexit goes through - a no-deal Brexit - it is going to be the end of Northern Ireland's union with the United Kingdom, with serious political consequences flowing from it.\n\n\"That's a Bill that is a perfectly legitimate place to start looking at how one might make sure no-deal Brexits are fully debated before they take place.\"\n\nAsked about the possible number of MPs who might back such a bid, Mr Grieve said he did not know.\n\nHe added: \"Like all these things, colleagues are pulled in different directions, perfectly understandably, by various considerations.\"\n\nLeader of the pro-Brexit European Research Group, Jacob Rees-Mogg, told 5 Live he thought the only way to stop no-deal was to pass a new law.\n\nHe added that he would be \"very surprised\" if that happened.\n\nMr Johnson has insisted he is not bluffing over his promise to stick to the 31 October deadline for leaving the EU - even if that means walking away without a deal.\n\nAsked in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph if his commitment to 31 October was a bluff, Mr Johnson said: \"No ... honestly. Come on. We've got to show a bit more gumption about this.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's vital that our partners see that. They have to look deep into our eyes and think 'my god, these Brits actually are going to leave. And they're going to leave on those terms'.\"\n\nHis leadership rival Jeremy Hunt has also said he was willing to leave without a deal, although he told the Sunday Telegraph it was \"not the most secure way of guaranteeing Brexit\" because MPs would try to block it.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Hunt have been travelling around the country as they seek to win backing from Conservative party members, ahead of the vote closing on 22 July.\n\nHome Secretary Sajid Javid has come out in support of Mr Johnson, saying the former foreign secretary was \"better placed\" than Mr Hunt to \"deliver what we need to do at this critical time\".\n\nTory MP Mr Rees-Mogg has suggested Mr Javid - along with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss - are the main candidates to become the next chancellor.\n\nMr Rees-Mogg, who is supporting Mr Johnson in the leadership contest, said both had \"very strong\" credentials.", "The man died on Lea Bridge Road in Leyton\n\nA man in his 20s has become the second to be shot dead in London this weekend.\n\nEmergency workers were called to Lea Bridge Road in Leyton, east London, just before 03:00 BST on Sunday following reports of gunshots.\n\nDespite the efforts of paramedics and officers, he was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nOn Friday evening, a man in his 30s was shot dead in Wembley, north-west London. Police have appealed for witnesses.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police said two cars appeared to be driving in tandem along Glenburn Road in Paisley\n\nA 15-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car speeding on the wrong side of the road in Paisley.\n\nThe teenager was crossing Glenburn Road, near Fereneze Drive, at about 02:00 when she was struck by a black car.\n\nPolice believe it may have been a VW Polo, travelling towards Gleniffer Road alongside another car.\n\nThe driver initially got out of the car before returning to the vehicle and driving off.\n\nThe girl was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow by ambulance but died a short time later.\n\nPolice are now trying to trace the drivers of both cars as well as passengers in the second car.\n\nDet Insp Allan Kelly said: \"The young girl was with four friends when she stepped on to the road and was hit by the car which was driving at speed on the wrong side of the road in tandem with another car.\n\n\"The driver initially got out of the car but then went back in and drove off towards Gleniffer Rd, Paisley.\n\n\"We know that the car, a small hatchback, possibly a VW Polo, was damaged as a result of the collision. It had a cracked windscreen and bumper.\"\n\nDet Insp Kelly added: \"I would appeal to the driver of the vehicle to come forward to police and to the occupants or the driver of either vehicle involved.\"\n\nHe also appealed for other witnesses and for any dashcam footage of the area around the time of the incident.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe singer and composer was known best as a pioneer of the bossa nova genre, which found international popularity in the 1960s.\n\nReports say Gilberto died at home in Rio de Janeiro after a period of illness. His son confirmed the news of his death in a Saturday Facebook post.\n\n\"His fight was noble, he tried to maintain dignity,\" Marcelo Gilberto said.\n\nBorn in the north-east state of Bahia in 1931, Gilberto began singing aged 18.\n\nHis release of the record Chega de Saudade in the late 1950s was considered a game-changer for Brazilian music.\n\nGilberto's style - mixing traditional and modern musical influences - inspired bossa nova, or new trend, music and many other artists after him.\n\nIn 1964, he famously collaborated with America saxophone player Stan Getz. Their album sold millions of copies and won international praise, including a US Grammy for Album of the year.\n\nJoão Gilberto introduced bossa nova to the world in 1958: he created a new beat, with his unique guitar style, mixing traditional samba music with modern jazz influences.\n\nHis music depicted a period of huge optimism in Brazil: an urban, industrialised country that was building a new capital and dreaming of better times.\n\nHis versions of songs like Quiet Nights and The Girl from Ipanema became standards in world music.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Piper Perabo This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFor the past decade, João Gilberto lived alone in Rio, struggling with mental health and financial issues.\n\nBernardo Araujo, a music journalist for Brazilian newspaper Globo, told AFP news agency last year his influence was \"incalculable\".\n\n\"He was the principal voice of the best known Brazilian style in the world and a revolutionary without even really meaning to be,\" Araujo said.\n\nThe influential musician had not been seen in public for several years.\n\nThe cause of his death has not yet been officially announced.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the scale of the damage to Florida plaza\n\nA large explosion has ripped through a shopping and dining plaza in the US city of Plantation, Florida.\n\nLocal police say that about 22 people have been injured and are being treated at hospitals in the city, but none are in a critical condition.\n\n\"At this time we don't have any fatalities,\" Sergeant Jessica Ryan told reporters shortly after the blast.\n\nVideos on social media show people evacuating a nearby gym amid scattered debris and dozens of damaged vehicles.\n\nPolice have asked people to avoid the area while they continue to investigate. Search dogs are also at the scene.\n\nJoel Gordon, battalion chief for Plantation Fire, said they had not yet confirmed the cause and source of the explosion but ruptured gas lines were found in the rubble.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Steven Cejas This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe explosion was reported at about 11:30 local time (15:30 GMT) on Saturday, officials say.\n\nLocal residents have told local news channel WPLG they felt and heard the blast several miles away from the scene.\n\nPlantation is in Broward County, just outside of Fort Lauderdale.\n\nThe plaza where the explosion happened contains a number of restaurants and businesses.", "Fifty years on from the Stonewall uprising in New York, London Pride 2019 was just as colourful as ever.\n\nOrganisers say up to 1.5 million people took to the streets for the parade, which started at Portland Place.\n\nThe parade went across Oxford Circus and down Regent Street before arriving at Whitehall via Trafalgar Square.\n\nOne man from Uganda spoke about how getting to this day \"meant the world\".", "Tributes have been paid to America's \"King of Coal\", Chris Cline, who died in a helicopter crash in the Bahamas.\n\nPresident Donald Trump described Mr Cline, a major Republican donor, as a \"great businessman and energy expert\".\n\nJim Justice, the governor of West Virginia where Mr Cline was born, described the 60-year-old tycoon as a \"WV superstar\" and a \"wonderful\" man.\n\nThe billionaire, his daughter Kameron, 22, three other women and two men died in the crash on Thursday.\n\nThe helicopter had been en route from Big Grand Cay, the Bahamas, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.\n\nIts wreckage was found on the ocean floor. The cause of the crash is being investigated.\n\nMr Cline began working in the mines of West Virginia in his early twenties.\n\nIn 1990, he set up his energy development company, the Cline Group, overseeing its rise as one of America's top coal producers.\n\nIn 2006, Mr Cline formed Foresight Energy to manage coal rights in the Illinois Basin. He later sold most of his shares in the firm for $1.4bn (£1.1bn).\n\nThe billionaire was a major supporter of the Republican Party. He gave $1m to Mr Trump's inauguration committee in 2017.\n\nHe also donated generously to West Virginia's Marshall University, where he studied.", "The sculptor called on BP to put half its profits towards renewable energy research\n\nSculptor Sir Antony Gormley has joined calls for London's National Portrait Gallery to end its sponsorship with BP.\n\nBP has sponsored the gallery's annual Portrait Award for 30 years, but the oil company has faced growing criticism over its environmental stance.\n\nSir Antony said BP was \"using culture to make us all feel this is a company that cares about the future of mankind, but it very clearly doesn't\".\n\nThe gallery said BP's support for the award means public admission is free.\n\nIt added that government funding only made up a third of its income, so it has to work with corporate partners.\n\nSir Antony is one of almost 80 artists - including five winners of the Turner Prize - to write the letter demanding an end to BP's sponsorship.\n\nIn the letter to Nicholas Cullinan, director of the gallery, the artists state that BP's ongoing sponsorship \"is lending credence to the company's misleading assurance that it's doing all it can, and so we, as artists, feel we must speak up\".\n\n\"We believe that, today, the loss of BP as a source of funding is a cost worth bearing, until the company changes course and enables future generations to make art in a world that resembles our own,\" the letter continues.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Antony said: \"Art is about giving a platform for sustainable futures... [it is] very clear that this is not a part of BPs remit\".\n\nSir Antony is best known for his Angel of the North sculpture in Gateshead\n\n\"We are in a crisis,\" he said, adding he would like to see the energy giant put half its profits towards renewable energy research,\n\n\"We are all immersed in a fossil fuel culture, we are all culpable. But there are a few organisations and governments that can do something about it.\"\n\nThe letter calls on the gallery not to renew its contract with BP when it expires in 2022 and, in the immediate future, to remove the BP representative from the award's judging panel.\n\nPeter Mather, head of BP in Europe, told the Today programme last week that the company was trying to help both the art world and the environment.\n\nHe said BP's 70,000 employees did not get up each day \"with the intention of destroying the planet\".\n\nHe added that BP was \"extremely proud\" of what it did in the arts, as well as what it contributed to the UK economy.\n\n\"We are focusing very much on reducing our own emissions. We are also improving - i.e. lowering - the carbon footprint of the produce that we supply.\"\n\nIt comes after artist and judge of this year's Portrait Award by BP Gary Hume said it was time to look elsewhere for sponsorship.\n\nHe said: \"BP could continue to support the National Portrait Gallery without putting their name anywhere, it could be an anonymous gift.\n\n\"Without the institutions such as BP making a concerted effort... we haven't got a chance.\"", "Reports say at least one of those injured required surgery\n\nThree people have been gored during the first bull run at the annual San Fermín festival in Pamplona.\n\nOfficials say those with gore injuries are two US citizens, aged 23 and 46, and a Spaniard.\n\nTwo others were taken to hospital with head injuries and a total of 48 others were treated by the Red Cross.\n\nFurther runs will take place every morning through the northern Spanish city's narrow streets until next Sunday.\n\nThose taking part, most dressed in white with red scarves, packed into the 850m (2790ft) course - which leads downhill to the town's bull ring.\n\nSix bulls are released daily, along with steers, before later facing professional matadors in public bull fights.\n\nInjuries at the event are common and at least 16 people have died taking part since 1910, when records began.\n\nThe last person to die at the festival, Daniel Jimeno Romero, was gored in the neck in 2009 during the fourth run of the festival.\n\nA 46-year-old Californian man gored in the neck on Sunday required surgery, the Associated Press reports.\n\nThe other injured American is reportedly a 23-year-old from Kentucky, who was gored in the thigh along with a 40-year-old Spanish man.\n\nThe runs take place at 08:00 local (06:00 GMT)\n\nGroups AnimaNaturales and PETA protested against the festivities on Friday\n\nThe festival attracts thousands of revellers from around the world.\n\nIt also involves religious processions, parties and concerts and was depicted in the 1926 Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises.\n\nBull fighting and running is regularly criticised by animal rights activists. On Friday, they demonstrated on Pamplona's streets - dressed in horns and lying down with fake spears in their backs.\n\nAnyone over 18 can take part in the runs, but most participants tend to be men.\n\nA high-profile gang rape at the 2016 festival prompted nationwide protests and an ongoing review of rape laws in Spain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Activists say rage over the \"wolfpack\" case ignited a feminist revolution (Video from 2019)", "Flyadeal, the low-cost Saudi Arabian airline, has cancelled an order for 30 Boeing 737 Max aircraft.\n\nThe decision follows the crashes of two 737 Max jets, the first in Indonesia in October followed by one in Ethiopia in March, which killed 346 people.\n\nSince then the aircraft has been grounded and Boeing has been working on a fix that will satisfy regulators.\n\nBoeing said that flyadeal had decided not to go ahead with the provisional order because of \"schedule requirements\".\n\nThe deal, which included an additional option to purchase 20 more 737 Max aircraft, was worth $5.9bn at list prices, but the airline would have been offered a discount on that price tag.\n\nInstead flyadeal, which is controlled by state-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines, will operate a fleet of Airbus A320 planes.\n\nThe loss of Ethiopian Airlines' flight ET302 in March was the second fatal accident involving a 737 Max in the space of five months.\n\nA near identical aircraft, owned by the Indonesian carrier Lion Air, went down in the sea off Jakarta in October 2018.\n\nCrash investigators have concentrated their efforts on the aircraft's control system and Boeing has been working with regulators to roll out a software upgrade.\n\nThere is no date when the aircraft might be cleared to fly again.\n\nLast week Boeing announced that it would give $100m to help families affected by the two crashes.\n\nThe payment, stretching over several years, is independent of lawsuits filed in the wake of the disasters, which together killed 346 people.\n\nLast month IAG said it intended to buy 200 Boeing 737 Max aircraft.\n\nWhile not a firm order, it was seen as a boost for Boeing.\n\nThe planes would be used by IAG's airlines including British Airways, Vueling and Level.\n\nThe letter of intent was signed at the Paris Air Show.\n\nIAG chief executive Willie Walsh said at the time: \"We have every confidence in Boeing and expect that the aircraft will make a successful return to service in the coming months having received approval from the regulators\".", "The government has begun an inquiry into a leak of emails from the UK ambassador in Washington which deemed the Trump administration \"inept\".\n\nIn the messages, Sir Kim Darroch said the White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and \"divided\" under Donald Trump.\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the memos reflected Sir Kim's \"personal view\", not that of the UK government.\n\nPresident Trump said Sir Kim had \"not served the UK well\".\n\nAsked about the leak, he told reporters in New Jersey: \"We're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well.\n\n\"So I can understand it and I can say things about him but I won't bother.\"\n\nThe Foreign Office said the leak to the Mail on Sunday was \"mischievous\", but did not deny the accuracy of the memos. A spokesperson confirmed a formal leak investigation would be launched.\n\nIn the emails, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nHe questioned whether this White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned the US president should not be written off.\n\nThe UK ambassador in Washington says Trump needs \"simple, even blunt\" arguments\n\nMr Hunt - who is fighting to become the next Conservative leader and prime minister - said while it was the UK ambassador's job to give \"frank opinions\", the memos expressed \"a personal view\".\n\n\"It is not the view of the British government, it's not my view,\" he said.\n\n\"We continue to think that under President Trump the US administration is not just highly effective but the best friend of Britain on the international stage.\"\n\nEarlier, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, said whoever was responsible for the leak must be prosecuted.\n\n\"Diplomats must be able to communicate securely with their governments,\" he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.\n\nHowever, he defended Sir Kim, saying the job of the UK's ambassador is \"to represent the interests and wishes of the British people\" and not \"the sensibilities of the United States\".\n\nAlthough Sir Kim said Mr Trump was \"dazzled\" by his state visit to the UK in June, the ambassador warned that his administration will remain self-interested, adding: \"This is still the land of America First.\"\n\nDifferences between the US and the UK on climate change, media freedoms and the death penalty might come to the fore as the countries seek to improve trading relations after Brexit, the memos said.\n\nTo get through to the president, \"you need to make your points simple, even blunt\", he said.\n\nThe leader of the Brexit party, Nigel Farage, has criticised Sir Kim for his comments, branding the ambassador \"totally unsuitable for the job\" and saying the \"sooner he is gone the better\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHowever, Justice Secretary David Gauke said it was very important that ambassadors gave \"honest and unvarnished advice to their country\".\n\nHe said: \"It is disgraceful that it's been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth, as they see it.\"\n\nIn a message sent last month, Sir Kim branded US policy on Iran as \"incoherent, chaotic\".\n\nMr Trump's publicly stated reason for calling off an airstrike against Tehran with 10 minutes to go - that it would cause 150 casualties - \"doesn't stand up\", Sir Kim said.\n\nInstead, he suggested the president was \"never fully on board\" and did not want to reverse his campaign promise not to involve the US in foreign conflicts.\n\nSir Kim said it was \"unlikely that US policy on Iran is going to become more coherent any time soon\" because \"this is a divided administration\".\n\nThe leaked files date from 2017 to the present day, covering the ambassador's early impressions that media reports of \"vicious infighting and chaos\" in the White House were \"mostly true\".\n\nThey also give an assessment of allegations about collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia, saying \"the worst cannot be ruled out\". The investigation by Robert Mueller has since found those claims were not proven.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said the views of diplomats were \"not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government. But we pay them to be candid\".\n\nHe said ministers and civil servants would handle this advice \"in the right way\" and ambassadors should be able to offer it confidentially.\n\nThe UK embassy in Washington has \"strong relations\" with the White House and these would continue, despite \"mischievous behaviour\" such as this leak, the spokesman said.", "The Trump administration has been labelled \"inept\", insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the UK ambassador to Washington.\n\nSir Kim Darroch said that the White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and \"divided\" under Donald Trump.\n\nBut he also warned that the US president should not be written off.\n\nThe Foreign Office said the leak of the memos to the Mail on Sunday was \"mischievous\" but did not deny their accuracy.\n\nThe White House has not yet responded to the revelation of the contents of the memos, but it could test the so-called \"special relationship\" between the US and UK.\n\nIn the messages, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nHe questioned whether this White House \"will ever look competent\".\n\nThe UK ambassador in Washington says Trump needs \"simple, even blunt\" arguments\n\nAlthough Sir Kim said Mr Trump was \"dazzled\" by his state visit to the UK in June, the ambassador warns that his administration will remain self-interested, adding: \"This is still the land of America First\".\n\nDifferences between the US and the UK on climate change, media freedoms and the death penalty might come to the fore as the countries seek to improve trading relations after Brexit, the memos said.\n\nTo get through to the president, \"you need to make your points simple, even blunt\", he said.\n\nThe leader of the Brexit party, Nigel Farage, has criticised Sir Kim for his comments, branding the ambassador \"totally unsuitable for the job\" and saying the \"sooner he is gone the better\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHowever, Justice Secretary David Guake said it is very important that ambassadors give \"honest and unvarnished advice to their country\".\n\nHe said: \"It is disgraceful that it's been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth, as they see it.\"\n\nIn a message sent last month, Sir Kim branded US policy on Iran as \"incoherent, chaotic\".\n\nMr Trump's publicly stated reason for calling off an airstrike against Tehran with 10 minutes to go - that it would cause 150 casualties - \"doesn't stand up\", Sir Kim said.\n\nInstead, he suggested the president was \"never fully on board\" and did not want to reverse his campaign promise not to involve the US in foreign conflicts.\n\nSir Kim said it was \"unlikely that US policy on Iran is going to become more coherent any time soon\" because \"this is a divided administration\".\n\nThe leaked files date from 2017 to the present day, covering the ambassador's early impressions that media reports of \"vicious infighting and chaos\" in the White House were \"mostly true\".\n\nThey also give an assessment of allegations about collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia, saying \"the worst cannot be ruled out\". The investigation by Robert Mueller has since found those claims were not proven.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said the views of diplomats were \"not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government. But we pay them to be candid\".\n\nHe said ministers and civil servants would handle this advice \"in the right way\" and ambassadors should be able to offer it confidentially.\n\nThe UK embassy in Washington has \"strong relations\" with the White House and these would continue, despite \"mischievous behaviour\" such as this leak, the spokesman said.", "The Department of Health and Social Care plans to spend £3m on no-deal Brexit measures to transport medication.\n\nIt wants to hire an \"express freight service\" to transport medicines, blood and transplant tissue.\n\nBut experts have warned that the deadline of 1 September set for the deal is a \"tight\" timeframe.\n\nThe government's current plan is to leave the EU on 31 October, with or without a trade deal.\n\nIt has smartened up its act on procurement after running up a bill of £80m trying to arrange ferry contracts in the event of a no-deal exit.\n\nSeaborne Freight had been awarded a £13.8m deal last year, which the BBC found had never run a ferry service.\n\nGus Tugendhat, founder of Tussell, a data provider on UK government contracts, which uncovered the latest move said timelines were \"still tight\".\n\nSome medicines have short shelf lives and may require refrigeration\n\nAndrew Dean, director of public law at Clifford Chance, a former government adviser and procurement law expert said there was sufficient time to run a compliant and robust procurement process, but it would be tricky, given the relatively short timeframe.\n\nLast weekend, it emerged that the Department for Transport was asking logistics companies to bid to provide extra freight capacity to be used in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe plan is to set up \"an express freight contingency arrangement to support continuity of supply of medicines and medical products,\" Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington told Parliament.\n\n\"This will be an urgent contingency measure for products requiring urgent delivery, within a 24-48 hour timeframe, if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.\"\n\nTogether with stockpiling and helping companies with paperwork at the border, the department hopes this will allow patients to receive the medicines they need, especially rarer ones with short shelf-lives, which may require specialist transport conditions such as refrigeration.\n\n\"Government will only pay for capacity as and when it is needed and used,\" Mr Lidington insisted.\n\nIt is understood that while larger pharmaceutical companies would have their own plans, smaller ones were likely to need help.\n\nA Department of Health and Social Care spokeswoman confirmed that the contract was new, but said that the speed of the contract was \"within the usual guidelines\".", "The USPCA has called for an \"animal abusers register\"\n\nCourts in Northern Ireland banned 45 people from keeping animals in 2018 after they were convicted of animal cruelty.\n\nIt is an increase from the 26 people banned in 2015.\n\nThe Ulster Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (USPCA) welcomed the news and renewed a call for an \"animal abusers register\".\n\nThe convictions included offences against wildlife, farm animals and pets.\n\nThe figures were obtained by the BBC from the Department of Justice.\n\nUSPCA Chief Executive Brendan Mullan said the figures showed the increased effectiveness of statutory agencies in enforcing the Animal Welfare Act.\n\n\"The increase in the number of prosecutions and banning orders begs the question, have we as a community in NI become more uncaring and cruel towards animals?,\" he said,\n\n\"Of course, the answer is no.\n\n\"Whilst welcoming this clearly improved enforcement, the USPCA remains concerned at the ineffectiveness of the bans as evidenced by recent court cases, where individuals who had been banned previously from keeping animals were up in court again for animal welfare offences.\n\n\"Banned one day and owning and abusing animals the next.\"\n\nThe USPCA has called for a register of people banned from keeping animals, accessible by reputable breeders and animal re-homing charities.\n\n\"Such a register may not completely solve the problem, but it would be a significant step to closing the current loophole,\" Mr Mullan said.\n\n\"As it stands, the ultimate penalty for the most serious animal welfare offences, is relatively ineffective.\"\n\nThere have been a number of high profile cases of animal cruelty in the past year.\n\nIn October 2018, a County Londonderry farmer with 19 previous animal cruelty convictions, who admitted causing unnecessary suffering to two pigs, was banned from keeping animals for life.\n\nMichael Agnew, 47, of Garvagh, was also sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for four years.\n\nThe judge at Londonderry Crown Court said Agnew \"should be kept miles away from every living creature\".\n\n\"Any animal seeing this man coming over the horizon would have a heart attack,\" he added.", "Iran insists that it is not seeking to overturn the nuclear deal\n\nIt has taken just a little over a year since the Trump administration abandoned the international nuclear deal with Iran, known as the JCPOA, for Tehran itself to challenge the agreement.\n\nIts decision to intentionally breach the 300kg ceiling for the stock of low-enriched uranium that it can hold is but the first step of several that it is threatening.\n\nHowever, Tehran insists it is not seeking to overturn the nuclear deal itself. It just wants to be treated fairly under its terms.\n\nIran's case is that it has, all along, abided by the terms of the agreement. And Iran's \"good behaviour\" has been independently verified by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).\n\nBut now Iran is saying enough is enough. It has stuck to its side of the bargain but the Americans have not only walked away from the deal, they have re-imposed sanctions and are trying to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to trade with Tehran.\n\nThis policy of \"maximum pressure\" is acknowledged by the Trump administration. Its goal, its spokesmen insist, is to force Iran to the table to negotiate what in US terms would be a \"better\" deal.\n\nBut Mr Trump's critics argue that what his administration wants is more capitulation rather than negotiation. There is a strong whiff of regime change about some of Mr Trump's key advisers.\n\nIran - if you accept that it was behind recent attacks in the Gulf as the Americans insist - has already sought to push back against US pressure. It has many ways of doing so.\n\nAnd the fear is that the potential breakdown of the nuclear deal will not only encourage Iran to resume worrying nuclear activities, but it may also risk some kind of conflict in the Gulf, intentional or otherwise.\n\nSo the stakes surrounding the nuclear deal are huge. And this is going to condition many countries' responses to what is happening. There are already differences between Washington and its key European allies - Britain, France and Germany - who remain strong supporters of the nuclear deal and want to see it continue.\n\nCertainly they worry about many of Iran's regional activities and they share the Trump administration's concerns about Iran's active missile programmes.\n\nBut they believe that the JCPOA, whatever faults it may have had, contained one essential benefit.\n\nIt took the nuclear issue out of the game at least for the immediate future. It \"kicked the can down the road\". It did not resolve the disputes over Iran's past activities or place permanent restrictions on what it could do in this field. But it averted a crisis.\n\nRemember, before the deal was agreed in 2015, there were real fears of a possible US or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear infrastructure.\n\nBritain, France and Germany remain strong supporters of the nuclear deal\n\nIran is making a point. It says that breaching the low-enriched uranium threshold is not in contravention of the JCPOA deal.\n\nIndeed its text, at Iran's insistence, does contain wording to the effect that if others breach the deal's terms then Iran will feel able to do the same. That of course may not be how the other signatories see things. They may argue you are either in the agreement or - like the United States - you choose to leave it.\n\nIran's pressure tactic is intended to push the Europeans in particular to do more to relieve the US economic pressure that is building up. The EU has developed a special payments system - dubbed in Euro-speak INSTEX - to try to help facilitate trade in humanitarian supplies, which in any case are not covered by the sanctions. Deals here have been made more difficult because of many banks' reluctance to risk US action.\n\nBut INSTEX will not help with the key sectors of Iran's economy that are suffering the greatest pain, like the oil industry. Most independent experts say that INSTEX has been slow to get going and is unlikely to make a significant difference. It is largely about the Europeans sending diplomatic signals to Tehran.\n\nBut this may no longer be enough. At the end of the day it is, after all, individual companies that must decide to trade with Iran, not governments And if they have business in the US they are going to be wary of trading with Tehran.\n\nRussia and China are also deeply uneasy about the US position and would prefer the nuclear deal to remain in place. So the US does not have many friends here beyond Saudi Arabia and Israel, which have their own issues with Tehran.\n\nPresident Hassan Rouhani stressed that Iran was not pulling out of the nuclear deal\n\nThe next high stakes moment may come in just under a week when Iran is threatening to take further actions to breach the terms of the agreement. It has suggested that one of these might be to increase the level of enrichment from the current 3.67% to around 20%.\n\nThis will be a much bigger drama. Uranium enrichment is all about stripping away atoms of one type of uranium to boost the concentration of another type, or isotope, which can power a nuclear chain reaction.\n\nIf you take this enrichment to a 20% level you are in fact about 90% of the way to having material suitable for a bomb. There are many other things Iran could do to up the stakes but taking enrichment levels to 20% would send alarm bells around the world and would make it very difficult for the Europeans to keep supporting the nuclear deal.\n\nThe JCPOA has long been described as being on life-support. So a serious shock to the system could sweep it away with uncertain consequences. That spark could come from the Iranians effectively overturning it themselves or it could come from the Middle East, where Iran or its proxy forces and the US military operate, sometimes in close proximity.\n\nThe Syrian front too is a factor. Israel is engaged there in an air campaign against the Iranian military build-up in the country.\n\nThere have been some unusually intense Israeli air attacks recently near Homs and Damascus. Anything that goes wrong, any increase in tension could feed back into the nuclear debate and vice-versa.\n\nIran clearly believes the pressure can be relieved in some way. But it may be mistaken. President Trump is doing everything he can to ensure the JCPOA's demise.\n\nThe Iran nuclear deal is facing its most fundamental challenge yet and what Iran does over the next week or so could well seal its fate.\n• None What would a US-Iran conflict look like?", "Stevie Wonder, pictured at a show earlier this year, reassured fans he was \"all good\"\n\nStevie Wonder will have a kidney transplant later this year, he has announced.\n\nThe singer told the crowd about his medical condition as he finished his set at British Summer Time Hyde Park.\n\nHe said he had found a donor and would perform three more shows before the operation in September, saying: \"I'm all good, I'm all good.\"\n\nFans greeted the news with a loud, supportive cheer, applauding the 69-year-old singer as he left the stage.\n\nHe had just finished playing the song Superstition when he told the crowd he wanted to prevent \"rumours\" spreading about his health.\n\n\"I'm all good, I'm all good, all good, I have a donor and it's all good,\" he said.\n\n\"I want you to know, I came here to give you my love and thank you for your love. I love you and God bless you.\"\n\nThe NHS says the most common reason for needing a transplant is kidney failure or end-stage chronic kidney disease.\n\nIt is possible to donate a kidney while still alive as people only need one kidney to survive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Aleem Maqbool This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWonder's support act at Saturday's gig was his friend Lionel Richie.\n\nIn 2017 Wonder paid tribute to the former Commodores front man by covering Easy at his Kennedy Centre Honours ceremony.\n\nRichie later remarked: \"I got into the business because I wanted to be like Stevie Wonder, so for all of a sudden for Stevie to be singing my song, it was surreal.\"", "Flowers were laid on the 7 July memorial\n\nMayor Sadiq Khan has laid a wreath at the 7 July memorial in Hyde Park to mark the 14th anniversary of the bomb attacks in London.\n\nFifty two people died and 700 were injured when four bombs went off across the capital city in 2005.\n\nThe heads of the British Transport Police, Metropolitan Police and City of London Police joined him at service.\n\nIn a speech, Mr Khan paid tribute to those who died as well as those who helped the injured.\n\nThe mayor praised Londoners' resilience while paying tribute to those that died\n\n\"We will never forget those innocent victims, and as we grieve for them we also pay tribute to the heroic efforts of the emergency services and first responders who selflessly ran towards danger to help others,\" he said.\n\n\"Londoners showed resilience and unity in the face of huge adversity in 2005, and sadly our city has faced difficult times since then.\n\n\"But, standing together, we uphold the values that make this the best city in the world, united in defiance against terrorism.\"\n\n\"We will never forget the 52 lives that were lost & the hundreds injured in the 7/7 attacks. Fourteen years on, our strength & resolve in the fight against terror remains undimmed. #WeStandTogether,\" he tweeted.", "The crash happened near the Rivington services on the M61\n\nTwo people have been arrested over the death of a 12-year-old girl in a motorway crash.\n\nSana Patel, from Blackburn, died at the scene of the two-car collision on the M61 in Lancashire on Saturday. Police said one of the drivers fled on foot.\n\nThe child was a passenger in a Nissan Qashqai which crashed with a Vauxhall Corsa between junction eight and Bolton West/Rivington services.\n\nA 23-year-old woman and a man, 28, have been released under investigation.\n\nLancashire Police said the woman from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, and the man, from Dewsbury were held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. The man was also detained on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of an accident.\n\nThe force said five other people in the Qashqai suffered minor injuries, while those in the Corsa fled the scene.\n\nDet Supt Andy Cribbin said: \"This was a tragic incident in which 12-year-old Sana Patel lost her life and our thoughts are very much with her family and friends at this unimaginably difficult time.\n\n\"We have now made two arrests but are very much still trying to establish what happened and are asking anybody who saw the collision or either vehicle in the moments before it happened to get in touch as soon as possible.\"\n\nTauheedul Islam Girls' High School in Blackburn, where Sana was a pupil, said emotional support would be available for students and staff.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We will remember Sana as a really friendly and cheeky girl who was always smiling and had a real zest for life and fun.\n\n\"She lit up the lives of so many around her and had so much to look forward to.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with Sana and her family during this very distressing and difficult time.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A loyalist bonfire is being constructed in the car park at Avoniel Leisure Centre\n\nA leisure centre in east Belfast has been closed after its entrance was barricaded by men who were behaving in a \"threatening\" way to staff.\n\nIn a note sent to councillors, Belfast City Council said the decision to close Avoniel Leisure Centre was taken \"due to the potential threat\" to workers.\n\nA loyalist bonfire is being built in the leisure centre's car park.\n\nTensions have been building ahead of bonfires being lit before the Twelfth of July marches.\n\nBonfires are lit in some Protestant areas on 11 July, the evening before thousands of Orange Order members commemorate the Battle of the Boyne with parades across Northern Ireland.\n\nThe fires mark William of Orange's victory over the Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and supporters say they are an important part of loyalist culture.\n\nContractors removed tyres from a bonfire in south Belfast on Sunday morning\n\nThe \"barricade\" at Avoniel Leisure Centre came after:\n\nStaff opened Avoniel Leisure Centre for a short time on Sunday morning, having initially been prevented from doing so.\n\nBelfast City Council said \"very few customers were able to get into the centre\" and the decision was taken to close it at about 12:30 BST.\n\nOn Sunday evening, the gates were open and the site was quiet.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson said the actions of the men at the leisure centre were \"wrong and should not be a part of our, or any, community\".\n\n\"Leisure centre staff were going to work to provide a service to the people of east Belfast - they should not have been subjected to this criminal behaviour.\n\n\"Those responsible should face up to the consequences of their disgraceful actions - they are hurting their own community.\"\n\nAvoniel Leisure Centre closed early on Sunday due to the \"potential threat to staff\"\n\nIn its note to councillors, the council said the matter would be reviewed on Monday morning and it would remain in contact with police.\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it would make inquiries.\n\nThe Alliance Party leader Naomi Long said the situation was \"absolutely disgraceful\".\n\n\"The community should not be deprived of facilities because of thuggery,\" added the MEP, who is based in east Belfast.\n\nThe SDLP councillor Séamas de Faoite said it was \"shameful behaviour we've long expected to be left in the past\".\n\nA few hours earlier, tyres from a nearby bonfire in the south of the city were taken away after an order from the council.\n\nContractors, accompanied by police, arrived at the site on London Road at about 07:00 BST, with Lismore Street cordoned off.\n\nPolice said they watched the removal of tyres \"to ensure that there was no breach of the peace\"\n\nThe action was being taken to remove tyres but not to dismantle the bonfire, according to the council.\n\nIn Belfast, dozens of people had gathered along Lismore Street on Sunday morning to watch tyres being removed from the London Road bonfire.\n\nBelfast City Council said its approach to \"managing bonfires\" is \"led by elected members\".\n\n\"A member-led decision-making process has been agreed to consider issues and make decisions on a site-by-site basis,\" it added.\n\nTyres should not be burned on bonfires, said the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) councillor John Kyle.\n\nDiscussions had taken place between the bonfire builders and the council and the builders were aware the tyres would be removed, he added.\n\n\"The council only removed tyres - the wood material is still there.\n\nResidents near a bonfire in Portadown have been advised to leave their homes\n\n\"We need so see the Environment Agency prosecuting the dealers who supply the tyres.\"\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said its officers were present for the removal of the tyres \"to ensure that there was no breach of the peace\".\n\nResidents living near the growing bonfire on a large council-owned green in the Corcrain area of Portadown have been advised to leave their homes.\n\nThe South Ulster Housing Association, which owns three blocks of flats at the edge of the green, has written to residents, saying the bonfire \"poses a serious health and safety risk\".\n\nThe bonfire has been deemed to be too close to some of the flats.\n\nIn its letter to residents - a copy of which was posted on Twitter by Ulster Unionist MLA Doug Beattie - the housing association said the bonfire \"poses a risk of damage to your property\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAccording to the association, the fire service states that a bonfire should be a minimum of five times its height away from the nearest property.\n\nAlternative temporary accommodation has been offered by the housing association \"due to the gravity of the situation\".", "Two photographs from the day, taken by fashion photographer Chris Allerton, were released on Saturday\n\nThe son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a private ceremony.\n\nArchie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was baptised in front of close family and friends in the private chapel at Windsor Castle on Saturday.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended but were not thought to have their children with them.\n\nThe Queen did not attend due to a prior engagement.\n\nPrince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were reported to have arrived at the ceremony by helicopter and Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, also attended.\n\nA full list of the 25 guests has not been made public, but Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale - the sisters of Prince Harry's mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales - were pictured in an official photograph taken at the christening.\n\nA Royal Communications spokesperson said: \"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to share the happiness of this day, and would like to thank everyone around the world for their ongoing support.\n\n\"They feel so fortunate to have enjoyed this special moment with family and Archie's godparents.\"\n\nThe royal couple opted to exclude the press and the public from the day and chose not to reveal the names of Archie's godparents.\n\nInstead of having press photographers, fashion photographer Chris Allerton - who took their wedding photos - captured the special moment, with two pictures released to the public and posted on the couple's Instagram account.\n\nMr Allerton said he was \"honoured\" to take the official photographs and \"be part of such a joyous occasion\".\n\nMeghan's mother, Doria Ragland, and Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale, the sisters of Diana, Princess of Wales, were among the guests (back row, left to right)\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan did follow some royal traditions, however.\n\nArchie wore a handmade replica of the royal christening robe which was made for Queen Victoria's eldest daughter.\n\nDevoted royal fans gathered outside Windsor Castle despite the christening being a private service\n\nOne royal superfan dressed their dog in a christening gown to celebrate the occasion\n\nThe robe, which has been worn by royal infants on the occasion of their christening for the last 11 years, was made by Angela Kelly, dressmaker to the Queen.\n\nThe ornate Lily Font, commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for the baptism of their first child Victoria, Princess Royal, in 1841, was also used - as was water from the River Jordan.\n\nMembers of the St George's Chapel Choir performed at the ceremony.\n\nThose hoping for more than a glimpse of the royal christening today will have been disappointed.\n\nThere was no television coverage, nor have press photographers been invited.\n\nNormally a list of godparents would be released, but this time, says the palace, in keeping with the wishes of those chosen by Harry and Meghan, their names will be kept private.\n\nIt all points to a very different royal event, part of the continuing desire by the Duke and Duchess to raise their son Archie out of the spotlight.\n\nComing so swiftly after the revelation that almost £2.5m of taxpayers' money was spent renovating a property for Harry and Meghan - it has led to questions about visibility.\n\nThe previous understandings about public access to royal events appear to have been abandoned by a couple determined to do things their own way.", "Eton College will offer 12 free sixth form places to boys \"with tremendous potential but limited opportunity\".\n\nThe Orwell Award will be open to those who do not have the highest grades, recognising that their potential may have been limited by circumstances.\n\nThe places will be offered to Year 11 pupils at non-selective state schools and will cover full boarding fees.\n\nFormer prime minister David Cameron and Tory leadership hopeful Boris Johnson are among Eton's alumni.\n\nBoth the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex were also pupils at the Berkshire school, which charges fees of more than £40,000 a year.\n\nHeadmaster Simon Henderson said the school had a tradition of offering free places \"to deserving pupils\" since it was founded in 1440, adding that there were more than 80 pupils currently in the school \"who pay no fees\"\n\n\"The Orwell Award will ensure that we continue this tradition by helping boys with tremendous potential but limited opportunity,\" said Mr Henderson.\n\n\"We are not targeting boys who will do well anyway.\n\n\"We're looking for applicants with vigour, talent and industry who, without proper support, will not be prepared for or even apply to the country's top universities.\"\n\nBoth the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge (pictured here in 2010) attended Eton College\n\nThe Orwell Award is named after Animal Farm author George Orwell, who was a scholarship pupil at Eton.\n\nIt is intended to give the recipients an educational experience they would not otherwise have been able to access.\n\nUnlike previous scholarship programmes, it will assess applicants against specific criteria such as attending a school which Ofsted has identified as requiring improvement or which is in special measures.\n\nIt will also consider if a boy has refugee status, is in council care or foster case, if he is in the first generation of his family to go to university or if he has been in receipt of the pupil premium funding for disadvantaged students.\n\nThe announcement of the 12 sixth form scholarships comes at a time of increasing pressure on private schools and top universities to diversify their intake.\n\nThis year, Oxford University announced it plans to increase the number of its students from disadvantaged backgrounds to 25% by 2023.", "The family of actor Cameron Boyce has confirmed the Disney star has died at the age of 20.\n\nA spokesperson said he passed away in his sleep after suffering a seizure.\n\nHe made his acting debut in the horror film Mirrors but is best known for roles in Disney's Descendants and the TV show Jessie.\n\nHis death was confirmed on the evening of Saturday 6 July and linked to \"an ongoing medical condition\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost Cameron,\" a spokesperson said on behalf of his family.\n\n\"He passed away in his sleep due to a seizure which was a result of an ongoing medical condition for which he was being treated.\n\n\"The world is now undoubtedly without one of its brightest lights, but his spirit will live on through the kindness and compassion of all who knew and loved him.\n\n\"We are utterly heartbroken and ask for privacy during this immensely difficult time as we grieve the loss of our precious son and brother.\"\n\nCameron Boyce played the role of Carlos de Vil in Disney's Descendants\n\nCameron Boyce was only nine years old when he appeared in Mirrors. He then went on to play one of Adam Sandler's children in the movie Grown Ups.\n\nHowever it was on the Disney channel show Jessie that he became most well known as the character Luke Ross.\n\nThat led to him playing the part of Carlos de Vil in Descendants, the popular TV movie series which follows the lives of the children of Disney baddies.\n\nTributes have been paid by his fellow actors and fans.\n\nAdam Sandler posted a message on social media saying Cameron Boyce was \"the nicest, most talented, and most decent kid around\".\n\nCameron's Jessie co-star Skai Jackson wrote an emotional tribute to her friend, who she starred alongside for four seasons.\n\n\"Cam, you were one of a kind. My heart will be forever broken,\" she wrote alongside a number of videos featuring him.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Disney Channel spokesman described him as an \"incredibly talented performer\".\n\nThey said: \"From a young age, Cameron Boyce dreamed of sharing his extraordinary artistic talents with the world.\n\n\"As a young man, he was fuelled by a strong desire to make a difference in people's lives through his humanitarian work.\n\n\"He was an incredibly talented performer, a remarkably caring and thoughtful person and, above all else, he was a loving and dedicated son, brother, grandson and friend.\n\n\"We offer our deepest condolences to his family, cast mates and colleagues and join his many millions of fans in grieving his untimely passing. He will be dearly missed.\"\n\nCameron Boyce had shared a black and white photo of himself on Instagram the day before he died.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n• None The power of Disney's nostalgia during a pandemic", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nAndy Murray and Serena Williams began their blockbuster partnership with a confident win in the Wimbledon mixed doubles on a buzzing Centre Court.\n\nBritain's Murray and American Williams eased to a 6-4 6-1 win over unseeded Andreas Mies and Alexa Guarachi.\n\nThe high-profile pair had too much quality for their battling opponents and will meet 14th seeds Fabrice Martin and Raquel Atawo in the second round.\n\nBut several hours later, there were contrasting emotions for the Scot - the three-time Grand Slam singles champion - as he and 23-time major winner Williams breezed past their German-Chilean opponents in one hour and 16 minutes.\n\n\"After losing earlier in the men's doubles, all the energy is the focused now on the mix,\" Murray, 32, said. \"We played well, returned well and served well - it is a great start.\"\n\nWilliams, 37, added: \"I think it worked out well, We had never played together, so it is always a learning curve. We wanted to start fast and we take it very seriously.\"\n\nThe tantalising partnership between two of the sport's most recognisable stars has been one of the main talking points at Wimbledon since it was first mooted last week and then finally confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nAnticipation was bubbling around the grounds all day - particularly on Centre Court, where many ticket holders felt confident they were going to see Murray and Williams in tandem.\n\nThat was despite the match not being assigned to a court, and not to be played before 17:30 BST, as Wimbledon organisers waited until the picture became clearer on the main show courts before deciding where to put one of the most anticipated mixed doubles matches in years.\n\nQuick victories for Ashleigh Barty, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer on Centre left the path clear and when their impending arrival was announced, shortly after the Swiss beat France's Lucas Pouille in straight sets, the 15,000-seater arena broke out into manic cheers.\n\nMore followed when they strode out into a court together where they have enjoyed some of the finest moments of their career and the party atmosphere continued throughout a win wrapped up in fading light about 20:30 BST.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nCan Ser-Andy go all the way?\n\nFor two-time Wimbledon singles champion Murray, the high-profile partnership represents another chance to win a title at SW19, this time less than six months after having hip surgery.\n\nAs well as being two of the leading singles players of their generation, both have rich doubles pedigree and gelled together seamlessly as they thrashed unseeded pair Mies and Guarachi.\n\nWilliams won the Wimbledon mixed doubles in 1998, and has claimed six women's titles partnering older sister Venus, while Murray has also enjoyed success in the format, notably alongside his brother Jamie as they helped Britain win the 2015 Davis Cup.\n\nDespite only hitting together for the first time 24 hours earlier, the ease with which they quickly gained an understanding was an ominous sign for the rest of the field.\n\nTypically strong serving from Williams complemented Murray's returning game, while both players pounced around the net and produced some sharp volleying skills.\n\nWhile there were plenty of fun moments - notably when Williams broke into laughter as she scrambled on the floor trying to get up at the net - there was a steeliness which was to be expected by two of the game's most dogged players.\n\nA break in the opening game of the match was enough to take the first set, meaning 10 other missed chances were inconsequential, before they took four of their seven opportunities in a clinical second set.\n\n\"We're obviously here to do well, but have fun at the same time,\" Williams added.\n\nLaughing about her slip, she added: \"I was going to get back up. I saw a ball coming towards me, so I just kind of went back down. Then I couldn't get back up after that.\n\n\"So I decided to just stay down and let Andy do all the running.\"\n\nChanda Rubin, American former world number six, on BBC TV:\n\nAndy and Serena had a nice presence out there. You could see as the match went on they worked better and better together.\n\nThey started figuring each other out more, the shots each other liked to hit, complementing each other.\n\nIn the end they played some high quality tennis, served well, returns were firing and some nice moves at the net.\n\nMurray and Herbert fail to build on promising start\n\nMurray, 32, made a triumphant return when he and Herbert earned a men's doubles comeback win over Romania's Marius Copil and France's Ugo Humbert, recovering from a slow start to enthral a boisterous Court One on Thursday by winning in four sets.\n\nBut this time the mood on a packed court two, one of the smaller show courts at the All England Club, faltered as Murray and Herbert's second-round match swung in the opposite direction against Croatian sixth seeds Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor.\n\nThe partnership failed to ignite in the same way that Murray's triumphant pairing with Spain's Feliciano Lopez did at Queen's, with an almost innate understanding between doubles specialists Mektic and Skugor proving too much as they won 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2 6-3.\n\nInitially it looked as if it could be another positive outcome for Murray and Herbert, who edged an even first set after a crisp cross-court backhand winner from Murray swung the tie-break in their favour.\n\nBut 28-year-old Herbert, who has won all four Grand Slam doubles titles after success with his previous partner Nicolas Mahut, continued to struggle with his returning game in the second set and then crucially saw his serve taken for their opponents to level.\n\nFrom that point Mektic and Skugor took control as Murray and Herbert's service game waned, the Croatians breaking three more times in the next two sets to reach the third round.", "Police said the attacker was known to the victims\n\nAn 11-year-old girl is in a critical condition after a woman and three of her children were stabbed at a home in north London.\n\nA 44-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder following the \"appalling attack\" in Bounds Green, Enfield.\n\nPolice said the woman, in her 30s, and two girls, both aged under 12, are in a stable condition in hospital.\n\nBut a third child remains in a critical condition.\n\nPolice were called at 12:13 BST on Saturday to Livingstone Road, a residential street off the North Circular Road.\n\nOfficers said the attacker was known to the victims and they were not searching for anyone else.\n\nDet Sgt Joe Stewart, of Enfield Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said: \"This was an appalling attack on a woman and her young children.\n\n\"They have sustained very serious injuries. Our thoughts are with them as they continue to receive vital treatment in hospital.\n\n\"Attacks like this on such young people are extremely rare.\n\n\"The attacker was known to the victims. There is no further risk to the public at this time.\"\n\nA crime scene and road closures remain in place around the area.\n\nThe man remains in a north London police station for questioning.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump claims army 'took over airports' in 1775\n\nUS President Donald Trump has blamed a teleprompter going \"kaput\" for a glaring anachronism in his Independence Day speech.\n\nHe told crowds on 4 July the Continental Army \"took over the airports\" during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s.\n\nObservers quickly pointed out there was no air travel in 18th Century America.\n\nExplaining away the slip-up on Friday, Mr Trump also said it was hard to read the teleprompter in the rain.\n\nDuring his \"Salute to America\" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, he was talking about the year 1775 when he said: \"Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do.\"\n\nCritics pointed out the rebels could not have seized airports more than a century before the first powered flight - credited to the Wright brothers in 1903 - took off.\n\nIn the same sentence, Mr Trump also appeared to date a battle at Fort McHenry to the American Revolution, when it unfolded decades later during the War of 1812.\n\nTwitter users had some fun with the garble, using the hashtag #RevolutionaryWarAirports.\n\nOutside the White House on Friday, Mr Trump said: \"I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter.\n\n\"I knew the speech very well so I was able to do it without a teleprompter but the teleprompter did go out and it was actually hard to look at anyway because there was rain all over it but despite the rain it was just a fantastic evening.\"\n\nThe president spoke to reporters as he departed with First Lady Melania Trump for the weekend to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Salute to America event featured military flyovers and fireworks\n\nBefore winning the White House, Mr Trump used to criticise ex-President Barack Obama for relying on an autocue.\n\nThe president's Independence Day celebration saw military tanks transported into the nation's capital and a flyover by the Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team.\n\nHis critics had pilloried the event as inappropriately partisan and a misuse of public funds.\n\nBut Mr Trump surprised some by steering clear of overt partisanship in his speech, instead celebrating patriotic themes and US history including civil rights.\n\nBefore a cheering crowd on the steps of the monument to Civil War era-president Abraham Lincoln, he said the story of America was \"the greatest political journey in human history\".\n\nHe was the first president in nearly seven decades to address a crowd at the National Mall on the Fourth of July.\n• None Trump hails US military in 4th of July address", "Jones was photographed with his wife Tanya when they visited a hospital in 2002\n\nThe actor and former footballer was by his wife's side when she died at their home in Los Angeles on Saturday.\n\nA statement from his management said she passed peacefully while surrounded by Vinnie, their daughter and other family members.\n\nVinnie and Tanya married in 1994. She had a daughter, Kaley, by her former husband, and a son, Aaron, with Vinnie.\n\nJones, 54, a former midfielder player best known for being part of the Crazy Gang at Wimbledon, has previously spoken about how the couple had both been diagnosed with skin cancer.\n\nTanya underwent an emergency heart transplant at the age of 21 following the birth of Kaley and is also reported to have had cervical cancer.\n\nSporting figures and celebrities have sent messages of condolence on social media.\n\nFormer boxer Frank Bruno tweeted: \"I'm very saddened to hear the news of Vinnie Jones wife Tanya passing away. My thoughts are with Vinnie & his family at this difficult time\".\n\nAnd ex-Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin Campbell said: \"Deepest Condolences to you, your family and loved ones VinnieJones65\".\n\nAs well as Wimbledon, Jones played for Leeds United, Chelsea, Queen Park Rangers and Wales.\n\nAfter retiring from the game, he starred in films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Gone in 60 Seconds and X-Men: The Last Stand.", "Some Conservative members have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the next party leader and prime minister, the BBC has learned.\n\nOne party insider estimated that more than a thousand voters could be affected.\n\nMembers are warned that voting twice will mean they are expelled, the Conservatives said.\n\nMeanwhile, Boris Johnson has unveiled his crime policy, while Jeremy Hunt said cuts on policing had gone too far.\n\nBallot papers have been dispatched to around 160,000 Conservative Party members around the country to choose between Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt as the next leader - and the next prime minister.\n\nThe vote closes on 22 July, with the result announced the following day.\n\nBBC Radio 4's Today Programme has learned that some members have received two ballot papers, in some cases because members live and work in different constituencies and may have joined local Conservative Associations in both areas.\n\nPeople who have changed their name, after marriage for example, may also have been affected.\n\nThe BBC has seen duplicate ballot papers which have been issued to the same person at the same address.\n\nThe Conservative Party and the independent body hired to scrutinise the running of the leadership election were both unable to say how many ballot papers had been sent in error.\n\n\"The ballot holds clear instructions that members voting more than once will be expelled,\" the party said.\n\nSir Patrick McLoughlin, who is chairing Mr Hunt's leadership campaign, admitted that he receives two ballot papers as he is on two separate registers.\n\n\"It doesn't mean I vote twice, I don't,\" he told the Today programme.\n\nAsked whether the duplicate ballots need to be more heavily policed, he said: \"It's right there on the ballot paper saying you must only vote on one occasion and I expect people to do that.\"\n\nMr Johnson's campaign chairman Iain Duncan Smith said he believed the Conservative Party chairman had \"already been asked to look carefully at how they sift\" ballots.\n\nSpeaking at a hustings in Cardiff on Saturday evening, Mr Hunt urged party members who have received more than one ballot paper to only vote once.\n\n\"I know that they won't vote twice, however tempting it might be to back Hunt twice, I'm asking them not to because we want this to be an absolutely fair election.\n\n\"Of course I'm going to trust the result,\" he added.\n\nIn most elections, voting more than once would be illegal, but the leadership contest is only governed by the Conservative Party's internal rules. The Electoral Commission, the independent body which oversees UK elections to ensure their integrity, has no role in the leadership contest.\n\nAs they seek to win support from the party's members nationwide, both candidates addressed the Young Conservatives Conference in Nottingham earlier on Saturday.\n\nIt came after Mr Johnson set out his plan to reduce crime in the Daily Mail, saying he would permanently restore stop and search powers nationwide.\n\nStop and search powers were restricted by Theresa May when she was home secretary in 2014. The powers have already been restored in seven areas with high knife crime on a trial basis.\n\nMr Johnson promised a \"relentless focus\" on knife crime and criticised the 2014 measures brought in by Mrs May.\n\nBoris Johnson tells the conference in Nottingham he wants to champion the environment\n\nMr Johnson also plans to end the early release of violent offenders and address the causes of crime with a review of youth centre provision.\n\nSpeaking to the Today programme, Mr Duncan Smith - an ally of Mr Johnson - said police needed to be given \"the capabilities to do their job\", as well as there being an increase in police numbers.\n\nWhen asked how Mr Johnson intended on funding 20,000 extra police officers, he said: \"We've had to put the economy right from the terrible Labour crash that took place in 2007, but we are very much now back on track.\"\n\nBut Labour's shadow policing minister Louise Haigh dismissed Mr Johnson's policies as \"meaningless\" branding them \"cheap headline-grabbing measures\".\n\nAt the Nottingham hustings, Mr Johnson said the Tories should be presenting itself as a party that is \"committed to social justice\".\n\nHe said that would also mean \"championing the environment\", with measures to promote cleaner air, protect wildlife and reduce the amount of plastic being used.\n\n\"Our modern Conservative agenda is not only right for the economy, it's deeply progressive,\" he said.\n\nJeremy Hunt says he thinks he can match Mr Johnson's pledge on police recruitment\n\nMr Hunt told the conference that government cuts had gone too far on social care and policing.\n\n\"I have been clear that we do have some headroom in our national finances that would allow us to find extra funding for those public services,\" he said.\n\nHe added that he \"thought he could\" match Mr Johnson's plan to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers.\n\nMr Johnson remains the frontrunner in the contest, with a recent YouGov poll of Tory members suggesting almost three-quarters of Conservatives back him.\n\nBut Sir Patrick said a \"broad brush of people right across the whole party\" have come out to support Mr Hunt.\n\nHe added that the foreign secretary was not wedded to leaving the EU by the \"magical deadline\" of 31 October, which he says is a \"do or die\" issue for frontrunner Mr Johnson.\n\nHe said Mr Hunt's \"10 point plan very clearly\" set out his plan for leaving the EU.\n\nSir Patrick said: \"By the end of September he would decide, along with the Cabinet... whether we move forward with no deal or whether there was a chance of getting a deal\".", "\"We're prepared to make tough cutbacks,\" said CEO Christian Sewing earlier this year\n\nUp to 20,000 jobs could be axed at Deutsche Bank in a radical reorganisation of Germany's biggest bank.\n\nThe investment bank is expected to be particularly hard hit, with many of the cuts set to affect London and New York.\n\nThe supervisory board of Deutsche Bank is expected to approve the plan on Sunday.\n\nThe reorganisation of the business follows the failure of merger talks with rival Commerzbank in April.\n\nThe German government had supported the tie-up, hoping it would create a national champion in the banking industry.\n\nHowever, both banks concluded that the deal was too risky, fearing the costs of combining might have outweighed the benefits.\n\nChief executive Christian Sewing, who took on the top job just over a year ago, told shareholders at the annual general meeting in May that he would \"accelerate transformation\" by focusing the bank on \"profitable and growing\" businesses.\n\n\"I can assure you: we're prepared to make tough cutbacks,\" he said.\n\nThe 20,000 job cuts would be equivalent to a fifth of the company's global workforce.\n\nWith almost 8,000 staff, London is the home of its biggest investment banking operation.\n\nDeutsche Bank has been struggling for years with the decline of its investment bank and has made several attempts to revamp its business.\n\nIt is thought that the latest plan will be the most ambitious so far and it has already prompted the resignation of one top executive.\n\nOn Friday, the bank announced that its head of investment banking, Garth Ritchie, was leaving.\n\nShares in the firm have fallen by a quarter over the last year. Last month they fell below €6 a share, but have recovered a little since then, and on Friday closed at €7.17.\n\nDeutsche Bank headquarters were raided by prosecutors last year\n\nAs well as poor financial performance, Deutsche Bank has also been caught up in banking scandals.\n\nLate last year prosecutors raided its headquarters in a money-laundering investigation.\n\nThey were looking into whether Deutsche Bank staff helped clients set up offshore accounts to transfer money from criminal activities.\n\nDeutsche has also been connected with another huge money-laundering scandal at Denmark's Danske Bank.\n\nLast year Danske Bank said that it had detected billions of dollars of suspicious payments at its Estonian operation.\n\nDeutsche Bank admitted it had processed some of Danske's Estonian transactions, but had terminated its relationship with with the bank in 2015 after \"identifying suspicious activity\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thousands gather on the streets of Hong Kong\n\nTens of thousands of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of Hong Kong for the first time since the storming of parliament on 1 July.\n\nProtesters marched in an area popular with mainland Chinese tourists, in a bid to explain their concerns over a controversial extradition bill.\n\nHong Kong enjoys rights and freedoms not seen on mainland China, including free speech and the right to protest.\n\nLater on Sunday riot police charged a group of protesters with batons.\n\nPolice had warned the group to disperse. Demonstrators were seen using umbrellas to defend themselves from the charge.\n\nFootage from the scene showed police detaining several protesters.\n\nThe territory has seen multiple protests during the past month over a controversial extradition bill proposed by the government.\n\nThe government said the bill would plug legal \"loopholes\" that prevented it from extraditing criminals to certain countries - but critics said those in Hong Kong would be exposed to China's deeply flawed justice system.\n\nThe bill was suspended after a number of large protests - however demonstrators are calling for it to be scrapped completely, and demanding an investigating into alleged police brutality.\n\nHong Kong, a former British colony, is part of China but run under a \"one country, two systems\" arrangement that guarantees it a level of autonomy. It has its own judiciary, and a separate legal system, compared to mainland China.\n\nOn Sunday, protesters marched through the streets of Kowloon towards West Kowloon train station. The train station links Hong Kong to mainland China's high-speed rail network.\n\nIn a bid to attract attention from mainland tourists, demonstrators were heard chanting in Mandarin instead of Cantonese, the language used in Hong Kong.\n\nBanners were also written in simplified Chinese - the script used in mainland China - instead of traditional characters.\n\nAt one location, protesters could be heard singing the Chinese national anthem in a bid to attract attention from tourists.\n\nEddison Ng, an 18-year-old demonstrator told AFP news agency: \"We want to show tourists, including mainland China tourists, what is happening in Hong Kong and we hope they can take this concept back to China.\"\n\nProtest organisers say 230,000 people took part in the march, while the police said 56,000 were present at the protest's peak.\n\nProtesters are hoping to explain to tourists their reasons for protesting\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt reiterated on Thursday that China must honour Hong Kong's high level of autonomy from Beijing - as agreed in the 1984 treaty signed by the UK and Chinese governments.\n\nHe warned the Chinese government that it could face \"serious consequences\" over its treatment of protesters.\n\nDuring an unauthorised protest on 12 June, police used rubber bullets, beanbag shots and 150 canisters of tear gas against demonstrators.\n\nOn Sunday, China's ambassador to the UK said that China rejected the \"Cold War mentality\" from some British politicians over Hong Kong.\n\nAppearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Liu Xiaoming said he had the confidence in Hong Kong to handle the situation and that it was the British government who had interfered in the city's internal affairs.", "Deutsche Bank will cut 18,000 jobs over three years as part of a radical reorganisation of the German bank.\n\nIt will also report a second quarter loss of €2.8bn to partly pay for the shake-up, which will significantly shrink its investment banking business.\n\nDeutsche Bank is yet to specify exactly where jobs will be lost.\n\nBut it said it intends to completely exit activities related to the buying and selling of shares, much of which is conducted in London and New York.\n\nWith almost 8,000 staff, London is the home to its biggest trading operation.\n\nDeutsche Bank said it will cut its global workforce to 74,000 by 2022 and that the restructure will cost €7.4bn over the next three years.\n\n\"Today we have announced the most fundamental transformation of Deutsche Bank in decades,\" chief executive Christian Sewing said.\n\n\"This is a restart for Deutsche Bank... In refocusing the bank around our clients, we are returning to our roots and to what once made us one of the leading banks in the world,\" he said.\n\nThe reorganisation of the business follows the failure of merger talks with rival Commerzbank in April.\n\nThe German government had supported the tie-up, hoping it would create a national champion in the banking industry.\n\nHowever, both banks concluded that the deal was too risky, fearing the costs of combining might have outweighed the benefits.\n\nWhat's bad for Deutsche Bank could be good for Barclays.\n\nThe once-mighty German firm's retreat from international investment banking leaves Barclays as the last European bank standing in a sector dominated by US giants like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.\n\nAs one Barclays insider told the BBC: \"Deutsche is where Barclays was five to 10 years ago. The difference is that we had a successful retail business (loans, mortgages, credit cards) to help us endure the most difficult times. Deutsche Bank hasn't got that.\"\n\nThe structure of the German banking sector is very different from the UK with lots of smaller regional banks grabbing most retail customers.\n\nBarclays has been picking up market share from Deutsche and other European banks for over a year now and will see this as a further opportunity to expand into the space vacated by the German retreat.\n\nWhile Barclays may pick up business, the real victors from Deutsche's demise are the US banks who have prevailed after many unsuccessful attempts (RBS, UBS, DB and others) to muscle into the so-called \"bulge bracket\" of international investment banks.\n\nWall Street is arguably more powerful than ever.\n\nDeutsche Bank has been struggling for years with the decline of its investment bank and has made several attempts to revamp its business.\n\nThe latest plan will be the most ambitious so far and it has already prompted the resignation of one top executive.\n\nOn Friday, the bank announced that its head of investment banking, Garth Ritchie, was leaving.\n\nUnder the plan, the bank wants to make cost savings of €17bn by 2022.\n\nIt is also creating a new unit to manage assets that belong to businesses it no longer wants.\n\nIt estimates those assets to be worth €74bn.", "Middle-aged people who feel dizzy when standing up from a lying-down position may be at a higher risk of dementia or a stroke in the future, a report says.\n\nThe light-headed feeling is caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure, which is known as orthostatic hypotension (OH).\n\nParticipants with the condition in the study of 11,709 people in the USA had a significantly higher risk of developing dementia or having a stroke.\n\nHowever, feeling dizzy sometimes is often not a sign of a serious illness.\n\nThe American Academy of Neurology studied people for an average 25 years. And the average age of the participants was 54.\n\nStudy author Andreea Rawlings said OH had been previously linked to heart disease, so her team wanted to know if it could also be responsible for brain conditions.\n\n\"Measuring orthostatic hypotension in middle age may be a new way to identify people who need to be carefully monitored for dementia or stroke,\" she said.\n\n\"More studies are needed to clarify what may be causing these links as well as to investigate possible prevention strategies.\"\n\nOne limitation of the study was that participants were tested for OH only during the initial examination, so it may not reflect any change in blood pressure over time.\n\nNone of the participants had any previous history of heart disease or stroke.\n\nDementia UK's chief executive and chief admiral nurse, Dr Hilda Hayo, told the BBC: \"This study adds to our recognition of low blood pressure as a potential risk factor for dementia in some people.\n\n\"The advice on keeping the heart and blood vessels healthy in order to delay or prevent the onset of dementia applies equally to people with low or high blood pressure.\"\n\nDr Shamim Quadir, research communications manager at the Stroke Association, told the BBC that because OH was measured only at the start of the study, it \"limits the conclusions we can draw\".\n\nHe said: \"We would like to see more research which could explain the associations observed between OH and stroke and dementia.\n\n\"The Stroke Association recommends that you get your blood pressure checked regularly, know what your numbers are and make sure you speak to your GP if anything changes or if you are concerned.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Demi Lovato fans are sharing stories of how much the singer means to them using the hashtag #HowDemiHasHelpedMe.\n\nThe 25-year-old is in hospital in Los Angeles after a suspected drug overdose.\n\nDemi has struggled with addiction, eating disorders, bipolar and depression, which she's spoken about previously.\n\nA spokesperson for the pop singer told the BBC she is \"awake and with her family\".\n\nDemi announced she was \"not sober anymore\" on her new single Sober last month.\n\nIt wasn't clear from the song whether Demi was referencing breaking her sobriety in June or in the past.\n\nDemi Lovato and a fan at an event in California in May\n\nSome people have been sharing their stories of the impact she's had on their lives using the Twitter hashtag.\n\nOne of those people is 21-year-old Nicole Smith from Manchester, who says the Sorry Not Sorry singer helped her through anxiety and depression after she lost a close family member.\n\nNicole was at the Ariana Grande concert where the Manchester Arena bombing took place in May 2017.\n\nShe says going to Demi Lovato's concert last month helped her overcome her fear of going to live gigs.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I had always been an anxious child and had suffered with different forms of anxiety, but in that time (after losing a relative) it was the worst it had ever been,\" she tells Newsbeat.\n\n\"Through her music and knowing her past, it really helped me to open up about it and seek the help I needed at that time.\"\n\n\"I attended Demi's concert in Manchester and this was the first time since the Manchester attack.\n\n\"I was extremely nervous, but by the end of the concert I got that same enjoyment from a concert that I used to get before the attack, something I had not felt in a long time, and thought I had lost forever.\"\n\nFans are using the hashtag #HowDemiHasHelpedMe to share their stories\n\n23-year-old Laura from Melbourne, Australia has suffered from an eating disorder, anxiety and depression since age 15 and says Demi has \"always been there\" for her.\n\n\"Her music always speaks to me and helps me to keep going,\" she tells Newsbeat.\n\n\"I don't think I would be where I am today, so well healed and getting over my eating disorder so well, if it wasn't for her.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLaura also explains how important it is for celebrities like Demi to be so open about their mental health.\n\n\"Someone with such a positive platform that has been through it and has the platform to speak on it is good for the world to hear.\n\n\"Yes teenagers and young people are starting to open up about their mental health issues, but I think it's still an issue.\n\n\"She's helped me a lot with how she's advocated for mental heath.\"\n\nThe popstar has been praised by fans for speaking so openly about mental health\n\nAllie, 16, created a Twitter fan account dedicated to Demi after she helped her through \"dark times\".\n\nShe says hearing about Demi's relapse \"really saddened\" her.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"To me she is an inspiring woman filled with strength and talent and she gives meaning to the words 'staying strong'.\n\n\"She helped me get better with my issues and with all my might I hope that she'll get better too.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.", "Demi Lovato cancelled two shows in her UK tour in June\n\n\"The last time I did an interview this long, I was on cocaine.\"\n\nIt's clear from the first minute of Demi Lovato's official documentary, released last October, that the singer has no problem being open about her addictions.\n\nThe previous interview she refers to was for another documentary - 2012's Stay Strong - in which she spoke of her \"daily battle\" with eating disorders, self-harm and mental health issues, as well as addiction.\n\nLovato had \"Stay\" tattooed on one wrist and \"Strong\" on the other. She seemed to be keeping the demons at bay.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Demi Lovato This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShe insisted she got clean soon after making that film.\n\nHowever, a month ago, fans discovered she had relapsed when she revealed in a new song: \"I'm not sober any more.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nSo her apparent overdose on Tuesday is a heart-wrenching twist for the 25-year-old and all those who had followed her on her rough journey from Disney star to troubled pop icon.\n\nThe pressures of being a teen star, a dysfunctional relationship with her father and bullying all contributed to the issues that have threatened to drag her under at various points in her career, those documentaries revealed.\n\nThe singer said her problems with food and suicidal thoughts began even before her big break on TV show Barney & Friends when she was 10 years old.\n\nAt the age of 12, kids in her class signed a petition encouraging her to kill herself.\n\nThe pressures were exacerbated when she found stardom in Disney Channel hits Camp Rock and Sonny with a Chance, before launching a pop career.\n\n\"I felt the pressure increase when the fame started to creep into my life,\" she said in the latest documentary. \"I started to feel pressure to look a certain way, to sing music that people would like rather than sing music that I would like.\n\n\"There was more pressure to succeed... I was a perfectionist and I really wanted to be the best of the best. It didn't let up at all. It just mounted more and more.\"\n\nLovato (right) with her former Disney co-star Selena Gomez in 2008\n\nShe first tried cocaine at the age of 17 when she was working on the Disney Channel. \"I felt out of control with the coke the first time,\" she said.\n\n\"My dad was an addict and an alcoholic and I guess I always searched for what he found in drugs and alcohol because it fulfilled him and he chose that over a family.\"\n\nThe first public admission that anything was wrong came in 2010 when she dropped out of the Camp Rock 2 tour with the Jonas Brothers and went into rehab for what were described at the time as \"emotional and physical issues she has dealt with for some time\".\n\nThe breaking point had come when she and her backing dancers trashed their hotel one night after drinking and smoking weed.\n\nLovato was also taking Adderall, an addictive prescription stimulant - and she punched a backing dancer who told her parents and manager she was using the drug.\n\n\"I lived fast and I was going to die young,\" she said in 2016. \"I didn't think I would make it to 21.\"\n\nAt the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards in 2015\n\nAfter checking into treatment, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.\n\nWhen she came out, she continued using drugs like cocaine and Xanax. \"I wasn't working my program,\" she said. \"I wasn't ready to get sober.\n\n\"I was sneaking it on planes, sneaking it in bathrooms, sneaking it throughout the night - nobody knew... I was either craving drugs or on drugs... I was not easy to work with.\"\n\nIn the documentary, she revealed she would even fake drug tests by handing over other people's urine, and on one occasion was taken to hospital after a suicide attempt.\n\nIt was only when she hit such lows that she made a concerted effort to get clean.\n\nShe was an X Factor judge alongside LA Reid, Britney Spears and Simon Cowell\n\nWhen she was a judge on the US X Factor in 2012 and '13, viewers had no idea she was living in a \"sober apartment\" - a place to live and get help with recovery. She had room-mates, no phone and had to do chores.\n\nThat sobriety lasted for six years, she said. In her documentary, she revealed that although she stayed off drugs and alcohol, she has never managed to \"fully conquer\" her bulimia.\n\nShe said: \"Food is still the biggest challenge in my life and it controls... I don't want to give it the power to say it controls my every thought, but it's something that I'm constantly thinking about.\n\n\"Body image, what I'm going to eat next, what I wish I could be eating, what I wish I didn't eat. It's just constant. I get envious towards people that don't struggle with an eating disorder just because I feel like my life would be so much easier.\"\n\nShe performed with Christina Aguilera (left) at the Billboard Music Awards in May\n\nFans believed her life was going in the right direction - until June 2018, when she posted the song Sober.\n\nShe sang: \"Momma, I'm so sorry, I'm not sober any more/And daddy, please forgive me for the drinks spilled on the floor/To the ones who never left me/We've been down this road before/I'm so sorry, I'm not sober any more.\"\n\nTwo weeks earlier, she had cancelled two shows of her UK tour.\n\nThe 2017 documentary had ended on a predictably upbeat note, with her transformation at that point described as \"a miracle\".\n\nThe documentary was titled Simply Complicated, and fans who have stuck by her know by now her story is rarely simple.\n\nBut they will hope she can get back to a point where she can live with her demons, even if taming them has proved a painful struggle.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A Georgia lawmaker ridiculed for dropping his trousers and using racial slurs on Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America? show has said he will resign.\n\nRepublican state representative Jason Spencer had initially refused to quit after the show aired on Sunday.\n\nMr Spencer is coaxed into an \"anti-terrorism training class\", using the n-word to ward off a kidnapper and baring his buttocks to scare off terrorists.\n\n\"If you want to win, you show some skin,\" Baron Cohen, disguised as an anti-terrorism expert, had urged him.\n\nThe office of the Speaker of Georgia's House of Representatives told the Washington Post that Mr Spencer had submitted his resignation, effective from 31 July.\n\nThe lawmaker had faced mounting calls to quit, with the Speaker, David Ralston, among them. He told CNN Mr Spencer's actions and language were \"reprehensible\", adding: \"Georgia is better than this.\"\n\nIn the episode, Baron Cohen invents the \"Israeli anti-terrorism expert\" Col Erran Morad, and convinces Mr Spencer to:\n\nMr Spencer had initially refused to quit over what he called a \"ridiculously ugly episode\".\n\nThe four-term representative was defeated in the Republican primary for his seat in May, but had intended to serve his remaining five months in office.\n\nHe said in a statement Baron Cohen had taken \"advantage of my paralysing fear that my family would be attacked\".\n\n\"My fears were so heightened at that time, I was not thinking clearly nor could I appreciate what I was agreeing to when I participated in his 'class',\" he said.\n\nMr Spencer apologised to \"my family, friends, and the people of my district\", adding: \"I deeply regret the language I used at (Baron Cohen's) request.\"\n\nThe Baron Cohen series airs on Showtime in the US and Channel 4 in the UK.\n\nOther duped \"guests\" include former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and former US vice-president Dick Cheney.\n\nMrs Palin pre-empted the airing saying on Facebook: \"I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick 'humour' of the British 'comedian' Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime.\"", "US President Donald Trump has welcomed the outcome of a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Washington, saying it was a \"very big day for free and fair trade\".\n\nMr Trump said they had agreed to work towards lowering trade barriers between the US and the European Union. Mr Juncker said it was a \"good meeting\".", "Olympic rower Helen Glover announced she was pregnant with twins in March\n\nDouble Olympic champion Helen Glover has announced she has given birth to a boy.\n\nGlover and her husband, TV wildlife expert Steve Backshall, revealed the news in a series of posts on their social media accounts.\n\nThe gold medallist, from Cornwall, said she was \"excited to welcome Baby Boy Backshall\" to the world.\n\nThe Team GB rower had been expecting twins but lost one of the babies in April.\n\nSteve Backshall said on Instagram and Twitter: \"The biggest adventure begins.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by helenglovergb This article contains content provided by Instagram. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter sharing their news, the couple received hundreds of messages from well-wishers.\n\nAdventurer Ben Fogle was quick to respond to the Olympian's tweet, offering \"huge congratulations\".\n\nOlympic cyclist and double gold medal winner Joanna Rowsell-Shand also wished the couple well, while England international rugby player Ben Morgan responded to Steve Backshall's tweet, saying: \"Congratulations to you both, the fun begins!\"\n\nHelen Glover and Steve Backshall met at a Sport Relief event in 2014 and married in 2016\n\nGlover and her rowing partner, Heather Stanning, won Britain's first gold medal of the 2012 Olympics in London.\n\nShe took part in a victory parade in Penzance after the win and a Royal Mail postbox was painted gold in the town in honour of her winning performance.\n\nThe pair took gold again in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, becoming the first British female rowers to defend their Olympic title.", "Three major automakers have warned that changes to trade policies are hurting performance.\n\nFord and General Motors lowered profit forecasts for 2018, citing higher steel and aluminium prices caused by new US tariffs.\n\nFiat Chrysler also slashed its 2018 revenue outlook, after sales in China slumped as buyers postponed purchases in anticipation of lower car tariffs.\n\nShares in all three companies fell after they reported results.\n\nGeneral Motors shares ended the day about 5% lower, while Fiat Chrysler shares sank about 11%.\n\nShares in Ford, which reported its earnings to investors results later in the day, dropped about 4% in after hours trade.\n\nFord said tariffs, including on steel and aluminium, could cost it up to $1.6bn (£1.2bn), while General Motors said higher metals prices would add about $600m-$700m to costs.\n\nGeneral Motors chief executive Mary Barra said the firm had anticipated higher costs this year, but \"the challenge has become significantly greater than we expected\".\n\nAt Fiat Chrysler, executives said fixed price contracts have helped to shield it from some of the impact of higher metals prices, but they warned those expenses would rise in 2019.\n\nMs Barra said the firm had been in frequent contact with the White House about how trade policies would affect its business.\n\nIn addition to the metals tariffs, the Trump administration is considering placing new duties on foreign vehicles and car parts.\n\nCarmakers are also grappling with questions about the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).\n\nGeneral Motors said it is also worried that trade tensions could eventually put buyers in China off American brands. China is GM's biggest market after North America.\n\n\"We are in a very uncertain and volatile environment at this time,\" said GM chief financial officer Chuck Stevens.\n\nThe warnings came amid disappointing quarterly results.\n\nFord revenues slipped by 2.3% to $38.9bn, while profits nearly halved as sales in China fell and it halted some production due to a fire at a key parts supplier.\n\nAt GM, sales and revenue fell almost 1% to $36.8bn, despite gains in the US, where the number of vehicles sold to dealerships increased by 4.6% amid increased demand for pickup trucks.\n\nThe firm reported profit of about $2.4bn, down roughly 2.8% year-on-year.\n\nFiat Chrysler revenue increased 4% in the quarter to almost 29bn euros, but profits tumbled by 35%.\n\nThe firm said it expected sales in China to rebound, but faced future challenges as new emissions rules in the country come into effect.", "There are worries that too many pupils are being removed from mainstream classes\n\nToo many pupils are being pushed out of mainstream classes in England and abandoned with an inadequate education, says a report from MPs.\n\nThe education select committee warns of a \"Wild West\" approach to the education provided for pupils who have been excluded from school.\n\nThere were also concerns about schools removing pupils to boost their position in league tables.\n\nCommittee chair Robert Halfon warned of too many \"forgotten children\".\n\nHe said schools showed a \"lack of moral accountability\" in what happened to pupils after they had been moved out of mainstream lessons.\n\nThe report raises concerns about the excessive use of both formal and informal exclusions.\n\nIt warned of so-called \"off-rolling\", in which difficult pupils were taken off a school's register and moved to another setting, such as a pupil referral unit or home education.\n\nThe MPs were told that this could be driven by schools wanting to have better exam statistics in performance tables.\n\nBut there were concerns that once pupils had been moved away from school, there was too little scrutiny of the quality of lessons.\n\nMr Halfon warned that those losing out were often from families with greatest need, such as those in poverty, children in care and children with special educational needs.\n\nThe committee is calling for a \"bill of rights\" for parents, giving them more information about their entitlements if pupils are removed from mainstream lessons.\n\nIt also calls for more incentives for schools to keep supporting challenging pupils.\n\nThere have been warnings about rising numbers of pupils being excluded from school.\n\nOfsted has written to head teachers raising concerns about high levels of pupils being removed from secondary schools.\n\nOfficial figures published this month show a 15% increase in permanent exclusions.\n\nThe report from MPs suggested that as schools developed a \"zero tolerance\" approach to bad behaviour, more children were being excluded.\n\n\"We face the scandal of ever-increasing numbers of children being excluded and being left abandoned to a forgotten part of our education system which too often fails to deliver good outcomes for these young people,\" said Mr Halfon.\n\n\"Parents and pupils face a system which isn't designed for their needs, too often being left to a Wild West of exclusions,\" he said.\n\nGeoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union. said: \"These are the young people on the margins, who are at most risk of severely reduced life chances, and we all have a moral responsibility to look after them.\"\n\nThe Children's Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said the report confirms warnings that \"some schools are seeking to improve their overall exam results by removing some of their most vulnerable children from the school roll\".\n\n\"Sadly, this often includes a high number with special education needs and disabilities, who have no option but to go into inappropriate alternative provision or home education because they are seen as \"too difficult\" or \"too expensive\" to teach,\" she said.\n\nSchool Standards Minister Nick Gibb said: \"The number of children being excluded is lower than it was 10 years ago, but exclusions should only ever be used as a last resort.\n\n\"The rules are clear, that they should always be reasonable and justified. Where pupils are excluded, the quality of education they receive should be no different than mainstream settings.\n\n\"We are taking a range of actions to drive up the quality of alternative provision, and have launched an external review to look at how exclusions are used, and why certain groups are disproportionally affected,\" said the minister.", "Dr Kenneth Milner ran the hospital for nearly 40 years\n\nA doctor would have been interviewed for rape and child cruelty over claims a \"truth drug\" was used to carry out abuse at a hospital, had he been alive.\n\nDr Kenneth Milner ran Aston Hall psychiatric hospital in Derbyshire from 1947 to the 1970s, which former patients described as \"pure hell\".\n\nA report by police found 65 children were allegedly drugged to a zombie-like state, stripped and abused.\n\nPolice said there would have been \"sufficient evidence\" to pursue a case.\n\nThe vast majority of the allegations were made against Dr Milner, who died in 1975, and police said no inference should be drawn from the report other than the doctor would be questioned if he were here today.\n\nOther staff members accused of physical abuse have either been eliminated from the inquiry, have died or were unable to be identified.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Derbyshire force, under the direction of the area's safeguarding children's board, started an investigation in February 2016 after concerns were raised about the hospital which closed in the 1990s.\n\nAllegations first came to light in 2011 then 2014 and 2015. No allegations of sexual abuse were identified in 2011 by police.\n\nThen in July 2014 an individual made an allegation of rape followed by another person alleging abuse at the hospital in September of that year.\n\nA deserted Aston Hall hospital pictured in 2008, posted on the Project Mayhem website\n\nIn July 2015 another person came forward and said she was injected, gassed and woke up feeling sore between her legs while at the hospital.\n\nSome children, who were sent to the hospital between the 1950s and 1970s, also claimed they were put in straitjackets.\n\nAs well as the sexual abuse, the report found claims of patients being hit while trying to resist treatment, one having her head repeatedly forced under water, and another having her hair repeatedly pulled to force her to take medication.\n\nAston Hall was opened in the 1920s for those deemed to have mental health problems. It could cater for about 100 children of both sexes, but took adults as well.\n\nAllegations centred on the use of sodium amytal as part of \"narcoanalysis\" - the uncovering of repressed traumatic memories.\n\nSodium amytal, a so-called truth serum, was originally used on traumatised soldiers\n\nBut stories emerged, in part via social media, of children being isolated, stripped and abused sexually, physically and mentally.\n\nPolice collated 115 witness statements, recorded 77 crimes - including 33 instances of physical abuse and 40 sexual - and heard from 65 alleged victims.\n\nStephen Edwards, from law firm Bond Turner, which is representing 47 patients sent to the hospital in the 1960s and 1970s, said the \"horrific treatment\" had \"undoubtedly caused permanent, damaging effects\".\n\n\"Every doctor should have to demonstrate their accountability in treating patients, especially those as vulnerable as children,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I was injected with drugs and abused at a mental health hospital as a teenager in the 1960s'\n\nAfter trying to take his own life Jason Stubbings, from Cornwall, was sent to Aston Hall in the 1960s, aged 14, where he said he was injected with drugs and abused.\n\nHe said he remembers being injected with what he now knows is sodium amytal, also known as the truth drug, as well as another drug which is still unknown to him.\n\nMr Stubbings said he was then taken back to a memory where his brother was beating him with a garden cane and it felt like he was being hit at the time.\n\nWhen he woke up, he found his hands had been tied and he had marks on his body.\n\nMr Stubbings also remembers looking out the window once and seeing \"a guy in the exercise yard in a straightjacket screaming\" and thinking he did not know if he was ever going to get out of there.\n\n\"It said on the administration form 'a slight timid boy', and they did that to me,\" he added.\n\nNo evidence of a conspiracy to supply children for abuse was found at Aston Hall\n\nThe report said there were consistent allegations of drugs being given to restrained children, with limited or no records being taken.\n\nCurrent medical opinion was these methods were not acceptable, even by the standards of the day, it added.\n\nBut officers said the length of time since the alleged crimes had proven a major issue - to the extent they had been unable to find out whether some members of staff were still alive.\n\nThe report said: \"Having regard to these difficulties and the scale of the alleged physical and sexual abuse that has emerged in the evidence; we do not consider that it would be either practicable or appropriate for us to attempt to reach firm conclusions on each specific allegation.\n\nMany stories about abuse at Aston Hall came out through social media\n\n\"There would have been sufficient evidence to justify interviewing Dr Milner under caution in relation to a number of potential offences.\"\n\nThe report said the offences would have namely been \"rape, indecent assault contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 1956, Child Cruelty and Assault contrary to Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and Offences Against the Person act 1861 respectively\".\n\nWhile it noted children were sent to Aston Hall from a variety of homes, the report found no evidence of a conspiracy to supply children for abuse.\n\nBarbara O'Hare, who claims she was abused by Dr Milner in the 1970s, told the BBC the report was positive.\n\n\"It gives recognition to what happened to me and others at the hospital and I'm very grateful to the police,\" she said.\n\nDerbyshire Safeguarding Children board said the treatment of children had radically changed and if a similar situation occurred today, there were clear routes for them to raise concerns.\n\nAt least 30 former patients who have submitted a claim for compensation to the Department for Health through a solicitor. Other claims are also believed to have been submitted.\n\nA spokesman for the department has said the matter was under investigation.\n\nAn NSPCC spokesman said the report was \"truly harrowing reading and shines a light on the decades of sickening abuse\".\n\n\"It is crucial that lessons continue to be learned from shocking cases like this.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nBritain's Geraint Thomas extended his lead in the Tour de France as defending champion Chris Froome faltered on the final climb on stage 17.\n\nThe Welshman, 32, who is chasing his first Grand Tour victory, leads Team Sky team-mate Froome by two minutes 31 seconds with four stages left.\n\nThomas' closest general classification rival is now Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, who is 1:59 behind, with Froome in third.\n\nNairo Quintana held off Ireland's Dan Martin to win the 65km (40-mile) stage.\n\nFeaturing a Moto GP-style grid start, the shortest stage of the modern era from Bagneres-de-Luchon to the summit of the Col du Portet began with Thomas briefly on his own in front of the rest of the field.\n\nAfter three brutal climbs in quick succession, separated by twisting technical descents, he had strengthened his hold on the yellow jersey with a commanding ride that showed his all-round ability and no sign of weakness.\n• None Listen to BeSpoke at the Tour: Stage 17 review\n\nWith Thursday's day on the flat expected to end in a sprint finish, Friday's racing - which includes an ascent of the Col du Tourmalet - looks like being the last significant risk to Thomas' bid for the yellow jersey.\n\nIt is followed by an individual time trial, where his current advantage should be enough to hold world time-trial champion Dumoulin at bay, and the ceremonial final stage on the Champs Elysees on Sunday.\n\nAfter the stage, photos emerged showing Froome coming off his bike after a misunderstanding with a police officer as he rode to the Team Sky bus.\n\nHe avoided injury and is set to start stage 18 on Thursday.\n\nThomas has previously cracked at high altitude - most recently in April's Tour de Romandie - but he comfortably covered the attacks of LottoNL-Jumbo's Primoz Roglic and Team Sunweb's Dumoulin on the drag up the Col du Portet and the highest point of this year's race at 2,215m.\n\nAs Froome fell off the pace and was nursed home by team-mate Egan Bernal, Thomas used the speed developed during a glittering track career to strike out and claim third place behind Movistar's Quintana and UAE Team Emirates rider Dan Martin.\n\nThomas' third-place finish came with a time bonus of four seconds that further extended his overall lead, which stood at 1:39 before the stage.\n\nTwo days ago, Thomas and Froome presented a united front to the media, saying they were merely concerned with ensuring a victory for the team.\n\nHowever, barring the sort of extraordinary performance that saw him surge back into the lead on stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia in May, four-time Tour winner Froome seems set to spend the final days supporting Thomas.\n\nQuintana's stage victory showed the sort of aggression and climbing ability that has been too rare to make him a threat into the third week.\n\nThe Colombian reeled in early breakaway leader Tanel Kangert, before shaking off Rafal Majka and resisting Martin up the final climb to claim his second Tour stage win, five years after his first.\n\nRomain Bardet, the Frenchman who began the day in fifth, struggled in the final 5km of the 16km Col du Portet to slip to eighth overall, 5:13 behind Thomas.\n\nEarlier, Quick-Step's Julian Alaphilippe shored up his position at the top of the mountain classification as he crossed the Montee de Peyrangudes and Col de Val Louron-Azet second and first respectively, while nearest rival Warren Barguil missed the break.\n\nBy the end the destination of the yellow jersey also seemed to have come into similarly sharp focus.\n\nTomorrow's 171km (106 mile) stage is mostly flat and is expected to be contested in a sprint finish, although many of the specialists have been eliminated after falling foul of the time limit.", "Susan Margaret Stephos speaks about her experience of being caught up in the wildfires in Greece.", "Faïd abandoned a car with explosives in an underground car park north of Paris\n\nA French armed robber narrowly avoided capture more than three weeks after escaping from prison, police say.\n\nConvicted gangster Rédoine Faïd was spotted by patrol officers near Paris on Tuesday afternoon, police sources told AFP news agency.\n\nHe fled the scene and abandoned a car with explosives and fake number plates in a shopping centre car park.\n\nOn 1 July Faïd, 46, broke out of a prison with the help of armed accomplices who hijacked a helicopter.\n\nThe Jailbird King, as he is dubbed by French media, was serving a 25-year sentence for a failed 2010 robbery during which a police officer was killed.\n\nThis was Faïd's second jailbreak - in 2013, he escaped prison for six weeks after seizing four guards as human shields and blowing off several doors with dynamite.\n\nPolice have warned that \"beyond his charisma and aura, beyond the folklore, [Faïd] is a dangerous individual\".\n\nAround 16:40 local time (14:40 GMT) on Tuesday, police officers identified Faïd as one of two people in a car \"observing a service station\", AFP says.\n\nThe officers \"wanted to carry out a check on the people in the car\", when \"they fled the scene and drove towards Sarcelles\", a northern suburb of Paris.\n\nRedoine Faid was placed on Interpol's most-wanted list after his 2013 escape\n\nWhen police found the abandoned Renault Laguna with plastic explosives in an underground car park, authorities sealed off the shopping centre and bomb disposal experts were called in.\n\n\"We do not yet know where the explosives were being taken,\" a senior prosecutor told AFP.\n\nThis is the first sighting of the escaped convict since 1 July, despite some 2,900 police officers joining a national manhunt.\n\nA well-known criminal in France, Faïd was born in 1972 and grew up in a notoriously rough part of Paris.\n\nIn the '90s, he ran a gang involved in armed robbery and extortion in the French capital.\n\nHe has spoken of his love of Hollywood heist films, saying they inspire some of his schemes.\n\nHe once told France's Point magazine he had watched the 1995 gangster film Heat seven times at the cinema and \"a hundred times on DVD\" to dissect the scene of an armoured car robbery.\n\nFaïd then approached its director Michael Mann at a Paris film festival and told him: \"You were my technical adviser\".\n\nHis fame has been helped by his 2009 book, outlining his younger days on the streets of Paris and his descent into the life of a professional criminal.\n\nHe then claimed to have turned his back on crime, but police believe he was the mastermind behind the botched robbery he is now convicted of.\n\nOne of Faïd's most recent prison supervisors said he was never in conflict with guards, but that \"we must always be wary\".\n\n\"In the corner of his mind, he never lost the idea of escaping. Behind all his manners - he is very polite - he always hid his game,\" his supervisor said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Redoine Faid took four guards hostage and used explosives to blast his way past security doors", "Survivors say they ran into the sea to escape the devastating Greece wildfires, which have killed at least 74 people.\n\nMany are still thought to be missing after the Attica region around Athens was engulfed in flames.\n\nThe country's prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has declared a three-day period of national mourning.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nGreek authorities are looking for dozens of people missing after the deadly wildfires near Athens.\n\nAt least 80 people have died, and a search continues for survivors who fled the blaze, including those who escaped to sea by boat.\n\nThe fire is thought to have been the deadliest on record in Greece.\n\nOne father, who is desperately looking for his nine-year-old twin daughters, said he had seen them on TV being rescued by a fishing boat.\n\nYiannis Philippopoulos has not heard from the girls, Sophia and Vasiliki or from their grandparents, who they were with on the day.\n\n\"We went to the hospitals and police and then the fire brigade said the last resort would be to look for them in the mortuary,\" he told Greek media.\n\nAfter visiting the mortuary and providing DNA, Mr Philippopoulos and his wife saw a TV report, showing two girls who resembled their daughters being rescued.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by HellasJournal.Com by mignatiou-com This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by HellasJournal.Com by mignatiou-com\n\nImages of the girls huddled on the boat were broadcast across Greek media on Wednesday in the hope of tracing them.\n\nHowever, later reports said the girls were believed to be the daughters of another man, who was onboard with his wife. The man went to the police on Wednesday after the image circulated.\n\nThere is no formal count of the missing. The fire brigade has received dozens of calls, but has been unable to verify the exact number.\n\nRelatives of those reported missing have posted photographs of more than 30 people online in the hope of tracing their whereabouts.\n\nCoastal patrol boats combed the shoreline on Wednesday, searching for survivors and bodies, while rescue teams searched houses and cars.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Gavin Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHigh winds of up to 100km/h (60mph) spread the fire on Monday, trapping many in homes and vehicles and forcing others into the water as they tried to escape the flames.\n\nOn Tuesday, the bodies of 26 adults and children who apparently died embracing each other were found on a cliff top.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"They had tried to find an escape route but unfortunately these people and their kids didn't make it in time. Instinctively, seeing the end nearing, they embraced, \" Nikos Economopoulos, head of Greece's Red Cross, said.\n\nThe mayor of Rafina, Evangelos Bournous, told the BBC that the dead could exceed 100. Fire brigade officials say that some of the missing may have died.\n\nBodies lay just 15m (50ft) from the sea, photographer Pantelis Saitas said.\n\nAmong those killed as the fires swept Eastern Attica were a Belgian tourist, and a Polish woman and her son. A British man and woman were treated in hospital for their burns.\n\nMore than 70 people were still being treated in hospital on Wednesday, and 10 were in a serious condition, Greek reports said.\n\nOthers have been evacuated to temporary accommodation.\n\nResidents have been told to abandon their homes\n\nPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared three days of mourning, and a state of emergency in Attica, saying all emergency services have been mobilised.\n\nItaly, Germany, Poland and France have all sent help in the form of planes, vehicles and firefighters, while Spain, Turkey, and Cyprus have also offered assistance.\n\nThe government in Athens as well as emergency services have faced claims that their response to Monday's emergency was too slow.\n\nA Supreme Court prosecutor has ordered a probe into the cause of the fire, amid allegations that there was no evacuation plan in place.\n\nRescuers continue their search of the area\n\nThe seaside resort of Mati is popular with foreign tourists and locals, especially pensioners and children attending holiday camps.\n\nGreek reports suggested that 1,500 homes had been damaged and many had been destroyed.\n\nFires are a recurring problem during the hot, dry summer months in Attica.\n\nOfficials have suggested the current blazes may have been started by arsonists looking to loot abandoned homes.\n\n\"Fifteen fires were started simultaneously on three different fronts in Athens,\" said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.\n\nGreece, he added, had requested drones from the US to \"detect any suspicious activity\".\n\nGreece's last major fire disaster was in 2007, when 77 people were killed in the southern Peloponnese peninsula.\n\nWildfires are a major concern across Europe this summer. Sweden has also battled fires the length of the country, while Latvian authorities suspect arson was behind a major peat and forest fire in Valdgale County that burned for days.\n\nThe serious nature of such fires and their wide geographical spread has led to speculation that climate change may be the cause.\n\nWhile no individual weather event can be linked to climate change, a general correlation does exist between warmer global temperatures and the dry conditions that can spark several dangerous fires at once.\n\nAre you in Athens? How have you been affected by the wildfires? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "The BBC has spoken to a close associate of the Brexit donor Arron Banks, discussions which have raised questions about whether he had business contacts with Russia.\n\nJames Pryor worked with Mr Banks on the Brexit campaign and helped to manage his businesses in Africa.\n\nHe said that Mr Banks had sought Russian investment for his South African diamond mines. He later refuted his claim on camera after being played recordings of his previous conversations he had had with the BBC reporter Manveen Rana.\n\nMr Banks denied seeking or having any Russia investors. He also rejected suggestions that he should give more detail about the source of the funding he provided for the Brexit campaign.", "The attack happened at a branch of Home Bargains in Worcester\n\nThe father of a boy who was the victim of a suspected acid attack is among five men who have appeared in court.\n\nThe three-year-old suffered serious burns at the Home Bargains store in Worcester on Saturday.\n\nA 39-year-old from Wolverhampton and four others appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.\n\nThey will next appear at Worcester Crown Court on 28 August.\n\nThe other men charged are Norbert Pulko, 22, from London, Jan Dudi, 25, and Adam Cech, 27, from Birmingham, and Jabar Paktia, 41, from Wolverhampton.\n\nThe father cannot be named for legal reasons.\n\nThe alleged attack happened in the Tallow Hill area of the city at about 14:15 BST.\n\nThe child was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital for treatment to his face and an arm.\n\nHe was discharged on Sunday but the long-term implications of his injuries are not yet known.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Video shows people taking refuge in the sea as they try to escape wildfires in the area of Rafina.", "24 July: Firefighters and volunteers try to extinguish flames during a wildfire at the Greek village of Kineta\n\nWildfires have been sweeping through coastal towns east of the Greek capital, Athens. Dozens of people - including families with children - have died as they tried to escape the flames.\n\nBut fires are also raging in Sweden, as far north as the Arctic Circle, and have caused huge damage in countries including Portugal, the UK and the US in recent months.\n\nSo what is happening to cause these infernos and how can we tackle them?\n\nFires can occur naturally in woodland or brush, ignited by heat from the sun or a lightning strike.\n\nHowever, the vast majority of wildfires - as many as 90% worldwide - are started by humans, according to experts.\n\nThe cause could be barbecue charcoal, a discarded cigarette or even arson. As long as there is fuel and oxygen available, the flames can take hold easily.\n\nGreece had an unusually dry winter and spring this year, leaving grass and scrubland particularly flammable, says Thomas Smith, assistant professor in environmental geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).\n\nAs well as a lack of rainfall, wind also determines how devastating the fire will be, depending on its strength and direction.\n\n\"Burning embers can travel quite far and start new fires that could spread for kilometres if they are big enough,\" says Smith.\n\n23 July: Dry grass burns as fire crews tackle the flames in Greece\n\nSurface fires - burning on a forest floor, for instance - tend to spread slowly and can be more easily controlled.\n\nIn fact some surface fires can be good, says Cathelijne Stoof, a wild land fire expert based in the Netherlands. \"It helps plants regenerate,\" she adds.\n\n\"The problem is when the flames can climb up low level branches and get to the tops of the trees. That's when you can't stop it.\"\n\n15 July: Due to the dry weather, about 80 wildfires have been burning in Sweden\n\nThe most dangerous part of a blaze is called the head fire, explains Thomas Smith.\n\nIt is driven forward by the wind and is very difficult to fight directly because it has long flame lengths.\n\n17 July: This aerial view provided by the European Space Agency shows smoke billowing from several fires between the west coast of Norway to central Sweden. Head fires burn with blacker smoke\n\nBut it is not just wood and grass that quickly become fuel for wildfires. Nearby homes and vehicles will combust because of the materials they contain, such as plastics and rubber.\n\nIn Greece, cars in the road caught fire before the surrounding verdant trees because they were more flammable. And they did not need to be directly licked by the flames to do so.\n\n\"It comes down to the amount of energy given off by the flames,\" says Smith. \"The cars could be tens of metres away and still be close enough to ignite.\"\n\n24 July: Burned cars are seen following a wildfire at the village of Mati near Athens\n\nSadly, people are often killed by wildfires as they attempt to escape.\n\nMany of the victims in Greece were trapped in traffic jams as people tried to flee as fast as possible, according to forest risk management expert Alexander Held. But this could have been avoided with better evacuation plans in place, he says.\n\nFine fuel such as dry shrubs should be cleared away from roadsides and houses to stop flames getting close, he adds.\n\n\"This was a bomb waiting to explode.\"\n\n23 July: The contents of a home, including dry wooden beams, go up in flames in Greece\n\nHeat and flames are the most immediate dangers people face in a wildfire.\n\nHowever, smoke can also be harmful if you have an existing condition such as asthma or lung disease, or are exposed for weeks or months.\n\n23 July: A road block is set up as smoke fills the air near Athens\n\nAlthough smoke from burning vegetation is toxic, it will usually disappear quickly.\n\nFumes produced by burning plastic or asbestos inside homes are much more hazardous.\n\n25 March: Ruins of a house are out of bounds after a bushfire in Tathra, Australia\n\nAs well as changing climates, the differing land use over the centuries has led to more wildfires in some places around the world, according to experts.\n\n\"There used to be small agricultural fields across Southern Europe and people would manage the land,\" says Cathelijne Stoof.\n\n\"But in the 20th Century people moved away and the land became overgrown. So when you do have a fire it spreads much more easily.\"\n\nIn the case of the huge fire near Saddleworth Moor in North West England, it was not just the vegetation that caught fire.\n\nAt its peak, the fire on Saddleworth Moor covered an area of 7 sq miles (18 sq km) and burned for three weeks\n\n\"This fire definitely did get into the soil,\" says Dr Thomas Smith. The moorland is made up of peat soil, which is carbon-rich and needs little oxygen to burn, he explains.\n\n\"The fire gets underground and smoulders away.... It makes it much more difficult to put out.\"\n\n28 June: Firefighters tackle a wildfire with beaters on Winter Hill near Bolton, UK\n\nFirefighters have a range of techniques to try to tackle a blaze by depriving it of oxygen or fuel. They need to have the right training to know which one will work the best.\n\nIn the recent UK wildfires, they used beaters and water hoses to extinguish the flames.\n\nDropping water and fire retardant containing fertiliser from planes and helicopters may also slow the spread of flames.\n\n7 December 2017: A plane drops fire retardant near a home near Los Alamos Road in Murrieta, California, last December\n\nExperts say one of the most effective methods of tackling wildfires is building firebreaks by clearing vegetation.\n\nBut this is \"dirty and hard work\", says Alexander Held, and not an option that is always popular in public opinion.\n\n\"You can send a lot of helicopters and planes but without crews on the ground you won't put it out,\" he insists.\n\nCathelijne Stoof agrees on the importance of creating firebreaks: in some places firefighters will create controlled fires to draw the energy out of the blaze they are battling.\n\nAnd she says fire prevention and land management should be \"sexier\" than it is now.\n\n21 July: Firefighters create a firebreak in the Stanislaus National Forest, near Yosemite National Park, California\n\nTeams with the right training can understand fire behaviour and choose the best way to respond, she says. But fire also behaves very unpredictably.\n\n\"It's dangerous. So I very much respect the people that put everything on the line to save others.\"\n\n1 July: A fire service vehicle is surrounded by flames as the Pawnee wildfire jumps across a road in California", "A trial where pregnant women were given an anti-impotence drug has been urgently stopped after 11 newborn babies died.\n\nWomen taking part in the Dutch study had been given the tablets to improve growth of their unborn children because they had poorly-developed placentas.\n\nIt appears the drug, which promotes blood flow, may have caused lethal damage to the babies' lungs.\n\nExperts say a full investigation is needed to understand what happened.\n\nThere is no suggestion that there was any wrong-doing.\n\nEarlier trials in the UK and Australia and New Zealand did not find any evidence of potential harm from the intervention. But they also found no benefit.\n\nAt that time, in 2010, researchers said the treatment should be used only in trials.\n\nFoetal growth restriction caused by an underdeveloped placenta is a serious condition that currently has no treatment.\n\nIt can mean babies are born prematurely, with a very low birth weight and poor chances of survival.\n\nA medication that could improve weight or prolong the time to delivery could have significant advantages for these very sick babies.\n\nThe latest Dutch study, which was due to run until 2020, was being carried out across 11 hospitals in the Netherlands, including the Amsterdam University Medical Centre.\n\nIn total, 93 women were given sildenafil (the non-brand name for Viagra) while the remaining 90 were given a dummy drug or placebo.\n\nTwenty babies developed lung problems after birth - three in the placebo group and the rest in the treatment group.\n\nEleven in the sildenafil group died from lung complications.\n\nThe drug used was not made by Pfizer, which manufactures Viagra, and the safety of the use of sildenafil for erectile dysfunction is not being questioned.\n\nProf Zarcko Alfirevic, from the University of Liverpool, who led part of the UK research into sildenafil in pregnancy that found no benefit in terms of improving baby growth, said: \"This finding in the Dutch study is unexpected.\n\n\"We need to be careful at this point to find out more.\n\n\"It needs a thorough investigation because the complications were not seen in the two other, similar trials that have already been done in the UK and Australia and New Zealand.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA British man is being treated for burns in hospital after being caught up in the wildfires in Greece.\n\nAt least 77 people have died as a result of the blaze, which began near the capital, Athens, on Monday.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said its staff in Greece were \"assisting a British man and his family following his hospitalisation\".\n\nThe government has advised UK citizens needing assistance in Greece to call the British Embassy in Athens.\n\nMeanwhile, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared three days of mourning as the search for survivors continues.\n\nThe British man being treated in hospital has not been named.\n\nRonan Grant, 19, from Manchester, was unharmed by the fire but was in Athens with two friends when it began.\n\n\"We looked up and we saw the sky was grey and red, almost as if there was a border between being stuck in [the fire] and reality,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"All the locals were coming out, we thought it was a natural happening or something.\"\n\nHe added that \"nobody had any idea what was going on\" until Tuesday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Susan Margaret Stephos is being treated in hospital\n\nBritish expat Susan Margaret Stephos, 71, escaped from the fire in Mati and is now recovering in hospital from burns and smoke inhalation.\n\nShe said she felt \"very grateful\" to have survived.\n\n\"When I was in the house and the fire was going over I thought 'I'm not going to make it, this is the end'. But prayers were answered and I managed,\" she said.\n\nGreece's prime minister has declared a state of emergency in Attica\n\nOn Monday night, hundreds of firefighters battled the flames, which were fanned by winds of up to 100km/h (60mph).\n\nCoastal patrol boats and private vessels picked up hundreds of those who managed to reach harbours or beaches.\n\nRescuers are now searching houses, cars and the coastline for survivors and victims of the fires, amid fears the death toll will rise.\n\nThere is no formal count of the missing. The fire brigade has received dozens of calls and has been unable to verify the exact number.\n\nRelatives of those reported missing have posted photographs of more than 30 people online in the hope of tracing their whereabouts.\n\nThe seaside resort of Mati, in Attica, is popular with local tourists, especially pensioners and children attending holiday camps.\n\nDespite the disaster, life in central Athens is continuing largely as normal, Mr Ronan said, but described the mood in the city as \"surreal\".\n\n\"We've been hearing sirens and stuff but people just seem to get on with their day-to-day lives,\" he said. \"We feel a bit detached from it.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFires are a recurring problem during the hot, dry summer months in Attica.\n\nOfficials have suggested the current blazes may have been started by arsonists looking to loot abandoned homes.\n\n\"Fifteen fires had started simultaneously on three different fronts in Athens,\" said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.\n\nGreece, he added, had requested drones from the US to \"detect any suspicious activity\".\n\nGreece's last major fire disaster was in 2007, when dozens of people were killed in the southern Peloponnese peninsula.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Use more apps in the NHS, new health secretary says.\n\nThere needs to be more use of apps in the National Health Service, the new health secretary says.\n\nMatt Hancock has told Newsbeat there is \"loads to do on that area\" when asked if they would help the NHS.\n\nHe was speaking as he gave more details of the government's plans to transform children and young people's mental health services.\n\nThe 39-year-old became the first MP to launch an app in his previous job as culture secretary.\n\n\"One of the things I've done in different parts of government is make sure that it's more tech savvy and digital,\" he told Newsbeat.\n\nMatt Hancock greets users on his app with a video message\n\n\"The NHS needs to be more convenient for you, but also to help clinicians so that doctors' and nurses' lives are easier.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMatt Hancock also admitted that the government is \"just getting going\" on mental health treatment.\n\nHe was speaking as he announced that hundreds of new mental health workers will work in and near schools and colleges from next year.\n\nThe move is part of the government's plan to try to transform children and young people's mental health.\n\nSeven higher education institutions in England will be offering courses from January to train people to help students with mental health issues.\n\nThe aim is they will be ready to go by the end of 2019.\n\nBut there's criticism of his comments about apps.\n\nLabour says: \"The Conservative government has made big cuts to some NHS budgets like capital funding, which has meant the NHS just hasn't been able to take advantage of new technologies.\"\n\n\"They need to fund the NHS properly so that NHS apps are safe and really accessible for everyone.\"\n\nBut Mr Hancock insists embracing new digital technology is important.\n\n\"I've actually just come out of a meeting on doing exactly that, it's a real passion of mine and I think there's a real opportunity.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.", "The 25-year-old has sung about her struggle with addiction in the past\n\nPop singer Demi Lovato is being treated in a Los Angeles hospital after a suspected drug overdose.\n\nThe Los Angeles Police Department responded on Tuesday to a medical emergency in the Hollywood Hills, where the Sorry Not Sorry singer lives.\n\nThe 25-year-old was reportedly found unconscious and treated at the scene with naloxone, an anti-opioid medicine.\n\nShe is awake and breathing at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a family spokesman has said.\n\n\"Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support,\" the spokesman told the BBC.\n\n\"Some of the information being reported is incorrect and they respectfully ask for privacy.\"\n\nLovato has struggled with substance abuse for years, and was feared to have relapsed in recent weeks.\n\nLast month she cancelled her show at London's O2 arena, announcing the news on Twitter hours before the concert was due to begin.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn a single released last month, Sober, she sings: \"Mommy, I'm so sorry I'm not sober anymore. And daddy please forgive me for the drinks spilled on the floor.\"\n\nThe song ends with the lines: \"I'm sorry that I'm here again, I promise I'll get help/It wasn't my intention, I'm sorry to myself.\"\n\nThe track release followed Lovato marking six years of sobriety in March this year.\n\nShe was due to complete the North American leg of her Tell Me You Love Me world tour with a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Thursday, but reports say that date has now been cancelled.\n\nHer fans say the singer's battles with bipolar disorder, bulimia and addiction - often documented in her music - have helped them with their own struggles.\n\nAs reports of her condition spread, there was an outpouring of support on social media from other celebrities and musicians. Within hours of the report, tens of thousands of people had tweeted the hashtag #PrayforDemi.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Brad Paisley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is unclear what drugs Lovato overdosed on. Early reports said it was heroin but this was later contradicted.\n\nFriends who found Lovato reportedly used Narcan - a brand name for naloxone - on her at the scene to help her breathe. Naloxone is an antidote to opioids including painkillers.\n\nThe US is in the grip of an opioid crisis. According to health officials, 115 Americans die from an opioid overdose every day and more than 250,000 Americans have died of them over the past decade.\n\nRaised in Dallas, Texas, Lovato first entered the spotlight on the children's TV series Barney & Friends.\n\nShe appeared alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 Disney Channel movie Camp Rock.\n\nLovato released her first studio album, Don't Forget, in 2008.\n\nIn a YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated, released last October, Lovato revealed her drug use began when she first tried cocaine at the age of 17.\n\nDemi Lovato first entered the spotlight as a child on a children's TV programme\n\n\"I felt out of control the first time I did it,\" she said. \"My dad was an addict and an alcoholic.\n\n\"Guess I always searched for what he found in drugs and alcohol because it fulfilled him and he chose that over a family.\"\n\nLovato went to rehab for the first time in 2010.\n\n\"I wasn't ready to get sober,\" she said in the documentary.\n\n\"I was sneaking it on planes, sneaking it in bathrooms, sneaking it throughout the night\".", "Elin Ersson refused to sit until the Afghan was taken off the flight\n\nA stunt by a Swedish activist to stop the deportation of an Afghan refugee has been widely hailed on social media.\n\nUniversity student Elin Ersson had booked the same flight as the Afghan and refused to sit down unless he was taken off the plane on Monday.\n\nShe streamed her protest live on Facebook, showing a tense standoff with other passengers and airline crew.\n\nReactions have been largely supportive of her action, although some people are accusing her of grandstanding.\n\nThe video has since been widely shared and received almost two million views.\n\nMs Ersson explains to the other passengers and the viewers of Facebook that she does not agree with Swedish deportation policy, which classifies Afghanistan as a safe country and sends rejected asylum seekers back.\n\nShe says Afghanistan was a country where the man \"will most likely get killed\" and explains that \"I am doing what I can to save a person's life\".\n\n\"As long as a person is standing up the pilot cannot take off. All I want to do is stop the deportation and then I will comply with the rules here.\"\n\nThe video shows how first the airline crew and then several other passengers urge her to sit down and to stop filming.\n\nAs the standoff continues, she says several people in the plane also stood up, some in support, others to see what was going on.\n\nHer actions eventually had both her and the 52-year-old Afghan being taken off the plane.\n\nThe man had been escorted on board by the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.\n\n\"Asylum cases are decided by the immigration office,\" press officer Ulf Mossberg told the BBC. \"If they make a decision that someone will be deported they hand the person to the national border police. The police then can ask us to perform that transportation.\n\n\"What happened on this flight was that the pilot of the plane decided that our personnel and the Afghan man were not allowed to fulfil the flight.\"\n\nMedia reports suggest the refugee is likely to be deported later and that the activist might face legal consequences over her actions. Plane passengers are obliged to follow the captain's orders.\n\nMigrant boats continue to try to make it across the Mediterranean\n\nThe deportation of migrants remains controversial across Europe.\n\nIn recent years the continent has seen an influx of migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan.\n\nBoats carrying people across the Mediterranean are facing increasing opposition and find it harder to find ports that allow them to dock.\n\nEarlier this month, the German interior minister came under pressure to quit after noting in a joking tone that 69 Afghans had been deported on his 69th birthday.\n\nOne of the group took his own life after being sent back.", "A TV advert for Heinz baked beans has been banned for comparing its nutritional value to a protein shake.\n\nThe commercial, seen in February, shows a woman implying a bowl of baked beans has as much protein, fibre and fat as her partner's drink.\n\nThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said its regulations do not allow claims that one food has \"as much\" of a nutrient or nutrients as another food.\n\nHeinz Foods said it was \"disappointed\" but would not run the ad again.\n\nIt is the second time the ASA has upheld a complaint against what is effectively the same advert.\n\nIn the previous version, which was banned last year, the woman used the word \"same\" when replying to her partner's suggestion he was about to consume something high in protein and fibre but low in fat.\n\nThat word was removed from the second version, but the ASA said the message had not changed.\n\nThe agency said viewers would still understand the exchange to show baked beans were \"a tastier and more appetising, but nutritionally equivalent, alternative to consuming a protein shake\".\n\nA Heinz spokesman said its advert \"simply aimed to be a memory jogger about the goodness of beans in a humorous way\".\n• None Sexist adverts to come under scrutiny", "Nasa says organic matter found at the bottom of a crater on the Red Planet suggests there might have been life there once. Samples of the matter were analysed by a team of scientists, including Prof Sanjeev Gupta from Imperial College London. He told Today how significant the discovery is.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Gavin Lee reports from the seaside village of Mati where burnt wreckage lines the road\n\nIn the coastal resort of Mati, the welcome sign that had advertised what was once one of Greece's picture-postcard tourist villages was hanging down by the side of the road, charred and unreadable.\n\nMati has been strangely split by the inexplicable path the wildfires made as they raged through the town. There are hotels, homes and apartments scorched and destroyed on one side of the road, but on the other, many buildings are completely untouched.\n\nThe luckier residents peer out through unscathed windows, having narrowly escaped the fate of their neighbours.\n\nPeople have been walking around wearing medical facemasks, to protect from the stench and the smoke, as they work out what to do. Some have returned to their homes to check for pets and belongings, despite the government's safety advice to keep away in case their building collapses.\n\nIt's a small village. The main village hub, the Cavos bar, has been destroyed. Most people I speak to know someone who has died or been badly injured.\n\nKaterina Pantelidis (R) said her home was almost completely destroyed \"in seconds\"\n\nKaterina Pantelidis was watching the local news on Monday evening and says the report about wildfires spreading suggested that the wind direction meant Mati would avoid the flames. But, she says, minutes later she smelt burning and looked outside to see the pine trees on fire, and heard her windows smash.\n\nShe picked up her two cats, and attempted to pick up her dog, but had to leave him when he ran into a smoke-filled part of the house. She ran with her parents to the beach, along with hundreds of others escaping the flames and smoke. Her house was destroyed.\n\nMany swam into the sea, but Katerina remained on shore with her cats and elderly parents, breathing through their clothes and waiting five hours for the coastguard. Incredibly, the dog survived - Katerina later found him hiding in a back room underneath a broken window.\n\nAt the nearby Ramada hotel, staff had to evacuate hundreds of tourists, and although the building escaped the inferno, people are being advised not to stay here. Suitcases line the reception and forecourt as holidaymakers work out where to go, while staff and locals face the fact that their main source of income, tourism, will now be affected.\n\nTonight there's still no electricity, many roads are closed off and it is pitch black on the streets apart from the flashing lights of police cars and fire engines as they continue to survey the damage and try to prevent any secondary fires breaking out.\n\nDozens of Greek families who have been left homeless are gathering at the Marathon Beach Hotel, the makeshift relief centre, with volunteers bringing fresh food, water, clothes and comfort to those who have just lost everything.", "The attack happened at a branch of Home Bargains in Worcester\n\nFive men have been charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm following a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy.\n\nThree men from London, aged 22, 25 and 26, and two from Wolverhampton, aged 39 and 41, are due in court later.\n\nThe boy suffered serious burns to his face and an arm at the Home Bargains store in Worcester on Saturday.\n\nWest Mercia Police said it would not be releasing the identities of the men who have been charged.\n\nThey are due to appear at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.\n\nThe suspected attack occurred in the Tallow Hill area of Worcester at about 14:15 BST on Saturday.\n\nThe child was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital for treatment.\n\nHe was discharged the following day but the long-term implications of his injuries are not yet known.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A legal challenge against the use of automatic facial recognition technology by police has been launched by a civil liberties group.\n\nAutomatic Facial Recognition uses CCTV or surveillance cameras to record and compare facial characteristics with images on police databases.\n\nLawyers for Big Brother Watch argue the use of AFR breaches the rights of individuals under the Human Rights Act.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police says the technology will help keep London safe.\n\nThe system is being piloted in London, with three other forces - Humberside, South Wales, and Leicestershire - also trialling the technology.\n\nHowever, it has proved controversial, with one watchdog describing its use in public places as \"very intrusive\".\n\nCourt documents, seen by the BBC, also claim the Home Office has failed in its duty to properly regulate AFR's use.\n\nManufacturers of the systems say they can monitor multiple cameras in real time \"matching\" thousands of faces a minute with images already held by the police - often mugshots taken of suspects who have been taken into custody.\n\nHowever, Big Brother Watch says the Met's own research, published in May, shows that during trials only two genuine matches were made out of 104 system \"alerts\".\n\nThe group also takes issue with the length of time the images gathered by AFR are held.\n\nThe Met piloted the system at Notting Hill Carnival in 2016 and 2017, at the Cenotaph on Memorial Sunday, and at Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford last month.\n\nFurther trials are planned. The force says the technology is \"an extremely valuable tool\".\n\nMeanwhile, in South Wales, police used AFR at least 18 times between May 2017 and March 2018, according to court documents.\n\nCameras in Cardiff city centre and at a demonstration at an \"arms fair\" were used to gather the images of members of the public. As of April this year AFR generated 2,451 alerts with only 234 proving accurate.\n\nPolice officers stopped 31 people who had been incorrectly identified and asked them to prove their identity.\n\nLawyers for Big Brother Watch argue the use of AFR breaches the rights of individuals under the Human Rights Act, including the right to privacy and freedom of expression.\n\nSilkie Carlo, director of the civil liberties group, said: \"When the police use facial recognition surveillance they subject thousands of people in the area to highly sensitive identity checks without consent.\"\n\n\"We're hoping the court will intervene, so the lawless use of facial recognition can be stopped. It is crucial our public freedoms are protected,\" she added.\n\nHowever, it is likely that the Met and other police forces will welcome the opportunity to argue the case for AFR - and begin to put it on a solid legal footing alongside other unique characteristics stored on databases, such as fingerprints and DNA.\n\nIt comes after the body that advises London Mayor Sadiq Khan on policing and ethics last week called on the Met to be more open about the use of AFR - and to set out where and when it will be used before undertaking any further pilots.\n\nDr Suzanne Shale, who chairs the London Policing Ethics Panel said: \"We have made a series of key recommendations, which we think should be addressed before any further trials are carried out.\n\n\"We believe it is important facial recognition technology remains the subject of ethical scrutiny.\"", "The EU, Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory measures against the US tariffs\n\nThe US has slapped tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from its allies the EU, Canada and Mexico - but don't think they'll take it without a fight.\n\nAll three have already announced retaliatory measures as the US follows its new policy, which has been attacked as \"protectionism, pure and simple\" by the EU.\n\nRanging from serious to strange, these counter-tariffs could play a part in a growing trade battle.\n\nIt's too early to say how consumers will be hit in all the affected countries, but prices could rise throughout the world in light of these tariffs.\n\nRead on to see which American products each US ally plans to target.\n\nPrime Minister Justin Trudeau objected strongly to the announced tariffs, calling them an \"affront\" to their nations' military alliance.\n\nHe said Canada buys half of US steel exports.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCanada plans \"trade-restrictive countermeasures\" on C$16.6bn ($12.8bn) of US goods, to come into effect on 1 July.\n\nThe country will impose a 25% tariff on assorted US steel products, including railway tracks, piping and steel sheets.\n\nBut Canada also plans a 10% tariff on more varied items:\n\nThe list, published by the Department of Finance, also includes a 10% tariff on candles - although, relax Canadians, \"not including those for birthdays, Christmas or other festive occasions\".\n\nSenior Canadian officials say the list is designed to exert political pressure on the US and make it take notice of how this will affect trade.\n\nAsked by reporters if he was ready to start a trade war with its southern neighbour, Mr Trudeau said Canada was \"ready for anything\".\n\nCanada is targeting a variety of US foods - including pizza\n\nEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he planned to take the US to the World Trade Organization over the American tariffs, a policy he called \"totally unacceptable\".\n\nMeanwhile, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom called the US measures a \"dangerous game\" and said the EU would not \"stay silent\".\n\nThe bloc released a list of tariffs in March - 10 pages of US goods it plans to target:\n\nThe EU plans to target iconic US goods, like Levi's jeans\n\nThe aim is to have the maximum political effect. Kentucky, home to bourbon whiskey, is Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell's state.\n\nOrange juice, meanwhile, is a major export of Florida - a key US swing state.\n\nFrance's junior trade minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said he expects EU counter-measures to be completed by mid-June.\n\nAmerica's southern neighbour also swiftly released a list of products on which it would impose tariffs, \"up to an amount comparable to the level of damage\" of US tariffs.\n\nEconomy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said in a radio interview that the measures would target US products from districts that would cause political difficulties for Mr Trump.\n\nMr Guajardo said Mexico was the top buyer of US aluminium and the second-biggest buyer of US steel, and that \"this kind of thing does not benefit anybody\".\n\nUS tariffs could hit $4bn worth of trade between the two countries.\n\nIn 2009, Mexico imposed higher tariffs on dozens of US products such as apples, frozen potatoes and Christmas trees in a dispute over the access of Mexican trucks to US highways.", "Seven o'clock in the evening is a global sweet spot for wanting to order take-away food, says an international study of internet traffic.\n\nAcademics have examined patterns of looking for food online, such as pizza or Chinese meals, across the UK, US, Canada, Australia and India.\n\nThey found that a similar \"twin peaks\" pattern appeared in all countries - at 7pm in the evening and then at 2am.\n\nThe study suggests ancient \"foraging\" behaviour has now switched online.\n\nThis big data research from biologists at the University of Aberdeen, to be published by the Royal Society, has tracked how the search for food takes place online.\n\nThe study looks at how ancient human patterns of hunger and foraging have moved into the internet era, using Google searches for take-away curries, Chinese meals and pizzas.\n\nThe researchers found that despite big cultural differences, there was a remarkably consistent rhythm of people wanting to find food online at about 7pm.\n\nThere was a second peak of search for food online at 2am, consistent across seasons and geographical locations, say researchers Nicolas Alvarado and Tyler Stevenson from the University of Aberdeen.\n\nIt showed how human biology, such as wanting \"energy balance\" in terms of intake, had switched to the internet age.\n\nDr Stevenson says this 2am peak might raise public health concerns about obesity, with eating food late at night being linked to weight gain.\n\nBut he says the findings also show a new way of studying \"foraging behaviour\" and understanding human motivations about seeking food.\n\n\"All organisms have strategies to locate and consume nutrients and food necessary for survival,\" says Dr Stevenson.\n\nThat primeval hunting instinct has now moved to late-night searching on the wide plains of the internet. Not so much hunting and gathering, as hunting and Googling.", "Facebook shares tumbled by more than 20% on Wednesday after the social media network's revenue and user growth fell short of investor expectations.\n\nThe firm, which is facing backlash for its handling of fake news and privacy, said it had 2.23 billion monthly active users at the end of June.\n\nThis was up 11% on June 2017, the slowest growth in more than two years.\n\nIt also warned investors that spending growth would outstrip revenue gains in 2019, pinching profits.\n\nFacebook said it expected revenue gains to slow, as people make use of new options to limit advertising and less profitable overseas markets drive growth.\n\nThe firm also plans to spend billions to improve the way it monitors content, tracks advertisers and treats user data - areas where it has faced regulator scrutiny.\n\nThe firm, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, is also investing in new features, such as virtual reality and video.\n\nShares in Facebook initially fell about 12% in after-hours trade in New York, but losses accelerated as the firm outlined its spending plans.\n\nDaniel Ives, chief strategy officer at GBH Insights, said the firm's forecast was \"nightmareish\".\n\n\"They gave a very disappointing outlook for the second half of the year and 2019 and that's going to significantly weigh on the stock in the near term,\" he said.\n\nFacebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has appeared before regulators this year\n\nThis is hardly Armageddon for Mark Zuckerberg.\n\nOn the whole, people are apparently not deserting Facebook. Monthly active users - ie those who interact at least once a month - were steady in the US, down ever-so-slightly in Europe, and up everywhere else.\n\nBut for a company used to growing those numbers handsomely throughout the year, a lack of meaningful growth will cause concern, if not panic.\n\nSadly the company doesn't break down its Europe numbers into anything more granular - which means we can't see the effect the Cambridge Analytica scandal had on British users.\n\nAnalysts tell me they consider Cambridge Analytica a \"blip\" in Facebook's history, though another quarter like this one would be even more impactful than what we saw during Wednesday's after hours trading.\n\nDuring its earnings call, Facebook warned investors to brace themselves: it doesn't expect revenue growth to improve for at least the rest of this year.\n\nFacebook profits in the quarter were $5.1bn, up 31% from the same period in 2017.\n\nRevenue was $13.2bn, up 42% year-on-year, but expenses grew even faster, rising 50% to about $7.4bn.\n\nUser growth has flattened in the US and Canada, key markets for the company due to the high prices ads there command.\n\nThe number of EU users fell amid the rollout of tighter privacy regulations, though Facebook continued to attract new users in countries like Indonesia.\n\nMr Ives said the popularity of Instagram should help Facebook to blunt fallout from challenges at its namesake network.\n\nIn February, the research firm eMarketer estimated that the number of Facebook users under the age of 25 would fall by about 2 million this year.\n\nBut it forecast that Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, would add about 1.6 million users in that age range in 2018.", "Mrs A has spent tens of thousands of pounds a week in Harrods on luxury goods\n\nThe fugitive wife of a \"fat cat banker\" who's spent £16m in Harrods is battling to keep her London mansion after the UK's first use of a new power to combat international corruption.\n\nThe woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is challenging a demand by the National Crime Agency that she reveal the source of her wealth or face losing her British properties.\n\nThe hearing at the High Court is the first time the agency has used an \"Unexplained Wealth Order\" to force a suspected corrupt foreign official and his family to account for their riches.\n\nThe NCA wants the couple to explain how two properties worth £22m were bought, amid suspicions the cash was stolen by the woman's husband while he was working for a state bank in their home country.\n\nIf the woman fails to overturn the court order, or fails to prove she is legitimately wealthy, the NCA can ask the courts to seize the homes.\n\nUnexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) came into force earlier this year to help investigators identify and seize British property suspected to have been bought by cash laundered by corrupt foreign politicians and officials.\n\nThe power was introduced because it's difficult for agencies to prove how these suspects obtained their wealth overseas - and that makes criminal prosecutions almost impossible.\n\nDuring the first challenge to an UWO, the High Court revealed that \"Mrs A\" is the wife of a state banker from a \"non-EEA country\", that also cannot be named for legal reasons.\n\nThe couple have an estimated wealth of more than £55m ($72.5m), and 10 years ago, Mr A applied to settle in the UK under the visa scheme for wealthy investors.\n\nThe first London property was bought the following year - but Mr A was subsequently jailed overseas after being convicted of a major fraud.\n\nMrs A is also wanted for trial - but has been living what the court heard was an \"extravagant\" lifestyle in the UK, spending the vast sums her husband allegedly embezzled.\n\nJonathan Hall QC, for the NCA, told the court that Mrs A had spent £16m in Harrods over 10 years.\n\nMr and Mrs A cannot be identified for legal reasons\n\nEach week, she'd spent tens of thousands of pounds on luxury goods. Her child has their own share fund worth £15m.\n\nMrs A has claimed in court papers that her wealth comes from her husband's successful overseas enterprises.\n\nBut the court heard this claim is not supported in confidential papers or online profiles of the banker.\n\nMr Hall said: \"It's an astonishing omission that if he were a titan of business, that there is no reference [on websites] to his successful business.\"\n\nJames Lewis QC, appearing for Mrs A, said the NCA's demand that she account for her wealth was unjustified and the agency had misrepresented her husband's career.\n\nFar from being a modestly-paid banker, Mr Lewis said that Mr A had been a stereotypical \"fat cat international banker\", similar to many others in the private sector.\n\nHe'd been the victim of an unfair trial and a major miscarriage of justice, the lawyer said.\n\n\"The reality is [the NCA] have to wait years for him to come out of prison. They cannot [seek to seize the homes] when he is unable to participate. She can't call the witness she needs.\"\n\nIf the UWO against Mrs A stands, it's likely to pave the way for more orders against suspects, including Russian oligarchs and corrupt former politicians from Africa, with property in Britain.", "It will take over a century for the poorest pupils to catch up with their classmates at GCSE level in England if things stay as they are, a study says.\n\nThe Education Policy Institute report found little change since 2011 in what is known as the disadvantage gap.\n\nWhen English and maths GCSE results are compared, the gap between those on the pupil premium and others shrunk by 0.1 of a month to 18 months in 2016-17.\n\nIn this study, the achievement gap is measured in months of achievement.\n\nThe score for 2017 indicates children who have been eligible for the pupil premium - those whose families earn less than £16,000 or are on certain benefits - are about a year and a half behind their more financially stable peers in their achievements.\n\nEPI researchers found the gap between these two groups of pupils was already at 4.3 months in the early years and had grown to 9.4 months by the end of primary school.\n\nIn secondary school, they based their study on GCSE results in English and maths, rather than a broader range of subjects, to mitigate against the effects of exam changes.\n\nThey said this was a more reliable indicator of the gap in recent years as GCSE entry patterns had been changing and had the potential to distort the results.\n\n\"In order to assess whether the gap is now closing faster or slower than previously, we have created a projection of how long it will take the GCSE English and maths gap to close based on the most recent five years of data,\" the report says.\n\n\"To put the latest year's reduction in the GCSE English and maths gap into context using our projections, if the gap had continued to close at the same rate as it did in the five years to 2016, we would have expected it to close entirely by 2103.\n\n\"But the slowing down in the five years to 2017 means that we would now expect it to close in 2155 - setting us back over 50 years.\n\n\"Based on current trends, it would take well over 100 years for the disadvantage gap in English and maths to close.\"\n\nTo tackle the situation, the report calls for equal access to high quality nurseries and childcare, a quality and stable teaching work force and a new priority on pupil wellbeing.\n\nIt also calls for \"early and sustained additional support for those who need it\".\n\nChildren and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi said closing the attainment gap to make sure every child fulfils their potential is a key priority for this government.\n\n\"In fact, the gap has closed by 3.2% in the last year alone - one of the highest reductions we've seen since 2011.\n\n\"To ensure this continues, we are targeting support at some of the poorest areas of the country with our £72m Opportunity Areas programme, our Social Mobility Action Plan is focusing £800 million of resources on helping disadvantaged children including new programmes to improve early language and literacy skills before they start school.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a dam in Laos collapsed late on Monday, flooding several villages and killing at least 20 people.\n\nAt least 100 people are still missing, and thousands have lost their homes.\n\nThe authorities in Attapeu province have been using helicopters and boats to try to evacuate stranded villagers.\n\nThe dam that collapsed is part of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project, which involves Laotian, Thai and South Korean firms.\n\nLocal authorities have appealed to government bodies and other communities to provide emergency aid such as clothing, food, drinking water and medicine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Villagers seek refuge on roofs of submerged homes in Laos\n\nFootage of the disaster has shown survivors huddled on roof tops of their submerged homes, or wading through water, holding children and their belongings.\n\nOne woman, seen in a video posted by ABC Laos news on Facebook, cried and prayed as she was evacuated on a boat, telling rescuers her mother was still stranded on a tree.\n\nThe dam that collapsed is an auxiliary dam called \"Saddle Dam D\". It is part of a network of two main dams and five subsidiary dams in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project.\n\nThe dam was 90% complete and had been set to start operating commercially next year.\n\nSK Engineering & Construction, a South Korean company with a stake in the project, said fractures were first discovered on the dam on Sunday, before it collapsed:\n\nRatchaburi Electricity Generating Holding, the main Thai stakeholder, said in a statement that the dam \"was fractured\" after \"continuous rainstorm[s]\" caused a \"high volume of water to flow into the project's reservoir\".\n\nAs a result, water \"leaked to the downstream area and down to Xe-Pian River\" about 5km (three miles) away, it added.\n\nLaos has in recent years invested heavily in hydroelectric power - which makes up about 30% of its exports.\n\nThe government plans to double current energy production by 2020 to become the \"battery of South East Asia\".\n\nBut groups warn of the project's impact on the environment and the nations the river supports.", "Katerina Pantelidis tells the BBC's Gavin Lee how she survived the devastating wildfires in Greece.\n\nHigh winds spread the fire, trapping many in homes and vehicles and forcing others into the sea as they tried to escape the flames.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab says there is some 'shifting of Whitehall deckchairs'\n\nTheresa May is taking personal control of Brexit talks with the EU, with Dominic Raab deputising for her.\n\nMr Raab was drafted in as Brexit Secretary to replace David Davis, who quit in protest at the prime minister's proposals for post-Brexit trade.\n\nA special unit in Mrs May's office has played an increasing role in Brexit talks during recent months.\n\nTuesday's announcement, in a written statement by Mrs May, formalises that shift in responsibility.\n\nLabour's Shadow Brexit Minister Jenny Chapman said: \"Dominic Raab has been sidelined by the prime minister before he has even had the chance to get his feet under the table.\"\n\nMr Raab, who was a leading figure in the Leave campaign in the 2016 EU referendum, insisted he had not been sidelined, telling MPs it had always been the case that Mrs May was in overall charge of the talks and the announcement amounted to some \"shifting of the Whitehall deckchairs\".\n\nHe said the prime minister had suggested the changes to him on the day he was offered David Davis's job and he had agreed to them.\n\nHe acknowledged there had previously been \"tensions\" between his department and the Cabinet Office and the changes would ensure there was \"one chain of command\" to \"get the best possible deal\".\n\nStewart Jackson, who was chief of staff for David Davis before he resigned two weeks ago, has previously accused Number 10 of running a \"shadow, parallel operation\" and keeping officials and ministers from the Brexit department \"in the dark\" about Brexit proposals.\n\nThe Europe Unit led by senior civil servant Olly Robbins in the Cabinet Office, which reports directly to the prime minister, will have \"overall responsibility for the preparation and conduct of the negotiations\", Mrs May said in her written statement.\n\n\"DExEU (the Department for Exiting the EU) will continue to lead on all of the government's preparations for Brexit: domestic preparations in both a deal and a no-deal scenario, all of the necessary legislation, and preparations for the negotiations to implement the detail of the Future Framework.\n\n\"I will lead the negotiations with the European Union, with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union deputising on my behalf.\"\n\nMrs May said that DExEU would recruit some new staff to work on preparations for Brexit, while a number of Cabinet Office officials would move over to the department.\n\nThere will be no net reduction to staff numbers in Mr Raab's department, she said.\n\nMr Raab told MPs on the Brexit committee, he would be going back out to Brussels shortly to continue talks with EU negotiator Michel Barnier, alongside Mr Robbins.\n\nConservative MP Craig Mackinlay suggested a \"coup\" had taken place to take control of the Brexit process away from David Davis.\n\nMr Robbins said: \"I honestly don't recognise the picture you are painting.\"\n\nTheresa May with EU negotiating chief Michel Barnier (right) in December\n\nIt comes as the government published a White Paper saying how the UK's EU withdrawal agreement will be put into law.\n\nMr Raab said the proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill would deliver a \"smooth and orderly\" Brexit.\n\nHe said it would kick in only once MPs had given their backing to any deal struck with Brussels in the autumn. If there is no deal it will not be enacted.\n\nThe legislation would amend some parts of the EU Withdrawal Bill, passed last month after a series of knife-edge votes, to ensure the UK statute book continues to function during the 21 month transition period.\n\nIt would not end the supremacy of EU law altogether on 29 March next year, as promised in the EU Withdrawal Bill, with the continued jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice until December 2020, among other things.\n\nLabour's Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said it was now clear that the EU Withdrawal Act \"will need major surgery,\" adding that the 29 March Brexit day was a \"gimmick\" which had come \"unstuck\".\n\n\"I can't remember legislation which has needed such great revision and amendment before the relevant parts have even come into force,\" he told MPs.\n\nThe new bill would create a financial authority to manage \"divorce\" payments, which will total between £35bn and £39bn, to the EU - and aim to protect citizens' rights.\n\nMr Raab told MPs: \"It provides the clarity and certainty to EU citizens living here and UK nationals abroad that their rights will be properly protected.\n\n\"It will enact a time-limited implementation period, giving businesses greater certainty, giving the public finality with respect to our relationship with the EU and it provides for the appropriate means for paying the financial settlement.\n\n\"Above all, with 80% of the withdrawal agreement settled with our EU friends, the white paper is another key milestone on the UK's path to leaving the EU.\"\n\nHe said the publication of the white paper will allow \"maximum scrutiny\" of the government's plans by Parliament.\n\n\"It also sends a clear signal to the European Union that the United Kingdom is a reliable, dependable negotiating partner, delivering on the commitments it has made across the negotiation table,\" he told MPs.\n\nIn a separate development, the UK government guaranteed funding for EU programmes run by UK charities, businesses and universities up to the end of 2020, even if the UK left without a deal.", "Businesses, government and regulators are failing to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace, say MPs.\n\nThe Parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee has published a five-point plan to deal with the problem.\n\nIt follows a BBC survey that found 53% of women and 20% of men said they had experienced sexual harassment at work.\n\nChair of the committee, Maria Miller MP, said: \"Government, regulators and employers have been dodging their responsibilities for far too long.\"\n\n\"There is considerable focus on other corporate governance issues like protecting people's personal data and preventing money laundering.\n\n\"It's time to put the same emphasis on tackling sexual harassment.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLast year's ComRes poll for BBC Radio 5 suggests of those who had been harassed one in 10 women had been sexually assaulted, more than a quarter had suffered harassment in the form of inappropriate jokes or \"banter\" and nearly one in seven had suffered inappropriate touching.\n\nIt found that of the women who had been harassed, 63% said they didn't report it to anyone, and 79% of the male victims kept it to themselves.\n\nThe Committee heard evidence from experts on employment and law and also from Harvey Weinstein's former assistant, Zelda Perkins, who described the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) she had to sign after leaving the film company Miramax as \"morally lacking\".\n\nHarvey Weinstein's former assistant, Zelda Perkins gave evidence to the committee\n\nShe told the committee: \"There cannot be a legal document that protects criminal behaviour,\"\n\nThe report said that NDAs are used unethically by some employers and some members of the legal profession to silence victims of sexual harassment.\n\nMs Miller said: \"NDAs have their place in settling complaints, but they must not be used to prevent or dissuade victims from reporting incidents as is clearly the case now. We expect proper regulation of NDAs and that any unethical practices lead to strong and appropriate sanctions.\"\n\nTUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: \"Sexual harassment has a huge impact on women's lives and careers. The TUC supports making employers responsible for preventing sexual harassment.\n\n\"It's good to see the committee recommend long-overdue reforms to the tribunal system so that it works for victims of sexual harassment, and a new code of practice for employers too.\"\n\nMs Miller said that enforcement through tribunals was inadequate. She said: \"The burden falls unacceptably on the individual to hold harassers and employers to account when they will already hesitate to do so due to fear of victimisation.\"", "Wildfires have killed at least 74 people in Greece.\n\nIt is Greece's worst fire disaster since 2007, when dozens of people were killed in the southern Peloponnese peninsula.", "(L-R) Alan McDonald, Brendan Bartley and Darryl Councillor are back in custody\n\nNine of 10 prisoners who escaped from an Australian jail on Tuesday have been recaptured, police say.\n\nThe men had broken out of Greenough Regional Prison, 400km (250 miles) north of Perth, during what staff described as \"a riot\".\n\nIt prompted police to send text messages to the public, warning them to treat the men as \"unpredictable\".\n\nPolice said on Wednesday that only one prisoner, 35-year-old Bradley Silvester, remained at large.\n\nThe 10 medium security inmates had used ladders to escape the jail during a disturbance late on Tuesday, prison officials said.\n\n\"[The disturbance] started with a cell fire and then there were a couple of other fires lit in the prison,\" Corrective Services Commissioner Tony Hassall told The West Australian newspaper.\n\n\"They broke into some staff offices, got some equipment and used that to cause some damage.\"\n\nHe said inmates had also assaulted prison officers with unidentified equipment. According to the officers' union, three guards were attacked with chemical spray.\n\n\"Our members are describing the incident as a riot,\" union secretary Paul Ledingham told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.\n\n\"Reports this morning are there is extensive, extensive damage within the prison.\"\n\nMore than 150 extra police officers were deployed to the region to help track down the escapees.\n\nWestern Australia Premier Mark McGowan called it a \"very dangerous and very fluid situation\".\n\nLocals were sent late-night messages after the breakout, warning them to keep their homes and cars locked.\n\nFive prisoners were recaptured on Tuesday. Another four - Devon Comeagain, Alan McDonald, Brendan Bartley and Darryl Councillor - were returned to custody on Wednesday.\n\nAuthorities did not say what sparked the disturbance. Union officials have alleged that the jail is overcrowded, with \"unsustainable\" levels of staffing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nArron Banks paid thousands of pounds into a government minister's private bank account while seeking a licence to prospect for diamonds in the Kingdom of Lesotho, it has emerged.\n\nThe tycoon acknowledges he gave money to the politician but says it was to help fund his political campaigning.\n\nAn anti-corruption investigator is now probing the alleged link in light of evidence gathered by the BBC.\n\nPaul O'Sullivan, who has the authority to file a criminal case with the prosecutor, said there was a \"serious lack of transparency\".\n\nThe evidence discovered by the BBC focuses on the relationship Mr Banks had with the leader of the Basotho National Party (BNP), Thesele Maseribane.\n\nMr Maseribane - who is also a government minister - admitted that Mr Banks, the Bristol-based businessman, transferred £65,000 into his personal bank account in South Africa.\n\nHe defended the transaction, saying: \"Lesotho is overcome with corruption. I'm not saying my party is, but what I'm saying is we should try and practise a very fair policy.\"\n\nNot only did Mr Banks transfer money to the party leader in 2013, he also covered the costs of campaign rallies, spending £350,000.\n\nAt around the same time, Mr Banks was seeking a prospecting licence for his mining site along the Senqu River in the south of Lesotho.\n\nHe also financially supported Mr Maseribane whilst he was in exile following a military coup in 2014, paying for his accommodation and food.\n\nWhen the BBC visited the Senqu River site, its manager Dirk Veldtman said it was now closing because of a lack of diamonds. In fact, only six diamonds were found in three years, at an estimated value of £28,000.\n\nHe said it was very difficult to secure mining permits and that it helped to \"grease palms\" of various government officials.\n\nEmail excerpts seen by the BBC show that several weeks after £16,000 was transferred into Mr Maseribane's account, Mr Banks' application for a prospecting licence was approved in 2014.\n\nThe BBC showed these interviews to Mr O'Sullivan, a high-profile anti-corruption investigator based in South Africa.\n\nHe said: \"If you are paying the rent, buying food, and financially supporting politicians who could influence and further your own business interests, then there are clear signs of corruption at play.\n\n\"Putting money into the private bank account of a government minister also raises questions. There is a serious lack of transparency.\n\n\"I will be filing a docket, a criminal complaint here in South Africa and I will be sending a file to the Serious Fraud Office in the UK.\"\n\nMr Banks admitted financing Mr Maseribane, but denied that this amounted to corruption.\n\nHe said it was necessary to \"grease palms\" in Lesotho to get things done through government, but denied ever having done that.\n\nHe said his company had made four applications for mining licences, all of which are outstanding. However, he did not deny that Mr Maseribane had spoken to the mining minister on his behalf and that a prospecting licence had been granted in 2014.", "Wildfires in Greece's Attica region have killed dozens of people.\n\nMany of the victims were trapped in the village of Mati, 40km (25 miles) north-east of Athens, and died either in their homes or their cars. This village in the Rafina region is popular with tourists.\n\nSmoke rises over a motorway in Neo Voutsa, a suburb of Athens\n\nThe sky turned orange as smoke spread over the beach town of Kineta in west Attica\n\nA firefighting helicopter flies over the town of Rafina on Attica's eastern coast, where fires are a recurring problem in the summer\n\nGreece's prime minister has declared a state of emergency in Attica.\n\nThe government has asked other EU countries for helicopters and additional firefighters\n\nThe fire was particularly deadly in Mati, where 26 bodies were found just 15m (50ft) from the sea\n\nEmergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate residents and tourists stranded along the coast\n\nPeople ran into the water to escape the blaze\n\nWith temperatures set to soar again, Greece is in a race against time to get the fires under control\n\nA spokesperson for the International Federation of the Red Cross told the BBC some people had lost everything", "Fiona Onasanya was elected as the MP for Peterborough in 2017\n\nA Labour MP has been charged with perverting the course of justice over allegedly lying about who was behind the wheel of a speeding vehicle.\n\nPeterborough MP Fiona Onasanya appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 12 July charged with the offence.\n\nThe 34-year-old faces two counts of perverting the course of justice. Her brother Festus Onasanya, 33, faces three counts of the same offence.\n\nThey are both due to appear at the Old Bailey on 13 August.\n\nMr Onasanya, of Cambridge, is jointly charged with his sister on the two counts she faces relating to incidents on 24 July 2017 and 23 August 2017.\n\nThe charges allege they intended to pervert the course of justice by driving a vehicle in excess of the speed limit, falsely informing the investigating authorities that a third party had been the driver and enabling them, as a consequence, to avoid such prosecution and punishment.\n\nDuring the July incident, Ms Onasanya is alleged to have been driving - and during the August incident, her brother is alleged to have been driving.\n\nThe single count that Mr Onasanya faces relates to an incident on 17 June 2017.\n\nThe BBC has contacted the office of Ms Onasanya, who won her seat in 2017.\n\nA Labour Party spokesman said: \"It would not be appropriate to comment on an ongoing case.\"\n\nMs Onasanya, who was a solicitor before being elected to Parliament, is a Labour whip, meaning she is responsible for party discipline.\n\nShe won the Peterborough seat with a majority of just 607 votes, ousting Tory Stewart Jackson.\n\nMr Jackson then took up a role as David Davis's chief of staff until the then Brexit secretary quit earlier this month.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Curiosity rover carries an onboard lab to measure the chemistry of the atmosphere\n\nIt may only be a very small part of Mars' atmosphere but methane waxes and wanes with the seasons, scientists say.\n\nThe discovery made by the Curiosity rover is important because it helps narrow the likely sources of the gas.\n\nOn Earth, those sources largely involve biological emissions - from wetlands, paddy fields, livestock and the like.\n\nNo-one can yet tie a life signature to Mars' methane, but the nature of its seasonal behaviour probably rules out some geological explanations for it.\n\n\"For the first time in the history of Mars methane measurements, we have something that's repeatable,\" said Dr Chris Webster, a US space agency (Nasa) scientist working on Curiosity.\n\n\"It's like trying to find a fault on your car. If it's intermittent you can never solve it, but if you've got some repeatability you've got some chance of understanding it,\" he told BBC News.\n\nMethane in Mars' atmosphere is a fascinating topic. The gas is short-lived so the fact that it persists in the planet's air points to a constant, on-going source - and given CH₄'s link to biology on Earth, scientists need to get to the bottom of this martian mystery.\n\nEver since it landed in the Red Planet's equatorial Gale Crater in 2012, Curiosity has been sniffing the air for methane.\n\nThe roving robotic laboratory has seen wafts where the concentration has risen upwards of seven parts per billion (ppb) (by comparison, on Earth it is about 1,860ppb). But over the past few years, the one-tonne vehicle has also been tracking the general background trend.\n\nIt is this behaviour that Dr Webster and colleagues report in Science Magazine this week.\n\nOn Earth, subsurface methane can be stored in a \"flammable ice\". On Mars?\n\nThey show methane rises from just above 0.2ppb in the northern hemisphere winter to a fraction over 0.6ppb in the summer.\n\nThe team's best explanation is that methane is seeping up from underground, perhaps from stored ices, and is then being released when surface soils are warmed.\n\nThe team cannot positively identify the origin of the methane, but the researchers think they can close down one particular mechanism for its production.\n\nThis involves sunlight breaking up carbon-rich (organic) molecules that have fallen to the planet's surface in meteorites.\n\nThe variation in ultraviolet light over the course of the seasons is not big enough to drive the scale of the change seen in the methane concentration, says Dr Webster.\n\n\"We know the intensity of the Sun and this mechanism should produce only a 20% increase in methane during the summer, but we're seeing it increase by a factor of three,\" he explained.\n\nArtwork: Esa has a new satellite in orbit designed to map methane across the planet\n\nAll this leaves open the question of what type of sub-surface reservoir is feeding the release - whether it derives from some other geochemical process or is the product of microbial activity; whether it is newly minted methane or some ancient store.\n\n\"We can't distinguish; but importantly we still can't rule out a biological contribution,\" Dr Webster told BBC News.\n\nThe European Space Agency (Esa) has a new satellite at Mars known as the Trace Gas Orbiter. This started a global search for methane in the atmosphere during the past fortnight.\n\nIt is possible the probe might be able to detect places on the planet where the gas is being emitted in larger quantities.\n\nIf such a location can be identified, some future mission could then visit it with the sensitive analytical tools needed to determine whether the CH₄ is the kind normally associated with life. On Earth, biology has a preference to incorporate the lighter form of carbon atom when making the molecule.\n\nA second paper published in the same edition of Science Magazine describes some of the new types of organic molecules that Curiosity has found inside Gale Crater's rocks.\n\nOnce again, like methane, organics are not a direct indicator of life - but life cannot exist without such molecules, DNA and proteins being good examples.\n\nThe story of organics on Mars is therefore of enormous interest if the presence of life is to be confirmed, if only in the long-distant past.\n\nThe Curiosity team has previously reported pretty simple carbon-rich compounds - what are termed chlorinated hydrocarbons because of their inclusion of chlorine atoms in their carbon-hydrogen structures. The new molecules, drilled from three-billion-year-old mudstones that were laid down in a lake environment, are more diverse and more complex.\n\nThey include thiophenes, which are a class that have sulphur atoms bonded into their structures; and that is important because the sulphur aids preservation.\n\nIf, as the team believes, the molecules Curiosity is seeing are mere fragments of much larger forms, this bodes well for those future missions that can drill deeper into the planet's surface. An Esa rover aims to do just this in 2021.\n\n\"ExoMars is going to go deep - 2m deep,\" explained the Science paper's lead author, Dr Jennifer Eigenbrode. \"That gives it the possibility of encountering rocks that have not been exposed to any significant (degradation from) ionising radiation at the surface.\n\n\"ExoMars has a chance of discovering extant life. But, even if it doesn't, just understanding the change of organic matter from the surface to what's at depth is going to be hugely revealing.\n\n\"I've no doubt that humans when they get to Mars are going to want to try farming. And if they do, they're going to need a source of organic matter,\" she told BBC News.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "The man who found the bottle of the nerve agent Novichok which killed his partner said it was in a glass bottle within an \"expensive-looking\" box.\n\nCharlie Rowley, who was also poisoned, said he gave his partner Dawn Sturgess the box - which he believed to be perfume - as a present.\n\nSpeaking to ITV News, he said Ms Sturgess grew ill within 15 minutes of spraying the substance on her hands.\n\nMs Sturgess, 44, died a week later on 8 July in Salisbury Hospital.\n\nMr Rowley was discharged from the same hospital on Friday, 20 July, three weeks after being exposed to the nerve agent.\n\nThe 45-year-old believes he had the glass bottle at his home for a couple of days before giving it to his partner.\n\nHe described the bottle as having a plastic dispenser which was held in a cardboard box with a plastic moulding.\n\nHe said it looked expensive and that Ms Sturgess recognised the brand on the box.\n\nIn an interview with ITV News, he said: \"I do have a memory of her spraying it on her wrists and rubbing them together.\n\n\"I guess that's how she applied it and became ill. I guess how I got in contact with it is when I put the spray part to the bottle... I ended tipping some on my hands, but I washed it off under the tap.\n\nPolice outside the home of Charlie Rowley in Amesbury, Wiltshire\n\n\"It had an oily substance and I smelled it and it didn't smell of perfume. It felt oily. I washed it off and I didn't think anything of it. It all happened so quick.\"\n\n\"Within 15 minutes Dawn said she had a headache.\n\n\"She asked me if I had any headache tablets. In that time she said she felt peculiar and needed to lie down in the bath.\n\n\"I went into the bathroom and found her in the bath, fully clothed, in a very ill state.\"\n\nHe said he felt to blame for what happened but also attacked the \"irresponsible people\" who left the poison behind for others to pick up.\n\n\"It was just so unfortunate. I'm very angry at the whole incident,\" added Mr Rowley who was himself hospitalised after coming into contact with the substance.\n\nRemembering his partner he said she was a \"lovely lady\" and a \"wonderful woman\" who had been planning to move to Amesbury from her sheltered accommodation in Salisbury.\n\nSergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, are still recovering from exposure to Novichok\n\nThe poisoning of Mr Rowley and Ms Sturgess came four months after the case of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.\n\nThe pair were found unconscious on a park bench having come into contact with Novichok.\n\nPolice are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on Russian former spy Mr Skripal and his daughter.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Paul Mills of Wiltshire Police said on Tuesday that they may \"never be able to tell\" whether there is \"anything else out there\".\n\nHe said that police were using \"intelligence-led\" methods to uncover the places visited by people who have come into contact with Novichok, and then conducting \"meticulous\" searches.\n\nPublic Health England has advised people living in the Salisbury and Amesbury area not to pick up items such as syringes, needles, cosmetics or objects made of plastic, metal, or glass.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The trade war between the US and China is escalating\n\nThe Trump administration has unveiled a $12bn (£9.1bn) plan aimed at helping US farmers hurt by the intensifying trade war.\n\nThe aid is intended to protect the industry as countries raise taxes on US products such as soybeans in response to the president's new tariffs.\n\nThe US plans to provide subsidies to farmers and buy unsold crops, among other measures.\n\nMr Trump has said his tariffs - which he described on Tuesday in a tweet as \"the greatest\" - are intended to pressure countries to change their policies toward US exports.\n\nIn a speech on Tuesday, he said farmers would be the \"biggest beneficiary\" of the disputes after countries strike new trade deals.\n\nBut the agriculture industry, which draws about 20% of its income from exports, said the president's approach is hurting demand for its goods and causing long term damage to relationships with buyers.\n\nPrices for soybeans have already fallen by more than 15% since April, when China - a major buyer of the crop - announced its plans to retaliate.\n\n\"Farmers need stable markets to plan for the future,\" said Brian Kuehl, executive director of the industry group Farmers for Free Trade, which represents pork producers, corn growers and others.\n\n\"As such, we urge the administration to take immediate action to stop the trade war and get back to opening new markets.\"\n\nMost of the $12bn in aid will go direct to farmers\n\nMarch: US announces tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium. The US imported roughly $46bn of the two metals in 2017.\n\nApril: China retaliates for metals tariffs by raising duties on $3bn-worth of US products.\n\nJune: Exemptions to US metals tariffs for EU, Canada and Mexico expire. The three countries retaliate with tariffs on a total of almost $20bn in US products.\n\nJuly: US and China impose tit-for-tat tariffs of $34bn on the other country's products. A second round of $16bn-worth of tariffs on goods is delayed.\n\nComing up: The US is also considering additional tariffs of more than $200bn on Chinese products, as well as duties on foreign cars and car parts, which represent more than $300bn in annual trade. Canada, Mexico and the EU have said they are prepared to respond.\n\nThe US Agriculture Department said it expects losses of about $11bn as a result of the trade disputes.\n\nMuch of the $12bn in emergency relief, which does not need congressional approval, will go towards direct payments to farmers of commodities such as soybeans, sorghum, and wheat, officials said.\n\nThe US also plans to buy crops such as fruits and nuts, distributing them to food banks and other government nutrition programmes.\n\nSome of the money will also go to boosting export efforts.\n\nThe first assistance is expected to be distributed by the beginning of September.\n\nThe programme, which will be deployed using powers created during the Great Depression, is not intended to extend beyond this year, officials said.\n\n\"This is a short-term solution that will give President Trump and his administration time to work on long-term trade deals that benefit agriculture and all sectors of the economy,\" US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.\n\nSome Republicans and even Democrats backed the aid package.\n\nBut industry groups that represent agriculture, as well as politicians from agricultural states, criticised the relief as a short-term solution to a self-inflicted problem.\n\n\"Time and time again I've heard from farmers that they want trade, not aid,\" said Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin.\n\n\"Instead of throwing money at a problem we've helped create, the better option is to take action to make it easier for our farmers - and manufacturers - to sell their goods at fair prices to consumers around the world.\"\n\nSenator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, tweeted on Tuesday: \"If tariffs punish farmers, the answer is not welfare for farmers. The answer is remove the tariffs.\"\n\nSenator Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, said in a statement: \"This trade war is cutting the legs out from under farmers and White House's 'plan' is to spend $12 billion on gold crutches.\"", "Charlie Elphicke is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 September\n\nA Conservative MP has been charged with three counts of sexual assault against two women.\n\nCharlie Elphicke, the MP for Dover, is alleged to have assaulted one woman in 2007 and a second woman twice in 2016.\n\nMr Elphicke, 48, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 September.\n\nA Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said it had made the decision to charge Mr Elphicke \"after reviewing a file of evidence from the Metropolitan Police\".\n\nMr Elphicke will sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons after the Conservative Party again suspended the party whip following the charges.\n\nThe whip was originally suspended in November 2017 after \"serious allegations\" against him were referred to police, but was reinstated in December 2018 ahead of a vote of confidence in Theresa May.\n\nThe Tories' majority in the Commons, where the party has the support of the DUP, is now down to two, with the prospect of a further cut if the party loses a by-election in Brecon and Radnorshire on 1 August.\n\nIn a statement, the MP's solicitor Ellen Peart said: \"Charlie Elphicke has said from the outset that he denies any wrongdoing.\n\n\"He will defend himself vigorously and is confident that he will clear his name.\"\n\nMr Elphicke has represented his constituency since 2010 and was a government whip from 2015 to 2016.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged the home secretary to sanction supervised drug consumption facilities, or \"fix rooms\".\n\nGlasgow City Council first proposed the measure three years ago, but the plan has fallen foul of UK drug laws which are reserved to Westminster.\n\nThe idea is to encourage users to inject drugs in a safe and clean environment rather than on the street.\n\nThe Home Office said there were no plans to allow consumption rooms.\n\nThe appeal for a rethink comes after new figures revealed drug-related deaths in Scotland soared to 1,187 last year, a record level and the highest reported rate per head of population in the EU.\n\nTory Crispin Blunt, Labour's Jeff Smith and crossbench peer Baroness Meacher, along with seven Police and Crime Commissioners, have written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid urging him to allow local authorities to proceed with pilot schemes.\n\nMPs from the SNP, the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats also signed the letter.\n\nGermany has a network of DCRs, including this one in Berlin\n\nThe All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Drug Policy Reform said in the letter that consumption rooms - also known as Overdose Prevention Centres (OPCs) - have been established in many countries with \"good public health results\" and an \"absence of the feared negative consequences\".\n\nThe politicians, who co-chair the group, wrote: \"We and many of our colleagues have been assessing their value as part of local strategies to reduce drug-related deaths and infections (primarily HIV and hepatitis), as well as incidences of public disorder and needle litter.\n\n\"We are supportive of areas that wish to proceed with their implementation.\n\n\"We therefore call on the government to allow the relevant local authorities the discretion to proceed with locally developed, closely evaluated pilots.\"\n\nThe APPG said a refusal to sanction evidence-based interventions which would bring down drug-related deaths appears to be \"complacent and dangerous\".\n\nFormer minister Mr Blunt said: \"The international evidence is clear - Overdose Prevention Centres save lives.\n\n\"We are facing a crisis of drug overdose deaths, and cannot afford to reject initiatives that will help bring the death rate down.\n\n\"Policymakers must urgently escape the simplicity of 'drugs are bad, they are banned' and engage in evidence-based policy and the complexities about how to reduce crime and save lives.\"\n\nThe Skyen drug consumption room is in Copenhagen\n\nOpposition whip Mr Smith added: \"Instead of condemning and marginalising people who use drugs, we need to support and encourage them into treatment, and give them a chance to turn their lives around.\n\n\"Overdose prevention centres (DCRs) are one proven means of doing so. Nobody has ever died of an overdose in one of these centres.\n\n\"If the government thinks there is not currently the legislative framework that would allow them to go ahead, it is their job to change that legislation.\"\n\nBaroness Meacher said: \"This week's shocking figures from Scotland, showing a 27% increase in deaths in just one year, prove that this is a public health crisis.\n\n\"Responsible local authorities are desperate to try new approaches, but are being prevented by a Home Office putting ideology before people's lives.\"\n\nThe Green Party's Caroline Lucas, Liberal Democrat Tom Brake, the SNP's Ronnie Cowan and peers including Baroness Neuberger and Lord Adebowale also signed the letter.\n\nThe Scottish government and a majority of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament have backed the idea of consumption rooms, but the UK government remains opposed, saying they would allow a range of offences to committed.\n\nThe SNP's Ronnie Cowan said: \"Safe consumption rooms are not a magic bullet, but the evidence for their use is overwhelming - with even the Scottish Tory health spokesperson this week admitting they could tackle overdoses.\n\n\"The Home Office's stubborn refusal to even consider trialling their use is a dereliction of duty and leaves the UK Government on the wrong side of history.\n\n\"If the UK government refuse to act to save lives, it's time they devolved the powers so that Scotland can take the steps necessary.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Any death related to drug misuse is a tragedy. Our drug strategy is bringing together police, health, community and global partners to tackle the illicit drug trade, protect the most vulnerable and help those with a drug dependency to recover.\n\n\"The causes of drug misuse are complex and need a range of policy responses and many of the powers to deal with drug dependency such as healthcare, housing and criminal justice are devolved in Scotland.\n\n\"The UK government has been clear that there is no legal framework for the provision of drug consumption rooms and there are no plans to introduce them.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Cricket\n\nWomen's Ashes Test, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day four of four):\n\nAustralia will retain the Women's Ashes as the Test petered out into a draw.\n\nEngland avoided the follow-on and declared on 275-9, but they could not tear through the Australian batting line-up, which finished on 230-7.\n\nEllyse Perry (76 not out) again batted well as the tourists opted not to set England a fourth-innings target.\n\nEngland trail 8-2 in the multi-format series, but could still draw it if they win all three Twenty20 games, beginning in Chelmsford on Friday.\n\nAustralia won all three one-day internationals to open up a 6-0 lead and the two points available for a draw in this four-day Test would guarantee their retention of the Ashes.\n\nThat knowledge was always at the back of their minds as they batted out the game before shaking hands with an hour of scheduled play remaining.\n\nAt the start of the day's play, all four results were still theoretically possible with England on 199-6 behind Australia's 420-8 declared, but as it turned out, the most crucial passage was first up in the best period of the entire Test.\n\nEngland needed 72 to avoid the follow-on and there was more intent to their batting than they had shown on the third evening when their dead-bat tactics were heavily criticised.\n\nThey did lose Shrubsole for 11 and Nat Sciver 12 short of a century, with England still 19 shy of the 271 target.\n\nBut Laura Marsh and Sophie Ecclestone combined stoically for the ninth wicket partnership to get them over the line.\n\nMarsh, who made a brave 28, survived a testing and hostile examination from young quick Tayla Vlaeminck before a cut for four off the left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux ensured Australia would have to bat again.\n\nMarsh took that positive impact with the bat into her bowling and in the space of five balls in the first over after lunch she removed openers Alyssa Healy for 13 and Rachael Haynes for one.\n\nWith Ecclestone causing problems at the other end with her left-arm spin, there were a few tricky moments for Australia.\n\nMeg Lanning and Perry eased any worries with a 50 partnership until the Australia captain somehow dispatched a filthy full toss from Kirstie Gordon straight to Georgia Elwiss at cover.\n\nEngland captain Heather Knight brought herself on for a rare bowl and claimed the wicket of Jess Jonassen (37) but Perry continued on her own serene way.\n\nShe eventually finished unbeaten on 76, and 192 runs for the match, after her first-innings century as she showed why she is a cut above the rest in women's cricket.\n• None How far are England behind Australia?\n• None Quiz: Test your knowledge of the Women's Ashes\n\nAustralia pass on chance to tee up drama\n\nAustralia were under no obligation to set any kind of target for England to chase in the fourth innings, but there was a slight disappointment about their cautious attitude.\n\nA run rate of 3.46 from 35 overs in the afternoon session when they had the chance to put their foot on their accelerator did not suggest a team in a desperate hurry to win the game.\n\nWhen they returned to bat after tea, their intentions were clear and the game drifted to its conclusion, in what was the first women's Test since these two sides met at North Sydney Oval in November 2017.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Prof Dame Sally Davies said people should not be taken in by vaccine myths on social media\n\nCountries must work together to tackle global health risks, England's outgoing chief medical officer has said.\n\nIn her final annual report, Prof Dame Sally Davies said focusing on domestic issues could risk failing to control global threats such as Ebola.\n\nAnd she said learning from other countries would also ensure the NHS was not left behind.\n\nAfter nine years as CMO, she is to become Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge.\n\nProf Davies said: \"Investing in global health is the smart thing to do because it is in our mutual interest. It creates a better world for us and for future generations.\n\n\"It helps to keep our population safe.\n\n\"We should invest in systems and solutions that contribute to making health more equitable, secure and sustainable.\n\n\"What we learn abroad will improve our NHS and support our domestic efforts to make sure no-one in the UK is left behind.\"\n\nDame Sally cited last year's monkeypox outbreak in the UK - the first cases of the disease outside Africa since 2003.\n\nShe said UK collaboration with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control helped to contain and manage the situation, and minimise the public health impact.\n\nAnd, as in the 2014 Sierra Leone outbreak of Ebola, UK experts are helping those dealing with the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\nAnother focus for global health initiatives should be the rise of non-communicable diseases including heart disease, strokes and cancer, said Dame Sally.\n\nThey are set to be the leading causes of death across low-income countries by 2021.", "Carl Beech denied 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nA convicted paedophile has been found guilty of making false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against a string of public figures.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, from Gloucester, was found guilty of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nHis lies led to a £2m Metropolitan Police investigation which ended in no arrests or charges being made.\n\nBeech, who denied the charges, did not react as the verdicts were delivered. He will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nJurors at Newcastle Crown Court took a day to reach their verdicts following a 12-week trial.\n\nKnown in media reports as \"Nick\", Beech accused senior politicians as well as army and security chiefs of sadistic sexual abuse and said he had witnessed boys being murdered in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nOperation Midland, a two-year long Met investigation which resulted from the allegations by the former NSPCC volunteer, closed in March 2016.\n\nIn hours of tearful interviews with police, Beech falsely alleged a paedophile network consisting of establishment figures was operating in London and elsewhere during the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nHe falsely claimed his late stepfather, an Army major, had raped him and passed him on to the public figures to be tortured at military bases and sexually abused.\n\nFormer prime minister Sir Edward Heath, former Labour MP Lord Janner and ex-MI6 boss Sir Maurice Oldfield were among those he wrongly accused.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, is due to be sentenced on Friday\n\nBeech also claimed he had been raped by DJ and prolific sexual abuser Jimmy Savile, fraudulently collecting £22,000 compensation.\n\nHe wrongly accused the former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor of being directly involved in the murder of two boys - and also falsely implicated the former head of MI5, Sir Michael Hanley, in one of them.\n\nBeech fabricated another claim about a boy being deliberately run over and suggested that he might have personally witnessed the killing of Martin Allen, who went missing as a teenager in 1979 and whose fate remains unknown.\n\nBeech's allegations led to the homes of several men being raided by police, including those belonging to Normandy veteran Field Marshall Lord Bramall, as well the late Lord Brittan and former Tory MP Mr Proctor.\n\nThe Met publicly described Beech's allegations at the time as \"credible and true\".\n\nLord Brittan died during the investigation without being informed that police had concluded there was no case against him. Lord Bramall's wife of more than 60 years also died in 2015 before she heard her husband had been cleared.\n\nSir Hugh Beach, another D-Day veteran and former general who was falsely accused, told the BBC: \"He is a man who has done enormous damage to totally innocent people who have done him no harm at all. An evil man.\"\n\nThe Met Police's deputy commissioner, Sir Stephen House, accepted his force \"did not get everything right\", but said all officers investigated by the police watchdog in relation to Beech's case had been found to have been working \"in good faith\".\n\nHe said the Met would strive to identify any additional lessons it could learn from the case - adding that sexual offences cases were a \"complex and challenging\" part of police work, particularly when allegations related to historic sex abuse.\n\nAfter a report into Operation Midland by a retired High Court judge, Beech was referred for investigation by Northumbria Police.\n\nDetectives discovered the former paediatric nurse, school governor and hospital inspector was himself a paedophile. In January this year, he pleaded guilty to possessing hundreds of indecent images of children and voyeurism.\n\nSpeaking after the verdict, Mr Proctor called Operation Midland \"a truly disgraceful chapter in the history of British policing\"\n\nHe blamed it on \"internal failings at the highest level\" within the Met Police.\n\nMr Proctor said he had lost his home and his job while he was under suspicion.\n\n\"My livelihood was being torn apart, aided by the police,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe also criticised Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, who met Beech in 2014 and discussed the allegations. Mr Watson \"gave oxygen\" to Beech's allegations, Mr Proctor claimed.\n\nMr Watson defended his role and said he hoped the case does not prevent survivors of child sexual abuse going to the police.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I can understand why Harvey Proctor is very angry and upset but I'm afraid I haven't got anything to apologise to him for.\"\n\nThere was \"absolutely no way\" that he applied pressure \"improperly\" on police and politicians to investigate the case, he said.\n\nMr Proctor also criticised the BBC's journalism on Beech's allegations.\n\nIn 2014, the BBC broadcast an interview with Beech - whose identity was kept hidden at the time - as well as with police investigating the case.\n\nIn a statement issued after the trial verdict, the BBC said it had \"reported serious allegations, in the public interest, which were the basis of a police murder investigation, and which the police later described as 'credible and true'\".\n\nIt added: \"Carl Beech has since been exposed as a fantasist and serial liar, not least by an investigation from the BBC's Panorama.\n\n\"We express our utmost sympathy to those falsely accused by Beech and to the family of Martin Allen.\"\n\nThe now-defunct Exaro news agency also came under attack from Mr Proctor.\n\nThe former MP said the court had heard that Beech had been shown images and locations by journalists Mark Watts and Mark Conrad to \"facilitate his fantasies\" during the investigation.\n\nHe said the journalists, from Exaro should be investigated for \"conspiracy to pervert the course of justice\".\n\nMr Conrad said he had \"every sympathy\" with those falsely accused, but said Beech was never shown any images of alleged abusers before he had named them.\n\nHe said Beech had \"meticulously researched\" his false claims, allowing him to \"misdirect and mislead\" journalists and the police.\n\nMr Watts said there was no evidence of criminal conduct by Exaro and Mr Conrad had shown the images to Beech \"before we knew that there was any prospect\" of police investigating.\n\nHe called for a public inquiry to ensure \"the right lessons\" are learned from the investigation.\n\nAfter the trial, prosecutors said Beech \"revelled in the attention that his tales were attracting\" and \"wanted to be a part of the scene that he was describing\".\n\nJenny Hopkins, head of special crime and counter-terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service said the case was \"unlike any other I have seen in my career\".\n\n\"He is not a fantasist, as some people have described him, nor is he a victim of abuse where there was insufficient evidence to prosecute,\" Ms Hopkins said.\n\nInstead, he was a \"very prolific and manipulative liar\" who \"thrived on being in the limelight\".\n\nShe said: \"He would quite happily have seen innocent men arrested and face the full weight of the law.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has cleared three detectives following an investigation into how the Met Police applied for warrants to raid the homes of Lord Bramall, the late Lord Brittan and Mr Proctor.\n\n\"The allegations Nick made were grave and warranted investigation and we believe those involved in applying for the search warrant acted with due diligence and in good faith at the time,\" the IOPC's Jonathan Green said.\n\nAt a time when his own paedophile activity was hidden, Beech went into primary schools and presented workshops and assemblies about children keeping themselves safe from abuse as a volunteer with the NSPCC.\n\nHe volunteered for the charity's school service department from November 2012 until July 2015, stopping more than a year before police began to investigate him for perverting the course of justice and fraud.\n\nThe NSPCC said Beech had no connection with the charity when the offences came to light.\n\nIt said its volunteers were subject to \"strenuous and thorough\" safeguarding checks, adding: \"We are shocked and appalled by today's verdicts and hope Beech's actions don't prevent other abuse survivors from getting the justice they deserve.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Gove says both leadership candidates care passionately about the planet\n\nMichael Gove has vowed to \"keep shtum\" over who he will vote for in the Tory leadership contest.\n\nThe environment secretary said both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt \"would do a great job for this country\".\n\nHe insisted he wanted to make sure he could give \"100% support\" to whoever becomes the next PM.\n\nMr Gove initially backed Mr Johnson in the 2016 Tory leadership race. Later, though, he decided he was not up to the job and chose to run against him.\n\nAt the time, Mr Gove said he decided to withdraw his support because Mr Johnson was \"not capable\" of leading the party or the country.\n\nShortly afterwards, Mr Johnson pulled out of the leadership contest, which was eventually won by Theresa May.\n\nOne Johnson ally said at the time Mr Gove's actions were \"one of the biggest acts of treachery I have ever seen\".\n\nSpeaking in London on Tuesday, Mr Gove said Mr Johnson had \"championed the environment\" in all his previous roles.\n\n\"As foreign secretary, he's been a powerful and persuasive voice on safeguarding wildlife from exploitation, further protecting our oceans and fighting climate change.\"\n\nHe also praised the work of Mr Johnson's rival, Jeremy Hunt, whom he said had worked to \"safeguard oceans and help to put more international development assistance towards environmental projects\".\n\n\"I know they both would be great prime ministers and I want to affirm today that we can trust them both to do the right thing on every critical issue facing us and of course most critically on the environment.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michael Gove on why he decided that: \"I should stand and Boris should stand aside\"\n\nConservative Party members are currently voting for their choice of leader via postal ballot.\n\nThe winner and next prime minister will be announced on 23 July.\n\nAsked to say who he wanted to win, Mr Gove replied: \"I won't say which of the two candidates I am going to vote for.\n\n\"I want to give whoever wins 100% support so for that reason I'll keep shtum.\"", "Dozens of masked men armed with batons stormed a train station in the Hong Kong district of Yuen Long on Sunday.\n\nFootage posted on social media showed the masked men, all in white T-shirts, violently attacking people on platforms and inside train carriages.\n\nForty-five people were injured, with one person in a critical condition.", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for alleged spying, was kept in solitary confinement and chained to a bed in a psychiatric ward in Tehran, her husband has said.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe said his wife was returned to prison after being discharged from hospital on Saturday.\n\nHe says she described her treatment on the ward as \"proper torture\".\n\nLast month she went on hunger strike for 15 days to protest her detention.\n\nIt comes amid escalating tensions between the UK and Iran over the seizure of oil tankers.\n\nIn a press release, the Free Nazanin Campaign said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, told her husband she was \"broken\" by the experience.\n\nSpeaking to him on the phone on Sunday and Monday, he said she told him: \"They did all they could to me - handcuffs, ankle cuffs, in a private room two by three metres, with thick curtains, and the door closed all the time.\n\n\"I wasn't allowed to leave the room, as I was chained to the bed. It was proper torture. It was tough, and I was struggling.\"\n\nHe said she continued: \"I never thought I would end up there. I always found myself strong, and then finding myself there - it was really traumatising.\n\n\"There was no justification for it. I am cross at them. I am not scared. The amount of scars I got. I have been put through hell.\"\n\nShe was transferred back to Evin prison after breaking out of her bindings and telling security guards she was at risk of self-harming if she had to stay in the hospital, Mr Ratcliffe said.\n\nSpeaking before her return to jail, he said he felt \"euphoric\" when he heard his wife had been moved to a hospital, thinking it could be a prelude to having treatment or even to her release.\n\nHowever, after her father was refused access to visit her in hospital or allowed to speak to her on the phone, the family grew increasingly concerned.\n\nHer admission to the mental health unit came after she went on hunger strike for 15 days last month in protest against her \"unfair imprisonment\".\n\nMr Ratcliffe joined her protest, camping on the pavement outside the Iranian Embassy in London and not eating.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe went on hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London\n\nIn November 2017, then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson faced criticism for suggesting Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was training journalists while in Iran - remarks he later apologised for and clarified, saying he had no doubt she was on holiday there.\n\nFormer Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan, who resigned on Monday over the prospect of Boris Johnson as prime minister, said in his resignation letter he was \"deeply upset\" that discussions about her possible release had come to \"an abrupt halt\" during his time in government.\n\nEarlier this year, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt granted her diplomatic protection in a bid to resolve her case.\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq, who is Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's MP, last week questioned whether the detention of the Iranian Grace 1 oil tanker by Royal Marines was linked to the developments in her case.\n\nIn response, Foreign Office minister Andrew Murrison said: \"I don't believe the two are directly linked.\"\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport in April 2016 and has always said the visit was to introduce her daughter to her relatives.", "G4S made profits of more than £2m per year for running an immigration centre where detainees were filmed being mistreated by staff, a report says.\n\nThe National Audit Office found the security firm made £14.3m profit running Brook House from 2012 to 2018.\n\nThe findings raise serious questions about the Home Office's handling of sensitive contracts, MPs said.\n\nThe Home Office said it had been working to improve leadership, management and training at the centre.\n\nPanorama footage broadcast in September 2017 showed alleged assaults, humiliation and verbal abuse of detainees by officers at the centre, near Gatwick Airport.\n\nIn total, 21 members of staff were identified as part of the Panorama allegations - 12 were later dismissed and three resigned.\n\nThe NAO report found G4S has been making \"significant profits\" on the Brook House contract.\n\nBetween 2012 and 2018, G4S made £14.3m gross profits, (before deducting a share of company overheads, such as human resources), with gross profit rates of between 10% and 20% each year.\n\nIt also pointed to the fact that under the terms of its contract G4S cannot be penalised if staff use excessive force or inappropriate language.\n\nLabour MP Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said the findings raised \"serious questions\" about the Home Office's handling of sensitive contracts and claimed the department's monitoring should have picked up problems sooner.\n\nShe said: \"For G4S to be making up to 20% gross profits on the Brook House contract at the same time as such awful abuse by staff against detainees was taking place is extremely troubling.\n\n\"Given that profits reduced when G4S had to increase staffing and training after the Panorama programme, this raises very serious questions about G4S's running of the centre to make higher profits whilst not having proper staffing, training and safeguarding systems in place.\"\n\nShe confirmed that the committee will further pursue both G4S and the Home Office.\n\nDespite the problems, the NAO found that G4S \"broadly delivered\" on the terms of the contract.\n\nCovert footage was filmed inside Brook House, near Gatwick Airport, for BBC Panorama\n\nA Home Office spokesman said it was making \"significant changes\" to the contracting model.\n\nThey said: \"The Home Office and G4S have been working together and we remain committed to improving leadership, management and training at Brook House.\"\n\nJohn Whitwam, managing director of G4S custodial and detention services, said: \"Building on the significant progress already made at Brook House IRC, we continue to work closely with the Home Office to improve further the services we provide.\"\n\nAccording to the NAO, the Home Office has now concluded that the Brook House contract as written is no longer fit for purpose, given the lack of scope to impose financial penalties and enforce improvements in conditions and treatment.\n\nAny new contract is expected to include new performance measures covering staff recruitment, induction, training, mentoring and culture, and establish a contractual role for the Home Office to monitor the appropriateness of the use of force against detainees and the care of staff and detainees following an incident.", "Jeremy Corbyn has proposed changes to Labour's complaints system to speed up the expulsion of members over anti-Semitism.\n\nHe told his frontbench team he wanted to \"confront this poison\", but the process sometimes took too long.\n\nA statement from shadow cabinet said they supported the proposals, but still backed \"independent oversight\" as well.\n\nLabour said eight party members were expelled in the first six months of 2019 over anti-Semitism allegations.\n\nSome 625 complaints were also received in that same period.\n\nMeanwhile, Labour peers have decided against voting on a no-confidence motion in Mr Corbyn over the issue.\n\nThe developments come as the party launched \"education materials\" - including a leaflet and webpage- to help members confront anti-Semitism.\n\nMr Corbyn said that while only a \"small number\" of members held anti-Semitic views, a larger number did not recognise stereotypes and conspiracy theories.\n\nThe current process for dealing with anti-Semitism allegations sees a disciplinary panel meet to examine claims. If they think there is a case against a member, they refer it to Labour's National Constitutional Committee, which then has the power to suspend or expel individuals.\n\nCritics, including deputy leader Tom Watson, have said the process takes too long and there should be an option to automatically expel people.\n\nA number of members have also called for the process to be made independent from the party.\n\nEarlier this month, the BBC's Panorama revealed claims from a number of former party officials that some of Mr Corbyn's closest allies tried to interfere in disciplinary processes involving allegations of anti-Semitism.\n\nLabour has rejected claims of interference in its disciplinary processes and described the Panorama programme as \"seriously inaccurate\" and \"politically one-sided\".\n\nThe options Mr Corbyn presented to shadow cabinet were:\n\nHe told shadow cabinet he favoured the second option and it would allow for more rapid expulsion in the most serious of cases.\n\nThe shadow cabinet released a statement after the meeting, saying they backed his plan, but the issue of independence had not gone away - although there was a lack of clarification on what this would entail.\n\n\"As part of tackling anti-Semitism, the shadow cabinet has today supported the proposal for summary exclusion outlined by the Labour leader, which he will put to the National Executive Committee,\" they said.\n\n\"The shadow cabinet also supports the proposal to introduce independent oversight of our processes, and will continue to seek to engage with Jewish community organisations to build confidence.\"\n\nJewish groups reacted sceptically to the proposals. Mike Katz, the chair of the Jewish Labour Movement, said he did not trust the National Executive Committee to act impartially.\n\n\"Nothing short of a fully independent process, first asked for by the Jewish community way back in April 2018, is even going to begin to suggest that the party leadership really cares about tackling institutional anti-Jewish racism,\" he said.\n\nBetween January and June 2019, Labour received 625 complaints about members relating to anti-Semitism, and a further 658 complaints about people who weren't in the party.\n\nAfter six NEC meetings in the same period, the committee referred 97 members to the NCC over their cases, handed out 41 official warnings and a further 49 \"reminders of conduct\".\n\nAnd over those six months, the NCC expelled eight people, gave out three extended suspensions, and issued four warnings.\n\nAnother 12 members left the party after being referred to the NCC, and one member's case was unproven.\n\nA Labour spokesman said publishing the figures showed the party's \"commitment to transparency in its efforts to root out bigotry and racism\".\n\nHe added: \"These figures provide a complete and accurate picture and demonstrate that we are taking decisive and robust action against anti-Semitism.\"\n\nEarlier, Mr Corbyn wrote to members about the new education materials regarding anti-Semitism and said it would be the first in a series on \"a number of specific forms of racism and bigotry\".\n\nHe said the scale of the problem within Labour had been exaggerated by \"some of the media\", but the party was \"not immune\" from the problem of anti-Jewish hatred.\n\nLord Desai - a member of the party for 48 years - said it was \"too late now [for] the leadership to start pontificating about what a terrible thing anti-Semitism is\".\n\nHe told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme he had \"no confidence in the leadership\", and was \"very unhappy with the way the Labour Party is going\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHowever, Labour peers as a whole decided on Monday not to pursue a no-confidence vote in Mr Corbyn - although they said the option \"lies on the table\".\n\nIn a statement, the peers said: \"We continue to be dismayed and ashamed by the handling of the anti-Semitism crisis by our party leadership as there is no question that the number of cases has soared over the last four years.\n\n\"We will as a group continue to speak out against anti-Semitism and stand shoulder to shoulder with our Jewish colleagues and brave former staff members and with all those fighting injustice.\"\n\nThe peers have also given their full backing to Baroness Hayter, who was fired from her role as shadow Brexit minister after she compared the leadership' team's refusal to acknowledge criticism to \"the last days of Hitler\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Simon Coveney: Ireland would have to protect its place in the EU single market\n\nIf the new UK prime minister wants to \"tear up\" the existing withdrawal agreement with the EU \"we're in trouble\", Ireland's deputy PM has said.\n\nSimon Coveney said the decision for a no-deal Brexit would be the UK's but added checks \"of some sorts\" would be needed in the Irish Republic.\n\nIreland would have to protect its place in the single market, he told the BBC.\n\nBoth men vying to become UK PM say they want to change the withdrawal deal and, in particular, the so-called backstop.\n\nMr Coveney warned: \"That's a little bit like saying, 'Give me what I want or I'm going to burn the house down for everybody.'\"\n\nHe told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he hoped the UK and EU would negotiate a future relationship that would mean the backstop - designed as an insurance policy to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland - could be avoided.\n\nHowever, he warned it could not be removed from the withdrawal agreement.\n\n\"The EU has made it very clear that we want to engage with the new British prime minister, we want to avoid a no-deal Brexit but the solutions that have been put in place to do that haven't changed,\" Mr Coveney said.\n\n\"If the British government forces a no-deal Brexit on everybody else, the Republic of Ireland will have no choice but to protect its own place in the EU single market. That would fundamentally disrupt the all-Ireland economy.\"\n\nHe said the all-Ireland economy had helped maintain peace on the island of Ireland but that protecting it would \"not be possible\" in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHowever, he added that contingency plans were being drawn up with the European Commission to try to minimise the disruption.\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have said they would keep no deal on the table to strengthen negotiations\n\nBut former Tory leader and Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith said both the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and the Irish prime minister had told him there would be no hard border with Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\n\"I asked, well, lay out what your proposals are - and we'd already proposed alternative arrangements - and basically what was described to me was alternative arrangements - the same thing we'd been talking to them about which would alleviate the idea of necessary checks on the island of Ireland based on what exists at the moment,\" Mr Duncan Smith said.\n\nAnd DUP leader Arlene Foster said she was \"disappointed, but not surprised\" by what Mr Coveney had said, and accused him of trying to \"look tough\" in the eyes of the incoming prime minister.\n\nThe DUP, whose 10 MPs are crucial for the Conservative Party's majority, has said it does not want the UK to leave the EU without a deal, but believes ruling out no-deal would damage the UK's negotiating hand.\n\nMuch of what Simon Coveney had to say today mirrored his warnings in the past.\n\nNo time limit on the backstop, there is wiggle room on the political declaration and no deal would be a disaster for the economy.\n\nBut there was one key difference this time - his intended recipient of the message.\n\nThe Irish government is acutely aware that the incoming prime minister is likely to want to make good on his Brexit strategy.\n\nNo deal is still on the table.\n\nThe Republic of Ireland has managed to keep the EU on board and its backstop argument has not changed - but can it hold the line?\n\nThis was also the clearest interview from Mr Coveney yet - stressing if a no-deal Brexit does happen, the blame rests with Westminster, not Dublin.\n\nDUP leader Arlene Foster hit back that the Irish deputy prime minister was trying to \"look tough\" to the new PM.\n\nIn the coming days, we will likely see much more \"tough talk\" emerging from both sides.\n\nThe withdrawal agreement has been rejected three times by MPs in the Commons, with the backstop a key sticking point among Brexiteers.\n\nThe two men vying to become the next prime minister, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, have said the backstop is \"dead\" - a position seen as increasing the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nIf MPs fail to support a Brexit deal agreed between UK and EU by 31 October, the legal default is to leave with no deal on that date.\n\nBoth contenders to be the next prime minister have said they want to leave on that date and renegotiate with the EU, leaving with a deal.\n\nBut Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson have also said they would keep the possibility of no deal on the table to strengthen negotiations, despite Parliament voting to rule the option out.\n\nMr Johnson has also refused to rule out suspending Parliament to force a no-deal Brexit through.\n\nThis week, MPs backed a bid to make it harder for a new prime minister to do this.\n\nA majority of 41 approved the amendment, with four cabinet ministers, including Chancellor Philip Hammond, abstaining.\n\nDo you have any questions about what would happen in the event of a no-deal Brexit?\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question.", "Thousands of people are marching in Hong Kong in the latest of a series of protests by pro-democracy campaigners.\n\nProtesters ignored the designated finish line, continuing on to China's government headquarters in Hong Kong, where anti-China graffiti was sprayed.\n\nThe BBC's Stephen McDonell was amid the pro-democracy protesters as tear gas began to be fired.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSir Alan Duncan has quit as a Foreign Office minister in protest against a possible Boris Johnson victory in the Conservative leadership race.\n\nIn his resignation letter, Sir Alan described Brexit as \"a dark cloud\".\n\nHe told the BBC he quit to demand an emergency Commons debate to give MPs a chance to say whether they supported Mr Johnson's \"wish to form a government\".\n\nThe request for a debate - which would not constitute a binding no-confidence vote - was rejected by the Speaker.\n\nMr Johnson is the frontrunner in the contest which has seen him go head-to-head with Jeremy Hunt for Tory Party members' votes.\n\nThe ballot closes at 17:00 BST - the winner will be revealed on Tuesday morning and will become prime minister on Wednesday.\n\nSir Alan told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg he did not have any personal animosity towards Mr Johnson and \"wanted him to succeed\".\n\nBut he said he was worried by the ex-foreign secretary's \"fly by the seats of his pants, haphazard\" style and feared Mr Johnson was going to go \"smack into a crisis of government\".\n\nMr Johnson's ability to command the support of a majority of MPs was \"untested and in doubt\", his former colleague said.\n\nBy establishing this one way or another on Tuesday - after the leadership contest result was announced but before the winner took office - Sir Alan said it would prevent \"complete constitutional mayhem\" at a later date.\n\n\"If he (Mr Johnson) has got the numbers to govern, then he can and should govern. But if he has not, in our constitution he cannot.\"\n\nSir Alan said he was \"bewildered\" by the Speaker's decision to refuse his request.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Laura Kuenssberg This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA spokeswoman for Mr Bercow said requests for emergency debates were \"strictly private\" and the Speaker's Office never confirmed nor denied them.\n\nSir Alan's resignation came after Chancellor Philip Hammond and Justice Secretary David Gauke said they also intended to quit if Mr Johnson was elected Tory leader.\n\nIn his resignation letter to Theresa May, Sir Alan said it was \"tragic\" her government had been dominated by \"the dark cloud of Brexit\" - which he said had stopped the UK becoming the \"dominant intellectual and political force\" in the world.\n\nHe praised Mrs May for her \"faultless dignity and an unstinting sense of duty\", adding that she \"deserved better\" than to have her time in office \"brought to an end\" in such circumstances.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSir Alan also discussed his own record at the Foreign Office in the letter, and said he remained \"deeply upset that some fruitful discussions I had initiated about the possible release of Nazanin Ratcliffe were brought to such an abrupt halt\".\n\nAs Foreign Secretary, Mr Johnson was criticised for his handling of the case of Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman serving a five-year sentence in Iran for alleged spying.\n\nTheresa May thanked Sir Alan for \"the support you have shown me, not just during the last three years, but over the many years we have known each other\", and praised his \"devoted and energetic service\".\n\nSir Alan has long been a vocal critic of Mr Johnson, once describing himself as his \"pooper scooper\" at the Foreign Office, clearing up mess he had created.\n\nMost recently, Sir Alan attacked his former boss over the resignation of Sir Kim Darroch, the British ambassador to the US, who stepped down after comments criticising President Trump's administration were leaked.\n\nSir Alan said Mr Johnson - by failing to give his support to the ambassador - had \"basically thrown our top diplomat under the bus\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. He's \"thrown our top diplomat under a bus\" - Sir Alan on Boris Johnson\n\nHe has also previously said Mr Johnson was \"the last person on Earth who would make any progress in negotiating with the EU at the moment\".\n\nAnd in 2018, he described an article - in which Mr Johnson said Theresa May had \"wrapped a suicide vest\" around the British constitution - as \"one of the most disgusting moments in modern British politics\".\n\nThe BBC's Norman Smith said that in the resignation of Sir Alan - and the promises to quit by Mr Hammond and Mr Gauke - we were beginning to see the basis of a Tory opposition to Mr Johnson on the backbenches.\n\nHe said they - and potentially others to come - felt they could not support a prime minister comfortable with no deal and so it was better to walk now than be pushed later.\n\nIn an interview with Conservative Home, Mr Johnson said every member of his cabinet would have to be \"reconciled\" with the policy of leaving on 31 October - with or without a deal.\n\nMr Hunt has said he too is prepared to leave with no deal, but would accept a further delay, if required, to get a new withdrawal deal.\n\nSir Alan's resignation was criticised by Tory MP and ex-minister Greg Hands, who tweeted: \"In my view, pre-emptive ministerial resignations (If reports are true) in case your own democratically-elected party leader is not to your liking are absurd.\n\n\"And I say that as a committed Jeremy Hunt supporter. Such moves make a Corbyn government one step more likely.\"\n\nHe became MP for Rutland and Melton in 1992 and served as a shadow minister between 1998 and 2010.\n\nWhen the coalition government came to power, he was appointed international development minister - a position he served in until 2014.\n\nIn 2016, Theresa May made him a Foreign Office minister - where he served under Boris Johnson.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond: \"All the polling suggest Boris Johnson will win... and I am making my plans accordingly\"\n\nPhilip Hammond has told the BBC he intends to resign as chancellor if Boris Johnson becomes the UK's next PM.\n\nHe said a no-deal Brexit, something Mr Johnson has left open as an option, was \"not something I could ever sign up to\".\n\nAsked if he thought he would be sacked next week, Mr Hammond said he would resign on Wednesday to Theresa May.\n\nHe said he intends to quit after Prime Minister's Questions but before Mrs May steps down.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Mr Hammond said it was important the next PM and his chancellor were \"closely aligned\" on Brexit policy.\n\nMr Johnson has said the UK must leave the EU by the new Brexit deadline of 31 October \"do or die, come what may\".\n\nHis leadership rival Jeremy Hunt has said a no-deal exit cannot be ruled out, but he is prepared to further delay Brexit if required to get a new withdrawal deal.\n\nMr Hammond said the situation \"might be more complicated\" if Mr Hunt wins the Tory leadership contest, but \"all the polling\" suggested Mr Johnson would succeed.\n\n\"That is what is likely to happen, and I'm making my plans accordingly\", he said, adding he would wait until the result is announced on Tuesday to \"see for sure\".\n\nMr Hammond said he understood committing to leave by this date, even with no deal, would be a condition for serving in Mr Johnson's cabinet.\n\nHe said: \"That is not something I could ever sign up to. It's very important that a prime minister is able to have a chancellor that is closely aligned with him in terms of policy\".\n\nHe added that Jeremy Hunt's position regarding a no-deal Brexit was \"more nuanced\", and he had not demanded a \"loyalty pledge\" on the exit date from prospective ministers.\n\nMr Hammond said he would support either man in their pursuit of a new Brexit deal, but it would not be possible to agree this before the end of October.\n\n\"A genuine pursuit of a deal will require a little longer\", he added.\n\nEither Jeremy Hunt (l) or Boris Johnson (r) will become PM next week\n\nMr Hammond has been a prominent critic of the idea of a no-deal Brexit, recently indicating he may vote to bring down the next PM to stop such a scenario.\n\nHe had said he could \"not exclude anything\" when asked whether he would back a motion of no-confidence in the government.\n\nAsked whether he would go against the next PM in a vote of no confidence, he said: \"I don't think it will get to that\".\n\n\"I am confident that Parliament does have a way of preventing a no-deal exit on October 31 without parliamentary consent\".\n\n\"I intend to work with others to ensure Parliament uses its power to make sure that the new government can't do that\", he added.\n\nEarlier, Justice Secretary David Gauke reiterated his intention to resign from government should the next prime minister pursue a no-deal Brexit.\n\nMr Gauke told the Sunday Times: \"If the test of loyalty to stay in the cabinet is a commitment to support no-deal on October 31 - which, to be fair to him, Boris has consistently said - then that's not something I'm prepared to sign up to.\"\n\nThe votes haven't been counted - but already Westminster is preparing for Prime Minister Johnson.\n\nIt's not a surprise that Philip Hammond has decided not to serve in a Johnson government.\n\nBut the manner of the announcement - live on television, hammering Mr Johnson's key policy on Brexit so publicly - shows just how deep divisions in the Tory Party run.\n\nJustice Secretary David Gauke has confirmed he'll quit too if Mr Johnson wins - and others are likely to follow.\n\nThere is an element of jumping before they are pushed.\n\nBut it's also a reminder the next PM will face the same huge challenge Theresa May faced - how do you manage discipline in a bitterly divided party, with such a slender working majority in Parliament?\n\nNobody knows the answer for sure.\n\nMeanwhile, the Irish deputy prime minister said the Irish Republic would have \"no choice\" but to protect its place in the EU's single market if the UK \"forces a no-deal Brexit on everybody else\".\n\nAlso speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Simon Coveney warned that if the incoming Conservative prime minister chose to \"tear up\" the Brexit withdrawal deal, then \"we're in trouble\".\n\n\"That's a little bit like saying, 'Give me what I want or I'm going to burn the house down for everybody\".\n\nSome 160,000 Conservative Party members are voting in a postal ballot to elect the next leader.\n\nBallots must be returned by 17:00 BST on Monday, with the winner of the contest due to be announced on Tuesday.", "Ireland's Shane Lowry claimed a first major championship win with a dominant six-shot victory on 15 under par amid raucous scenes at The Open.\n\nLowry started the celebrations early, his arms aloft as he squeezed through the crowds who swarmed the 18th fairway at Northern Ireland's Royal Portrush.\n\n\"This feels like an out-of-body experience,\" said the 32-year-old.\n\nLowry held his nerve in the wind and rain to shoot a one-over 72, with Tommy Fleetwood second on nine under.\n\nEngland's Fleetwood briefly threatened but a double bogey on the 14th effectively ended his challenge as he finished with a three-over 74.\n\n\"I can't wait to wake up on Monday morning and find out what it's going to feel like then. It's just going to be incredible,\" added Lowry who was mobbed before he reached the green on the last hole.\n• None 'How Lowry became Pied Piper of Portrush'\n• None The Cut podcast: Lowry Open win is 'for the island of Ireland'\n\nThousands of partisan fans lined the 18th to cheer Lowry's victory procession and as he turned to embrace his caddie Brian 'Bo' Martin after hitting his second shot to the green, hundreds flooded the fairway ahead of him.\n\nLowry and Martin were shepherded through the crowds and under a rope by marshals to allow them safe passage.\n\nThere will also have been a sense of redemption for Lowry following his final-round capitulation at the US Open three years ago when, like on Sunday, he started with a four shot lead but a 76 saw him fall away as Dustin Johnson won.\n\nAmerican Tony Finau carded a one-over-par 71 to end third on seven under, his best finish at a major.\n\nAn up-and-down round for England's Lee Westwood saw him card a two-over 73 for a share of fourth that guarantees him a place at next year's Masters. He finished six under overall alongside world number one Brooks Koepka who struggled to a 74.\n\nThere was little doubt about who the vast majority of the fans were behind from the first moment until the last, with huge cheers greeting Lowry's name when it was read out over the speakers as he arrived at the first tee.\n\nHe had looked calm while out on the practice green but nerves appeared to take their hold when he tugged his opening tee shot into the rough before hitting his second into a greenside bunker.\n\nLowry escaped with a bogey but the nerves were there for Fleetwood too as he missed a birdie putt that would have cut the lead to two.\n\nThe 28-year-old, bidding to become the first Englishman to win the Open since Sir Nick Faldo in 1992, then overhit his par putt on the third and the bogey meant Lowry's advantage was four once again.\n\nThat seemed to give Lowry the confidence boost he needed and he holed two successive birdie putts from the fourth. Heavy rain and wind arrived soon after and Lowry, battling both the elements and nerves, struggled after the turn, bogeying four of the five holes from the ninth.\n\nFrom then on it was about digging in and not giving Fleetwood the glimmer of hope of taking it down to the wire. Lowry holed a couple of crucial par putts before celebrating a birdie on the 15th with a big fist pump. It was a putt that appeared to signal the moment Fleetwood's fleeting hopes of staging a comeback were ended.\n\nLowry's name was already being engraved on the Claret Jug as he approached the 18th green as he soaked up the adulation from the thousands gathered to witness the biggest win of his career.\n\nWestwood, runner up at 2010 The Open, will have arrived at Portrush on Sunday quietly confident of mounting a challenge as he looked to break his major duck.\n\nThe 46-year-old Englishman made a poor start with a bogey on the first but recovered with three birdies over his next four holes.\n\nHowever, every time he looked like threatening the leading pair, the chance to close the gap passed him by. He left a birdie putt hanging on the edge of the seventh hole before missing another opportunity on the eighth.\n\nHis challenge effectively ended around the turn with bogeys on the ninth, 11th and 12th and he finished six under overall after carding a two-over 73.\n\nWestwood's compatriot Justin Rose had an even tougher day. He shanked a shot almost sideways in the midst of the heavy rain while on the ninth and did not pick up a birdie until the 12th hole. But three bogeys in his last six holes saw him return to the clubhouse with an eight-over 79 to end one under.\n\nIn contrast, Scotland's Bob MacIntyre and England's Tyrrell Hatton were the only two golfers who finished in the top six to fire under-par rounds on Sunday.\n\nMuch of that will be down to their earlier start time and missing the stormy weather. MacIntyre, making his major debut, hit a three-under-par 68 while Hatton finished on two under.\n\nBack-to-back titles never on for Molinari\n\nFrancesco Molinari, the 2018 winner, never really got his defence going, although he did finish on a high by shooting the best round of the day.\n\nThe Italian, who won by two shots at Carnoustie last year, shot a five-under 66, which included an eagle on the 12th.\n\nAsked if he had enjoyed his week as defending champion, Molinari, who had opened with a three-over 74 in round one, said: \"I can't lie - some bits of it yes, some bits of it no.\n\n\"But I was not managing my expectations well enough unfortunately. On Sunday I was playing more freely, just enjoying the support from the crowd.\"\n\nThe parties in Portrush will go long into the night, but one person who will not be in the mood for any celebrations any time soon is JB Holmes.\n\nThe American led at the halfway stage of the tournament and was third on 10 under at the start of the final day, primed to challenge for the victory.\n\nHowever, he endured a horror round of 87 that included six bogeys, four double bogeys and one triple bogey, finishing 16 over for the day and six over for the tournament.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Mall shopping centre has 66 stores on one level and restaurants on another level\n\nFirefighters spent more than four hours tackling a blaze that has left an east London shopping centre badly damaged.\n\nOne woman was taken to hospital after the fire broke out at the Mall shopping centre in Selborne Road, Walthamstow.\n\nUp to 150 firefighters were sent to the scene of the fire, which police declared a \"major incident\" after it broke out at 07:40 BST.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade (LFB) said the fire - which is under investigation - was brought under control by about 12:15.\n\nFirefighters remain at the scene \"damping down\" and people have been told to continue avoiding the area.\n\nSmoke could be seen rising from the Mall in footage recorded in Canary Wharf\n\nSabrina said her store was \"gone\"\n\nA manager of one of the shops in the Mall, who only gave her name as Sabrina, told BBC Radio London: \"I can see my store is already on fire, it's gone.\n\n\"So there's nothing for me to go back to. I'm really upset.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Adam French This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Mall has 66 stores across one floor, including Clarks, Asda, Boots and TK Maxx, with a small upper area for restaurants.\n\nThe fire broke out at about 07:40 BST\n\nOne woman has been taken to hospital\n\nUp to 150 firefighters were sent to the scene\n\nStella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow, said the \"damage is pretty extensive\".\n\nShe praised the \"massive effort\" between the local council, LFB, the police, ambulance service and Transport for London in dealing with the disruption the fire caused.\n\n\"We have to see what the damage now is... you could see that the roof had gone on big chunks of it, even from a distance - so that doesn't bode well,\" Ms Creasy said.\n\nImages and videos posted on social media show smoke rising into the air and flames in part of the roof.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by stellacreasy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWitness Alex de Lange said: \"There's massive amounts of black smoke billowing from the Mall.\n\n\"There's a helicopter and lots of fire engines and sounds like some explosions too. The bus station has been evacuated.\"\n\nFrom my position on the edge of the cordon, I can see the part of the roof that was on fire has caved in.\n\nThe fire brigade says the fire is now under control and they don't think there's any danger of more of the roof collapsing. They've been using a drone to assess the damage.\n\nFire crews who've been here all morning are now being replaced with fresh crews. I've just seen an engine arrive from Hillingdon.\n\nAn assistant manager of one shop told me doesn't think the fire reached her store, but the clothes will have been damaged by the smoke. She told me she's devastated for the smaller businesses.\n\nLFB commissioner Dany Cotton is also on scene, acting as second in command.\n\nElly Gresham-Scott said the \"air was hazy\" with ash particles.\n\nFreddie Joyce said there were \"massive high flames spreading at high speed\".\n\nThere were 25 fire crews at the scene\n\nPolice declared a \"major incident\" after the blaze broke out\n\nWalthamstow Central Tube station was evacuated, but has since reopened. Walthamstow bus station is closed and diversions for local bus services will likely remain in place until Tuesday, according to TfL.\n\nPeople have been advised to follow @TfLBusAlerts or check tfl.gov.uk for travel updates.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by TfL Bus Alerts This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWaltham Forest Council said it was working with the businesses affected, as well as centre owners Capital and Regional, to \"give immediate support during this difficult time\".\n\nCouncil leader Clare Coghill said: \"We have provided temporary office space in nearby Hoe Street so that Capital and Regional have a base from which to operate and our business support team are on hand to see where we can support retailers.\"\n\nShe added that it would \"not be known how long the centre would be closed for, as structural engineers have to gain access to the site and then assess the damage to the structure\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond: \"We can seek to persuade... but we can't control\"\n\nPhilip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe chancellor told BBC Panorama that if the UK leaves without a deal, then the EU will control many of the levers - including what happens at the French port of Calais.\n\nEx Brexit Secretary David Davis told the programme that Whitehall never believed a no-deal Brexit would happen.\n\nThe EU has set the UK a deadline of 31 October to leave the bloc.\n\nBut despite spending £4.2bn on Brexit preparations, Mr Hammond warned that the government has limited influence on how a no-deal scenario might look.\n\nAsked if the UK can control Brexit, he said: \"We can't because many of the levers are held by others - the EU 27 or private business. We can seek to persuade them but we can't control it.\"\n\nHe added: \"For example, we can make sure that goods flow inwards through the port of Dover without any friction but we can't control the outward flow into the port of Calais,\" he told Panorama.\n\n\"The French can dial that up or dial it down, just the same as the Spanish for years have dialled up or dialled down the length of the queues at the border going into Gibraltar.\"\n\nFrench officials have previously rejected suggestions they could resort to a \"go-slow\" policy at Calais if there is no Brexit deal - insisting that closing the port would be \"economic suicide\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond and John McDonnell agreed on the threat posed by no deal\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Hammond told MPs a no-deal Brexit could cost the Treasury up to £90bn and said it would be up to them to ensure that \"doesn't happen\".\n\nHe has also said it was \"highly unlikely\" he would still be in his job after Theresa May stands down next month.\n\nThe Panorama programme - entitled Britain's Brexit Crisis - will outline the tensions in government during Theresa May's time at Number 10 when it is broadcast on Thursday.\n\nMr Davis, who quit as Brexit secretary last year, told the BBC that the Treasury wanted to avoid talking about the prospect of leaving without a deal.\n\nHe concluded that many in Whitehall did not believe it would ever happen - despite two years of planning.\n\n\"I've got to be able to say to you 'if this doesn't work we'll leave anyway' and you've got to believe it.\n\n\"And for you to believe it I've got to believe it. And I don't think Whitehall really ever believed that they would actually carry out the plans we laid so carefully over two years.\"\n\nDavid Davis quit as Brexit secretary, saying the PM had \"given away too much too easily\"\n\nTory leadership favourite Boris Johnson has pledged the UK will leave the EU on 31 October - with or without a deal.\n\nHis rival Jeremy Hunt has said he can negotiate a new deal for the UK \"by the end of September\" - and that he \"expects\" the UK will leave the EU before Christmas.\n\nVoting among the party's 160,000 or so members is under way, with a winner expected to be announced on 23 July.\n\nBritain's Brexit Crisis is on BBC1 this Thursday, July 18, at 9pm.\n\nDo you have any questions about what would happen in the event of a no-deal Brexit?\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question.", "There are also calls for an independent regulator to target rule-breaking bailiffs\n\nBody-worn cameras are to be compulsory for bailiffs under government plans to improve the treatment of people in debt.\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said the move, which only affects England and Wales, should help protect those in debt from \"intimidation and aggression\" used by some bailiffs.\n\nBut Citizens Advice said the cameras would do \"nothing\" to protect people.\n\nIt wants an independent regulator to crack down on the industry.\n\n\"Bailiff body cameras will do nothing to protect people while there is no industry regulator to oversee how they are used,\" said Citizens Advice chief executive Gillian Guy.\n\n\"While it's encouraging the government has committed to further action, its next step must be the creation of an independent regulator to crack down on rule-breaking bailiffs.\"\n\nThe body cameras will have to be worn by around 2,500 certificated enforcement agents, or bailiffs, who collect all sorts of debts including those related to council tax, traffic penalties and rent arrears.\n\nHigh Court enforcement officers will also wear the cameras, but the measure will not apply to county court bailiffs.\n\nThe MoJ says it will work with the industry to make the cameras compulsory as soon as possible.\n\nDebt collection saw major reform in 2014 but campaigners say more action is needed.\n\nCitizens Advice has highlighted numerous issues, including bailiffs refusing to set up offers of affordable payments, charging excessive fees and misrepresenting their rights of entry.\n\nThe government is holding a consultation on how to tackle aggressive tactics in the industry, as well as finding ways to protect vulnerable people.\n\n\"The use of intimidation and aggression by some bailiffs is utterly unacceptable, and it is right we do all we can to tackle such behaviour,\" said Justice Minister Paul Maynard.\n\n\"Whilst most bailiffs act above board, body-worn cameras will provide greater security for all involved - not least consumers who are often vulnerable.\"\n\nThe Civil Enforcement Association, which represents bailiff firms, said: \"This decision offers reassurance to the public that standards are consistently high and gives protection to our agents who do a difficult job on behalf of local authorities.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has been seriously injured and taken to hospital after being hit by a car at a cemetery in County Louth.\n\nThe incident happened at St Patrick's Cemetery in Dundalk on Sunday afternoon.\n\nGardaí (Irish police) said a \"dark coloured car drove at a number of people\".\n\nThe car then drove out of the cemetery onto the public road and collided with a number of parked cars before coming to a stop.\n\nA man in his late 20s, believed to be the driver, was arrested at the scene.\n\nIrish national broadcaster RTÉ reported that the cemetery was crowded at the time.\n\nSeveral other people received minor injuries, gardaí said.\n\nThe injured man was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.\n\nIt happened during the annual blessing of the graves at about 15:40 local time.\n\nAn eyewitness who spoke to RTÉ said some people had to jump out of the path of the car.\n\nThe priest taking the service told RTÉ it was a \"very frightening\" experience.\n\nFr Mark O'Hagan said the incident happened towards the end of the service.", "EU leaders have heard a lot of slogans from Boris Johnson and \"now await substance\", the BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler says.\n\nDiplomats were \"listening with one ear\" to Mr Johnson's first speech as prime minister, since they saw it as a \"rallying cry\" aimed at the UK's domestic audience, she said.\n\nOur editor said one EU diplomat told her he did not like the “bullying tone” of Mr Johnson.\n\nBut she said they were not going to “rush to the cameras tonight to say so”.", "The UK's telecom regulator has said Three is the only major UK mobile network to have \"refused\" to automatically cut its customers' monthly charge at the end of their contract's lock-in period.\n\nAs a result, Ofcom said, the firm's subscribers would \"overpay\" unless they took action to change to another deal.\n\nThe watchdog said it had challenged the industry to treat users more fairly.\n\nBut Three said that an automatic fee change could backfire.\n\n\"We do not believe Ofcom's proposal will encourage engagement amongst consumers,\" said a spokesman for the Maidenhead, Berkshire-based network.\n\n\"Instead, it risks creating a stagnant market whereby consumers are not encouraged to shop around for the best deal at the end of their minimum term.\"\n\nBy contrast, Ofcom said that the other major mobile companies had given it the following commitments regarding out-of-contract customers:\n\nIn all cases, changes to monthly bills will only be made if they result in a lower charge. This addresses a concern that some customers might actually face higher fees by being switched to a Sim-only deal.\n\nThe pledges are set to come into effect by February 2020.\n\nThe regulator said it hoped the moves would help address a situation in which the industry was overcharging the public by a total of about £182m.\n\nAccording to Ofcom's estimates, 1.4 million out-of-contract mobile phone users are currently spending an average of nearly £11 more per month than they would if they had been switched to a comparable Sim-only deal.\n\nThis situation had arisen, it explained, because initial deals typically covered both the cost of a handset and its usage.\n\n\"We're introducing a range of measures to increase fairness for mobile customers, while ensuring we don't leave existing customers worse off,\" said Ofcom's consumer group director, Lindsey Fussell, in a statement.\n\n\"All the major mobile companies - except Three - will also be reducing bills for millions of customers who are past their initial contract period.\"\n\nThe charity network Citizens Advice - which has long campaigned against what it has described as being a \"loyalty penalty\" - welcomed the development.\n\n\"Most mobile phone providers have now realised the game is up,\" said it chief executive Gillian Guy.\n\n\"Three needs to step up and if it doesn't, then stronger action is needed to make these changes compulsory. If Ofcom is unable to do this, then government needs to intervene.\"\n\nOfcom's announcement follows an earlier decision to force mobile phone operators - among others - to text, email or send a letter to alert subscribers when their contracts are about to expire and to inform them of alternative deals.\n\nIn addition, the watchdog has said it plans to make companies tell customers what it would cost to buy a phone and its airtime separately, to help them judge whether a bundle truly offers better value.\n\nIt has also proposed a new rule that would prevent firms offering split contracts - in which fees for the phone and airtime are separated - where the handset element lasts longer than 24 months.", "David Briffaut had been at the water park with his girlfriend to celebrate her completing her degree\n\nThe mother of a man who broke his neck in an accident at a Spanish water park says the family \"want to know why and how it happened\".\n\nDavid Briffaut, 23, was left seriously injured after going on the Splash ride at Aqualandia in Benidorm on 8 July.\n\nHis mother Lorraine Briffaut said it made a \"huge difference to know that people are there supporting us and understanding how we are feeling\".\n\nAqualandia said the park was \"not responsible for the accident\".\n\nMr Briffaut, from Benfleet in Essex, had been at the water park with his girlfriend Penny Bristow to celebrate her completing her degree.\n\nHe lost consciousness after hitting the water at the bottom of the Splash ride and suffered catastrophic injuries to his spinal cord - breaking his neck in two places.\n\nMr Briffaut has been left paralysed but the extent of his injuries are still being assessed and he is in a stable condition in a hospital in Alicante.\n\nLorraine Briffaut said she could not understand how her son could injure himself on a water slide\n\nMrs Briffaut and her husband Stephane have flown to Spain to be with their son and hope to bring him home by air ambulance.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Look East from Spain, Mrs Briffaut said the family had been \"overwhelmed\" by the support it had received, which she described as \"absolutely fantastic\".\n\n\"You feel that your life has stopped. You feel that your life has been completely turned upside down. It's horrible, it's horrendous,\" she added.\n\nMr Briffaut works as a green-keeper at a golf club in Essex and is a junior county golfer.\n\nHis mother said he was \"wonderful, funny and kind and lives for his sport\".\n\nMr Briffaut was left seriously injured after going on the Splash ride\n\nMrs Briffaut praised hospital staff and people who have donated to a crowdfunding page which has raised about £72,000 to help pay for his care when he returns home.\n\nBut she said she could not understand how her son could injure himself on a water slide.\n\n\"We want to know why and how it happened,\" she added.\n\nAqualandia said it was \"very sad\", but added: \"The park is not responsible for the accident.\"\n\nMrs Briffaut said her son could be \"quite stubborn\" and added: \"He is going to need to be because of what lies ahead.\"\n\n\"My focus is on David, in getting him home and getting him the best care I can,\" she said.\n\n\"We need to be there for him and will be there to support him every step of the way.\"", "Voting has closed in the Conservative leadership contest, with the UK's next prime minister set to be announced on Tuesday.\n\nThe next occupant of Number 10 will be either Boris Johnson - regarded as the frontrunner - or Jeremy Hunt.\n\nThe winner and successor to Theresa May is due to take office on Wednesday.\n\nBefore the polls closed, Sir Alan Duncan quit as a Foreign Office minister in protest against a possible Boris Johnson victory.\n\nChancellor Philip Hammond told the BBC on Sunday he intends to resign as chancellor if Mr Johnson becomes prime minister.\n\nJustice Secretary David Gauke also reiterated in the Sunday Times that he would also resign this week for the same reason.\n\nBBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the ministers could not stomach the prospect of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October, which they think Mr Johnson is increasingly likely to oversee.\n\nMr Johnson has said the UK must leave the EU by the deadline of 31 October \"do or die, come what may\". Mr Hunt has said he too is prepared to leave with no deal, but would accept a further delay, if required, to get a new withdrawal deal.\n\nThe EU has repeatedly said it will not re-open negotiations on the deal agreed with Mrs May.\n\nWriting in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson insisted a deal could be reached by 31 October if the country \"rediscovers its sense of mission\".\n\n\"We can come out of the EU on 31 October, and yes, we certainly have the technology to do so,\" he wrote. What we need now is the will and the spirit.\"\n\nThat message of optimism was echoed by one of his supporters, former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, who told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the leadership frontrunner had the national self belief\" the country needed.\n\n\"We've risen to greater challenges before in the past. We should manage the risk but also grasp the opportunities which we don't get a chance to talk enough about,\" Mr Raab added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced on Sunday that he intends to resign\n\nMeanwhile, two former Labour prime ministers have warned about what they see as the dangers of leaving the EU without a deal.\n\nWriting in the Times, Tony Blair said a no-deal exit could range from being \"very difficult\" to \"catastrophic\".\n\n\"No-one knows with certainty the impact of no deal for the simple reason that no developed nation has ever left overnight its preferential trading arrangements in this manner,\" he wrote.\n\nMr Blair added that there was \"no prospect\" of a new deal with the EU that Mr Johnson would approve of, arguing that instead, another Brexit referendum was the solution.\n\nGordon Brown, meanwhile, is to claim in a speech in London that leaving without a deal would push the British economy \"off a cliff\".\n\nThis is the week where everything changes, and, perhaps, nothing changes at all.\n\nA week where the old establishment becomes the new rebels; where the crowd-pleasing showman throwing rhetorical rocks at the leadership becomes, in all likelihood, the leader himself.\n\nThe differences in temperament and character between the outgoing prime minister and her likely successor, Boris Johnson, could hardly be more stark.\n\nBut while a change in personnel is coming, so many of the fundamentals remain the same.\n\nWhere Mrs May looked nervously over her shoulder at rebels like Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg, Mr Johnson may do the same at opponents of the no deal Brexit he's willing to contemplate - their capacity to be awkward is turbo charged because their party has a barely existent majority.\n\nSo there is one big question: Can Boris Johnson, if it is him, succeed where Theresa May failed? And if he can, what will success look like?\n\nLast week, MPs approved measures aiming to stop the next prime minister suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.\n\nMr Hunt has ruled this out as a way to ensure Brexit takes place before the end of October - but Mr Johnson has not done the same.\n\nOn Sunday, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith - who is managing Mr Johnson's campaign - said the issue was a \"complete red herring\".\n\nHe said the suspension - or prorogation - of Parliament was not \"the real debate\" because MPs had already fixed the 31 October exit date in law.\n\nEither deputy leader Jo Swinson or former Energy Secretary Ed Davey will be announced as the Lib Dems next leader on Monday\n\nMeanwhile, Jo Swinson has become the first female Liberal Democrat leader, after decisively beating Sir Ed Davey in a poll of party members.\n\nThe 39-year old, who succeeds Sir Vince Cable, said she was \"over the moon\" to have been elected and was \"ready for the fight of our lives\".", "A former steelworker who was infected with hepatitis C after being given contaminated blood has said his diagnosis was like \"another death sentence\".\n\nToni Olszewki, 66, needed blood transfusions and multiple operations after being hit by a train while riding his motorbike home from work.\n\nHe only discovered he had been given the liver disease 12 years later.\n\nThe infected blood inquiry takes place in Cardiff from 23-26 July.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Hunt calls the seizure of the Stena Impero “state piracy\"\n\nThe foreign secretary has repeated his call for the release of a British-flagged ship and its crew detained in the Gulf by the Iranian military.\n\nThe Iranian Revolutionary Guard captured the Stena Impero and its 23 crew members in the Gulf on Friday.\n\nJeremy Hunt told MPs it was an act of \"state piracy\".\n\nMr Hunt said the UK would develop a maritime protection mission with other European nations to allow ships to pass through the area safely.\n\nThe foreign secretary secured support for the initiative from both French and German foreign ministers on the phone on Sunday evening, the BBC has been told.\n\nAddressing the Commons after a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee, Mr Hunt said he spoke with a \"heavy heart\" but if Iran continued to act as it had, it would have to accept a \"larger Western military presence\" along its coastline.\n\nThe seizure of the Stena Impero in the key shipping route of the Strait of Hormuz came after Tehran said the vessel violated international maritime rules.\n\nCrew members on the British-flagged vessel are Indian, Russian, Latvian and Filipino\n\nIran's state-run news agency said the tanker was captured after it collided with a fishing boat and failed to respond to calls from the smaller craft.\n\nMr Hunt said the ship was illegally seized in Omani waters and forced to sail into Bandar Abbas port in Iran, where it remains.\n\nAlthough the crew and owners are not British, the Stena Impero carries the British flag so the UK owes protection to the vessel, maritime analysts said.\n\nThe seizure was the latest in a string of acts leading to escalating tensions between Iran and the UK and US.\n\nEarlier this month Royal Marines helped to seize tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar, because of evidence it was carrying Iranian oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.\n\nRoyal Marines helped to detain a ship suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria in early July\n\nMr Hunt said that vessel was detained legally, but Iran said it was \"piracy\" and threatened to seize a British oil tanker in retaliation.\n\nIn a statement to MPs in the Commons, Mr Hunt said the UK would seek to create a European-led mission to ensure safe passage of international vessels in the Gulf.\n\n\"Freedom of navigation is a vital interest of every nation,\" he said.\n\nUS Central Command said it was developing a multinational maritime effort in response to the situation.\n\nBut the UK's protection mission would not include the US because, Mr Hunt insisted, Britain was not part of President Trump's policy of \"maximum pressure\" on Tehran.\n\nThe initiative would build on existing structures in the region such as the US Navy-led Combined Task Force 150, the BBC has learned.\n\nInstead of focusing on tackling terrorism and the illegal drugs trade like the Combined Task Force 150, the new scheme would have a mandate to ensure freedom of navigation of international ships, the Foreign Office explained.\n\nThe mission would be implemented \"as quickly as possible\" but in the meantime the destroyer HMS Duncan has been sent to help keep British ships and crews safe in the region, Mr Hunt told the Commons.\n\nIran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker followed the detention of an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar\n\nMr Hunt said the UK had sought to de-escalate the situation but there would be \"no compromise\" on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nBob Sanguinetti, CEO of the UK Chamber of Shipping, welcomed the announcement of the mission but said it was \"imperative\" the government protected British-flagged ships in the Gulf in the meantime.\n\nMr Hunt encouraged commercial shipping companies in the region to follow advice issued by the Department for Transport to help reduce \"risks of piracy\", because it was \"not possible for the Royal Navy to provide escorts for every single ship\".\n\nBritain needs help in the Gulf if it is to ensure the safety of its merchant shipping.\n\nA concerted effort with other countries doesn't just bring extra warships, it also dilutes the sense of bilateral confrontation between London and Tehran.\n\nAnd in fairness, given the wider tensions in the region, there is a more general threat to merchant vessels plying the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nThe proposed European maritime force also has the benefit of not being organised by the US.\n\nThe Trump administration has been touting its own plans for a maritime protection force for several weeks with few takers.\n\nCountries do not want to be seen as joining what might appear to be a US coalition against Iran. However, as the foreign secretary notes, there will be a need to see how this European effort might complement US proposals.\n\nWashington has intelligence and surveillance capabilities that might prove essential. This though remains an idea rather than a fully-fledged plan of action.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "British Airways pilots have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay, threatening a walkout over the key summer holiday period.\n\nThe British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) said 93% of its members had voted in favour of industrial action.\n\nA strike would be likely to cause severe disruption, as Balpa represents about 90% of the airline's pilots.\n\nBA said it was \"very disappointed\" with the decision, and is seeking an injunction to halt potential strikes.\n\nThe union said it did not yet have any dates for a potential strike, adding it still hoped that the dispute could be resolved.\n\nBritish Airways said it remained open to working with the union to reach an agreement and continued to \"pursue every avenue to find a solution to protect our customers' travel plans and avoid industrial action\".\n\nPilots have rejected a pay increase worth 11.5% over three years, which the airline says is \"fair and generous\".\n\nHowever, Balpa argues that its members deserve a better offer, as BA has been making healthy profits.\n\nThe vote in favour of action comes after three days of negotiations between the airline and pilots' union with conciliation service Acas.\n\nBalpa general secretary Brian Strutton said the strong result in favour of action showed \"the resolve of BA pilots\" and said BA \"must table a sensible improved offer if a strike is to be averted\".\n\n\"We do not wish to inconvenience our customers, which is why we have tried to resolve this matter through negotiation starting last November. It is BA who has regrettably chosen to drag this out into the summer months,\" he added.\n\nBritish Airways is seeking an injunction on Tuesday in the High Court to halt any potential strike action.\n\nThe union would have to give British Airways a minimum of two weeks' notice of any action, meaning the earliest any action could could take place is 6 August.\n\nBalpa said the High Court hearing meant any further negotiations \"are on hold while we prepare to defend our right to take this action\".\n\nThe union argues that the the cost to BA to settle the dispute in full is \"significantly less than the cost would be of even a single day's strike action\".\n\n\"We currently do not have dates for any potential strike action and will issue an update on this in due course. We remain hopeful that this dispute can be resolved before strike action, but we remain committed to action if necessary,\" added Mr Strutton.\n\nBritish Airways is part of International Airlines Group (IAG), which also owns Spanish carrier Iberia. Last year, it reported a pre-tax profit of €3bn, up almost 9.8% on the previous year.\n\nBritish Airways contributed £1.96bn to that, up 8.7% on 2017.\n\nIt also rewarded investors with a total dividend payout of €1.3bn.", "Farmers in France are claiming that electromagnetic fields created by wind farms and other electrical installations are leading to low productivity and high rates of mortality.\n\nBut scientists who’ve looked into it have failed to detect any chain of cause and effect.\n\nThe BBC went to western France to investigate.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJo Swinson or Sir Ed Davey will be named as the next leader of the Liberal Democrats later, replacing incumbent Sir Vince Cable.\n\nThe result of the pro-EU party's leadership contest is expected at around 16:00 BST on Monday.\n\nMs Swinson, the MP for East Dunbartonshire, has been the party's deputy leader for two years and is the bookmakers' favourite.\n\nShe is up against ex-energy secretary Sir Ed, MP for Kingston and Surbiton\n\nBoth candidates are backing another EU referendum.\n\nChuka Umunna, who joined the party as an MP in May, said both candidates would make a good prime minister.\n\nHe told the BBC voters \"look at two main parties consumed with division\" and they want a \"solution\".\n\nMr Umunna added: \"Our leadership contest is a good advert for what we can do for the nation.\n\n\"There is a unity of purpose, and unless you can come together and run yourselves effectively, you cannot run the country [that way].\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrats began the process of choosing their next leader in May, as Sir Vince - who has served as leader since July 2017 - announced he would be handing over a \"bigger, stronger party\".\n\nUnder Sir Vince, the Lib Dems have been at the forefront of the campaign for another EU referendum as a means of stopping Brexit.\n\nThe party now has 12 MPs and won 20% of the vote share in the European elections.\n\nIn the English local elections in May, they were the biggest winners of the night.\n\nThe other leadership contest may have been taking place slightly under the radar in recent weeks, but Ed Davey and Jo Swinson have been taking part in hustings up and down the country trying to win votes.\n\nMs Swinson is widely seen as the frontrunner, but it's a close call, and in policy terms, there's really not a huge amount between them.\n\nEd Davey makes a lot of his record on climate change and the environment - his experience of working on that issue in the coalition government. Jo Swinson, on the other hand, says she's a fresh face - and as a dynamic female leader she'll better be able to cut through in the media.\n\nIt'll come down to whether Lib Dem members prefer a more experienced, older hand or a newer, younger figure, less associated with some of the controversial decisions made by the coalition.\n\nMs Swinson has previously suggested that the election of Boris Johnson as Tory leader could be an excellent recruiting tool for the Lib Dems.\n\nShe believes Mr Johnson - the favourite to replace Theresa May - would be disastrous as PM, but a \"silver lining\" would be that it would be good for her party.\n\nThe result of the Tory battle for Number 10 will be announced on Tuesday.\n\nMeanwhile, setting out his pitch, Sir Ed previously said the UK needs \"a new economic model\" and \"making capitalism turn green so Britain is a world green finance capital\".\n\n\"That means being tough on our banks, on the stock exchange, on the pension funds, so they take account of climate risk.\"\n\nExpectations were low when Sir Vince became leader in July 2017. The party was still in the political wilderness after its hammering in the 2015 general election.\n\nIt hadn't made the progress it had hoped for in 2017's snap poll, and Tim Farron had quit suddenly as leader amid uncomfortable questions over his views on faith and homosexuality.\n\nMPs weren't exactly queuing up to replace Mr Farron - Sir Vince was elected unopposed. He inherited a party that seemed to be going nowhere, fast.\n\nAlmost two years later, the picture couldn't be more different. His successor - who will be announced on Monday - will take over a party with a real spring in its step and genuine optimism about the future.\n\nSo how did the turnaround happen and how much credit should the outgoing leader get for it?", "Prince George is seen smiling in an England football shirt for official photographs released to mark his sixth birthday.\n\nKensington Palace published three pictures taken recently by his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge.\n\nThe third in line to the throne turns six on Monday.\n\nTwo of the images show the prince wearing a white England home shirt and grinning in the garden of his home at Kensington Palace.\n\nA third shows him on a family holiday, wearing a green polo shirt and striped blue and white shorts.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex took to Instagram to wish their nephew a happy birthday.\n\nWriting from their official account, the royal couple commented: ''Happy Birthday! Wishing you a very special day and lots of love!\"\n\nThe England football team also sent their well-wishes to the young royal, complimenting the prince on his Three Lions t-shirt.\n\nThe official account for the England team wrote on Twitter: \"Great choice of shirt! Have a brilliant birthday, Prince George!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by England This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPrince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London.\n\nHe appeared in front of the world's media one day later, when Prince William and Catherine stood cradling him on the hospital steps.\n\nThis year, he has appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony and at his mother's Chelsea Flower Show garden.\n\nBy George, how you've changed! Clockwise: Prince George on his six birthdays\n\nEarlier this month, the young prince received a tennis lesson from Roger Federer at the home of Kate's parents in Bucklebury, Berkshire.\n\nThe sports star said George was \"cute\" and had a \"good\" technique.\n\nThe prince's first appearance, when he was only a day old\n\nA great-grandchild to the Queen, George is expected to take the throne after his grandfather and his father.\n\nThe prince has completed Year 1 at the private Thomas's Battersea school.\n\nHe will begin Year 2 this September, his final year in the lower school before he moves to the middle school.\n• None In pictures: George's first five years", "A lack of funding is having a devastating impact on Northern Ireland's schools, the chairman of a Westminster committee has said.\n\nThe NI Affairs Committee has carried out an inquiry into education funding.\n\nIt concluded that a growing funding crisis in Northern Ireland's schools has led to unmanageable pressures on school budgets.\n\nIt also found there was not enough resources for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) pupils.\n\nAs a result, many were receiving \"delayed care and limited hours of specialist support\".\n\nThere are around 80,000 pupils with some form of special needs, almost a quarter of the total number of pupils, and a majority of them are educated in mainstream schools.\n\nThe committee called for the education budget to be increased to reflect the rising costs associated with caring for pupils with SEND.\n\nThe Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has published a report into education funding in Northern Ireland\n\nThe Northern Ireland Affairs Committee launched an inquiry into education funding in August 2018, due to the lack of scrutiny taking place in the absence of an assembly.\n\nIt heard oral evidence and received written submissions from principals, schools, unions and sectoral bodies, as well as the Department of Education (DE) and the Education Authority (EA).\n\nThe DE resource budget for 2018-19 was £1.98bn, \"a 0.6% increase on the previous year's allocation and a reduction in real terms\", according to the committee.\n\nIt said the department's resource budget for 2019-20 also saw a real-terms cut.\n\n\"We recommend that future budget allocations to DE rise not only in line with inflation, but in proportion to the number of pupils in the school system in order to reflect increasing pupil numbers and the associated demand for additional staff,\" the report said.\n\nIt also said teachers in Northern Ireland had seen their pay \"stagnate\" compared to their counterparts in the rest of the UK and in the Republic of Ireland.\n\n\"This is deeply unfair to Northern Ireland's teachers and must be corrected,\" the report said.\n\n\"Stagnant funding is evidently having a devastating impact on the ability of Northern Ireland's schools to provide the education and support their pupils deserve.\"\n\nBut it said schools could not afford to fund any pay rise and recommended that the secretary of state approve a pay rise, funded centrally by government.\n\nIt also called on the secretary of state to take key decisions relating to education in the absence of an assembly.\n\nIt recommends, for instance, that if the executive is not reformed by October that Karen Bradley should implement SEND reforms previously agreed by the assembly in 2016.\n\nSimon Hoare MP, who chairs the committee, said schools were facing \"unmanageable pressures\".\n\n\"Stagnant funding is evidently having a devastating impact on the ability of Northern Ireland's schools to provide the education and support their pupils deserve,\" he said.\n\n\"Without an executive or assembly, budgeting challenges have mounted into a crisis.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Department of Education said: \"The department welcomes the publication of this report and will carefully study all of its conclusions and recommendations.\"\n\nMaghaberry Primary School principal Graham Gault, who previously told MPs that parents were \"donating toilet roll\" at his school, appealed to the Northern Ireland secretary to \"take it [the report] seriously\".\n\n\"Our children can bear the brunt of the financial circumstances that our government are imposing on our schools no longer,\" he said.\n\n\"I would beg the secretary of state and our politicians to put our children first.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Netball\n\nNew Zealand stunned holders and 11-time champions Australia to win the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool.\n\nThe final was tense throughout and came down to the dying seconds and just one goal, as the Kiwis prevailed 52-51.\n\nIt was the Silver Ferns' fifth world title but their first since 2003 as they finally ended the Diamonds' dominance.\n\nEngland clinched bronze with a 58-42 victory over South Africa in their play-off match earlier on Sunday.\n\nThe Roses' win was routine compared with the drama which followed between the Trans-Tasman rivals who were competing against each other for the sixth consecutive World Cup final.\n\nIn a final that was evenly poised at half-time, New Zealand came out firing in the third quarter as they powered into a seven-goal lead with the 8,000-strong crowd behind them.\n\nAustralia reached the final unbeaten, defeating the Silver Ferns in their last group game by a single goal, and they brought the score back to that margin in the fourth quarter as Liverpool prepared for a spectacular finish.\n\nBut then they wilted under the pressure. With three minutes remaining, a mistake between the usually reliable shooter Caitlin Bassett and wing attack Kelsey Browne left the Diamonds flustered and New Zealand secured the turnover.\n\nThe Silver Ferns held their nerve and ran the clock down to snatch the trophy from their long-time rivals.\n\nIt gave a number of players the perfect send off, with Kiwi veteran defender Casey Kopua and international centurions Laura Langman and Maria Folau likely to bow out as world champions.\n\nKiwi coach Noeline Taurua, who took charge 11 months ago, suggested that her more experienced players were central to the victory. She said: \"Our fossils stood up and led from the front.\n\n\"I was actually quite speechless. Every day was going to be a challenge for us. To do the final is massive for the Ferns, for the sport and the community at home.\"\n\nAustralia coach Lisa Alexander chose to start captain Bassett after resting her for the semi-final against South Africa and she said after their defeat: \"There are hundreds of things you could change to make a difference but I'm proud of our efforts. We just didn't bring our A game.\n\n\"We'll look at everything but you don't have a knee-jerk reaction on a one-goal loss. It shows how close world netball is.\"\n\nThe Diamonds have now lost back-to-back major finals following their defeat by England in the Commonwealth Games in 2018, which also ended 52-51.", "A previous challenge on Brexit was taken to the European Court of Justice\n\nA cross-party group of MPs and peers has said it is planning legal action in Edinburgh to prevent parliament being \"closed down\" in the run-up to Brexit.\n\nIt will go to the Court of Session seeking what is called a declarator that the prime minister cannot lawfully advise the Queen to suspend parliament.\n\nBackers include parliamentarians from Labour, the SNP, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green party.\n\nThey have written to to Lord Keen, Advocate General for Scotland.\n\nThe legal team taking the action on behalf of the parliamentarians has had previous success, when it established that the UK had the power to revoke Article 50 - the mechanism which started the Brexit process.\n\nThat ruling was challenged, unsuccessfully, by the UK government at the Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice.\n\nThe latest action is likely to begin at the Court of Session - Scotland's highest civil court - next week.\n\nIts backers hope to have the Court of Session's decision before parliament returns from its summer break.", "Shane Lowry says he realised a childhood dream as he claimed his first major by winning The Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Irishman, 32, finished on 15 under par to win by six shots from England's Tommy Fleetwood amid a raucous atmosphere on the Dunluce Links.\n\nLowry was followed through wind, rain and heavy storms by thousands of fans roaring him on to lift the Claret Jug.\n\n\"I grew up holing putts to win The Open. It was always The Open,\" he said.\n\n\"It's just incredible to be sitting here with the trophy in front of me. Look at the names on it. I couldn't believe it was happening.\"\n• None 'How Lowry became Pied Piper of Portrush'\n• None Fleetwood, Fowler and Reed - watch the best shots of the final round\n• None The Cut podcast: Lowry Open win is 'for the island of Ireland'\n\nThe world number 33 had said after Saturday's scintillating course record eight-under-par 63, that saw him take a four-shot lead into Sunday, that he would go to bed \"thinking about holding the Claret Jug\".\n\nHowever, he revealed he struggled to sleep and woke up in the night thinking about what lay before him.\n\nThree years ago he had the same advantage going into the final day at the US Open - but fell away as American Dustin Johnson won at Oakmont.\n\nHe admitted that, before the round, he did not believe he could win a major and did not relax until the job was almost complete.\n\n\"I hit my tee shot on 18 and I knew I was home and hosed,\" added Lowry, who says the Claret Jug will live on his kitchen table.\n\n\"I knew I was going to have to fight to the very end, and I did. I let myself think about it on 17, enjoy it. But you're still hitting shots. It's links golf, there are bunkers, rough, all sorts can happen out there.\n\n\"I let myself really, really enjoy it going down 18. It was incredible. The crowd was going wild singing 'ole ole'. I couldn't believe it was happening to me.\n\n\"I tried to soak it in as much as I could. It was hard because it was a very surreal experience going down there.\"\n\nLowry was cheered on by fans from all over the island and says many friends made the last-minute trip from the Republic of Ireland to see him when it became clear he would be leading in the final round.\n\n\"It's huge for Irish golf. It's big for Irish sport. People will have watched golf that never watched golf before,\" he said.\n\n\"I'm home now. To be able to win it at home where it was so easy for people to make the trip up to watch me, to be able to go out and celebrate with local people is just very nice.\"\n\nNow he wants to use his maiden major success as a springboard to being picked for Europe to take on the United States at next year's Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.\n\n\"The one thing you want to do is back up your success,\" said Lowry. \"In the short term I'm going to enjoy this.\n\n\"My big goal still remains the same and that is to be on the plane going to Whistling Straits next year - hopefully that involves a couple of wins along the way.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIsrael has begun demolishing a cluster of Palestinian homes it says were built illegally too close to the separation barrier in the occupied West Bank.\n\nSecurity forces moved in to Sur Baher, on the edge of East Jerusalem, to tear down buildings said to house 17 people.\n\nResidents said they had been given permits to build by the Palestinian Authority, and accused Israel of an attempt to grab West Bank land.\n\nBut Israel's Supreme Court ruled that they had violated a construction ban.\n\nIsrael captured the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war and later effectively annexed East Jerusalem. Under international law, both areas are considered to be occupied territory, though Israel disputes this.\n\nSome 700 Israeli police officers and 200 soldiers were involved in Monday's operation in the village of Wadi Hummus, on the edge of Sur Baher.\n\nThey moved in at about 04:00 (01:00 GMT) along with excavators, which began tearing down the 10 buildings the UN says were earmarked for demolition.\n\nNine of the Palestinians who have been displaced are refugees, including five children, according to the UN. Another 350 people who owned homes in buildings that were unoccupied or under construction are also affected.\n\nOne of the residents, Ismail Abadiyeh, told AFP news agency his family would be left \"on the street\".\n\nAnother man who owned an unfinished house said he was \"losing everything\".\n\n\"I had a permit to build from the Palestinian Authority. I thought I was doing the right thing,\" Fadi al-Wahash told Reuters news agency.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Palestine PLO-NAD This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said the Palestinians would complain to the International Criminal Court (ICC) about the \"grave aggression\".\n\n\"This is a continuation of the forced displacement of the people of Jerusalem from their homes and lands - a war crime and a crime against humanity,\" he added.\n\nBut Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Israel's Supreme Court had ruled that \"the illegal construction constitutes a severe security threat\".\n\n\"The court also ruled unequivocally that those who built houses in the area of the security fence, knew that building in that area was prohibited, and took the law into their own hands,\" he added.\n\nUN officials warned that Israel's actions were \"not compatible with its obligations under international humanitarian law\".\n\n\"Among other things, the destruction of private property in occupied territory is only permissible where rendered absolutely necessary for military operations, which is not applicable. Furthermore, it results in forced evictions, and contributes to the risk of forcible transfer facing many Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,\" they said.\n\nThe European Union urged Israel to immediately halt the demolitions, saying they were the continuation of a policy that undermined the prospect for lasting peace.\n\nIsrael's Supreme Court said the structures were built illegally and posed a security risk\n\nThe demolitions in Wadi Hummus are particularly controversial because the buildings are situated in part of the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority's (PA) jurisdiction but on the Israeli side of the separation barrier.\n\nThe barrier was built in and around the West Bank in the wake of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, which began in 2000. Israel says the barrier's purpose is to prevent infiltrations from the West Bank by Palestinian attackers, but Palestinians say it is a tool to take over occupied land.\n\nIn 2004, when the barrier was under construction, residents of Wadi Hummus asked the Israeli military to change its planned route so that the village was on the Israeli side of the fence.\n\nThey wanted to maintain the geographical integrity of Sur Bahir, most of which lies within the East Jerusalem municipal area, and preserve access to an area where additional residential construction could be carried out.\n\nResidents said they had been given permits to build by the Palestinian Authority\n\nThe barrier route was subsequently changed, but the PA continued to have authority over civil affairs in Wadi Hummus, including planning and zoning.\n\nPermits for the buildings in the village were reportedly issued by the PA's planning ministry about 10 years ago. But in 2012, the Israeli military ordered a halt to the construction work because they were within 250m (820ft) of the barrier.\n\nLawyers for the residents argued at the Supreme Court that the Israeli military had no jurisdiction over the area, but the judges said in June that the buildings would \"limit [military] operational freedom near the barrier and increase tensions with the local population\".\n\n\"Such construction may also shelter terrorists or illegal residents among the civilian population, and allow terrorist operatives to smuggle weapons or sneak inside Israeli territory,\" they added.", "A decision on whether controversial Chinese firm Huawei should be excluded from the rollout of 5G mobile phone networks in the UK has been postponed.\n\nCulture secretary Jeremy Wright said the government is \"not yet in a position\" to decide what involvement Huawei should have in the 5G network.\n\nMr Wright said the implication of the recent US ban on its companies from dealing with Huawei was not clear.\n\nUntil it was, he said the government would be \"wrong\" to make a decision.\n\n\"We will do so as soon as possible,\" he told the House of Commons.\n\nThe US banned companies from selling components and technology to Huawei and 68 related companies on 15 May, citing national security concerns.\n\nIt later issued a temporary licence that enabled some companies to continue supporting existing Huawei networks and devices.\n\nMr Wright said the US decision \"could have a potential impact on the future availability and reliability of Huawei's products, together with other market impacts, and so are relevant considerations in determining Huawei's involvement in the network\".\n\nLast week, MPs said the government needed to make a decision on Huawei as \"a matter of urgency\", warning continued delays were damaging international relations.\n\nHuawei has repeatedly denied claims the use of its products presents security risks, and has said it is independent from the Chinese government.\n\nHuawei, vice president Victor Zhang said it was confident \"that we can continue to work with network operators to rollout 5G across the UK.\"\n\n\"After 18 years of operating in the UK, we remain committed to supporting BT, EE, Vodafone and other partners build secure, reliable networks.\"\n\n\"The evidence shows excluding Huawei would cost the UK economy £7bn and result in more expensive 5G networks, raising prices for anyone with a mobile device,\" he added.\n\nSo yet again the key question about the UK's 5G future has been delayed.\n\nThe government says it is still not clear what the Trump administration's blacklisting of Huawei really means. If there is going to be an all-out ban on US firms working with the Chinese company then that could make its products - which use some American components - unreliable in the longer term.\n\nMeanwhile UK mobile operators are getting on with the rollout of 5G - all of them using Huawei equipment.\n\nIn doing so they are taking a risk because a government ban would mean they had to rip out equipment and start again at great cost.\n\nSo the operators are increasingly impatient for some certainty - although it looks as though that could be some time coming unless the new Prime Minister decides that it is right at the top of his in-tray.\n\nBritain's National Security Council, chaired by outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May, met to discuss Huawei in April and a decision was made to block the firm from all critical parts of the 5G network over security concerns, but still allow it restricted access to less sensitive parts.\n\nThe final decision on Huawei was then supposed to have been made public in the review of the telecoms supply chain led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which was published on Monday.\n\nThe decision on 5G equipment vendors will now be made by the next prime minister.\n\nShadow secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport Tom Watson said the government's handling of Huawei's involvement in the future of the UK's 5G network had been defined by \"confusion\".\n\n\"Whether the government needs to ban Huawei for security reasons or not, the government has a rollout target to meet, 5G for the majority of the country by 2027. So we need clarity one way or another and government should have a plan B for meeting this target if necessary,\" he added.\n\nMark Newman, analyst at tech research firm ConnectivityX, said so far only Vodafone and EE had switched on their 5G networks and both had used Huawei to supply their radio access networks.\n\n\"Huawei is the world's biggest supplier of telecoms equipment and leads the race in the development of 5G networks. 5G services could be impacted with the continued uncertainty over the future of Huawei in the UK,\" he said.\n\nLast month, China's ambassador to the UK warned that excluding Huawei from Britain's 5G network \"sends a very bad signal\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC's Newsnight, Liu Xiaoming said Chinese businesses planning to invest in Britain may be put off dealing with the UK if Huawei's equipment is not used for the network.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some people attempted to extinguish fires near their homes\n\nHundreds of firefighters have spent the day battling wildfires in a forested, mountainous area of central Portugal.\n\nEight firefighters and 12 civilians have been injured in the Castelo Branco region, according to the interior ministry.\n\nOne badly burned civilian was evacuated by helicopter to the capital Lisbon.\n\nHelicopters and tanker planes have been used to douse three major blazes in the region, with two now said to have been brought under control.\n\nThe biggest operation - involving 800 firefighters, 245 vehicles including bulldozers, and 13 planes and helicopters - is tackling a fire in the municipality of Vila de Rei.\n\nHe added that an investigation had been launched to discover whether the fires might have been started deliberately.\n\n\"There's something strange. How is it that five such large fires broke out in areas that are so close to each other?\" said Mr Cabrita.\n\nThe Portuguese army said it had sent soldiers and machinery into the area to open routes for firefighters.\n\nPresident Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa expressed his \"solidarity with the hundreds fighting the scourge of the fires\".\n\nThe fires started on Saturday afternoon and were fanned by strong winds.\n\nVillages were evacuated as a precaution, and several major roads were closed.\n\nWildfires are an annual problem in Portugal. The country is warm, heavily forested, and affected by strong winds from the Atlantic.\n\nDozens of people were killed in huge fires there in 2017.\n\nSix regions in central and southern Portugal are currently on high alert for fires.", "Mike Taggart said \"everything was pretty normal, but looking back it was not normal at all\" with his mother Donna Crist\n\n\"There was this pop of air and that was her last breath pretty much, there was nothing they could do... I lost my whole world.\"\n\nMike Taggart was 15 when his mother Donna Crist was brutally murdered in August 1997 by her husband at her flat in Rhyl, Denbighshire, after suffering years of domestic abuse.\n\nNow 37, he works to prevent other women going through what his mother with a role in the domestic abuse unit for North Wales Police and is spearheading a campaign of training people who work in the hair and beauty industry to help them recognise the signs of domestic abuse.\n\nHis family moved from Liverpool to north Wales when he was three and his mum soon met and married Derek Evans.\n\nBut his stepfather gradually turned against the family, getting drunk and shouting at him and his sister Becci.\n\nHis mother would \"always be wearing long sleeves and baggy clothing\" in order to hide her bruises and marks of abuse.\n\nWhen Mike was in his early teens, his stepfather took him into the garage of their house.\n\n\"I'd said I wanted to dance or sing - he told me that only poofters dance and sing so he hung a teddy over the beams and told me that I should punch it - that boys box, boys don't dance.\n\n\"He was extremely intoxicated and he was frothing at the mouth and spitting in my face.\"\n\nOn one occasion, Donna, who worked as a one-to-one tutor for Mencap, stopped for a cider after work with her friend.\n\nEvans \"took a dislike\" to this.\n\nWhen she returned home, her husband \"ran out into the street and lifted her dress over her head and slapped her thighs in front of the street.\n\n\"I think the humility of the hidden abuse - as it is normally - took another turn and I think the shame of that was probably what pushed her into thinking 'I can't stay'.\"\n\nDonna Crist was killed when she was 36 years old\n\nDonna made the decision to leave her abusive husband and when she told her mother, she said: \"You've signed your death warrant.\"\n\nDespite this, she told Evans, then aged 54, she wanted a divorce and he agreed to it.\n\nThey talked about splitting assets and one day, he went round to her flat and stabbed her to death.\n\nDonna's mother went round to see her daughter. When she arrived, she saw her daughter on the floor covered in blood.\n\nThinking she had been punched in the face, she went to get help from a neighbour who kicked the door in.\n\n\"There was this pop of air and that was her last breath pretty much, there was nothing they could do... She was pronounced dead at the scene,\" Mike said.\n\n\"My nan was next door with these kids just sat round the table and I'll never forget her just sat there looking into nothing, stunned.\"\n\nEvans launched an unsuccessful appeal against his conviction, in which Mike and his family had to hear him claim to the appeal court in London that their mum was the abuser.\n\nIn total, Evans served 11 years and was released in 2010.\n\nPC Mike Taggart has been motivated by his experiences to help other domestic abuse victims\n\n\"It was the last year of GCSEs and I went a bit off the rails, I lost my whole world in one fell swoop,\" Mike said.\n\n\"I'm really fortunate I had grandparents who took me in and looked after me, that made a massive change to me, I think I'd have been screwed without them to be honest.\n\n\"It comes back to haunt you, I think, as a kid, you don't appreciate the magnitude of things, it comes back and hits you like a big tonne of bricks when you're an adult.\"\n\nMike joined the police in his mid-20s, having spent time fulfilling a dream of singing and dancing in a touring band.\n\nSpurred on by his experiences, he secured a role as strategic domestic abuse officer and now offers training to beauty professionals.\n\n\"We are not asking people to do our job - we want them to be the eyes and ears,\" he said.\n\n\"While having their treatments women do disclose information to professionals, because they trust them.\"\n\nSalon owner Julie Howatson-Broster has taken part in training to help spot signs of domestic abuse\n\nAnn Williams from the Live Fear Free domestic abuse helpline said 112 women in England and Wales were killed last year as a result of domestic abuse.\n\nJulie Howatson-Broster, 46, the owner of Visage Beauty Salon in Denbigh, has taken part in the training.\n\n\"You've got to remain professional, we're not qualified, but we've been given contacts, apps, that are out there.\n\n\"It was invaluable for us, so even if you're just slipping someone something in front of them saying 'there you are, there's details there'.\n\n\"It's important that they know they have somewhere they can go and that we're not going to run off and blab.\n\n\"They [clients] build trust in you, it's so they know that in these four walls, it's not going to go anywhere.\"\n\nMike added: \"If something like that was available to mum at the time... It may well have encouraged her to get the help she needed.\"\n\nFor details of organisations which offer advice and support, go to BBC Action Line.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A recording of radio exchanges between a British warship and an Iranian armed forces vessel has been released, revealing the moments before a British-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf.\n\nIn the audio the Iranian vessel can he heard instructing the tanker, the Stena Impero, to change direction. The Iranian vessel then tells the Royal Navy frigate that its intention is to inspect the Stena Impero, for \"security reasons\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. New Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson: \"I will do whatever it takes to stop Brexit.\"\n\nJo Swinson has become the first female Liberal Democrat leader, after decisively beating Sir Ed Davey in a poll of party members.\n\nShe won 47,997 votes, against her opponent's 28,021.\n\nThe 39-year old, who succeeds Sir Vince Cable, said she was \"over the moon\" to have been elected and was \"ready for the fight of our lives\".\n\nShe told activists the UK's future lay in the European Union and she would do \"whatever it takes to stop Brexit\".\n\nAs well as being the first woman to take charge of the party, Ms Swinson is also its youngest ever leader.\n\nDescribing Boris Johnson, the frontrunner in the contest to be the next Conservative leader, as \"unfit to be prime minister\", she said her party was ready to return to government.\n\n\"I stand before you today not just as leader of the Lib Dems, but as a candidate to be prime minister. There is no limit for my ambition for our party, our movement and our country.\n\n\"I am ready to take my party into a general election and win it.\"\n\nThe BBC's political correspondent Jessica Parker said Ms Swinson's victory speech was met with rapturous applause.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jessica Parker This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Swinson, who has been the party's deputy leader since 2017, was a business minister in the Lib Dem-Conservative coalition government.\n\nJust 25 years old when she was first elected to Parliament in 2005, she regained her East Dunbartonshire seat in the 2017 general election after losing it two years earlier.\n\nShe told supporters her party, which came second in the recent European elections on the back of its support for another Brexit referendum, had enjoyed a remarkable turnaround over the last two years and it was clear \"liberalism is alive and thriving\".\n\nShe said the UK's vote to leave the EU marked a \"retreat\" from the world and a challenge to the \"liberal values\" and \"fundamental freedoms\" her party had historically championed.\n\n\"We champion freedom - but Brexit will mean the next generation is less free to live, work and love across Europe,\" she said.\n\n\"We value openness - but Britain is in retreat, pulling up the drawbridge.\"\n\nThe party said 72% of its about 106,000 members had voted.\n\nIn her victory speech, Ms Swinson appealed to disillusioned Conservative, Labour and independent MPs, saying her \"door was always open\" to those determined to fight the rise of \"nationalism and populism\".\n\n\"This is the time for working together. This is not the time for tribalism.\"\n\nIn response, a number of former members of Change UK, who have been linked with the Lib Dems since quitting the breakaway party, offered their congratulations.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Heidi Allen MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSpeaking at a rally on Monday evening, Sir Ed congratulated his rival on her victory and said the party was \"totally united\" behind her.\n\n\"These are historic times and we are needed more than ever before,\" he said. \"With Boris Johnson about to become prime minister, we need to raise our game even more.\"\n\nExpectations were low when Sir Vince became Lib Dem leader in July 2017.\n\nThe party was still in the political wilderness after its hammering in the 2015 general election. It hadn't made the progress it had hoped for in 2017's snap poll, and Tim Farron had quit suddenly as leader amid uncomfortable questions over his views on faith and homosexuality.\n\nMPs weren't exactly queuing up to replace Mr Farron - Sir Vince was elected unopposed. He inherited a party that seemed to be going nowhere, fast.\n\nAlmost two years later, the picture couldn't be more different. His successor takes over a party with a real spring in its step and genuine optimism about the future.\n\nSo how did the turnaround happen and how much credit should the outgoing leader get for it?\n• None Who is new Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson?", "Nearly four years ago, we took the first steps on a path of enormous change in our politics.\n\nConventions frayed. Those who had held the reins for years in our major political parties lost their grip.\n\nIn September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn stormed the Labour leadership, exciting a phalanx of new and old Labour supporters.\n\nDespite the signs that were blatantly obvious during that campaign the result was an intense shock to most people who worked in and around Westminster.\n\nIn the chaos that followed, Theresa May found her moment and moved in to Number 10.\n\nThen in June 2017, again, the public reminded the political class who was in charge, and surprised them by removing the Tories' majority, making a tricky job of governing precarious, changing everything for the Prime Minister who held on, only just.\n\nWe are now on the verge of the fourth moment of transformation in those four years: Tomorrow morning the name of the new prime minister will be announced.\n\nThe UK is set to have its third prime minister in little more than three years\n\nUnless Conservative members are an entirely duplicitous bunch, the name that is read will be Boris Johnson.\n\nA man whose career has been at the top, then in the trash, but whose ultimate belief in himself, and his ability to get others to buy into that, is about to land him in the very highest office in the land.\n\nA man whose dream of power, which he has tried continually to deny, has been obvious for more than a decade.\n\nA man who many voters adore, but who repels others.\n\nA man who some, even in his own party, believe is a nightmare.\n\nA man who has what might politely be described as an \"unusual relationship with the truth\", as one official told me.\n\nBut he captures the attention of voters in a way so few politicians do, prompting members of the public to be near him, whether to scream insults or to shake his hand.\n\nBut just as there are wildly varying interpretations of his character, his values, and motivations, so there are wildly varying guesses as to how he will answer the big questions that will face him in office, if, as expected, he walks across the threshold of Number 10 on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nMost intense among the demands are how he will cope with Brexit. That is the conundrum that has given him this chance. And the conundrum that may yet be impossible to solve.\n\nIs there really any chance of getting a different deal with the EU despite their repeated protestations to the contrary?\n\nIf he cannot, would he really launch the country out of the union with no formal arrangement in place, given the warnings about the risks of doing so?\n\nWould he be willing to send MPs home and close down Parliament temporarily to get round the howls of protest from the green benches if he tries?\n\nWould he call an election to get his way?\n\nMr Johnson has spent the last few weeks selling his standard brew of gags and promises in the campaign, and has visibly tried to keep options as open as he can, other than sticking firmly to the vow to leave the EU at Halloween.\n\nThat has been the main difference between him and Jeremy Hunt, his rival candidate.\n\nAnd in a campaign that came about because of a failure to leave the EU, it is not surprising that the concrete guarantee to do that is the one absolute promise he has given.\n\nFor his most ardent Brexiteer supporters, they have him exactly where they want him, \"in a box\", as one describes, with sticking to the deadline \"his only way out\", even if it means leaving with no formal arrangement to start with.\n\nWhen it comes to those other questions, the answers make less compelling headlines, but the truthful responses are: It depends.\n\nMr Johnson says he wants a different deal with the EU.\n\nThey say overtly there is no chance of reopening the existing withdrawal agreement.\n\nBut Mr Johnson is asking for something else - what his backers describe as a basic free trade deal, perhaps even a four-page statement of intent about how the EU and the UK would do business with each other in the future.\n\nOnce that is done, so the plan goes, there would be a \"standstill\", or a period where not that much changes but the UK leaves the union at the end of October.\n\nIn its most basic sense, we leave in a few months' time, both sides agree to do business sensibly with each other, and promise to sort out the hard stuff, like the Irish border, over a period of a few years.\n\nBefore you scream, there is a very long list of quibbles with this plan. Not least, you might wonder, if it is that easy, why on earth has it not been done already?\n\nThe EU has said repeatedly that they would not and could not accept any kind of deal without a solution for the Irish border being settled first.\n\nAnd there are also disagreements inside the varied tribes that make up Team Johnson these days, even if their man can persuade the EU to think again.\n\nSome of them believe that during the standstill period in the UK it would be fair enough, and worth the political pain, to accept the oversight of the European Courts for a while.\n\nFor others that is absolutely toxic.\n\nSome of his supporters believe it is possible that an outline deal could get through Parliament in time with a straightforward thumbs up or thumbs down vote - an un-amendable statutory instrument, to use the technical term.\n\nOthers cannot believe that is workable.\n\nBut a new prime minister will bring a new mandate at home and creates a new political moment abroad.\n\nOne senior EU diplomat told me \"we see Boris as an opportunity\".\n\nDon't get me wrong, they are not champing at the bit to tear up two years of hard work and make things happen for the former foreign secretary who perplexed them.\n\nA blimp of Boris Johnson was deployed at a protest directed against Brexit and the leadership frontrunner\n\nBut there is an acknowledgement that the political situation is about to be reset and those on the other side of negotiating table have of course been thinking about possible ways through.\n\nIt is going to take a lot more than a mini-break to Berlin, a weekend at President Macron's fort in the baking heat of the Cote D'Azur, or a few Pimms on the terrace at Chequers.\n\nA new kind of deal, that could get then get through Parliament in 100 days, seems very unlikely, but it is not completely out of the question - it depends.\n\nWith the chances of a new agreement so small and the promise to leave on 31 October so big, other vexed questions arise about how Parliament would react to a prime minister determined to take us out.\n\nWould they be able to stop a still hypothetical Prime Minister Johnson ramming through departure without a formal deal?\n\nA band of new rebels are lying in wait, leading to the bizarre spectacle of cabinet ministers chucking themselves over board before they get shoved.\n\nSome ardent backers of Mr Johnson believe that even so, he might be able to get Parliament on side for such a departure, or at least they could run the numbers close.\n\nThere is a sprinkling of Labour MPs committed to getting it done, and do not underestimate the passions on the Tory side, including among some who think it is all a nightmare but they just want it to be over.\n\nIt is impossible right now to predict how every MP would vote, but a Johnson government trying to take us out without a deal would at the very least meet very fierce resistance.\n\nThat is why there has been frantic speculation about whether he would even consider temporarily closing down Parliament in order to get Brexit done.\n\n(That sounds crazy, but as the law stands we are leaving on 31 October, and if MPs are not sitting in the House of Commons they cannot change the law to stop it).\n\nTeam Johnson will not rule that out, as they will not rule out any of the emergency rip cords they might have to pull to stick to their deadlines.\n\nThe way to get round it may be much less dramatic, if almost as controversial, in the Commons.\n\nSeveral in Johnson's circle admitted they do not plan to send Parliament home, but instead hardly to put forward any legislation, if indeed any at all.\n\nOne of his senior backers suggested they in fact would not try to have any discussion or votes on any laws at all before Halloween. That sounds technical.\n\nBut the government controls what new laws are voted on in the House of Commons.\n\nAnd if they do not put any forward before 31 October, including none that could possibly have anything Brexit related tagged on to it, or amended, then MPs who want to stop us leaving without a formal deal simply will not have the chance to vote to do so.\n\nThat is why earlier this year there was such controversy when Labour MP Yvette Cooper and others tried to grab control of the business in the Commons, so they could decide what got voted on and passed.\n\nAnd it is why one of Team Johnson joked last week that their chief whip might find ways of keeping MPs busy with general debates on all sorts of trivia, but they would not give them anything to vote on, so they would not have a chance to block Brexit from happening on time.\n\nAnd it is why others in his camp say there is a vigorous debate inside over what bits of legislation would be absolutely vital if we are to leave without a deal, and what you could do without.\n\nSo would Boris Johnson suspend Parliament for a while to get Brexit done? The answer again seems, in one way or another, it depends.\n\nAnd because the answers to those still hypothetical questions still are \"it depends\", it is likely that he will before long find himself in a similar kind of agony to Theresa May - without a plan that can pass Parliament.\n\nThat is why there is also frenzied speculation over whether he is planning secretly to bring about an election.\n\nGuess what? Here, too, there are different tribes of opinion.\n\nCertainly, there has been discussion that, without a majority, with Labour in despair, with a rocky road ahead on Brexit, it would be wise to move into a campaign as soon as possible, using the new mandate and new moment of change to try to improve the odds of success.\n\nBut more voices in Johnson's camp caution against pursuing a public vote until Brexit has actually happened. It is familiar to hear a plan of chunky spending promises in the autumn, a departure from the EU however it happens, then an election that \"becomes viable from the spring\".\n\nBut if Parliament defies the new government in the autumn, the circumstances could feel different, indeed.\n\nWhat we do know is after four years we are entering perhaps an even more unpredictable period - whether you are thrilled or horrified, understand, we are on the edge of another great change.\n\nOne of the cabinet ministers who is likely to be packing up their office shortly quipped as they talked in disbelief about the mess of the last few years, that \"by Christmas it might be Johnson, Corbyn, even prime minister Cooper, Letwin or Swinson\" - knowing, as they tried to make light of their despair, that they weren't really joking at all.\n\nThe answer, of course - it depends.", "Volvo is recalling almost 70,000 cars in the UK over concerns that they could catch fire.\n\nIt is part of a global recall of more than half a million diesel vehicles that suffer from a fault.\n\nThe Swedish carmaker said that \"in very rare cases\" a plastic part of the engine can \"melt and deform\" and in \"extreme cases\" catch fire.\n\nThe issue affects some cars made in the past five years. Volvo said it is contacting affected customers.\n\nThe carmaker said in \"the most extreme cases\" the fault, involving the engine manifold, had caused a fire.\n\nVolvo did not say how many fires had been recorded, but said that there had been no reports of injuries related to the fault.\n\nThe problem affects cars from the models years 2014 to 2019 with four-cylinder diesel engines.\n\nIt is not clear how long it will take for the company to fix the affected vehicles but Volvo said: \"We will do our utmost to perform this action without any unnecessary inconvenience.\"\n\nVolvo said it was contacting all customers whose vehicles are affected to alert them to the issue.\n\nDrivers are being told it is \"safe to continue to use your car\" if it does not show any signs of a problem, such as an engine warning light illuminating, a lack of power or an \"unusual smell\".\n\nA second letter will be sent confirming when a solution to the problem is available.\n\nVolvo said it notified the relevant authorities about the issue \"as soon as it was identified\".\n\nIt apologised to customers for the inconvenience caused, stating that it is taking \"full responsibility to ensure the highest quality and safety standards of our cars\".\n\nVolvo makes 600,000 cars each year, of which around 50,000 are sold in the UK - fewer than are being recalled in the country.\n\nLast year, Toyota announced a recall of more than 2.4 million hybrid vehicles worldwide because of a fault in their systems that could cause them to lose power.\n\nAnd in April, it emerged that Vauxhall is recalling 235,000 Zafira cars for a third time after a new source of fires was discovered. It followed earlier recalls in 2015 and 2016.", "Australian swimmer Mack Horton has publicly reignited his feud with Chinese rival Sun Yang, years after accusing him of being a \"drug cheat\".\n\nSun pipped Horton to claim gold in the 400m freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in South Korea on Sunday.\n\nHorton later refused to share the medal podium with Sun - who has faced fresh claims of violating doping protocols.\n\nAfterwards, Sun told reporters: \"Disrespecting me was OK, but disrespecting China was unfortunate.\"\n\nHe added: \"I feel sorry about that.\"\n\nHorton, the defending Olympic champion, had also declined to shake hands with Sun or pose for photos with him. He happily posed beside Italian bronze medallist Gabriele Detti.\n\nSun served a three-month suspension in 2014 for testing positive for a banned stimulant trimetazidine, which he said had been for a heart complaint.\n\nThe pair's enmity goes back to the 2016 Rio Olympics when Horton accused Sun of deliberately splashing him in a training session, saying: \"I ignored him, I don't have time or respect for drug cheats.\"\n\nLater, he added: \"I just have a problem with athletes who have tested positive and are still competing.\"\n\nHorton won gold in Rio, but Sun has otherwise dominated the event in recent years - his win on Sunday in Gwangju is his fourth consecutive world title.\n\nHorton also declined to shake hands with Sun\n\nAfter claiming silver, Horton was asked how he felt and replied: \"Frustration is probably it. I think you know in what respect.\"\n\n\"I don't think I need to say anything. His actions and how it has been handled speaks louder than anything I could say.\"\n\nSun said he was \"aware of the rumours\" but did not elaborate, saying \"I will keep trying to put a lot of effort in my swimming\".\n\nHis comment about \"disrespecting\" China follows much antipathy from his fans towards Horton in 2016, when the Australian's social media accounts were flooded with abuse.\n\nOther swimming figures have expressed support for Horton's actions in Gwangju.\n\n\"Absolutely awesome to see @_mackhorton protesting clean sport by not getting up on the podium next to Sun Yang,\" tweeted Horton's ex-teammate David McKeon.\n\nSun faces a fresh hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in September, after the World Anti-doping Agency appealed against a decision to clear him of a separate doping offence.\n\nReports have alleged that he avoided a drugs ban after destroying blood samples. Sun has denied the allegations.\n\nLast week, Australia's Daily Telegraph posted a leaked 59-page report by the Fina doping panel following a hearing at which Sun said he refused to comply with a drugs test because of doubts over a testers' accreditation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heart disease and mental health: What are the health risks of doping?\n\nChinese swimming officials demanded an apology from Horton after his comments in 2016, but the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said he was \"entitled to express a point of view\".\n\n\"He has spoken out in support of clean athletes. This is something he feels strongly about and good luck to him,\" the AOC said at the time.", "The waters of Loch Ness are deep and cold, the RNLI has warned\n\nA suggestion for a mass search for the Loch Ness Monster later this year has gone viral on social media, and caused concern for the RNLI.\n\nOn Facebook, about 18,000 people say they are going to a Storm Loch Ness event with 38,000 \"interested\".\n\nIt has been inspired by Storm Area 51, an idea tens of thousands of people could storm a US Air Force base to uncover the truth to a UFO conspiracy.\n\nBut Loch Ness RNLI is warning of the dangers of the loch's deep water.\n\nConcerned that hundreds, or even thousands, of people head out on to the loch for Storm Loch Ness on 21 September, the volunteer crew said it could not match the resources being used by the US military to deal with Storm Area 51.\n\nLoch Ness RNLI says its \"impressive lifeboat\" would struggle if large numbers of people got into difficulty\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"With no US Army involved, Loch Ness looks a little less hazardous than storming Area 51, but here we have our own set of problems.\n\n\"Our Atlantic 85 lifeboat has an impressive survivor-carrying capacity, but even that will be stretched by the 'attendees' of this event.\"\n\nThe spokeswoman said \"jokes aside\" some \"quick facts\" about Loch Ness revealed how dangerous its water can be.\n\nThey include its depth being almost two and a half times the height of the Big Ben tower, and the temperature being an average 6C.\n\nShe also said that conditions could deteriorate quickly on the loch with wave heights of 4m (13ft) recorded and, because it is freshwater, it is less buoyant than the sea if someone ends up in the loch and tries to float.\n\nLoch Ness RNLI crew has signed off its warning with: \"Nessie 1 - 0 Bandwagon.\"\n\nTens of thousands have indicated interest in \"storming\" Loch Ness to find Nessie", "Mabuse said she was \"thrilled and overjoyed\" to be joining Strictly\n\nMotsi Mabuse, elder sister of Strictly Come Dancing star Oti, has been named as Dame Darcey Bussell's replacement on the BBC One show's judging panel.\n\nOriginally from South Africa, Motsi is a former South African champion and German Latin champion and a judge on Strictly Come Dancing's German version.\n\nMabuse, 38, said she was \"absolutely overjoyed\" to be joining the panel and hoped to \"add her own bit of sparkle\".\n\nHer sister Oti has been a professional on four editions of the hit BBC show.\n\nCharlotte Moore, director of BBC Content, said Motsi Mabuse would be \"a brilliant addition to the show\" when it returns for its 17th series later this year.\n\n\"She is a wonderful dancer in her own right and already has years of experience as a judge under her belt,\" she continued. \"We're all looking forward to welcoming her to the Strictly family.\"\n\nSarah James, Strictly's executive producer, echoed her sentiments, saying the new judge's \"natural warmth, energy and passion for dance\" would make her \"the perfect addition\".\n\nMabuse started out as a professional dancer and competed on Let's Dance, the German version of Strictly, before becoming one of its judges.\n\nShe will join Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel-Horwood and Bruno Tonioli on the BBC show's panel.\n\nWriting on Instagram, Mabuse said Let's Dance would \"always have a place in her heart\" and that she would not be \"going anywhere soon\".\n\n\"Exciting times ahead,\" she continued, adding: \"I can't wait to meet all of @bbcstrictly team.\"\n\nOti - recently seen as a dance captain on BBC One's The Greatest Dancer - has been confirmed as one of the professional dancers on Strictly this year.\n\nMotsi Mabuse (second from left) has judged her sister's performances on Let's Dance\n\nThe 28-year-old previously competed on two seasons of Let's Dance when her sister was a judge.\n\nIn the 2016 season, Oti and her celebrity partner were among the first to be eliminated, thanks in part to a score of three out of 10 from her sister.\n\nOti has described sister as her first coach and an inspiration for her own dance career.\n\nThe younger Mabuse responded to her sibling's new role with a \"Yayyy!!!\" and a typographical rendition of the hit show's theme tune.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Oti Mabuse This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStrictly professional Katya Jones said Mabuse was \"a brilliant choice\", while her husband Neil called her \"one [of] the greatest female dancers of her time\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Who might replace Darcey on Strictly?", "Credit score agency Equifax has agreed to pay up to $700m (£561m) as part of a settlement with a US regulator following a data breach in 2017.\n\nThe Federal Trade Commission had alleged the Atlanta-based firm failed to take reasonable steps to secure its network.\n\nThe records of at least 147 million people were exposed in the incident.\n\nAt least $300m will go towards paying for identity theft services and other related expenses run up by the victims.\n\nThis sum will expand to a maximum of $425m, if required to cover the consumers' losses.\n\nThe rest of the money will be divided between 50 US states and territories and a penalty paid to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.\n\nIt represents the FTC's largest data-breach settlement to date, topping a $148m penalty Uber agreed to last year.\n\n\"Equifax failed to take basic steps that may have prevented the breach,\" said the FTC's chairman Joe Simons.\n\n\"This settlement requires that the company take steps to improve its data security going forward, and will ensure that consumers harmed by this breach can receive help protecting themselves from identity theft and fraud.\"\n\nThe agency added that among the stolen information, the hackers copied:\n\nThe UK's Information Commissioner's Office has already issued the company with a £500,000 fine for failing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million UK citizens during the same attack.\n\nEquifax had been warned in March that one of its databases - the Equifax Automated Consumer Interview System (ACIS) - suffered from a critical vulnerability, the FTC said.\n\nThe ACIS was used by members of the public to check their own credit reports. But because of the way that Equifax's IT systems had evolved, it also provided a means for hackers to access other unrelated records stored by the firm.\n\nThe FTC alleged that Equifax's security team ordered that the vulnerable systems be patched within 48 hours after being informed of the discovery in March 2017.\n\nBut the watchdog added that the firm failed to check that this was done, and that as a consequence multiple hackers were able to exploit the flaw and steal consumers' personal details over a period of several months.\n\nTo make matters worse, it said, much of the sensitive information had been stored unencrypted in plain text.\n\nAs part of the settlement the FTC said that Equifax had also agreed to:", "A 13-year-old girl who shot to prominence after being seen crying and singing throughout the set of Sigrid at Glastonbury Festival has finally met her idol.\n\nThe Norwegian singer spotted Nina at the festival last month and a social media appeal was then launched to find her.\n\nNina was tracked down and was invited to see Sigrid perform on Sunday at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk.\n\n\"It's such a moment that I'll definitely remember for a long time,\" said the schoolgirl, from South Hampstead, north London.", "India successfully launched its second lunar mission on Monday a week after halting the scheduled blast-off due to a technical snag.\n\nIndia hopes the $150m (£120m) mission will be the first to land on the Moon's south pole.", "Last updated on .From the section Swimming\n\nCoverage: Highlights on BBC Two, updates on BBC R5L Sports Extra, and reports on the BBC Sport website and app.\n\nGreat Britain's Adam Peaty has won the 100m breaststroke at the World Championships in South Korea - his third successive gold in the event.\n\nThe 24-year-old clocked 57.14 seconds to comfortably beat compatriot James Wilby, with China's Yan Zibei in third.\n\nPeaty is unbeaten in five years over the distance in major competitions, and will compete in the 50m on Tuesday.\n\nThe semi-final saw him break his own world record, becoming the first man to swim the event in under 57 seconds.\n\nHe aimed to beat Sunday's record-breaking time, but said he was still \"over the moon\" with 57.14.\n\n\"I had to be a better version of myself. Unfortunately I made a tiny little mistake on that first length, trying to force the speed a bit too much,\" he said.\n\n\"But the most important lesson is I'm still learning. It's not like I've gone 56 and never have to learn again.\n\n\"I'm always learning, always trying to improve and that's the most important thing we can have going into the Olympics next year.\"\n\nThe Briton has set the 15 best times in the 100m breaststroke, and has become the first male swimmer to achieve a trio of world titles in the event.\n\nPeaty previously shared the record of two 100m world titles with American Brendan Hansen and Hungary's Norbert Rozsa.\n\nMonday's performance means he has also become the first man to win five world championship medals in breaststroke events.\n\nHe recently revealed he practises \"active meditation\" to aid his mental health after suffering a dip following his gold-medal winning performance in the 100m breaststroke at Rio 2016 and has since backed mental health campaigns.\n\nWilby, who qualified in third place behind Zibei, achieved his first world medal, clocking 58.46.\n\nPeaty broke his first 100m world record in 2015 at the British Championships, with his time of 57.92, making him the first man to swim the distance in under 58 seconds.\n\nElsewhere, Britain's Luke Greenbank knocked two-tenths of a second off his personal best with a 53.75 swim in the 100m backstroke semi-final.\n\nMolly Renshaw also smashed her personal best for the second time on Monday with a time of 1.06.73 effort to qualify for the women's 100m breaststroke final.\n\nDuncan Scott is into the 200m freestyle final on Tuesday, but compatriot James Guy missed out on a place in the same event.\n\nBritain's Ben Proud failed to defend his world title, finishing seventh in the 50m butterfly final.\n\nSiobhan-Marie O'Connor finished seventh in the women's 200m individual medley - which was won by Hungary's Katinka Hosszu - and Georgia Davies missed out on a place in the women's 100m backstroke final after a 12th-place finish in the semi-final.\n\nMeanwhile, Australian swimmer Mack Horton publicly reignited his feud with Chinese rival Sun Yang, years after accusing him of being a \"drug cheat\".\n\nSun pipped Olympic champion Horton to claim gold in the 400m freestyle on Sunday.\n\nHorton later refused to share the medal podium with Sun - who has faced fresh claims of violating doping protocols.\n\nYou can't see where or why he's going to slow down. From where he won his first world title as a teenager, physically he will have changed so much and he has certainly got bigger.\n\nYou can't get much bigger or much stronger but the experience that he has and how he can swim his races: you look and think 'if I can just tweak a little bit there' - he was out a tiny bit quicker and paid for it in the closing stages - you're just tweaking those little bits and you think those barriers are there to be broken each time by making tiny little margins of difference.", "Football star Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges after being accused of sexual assault, US prosecutors say.\n\nKathryn Mayorga, 34, had alleged that the Juventus player raped her at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009.\n\nShe reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with the Portuguese star in 2010, but sought to reopen the case in 2018. He denied the allegations.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Las Vegas prosecutors said the claims could not \"be proven beyond reasonable doubt\".\n\nThe Clark County District Attorney's office said the victim reported an assault in 2009, but refused to state where it had happened or who the attacker was. As a result police were unable \"to conduct any meaningful investigation\".\n\nIn August 2018, Las Vegas police investigated the alleged crime again at the request of the victim.\n\nBut the statement added: \"Based upon a review of information at this time, the allegations of sexual assault against Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Therefore, no charges will be forthcoming.\"\n\nGerman weekly magazine Der Spiegel, first published a story about the allegation last year.\n\nIt said that in 2010, she reached an out-of-court settlement with Ronaldo involving a $375,000 (£288,000) payment for agreeing never to go public with the allegations.\n\nMs Mayorga's lawyer said she had been inspired to re-open the case by the #MeToo movement.\n\nRonaldo has not denied that the two met in Las Vegas in 2009, but said that what happened between them was consensual.\n\nAt the time, Ronaldo was playing for Manchester United, and about to join Real Madrid, where he spent the next nine years.\n\nRonaldo moved to Juventus last July. He has won the Ballon d'Or - awarded to the world's best footballer - in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nNovak Djokovic saved two championship points in Wimbledon's longest singles final to retain his title in a thrilling win over Roger Federer.\n\nOn a Centre Court, with an atmosphere that felt at times more akin to football than tennis, Djokovic won 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 13-12 (7-3).\n\nAs the clock ticked to four hours 57 minutes, Federer hit a ball high to hand the Serb victory.\n\nThe world number one has won 16 Grand Slams - and four of the last five.\n\n\"It's quite unreal,\" Djokovic said after winning his fifth Wimbledon title.\n\nFederer, who at 37 was chasing a record-equalling ninth Wimbledon singles title, added: \"It was a great match, it was long, it had everything. Novak, congratulations, man, that was crazy.\"\n• None From war to Wimbledon: How Belgrade bombings shaped Djokovic\n• None When the crowd is chanting 'Roger' I hear 'Novak', says Djokovic\n\nA meeting of the greats serves up a classic\n\nA highly anticipated final between two of the sport's greats always had the potential to go the distance - and this did that and more.\n\nWith fans unable to watch at times, while leaping to their feet and chanting at others, a nerve-jangling final set turned this into a classic.\n\nWhen Federer had two championship points at 8-7, Djokovic held his nerve to save both and then break back, eventually taking it to the new tie-break at 12-12.\n\nThe Serb - who for extended periods of the match had been second best - had won the match's previous two tie-breaks and he did so again, snatching victory when Federer scooped a return high.\n\nThe Swiss had been seeking to become the oldest Grand Slam champion of the Open era but instead found himself part of a different record as the match time surpassed Wimbledon's longest final - the four hours 48 minutes of play in 2008 as he lost to Rafael Nadal.\n\n\"Like similar to '08 maybe, I will look back at it and think, 'well, it's not that bad after all'. For now it hurts, and it should, like every loss does here at Wimbledon,\" Federer said.\n\n\"Epic ending, so close, so many moments. Yeah, I mean, sure there's similarities [between this and 2008]. I'm the loser both times, so that's the only similarity I see.\"\n\nThe incredible fifth set lasted more than two hours - you could have fitted in two of Saturday's women's singles finals in the time of that set alone.\n\nDown in the stats - but up in the match\n\nAnyone looking only at the stats for this match would simply not fathom how Djokovic came out on top.\n\nThe Serb trailed the Swiss on first-serve points won, winners made, aces, break points converted, games won and total points won and led him on double faults.\n\nBut he won the key points - and none more so than in the final set.\n\nA diving volley winner at 5-5 and 15-30 prevented Federer establishing two break points, while having let the Swiss take an 8-7 lead with an opportunity to serve for the match, he immediately broke back.\n\nIgnoring the increasingly vocal \"Roger, Roger\" chants from the partisan crowd and the cheers for some of the top seed's double faults, Djokovic surged 6-3 ahead in the tie-break.\n\nThere was more drama when the final point had to be replayed after a Hawk-Eye challenge, but Djokovic finally celebrated victory - albeit in muted fashion - when Federer sent a forehand off the frame of his racquet.\n\nThere was no wild jumping up and down, just a smile to himself as he walked to the net to shake hands with Federer after becoming the first man to win a Wimbledon singles final having been down match point since 1948 when Bob Falkenburg saved three match points and came back to beat John Bromwich.\n\nAn emotional Federer looked over towards his wife and children in his box during the trophy presentation, perhaps an acknowledgement that less than four weeks from his 38th birthday his opportunities for more Grand Slams may be limited.\n\nWhile the match will be remembered by many for its thrills, Federer said: \"I will try to forget. I had my chances, so did he. We played some great tennis.\"\n\nHow Federer won on paper but Djokovic won the match\n\nHow the drama unfolded in fifth set\n\n4hrs 7mins - Federer goes a break up at 8-7 with a forehand winner\n\n4hrs 10mins - An ace brings up two championship points for Federer\n\n4hrs 12mins - Djokovic saves both match points, then breaks back to level match\n\n4hrs 39mins - Successful Federer Hawk-Eye challenge brings up break point, but Djokovic fends it off to lead 12-11\n\n4hrs 47mins - Code violation for Djokovic for swinging his racquet towards umpire's chair\n\n4hrs 56mins - More drama as Djokovic successfully challenges a ball called out and point is replayed\n\n4hrs 57mins - Federer skies a return and Djokovic wins his fifth Wimbledon title\n\nBBC Sport tennis commentator Andrew Castle: \"What a treat this has been. The top seed triumphs and it can surprise no one. Novak Djokovic has beaten Roger Federer in the longest final in Wimbledon history. And he's beaten Roger Federer in all three Wimbledon finals that he has played him in. Roger Federer can look back with such pride on his effort.\"\n\nFormer British number one Tim Henman on BBC TV: \"I am still in a slight daze on Roger Federer's behalf. Federer played all the tennis in the first four sets, he could have won all of them. And to then have two Championship points on his own serve, which is one of the most efficient. He tried to be bold on the second, but Novak Djokovic came up with the pass.\"\n\nFormer Wimbledon champion Pat Cash on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra: \"It was a rollercoaster ride. It was amazing to see a tie-break in the end. There was nothing in that match in the end. You have to compliment both players. I was glad I got to witness this.\"", "In 2015, Iran agreed a long-term deal on its nuclear programme with a group of world powers known as the P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany.\n\nIt came after years of tension over Iran's alleged efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran insisted that its nuclear programme was entirely peaceful, but the international community did not believe that.\n\nUnder the accord, Iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.\n\nHere is what was meant to happen according to the plan, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).\n\nIran's uranium stockpile will be reduced by 98% to 300kg for 15 years\n\nUranium can have nuclear-related uses once it has been refined, or enriched. This is achieved by increasing the content of its most fissile isotopes, U-235, through the use of centrifuges - machines which spin at supersonic speeds.\n\nLow-enriched uranium, which typically has a 3-5% concentration of U-235, can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Highly enriched uranium has a purity of 20% or more and is used in research reactors. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched or more.\n\nIn July 2015, Iran had two uranium enrichment plants - Natanz and Fordo - and was operating almost 20,000 centrifuges.\n\nUnder the JCPOA, the country was limited to installing no more than 5,060 of the oldest and least efficient centrifuges at Natanz until 2026 - 10 years after the deal's \"implementation day\" in January 2016.\n\nIran's stockpile of enriched uranium was also reduced by 98% to 300kg (660lbs), a figure that must not be exceeded until 2031. It must also keep the stockpile's level of enrichment at 3.67%.\n\nIn addition, research and development must take place only at Natanz and be limited until 2024.\n\nNo enrichment is permitted at Fordo until 2031, and the underground facility must be converted into a nuclear, physics and technology centre. The 1,044 centrifuges left at the site are allowed to produce radioisotopes for use in medicine, agriculture, industry and science.\n\nIran is redesigning the Arak reactor so it cannot produce any weapons-grade plutonium\n\nIran had been building a heavy-water nuclear facility near the town of Arak. Spent fuel from a heavy-water reactor contains plutonium suitable for a nuclear bomb.\n\nWorld powers had originally wanted Arak dismantled because of the potential military use. Under an interim nuclear deal in 2013, Iran agreed not to commission or fuel the reactor.\n\nUnder the JCPOA, Iran said it would redesign the reactor so it could not produce any weapons-grade plutonium, and that all spent fuel would be sent out of the country as long as the modified reactor existed.\n\nIran must also not build additional heavy-water reactors or accumulate any excess heavy water until 2031.\n\nIran is required to allow IAEA inspectors to access any site they deem suspicious\n\nAt the time of the agreement, then-US President Barack Obama's administration expressed confidence that the JCPOA would prevent Iran from building a nuclear programme in secret. Iran, it said, had committed to \"extraordinary and robust monitoring, verification, and inspection\".\n\nInspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global nuclear watchdog, were tasked with continuously monitoring Iran's declared nuclear sites and verifying that no fissile material is moved covertly to a secret location to build a bomb.\n\nIran also agreed to implement the Additional Protocol to their IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which allows inspectors to access any site anywhere in the country they deem suspicious.\n\nUntil 2031, Iran will have 24 days to comply with any IAEA access request. If it refuses, an eight-member Joint Commission - including Iran - will rule on the issue. It can decide on punitive steps, including the reimposition of sanctions. A majority vote by the commission suffices.\n\nA UN ban on the import of ballistic missile technology will remain in place for up to eight years\n\nBefore July 2015, Iran had enough enriched uranium and centrifuges to create eight to 10 bombs, according to the then Obama administration.\n\nUS experts estimated at the time that if Iran had decided to rush to make a bomb, it would take two to three months until it had enough 90%-enriched uranium to build a nuclear weapon - the so-called \"break-out time\".\n\nThe Obama administration said the JCPOA would remove the key elements Iran would need to create a bomb and increase its break-out time to one year or more.\n\nIran also agreed not to engage in activities, including research and development, which could contribute to the development of a nuclear bomb.\n\nIn December 2015, the IAEA's board of governors voted to end its decade-long investigation into the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear programme.\n\nThe agency's then-director-general, Yukiya Amano, said the report concluded that until 2003 Iran had conducted \"a co-ordinated effort\" on \"a range of activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device\". Iran continued with some activities until 2009, but after that there were \"no credible indications\" of weapons development, he added.\n\nIran also agreed to the continuation of a UN ban on its imports and exports of conventional arms until 2020. Restrictions on its import of ballistic missile technology will remain in place until 2023.\n\nThe nuclear deal allowed Iran to sell crude oil again on the international market\n\nSanctions previously imposed by the UN, US and EU in an attempt to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment crippled its economy, costing the country more than $160bn (£119bn) in oil revenue from 2012 to 2016 alone.\n\nUnder the deal, all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran were lifted and the country was able to resume selling oil on international markets and using the global financial system for trade. It also gained access to more than $100bn in assets frozen overseas.\n\nHowever, in May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump abandoned the JCPOA, calling it \"defective at its core\". He reinstated all US sanctions on Iran that November as part of a \"maximum pressure\" campaign to compel the country to negotiate a replacement that would also curb its ballistic missile programme and its involvement in regional conflicts.\n\nBut Iran refused and saw its economy plunge into recession and the value of its currency fall to record lows, which in turn caused inflation to soar to the highest level in decades.\n\nWhen the sanctions were tightened in 2019, Iran began breaching the deal's restrictions, arguing that the JCPOA allowed one party to \"cease performing its commitments... in whole or in part\" in the event of \"significant non-performance\" by others.\n\nBy November 2021, Iran had amassed a stockpile of enriched uranium that was many times larger than permitted, including at least 17.7kg (39lb) of material enriched to 60% purity - just below the level needed for a bomb. It had also resumed enrichment activity at Fordo; installed more centrifuges, and of a more advanced type, than allowed; and taken steps in the production of enriched uranium metal, which is a key material in nuclear weapons.\n\nIran had also significantly curtailed access for international inspectors by ceasing implementation of the Additional Protocol of its IAEA Safeguards Agreement.\n\nTalks to save the JCPOA and bring Iran back into compliance began in May 2021, after Joe Biden succeeded Mr Trump as US president. He says the US will rejoin and lift the sanctions if Iran reverses its breaches. His Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, says the US must make the first move.\n\nIf the negotiations were to fail and Iran was confirmed to have violated the deal, all UN sanctions would automatically \"snap back\" in place for 10 years, with the possibility of a five-year extension.", "Divers have swum with a huge barrel jellyfish off the coast of Cornwall.\n\nLizzie Daly, a biologist with Wild Ocean Week, said the creature was as big as her body.\n\nIt is the largest species of jellyfish which is found in British waters, with the average diameter being about 40cm (16 inches).", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland beat New Zealand to win the men's World Cup for the first time after one of the most amazing games of cricket ever played was tied twice.\n\nIn an emotional and electric atmosphere at Lord's, both sides scored 241 in their 50 overs and were level on 15 when they batted for an extra over apiece.\n\nIt meant England were crowned world champions by virtue of having scored more boundary fours and sixes - 26 to New Zealand's 17 - in the entire match.\n\nThat it even got to that stage was astonishing in itself and came as a result of a barely believable conclusion at the home of cricket - the first tie in a World Cup final.\n\nEngland required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and then benefited when a throw from the deep hit his bat and was deflected for four overthrows.\n\nHe could not get the two needed from the last ball - Mark Wood was run out coming back for the second - but ended 84 not out and joined Jos Buttler for the super over.\n\nIn glorious evening sunshine, they were roared on by a febrile crowd that belted out Sweet Caroline in the change of innings.\n\nWhen New Zealand replied, Jimmy Neesham hit Jofra Archer's second ball for six, then scrambled to leave Martin Guptill needing two from the last delivery.\n\nAs Jason Roy's throw came in from deep mid-wicket, a diving Guptill was short when Buttler removed the bails, sending England and the whole of Lord's into delirious celebration.\n• None The champagne super over - a very English way to win a World Cup\n\nEngland were all but out of the game at 86-4, squeezed by New Zealand's skilful bowling, sharp fielding and smart tactics.\n\nGradually, they were dragged back into contention by Stokes and Buttler through patience, calmness and a little fortune.\n\nButtler was the more fluent, scooping and driving, but when he was caught at deep point for 59, England still needed 46 from 31 balls.\n\nIt was at this point that Stokes, the man who was hit for four sixes in the final over in England's 2016 World T20 final defeat and was cleared of affray 11 months ago, took control.\n\nAfter Liam Plunkett was held at long-off in Neesham's 49th over, Trent Boult carried the ball over the boundary for a Stokes six before Archer was bowled.\n\nThat left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune.\n\nDiving for his ground to complete a second run, Stokes' bat was inadvertently struck by the throw and deflected the ball for four overthrows to make six in total.\n\nWith three runs needed from two balls, Adil Rashid was run out coming back for a second. When Wood suffered the same fate from the final ball, the match was tied.\n\nThe drama of the finale was at odds with almost all of the match, which was an attritional affair on a tricky surface.\n\nNew Zealand stuck doggedly to a plan that centred on batting patience. Henry Nicholls' 55, and 47 from Tom Latham, held things together in the face of some probing England bowling.\n\nThe value of the Black Caps' pragmatism in reaching 241-8 was shown when England came to bat.\n\nMatt Henry had Roy caught behind, the miserly Colin de Grandhomme ensured Joe Root suffered a similar fate, Lockie Ferguson got Jonny Bairstow to play on, then took a wonderful catch to hold Eoin Morgan at deep point.\n\nEngland were floored, then came Stokes, the tie, the super over, and an unforgettable conclusion.\n\nIt can be argued that in just getting to the final, and therefore ensuring that it would be broadcast on free-to-air television, England had already given cricket in the UK an invaluable boost.\n\nBut those who did watch witnessed the greatest World Cup final of all-time and one of the most memorable moments in British sporting history.\n\nAs spectators streamed from St John's Wood station on Sunday morning, they were greeted by drummers, jugglers and dancers on roller skates.\n\nInside the ground, they saw parachutists land on the Nursery Ground before the spine-tingling spectacle of the national anthems.\n\nThat, though, was nothing compared to the emotion of the final hour, one of the most dramatic passages of sport you could ever wish to see.\n\nThe explosion of noise when England sealed victory was deafening and as the trophy was lifted, the crowd rightly sang that cricket was coming home.\n\nThis was the day that English cricket had been building to for four years, going back to when England were dumped out of the last World Cup in the first round.\n\nOff the field, a renewed focus was placed on one-day cricket through the vision of former director of cricket Andrew Strauss.\n\nOn it, captain Morgan and coach Trevor Bayliss gave the players a new freedom and they responded with some spectacular performances, particularly with the bat.\n\nThey began the World Cup as favourites and the number one ranked side, but at one stage found themselves one defeat from elimination.\n\nMorgan's men reversed their fortunes and swept into the final with three successive victories, including a memorable semi-final demolition of Australia.\n\nIn the final, the rollercoaster continued, only for the heroics of Stokes to leave England as worthy champions, matching the achievement of the England women's team on the same ground two years ago.\n\nAnd Morgan, the architect of it all, joined immortals Bobby Moore and Martin Johnson as men to have lifted a World Cup for England.\n\n'Written in the stars for Stokes' - reaction\n\nEngland batsman Joe Root: \"Wow! It's hard to sum it up. What a day, what a tournament. Everyone has done everything asked of them. We have performed under pressure.\n\n\"It was almost written in the stars for Ben Stokes. He's had such a tough time. I'm so proud of him and pleased for him and his family.\"\n\nEngland bowler Jofra Archer: \"I was pretty sure I was going to bowl it [the super over]. My heart is still racing! It's the biggest thing I've ever won. A great bunch of fellas, a really good family to me.\"\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"There wasn't a lot in that game. I'd like to commiserate Kane Williamson and his team. The fight they show is worth aspiring to, the example they set is commendable to all. It was a hard, hard game where people found it hard to score.\n\n\"This has been a four-year journey, we have developed a lot. We find it hard to play on wickets like that and today was about getting over the line. Sport is tough at times. I was being cooled down by Liam Plunkett, which is not a good sign! I was up and down like a yo-yo.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iran's representative to the UN: Europeans \"are not honouring their commitments\" on nuclear deal\n\nThe US has accused Iran of a \"crude and transparent attempt to extort payments from the international community\" by violating the 2015 nuclear deal.\n\nThe US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said there was no credible reason for Iran to breach two key commitments on uranium enrichment.\n\nIran has said the steps were a response to the sanctions the US reinstated when it abandoned the deal last year.\n\nIt has vowed to reverse them if it is given compensation for economic losses.\n\nEuropean powers still party to the deal have set up a mechanism for facilitating legitimate trade without direct financial transactions that they hope will circumvent the US sanctions. However, Iran has said it does not meet its needs.\n\nIran's representative to the UN in New York told the BBC that the Europeans could do more, and that if they did not Iran would take further steps.\n\n\"If nothing happens in the next 60 days we will have to go to the third phase. The elements of the third phase are not known yet, but when it comes to that we will announce what we are going to do,\" Majid Takht-Ravanchi warned.\n\nIran's president told a French envoy \"the path of diplomacy and talks\" was \"completely open\"\n\nAt Wednesday's special meeting of the IAEA board of governors in Vienna, diplomats were reportedly told that the global watchdog's inspectors had verified Iran was enriching uranium to 4.5% concentration - above the 3.67% limit set by the nuclear deal.\n\nThe country announced the step three days ago, saying it wanted to be able to produce fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant.\n\nThe IAEA was also said to have verified that Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium had grown since the 300kg (660lb) limit was exceeded on 1 July.\n\nLow-enriched uranium, which typically has a 3-5% concentration, can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched or more.\n\nExperts have said the breach of the stockpile limit does not pose a near-term proliferation risk, but that enriching uranium to a higher concentration would begin to shorten Iran's so-called \"break-out time\" - the time required for it to produce enough fissile material for a bomb.\n\nIran insists it has never sought to develop a nuclear weapon. But the international community does not believe Iran, and negotiated a nuclear deal to prevent it from doing so.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said the deal did not go far enough to restrict Iran's nuclear programme and unilaterally withdrew from the accord in May 2018.\n\nHe wants to replace it with one that would also curb Iran's ballistic missile programme and its involvement in regional conflicts. But Iran has so far refused.\n\nUS ambassador Jackie Wolcott said it was imperative that Iran's \"misbehaviour\" not be rewarded\n\nAt the IAEA meeting, US ambassador Jackie Wolcott said Iran's recent actions and statements were deeply concerning, and affected security and stability.\n\n\"Iran's current nuclear posture is clearly aimed at escalating tensions rather than defusing them, and underscores the serious challenges Iran continues to pose to international peace and security,\" she said.\n\n\"Such brinkmanship and extortion tactics will neither resolve the current impasse nor bring Iran sanctions relief. The path the regime is now on will only deepen its international isolation and raise the dangers it faces.\"\n\nMs Wolcott said it was imperative that Iran's \"misbehaviour\" not be rewarded.\n\n\"For if it is, Iran's demands and provocations will only escalate - as has happened all too often in the past,\" she warned.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe ambassador called on Iran to reverse its nuclear steps and halt any plans for further advancements in the future.\n\n\"The United States has made clear that we are open to negotiation without preconditions, and that we are offering Iran the possibility of a full normalisation of relations,\" she added.\n\nIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran's actions were \"lawful\" under the deal, which allows one party to \"cease performing its commitments… in whole or in part\" in the event of \"significant non-performance\" by other parties.\n\nPresident Trump later alleged in a tweet that Iran had been \"secretly 'enriching' uranium in total violation\" of the deal made by his predecessor, Barack Obama, and promised that sanctions would \"soon be increased, substantially\".\n\nMr Trump did not give any further details. But the IAEA had repeatedly verified Iran's compliance with the deal until this month and Iran's ambassador to the agency, Kazim Gharib Abadi, said it had \"nothing to hide.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the top diplomatic adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron held talks in Tehran with Iranian officials to try to avoid further escalation.\n\nEmmanuel Bonne was told by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Iran had \"kept the path of diplomacy and talks completely open\" and that it hoped other parties to the nuclear deal would be able to \"use this opportunity properly\".", "The A911 Leslie Road near Riverside Park was closed for six hours\n\nA man and a woman have died in Glenrothes after being hit by a car near a park.\n\nA grey Ford Fiesta hit two pedestrians, a 59-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man at about 10:10 on Saturday. Both died at the scene.\n\nThe car was travelling northwest on the A911 Leslie Road, between the Rothes and Leslie roundabouts, close to Riverside Park.\n\nThe road was closed for six hours while investigation work took place\n\nPolice said inquiries are ongoing into the circumstances of the collision.\n\nSgt Ewan Pearce said: \"Tragically, as a result of this collision two people have lost their lives and our thoughts are with their family and friends at this difficult time.\n\n\"I would ask anyone who may have been travelling on the A911 Leslie Road, Glenrothes at the time of the collision on Saturday morning and who witnessed what happened to come forward to assist our investigation.\n\n\"I would specifically ask that the drivers of a blue Kia Sportage (or similar) and a vehicle drawing a horsebox who are believed to have been in the area at the time of the collision to contact the police.\n\n\"Anyone who may have dash-cam footage of the vehicle or pedestrians immediately prior to the collision, and has not yet spoken to officers, are asked to get in touch to provide this at their earliest opportunity.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The police vehicle was responding to a call at the time of the crash\n\nA woman has been seriously injured in a crash involving a police car in the Borders.\n\nThe collision took place on the A72 at Horsbrugh Ford near Peebles at about 19:20 on Saturday.\n\nThe marked police vehicle, which was responding to a call, hit a BMW car before coming to rest on its side.\n\nA 36-year-old woman who was a passenger in the BMW was taken to Borders General Hospital after the crash. She has since been released.\n\nThe 44-year-old man who was driving the BMW and two children, aged five and one, were taken to hospital as a precaution.\n\nThe 25-year-old driver of the police car was treated in hospital for minor injuries.\n\nPolice Scotland has said inquiries are under way to establish the full circumstances of the crash.\n\nA spokesman said: \"As is standard procedure when there is an incident that involves the serious injury of a person following contact with the police, the incident has been referred to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner.\"", "Philadelphia police say the suspected carjacking happened on Thursday\n\nA couple have been questioned by police and may face charges after a suspected carjacker was beaten by a mob and died in the US city of Philadelphia.\n\nPolice say the man who died had tried on Thursday to steal a woman's car with her three young children inside.\n\nThe woman's boyfriend, the father of two of the children, managed to chase the car when it got stuck in traffic.\n\nThe suspect, 54, was then pulled out of the vehicle and beaten by the boyfriend and some local residents, police say.\n\nThe suspected carjacker was unconscious when emergency services arrived at the scene shortly afterwards. He later died in a local hospital.\n\nThe couple who were questioned by police are both aged 25. They have not been identified.\n\n\"I'm not a fan of street justice,\" Philadelphia Police Capt Jason Smith was quoted as saying by CBS.\n\n\"I think everything should play out through us as it comes to criminal actions,\" he added.\n\nThe city's medical examiner's office is yet to determine how the suspected carjacker died.\n• None Two more men jailed for carjack death", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nAn Iranian official has said a British oil tanker should be seized, if a detained Iranian ship is not released.\n\nBritish Royal Marines helped officials in Gibraltar to seize the super-tanker Grace 1 on Thursday, after it was suspected of carrying oil from Iran to Syria, in breach of EU sanctions.\n\nA court in Gibraltar has ruled the ship can be detained for a further 14 days.\n\nIran later summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to complain about what it said was a \"form of piracy\".\n\nMohsen Rezaei said Iran would respond to bullies \"without hesitation\".\n\nMr Rezaei - a member of a council that advises the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei - said, in a tweet: \"If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities' duty to seize a British oil tanker.\"\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help detain Grace 1 and its cargo.\n\nGibraltar said there was reason to believe the ship was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous.\n\nThe territory was initially able to detain the ship for 72-hours, but Gibraltar's Supreme Court granted a 14-day extension on Friday.\n\nIran's Foreign Ministry condemned the initial seizure of the vessel as illegal and accused the UK of acting at the behest of the United States.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office dismissed claims of piracy as \"nonsense\".\n\nSpain's Acting Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said, on Thursday, Spain - which disputes British ownership of Gibraltar - was studying the circumstances of the action, but said it followed \"a demand from the US to the UK\".\n\nBBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said, while Britain has been keen to suggest it was an operation led by the Gibraltar government, it appears the intelligence came from the US.\n\nIran's threat to retaliate against the impounding of its super-tanker is an indication of how hurt Tehran is by the UK's action.\n\nIn the eight years of war in Syria this appears to be the first time Iran's supply of oil to its ally has been interrupted, even though EU sanctions have existed for almost the whole duration.\n\nThe episode also reflects worsening relations between Iran and the UK over a range of issues - particularly the continued imprisonment of British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nThe tanker and its cargo are probably worth more than $200m (£160m).\n\nIran is looking for ways to respond to what it sees as illegal and an act of piracy. It has the capability to take over a British ship in the Gulf and would see such a move as proportionate.\n\nOn Friday, a senior Iranian lawmaker said the seizure of tanker was proof the UK \"lacks honour\" and takes orders from the US.\n\nMostafa Kavakebian, who leads the Iran-UK parliamentary friendship group, tweeted that the seizure was \"a form of piracy and illegal hostility towards Iran\".\n\nTensions between the UK and Iran have been exacerbated by the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe\n\nWhite House national security advisor John Bolton said the seizure was \"excellent news\". He added that the US and its allies would continue to prevent regimes in Tehran and Damascus from \"profiting off this illicit trade\".\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the swift action would deny valuable resources to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's \"murderous regime\".\n\nThe Baniyas Refinery, where the Iranian tanker was believed to be taking the oil, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products - a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nThis latest row comes at a time of escalating tensions between the US and Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration - which has pulled out of an international agreement on Tehran's nuclear programme - has reinforced punishing sanctions against Iran.\n\nIts European allies, including the UK, have not followed suit.\n\nNonetheless, there have been growing tensions between the UK and Iran too, after Britain said the Iranian regime was \"almost certainly\" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in June.\n\nThe UK has also been pressing Iran to release British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted for spying, which she denies.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nCoverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, Radio 4 LW, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website. Live TV coverage on Channel 4 & Sky Sports\n\nEngland's men will attempt to win the World Cup for the first time when they meet New Zealand in Sunday's final at Lord's.\n\nThe hosts, playing in their first final for 27 years, will start as favourites against the 2015 runners-up.\n\n\"It would mean everything to win it,\" England captain Eoin Morgan said.\n\n\"The good faith, support and enthusiasm we've been shown in the tournament has been brilliant. It's a huge privilege to play in a World Cup final.\"\n\nMorgan's men will be looking to emulate the England women's team, who won the World Cup on the same ground two years ago.\n\nThey will do so at the end of a tournament which has taken in 11 venues across England and Wales and been watched by more than 675m people worldwide.\n• None Where the World Cup final will be won and lost\n• None World Cup final a crucial moment for cricket in this country - Agnew\n• None Quiz: How well do you know England's World Cup finalists?\n\nThe final, beginning at 10:30 BST, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio 4 LW, with in-play highlights on the BBC Sport website.\n\nAs well as TV coverage on Sky Sports, it will be shown free-to-air on Channel 4 and More 4.\n\n\"It is an opportunity to win the World Cup, but also an opportunity to sell this great game that we love on a huge platform,\" said Morgan.\n\nEngland's run to the final is a remarkable turnaround, given both their short-term and long-term World Cup history.\n\nFrom reaching the most recent of their three finals in 1992, they had not won a World Cup knockout match until Thursday's semi-final victory over Australia.\n\nAmid a catalogue of World Cup failures, the worst was arguably four years ago, when they were dumped out in the first round.\n\nSince then, they have climbed to the top of the one-day international rankings through a renewed focus on limited-overs cricket.\n\nOff the field, former England director of cricket Andrew Strauss took steps to put greater emphasis on the one-day side with the stated aim of winning the World Cup, while on the field, Morgan has encouraged his team to play with freedom, with the outcome being some spectacular performances, particularly with the bat.\n\nOf the transformation, Morgan, who was also captain in 2015, said: \"When you look back four years ago, it's incredible. It's two different teams, really, in the way we play.\n\n\"Guys embrace every challenge we come up with, whereas before we might have shied away from it.\n\n\"We really look forward to big games or big moments in games. One of those is tomorrow, and we're excited about it.\"\n\nEven though they began the tournament as the number-one ranked side, England have not had a straightforward passage to the final.\n\nBack-to-back group-stage defeats by Sri Lanka and Australia left them on the verge of being eliminated.\n\nThey responded with wins against India, New Zealand and a phenomenal semi-final performance to hammer Australia.\n\n\"We've gone from strength to strength since the India game,\" said Ireland-born batsman Morgan.\n\n\"Probably the best we've played was in the last game against a very strong Australia team. It's great because it means we go into the final feeling quietly confident.\"\n\nEngland beat New Zealand by 119 runs in their final group game just over a week ago, only for the Black Caps to then stun India in the semi-finals.\n\nThey too are looking to win the World Cup for the first time, having being swept aside by Australia in their only final four years ago.\n\nOn being regarded as underdogs in the final, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said: \"A lot of people have said that on a number of occasions, which is great. England rightly deserve to be favourites.\n\n\"Heading into this tournament they were favourites and they've been playing really good cricket.\n\n\"Whatever dog we are, it's important we focus on the cricket we want to play. It's shown over the years that anybody can beat anybody, regardless of breed of dog.\"\n\nBoth teams are likely to be unchanged from their semi-final wins. England batsman Jonny Bairstow required treatment on a leg at Edgbaston, but will be fit to play.\n• None Anything possible in final - Williamson\n• None The miracle of New Zealand and their unassuming conductor\n\nThe weather looks good for Sunday's World Cup final. Although it may start out cloudy with a little light drizzle first thing in the morning, rain isn't likely to cause any interruption to play at all. Most of the day should be dry, with sunny spells breaking through by the afternoon. The wind will be light and temperatures will climb to around 20C.\n• None England have won seven of their past nine ODIs against New Zealand, including a 119-run victory in the group stage of the World Cup.\n• None Before England's triumph over New Zealand in this tournament, they had not beaten the Black Caps in the World Cup since 1983, suffering five consecutive defeats.\n• None This will be England's seventh World Cup match at Lord's. They have won four of their previous six games but lost their solitary fixture at this venue in this World Cup (a 64-run defeat by Australia).\n• None England have played one more match than New Zealand at this year's World Cup (India v New Zealand in the group stage was abandoned), yet England have still hit more than 1,000 more runs than the Black Caps, including 100 more fours and 53 more sixes.\n• None The team winning the toss have lost four of the past five World Cup finals, Australia's win over Sri Lanka in 2007 the exception.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inventor Franky Zapata got the parade off to a flying start\n\nPolice in Paris have fired tear gas at protesters near the Champs-Elysées shortly after France's annual Bastille Day military parade.\n\nEarlier, yellow-vest protesters booed President Emmanuel Macron as he was driven down the boulevard.\n\nPolice said they had detained more than 150 people, including two yellow vest leaders accused of staging an unauthorised demonstration.\n\nThe parade also saw a French inventor zoom past on a futuristic flyboard.\n\nFranky Zapata - a former world jet ski champion - soared above the avenue and the assembled dignitaries.\n\nMore than 4,000 members of the armed forces marched down the avenue in a tradition that dates back to the years following World War One.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel was among the foreign leaders present for the event, while German, Spanish and British aircraft took part in the fly-past.\n\nMr Macron announced on Saturday that France would set up a new space defence command in September - following similar moves by the US, China and Russia.\n\nHe said that the command would help to \"better protect our satellites, including in an active way\".\n\nThere had been calls on social media for so-called yellow-vest protesters to use the national day celebrations to renew their demonstrations against President Macron.\n\nBefore the shocked gaze of tourists and other onlookers, groups of protesters - some masked - dragged metal crowd-control barriers into the centre of the Champs-Elysées to form barricades, and set fire to bins.\n\nRiot police who had been deployed en masse were ready for trouble and dispersed the initial demonstrations with tear gas and baton charges, but pockets of trouble continued flaring up.\n\nIt's reminiscent of some of the yellow-vest disturbances from a few months ago - though it's hard to say how many of today's protesters are far-left activists or opportunist trouble-makers.", "Since October, almost 700,000 people have been detained crossing the border from Mexico into the US, a huge jump on previous years.\n\nThe reasons people give for trying to reach the US are varied - family, better economic opportunity, or the chance to escape the threat of violence.\n\nIn the interactive bot below, we have focused on the story of one woman, Maria, who represents many of those seeking to make the journey.\n\nMaria is fictional. But everything that happens to her here is based on the real experiences of migrants who have travelled to America, experiences that have been documented by rights groups, journalists and lawyers.\n\nSee for yourself the decisions and dangers a migrant like Maria may face.", "Hundreds have attended screening sessions to find a stem cell match for a toddler with leukaemia.\n\nOne-year-old Phoebe Ashfield, from Gornal, Dudley, needs a transplant to treat a rare form of the illness.\n\nOrganisers hoped to collect more than 2,000 samples from the donor drive at two locations in the Black Country on Saturday.\n\nMother Emma Wyke said it was \"overwhelming\" to see so many people turn up for her daughter.\n\nHundreds attended donor screening sessions in the Black Country on Saturday\n\nPhoebe suffers from Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, an aggressive condition which affects white blood cells.\n\nAbout 650 people a year in the UK are diagnosed with the illness, according to the NHS.\n\nMs Wyke said chemotherapy was not working for her daughter, and doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital have told the family a stem cell transplant is her best chance for survival.\n\n\"If you don't save my little girl's life then you could save another child's life,\" added Ms Wyke.\n\nThe sessions, during which cheek swabs were taken from potential donors, were held at Tesco Extra in Dudley and Tipton Sports Academy.\n\nDKMS charity volunteer Kam Arora said there had been a good response to the family's appeal\n\nDKMS, a charity which places people on the stem cell register, co-ordinated the appeal.\n\n\"It's a very very simple way of helping to save someone's life,\" said Kam Arora, a volunteer from the organisation.\n\nFurther donor sessions are being planned to help save Phoebe, said her family.\n\nBlood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK, according to DKMS.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police were called to reports of a fight\n\nSeveral people were injured when a car was driven into them on a road during a fight in London on Saturday night.\n\nFive men have been arrested on suspicion of affray after the crash in Lombard Road, Battersea, at about 23:15 BST.\n\nOne man in his 20s suffered a broken leg while another had head injuries from the crash, the Met Police said.\n\nTwo other people were taken to hospital treatment and \"a number of others\" were treated for injuries at the scene.\n\nPolice are looking for the driver of the car, who \"fled the scene\" before officers arrived.\n\nPolice said the driver of the car fled the scene\n\nIt is understood the altercation began after a group of people left a nearby hotel, and police are not treating the crash as terrorism-related.\n\nAmbulance crews were also called to the scene.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of New York's subway stations were plunged into darkness\n\nPower has now been restored to all customers after a power failure in New York halted subway trains and trapped people in lifts on Saturday evening.\n\nEnergy company Con Edison said more than 70,000 homes and businesses lost power in Manhattan, the most densely populated of the city's five boroughs.\n\nThe outage lasted for about five hours.\n\nIt came on the anniversary of a massive power failure in 1977 that plunged the New York skyline into darkness and triggered widespread looting and arson.\n\nShortly before midnight (04:00 GMT Sunday) Con Edison head John MacAvoy said all six networks which had been affected were now up and running.\n\nHe said the problem appeared to have originated at a substation, but the cause was being investigated.\n\nThe widespread power cut extended from Fifth Avenue west to the Hudson River, and from West 42nd north to 72nd Street, the fire department said.\n\nThe blackout brought traffic to a standstill in parts of New York\n\nIt put street lights and traffic lights out of action and forced the evacuation of buildings across the borough.\n\nMayor Bill de Blasio said the New York Police Department had confirmed there was no foul play. \"This was a mechanical issue,\" he wrote on Twitter.\n\nAlex Hammerli, 26, was on his way to a bar when the blackout began.\n\n\"No subway for 45 blocks and half the trains not running. It's kind of annoying. I'm also surprised that people aren't unleashing their crazy [side] yet. The cops are just trying to shut down the roads,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Alex This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA number of Saturday night shows were cancelled, with theatregoers left waiting in the streets outside venues.\n\nThe cast of the musical Hadestown entertained people waiting outside the Walter Kerr Theatre.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by angela pinsky This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSinger Jennifer Lopez said she was \"devastated and heartbroken\" that the blackout forced her to call off a performance at Madison Square Garden. Thousands of fans had to be evacuated from the venue after the power went out.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Jennifer Lopez This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) advised travellers to avoid sub-surface trains, after some passengers were stranded below ground for over an hour.\n\n\"We were stuck for about 75 minutes,\" Jeff O'Malley, 57, told Reuters news agency. \"It's completely dark, people were coming up using their flashlights on their phones.\"\n\nVideo footage was shared on Twitter of the power being restored in some of the affected areas.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Quentin Alexandre This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond: \"We can seek to persuade... but we can't control\"\n\nPhilip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe chancellor told BBC Panorama that if the UK leaves without a deal, then the EU will control many of the levers - including what happens at the French port of Calais.\n\nEx Brexit Secretary David Davis told the programme that Whitehall never believed a no-deal Brexit would happen.\n\nThe EU has set the UK a deadline of 31 October to leave the bloc.\n\nBut despite spending £4.2bn on Brexit preparations, Mr Hammond warned that the government has limited influence on how a no-deal scenario might look.\n\nAsked if the UK can control Brexit, he said: \"We can't because many of the levers are held by others - the EU 27 or private business. We can seek to persuade them but we can't control it.\"\n\nHe added: \"For example, we can make sure that goods flow inwards through the port of Dover without any friction but we can't control the outward flow into the port of Calais,\" he told Panorama.\n\n\"The French can dial that up or dial it down, just the same as the Spanish for years have dialled up or dialled down the length of the queues at the border going into Gibraltar.\"\n\nFrench officials have previously rejected suggestions they could resort to a \"go-slow\" policy at Calais if there is no Brexit deal - insisting that closing the port would be \"economic suicide\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond and John McDonnell agreed on the threat posed by no deal\n\nEarlier this month, Mr Hammond told MPs a no-deal Brexit could cost the Treasury up to £90bn and said it would be up to them to ensure that \"doesn't happen\".\n\nHe has also said it was \"highly unlikely\" he would still be in his job after Theresa May stands down next month.\n\nThe Panorama programme - entitled Britain's Brexit Crisis - will outline the tensions in government during Theresa May's time at Number 10 when it is broadcast on Thursday.\n\nMr Davis, who quit as Brexit secretary last year, told the BBC that the Treasury wanted to avoid talking about the prospect of leaving without a deal.\n\nHe concluded that many in Whitehall did not believe it would ever happen - despite two years of planning.\n\n\"I've got to be able to say to you 'if this doesn't work we'll leave anyway' and you've got to believe it.\n\n\"And for you to believe it I've got to believe it. And I don't think Whitehall really ever believed that they would actually carry out the plans we laid so carefully over two years.\"\n\nDavid Davis quit as Brexit secretary, saying the PM had \"given away too much too easily\"\n\nTory leadership favourite Boris Johnson has pledged the UK will leave the EU on 31 October - with or without a deal.\n\nHis rival Jeremy Hunt has said he can negotiate a new deal for the UK \"by the end of September\" - and that he \"expects\" the UK will leave the EU before Christmas.\n\nVoting among the party's 160,000 or so members is under way, with a winner expected to be announced on 23 July.\n\nBritain's Brexit Crisis is on BBC1 this Thursday, July 18, at 9pm.\n\nDo you have any questions about what would happen in the event of a no-deal Brexit?\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question.", "Vueling Airlines is the least punctual major airline flying from airports in the UK, new research shows.\n\nThe Spanish carrier's UK departures were delayed by an average of 31 minutes last year, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data by the PA news agency.\n\nThomas Cook also performed poorly, with average delays of 24 minutes, followed by Wizz Air on 23 minutes.\n\nVueling said it had been \"hugely affected\" by strikes in France.\n\nThe research, which covered more than 40 airlines flying from UK airports, found the average delay across all flights was 16 minutes.\n\nOther poor performers included Norwegian Air UK, a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, and Eurowings, both of which had average delays of 22 minutes.\n\nCathay Pacific Airways was the most punctual carrier, although its flights still typically took off eight minutes behind schedule.\n\nAirline passengers faced chaos last summer as French air traffic controllers staged a series of strikes.\n\nVueling, which serves UK airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick and Edinburgh, said its flights in and out of Barcelona had been hit by action in Marseille.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flight delay compensation: When can you claim?\n\n\"During these strikes, Vueling flights to and from Barcelona and the UK could not fly straight across France but instead flew south of the Pyrenees and into the Atlantic, before looping back towards Britain,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"The location of Vueling's [Barcelona] hub close to Marseille means it has been particularly badly affected.\"\n\nThe carrier, which is owned by International Airlines Group - which also owns British Airways - also saw its own pilots walk out in May, leading to hundreds of cancellations.\n\nUnder EU rules, airline passengers are only entitled to compensation if they arrive at their destination more than three hours late.\n\nHowever, consumer magazine Which? said flight delays could leave holidaymakers \"hundreds of pounds out of pocket because of missed connections, transfers and fines for picking up their hire car late\".\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of trade body Airlines UK, which represents UK-registered carriers, said too many flights are affected by the country's \"antiquated airspace\".\n\nHe added: \"We support government in its efforts to introduce much-needed modernisation so we can continue to safely and effectively accommodate the ever rising demand for air travel.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Emily Thornberry on anti-Semitism: \"I want us to sort this out\"\n\nThe BBC has been told there will be a concerted push for Labour to adopt an independent process for dealing with complaints of anti-Semitism.\n\nA group will make the demand at Monday's regular meeting of MPs.\n\nBut political correspondent Iain Watson said it would also, crucially, be made at the next meeting of Labour's ruling national executive later this month.\n\nEmily Thornberry said earlier Labour must heed \"the message\" on anti-Semitism, not attack the \"messengers\".\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary told the BBC's Andrew Marr \"nobody can pretend there isn't an ongoing problem\" within the party and with \"our processes for dealing with it\".\n\nLabour has been engulfed in a long-running dispute over anti-Semitism within its ranks, which has led nine MPs and three peers to leave.\n\nLast week, Panorama revealed claims from a number of former party officials that some of Jeremy Corbyn's closest allies tried to interfere in disciplinary processes involving allegations of anti-Semitism.\n\nLabour's disputes team is supposed to operate independently from the party's political structures, including the leader's office.\n\nThe party has insisted the claims are inaccurate and made by \"disaffected\" former staff.\n\nOn Sunday, Jewish Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge told Sky News the party was at \"a tipping point\" on the issue, and it was \"intolerable and unacceptable\" for the leadership to attack those who went public with concerns.\n\n\"If the leadership doesn't start to listen now there will be many more people who will feel so uncomfortable within the Labour Party that they can no longer remain,\" she said.\n\nDame Margaret also said Labour must urgently adopt \"a totally independent complaints mechanism, because it is clear that the current mechanism has been abused, it has been abused by political influence\".\n\nThat call was echoed by the Tribune group of Labour MPs - which is on the centre left of the party and includes former frontbenchers.\n\nThey urged the National Executive Committee (NEC) to set up an independent investigation into the allegations aired by Panorama, and to create \"an independent complaints procedure with representation from the Jewish community, which is totally independent from the leadership of the Labour Party\".\n\nThe intervention of the Tribune group of MPs is significant.\n\nThe group includes Yvette Cooper, a minister in the last Labour government.\n\nBut many of the other members are to the left of the old Blair/Brown axis - and include Ed Miliband's former chief of staff Lucy Powell.\n\nThey feel that if the party is to detoxify the anti-Semitism row then it's not enough for the complaints system to be independent of the leadership, it must be seen to be independent.\n\nThey want to see allegations of political interference in the current system investigated, too.\n\nIn the past, when a more independent system was mooted, senior staff were concerned about data protection and of 'outsourcing' investigations to a new body which may have little practical experience of Labour's rules.\n\nBut as the corrosive row continues, a wider group than just the Tribune MPs are privately calling for more radical action.\n\nIn fairness, the Labour leadership feel they are getting very little credit for pouring more resources in to the existing system and speeding up the complaints process.\n\nBut it will be for the party's ruling body - the NEC - to decide whether a whole new approach should now be attempted.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jewish Labour Party members told the BBC’s Panorama about their experiences of anti-Semitism in the party\n\nEarlier, Ms Thornberry said she found the Panorama episode \"awful\" - both the programme itself and \"more importantly the revelations\".\n\nShe said she understood the party had concerns about how the investigation was conducted, but \"the message.... is what is important\".\n\nIn May, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) launched a formal investigation into whether Labour had \"unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish\".\n\nMs Thornberry said it was \"a shame and a disgrace\" that the EHRC had been brought in \"but they have and we should welcome it\".\n\nShe said the party needed to set up a complaints process \"that is tough and that works and is an example of good practice\", and should be asking the commission: \"Can you help us?\"\n\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend things were improving.\n\n\"I think we are sorting it out actually. I think we've got a new general secretary, we've put in place a system now,\" he said.\n\n\"There's always lessons to be learnt, but I think the way Jennie Formby, our general secretary, has operated - implemented the measures - is getting on top of this.\"\n\nLabour has rejected claims of interference in its disciplinary processes and described the Panorama programme as \"seriously inaccurate\" and \"politically one-sided\".\n\nIn a statement, it said: \"Since Jennie Formby became general secretary the rate at which anti-Semitism cases have been dealt with has increased more than four-fold.\n\n\"We will build on the improvements to our procedures made under Jennie Formby, and continue to act against this repugnant form of racism.\"", "The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nRoyal Marines have boarded an oil tanker on its way to Syria thought to be breaching EU sanctions, the government of Gibraltar has said.\n\nAuthorities said there was reason to believe the ship - Grace 1 - was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in Syria.\n\nThe refinery is subject to European Union sanctions against Syria.\n\nBritain's ambassador in Tehran, Robert Macaire, has been summoned over the incident.\n\nIran's foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi was quoted on Iranian state TV as saying the ambassador had been summoned over the \"illegal seizure\" of the tanker.\n\nGibraltar's chief minister, Fabian Picardo, praised the marines who detained the ship.\n\n\"Be assured that Gibraltar remains safe, secure and committed to the international, rules-based, legal order,\" he said, thanking the police, customs and port authorities for their involvement in detaining the ship.\n\nThe British overseas territory of Gibraltar stands at the gateway to the Mediterranean\n\nGibraltar port and law enforcement agencies detained the super tanker and its cargo on Thursday morning with the help of the marines.\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help seize the tanker, at the request of the Gibraltar government.\n\nA defence source described it as a \"relatively benign operation\" without major incident.\n\nMr Picardo said he had written to the presidents of the European Commission and European Council to give details of the sanctions that have been enforced.\n\nThe Baniyas refinery, in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products, a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nA spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said she welcomed the \"firm action\" by the Gibraltarian authorities.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Guto Bebb was elected MP for Aberconwy in May 2010\n\nAn MP says he will not stand for reselection as a Conservative candidate in the next general election as he is unhappy with the party's direction.\n\nAberconwy MP Guto Bebb said the Conservative Party was \"appealing to the type of nationalism that has seen UKIP grow in the past, and the Brexit Party now\".\n\nHe also told BBC Radio Cymru that Boris Johnson would be a \"disastrous\" prime minister.\n\nMr Bebb was elected in May 2010.\n\nHe expects there to be another general election by spring, because he believes whoever is in Number 10 will not be able to secure a Commons majority in favour of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nMr Bebb said he would not be able to \"with any conscience\" offer himself as a candidate who agrees with either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt.\n\nTory party members are voting for either Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson to be the next prime minister\n\nIn the election for the new leader of the Conservative party Mr Bebb returned his ballot paper without casting a vote for either candidate.\n\nThe EU referendum vote has \"meant that there is a tendency within the party to appeal to the extremes,\" he said.\n\nA former member of Plaid Cymru, Mr Bebb added that he has no intention of re-joining the party.\n\n\"I don't think Plaid Cymru has changed that much,\" he said.\n\n\"I don't believe in some of their economic principles. I consider myself Welsh, I can be completely comfortable with being part of an Union in Britain and the European Union.\n\n\"What's not possible for someone like me is to believe in the type of English nationalism that we are now seeing within the Conservative Party.\n\n\"I don't believe in nationalism at its worst in any context and certainly the nationalism I see in the Conservative Party currently concerns me.\"\n\nIn July last year, Mr Bebb, who voted remain in the 2016 EU referendum, resigned as minister for defence procurement.\n\nThis was in order to vote against the government on amendments it accepted to its Brexit Customs Bill.", "The annual Bastille Day parade, marking the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, has been taking place in Paris.\n\nOver 4,000 military personnel and more than 100 aircraft took part in ceremonies, with crowds entertained by inventor Franky Zapata and his futuristic flyboard.\n\nBut there were also clashes between police officers and some protesters, with more than 150 arrests made.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn pay tribute to Sir Kim Darroch's service\n\nSir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration escalates.\n\nTheresa May said Sir Kim's departure was \"a matter of deep regret\" after the ambassador said it was \"impossible\" for him to continue.\n\nTory leadership candidate Boris Johnson has faced strong criticism for failing to fully support him.\n\nPresident Trump said on Monday that the US would not deal with Sir Kim.\n\nThe US president had branded him \"a very stupid guy\" after confidential emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nIn a letter to the Foreign Office, Sir Kim said he wanted to end speculation about his position: \"The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.\"\n\nHis resignation has prompted widespread support for Sir Kim as well as criticism of Tory frontrunner Boris Johnson.\n\nAccording to some Whitehall sources, Sir Kim decided to resign after Mr Johnson refused to support him during the Tory leadership debate on Tuesday night, said BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale.\n\nMr Johnson was asked repeatedly by fellow leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt whether he would keep Sir Kim in post if he became prime minister, but refused to answer.\n\nIt is understood Mr Johnson spoke to Sir Kim on the phone on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nSources close to Mr Johnson said that he praised Sir Kim's dedication and hard work and claimed the conversation was warm and cordial.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US\n\nFollowing Sir Kim's resignation, Mr Johnson said he was \"a superb diplomat\" and whoever was responsible for the leak \"has done a grave disservice to our civil servants\".\n\nAsked why he was not more supportive of Sir Kim, he said it was \"wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena\".\n\nEurope Minister Sir Alan Duncan - who backs Mr Hunt in the leadership contest - said it was \"contemptible negligence\" of Mr Johnson not to support Sir Kim.\n\n\"He's basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under a bus to serve his own personal interests,\" he said.\n\nHowever, Sir Michael Fallon - a supporter of Mr Johnson - told BBC Newsnight Sir Kim's position became untenable \"long before the debate on Tuesday night\" and he understands the ambassador did not watch it.\n\nThe backlash against Mr Johnson was \"a shabby attempt to politicise\" the affair and the leadership contender had \"made it clear he supports all our diplomats\", he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Alan Duncan says Boris Johnson has \"thrown our top diplomat under a bus\"\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Johnson wanted a \"sweetheart trade deal\" with the US and his lack of support for Sir Kim \"shows he won't stand up to Donald Trump\".\n\nTory MP and chairman of the Commons' foreign affairs committee Tom Tugendhat said in a tweet: \"Leaders stand up for their men. They encourage them to try and defend them when they fail.\"\n\nFellow Tory leadership candidate and Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt told the BBC Sir Kim was \"doing his job\" and his resignation was \"a black day for British diplomacy\".\n\nMrs May said Sir Kim had had the full backing of the cabinet and he was owed an \"enormous debt of gratitude\" for his \"lifetime of service\" to the UK.\n\nPublic servants should be able to give \"full and frank advice\", she added.\n\nSo was it Boris Johnson what done it? Was the failure of the former foreign secretary to defend Sir Kim in last night's Tory leadership debate the crucial factor in the ambassador's decision to resign?\n\nWithout Sir Kim speaking publicly on the subject, we are reliant on others to speak for him.\n\nAnd certainly, according to well-placed sources in Whitehall, Mr Johnson's decision to avoid criticising President Trump and his lack of support for Sir Kim was said to be the straw that broke the camel's back.\n\nIf you are an embattled diplomat under fire from your host country, you need cover from London. And if that is lacking from the man tipped to be your next boss, you realise the writing is on the wall.\n\nCertainly, there is genuine anger across Westminster and Whitehall at Mr Johnson's refusal six times last night to come to the aid of our man in Washington.\n\nMr Johnson's supporters have offered varying counter theories. Some have accused Mr Hunt's supporters of politicising the resignation.\n\nOthers have insisted that the decision had been made before the debate, once Mr Trump declared he would no longer deal with Sir Kim.\n\nRealising they were on the receiving end of potentially damaging criticism, Mr Johnson's aides also let it be known that he called Sir Kim this afternoon and praised his dedication and hard work.\n\nThe problem is that few in Westminster were giving much credence to these defences.\n\nIn the House of Commons, Theresa May pointedly urged MPs to \"reflect on the importance of defending our values and principles, particularly when they are under pressure\".\n\nIt was not hard to decipher what she was talking about.\n\nHead of the diplomatic service Sir Simon McDonald said it was the first time in his career that a head of state had refused to work with a British ambassador.\n\nHe described the leak as \"malicious\" and told Sir Kim: \"You are the best of us.\"\n\nRepublican Senator Lindsey Graham - a supporter of President Trump - said Sir Kim had done \"an outstanding job\" as ambassador and his resignation was \"a chilling moment\".\n\n\"Ambassadors need to be able to talk to their governments without fear of being compromised,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson pictured with Sir Kim in 2017 while he was in Washington DC as foreign secretary\n\nIn a letter to Sir Kim, Cabinet Secretary and civil service head Sir Mark Sedwill said that while he understood his reasons for resigning it was \"a matter of enormous regret that you were put in this position after a shocking betrayal of trust\".\n\nCabinet Office Minister David Lidington said he was \"enraged\" by the situation and morale in the senior ranks of the civil service had taken \"a very heavy blow\".\n\nFormer head of the civil service Lord O'Donnell told the BBC Sir Kim's successor could be chosen within two weeks - while Mrs May is still prime minister.\n\nPresident Trump could well wake up this morning thinking he has the power to veto who the UK has as its ambassador.\n\nIt wasn't his more colourful remarks on Twitter that really ended Sir Kim's time, but Mr Trump's public announcement that he would no longer work with him.\n\nThe effects of that were felt immediately. There was a banquet that Sir Kim was immediately dis-invited from. Next, he couldn't attend an event with minister Liam Fox.\n\nIt was clear he was being frozen out and for an ambassador access is everything. Without it, it's impossible to do the job.\n\nMore broadly, it's like this... There's never been parity in the special relationship between the UK and US - it's never been a relationship of equals but right now it seems particularly lopsided.\n\nThe US knows that Britain is fairly isolated right now internationally and needs the US more than ever. Donald Trump has wielded that power mercilessly in this row.\n\nIn the emails leaked to the Mail on Sunday, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true.\n\nThe government has opened an internal inquiry into the publication of the memos and police have been urged to open a criminal investigation.\n\nDowning Street confirmed there had been some \"initial discussions\" with police regarding the leak and if there was concern about criminal activity they would become involved \"more formally\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said it was \"deeply worrying\" diplomatic cables had ended up in the public domain.", "Police are looking for two men after a woman was sexually assaulted at the TRNSMT festival in Glasgow.\n\nDuring the incident, a 32-year-old woman was grabbed by one man and then sexually assaulted by another during a concert at Glasgow Green.\n\nThe incident took place at about 22:00 as she made her way to the toilets, believed to be near the main stage.\n\nThree men who were walking by at the time shouted at the suspects, who then ran off.\n\nThe suspects are both described as white, 6ft tall, of medium build and dark hair.\n\nOne was wearing a black T-shirt with a small logo on the front and the other a white T-shirt with black writing.\n\nDet Sgt Euan Keil said: \"The woman was making her way to the toilets when she was grabbed by one man and pulled to the rear of the toilet block where another man sexually assaulted her.\n\n\"Her attackers fled when they were disturbed by three men who were walking by the area and who shouted at them.\n\n\"I don't think the three men realised what was actually going on or that their intervention probably stopped this attack from escalating.\n\n\"It is important that we trace them as what they saw could prove vital to us catching the two men responsible.\"\n\nA statement from the TRNSMT festival said: \"We are doing everything possible to help emergency services with their inquiries but our focus at this moment is the wellbeing of the person involved, and we are ensuring that they have all the support that they need.\"", "Watch the moment Eoin Morgan and England lift the Cricket World Cup trophy after a dramatic sudden-death super over against New Zealand at Lord's.\n\nWATCH MORE: The moment England won the World Cup\n\nREAD MORE: England win their first men's Cricket World Cup in dramatic finale\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan says he \"never allowed\" himself to imagine lifting the World Cup before his side's astonishing victory over New Zealand in a thrilling final at Lord's.\n\nThe game went to a super over after both sides scored 241 from 50 overs.\n\n\"I've said incredible 50 times since lifting the trophy,\" Morgan told Test Match Special.\n\n\"The planning, hard work, dedication, commitment and the little bit of luck really did get us over the line.\"\n\nMorgan said he was \"very thankful\" that - despite England's three defeats in the group stage - \"people believed because we believed\".\n\nBut he added: \"I'd never allow myself to imagine winning the World Cup. Cynical me!\"\n• None Relive the best reaction and highlights from Lord's\n\nBen Stokes, man of the match in the final, said: \"So much hard work has gone in, this is what we aspire to be.\n\n\"I don't think there will ever be a better game in cricket than that.\n\n\"There was no chance I wasn't going to be there at the end. Those are the sorts of moments you live for as a professional cricketer.\"\n\nAll-rounder Stokes scored 84 with grit and determination on a tricky pitch to anchor England, and his composure in both the final over and the super over helped claim a historic win.\n\nVictory brought a sense of redemption for Stokes - in the World Twenty20 final four years ago he was hit for four sixes by Carlos Brathwaite as West Indies beat England in the final over.\n\nMorgan described Stokes as \"super human\", adding: \"He really carried the team and our batting line-up.\"\n\n'I encouraged them to laugh, smile and enjoy'\n\nThis was an astonishing day in front of a packed crowd, who stayed long after the final ball had been bowled.\n\nIn a see-sawing match, England slipped to 86-4 and struggled to find boundaries in the middle order.\n\nBut a 110-run partnership between Stokes and Jos Buttler dragged the hosts back into contention before a dramatic finale resulted in the scores being tied and England winning because they had scored more boundaries during the match.\n\nWhen asked what he told his team as they huddled before the super over, Morgan said: \"I encouraged them to smile, laugh and enjoy because it was such a ridiculous situation.\n• None Quiz: How well do you know England's winners?\n\n\"It was a matter of trying to put smiles on the guys' faces to release a bit of tension and they responded brilliantly to that.\"\n\n\"I can't believe what's happened in the last hour,\" bowler Chris Woakes told Test Match Special.\n\n\"I thought it was gone. I am lost for words. World champions, I can't get my head around it.\"\n\nFor England, this was the culmination of four years of completely overhauling their one-day game after they were humiliated in 2015.\n\nThe victory was the culmination of four years of work in completely overhauling their one-day game after humiliation in 2015, when they were knocked out in the group stage.\n\nThe Queen - head of state for both nations - said: \"Prince Philip and I send our warmest congratulations to the England men's cricket team after such a thrilling victory in today's World Cup final.\n\n\"I also extend my commiserations to the runners-up New Zealand, who competed so admirably in today's contest and throughout the tournament.\"\n\n'In 10 years we'll see kids playing cricket in the street'\n\n\"This is exactly what cricket needed,\" ex-England captain Michael Vaughan said. \"This is the moment that, in five, 10 years time, we'll see kids playing cricket in the street [as a result].\n\n\"We've had great days in Test cricket - but this is another level. This is something I've never experienced.\"\n\nThe game was watched by a sold out-crowd at Lord's who lived every ball, and was also shown on free-to-air TV on Channel 4, as well as Sky.\n\n\"The best final I've ever seen, the best game I've ever seen,\" said England all-rounder Moeen Ali.\n\n\"This has changed cricket in our country.\"\n\n'Win or lose, today will not define me' - reaction\n\nEngland bowler Jofra Archer, who was entrusted with defending 15 runs in the super over: \"'Stokesy' came over and told me, win or lose, today will not define me as a player.\n\n\"The boys did so well to give us 15, I am so grateful they gave us the opportunity to compete.\"\n\nEngland all-rounder Ben Stokes: \"I don't know what it is about finals that produce moments like that. It's incredible. Amazing.\n\n\"I hope we have inspired people to want to do this in the future.\"\n\nEngland bowler Liam Plunkett: \"It's not sunk in - I've had a sip of champagne, which is my first drink for five months.\n\n\"Everyone got to watch the game on TV - I hope they get a buzz for cricket like the 2005 Ashes.\"\n\nEngland coach Trevor Bayliss: \"These guys have put in so much hard work and it's come to fruition. A lot of people behind the scenes have done a fantastic job and this feels fantastic.\n\n\"I tried to be as calm as I can but I was very nervous on the inside - let me tell you.\"", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was stabbed to death at her house in Raymead Avenue, Croydon\n\nA man has been accused of murder after a pregnant woman and her baby died.\n\nAaron McKenzie, 25, is charged with killing Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months pregnant when she was fatally stabbed at home in Croydon.\n\nMr McKenzie, of Peckham Park Road, Peckham, London, is also accused of the manslaughter of her son Riley, who was delivered by paramedics but died in hospital.\n\nHe is one of three men held over the deaths, after the attack on 29 June.\n\nA 37-year-old was released with no further action while a 29-year-old was bailed until a date in August.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle - her baby was delivered by paramedics\n\nPolice were called by the London Ambulance Service at 03:30 BST to Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, where Ms Fauvrelle was in cardiac arrest.\n\nDespite the efforts of paramedics, she died at the scene.\n\nMs Fauvrelle's family - including her mother, two brothers, sister and sister's baby son - were all at the home at the time of the attack.\n\nRiley was delivered at the scene but died in hospital, on 3 July.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Malik Hussain was pronounced dead at the scene of the stabbing in Baker Street, Sparkhill\n\nDashcam footage \"could be key\" to catching the killer of a man stabbed in an apparent targeted attack, police have said.\n\nMalik Hussain, 35, was found dead in Baker Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham, at about 23:20 BST on Friday.\n\nWest Midlands Police said it was particularly keen to gather information about a car that sped from the area.\n\nDet Insp Nick Barnes said dashcam footage \"could be crucial\" in identifying the vehicle.\n\n\"We believe this could be key in helping us to catch the killer and would ask anyone who can help to come forward as soon as possible,\" he said.\n\nPolice are keen to hear from motorists who were around Baker Street, Warwick Road, Stratford Road and the surrounding areas between 23:00 and midnight.\n\nDet Insp Caroline Corfield added: \"At this stage we believe this may have been a targeted attack and we're keen to hear from anyone with information which can assist our inquiries.\"\n\nA post-mortem examination will take place in due course, the force said.\n\nThe man was discovered in Baker Street\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Simona Halep won her first Wimbledon title and crushed Serena Williams' latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam success with a devastating 56-minute display of athleticism.\n\nThe Romanian won 6-2 6-2 in front of an incredulous Centre Court, running after everything the American threw at her.\n\n\"It was my best match,\" the 27-year-old said after her second Grand Slam title following her 2018 French Open success.\n\nFor 37-year-old Williams, it was a third major final defeat in 12 months.\n\n\"She played out of her mind, it was a little bit deer in the headlights for me,\" she said.\n• None I played the match of my life - Halep\n• None Someone told me not to look at records - Williams\n\nHalep shows no nerves as expectation weighs on Williams\n\nWilliams, like in last year's final defeat by Angelique Kerber, seemed weighed down by public and personal expectations as she quickly fell 4-0 behind in the opening set.\n\nHalep had said beforehand that she had no pressure on her and that is exactly how she played.\n\nFrom the outset she looked relaxed and confident, attacking the Williams serve and keeping the rallies long and deep to force the American into errors.\n\nWhile Williams closed her eyes at changeovers to try to regroup, Halep kept her eyes on the prize and kept her cool to take the victory on her second match point, when the American sent a forehand into the net.\n\nHalep's level never dropped in an almost perfect display in which she made just three unforced errors to Williams' 26.\n\n\"I knew that I have to be aggressive, be 100% for every ball, and that I don't have to let her come back into the match because she's so powerful and so strong,\" Halep said. \"She knows how to manage every moment. So I knew that I have to stay there, which I did pretty well today.\"\n\nDefeat means Williams' wait for a first Grand Slam title since becoming a mum continues, as does her pursuit of an eighth Wimbledon singles title.\n\n\"I definitely knew that she was just playing her heart out,\" the American said. \"I felt like, OK, what do I need to do to get to that level?\n\n\"When someone plays lights out, there's really not much you can do. You just have to understand that that was their day today.\"\n\nSeventh seed Halep, in her first major final since winning the French Open last year and having lost her world number one ranking, flew under the radar at these championships while much of the focus was on Williams and her record chase.\n\nBut she executed the perfect gameplan - stifling Williams' biggest weapon in her serve - and it was credit to her returning ability that Halep restricted the American to just two aces when she had fired 45 during her other matches.\n\nHalep's movement around the court contrasted with a sluggish Williams - who at one point was urged to \"wake up\" by one shout from the crowd - and her tenacity in the rallies forced the American to overcook her shots through what felt like desperation at times.\n\nA break in the first game set the tone, with Williams firing wide before a Halep hold to love underlined her determination to win. The net helped Halep in the next game, with her shot scraping over but Williams' return bouncing back at the American.\n\nWith just 11 minutes on the clock Halep had won the first four games and she barely slowed, facing just one break point - which she saved.\n\nWilliams started to get herself a bit more into the match early in the second set but when she came to the net for a volley with the whole court at her disposal and only managed to find the net, giving Halep the break, she must have known it was not going to be her day.\n\nHalep won the next three games in a row, falling to her knees with her arms raised to the sky in celebration as Centre Court rose to its feet in appreciation of one of the greatest Wimbledon final performances.\n• None Halep won 83% of her first-serve points, compared to 59% for Williams\n• None Williams made 26 unforced errors, while Halep made just three\n• None Williams had more winners - 17 - than Halep (13), but Halep won 45% of receiving points compared to 26% for Williams\n• None Halep had lost nine of her previous 10 meetings with Williams\n• None Halep has now won the past two Grand Slam finals she has appeared in, having been defeated in the three before that. Williams has lost her past three\n• None Although 56 minutes is a quick victory, it is some way off the fastest Grand Slam final win - Steffi Graf's 34-minute French Open win of 1988\n• None Halep, who began the championships as world number seven, will rise to number four when the next rankings are published on Monday\n\nBBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller: \"At the start of the second set you could see that Simona Halep was still that bit better, actually a lot better. I don't think anyone is going to feel short-changed by the 56 minutes of tennis that they have seen today because they have seen one of the all time great Wimbledon final performances.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam champion Tracy Austin on BBC TV: \"Unbelievable tennis from Simona Halep. She put herself in such a bubble mentally and she didn't let herself begin to think about the end of the match. She said this was a chill year. She really took the pressure off herself.\"\n\nThree-time Wimbledon singles champion John McEnroe: \"I'm shocked. She obviously is a tremendous and, at this stage in her career, superior athlete. But I didn't think it would intimidate Serena Williams as much as it did today. Halep completely and thoroughly outplayed her. It wasn't even a match. There's only a handful of times in your life when you feel as though you're in the zone like that and that was one of them.\"\n\nNine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova: \"I think it's essential for Serena Williams to play more matches. You can't fake it. You need those matches. History can get in the way, and it can get difficult to get rid of those nerves.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "The network suffered an outage on Friday due to what has been described as a \"technical incident related to its ground infrastructure\".\n\nEngineers worked around the clock over the weekend but there is no update yet on when the service will resume.\n\nThe problem means all receivers, such as the latest smartphone models, will not be picking up any useable timing or positional information.\n\nThese devices will be relying instead on the data coming from the American Global Positioning System (GPS).\n\nAnd depending on the sat-nav chip they have installed, cell phones and other devices might also be making connections with the Russian (Glonass) and Chinese (Beidou) networks.\n\nGalileo is still in a roll-out, or pilot phase, meaning it would not yet be expected to lead critical applications.\n\n\"People should remember that we are still in the 'initial services' phase; we're not in full operation yet,\" a spokesperson for the European GNSS Agency (GSA) told BBC News.\n\n\"This is something that can happen while we build the robustness into the system. We have recovery and monitoring actions, and we are implementing them, and we are working 24/7 to fix this as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe GSA issued a notification on Thursday warning users that Galileo's signals might become unreliable. An update was then sent out at 01:50 Central European Time on Friday to say that the service was out of use until further notice.\n\nThe search and rescue function on Galileo satellites that picks up the distress beacon messages from those at sea or up high mountains is said to be unaffected by the outage.\n\nGalileo is a multi-billion-euro project of the European Union and the European Space Agency. The EU owns the system, and Esa acts as the technical and procurement agent.\n\nThere are currently 22 operational satellites in orbit (another two are in space but in testing), with a further 12 under construction with industry. In addition to the spacecraft, Galileo relies on a complex ground infrastructure to control the network and monitor its performance.\n\nEurope's alternative to GPS went \"live\" with initial services in December 2016 after 17 years of development. The European Commission promotes Galileo as more than just a back-up service; it is touted also as being more accurate and more robust.\n\nAn outage across the entire network is therefore a matter of significant concern and no little embarrassment.\n\nSince its launch in 1978, GPS has become integral to the functioning of all modern economies.\n\nUsage goes far beyond just finding one's way through an unfamiliar city. The system's timing function has now become ubiquitous in many fields, including in the synchronisation of global financial transactions, telecommunications and energy networks.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Emily Hartridge built up a social media presence with her health and lifestyle advice\n\nStars including Davina McCall and Calum Best have paid tribute to TV presenter and YouTuber Emily Hartridge who has been killed in a crash in south London.\n\nShe is believed to be the victim of a crash involving an electric scooter and lorry in Battersea on Friday.\n\nA tribute on the 35-year-old's Instagram page described her as someone who \"touched so many lives\".\n\nShe had more than 340,000 YouTube subscribers to her channel and a big presence on Twitter and Instagram.\n\nHer channel offered health and lifestyle advice, and she founded the YouTube show '10 Reasons Why'. She had interviewed A-listers such as Hugh Jackman and Eddie Redmayne.\n\nHartridge had also fronted a 4OD documentary on turning 30.\n\nA statement on Hartridge's Instagram page said: \"Emily was involved in an accident yesterday and passed away.\n\n\"We all loved her to bits and she will never be forgotten.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by emilyhartridge This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMcCall said in a response to the post on Instagram announcing the death: \"My heart goes out to Emily's family and friends. Such a shock. Sending you love and prayers.\"\n\nBest wrote that it was \"so sad and he was so sorry\".\n\nMonths prior to her death she had told The Sun of her decision to freeze her eggs and hopes of becoming a mum.\n\nOn Thursday she had shared a video of herself with a boyfriend on Instagram.\n\nA biography on the website of Insanity Group, her management agency, reveals she had a \"huge interest in mental health and fitness\".\n\n\"Following a very difficult period, she turned her life around,\" the bio said.\n\n\"One of the positive outcomes of her breakdown\" was that it became her \"mission to remove the stigma surrounding anxiety and depression\", it added.\n\nTV historian Greg Jenner tweeted he was \"deeply saddened\" by the death.\n\n\"I met @emilyhartridge on a train 5 years ago, and by the end of the journey we'd shared all sorts of things about our mental health and insomnia,\" he said.\n\n\"She was funny, kind, and open-hearted.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Watch the moment that Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win England the World Cup.\n\nFOLLOW REACTION: England beat New Zealand to win first World Cup title\n\nWATCH MORE: Wood run out off the last ball as World Cup final ends in a tie\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "A crane lifted a section of the bridge from its footings\n\nA 110-year-old landmark bridge in Swansea has been lifted to be taken for restoration.\n\nPreparation work has been under way for weeks and the Bascule Bridge near the Liberty Stadium was moved on Sunday.\n\nMore than 20 workers, a 53m (174ft) crane and and a truck performed the manoeuvre.\n\nThe 70-tonne Grade II listed bridge will then be assessed and restored at Afon Engineering, Swansea Vale, and re-installed next year.\n\nThe Bascule Bridge was built in 1909 to strengthen Swansea's copper industry\n\nThe bridge was pivotal to the area's time as the world copper capital, and its hinged steel structure would lift to allow for river traffic to pass through.\n\nRobert Francis-Davies, of Swansea council, said: \"This is big news for the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks area - which is undergoing an exciting regeneration - and for Swansea which is so proud of its industrial past.\n\n\"Work is essential at this time to prevent further decay and risk of loss of this Grade II listed bridge which is also an officially scheduled historic monument.\n\nThe bridge has been fenced off to members of the public since 1999\n\n\"Any further delay would result in the loss of this valuable heritage that forms a critical part of Swansea's story.\"\n\nAlso known as the Morfa Bridge, it was built in 1909 to strengthen Swansea's copper industry by providing a rail link between the Morfa and Upper Bank works.\n\nDue to safety concerns the bridge has been fenced off to the public since 1999, and nearby Brunel Way road bridge will shut for the work to take place.\n\nIt forms part of a project to develop a tourist destination at the copper works, including restoring the Powerhouse for use as a Penderyn Distillery visitor attraction with £3.75m of Heritage Lottery funding.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Before turning to politics, Rod Richards worked as a journalist at BBC Wales\n\nRod Richards, the former Welsh Office minister and Conservative leader in the assembly, has died aged 72.\n\nHe came to prominence as a newsreader with BBC Wales, following a period with the Royal Marines.\n\nIn 1992 he was elected to Parliament, but lost his seat five years later, and switched to the Welsh Assembly.\n\nHe died on Saturday night at the Marie Curie Hospice in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, after a long battle with cancer, his family said.\n\nIn a statement, they said he passed away peacefully and was surrounded by his family.\n\n\"Rod's friends and family will remember his quick wit, kindness and love,\" it added.\n\n\"Dad dedicated much of his life to the service of a country he loved and felt passionate about.\n\n\"Rod's surviving three children and eight grandchildren will greatly miss their wonderful father and dadcu.\n\n\"The family wish to thank the hospice for their incredible care and compassion, and would ask the media for privacy at this difficult time.\"\n\nMr Richards was elected MP for Clwyd North West in 1992\n\nMonmouth Conservative MP David Davies said the pair became close friends in the 1990s.\n\n\"His sense of humour never failed and he was able to raise a chuckle when I visited him hours before he passed away,\" he said.\n\n\"His outspokenness did not always win him friends but was a refreshing contrast to the 'tell everyone what they want to hear' approach which seems to have become a hallmark of many in politics since the Blair era.\"\n\nWelsh Secretary Alun Cairns tweeted: \"Very sad to learn of the passing of Rod Richards - a man with a great passion for politics. I had enormous respect for the political ability he demonstrated. My condolences go out to his friends and family.\"\n\nPaul Davies, Welsh Conservative assembly leader, added: \"He was an able and talented politician whose career had its ups and downs but he made in indelible mark on Welsh politics and devolution.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this time.\"\n\nMr Richards briefly led the Conservative group in Cardiff Bay before being forced to stand down, and he quit the assembly in 2002 due to his problems with alcohol.\n\nIn 2013 Mr Richards decided to join UKIP, saying he was \"disillusioned with mainstream parties\".\n\nA controversial character, Mr Richards was born in Llanelli in 1947.\n\nAfter two previous attempts to reach Parliament, success came in the 1992 general election when he was elected MP for Clwyd North West.\n\nHe was appointed a junior minister in the Welsh Office but was forced to resign in 1996 following allegations about his private life.\n\nIn the Commons, his combative style got him in trouble with the Speaker, Betty Boothroyd, for shouting \"liar\" at the Neath MP Peter Hain. He was forced to apologise to both Mr Hain and Ms Boothroyd.\n\nAnd his boss, the Welsh Secretary John Redwood, was forced to apologise on his behalf when he called Labour councillors \"short, fat, slimy and corrupt\".\n\nIn the 1997 Labour landslide he lost his parliamentary seat and turned his sights to the new National Assembly for Wales.\n\nIn the 1999 election he was defeated in his constituency seat but became an AM via the regional top-up list.\n\nMr Richards, pictured in the Welsh Assembly, was known for his combative style\n\nGareth Hughes, political commentator and former ITV Wales journalist, said Rod Richards was a \"passionate politician\".\n\n\"If you crossed Rod Richards, you knew you had,\" he said.\n\nThe politician was to the right of the \"old Conservative party\", said Mr Hughes, \"and would have been very comfortable in the current Conservative party\".\n\n\"He was very much an establishment person. He certainly didn't want devolution, that was clear. He regarded Westminster as very important. In that sense he was a loyalist to the union.\"\n\nMr Richards was the first AM to be sworn in on 10 May.\n\nIn a ballot of Welsh party members he became the Conservative party leader in the assembly.\n\nBut his tenure was short lived, having to stand down after begin charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a young woman, a charge he was later cleared of.\n\nHe was a combative politician, dubbed the \"rottweiler\", antagonising not only other parties but also his own.\n\nHis relationship with the Conservative group in the assembly was a fractious one, especially with the then new leader, Nick Bourne.\n\nHe sat as an \"independent Conservative\" until 2002 when he resigned his seat due to problems with alcohol.\n\nA year later he was declared bankrupt which he again linked to his alcoholism.", "The Duchess of Cornwall has sent a cake to the BBC's Test Match Special team during the World Cup final between England and New Zealand.\n\nThe iced elderflower and lemon sponge features both teams' helmets, a World Cup trophy and figures of captains Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson.\n\nCommentator Jonathan Agnew said it was \"incredible... a work of art\".\n\nJulie Brownlee started baking seven days ago, but with the finalists only known on Thursday had her work cut out.\n\nIt was \"probably two weeks' work in one week\", she told the radio programme from the commentary box at Lord's.\n\nA note on Clarence House paper sent with the cake reads: \"I hope this cake will bowl you over! With my best wishes, Camilla.\"\n\nAgnew told TMS listeners the cake's helmets had \"absolutely perfect crests\" while a cricket ball featured an \"astonishingly accurate seam in white\".\n\nIt also features cricket bails made from sugar and the flags of all 10 nations who took part in the competition.\n\nJulie Brownlee told Jonathan Agnew the cake took a week to complete\n\nStroud-based Brownlee said she received a telephone call from the Duchess of Cornwall's private secretary with the order, adding Camilla had requested the flavour and was closely involved with the design.\n\nThe Duchess of Cornwall is a TMS fan and so was aware of the tradition of listeners sending cakes to the commentary team.\n\nShe is the second member of the Royal Family to do so, after the Queen presented them with a Dundee cake in 2001.\n\nAnother TMS listener to follow the tradition was Prime Minister Theresa May, who delivered homemade brownies when appearing on the programme during a test at Lord's in 2017.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The manta ray was helped by divers after being seen in distress last week\n\nWhen Freckles the manta ray approached divers Jake Wilton and Monty Halls in Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef, they were shocked to see fishing hooks embedded under her right eye.\n\nMore surprising was that she stopped near them, appearing to ask for help.\n\nJake dived down several times, each time swimming up close and removing the hooks from her skin. Freckles waited patiently for him to finish.\n\nJake has since checked in on Freckles and told BBC News that she's doing well, and may even have recognised him.\n\n\"I went down for a dive [to check up on her] and she stopped and hung around for about 30 seconds above me - it was pretty wild,\" he said. \"They have self-awareness and can recognise individual manta rays, so she could have recognised me.\"\n\nFreckles - so-named because of a unique pattern of freckles on her belly - is thought to be about 30 years old, making her a venerable old lady in manta ray years.\n\nJake says it's likely she had been skimming the sea bed to scoop up plankton when the discarded hooks, used in recreational fishing, got caught near her eye.\n\nThe manta ray is called Freckles because of the unique markings on her belly\n\nIt's a common problem in Coral Bay, he says, although he adds that \"this is the first time we've had one actually approach us and try and get [the hooks] out\".\n\n\"It's all purely accidental, but a lot of the reefs out in the bay are areas where manta rays visit to be cleaned by little wrasse [fish], to keep them healthy,\" he explains. \"People fish on those cleaning stations, and then accidentally hook the manta rays.\"\n\nBoats are another big danger for manta rays in the area - most of the injuries the divers see are caused by boat propellers.\n\nJake says he and his colleagues are trying to push for areas of protection on the reef, \"to at least give [the manta rays] some safe spots\".\n\n\"All of the residential manta rays, who were already established here before tourism, are coming to the end of their lifespan,\" he says.\n\n\"So the biggest worry now is, when these guys go, the new manta rays that are coming in... are they going to call this place home, or are they going to come here and think, 'Oh this isn't a very good place to get cleaned, there are too many boats, too many tourists'?\"\n\nManta rays aren't dangerous - in fact, they're widely considered gentle giants of the sea. Jake adds that they're extremely intelligent, and that they have great memories.\n\n\"Over their life they'll have certain areas that they visit at certain times of the year, and they remember those spots and have relationships with other manta rays,\" he says.\n\n\"That's why it's so important to protect those areas, because they have to return to them.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live on BBC One from 12:45 and Radio 5 Live Sports Extra from 13:00 plus live text on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.\n\nRoger Federer must \"take it up a level\" to beat Novak Djokovic and claim a record-equalling ninth Wimbledon singles title, says three-time champion John McEnroe.\n\nSwiss Federer, 37, produced a stellar performance to beat long-time rival Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals.\n\nSerbia's defending champion and world number one Djokovic, 32, is seen as the favourite by many to win a fifth title.\n\n\"It is going to be a tough task.\"\n\nTop seed Djokovic, 32, has won three of the past four Grand Slams, while Federer's most recent major triumph came at the 2018 Australian Open.\n\nFederer, the second seed, has won Wimbledon more times than any other man and will equal Martina Navratilova's all-time record with a ninth triumph.\n\nIt is the first Wimbledon final between the top two men's seeds since Djokovic and Federer met in 2015.\n\nThe pair are meeting for the 48th time in their illustrious careers - only Djokovic and Nadal have played more often.\n\nHow they reached the final\n\nDjokovic and Federer have looked on top of their grass-court games on their way to the final.\n\nDjokovic has dropped only two sets, although he has not faced an opponent seeded in the top 20.\n\nUp until his three-hour battle against Nadal, Federer had only dropped sets against Japan's eighth seed Kei Nishikori and, more surprisingly, South African debutant Lloyd Harris in the opening round.\n\nWhat they say about each other\n\n\"We all know how good he is anywhere, but especially here. This surface complements his game very much.\n\n\"He loves to play very fast. He takes away the time from his opponent.\n\n\"He just rushes you to everything. So for players maybe like Nadal or myself that like to have a little more time, it's a constant pressure that you have to deal with.\n\n\"I've played with Roger in some epic finals here a couple years in a row, so I know what to expect.\"\n\n\"If I think of Novak, one thing that jumps out at me is his jump back and to the left.\n\n\"It's how he's able to defend on that side, which I think has won him numerous matches and trophies.\n\n\"He does that better than anybody. Nobody else really has it as consistent and good as he has.\"\n\nCan Djokovic close the gap on Federer in the 'GOAT' race?\n\nDjokovic's semi-final win over Roberto Bautista Agut ensured it would be a Wimbledon final between two of the 'big three' in the men's game for the first time since 2015.\n\nFederer has won 20 Grand Slam titles - a record for a male player, Djokovic 15 and Nadal 18.\n\nA fifth Wimbledon triumph for Djokovic, who won the 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2018 titles, would take him closer than he has ever been to Federer's tally.\n\nAlmost six years younger than Federer, Djokovic could add plenty more barring a loss of form or fitness.\n\nHis pursuit of Federer and Nadal is made more remarkable by the fact he won his first major in 2008 - when Federer had claimed 13 and Nadal five - and only added a second three years later.\n\nFederer, widely considered the greatest grass-court player to have graced Wimbledon, had the backing of the majority of the 15,000 crowd in his semi-final win over Nadal.\n\nDjokovic has struggled to earn the same level of popularity as Federer and Nadal throughout his career and appeared to get tetchy when Centre Court supported Bautista Agut.\n\nHe threw his hands into the air when they cheered Bautista Agut winning the second set, then put his fingers to his lips and cupped his ear after winning a 45-shot rally on a break point.\n\n\"Regardless of who's across the net or what is happening around, I'll definitely give it my all,\" Djokovic said.\n\n\"It won't be the first time playing against Nadal nor Federer on the Centre Court. I've had that experience more than once. I know what to expect.\n\n\"I had enough support here over the years, so I don't complain.\"\n\n'I see Novak winning in four sets'\n\nWhat I really respect about Novak Djokovic is that he inspires himself [by geeing up the crowd] and plays better. That's what really matters.\n\nHe is one of the all-time great movers on a tennis court. He gets to a lot more balls than people expect. He makes you hit so many extra shots and it drives you nuts.\n\nAs for Roger, can you imagine five or six years ago that he would be trading forehands with Rafa Nadal at his age? It's unthinkable.\n\nCan Federer do it? Of course he can. But I see Novak winning in four sets.\n\nTim Henman, former British number one and four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist\n\nFederer has got to play even better but the crowd will have a big part to play. The crowd will be massively on his side.\n\nFederer has to get off to a good start but Djokovic is the favourite.\n• None Djokovic will stay as world number one regardless of Sunday's outcome, while Federer will rise to second in the rankings if he wins.\n• None It will be the 48th meeting between the number one and two seeds in a Grand Slam men's singles final in the Open era, with the top seed prevailing 24 times.\n• None It will be the 15th meeting between the number one and two seeds at Wimbledon, wit the top seed prevailing eight times.\n• None Federer is bidding to become the second player to beat Djokovic and Nadal in the same Grand Slam, following in the footsteps of Swiss Stan Wawrinka at the 2014 Australian Open\n• None At 37 years 340 days, Federer is bidding to become the oldest player in the Open era to win a Grand Slam men's singles title", "The man fell nearly 200 feet, but miraculously survived\n\nNiagara Falls Park Police say a man was \"swept over\" a waterfall, but survived the drop of roughly 188ft (57 metres) into the raging river below.\n\nThe man \"was observed to climb over retaining wall\" around 04:00 (09:00 GMT) on Tuesday before falling over the cliff, police said on Twitter.\n\nAfter searching beneath the falls, police found the man \"sitting on rocks\" with non-life threatening injuries.\n\nThe man, who police have not identified, was taken to hospital.\n\nThe man was near the brink of Horseshoe Falls - the largest of the three falls that make up Niagara Falls, officials say.\n\nHe was found on the side of the river near the Journey Behind the Falls observation platform, according to Buffalo News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMayor Jim Diodati of Niagara Falls, Ontario, told the newspaper that he believes \"all-time high [water] levels\" may have contributed to saving the man's life.\n\n\"When Lake Erie is higher and flowing more robustly to Lake Ontario, there is a better chance of missing the massive boulders under the Horseshoe Falls,\" Mr Diodati said.\n\n\"The only way you would ever have a chance to survive that kind of a fall was to overshoot the large rocks below,\" he continued, adding: \"In this case, for this individual, hopefully he will see it as a blessing.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Niagara Parks Police This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe park - which contains North America's largest waterfall and sits on the US-Canada border - draws tens of millions of visitors each year.\n\nAccording to the Niagara Parks website, more than six million cubic feet of water rush over the crest of the falls every minute.\n\nThe features, the park says, \"may be the fastest moving waterfalls in the world\".\n\nMany have died going over the falls, but a handful have managed to survive in the past.\n\nAccording to Buffalo News, an estimated 25 people kill themselves by going over the falls each year.\n\nFrom Canada or US: If you're in an emergency, please call 911\n\nYou can contact the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255 or the Crisis Test Line by texting HOME to 741741\n\nYoung people in need of help can call Kids Help Phone on 1-800-668-6868\n\nIf you are in the UK, you can call the Samaritans on 116123", "A man has been arrested after climbing over Buckingham Palace's front gates in the middle of the night, police have said.\n\nThe 22-year-old was held on suspicion of trespass at around 02:00 BST on Wednesday by specialist royal officers, the Metropolitan Police Service said.\n\nThe Queen was in residence at the time, a palace spokeswoman confirmed.\n\nThe intruder was not carrying a weapon and the incident is not being treated as terror-related, the force said.\n\nThe palace spokeswoman declined to say whether the Queen had been informed of the incident.\n\nAt their lowest point the gates are several metres high.\n\nThe man has been released under investigation, Scotland Yard said.", "Donald Trump has been \"disrespectful\" towards the prime minister and the UK, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.\n\nHis comments come after President Trump called Sir Kim Darroch, the UK ambassador to the US, \"a very stupid guy\" amid a row over leaked emails.\n\nHe went on to criticise Theresa May over Brexit, saying she had ignored his advice and gone her \"own foolish way\".\n\nOn Sunday emails revealed the ambassador had called the Trump administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nMeanwhile, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox's scheduled meeting with the US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the US was cancelled on Tuesday.\n\nMr Hunt responded to Mr Trump's latest outburst by tweeting: \"Friends speak frankly so I will: these comments are disrespectful and wrong to our prime minister and my country.\"\n\nThe Tory leadership hopeful also said he would keep Sir Kim in his post until he retires at Christmas.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US in a TV debate\n\nDuring a televised debate, Boris Johnson, the current Tory leadership frontrunner, was pushed on whether he would keep the ambassador, but said he \"wouldn't be so presumptuous\" as to think he would be in a position to do that.\n\nMr Johnson said he had \"a good relationship\" with the White House and that it was important to have a \"close partnership\" with the US.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Hunt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the row was a reminder of the \"tricky and sensitive\" nature of the UK's relationship with the US and the challenge facing the Tory leadership hopefuls in dealing with a president \"who seems to love stirring up controversy\".\n\n\"It's Jeremy Hunt, normally seen as the more cautious of the two, who's speaking much more plainly and directly to Donald Trump on the matter, while Boris Johnson has said only that he's not embarrassed about being close to the White House,\" she said.\n\nFollowing Mr Trump's comments on Monday that the US would \"no longer deal\" with Sir Kim, the US State Department said it would continue \"to deal with any accredited individuals until we get any further guidance from the White House or the president\".\n\n\"We have an incredibly special and strategic relationship with the United Kingdom that has gone on for quite a long time - it's bigger than any individual or government,\" the department added.\n\nA spokesman for Theresa May said that Sir Kim is \"a dutiful, respected government official\" and confirmed there were no plans for Mrs May and Mr Trump to hold a call to discuss relations following the leak.\n\nNumber 10 also confirmed that Sir Kim would not be attending a meeting between Ivanka Trump and the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox in Washington.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"He isn't attending that meeting but he is supporting Liam Fox in other ways on his trip.\"\n\nEarlier on Tuesday Mr Trump tweeted: \"The wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy.\n\n\"He should speak to his country, and Prime Minister May, about their failed Brexit negotiation, and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled.\n\n\"I told @theresa_may how to do that deal, but she went her own foolish way-was unable to get it done. A disaster!\n\n\"I don't know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool. Tell him the USA now has the best Economy & Military anywhere in the World, by far...and they are both only getting bigger, better and stronger...Thank you, Mr. President!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNumber 10 previously called the leak, reported in the Mail on Sunday, \"unfortunate\" and has begun a formal investigation. It said the UK and US still shared a \"special and enduring\" relationship.\n\nConfidential emails from the UK's ambassador contained a string of criticisms of Mr Trump and his administration, and said the White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and divided under his presidency.\n\nSir Kim, who became ambassador to the US in January 2016 about a year before Mr Trump took office, also questioned whether the White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned that the US president should not be written off.\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true and policy on sensitive issues such as Iran was \"incoherent, chaotic\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The former prime minister says it would be \"unacceptable\" to force through a-no deal\n\nFormer prime minister Sir John Major has told the BBC he would seek a judicial review in the courts if the new prime minister tried to suspend Parliament to deliver a no-deal Brexit.\n\nSir John said such a move would be \"utterly and totally unacceptable\".\n\nUsing a judicial review, anyone can apply to challenge the lawfulness of decisions made by the government.\n\nBoris Johnson - the frontrunner in the Tory leadership race - has refused to rule out proroguing Parliament.\n\nA source close to Boris Johnson told the BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith that Sir John \"has gone completely bonkers\" and had \"clearly been driven completely mad by Brexit\".\n\nThey said the threat of court action was \"absurd\" and risked dragging the Queen into politics.\n\nThe UK had been due to leave the EU on 29 March, but this date was delayed after MPs repeatedly rejected Theresa May's deal. Currently, the date for exit is 31 October.\n\nIf that date is reached without a deal being agreed on the separation process, then the UK will leave without one.\n\nMPs have consistently voted against this option, but the prime minister could try to get around that by closing Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to Brexit day, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nProrogation ends a parliamentary session, meaning MPs can no longer vote on legislation. A new session opens with the State Opening of Parliament and the Queen's Speech.\n\nThe question of prorogation was raised during a lTV debate between Mr Johnson and his rival in the race to lead the Conservative Party Jeremy Hunt.\n\nMr Hunt categorically ruled it out but Mr Johnson said he would \"not take anything off the table\".\n\nJohn Major says proroguing Parliament would put the Queen amidst \"a constitutional controversy\"\n\nSpeaking to Radio 4's Today programme, Sir John said: \"In order to close down Parliament, the prime minister would have to go to Her Majesty the Queen and ask for her permission.\"\n\nHe said it would be \"inconceivable\" the Queen would refuse his request and that she would be put \"amidst a constitutional controversy\".\n\n\"The Queen's decision cannot be challenged in law, but the prime minister's advice to the Queen can, I believe, be challenged in law - and I for one would be prepared to seek judicial review to prevent Parliament being bypassed,\" he said.\n\nSir John also criticised the \"artificial\" Brexit deadline of 31 October which he said \"had a great deal more to do with the election of leader for the Conservative Party than the interests of the country\".\n\n\"National leaders look first at the interests of the country - not first at the interests of themselves,\" he added.\n\nConservative MP and Boris Johnson supporter Chris Philp described Sir John's threat as \"a stunt\" adding \"I don't think it is a serious proposition\".\n\nHe told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"Prorogation is not the plan A or even plan B or plan C. The main plan is to get a deal agreed with the European Union.\"\n\nHowever, Labour peer and Remain supporter Lord Falconer said Sir John had \"accurately set out the legal position\".\n\nThe former justice secretary said that \"to advise the Queen to prevent Parliament from doing its job would be to cut out the most basic part of our constitution and therefore would be unlawful.\"\n\nSir John's comments give you an idea of the distrust, hostility and division now gripping the Tory party in this contest.\n\nThat prospect of a judicial review opens up an entirely new front in the campaign to halt no deal.\n\nWe know already a number of Tory MPs - like Dominic Grieve - are trying to devise parliamentary mechanisms to thwart no deal - so far with no success.\n\nNow we have John Major opening up an entirely new judicial route to stop Boris Johnson from proroguing parliament.\n\nIt points to the key dividing line in the party. It is not the backstop, not the Northern Ireland border, not the date we leave.\n\nThe real dividing line is over attitudes to no deal. It is clear Boris Johnson's supporters are pretty sanguine about it.\n\nOn the other hand figures like John Major and Philip Hammond believe there are profound risks - and that is the crunch dividing line.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iran's representative to the UN: Europeans \"are not honouring their commitments\" on nuclear deal\n\nThe US has accused Iran of a \"crude and transparent attempt to extort payments from the international community\" by violating the 2015 nuclear deal.\n\nThe US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said there was no credible reason for Iran to breach two key commitments on uranium enrichment.\n\nIran has said the steps were a response to the sanctions the US reinstated when it abandoned the deal last year.\n\nIt has vowed to reverse them if it is given compensation for economic losses.\n\nEuropean powers still party to the deal have set up a mechanism for facilitating legitimate trade without direct financial transactions that they hope will circumvent the US sanctions. However, Iran has said it does not meet its needs.\n\nIran's representative to the UN in New York told the BBC that the Europeans could do more, and that if they did not Iran would take further steps.\n\n\"If nothing happens in the next 60 days we will have to go to the third phase. The elements of the third phase are not known yet, but when it comes to that we will announce what we are going to do,\" Majid Takht-Ravanchi warned.\n\nIran's president told a French envoy \"the path of diplomacy and talks\" was \"completely open\"\n\nAt Wednesday's special meeting of the IAEA board of governors in Vienna, diplomats were reportedly told that the global watchdog's inspectors had verified Iran was enriching uranium to 4.5% concentration - above the 3.67% limit set by the nuclear deal.\n\nThe country announced the step three days ago, saying it wanted to be able to produce fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant.\n\nThe IAEA was also said to have verified that Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium had grown since the 300kg (660lb) limit was exceeded on 1 July.\n\nLow-enriched uranium, which typically has a 3-5% concentration, can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched or more.\n\nExperts have said the breach of the stockpile limit does not pose a near-term proliferation risk, but that enriching uranium to a higher concentration would begin to shorten Iran's so-called \"break-out time\" - the time required for it to produce enough fissile material for a bomb.\n\nIran insists it has never sought to develop a nuclear weapon. But the international community does not believe Iran, and negotiated a nuclear deal to prevent it from doing so.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said the deal did not go far enough to restrict Iran's nuclear programme and unilaterally withdrew from the accord in May 2018.\n\nHe wants to replace it with one that would also curb Iran's ballistic missile programme and its involvement in regional conflicts. But Iran has so far refused.\n\nUS ambassador Jackie Wolcott said it was imperative that Iran's \"misbehaviour\" not be rewarded\n\nAt the IAEA meeting, US ambassador Jackie Wolcott said Iran's recent actions and statements were deeply concerning, and affected security and stability.\n\n\"Iran's current nuclear posture is clearly aimed at escalating tensions rather than defusing them, and underscores the serious challenges Iran continues to pose to international peace and security,\" she said.\n\n\"Such brinkmanship and extortion tactics will neither resolve the current impasse nor bring Iran sanctions relief. The path the regime is now on will only deepen its international isolation and raise the dangers it faces.\"\n\nMs Wolcott said it was imperative that Iran's \"misbehaviour\" not be rewarded.\n\n\"For if it is, Iran's demands and provocations will only escalate - as has happened all too often in the past,\" she warned.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe ambassador called on Iran to reverse its nuclear steps and halt any plans for further advancements in the future.\n\n\"The United States has made clear that we are open to negotiation without preconditions, and that we are offering Iran the possibility of a full normalisation of relations,\" she added.\n\nIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran's actions were \"lawful\" under the deal, which allows one party to \"cease performing its commitments… in whole or in part\" in the event of \"significant non-performance\" by other parties.\n\nPresident Trump later alleged in a tweet that Iran had been \"secretly 'enriching' uranium in total violation\" of the deal made by his predecessor, Barack Obama, and promised that sanctions would \"soon be increased, substantially\".\n\nMr Trump did not give any further details. But the IAEA had repeatedly verified Iran's compliance with the deal until this month and Iran's ambassador to the agency, Kazim Gharib Abadi, said it had \"nothing to hide.\"\n\nMeanwhile, the top diplomatic adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron held talks in Tehran with Iranian officials to try to avoid further escalation.\n\nEmmanuel Bonne was told by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Iran had \"kept the path of diplomacy and talks completely open\" and that it hoped other parties to the nuclear deal would be able to \"use this opportunity properly\".", "People will be able to get expert health advice using Amazon Alexa devices, under a partnership with the NHS, the government has announced.\n\nFrom this week, the voice-assisted technology is automatically searching the official NHS website when UK users ask for health-related advice.\n\nThe government in England said it could reduce demand on the NHS.\n\nPrivacy campaigners have raised data protection concerns but Amazon say all information will be kept confidential.\n\nThe partnership was first announced last year and now talks are under way with other companies, including Microsoft, to set up similar arrangements.\n\nPreviously the device provided health information based on a variety of popular responses.\n\nThe use of voice search is on the increase and is seen as particularly beneficial to vulnerable patients, such as elderly people and those with visual impairment, who may struggle to access the internet through more traditional means.\n\nUnder the partnership, Amazon's algorithm uses information from the NHS website to provide answers to questions such as, \"How do I treat a migraine?\" and, \"What are the symptoms of chickenpox?\"\n\nHealth Secretary Matt Hancock said it was right for the NHS to \"embrace\" technology in this way, predicting it would reduce pressure on \"our hard-working GPs and pharmacists\".\n\n\"We want to empower every patient to take better control of their healthcare,\" he added.\n\nHe said it was the latest step in a technological revolution in the NHS.\n\nDirector Silkie Carlo said: \"Any public money spent on this awful plan rather than frontline services would be a breathtaking waste.\n\n\"Healthcare is made inaccessible when trust and privacy is stripped away, and that's what this terrible plan would do.\"\n\nAmazon told the Times that it did not share information with third parties, nor does it build a profile on customers.\n\nA spokesman said: \"All data was encrypted and kept confidential. Customers are in control of their voice history and can review or delete recordings.\"\n\nThe government has set up a unit, NHSX, to boost the use of digital technologies in the health service.\n\nAmong the measures already being pursued are an expansion of electronic prescribing and the use of artificial intelligence to analyse scans.\n\nProf Helen Stokes-Lampard, of the Royal College of GPs, said the move had \"potential\", especially for minor ailments.\n\nBut she said it was vital that independent research was done to make sure the advice being given was safe or it could \"prevent people seeking proper medical help and create even more pressure\".\n\nAnd she added it was important to remember that not everyone was comfortable using such technology, or could afford it.", "There was a lot of finger pointing, a lot of flailing, and a lot of squabbling between the two powerful politicians locked in the race to become our next prime minister.\n\nBoris Johnson, who has been dreaming of this moment for years through a career of highs, and profound lows, with No 10 nearly in his grasp.\n\nAnd Jeremy Hunt, a politician who has held high office for nearly a decade, but who started this race believing that his bid for the biggest job was a long shot.\n\nThere was, inevitably, the usual sprinkling of attempted jokes from Boris Johnson. After weeks of holding it together he could not quite tame the instinct to jibe.\n\nJeremy Hunt was punctilious and precise in his usual manner.\n\nBut in a curious way they swapped sides too tonight. Hunt trying to provoke, to land spiky points and Mr Johnson trying hard not to offend, whether it was his ally in the White House, or the Democratic Unionists in Northern Ireland.\n\nBoth teams will leave Salford content with their candidates' performance.\n\nThe gaffe prone former foreign secretary avoided slipping on any banana skins, and managing not to commit on some of the more controversial issues before him. And the current foreign secretary managed to land his blows on his opponent.\n\nThere was perhaps though no jaw dropper, no moment that turned this race upside down.\n\nMr Johnson arrived the favourite and leaves in the same position. Mr Hunt turned up keen to show that he is ready to use sharp elbows to scrap and to make himself heard with attacks on his rival that are a contrast to his normal careful style.\n\nTheir respective status as the front runner and challenger may not have changed.\n\nYet while Jeremy Hunt may not, from this performance alone, manage to stop Boris Johnson's journey to No 10, he has at least shown that if he gets there, he is likely to face a very tricky time.\n\nConservative party members have their ballots now, and many will already have voted.\n\nBut there is technically still nearly two weeks for those forms to be filled in and put into the post. While the shouting is over for now, the decision is not yet done.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Police confirmed the body was Pat McCormick's at a press conference\n\nDetectives investigating the murder of Pat McCormick have found his body in Ballygowan in County Down.\n\nThe 55-year-old father of four was last seen on Castle Street in Comber in County Down at about 22:30 BST on 30 May, driving his black car.\n\nSearches for Mr McCormick, who is from nearby Saintfield, have been taking place around the Ards peninsula.\n\nAt a press conference, Det Ch Insp Pete Montgomery confirmed the body was that of Mr McCormick.\n\nMr Montgomery said that at 14:20 BST on Tuesday, police recovered Mr McCormick's body in a lake in the Ballygowan area, following a planned search.\n\nHe said his thoughts were with Mr McCormick's family.\n\n\"As a result of information received, I conducted a number of searches in lakes over three days and subsequently recovered Pat's body,\" he added.\n\n\"If that information came as a result of someone calling Crimestoppers, I would like to thank that person and ask them if they want to speak to me directly.\n\n\"If not, I will respect your position.\"\n\nPat McCormick, who is originally from Saintfield, had been missing since 30 May\n\nMr Montgomery renewed his appeal for information about Mr McCormick's murder and said how he was killed and the motive form part of his investigation.\n\nHe said he was keen to trace the movements of a blue Ford Transit van, registration number JLZ 1672, with distinctive silver wings at the front.\n\nHe said on Thursday 30 May at approximately 23:30 the van was seen heading country bound on the Killinchy Road.\n\nThe same vehicle was in Comber on Friday 31 May in the car park at the back of Supervalu at about 08:15. Mr Montgomery said the van was seen leaving at 10:15 and heading country bound on the Killinchy Road in the direction of Lisbane.\n\nThe vehicle was also seen on the Old Ballygowan Road later on Friday 31 May heading in a country bound direction.\n\nPolice are keen to trace the movements of a blue Ford Transit van registration JLZ 1672\n\nMr Montgomery said Mr McCormick's phone \"remained outstanding\", an iPhone SE with a distinctive black and red cover.\n\nHe said he had conducted 38 searches to date and spoken to 235 witnesses.\n\nMr Montgomery also read out a statement from Mr McCormick's brother Harry on behalf of the family.\n\n\"The last six weeks have been devastating for his parents, brothers, wife and his beautiful four children, however, we are grateful to now have Pat home for our final goodbyes and burial,\" the statement said.\n\nMr Montgomery said Mr McCormick's wife, Alison, thanked the Comber community for \"all their help and information that they have given police to help recover Pat\" .\n\nCCTV footage released by police shows Pat McCormick before he disappeared\n\nA post-mortem examination is taking place to establish how Mr McCormick died.\n\nPolice previously said thousands of hours of CCTV footage had been gathered as part of the investigation.\n\nA number of people have been arrested in relation to Mr McCormick's murder, but no-one has been charged.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I always dread the beginning of a new term'\n\nSchools in Wales are being urged to have uniforms which are more affordable, accessible and gender neutral, by new statutory guidelines.\n\nPrevious 2011 guidance from the Welsh Government was non-statutory, meaning schools were not legally required to have regard to it.\n\nThe changes will come into force from September.\n\nParents will be able to make formal complaints to schools that do not take the guidelines into account.\n\nThe government said ways of reducing the costs of the uniform could include stipulating basic items and colours but not styles, which would mean clothing could be bought from different shops.\n\nWhether or not school logos were \"strictly necessary\" and if uniforms needed to differ for summer and winter were also points expected to be considered by schools.\n\nA consultation was launched last autumn following the summer heat wave, in which some parents claimed that uniform policies were too strict.\n\nNew policies are also expected to be gender neutral, meaning that items like trousers would not be described as \"for boys\".\n\nThe changes are set to come into place in September\n\nJulie Ann Richards, whose daughter is a pupil at Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg in Rhondda Cynon Taff, said the current cost of a new uniform for a single parent like herself was prohibitive.\n\nThe school, and its primary feeder school, will be closing at the end of term and re-opening as one school for three to 19-year-olds - with a new uniform, which Ms Richard expects to cost about £200.\n\n\"For me, as a single mother, that is a lot of money and it means the difference between a holiday this year or not,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm worried about those parents who have more than one child at the school,\" she said.\n\nTrystan Edwards, the head teacher, said there were numerous suppliers available to parents to purchase uniform.\n\n\"As well as that, there is a transitional year for the first year of the new school, and an additional year for PE kit, and therefore there is ample opportunity there to be using existing uniform.\n\n\"We have also set aside some funds to give assistance to all the families claiming free school meals, but also those who are on that poverty line who wish to have further assistance,\" he said.\n\nMr Edwards said that in general the new guidelines were to be welcomed.\n\nBut he added: \"It's very difficult for us to react, and be mobile as far as governing body approval, to such guidelines so late in the academic year.\n\n\"We could have done with this in midwinter in order for us to prepare as schools.\"\n\nTrystan Edwards said it was difficult for schools to react so late in the academic year\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams said it was \"signalled a significant time ago what the Welsh Government intended to do\".\n\nShe explained that school leaders and governing bodies will still decide their own policy, but added that they will be required to take the issues of affordability into consideration.\n\nMs Williams added that parents will be able to make formal complaints to schools if they feel that the guidelines have not been taken into account.\n\nMother-of-three Sarah Hoss, from Pembrokeshire, said the new guidelines were \"a really good idea\".\n\n\"I think so many parents struggle when you have to buy the official uniform... It's frankly ridiculous because the price is very, very different.\"\n\nShe added: \"In my case there were no hand-me-downs to be had because they were all in separate schools and there was a big age gap too.\"\n\nThrough the pupil development grant, the Welsh Government provides £125 for students eligible for free school meals to buy uniforms and other equipment.\n\nEligible year seven pupils are also entitled to a grant of £200 to help with the costs when beginning secondary school.\n\nEducation Minister Kirsty Williams said parents will be able to make formal complaints to schools if they feel they have not taken the guidelines into account", "Apidima 1 (shown here in a reconstruction) has all the characteristics of a modern human skull\n\nResearchers have found the earliest example of our species (modern humans) outside Africa.\n\nA skull unearthed in Greece has been dated to 210,000 years ago, at a time when Europe was occupied by the Neanderthals.\n\nThe sensational discovery adds to evidence of an earlier migration of people from Africa that left no trace in the DNA of people alive today.\n\nThe findings are published in the journal Nature.\n\n\"It's about five times older than any other evidence of modern humans in Europe. And obviously it's older even than Misliya from Israel (a 150,000-year-old early modern human fossil). The shape of the back of the skull is very modern looking and it's potentially the oldest fossil that shows this modern look to the back of the skull,\" Prof Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History Museum, told BBC News.\n\nThe earliest proposed Homo sapiens, a 300,000-year-old skull from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, does not show this rounded, high back.\n\nThe latest evidence was uncovered at the site of Apidima Cave in Greece in the 1970s. Two skulls were found; one was very distorted and the other incomplete, however, and it took computed tomography scanning and uranium-series dating to unravel their secrets.\n\nThe more complete skull appears to be a Neanderthal. But the other shows clear characteristics, such as a rounded back to the skull, diagnostic of modern humans.\n\nWhat's more, the Neanderthal skull was younger.\n\n\"Now our scenario was that there was an early modern group in Greece by 210,000 years ago, perhaps related to comparable populations in the Levant, but it was subsequently replaced by a Neanderthal population (represented by Apidima 2) by about 170,000 years ago,\" said Prof Stringer.\n\nApidima 2 appears to be a Neanderthal and is later than the modern human skull\n\nPeople living outside Africa today trace their ancestry to a migration that left the continent 60,000 years ago.\n\nAs these modern humans expanded across Eurasia, they largely replaced other species they encountered, such as the Neanderthals and Denisovans.\n\nBut this wasn't the first migration of modern humans (Homo sapiens) from Africa.\n\nHomo sapiens fossils from Skhul and Qafzeh in Israel were dated in the 1990s to between 90,000 and 125,000 years ago.\n\nThese were viewed as anomalies - a brief foray outside our African homeland that came to very little.\n\nHowever, in recent years, we've come to understand that our species ranged outside Africa even earlier and further than we'd previously believed.\n\nIn the last few years, palaeontologists have discovered modern human fossils from Daoxian and Zhirendong in China dating to between 80,000 and 120,000 years ago.\n\nDNA studies have turned up signs of early interbreeding between African humans and Neanderthals. Evidence from German Neanderthals shows that mixing occurred between 219,000 and 460,000 years ago, although it's not clear if Homo sapiens was involved, or another early African group.\n\n\"The movement of the people into Europe, that was actually was a warm stage - Marine Isotope Stage 7 - when it did warm up. So that may have been a reason why the population was able to expand into Europe at that time,\" said Prof Stringer.\n\n\"Soon afterwards, we get a much colder stage starting. Possibly, climate change was a reason why the group died out and Neanderthals re-established themselves.\"\n\nOn the affinities of the Apidima 1 skull, Prof Stringer says: \"It's obviously only on the parts preserved. We have to be careful, it is only on the back of the skull, the front might have been more primitive, who knows. But going on what we've got it can be diagnosed as a modern human going on the parts preserved.\n\n\"If we're right about it, there must be some more evidence of this population and ones like it, still to be discovered.\"", "Dr Tisha Rowe said she felt \"policed for being black\" and curvaceous\n\nAmerican Airlines has apologised after allegedly telling a female passenger to wrap herself in a blanket to hide her outfit.\n\nDr Tisha Rowe said the incident happened on 30 June on a flight to Miami from a family holiday in Jamaica.\n\nThe 37-year-old said online she felt body-shamed and humiliated after being told to cover her \"assets\".\n\nA tweet she shared of the playsuit she was wearing has been shared thousands of times since.\n\nDr Rowe was flying from Kingston with her eight-year-old son when the incident occurred.\n\nShe alleged a flight attendant first asked her to step off the plane, then described her outfit as \"inappropriate\" to fly and asked if she had a jacket to \"cover up\" with.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter attempts to defend her outfit apparently failed and her son become upset, Dr Rowe said she felt forced to wrap a blanket around her waist and return to her seat feeling \"humiliated\".\n\n\"To me, there was never an ounce of empathy, an ounce of apology, any attempt to maintain my dignity throughout the situation,\" she told Buzzfeed News.\n\nDr Rowe has also accused the airline of racial bias and discriminating against her body type.\n\n\"We are policed for being black,\" she said in one tweet. \"Our bodies are over sexualized as women and we must ADJUST to make everyone around us comfortable.\"\n\n\"I've seen white women with much shorter shorts board a plane without a blink of an eye.\"\n\nOn Tuesday the airline said they had apologised to Dr Rowe and her son and refunded their travel.\n\n\"We were concerned about Dr Rowe's comments, and reached out to her and our team at the Kingston airport to gather more information about what occurred,\" a spokeswoman said in a statement to US media.\n\n\"We are proud to serve customers of all backgrounds and are committed to providing a positive, safe travel experience for everyone who flies with us.\"\n\nIn 2017 the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) issued a \"national travel advisory\" about American Airlines, citing \"possible racial bias\" and \"disturbing incidents\".\n\nThey later lifted the advisory in 2018, after working with them for a year on initiatives like implicit bias training.", "Fiona Bruce was due to present the Question Time special\n\nA BBC Question Time special with the two Conservative leadership candidates \"now looks unlikely to go ahead\".\n\nThe programme was scheduled for Tuesday, but a spokeswoman said the BBC had not been able to \"reach agreement\" with Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson.\n\nIt is understood one had concerns about the format - half of the audience would be Tory supporters and the other would represent alternative political views.\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted: \"Can confirm I am not said candidate.\"\n\nThe news comes a day after Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson faced each other for a head-to-head debate on ITV.\n\nThe pair clashed in a lively and occasionally bad-tempered debate, discussing topics including Brexit and the UK's relationship with the US.\n\nThe BBC will still be showing two one-on-one interviews with the candidates, hosted by Andrew Neil, on BBC One this Friday at 19:00 BST.\n\nA BBC spokeswoman said: \"We've already hosted a leadership debate and Andrew Neil's interviews on Friday will ensure both candidates are given forensic examination on prime-time BBC One.\n\n\"While the BBC is keen to host a Question Time special as well, we have not so far been able to reach agreement on the format and it now looks unlikely we'll be able to go ahead with this additional programme.\"", "The Swedish prison where ASAP Rocky is being held is in \"good condition\", its governor has told Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nFredrik Wallin was responding to claims on website TMZ, reportedly from a US Embassy official, that walking into Kronoberg prison is like \"walking into a toilet\".\n\nThe website had claimed the rapper is being held in a \"disease-ridden\" prison where the food is \"inedible\".\n\nASAP Rocky was arrested last week on suspicion of assault.\n\nHe's being held while Swedish authorities investigate a fight he's alleged to have been involved in.\n\nMr Wallin told Newsbeat he's not able to comment on individual prisoners.\n\n\"However, I am able to talk about the general conditions in the remand prison which apply to all prisoners,\" he said in a statement.\n\nKronoberg remand prison, where ASAP Rocky is being held awaiting trial\n\nTMZ's report mentioned Rocky being held in a cell next to someone with \"severe mental issues who slams his head against the concrete wall and hurls faeces every which way... faeces that are not cleaned up\".\n\nA source reportedly told them he was being made to sleep on a yoga mat with no blanket, drink water that was not clean, and had only been given an apple to eat each day during his first five days at the prison.\n\nSeparately, ASAP Mob member ASAP Ferg claims Rocky is being held in solitary confinement.\n\nThe claims have led to concern among ASAP Rocky's friends and fans, as well as a petition to free him.\n\nBut Mr Wallin says prisoners at Kronoberg normally live in cells that contain a desk, a bed with a mattress, and a TV.\n\nHe says the prison was renovated in the last few years, with all the prison cells being reconstructed, leaving the prison in \"good condition\".\n\nKronoberg authorities say this is representative of its prison cells\n\n\"I have no knowledge on any current diseases in the remand prison,\" Mr Wallin told Newsbeat.\n\nThe governor says that all prisoners in Swedish remand prison - where people stay while awaiting trial - receive three meals each day, and that a professional cleaning company \"immediately sanitises\" and cleans an area following food spillages or accidents that result in blood.\n\n\"This is done for the sake of the prisoners as well as for our staff, for them to have decent working conditions.\"\n\nSwedish remand prisons do contain some solitary cells - but the Swedish Prison and Probation Service says they're not commonly used and can only be reserved for violent prisoners, after a formal written decision has been made.\n\nASAP Rocky is being held in prison while Swedish prosecutors investigate a fight he was allegedly involved in.\n\nThe American had been in Stockholm to perform at a festival, but was arrested afterwards.\n\nVideo posted to his Instagram account showed Rocky and his crew asking two men to stop following them.\n\nOne of the men accused the 30-year-old's team of breaking his headphones.\n\nIn the caption for the first video ASAP Rocky wrote: \"We don't know these guys and we didn't want trouble. They followed us for four blocks.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tyler, The Creator This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Tyler, The Creator\n\nIn the second, he accuses the man of hitting his security guard \"in the face with headphones\".\n\nA separate video published by TMZ following his arrest reportedly showed Rocky punching someone.\n\nOn Friday, following a hearing, Swedish authorities decided to keep Rocky in custody for an extra two weeks while the investigation is ongoing.\n\nIt meant the rapper couldn't attend Wireless festival in London, where he was headlining. He'd already missed scheduled slots at Longitude in Dublin and Open'er Festival in Poland.\n\nThat reportedly represents a more than $1 million loss in earnings for the rapper.\n\nSwedish authorities have the option of detaining Rocky for a further two weeks - after another hearing - if the investigation isn't completed during the time they initially requested.\n\nThe situation has led to friends of ASAP like Tyler, The Creator, ScHoolboy Q and Lil Yachty saying they are boycotting the country.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by cookin up LB3 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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End of twitter post 2 by cookin up LB3\n\nTyler is going on tour later this year, which includes two dates in London (where he's recently had a ban overturned), but no other European dates.\n\nNewsbeat has contacted ASAP Rocky's team and the US Embassy in Sweden for comment.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "One of the stars of BBC comedy This Country, Michael Sleggs, has died at the age of 33.\n\nThe actor from Cirencester, played the character Slugs in BBC Three's Bafta-winning sitcom.\n\nEarlier this year, he revealed on social media that he had been in and out of hospital and was receiving palliative care for heart failure.\n\n\"We are completely heartbroken,\" the show's co-creators and stars Charlie and Daisy May Cooper wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"Michael was utterly unique. He was kind, he was caring, he was loving. One of the most considerate, generous and gentle friends you could ever wish for and funny.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Charlie Cooper This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe WTAF A This Country podcast's official Twitter account initially shared the news, posting: \"We are devastated!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by WTAF A THIS COUNTRY PODCAST This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by WTAF A THIS COUNTRY PODCAST\n\nHis friend and actor Camilla-Alicia Bates said Sleggs had died on Tuesday. \"So grateful I got to spend his final resting with him and so glad he is out of pain and at peace. I love you forever,\" she posted on Twitter.\n\nThe mockumentary chronicled the lives of people living in a small village in the Cotswolds. In the show, Sleggs - a personal friend of the Coopers - had terminal cancer and drew up a bucket list, which included playing Laser Quest.\n\nThe show's producer Simon Mayhew-Archer said Sleggs \"encapsulated the spirit\" of the show and \"brought tremendous joy to all who knew him\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Simon Mayhew-Archer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShane Allen, controller of BBC Comedy, added that he was \"crushed by this sad news\".\n\nHe said: \"Michael was a true one off and an idiosyncratic part of the show's distinctive world. His work and spirit will endure as part of the ongoing popular legacy of this much-loved show. Our hearts go out to family and friends at this poignant time.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Michael Sleggs: 'He dealt with an awful lot'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt traded jibes in a feisty debate on ITV\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have clashed on Brexit and UK relations with Donald Trump in a lively and occasionally bad-tempered TV debate.\n\nMr Hunt accused his rival of not being willing to \"put his neck on the line\" by saying he would quit as PM if he did not hit the 31 October deadline.\n\nMr Johnson said he admired his rival's ability \"to change his mind\" so often - a dig at the fact Mr Hunt voted Remain.\n\nMr Johnson declined to condemn Mr Trump for his response to the emails row.\n\nHe refused to confirm whether he would keep the UK's top diplomat in the US, Sir Kim Darroch, in his post until his scheduled retirement in December, after Mr Trump said he was no longer prepared to deal with him.\n\nThe US president has lambasted Sir Kim, and criticised Theresa May, after the diplomat described the White House as \"inept and dysfunctional\" in leaked cables.\n\nWhile stressing the value of the \"special relationship\" with the US, Mr Johnson insisted that only he, as prime minister, would take \"important and politically sensitive\" decisions such as who should represent the UK in the US.\n\nDuring the first head-to-head debate of the leadership campaign, the two clashed over their different Brexit strategies, political styles and why they were best equipped to be prime minister.\n\nThe exchanges were pointed and personal in nature at times, with former Mayor of London Mr Johnson dismissing his opponent's \"managerial\" style of politics and accusing him of flip-flopping on certain issues.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US\n\nForeign Secretary Mr Hunt said the UK needed a leader not a \"newspaper columnist\" - a reference to his rival's work for the Daily Telegraph.\n\nHe joked that he admired Mr Johnson's \"ability to answer the question\", adding: \"He puts a smile on your face and you forget what the question was, a great quality for a politician but not necessarily a prime minister.\"\n\nAfter an opening speech from each contender, the foreign secretary immediately went on the attack over Brexit, pressing his rival on whether he would quit Downing Street if he failed to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October.\n\nHe said by failing to answer the question, Mr Johnson - who previously said the deadline was a \"do or die\" issue for him - showed he was motivated by personal ambition not leadership.\n\n\"It is not do or die,\" Mr Hunt said. \"It is Boris in Number 10 that matters.\"\n\nAccusing his rival of not being straight with the electorate, he said: \"Being prime minister is about telling people what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear.\"\n\nMr Johnson, in turn, said it was clear his rival was \"not absolutely committed\" to the deadline himself, branding him \"defeatist\".\n\nHe urged Mr Hunt to guarantee that Brexit would happen by Christmas, adding that the EU would not take a \"papier mache deadline\" seriously.\n\n\"If we are going to have a 31 October deadline, we must stick to it,\" he said. \"The EU will understand we are ready and will give us the deal we need.\n\n\"I don't want to hold out to the EU the prospect that they might encourage my resignation by refusing to agree a deal.\n\n\"I think it is extraordinary we should be telling the British electorate we are willing to kick the can down the road.\n\n\"I would like to know how many more days my opponent would be willing to delay.\"\n\nBoth men have said they would be prepared to leave the EU without a deal, but Mr Johnson has been far more relaxed about the impact that could have.\n\nMr Hunt suggested his rival was \"minimising the risk of a no-deal Brexit\" and \"peddling optimism\", but Mr Johnson said the UK had had a \"bellyful of defeatism\" and the UK could look forward to a bright future outside the EU.\n\nThe pair also disagreed over whether they might be prepared to suspend Parliament to force through a no-deal exit - so-called prorogation.\n\nWhile Mr Hunt categorically ruled this out, Mr Johnson said he would \"not take anything off the table\".\n\nBoth teams will leave Salford content with their candidates' performance.\n\nThe gaffe prone former foreign secretary avoided slipping on any banana skins, and managing not to commit on some of the more controversial issues before him.\n\nAnd the current foreign secretary managed to land his blows on his opponent.\n\nThere was perhaps though no jaw dropper, no moment that turned this race upside down.\n\nMr Johnson arrived the favourite and leaves in the same position. Mr Hunt turned up keen to show that he is ready to use sharp elbows to scrap and to make himself heard with attacks on his rival that are a contrast to his normal careful style.\n\nTheir respective status as the front runner and challenger may not have changed.\n\nYet while Jeremy Hunt may not, from this performance alone, manage to stop Boris Johnson's journey to No 10, he has at least shown that if he gets there, he is likely to face a very tricky time.\n\nOn the escalating diplomatic row with the US, Mr Hunt said the president's criticism of Sir Kim Darroch had been ill-judged and he would, if he became PM, not be forced into recalling the diplomat early.\n\nHe also took issue with Mr Trump for saying the prime minister had failed to listen to his advice and been made to look \"foolish\" over Brexit.\n\n\"His comments about Theresa May were unacceptable and I don't think he should have made them,\" he said, remarks which prompted audience applause.\n\nMr Johnson said the US president had been \"dragged into a British political debate\" not of his making, but did suggest his outburst on Twitter - in which he called Sir Kim a \"pompous fool\" - had \"not necessarily been the right thing to do\".\n\nWhile civil servants must be able to give confidential advice, he declined to comment on Sir Kim's future, only asking Mr Hunt to rule out \"extending his term out of sympathy\".\n\nBoth men have been criticised for making uncosted spending promises and offers of tax cuts during the campaign.\n\nMr Hunt sought to make capital out of Mr Johnson's pledge to give a tax cut to higher earners by raising the threshold at which people pay 40% tax from £50,000 to £80,000.\n\n\"It was a mistake, tax cuts for the rich,\" he said. \"I have spent my life trying to persuade people that we are not the party of the rich.\"\n\nMr Johnson defended what he said was a \"package\" of measures to reduce the tax burden for both low and middle earners and which he said would boost the economy.\n\nThe show, entitled Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate, was hosted by journalist Julie Etchingham in front of a studio audience of 200 people at MediaCityUK in Salford.\n\nIt took place as 160,000 or so party members get the chance to vote by post on who should succeed Theresa May.\n\nThe winner and next PM will be revealed on 23 July - it will be the first time a sitting prime minister has been chosen by party members.", "The 59-year-old molecular biologist worked for the world-renowned Max Planck Institute\n\nThe body of an American scientist has been found inside a World War Two bunker on the Greek island of Crete.\n\nSuzanne Eaton, who went missing more than a week ago after going on a run, died of suffocation, police confirmed to the BBC.\n\nThey say they are investigating the case as a criminal act.\n\nThe 59-year-old molecular biologist from the world-renowned Max Planck Institute in Germany had been attending a conference on the island.\n\nShe was found on rough and rocky terrain inside the abandoned bunker about 10km (six miles) away from where she was last seen, according to police in the port city of Chania, where the conference was being held.\n\nShe was reported missing on 2 July and a large search effort was launched.\n\nSix days later, her body was discovered by two locals exploring the bunker, which is a system of manmade caves used by the Nazis during the occupation of Crete in World War Two.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Suzanne Eaton's body was found in the north-east of the island\n\nAccording to Cretalive news website, a forensic autopsy found she had been suffocated but there was no other indication of trauma.\n\nPolice are investigating whether Suzanne Eaton was killed inside the bunker or moved there after the event, it adds.\n\nThe Greek Reporter website said her body had been covered in burlap, a rough cloth, leading Greek authorities to conclude she had been killed.\n\nAccording to a local official speaking to ABC News, the area around the bunker, which lies to the north-west of the island, is a popular tourist spot.\n\nThe scientist's family, friends and colleagues had launched a Facebook page co-ordinating search efforts and offering a €50,000 ($56,000; £45,000) reward for information on her whereabouts.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Searching for Suzanne This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. End of facebook post by Searching for Suzanne\n\nThe Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics said in a statement: \"It is with enormous sadness and regret that we announce the tragic demise of our dearest friend and colleague, Suzanne Eaton... We are deeply shocked and disturbed by this tragic event.\"\n\nSuzanne Eaton was married with two sons.", "Joy Watson is recovering at home in Salford with her husband Tony\n\nA woman with dementia was punched in the face while she was wearing a badge saying \"I have Alzheimer's please be patient\".\n\nJoy Watson, 61, has been left with a broken eye socket following the attack on Sunday in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.\n\nMrs Watson, of Eccles, Salford, said a man had attacked her after she told him he was mistreating his dog.\n\nHumberside Police has confirmed it is investigating.\n\nMrs Watson, who was given a Points of Light award by former Prime Minister David Cameron for her volunteer work, was at a roadside cafe having breakfast at about 10:00 BST.\n\nShe complained to the man about his treatment of the animal and urged him to be more gentle but was told \"it's none of your business\".\n\nMrs Watson said she warned the man again when she saw him putting the dog on the seat of his car without a belt.\n\nBut the man swore at her and then punched her.\n\nMrs Watson, who was visiting Bridlington to watch some friends take part in a cycle race, said: \"He gave me one massive hit - a huge thump to which I fell and hit my back on the concrete.\n\n\"He left me without knowing whether I was alive or not.\"\n\nPolice said the suspect was in his 60s and wearing fawn and brown coloured clothing.\n\nA spokesman said: \"The victim, who is in her 60s and from the Manchester area, saw what she reported as a man mistreating his dog.\n\n\"She confronted the individual who then allegedly assaulted her, leaving her with an eye and head injury which required hospital treatment.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn pay tribute to Sir Kim Darroch's service\n\nSir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration escalates.\n\nTheresa May said Sir Kim's departure was \"a matter of deep regret\" after the ambassador said it was \"impossible\" for him to continue.\n\nTory leadership candidate Boris Johnson has faced strong criticism for failing to fully support him.\n\nPresident Trump said on Monday that the US would not deal with Sir Kim.\n\nThe US president had branded him \"a very stupid guy\" after confidential emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nIn a letter to the Foreign Office, Sir Kim said he wanted to end speculation about his position: \"The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.\"\n\nHis resignation has prompted widespread support for Sir Kim as well as criticism of Tory frontrunner Boris Johnson.\n\nAccording to some Whitehall sources, Sir Kim decided to resign after Mr Johnson refused to support him during the Tory leadership debate on Tuesday night, said BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale.\n\nMr Johnson was asked repeatedly by fellow leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt whether he would keep Sir Kim in post if he became prime minister, but refused to answer.\n\nIt is understood Mr Johnson spoke to Sir Kim on the phone on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nSources close to Mr Johnson said that he praised Sir Kim's dedication and hard work and claimed the conversation was warm and cordial.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US\n\nFollowing Sir Kim's resignation, Mr Johnson said he was \"a superb diplomat\" and whoever was responsible for the leak \"has done a grave disservice to our civil servants\".\n\nAsked why he was not more supportive of Sir Kim, he said it was \"wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena\".\n\nEurope Minister Sir Alan Duncan - who backs Mr Hunt in the leadership contest - said it was \"contemptible negligence\" of Mr Johnson not to support Sir Kim.\n\n\"He's basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under a bus to serve his own personal interests,\" he said.\n\nHowever, Sir Michael Fallon - a supporter of Mr Johnson - told BBC Newsnight Sir Kim's position became untenable \"long before the debate on Tuesday night\" and he understands the ambassador did not watch it.\n\nThe backlash against Mr Johnson was \"a shabby attempt to politicise\" the affair and the leadership contender had \"made it clear he supports all our diplomats\", he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Alan Duncan says Boris Johnson has \"thrown our top diplomat under a bus\"\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Johnson wanted a \"sweetheart trade deal\" with the US and his lack of support for Sir Kim \"shows he won't stand up to Donald Trump\".\n\nTory MP and chairman of the Commons' foreign affairs committee Tom Tugendhat said in a tweet: \"Leaders stand up for their men. They encourage them to try and defend them when they fail.\"\n\nFellow Tory leadership candidate and Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt told the BBC Sir Kim was \"doing his job\" and his resignation was \"a black day for British diplomacy\".\n\nMrs May said Sir Kim had had the full backing of the cabinet and he was owed an \"enormous debt of gratitude\" for his \"lifetime of service\" to the UK.\n\nPublic servants should be able to give \"full and frank advice\", she added.\n\nSo was it Boris Johnson what done it? Was the failure of the former foreign secretary to defend Sir Kim in last night's Tory leadership debate the crucial factor in the ambassador's decision to resign?\n\nWithout Sir Kim speaking publicly on the subject, we are reliant on others to speak for him.\n\nAnd certainly, according to well-placed sources in Whitehall, Mr Johnson's decision to avoid criticising President Trump and his lack of support for Sir Kim was said to be the straw that broke the camel's back.\n\nIf you are an embattled diplomat under fire from your host country, you need cover from London. And if that is lacking from the man tipped to be your next boss, you realise the writing is on the wall.\n\nCertainly, there is genuine anger across Westminster and Whitehall at Mr Johnson's refusal six times last night to come to the aid of our man in Washington.\n\nMr Johnson's supporters have offered varying counter theories. Some have accused Mr Hunt's supporters of politicising the resignation.\n\nOthers have insisted that the decision had been made before the debate, once Mr Trump declared he would no longer deal with Sir Kim.\n\nRealising they were on the receiving end of potentially damaging criticism, Mr Johnson's aides also let it be known that he called Sir Kim this afternoon and praised his dedication and hard work.\n\nThe problem is that few in Westminster were giving much credence to these defences.\n\nIn the House of Commons, Theresa May pointedly urged MPs to \"reflect on the importance of defending our values and principles, particularly when they are under pressure\".\n\nIt was not hard to decipher what she was talking about.\n\nHead of the diplomatic service Sir Simon McDonald said it was the first time in his career that a head of state had refused to work with a British ambassador.\n\nHe described the leak as \"malicious\" and told Sir Kim: \"You are the best of us.\"\n\nRepublican Senator Lindsey Graham - a supporter of President Trump - said Sir Kim had done \"an outstanding job\" as ambassador and his resignation was \"a chilling moment\".\n\n\"Ambassadors need to be able to talk to their governments without fear of being compromised,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson pictured with Sir Kim in 2017 while he was in Washington DC as foreign secretary\n\nIn a letter to Sir Kim, Cabinet Secretary and civil service head Sir Mark Sedwill said that while he understood his reasons for resigning it was \"a matter of enormous regret that you were put in this position after a shocking betrayal of trust\".\n\nCabinet Office Minister David Lidington said he was \"enraged\" by the situation and morale in the senior ranks of the civil service had taken \"a very heavy blow\".\n\nFormer head of the civil service Lord O'Donnell told the BBC Sir Kim's successor could be chosen within two weeks - while Mrs May is still prime minister.\n\nPresident Trump could well wake up this morning thinking he has the power to veto who the UK has as its ambassador.\n\nIt wasn't his more colourful remarks on Twitter that really ended Sir Kim's time, but Mr Trump's public announcement that he would no longer work with him.\n\nThe effects of that were felt immediately. There was a banquet that Sir Kim was immediately dis-invited from. Next, he couldn't attend an event with minister Liam Fox.\n\nIt was clear he was being frozen out and for an ambassador access is everything. Without it, it's impossible to do the job.\n\nMore broadly, it's like this... There's never been parity in the special relationship between the UK and US - it's never been a relationship of equals but right now it seems particularly lopsided.\n\nThe US knows that Britain is fairly isolated right now internationally and needs the US more than ever. Donald Trump has wielded that power mercilessly in this row.\n\nIn the emails leaked to the Mail on Sunday, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true.\n\nThe government has opened an internal inquiry into the publication of the memos and police have been urged to open a criminal investigation.\n\nDowning Street confirmed there had been some \"initial discussions\" with police regarding the leak and if there was concern about criminal activity they would become involved \"more formally\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said it was \"deeply worrying\" diplomatic cables had ended up in the public domain.", "Lucy McHugh was repeatedly stabbed in the neck and upper body, the court has heard\n\nThe man accused of murdering schoolgirl Lucy McHugh told a court her claims he had got her pregnant were \"nonsense\".\n\nLucy, 13, was found stabbed to death in woodland at Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre in July 2018.\n\nStephen Nicholson told jurors the teenager said she would tell her mum she was carrying his child as she was \"trying to cause trouble\".\n\nMr Nicholson, 25 denies the murder and rape of Lucy and a series of sexual offences against her and another girl.\n\nThe jury at Winchester Crown Court had previously been told there is no evidence that Lucy was or ever had been pregnant.\n\nJurors have been shown CCTV of Stephen Nicholson on the day of the alleged murder\n\nMr Nicholson began lodging at the Southampton house where Lucy and her family lived in 2017, the court was told.\n\nGiving evidence, Mr Nicholson said he received a message on Facebook from Lucy the night before her death, saying she would tell her mother he had got her pregnant unless he met her at a nearby park.\n\n\"She was just making stuff up, trying to cause trouble - it was nonsense,\" he told the court.\n\nHe said he responded by saying \"yeah whatever\" before deleting and blocking her.\n\nMr Nicholson told the court he did not get on with Lucy.\n\nHe said he had blocked multiple attempts by her to add him on Snapchat and he did \"not see eye-to-eye\" with the girl.\n\nLucy McHugh was found stabbed to death in woodland at Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre\n\nHis belongings would go missing and his clothes had been found in Lucy's room, he said.\n\n\"She would follow me around the house, always trying to get in my way and get involved with stuff that wasn't anything to do with her,\" he told jurors.\n\nHe said on one morning in March 2018, Lucy had tried to push him down a flight of stairs and he subsequently sent a string of angry text messages to her mother.\n\nThese included him saying he would \"pay a bunch of girls at Lucy's school to beat her up\", jurors were told.\n\nAsked by defence barrister James Newton-Price QC why he sent the messages, Mr Nicholson said he had been \"angry\" and was \"venting\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The jury has been shown CCTV footage during the murder trial\n\nHe told the court he had been unaware of notes written by Lucy and conversations with her friends in which she described him as her \"boyfriend\".\n\n\"It was nonsense,\" he said.\n\nThe court was shown CCTV footage of a cyclist at the sports centre on the day Lucy went missing.\n\nBut Mr Nicholson said it was not him and the person in the footage was wearing different grey trainers to his.\n\nMr Newton-Price asked the defendant how bloodstained clothes allegedly dumped in woodland at Tanner's Brook came to contain his and Lucy's DNA.\n\n\"I do not know,\" replied Mr Nicholson.\n\nHe said he had been there on the day Lucy went missing but only to meet a man, whose identity he did not know, to sell cannabis.\n\nThe court heard Mr Nicholson's mobile phone internet history showed he later searched for \"what time can you start a bonfire in Southampton?\".\n\nThis was because he was planning to burn some belongings from his shed he no longer needed and \"wanted to make sure it was all above board\", he told the court.\n\nHe said he burned a number of items that day, including the trainers he was wearing.\n\nConcluding his questioning, Mr Newton-Price asked: \"Did you ever have a sexual relationship with Lucy McHugh?\"\n\n\"Did you kill Lucy McHugh?\" asked Mr Newton-Price. Mr Nicholson responded: \"No.\"\n\nEarlier, the judge directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict on one count of sexual activity with a child after the prosecution decided it had insufficient evidence.\n\nCare worker Mr Nicholson, formerly of Mansel Road East, Southampton, denies murder, three charges of raping Lucy when she was 12 and one count of sexual activity with a child once she had turned 13.\n\nHe also denies a count of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl in 2012.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "In the Commons, Theresa May said UK ambassador Sir Kim Darroch's departure was \"a matter of deep regret\" after the ambassador said it was \"impossible\" for him to continue.\n\nMrs May said Sir Kim had had the full backing of the cabinet and he was owed an \"enormous debt of gratitude\" for his \"lifetime of service\" to the UK.\n\nLater, the leak was described as \"malicious\" by head of the diplomatic service Sir Simon McDonald.\n\nHe told the Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee it was the first time in his career that a head of state had refused to work with a British ambassador.", "Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as British Ambassador to the United States. Here is the full text of his letter to Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:\n\n\"Since the leak of official documents from this Embassy there has been a great deal of speculation surrounding my position and the duration of my remaining term as ambassador. I want to put an end to that speculation. The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.\n\n\"Although my posting is not due to end until the end of this year, I believe in the current circumstances the responsible course is to allow the appointment of a new ambassador.\n\n\"I am grateful to all those in the UK and the US, who have offered their support during this difficult few days. This has brought home to me the depth of friendship and close ties between our two countries. I have been deeply touched.\n\n\"I am also grateful to all those with whom I have worked over the last four decades, particularly my team here in the US. The professionalism and integrity of the British civil service is the envy of the world. I will leave it full of confidence that its values remain in safe hands.\"\n\n\"On behalf of the Diplomatic Service, I accept your resignation with deep personal regret.\n\n\"Over the last few difficult days you have behaved as you have always behaved over a long and distinguished career, with dignity, professionalism and class. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and whole of the public service have stood with you: you were the target of a malicious leak; you were simply doing your job. I understand your wish to relieve the pressure on your family and your colleagues at the Embassy; I admire the fact that you think more of others than yourself. You demonstrate the essence of the values of British public service.\n\n\"I want to stress my deep appreciation for all you have done over the last four decades. In a series of demanding roles - including National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative to the European Union - you have loyally served the government of the day without fear or favour. We have been lucky to have you as a friend and colleague. You are the best of us.\"", "The current round of talks to restore power sharing at Stormont has not led to a breakthrough\n\nMPs have begun debating legislation that would allow the Northern Ireland Office to extend its legal power to delay a fresh assembly election.\n\nIt would push back the Northern Ireland secretary's obligation to call a poll until 21 October.\n\nKaren Bradley told the Commons the bill would give the Stormont parties \"more time and space\" to reach a deal.\n\nShe said it was a \"huge disappointment\" that after 10 weeks of negotiations, no agreement had been reached.\n\nThe Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill, if approved, would push back the prospect of a Stormont election until 21 October, with the option of a further delay to 13 January 2020.\n\nThe provision, originally contained in an act that became law last November, was previously due to expire in March.\n\nBut the law gave the Northern Ireland secretary the ability to order an extension, which ends on 25 August.\n\nThe bill is to be brought through all stages of the House of Commons this week, with a second day of debate scheduled for Tuesday.\n\nShadow NI Secretary Tony Lloyd said Labour would support the bill - but added that they would not back a further extension after October.\n\nHe said MPs had been told it was meant to be an emergency measure, but that its repeated use was becoming a concern.\n\nThere have been calls for Westminster to legislate for issues like same-sex marriage and abortion in NI, if Stormont does not return\n\nA number of amendments have been tabled to the bill, but it will be up to the Commons deputy speakers to decide whether to select any for further stages of debate on Tuesday.\n\nLabour MP Conor McGinn, who is originally from south Armagh, has put forward an amendment calling on Parliament to make same-sex marriage legal in Northern Ireland, if an executive has not been restored by 21 October.\n\nHis party's frontbench has also tabled several amendments relating to same-sex marriage and abortion law in Northern Ireland, and compensation for victims of historical institutional abuse.\n\nIt is not clear if any of them will be selected.\n\nDemocratic Unionist Party deputy leader Nigel Dodds described Labour's decision to table amendments to the bill as \"deeply unhelpful\" to the talks process at Stormont.\n\nHe said it was wrong for MPs at Westminster to try to take control of issues including same-sex marriage and abortion in Northern Ireland.\n\nHe said the narrow point of the legislation was to keep a \"standstill position\" in Northern Ireland for another few months.\n\nFormer Attorney General Dominic Grieve has also tabled an amendment that seeks to try to avoid a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe bill also provides legal clarity for decisions taken by Stormont civil servants, in the absence of power-sharing.\n\nNorthern Ireland has been without a devolved power-sharing government for more than two and a half years, after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin split in a bitter row.\n\nStormont's political parties have been engaged in a talks process since May 2019, although they are not nearing an agreement.\n\nThere have already been several failed talks processes.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet at Wimbledon for the first time since the 2008 final after both advanced to the semi-finals.\n\nFederer beat Kei Nishikori 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 for his 100th match win at the All England Club, while Nadal beat Sam Querrey 7-5 6-2 6-2.\n\nIn 2008, Nadal won 9-7 in the fifth set against Federer in a rain-affected final that spanned nearly seven hours.\n\nTogether, they have won 10 Wimbledon titles between them.\n\nFour-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will face Roberto Bautisa Agut in Friday's other semi-final.\n\nIt is the first time for 12 years that Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have all made the last four.\n• None Rafael Nadal & Roger Federer's 2008 final - what made it so special?\n\n\"We have a lot of information on Rafa, as does he on us,\" said eight-time champion Federer, who in beating Japanese eighth seed Nishikori became the first player in history to win 100 men's singles matches at a single Grand Slam event.\n\n\"So you can dive into the tactics like mad for two days, or you say 'it's grass court tennis so I'm going to come out and play my tennis'.\n\n\"People always hype it up. It was a joy to play against Rafa on his court at the French Open and [I'm] very excited to play him here.\"\n\nSpaniard Nadal said: \"It's great. It's difficult to imagine again being in that situation.\n\n\"I'm excited to play against Roger again here at Wimbledon.\"\n\nNishikori defeated Swiss great Federer in straight sets in their most recent meeting at the ATP Finals in 2018 but had been beaten by the 20-time Grand Slam champion in seven of their 10 previous matches.\n\nYet few in the Centre Court crowd knew how to react when Federer was broken in the very first game, before going 2-0 down as Nishikori held serve, and only just clinching the third game as Nishikori scuppered three break points.\n\nIn an error-strewn first set, in which Federer double-faulted on three occasions and hit 12 unforced errors, it was Nishikori who looked most at home despite his opponent's previous success on the Wimbledon grass, almost breaking Federer again at 3-1 up before the remainder of the set went with serve.\n\nThe second set, however, proved the polar opposite to the first, with Federer breaking Nishikori early to help him to a 3-0 lead.\n\nHe went on to serve to love twice before breaking Nishikori once more and seeing out the set in just 23 minutes.\n\nFederer missed break point in the opening game of a topsy-turvy third set but eventually took a game from Nishikori's grasp to go 4-3 up, although he needed four break points to do so.\n\nAfter wrapping up the third set on his second set point, Federer had five opportunities to break Nishikori in the fourth but it was not until 4-4 that he was able to do so.\n\nAnd, in stylish fashion, he sealed the win to love with an ace - his 12th of the match - to book his spot in a 13th semi-final at Wimbledon.\n\nTwenty-five days short of his 38th birthday, Federer becomes the oldest man to make a Grand Slam semi-final since Jimmy Connors in 1991 who, at 39 years and six days, reached the last four at the US Open.\n\nIn total, Federer has reached 45 Grand Slam men's singles semi-finals, nine ahead of Wimbledon defending champion Novak Djokovic, who also advanced to the last four on Wednesday.\n\nNadal keeps his side of the bargain\n\nAt the same time Federer was in action on Centre Court, Nadal was keeping his side of the bargain on Court One.\n\nThe 18-time Grand Slam champion had gone an early break up against big-serving American Querrey but faltered to drop serve for 5-5 despite having four set points before that.\n\nBut he re-established his advantage in the very next game and then fended off three break points to avoid a tie-break.\n\nThe cheers from Centre Court celebrating Federer's victory could be heard on Court One and just a few seconds later there were matching celebrations when Nadal took the second set with a volley at the net.\n\nThe Spaniard apologised to Querrey for that winning shot, having been standing very close to the American at the time, when either the racquet or the ball was in danger of crashing into him.\n\nWhile Querrey continued to bombard Nadal with aces - notching a total of 22 - the Spaniard sped through the third set and a forehand winner wrapped up the victory that put him into his seventh Wimbledon semi-final.\n\nNadal's win means there are two Spaniards in the Wimbledon men's semi-finals for the first time after compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut beat Argentina's Guido Pella to set up a meeting with world number one Djokovic.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "The penthouse flat has views across Singapore\n\nSir James Dyson has bought what is thought to be Singapore's biggest and most expensive penthouse flat.\n\nThe purchase comes after his company, best known for its vacuum cleaners, moved its HQ from the UK to Singapore.\n\nSir James, a prominent advocate for Brexit who has said leaving the EU with no deal would \"make no difference\", was accused of hypocrisy after the move.\n\nThe property is at the heart of the city's business district and spans three floors and has five bedrooms.\n\nOfficial records show Sir James and his wife Lady Deirdre Dyson are joint tenants of the apartment at the prestigious Wallich Residence.\n\n\"Given the decision to locate the headquarters in Singapore and the growing focus of the company's business in the region, of course James Dyson has bought a property there,\" a Dyson spokesperson said in a statement.\n\nSir James took ownership of the property in June, the records show.\n\nThe view from the terrace of the Wallich Residence\n\nAccording to marketing documents, the property is the largest \"non-landed residence\" in Singapore and has its own swimming pool, jacuzzi room and bar facilities.\n\nSingapore's Business Times reports Sir James paid $73.8m Singapore dollars ($54m, £43m) for the \"super penthouse\", which has views of the city's Marina Bay Sands and the financial district.\n\nThe price tag is likely to make it Singapore's most expensive flat.\n\nThe company has said moving its headquarters to Singapore was for commercial reasons, and had nothing to do with Brexit.\n\n\"It's to make us future-proof for where we see the biggest opportunities,\" chief executive Jim Rowan said at the time.\n\nDyson has been building its presence in Singapore, announcing last year it would build a new electric car plant there.\n\nAs well as vacuum cleaners, Dyson is also known for making air purifiers and hair care products like hair dryers.\n\nMost of Dyson's products are designed in the UK, but manufactured in Asia.", "The problem affects anaesthetic machines used in many hospitals around the world\n\nA type of anaesthetic machine that has been used in NHS hospitals can be hacked and controlled from afar if left accessible on a hospital computer network, a cyber-security company says.\n\nA successful attacker would be able to change the amount of anaesthetic delivered to a patient, CyberMDX said.\n\nAlarms designed to alert anaesthetists to any danger could also be silenced.\n\nGE Healthcare, which makes the machines, said there was no \"direct patient risk\".\n\nBut CyberMDX's research suggested the Aespire and Aestiva 7100 and 7900 devices could be targeted by hackers if left accessible on hospital computer networks.\n\nAnd analysis by BBC News found multiple references online to the Aespire and Aestiva machines being used in NHS Hospitals.\n\nNottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust confirmed to the BBC that \"a small number\" of the devices were currently in use at its facilities, but were being phased out.\n\n\"None of the anaesthetic machines are connected to the internet or the NUH network so there is very little risk around these machines within NUH,\" a spokesman told the BBC.\n\nNHS Digital said it could not confirm the extent to which the machines were still in use across the NHS.\n\n\"We are currently assessing the volume of these particular anaesthetic machines in use across England and we will be sharing any subsequent advice with trusts in the coming days,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nElad Luz, head of research at CyberMDX, said he was aware of hospitals in the US and Asia that also used the devices.\n\nGE Healthcare said it was satisfied a cyber-attack would \"not introduce clinical hazard or patient risk\".\n\nIt said this was because anaesthetic devices were \"attended\" by anaesthetists and would be monitored for any errors.\n\nThe company told BBC News it did not plan to release any security updates for the anaesthetic machines but hospitals should use secure network protocols to protect them from would-be hackers.\n\nCyber-security expert Ken Munro agreed that medical devices should be isolated within computer networks but added: \"It's not, frankly, the case in many hospital networks.\"\n\nAnd he said GE Healthcare should bear some responsibility for the issue.\n\n\"GE absolutely have a part to play in this and they absolutely should be building devices with strong security,\" Mr Munro added.\n\nGE Healthcare has responded to the reports of a problem with its machines\n\nA malicious hacker may try to gain access to a hospital's network, locate one of the machines and then adjust its settings, said Prof Harold Thimbleby, an expert in medical device cyber-security, at Swansea University.\n\nAnd he gave the example of WannaCry, a ransomware outbreak that spread through NHS computer networks in 2017, to illustrate how an attack could unfold.\n\n\"As with WannaCry, a phishing attack can gain access and then an attacker can do what they like,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"Given the worldwide profile of WannaCry, it is amazing vulnerabilities like this are still around.\"\n\nThe likelihood of harm being caused to a patient through any hacking of the devices was \"incredibly small\" said Dr Helgi Johannsson, consultant anaesthetist and Royal College of Anaesthetists Council Member.\n\n\"Patients should be reassured that their anaesthetist will be monitoring them constantly, and will have received many years of training to rectify immediately the situation of a device failure.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said reports of the cyber-security vulnerability were now part of an \"ongoing area of investigation\".\n\n\"Patient safety is our highest priority and where necessary we will take action to protect public health,\" she added.\n\nThe US Department of Homeland Security's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has published an advisory notice about the vulnerability.", "Brittany Ferries was one of three suppliers which had a contract to provide extra ferry services\n\nThe government's Brexit ferry programme was \"rushed and risky\", according to a cross-party group of MPs, who confirmed the botched project had cost £85m.\n\nA procurement process to provide extra ferry services was held in anticipation of the UK leaving the EU on 29 March.\n\nBut MPs said taxpayers had \"little to show\" for the cost after the UK failed to leave the EU on that date and had to cancel deals reached with three firms.\n\nThe government defended the contracts, calling them an \"insurance policy\".\n\nThe contracts had to be cancelled after the date for Britain to leave the EU was pushed back from 29 March to 31 October.\n\nThe Public Accounts Committee report confirmed that cancelling the contracts with Seaborne Freight, DFDS and Brittany Ferries had cost the Department for Transport (DfT) £51.4m.\n\nThe DfT also had to pay a £33m settlement with Eurotunnel after the group said it was excluded from the tendering process.\n\nThe BBC discovered that Seaborne Freight, which was awarded a contract worth £13.8m, had never actually run a ferry service.\n\nIn its report, the committee said: \"Prior to the previous planned departure date of 29 March, we had raised concerns with a number of departments about the rate of progress with the preparations.\n\n\"With little lead time left, the Department for Transport undertook a rushed and risky procurement of additional ferry capacity which opened it to a court challenge from Eurotunnel, which had been excluded from the procurement.\"\n\nAttention has been focused on how to keep vital trade routes across the English Channel flowing as smoothly as possible.\n\nAs part of the settlement, the DfT secured extra capacity with Eurotunnel to keep freight and customers moving between the UK and France after Brexit.\n\nIt also ensures that essential medicines will reach the NHS in the event of a no-deal departure.\n\nEurotunnel also agreed to make improvements to its terminal at Folkestone in Kent.\n\nBut committee chairwoman Labour MP Meg Hillier said public benefits from the settlement \"amount to little more than window dressing\".\n\n\"The department needs to keep a close eye and ensure that Eurotunnel delivers what is promised,\" she said.\n\nThe Public Accounts Committee has grilled senior civil servants throughout the Brexit ferry procurement saga, and many of its members have betrayed a growing frustration with the DfT's stewardship of taxpayers' money.\n\nBut key to this latest report is Ms Hillier's verdict on the DfT's rationale for the £33m Eurotunnel settlement, rebuffing the government's attempt to point to a silver lining.\n\nPresumably to avoid further blushes, the department has no plans to settle with P&O Ferries, which is now challenging the settlement with rival Eurotunnel - and will defend itself in court.\n\nThe committee also issued another caution to the DfT.\n\nIn order to ensure that any ferry operators have enough time to be operational for a 31 October Brexit, the procurement of additional capacity \"may need to be completed by the end of July\", it says, which puts no-deal planners in Whitehall on a very tight deadline.\n\nThe committee's report said the DfT \"must learn from this episode and use its time well, should it be required to re-procure ferry capacity ahead of the new October deadline\".\n\nIt added: \"We are, however, concerned that departments appear to be waiting for clear instructions on what they should now plan for on Brexit.\"\n\nThe DfT said: \"The freight capacity contracts were taken out as an insurance policy for the UK to ensure that key medical supplies could be guaranteed in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\n\"Two weeks ago the department outlined a new framework proposal to provide a list of operators capable of delivering this vital freight capacity without the government committing to any agreements at this stage, with market engagement already under way.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jade Thomas was left hundreds of pounds out of pocket by a universal credit fraudster\n\nVictims of a Universal Credit scam may still have to repay money fraudulently claimed on their behalf, the government has insisted.\n\nWork and Pensions minister Justin Tomlinson had told MPs his team would \"protect vulnerable people\" who would not be expected to pay back the cash.\n\nBut later his department said its position had not changed and claimants would need to repay some of the money.\n\nThe SNP's welfare spokesman described it as an \"absolute disgrace\".\n\nA BBC investigation has found tens of millions of pounds is believed to have been stolen by criminals exploiting a loophole in the benefits system.\n\nAn estimated 42,000 people may have fallen victim to the scam.\n\nResponding to an urgent question in the Commons on Wednesday, Mr Tomlinson claimed that \"where it is clear that they have been a victim of fraud through no fault of their own, no, we would not expect them to pay it back.\"\n\nBut a spokeswoman from the Department for Work and Pensions later told the BBC that victims of the scam would have to repay any money they'd kept.\n\n\"If someone's details are fraudulently used to claim an advance but they do not themselves receive this payment, we will not recover the money from the claimant,\" she said.\n\n\"[But] if the individual receives some of the advance, we will only seek to recover this amount from them and will pursue the fraudster for any remaining payment.\"\n\nThe SNP's Neil Gray MP tweeted: \"When ministers and the DWP know these people have been ripped off by criminals without their knowledge as they hoped to access hardship funds they desperately need to survive, UK Gov will now plunge them further into debt and destitution. Disgusting.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson described the fraudsters as \"parasites targeting some of the most vulnerable people in society\".\n\nThe frauds represented about 1% of the total 4.4 million claims and are being investigated, he added.\n\nA team of about 120 Department for Work and Pensions staff were working to spot and investigate fraudulent claims, he said.\n\nMr Tomlinson promised \"the full force of the law\" would be used where appropriate.\n\nHe also told MPs that those whose claims for universal credit were found to be fraudulent may be able to return to their old benefits.\n\nThe scam pushed Jade Thomas into rent and council tax arrears\n\nEarlier, Jade Thomas, 31, had told the BBC how she ended up owing more than £1,500 after a loan was arranged for her by a fraudster.\n\nAfter the DWP paid over the money into her bank account, she had to pay the fraudster £1,000 for setting it up - but was still liable for the full £1,500 amount.\n\nOne official said more than a third of claims in one job centre are currently suspected of being bogus, while £100,000 of fraudulent activity each month was recorded at another branch.\n\nAnother official said the government estimates 10% of the 100,000 or more advances paid monthly are potentially bogus.\n\nMore than 1.5 million people across Britain currently receive benefits through universal credit.\n\nWhen it was introduced in 2013, one of the original goals of universal credit was to save about a billion pounds in fraud and error.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Children at one primary school in Wales have been emulating behaviour they see in Love Island\n\nA primary school headmaster has sent a letter to parents complaining pupils as young as eight were emulating behaviour seen on TV show Love Island.\n\nAled Rees said Year 4 pupils at Ysgol Gymraeg Teilo Sant had been commenting on each other's appearance and \"pairing individuals together\".\n\nHe told parents the show's contestants were \"no role models for our children\".\n\nITV said the show aired after the 21:00 watershed and was not aimed at primary school children.\n\nMr Rees said the fact a number of children had been watching the show came to light following an investigation into name-calling at the school in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire.\n\nLove Island is a popular reality dating show set in a Spanish villa where contestants are encouraged to \"pair up\" with each other in order to win a cash prize.\n\nHeadmaster Aled Rees said the show's contestants were \"no role models for our children\"\n\nMr Rees wrote in his letter: \"I am of the opinion that primary school pupils aren't mature enough to watch a programme of this nature where a person's appearance is more important than their personality.\n\n\"The influence of the programme has led to pupils commenting on others' appearance and pairing individuals together as they are a good 'match'.\n\n\"I am sure that there are better ways to spend time with your children and more appropriate programmes they could be watching.\"\n\nParents were generally supportive of his position, Mr Rees said, and he defended attempting to influence what children watched at home.\n\nYsgol Gymraeg Teilo Sant is a primary in school in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire\n\n\"When what pupils are doing at home impacts on their behaviour at school, it is important that we at least communicate that with parents to make them aware of how pupils are behaving in school as a result,\" he explained.\n\nSimone, a parent to two daughters aged eight and 10 who attend the school, said she supported Mr Rees.\n\n\"It is something we have said to the children - it is not appropriate for them to watch. It has an adult theme,\" she said.", "The airport stopped all flights at 17:08 BST\n\nFlights at Gatwick Airport were suspended for about two hours due to an issue with its air traffic control systems.\n\nTwenty-eight flights were cancelled and 26 diverted to other airports after the problems began at about 17:00 BST.\n\nThe airport said it had experienced a problem in its control tower.\n\nFlights are still delayed by an hour or more, with cancellations expected throughout the evening, Gatwick said.\n\nSome passengers were stuck between the boarding gate and the plane\n\nThe effects were felt at airports across Europe, with many inbound flights to Gatwick cancelled and others expected to be delayed by about three hours.\n\nPassengers due to travel to or from the airport have been advised to check for updates with their airline.\n\nEasyJet said Gatwick was operating at a \"reduced rate\" and apologised for the disruption, which it said was \"outside of our control\".\n\nA spokesman said the airport aimed to return to a full schedule on Thursday without delays, adding: \"The ambition is it should run as usual.\"\n\nStaff had told passengers to prepare for delays of up to four hours\n\nColin Franks, who was due to board an EasyJet flight to Palma, Spain, at 18:00 said he was \"trapped between the boarding gate and the air bridge\".\n\nHe said the plane's pilot had spoken to passengers, adding: \"He said they had been given a provisional [take off] time of 10pm.\n\n\"At the moment, everybody is talking to one another and it's quite cheery. There are a lot of children here.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by c ❤️ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by c ❤️\n\nIn December flights were suspended for 30 hours after drone sightings, causing chaos for 140,000 passengers.\n\nA senior Sussex Police officer said the airport was not prepared for an attack by more than one drone.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nNew Zealand reached the World Cup final as they produced the bowling performance of the tournament to edge out a crestfallen India by 18 runs in a sensational match at Old Trafford.\n\nIndia, chasing 240 to win, were reduced to 24-4 and 92-6 before Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni produced a 116-run partnership to drag the 2011 winners back in contention.\n\nJadeja in particular was superb but, with 37 runs needed from the final 18 balls, Jadeja hit Trent Boult high into the air and to Black Caps captain Kane Williamson to fall for 77.\n\nDhoni struck a six off the first ball of the 48th over but was then superbly run out by Martin Guptill to realistically end India's slim chances.\n\nThe final wicket - last man Yuzvendra Chahal edging behind - was greeted with shock by an India heavy crowd, as New Zealand gathered into a huddle.\n\nMake no mistake, this was a stunning, surprising, unexpected win by New Zealand, with India heavily tipped from the start to win the tournament.\n• None India exit World Cup but memories of Kohli, Rohit & fans live on\n\nWith play going into the reserve day after rain ended play on Tuesday, the bowlers were superb up front, defending what seemed to be meagre target.\n\nBoult swung the ball, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson bowled with pace and Guptill and Jimmy Neesham produced two outstanding bits of fielding to put New Zealand into the final.\n\nThey will play either England or Australia in Sunday's final, with those two sides set to meet at Edgbaston on Thursday.\n\nGoing into a reserve day, this match could have been played out in front of an empty stadium - but that was not the case, with Old Trafford full of vibrant, noisy India fans.\n\nWith New Zealand adding 28 runs off 23 balls to reach 239-8 in their rain-affected 50 overs on Wednesday morning, India looked to be in the ascendency, but a brilliant start by the Kiwi bowlers soon put paid to that.\n\nBoult and Henry were all over the batsmen; Rohit Sharma, the tournament's leading run-scorer, edged Henry behind before talismanic captain Virat Kohli was trapped lbw by Boult.\n\nKohli was visibly unhappy at the decision and reviewed it but the ball was shown to be hitting and Kohli stood, aghast, on the pitch before walking off.\n\nIndia were in further trouble when KL Rahul nicked Henry through to wicketkeeper Tom Latham to leave them 5-3.\n\nAs is so often the case, when things are going one side's way, everything seems to stick in the hands. Neesham pulled off a superb, one-handed take at backward point to dismiss Dinesh Karthik and leave India reeling.\n\nIt is a credit to New Zealand that they kept their nerve in the final overs when Jadeja and Dhoni, one of the best finishers in the game, had the target down to a manageable total.\n\nHowever, Williamson's superb catch to a steepling offering off Jadeja was the inspiration New Zealand needed. Guptill's run out a handful of deliveries later just showed what a sharp side this Black Caps team are.\n\nAnd the idea of this bowling attack, at Lord's, with a slope to help the ball swing, will worry both England and Australia.\n\nJadeja has not been a regular feature in this India side but his fielding to run out Ross Taylor and catch Tom Latham on the boundary edge brought New Zealand's reply to a halt.\n\nAnd with the bat he came so close to putting India into the final. His name was chanted at every opportunity by the fans and his fitness, allowing him to take quick runs, was crucial for India's chase.\n\nHe targeted New Zealand's change bowlers; Neesham was crunched over long-on for six while a superb pull off a Henry slower ball put him within touching distance of his 50.\n\nHe celebrated his half-century, brought up from 39 balls, with a trademark, Zorro-like swish of the bat and a fist pump towards the dressing room - a retort to criticism that he is a \"bits and pieces cricketer\".\n\nWhile he and Dhoni were there, the crowd believed. New Zealand's bowlers were wary and their fielding stuttered.\n\nBut Williamson's catch ended that superb partnership and, ultimately, India's hope of reaching the final.\n\n'45 minutes of bad cricket cost us' - what they said\n\nIndia captain Virat Kohli: \"I'm very disappointed. We played outstanding cricket throughout this tournament.\n\n\"To go out on 45 minutes of bad cricket is saddening. It breaks our heart because you work so hard to build momentum, finish number one in the table, then a spell of bad cricket and you're out of the tournament, but you have to accept it.\n\n\"We will come out better cricketers because of this setback.\"\n\nNew Zealand captain Kane Williamson: \"It's a different feeling to last time (2015). We've had to skin it over the round-robin, so it's been quite different.\n\n\"A lot of heart has been shown by the guys so far but we're keeping our feet on the ground.\n\n\"It was a great semi-final and we're happy to be on the right side of it.\"\n\nNew Zealand bowler Matt Henry: \"We talked about just making sure we did the best we can and just taking it to them at the top of the innings. We wanted to create as much pressure as we could.\n\n\"We pride ourselves on always giving ourselves a chance. They have world-class finishers and they were very dangerous, we knew we'd have to bowl them out to win today.\n\n\"It's special to be going to Lord's on Sunday. Thank you to the fans today, the support has been brilliant.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boat's skipper said it had hit a submerged tree, damaging the back of the vessel\n\nTwenty-three people have been rescued from a sinking boat which hit a submerged tree off the Welsh coast.\n\nThe coastguard said it received a mayday message from a small pleasure boat off the coast of Pembrokeshire at about 19:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nThe vessel was taking on water \"rapidly\" while on a trip off North Bishop island, near Ramsey Island.\n\nTwo other passenger boats, two lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter were involved in the rescue.\n\nThe 21 passengers and two crew are safe and were taken back to St Justinian's, near St Davids, the coastguard said.\n\nSkipper Joanne Ayris, of Thousand Island Expeditions, told BBC Radio Wales's Breakfast programme: \"We were about an hour into the trip when we hit a submerged tree, which managed to find its way into the sand there, which damaged the back of the boat, that quite quickly allowed us to take on quite a bit of water.\n\nThe Gower Ranger was successfully brought back to shore\n\nThe boat was escorted back to shore by the RNLI\n\nTree branch which caused the damage to the Gower Ranger\n\n\"We were lucky everybody stayed calm and [we] got everyone into lifejackets and there were other boats nearby so we were able to calmly transfer passengers across.\n\n\"That's when I made the mayday call and the lifeboats came and helped us out.\"\n\nShe said the vessel's bilge pumps were not coping with the amount of water and three or four people were manually bailing quite a lot of water to keep the level in the boat even.\n\n\"Once the lifeboats arrived, they used their generator to have a more powerful pumping out system.\n\n\"Everybody who came to help and our passengers were incredible, so big thanks to everybody who came out,\" she added.\n\nThe Bishops and Clerks are a series of small islands about three miles (5km) off St Davids Head.\n\nCoastguards had requested St Davids and Fishguard RNLI lifeboats to launch and bring pumps.\n\nA coastguard rescue helicopter from Newquay in Cornwall was also scrambled.\n\nThe two lifeboats provided safety cover while the passengers and crew were evacuated on to one of the other passenger vessels.\n\nRNLI coxswain Dai John, who attended the rescue, said they arrived about 20 minutes after they were called.\n\n\"The other passenger boat had taken all the passengers off it, but the crew were still trying to save the vessel at the time.\n\n\"So we put a couple of our crew and a salvage pump on board to drain as much of the water as we could.\"\n\nBoat owner Cindy Pearce said she had been able to drive the boat to harbour for repairs.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I couldn't believe it was 166 weeks'\n\nA County Antrim woman who was told she would have to wait 166 weeks to see an orthopaedic consultant has said she is shocked and distressed.\n\nSandra Condon, who is a nurse, said she is in chronic pain.\n\nMrs Condon said she could not believe that she would have to wait more than three years to be seen \"and then potentially three to four years after that for surgery\".\n\n\"I honestly had to ask the girl to repeat that,\" she said.\n\nHer comments come after a report from the Nuffield Trust, an independent think tank, said that Northern Ireland's political deadlock and a \"top-down approach\" are frustrating efforts to help sick people.\n\nA patient in Northern Ireland is nearly 50 times as likely to be waiting over a year for care than one in Wales, the next worst performer, according to the report.\n\nThe worsening waiting list situation is further underlined in South Eastern Health Trust figures, seen by BBC News NI.\n\nThey show that children who may have a life-threatening allergy are being expected to wait 232 weeks to see a consultant.\n\nMeanwhile, the BMA in NI said it was are concerned that doctors are starting to refuse to work beyond their contracted hours.\n\nIt is because of unexpected tax bills following new pension rules in 2016.\n\nDr Alan Stout, the chairman of the BMA's GP Committee, said: \"In Northern Ireland we are very reliant - particularly with the waiting lists as they are - on consultants doing extra shifts and trying to clear the back-log, also across the health service on GPs doing out of hours shifts.\n\n\"So something that stops people doing that is going to have an inevitable consequence on those waiting times.\"\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said they were closely monitoring the situation.\n\n\"Concerns about potential impacts on service provision have been raised with us by trusts and the BMA.\n\n\"Taxation - including pension taxation - is a reserved matter and decisions on tax relief on pension contributions are taken by the Treasury.\n\n\"Department of Health officials are in close contact with counterparts in England and Wales on this issue. \"\n\nThe Department of Health in England said it wanted to make NHS pensions more flexible for senior clinicians.\n\nThe spokesperson also said important progress had been made in transforming health and social care services in spite of political and budgetary uncertainty.\n\nThe hard-hitting Nuffield Trust report included information from clinicians and health service leaders from both inside and outside Northern Ireland.\n\nOn leadership, it highlights a culture of \"tight command and control at the heart of the system\", with contributors suggesting a top-down approach does not allow for change.\n\nIt said the \"political deadlock and culture of centralisation\" are \"impending reform\".\n\nIt's been three years since the Bengoa review, which outlined how to improve Northern Ireland's health service.\n\nPace of change has been slow despite all political parties at Stormont signing up to the transformation of how services are delivered.\n\nThe Department of Health insisted much work was going on behind the scenes and that \"significant investment\" is required to address the waiting list backlog.\n\n\"The department cannot spend money it does not have,\" it said.\n\nThe report's co-author and Nuffield Trust policy analyst Mark Dayan said officials are committed to change but \"to keep on pushing from the top risks making things worse\".\n\nProf Deirdre Heenan, the report's co-author, said the waiting lists were a \"national scandal\"\n\nMr Dayan said that without elected leaders \"things grind to a halt because officials don't have the legitimacy to make tough calls\".\n\nCo-author Prof Deirdre Heenan said the \"spiralling waiting lists in Northern Ireland represent a major breach of public trust in the NHS\".\n\nShe told the BBC that the waiting list figures are a \"national scandal\".\n\nPeople like Mrs Condon say they are forgotten about.\n\n\"We don't have Stormont sitting at the moment so who is taking this forward? Who is fighting for the people who need to be seen?\" she asked.\n\nCommenting on Mrs Condon's treatment, the Belfast Health Trust said that in most cases patients are seen in chronological order in terms of urgency but that if a specialist deems a referral \"clinically urgent\", then patients will be seen within 10 weeks.\n\nIt said \"demand to see a shoulder surgeon greatly outweighs\" the trust's capacity but that it had hired a specialist physiotherapist to run \"clinics with shoulder surgeons\" to increase capacity.\n\n\"We would like to take this opportunity to apologise again to the significant and growing numbers of patients who remain on the current waiting lists,\" it added.\n\nGrainne Doran, from the Royal College of GPs, said people are becoming accustomed to lengthy lists.\n\n\"We now need to step back and say we need to urgently get rid of the long lists and work out how we can stop them happening again,\" she added.\n\nLong waits are causing more people to go private, with demand so high that it has pushed two of Northern Ireland's private hospitals into the top 20 busiest in the UK for dealing with joint surgery.\n\nKingsbridge Private Hospital is 9th while the Ulster Independent Clinic is 16th, in the National Joint Registry's list of over 200 private hospitals.", "Joe Rylands says some NHS staff are in \"disbelief\" at what he considers to be the expansion of NHS charging\n\nCharging overseas patients for NHS care in England must be suspended until it is clear it is not harming women, the Royal College of Midwives has said.\n\nA couple whose baby died following an emergency Caesarean were not given the body as they were unable to pay £10,000 in medical fees, one doctor has said.\n\nJoe Rylands said the expansion of charging had caused \"disbelief\" among many colleagues.\n\nThe Department of Health said the charges had raised £1.3bn since 2015.\n\nIn 2018, Dr Rylands was working in a maternity hospital when a woman from Western Europe on holiday in the UK came in - she was eight months pregnant and had started bleeding. Obstetricians performed an emergency Caesarean but the baby died.\n\nWhen she and her partner were recovering on a ward, they were interviewed by an overseas visitors manager, in charge of billing.\n\nBecause they did not have a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) they were told they had to pay £10,000 for the care they received - which they could not do.\n\n\"There's a service the NHS offers when you've had a miscarriage or when your baby has died - they can present it to you, the body in a bassinet, you take it home to have a funeral,\" Dr Rylands explains.\n\n\"That can be a really important process in grieving and recovery. And this couple were not allowed to have the body because they hadn't paid the [treatment] bill.\"\n\nThe hospital trust involved in the case declined to comment.\n\nIt was following the guidelines in billing the parents.\n\nSince 2017, service providers have had a duty to check the eligibility of patients and charge them before non-urgent treatment in a bid to clamp down on so-called \"health tourism\". There are exceptions - such A&E - where treatment is free until a patient is either admitted to hospital or given an outpatient appointment.\n\nPatients from inside the European Economic Area with a non-UK EHIC are treated for free, with the government applying to their home countries to cover the cost.\n\nThose from elsewhere will be charged for the cost of their treatment.\n\nThere is growing opposition to the policy, with the British Medical Association calling for it to be abandoned completely.\n\nThe Royal Colleges of Physicians, Paediatrics and Child Health, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Faculty of Public Health have written to ministers urging them to suspend the system.\n\nThe Royal College of Midwives told the BBC maternity care should be exempt from charges.\n\nSean O'Sullivan, head of health and social policy, said: \"It could put off women who need care but are frightened that they may not be able to pay in the longer term. This is potentially dangerous for the woman and her developing baby.\"\n\nDiane Abbott called on the government to publish its review into the changes\n\nShadow home secretary Diane Abbott described upfront charging as \"immoral\" and said it should be suspended.\n\n\"Let's find out what the size of the problem is, but also we need to look at how people may be suffering.\"\n\nThe Department of Health has conducted a review of the 2017 amendments and said there was no significant evidence they have \"led to overseas visitors being deterred from treatment\".\n\nThis review has not been published.\n\nEngland's Health Secretary Matthew Hancock told Victoria Derbyshire this was because of concerns over patient confidentiality.\n\nHe described the policy as a whole on charging overseas patients as \"extremely reasonable\" with \"strong public support\", but said that it needed to be implemented properly.\n\nMr Hancock said the rules were clear that maternity care should be free for couples who are not expecting to give birth in the UK. He added that he would look further into what happened with the couple who were unable to take their baby's body home,\n\n\"We must treat people with humanity and respect,\" he added.\n\nOne former NHS worker, who left his job in the overseas visitors department at a large London hospital last year, said he received no formal training in how to issue bills.\n\nHe said rules were not applied consistently - and \"easy targets\" were made of those less likely to \"kick up a fuss\".\n\n\"I think potentially at the moment the way it's being done is discriminatory,\" the man - who we are not naming - adds, targeting those with \"foreign-sounding names\" who were perceived to be less likely to be resident in the UK.\n\nNasar Ullah Khan's family have continued to be billed following his death\n\nHe described how he informed patients about fees when they had only just recently stabilised in intensive care.\n\nLast December, Nasar Ullah Khan was receiving end-of-life care when he was handed a bill for £16,000 in his hospital bed.\n\nHe had suffered heart failure - but was ineligible for a transplant because he was not in the UK legally.\n\nMr Khan had tried and failed to legalise his status - and just before he fell ill, had applied to the Home Office for voluntary return to Pakistan.\n\nLiz Bates, a Birmingham GP who volunteers at the charity Doctors of the World, was contacted to help the family and says: \"Almost as soon as they knew Nasar wasn't eligible for free NHS care they started talking to him about billing.\"\n\nThe family were posted another bill for £32,000, and another for £23,000, which Ms Bates said had caused them deep stress and was \"totally unnecessary\" because Mr Khan would never be able to pay the bills.\n\nA spokesman for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust said it was obliged by law to implement the charging regulations.\n\n\"Further guidance published by the Department for Health and Social Care also states that patients must be fully informed about the charges they might face, therefore one initial invoice was provided to Mr Khan, with two further invoices issued to a home address.\"\n\nA Department of Health spokesman said: \"British taxpayers support the NHS so it is only right that overseas visitors also make a contribution to our health service so everyone can receive urgent care when they need it and, since 2015, charges for people who are not UK residents have secured an extra £1.3bn for front-line NHS services.\n\n\"Importantly, our guidance is clear that urgent treatment must never be withheld, if someone cannot pay.\"\n\nBut campaigners against the charges argue that, in practice, decisions about urgency are not clear cut. James Skinner, from campaign group Medact, says many healthcare workers do not know the guidelines.\n\n\"Doctors are not well trained to assess a person's immigration status, and overseas managers are not trained to make clinical judgements - we regularly see people with cancer who are denied treatment.\"\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "Women surrounded the loyalist bonfire in Avoniel as part of a protest on Tuesday\n\nHundreds have gathered outside Avoniel Leisure Centre in east Belfast to protest at a council decision to remove a bonfire from its grounds.\n\nIt came after Belfast City Council said its initial decision to remove bonfire material had not been reversed.\n\nBonfire builders said removing tyres, reducing its size and moving it away from buildings meant there was no need for the council to take action.\n\nA barricade has been erected at the leisure centre gates.\n\nProtesters told BBC News NI they have tried to compromise with authorities but are now determined that the Eleventh night event will go ahead.\n\nTensions have been building ahead of bonfires being lit before the Twelfth of July marches.\n\nBonfires are lit in some Protestant areas in Northern Ireland on 11 July, the night before Orange Order members commemorate the 1690 Battle of the Boyne with parades across Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking at the protest, senior Orangeman Rev Mervyn Gibson said that there was \"no need for the tension that has arisen around this bonfire, but sadly we have a republican-dominated council who have failed their first real test at openness and compromise\".\n\nHe said bonfire builders had removed tyres, then reduced the height of the bonfire, but \"no matter what this community did it was not enough to appease those who oppose us\".\n\nHe added: \"I would appeal for calm at this bonfire - do not react, and I know that's going to be difficult, because there's anger here.\"\n\nA barricade of tyres and bins was erected at the gates to Avoniel Leisure Centre\n\nAlso speaking at Tuesday's protest were loyalist Jamie Bryson and Robert Girvin, from a group calling itself the East Belfast Cultural Collective, which represents a number of bonfire builders.\n\nAt Avoniel Leisure Centre, which closed early on Tuesday, the bonfire has been rebuilt after tyres were voluntarily removed.\n\nOrganisers say they have reduced the height of the bonfire to about 20 feet (6m).\n\nIt has also been moved further away from buildings in an attempt to meet council criteria.\n\nThe centre also closed early on Sunday after its entrance was barricaded by men said to have been acting in a \"threatening\" way towards staff.\n\nTranslink said that due to some potential disruption that there would be a diversion for east Belfast Glider services on Tuesday evening.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Translink This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, in other developments:\n\nIt is estimated there are 80-100 bonfires in Belfast this year, with 35 signed up to an official scheme funded by the city council.\n\n\"Efforts have been ongoing for several months to encourage bonfire builders to be mindful of the need to protect life and property,\" the city council said.\n\nEarlier, Mr Girvin said: \"We promised the young people if they took the tyres out they could have their bonfire.\n\n\"All that was done and still the council says no.\"\n\nHe said he would meet councillors from any party to address concerns over the Avoniel bonfire.\n\nLoyalist graffiti has appeared next to the site at Avoniel threatening contractors alleged to be involved in the removal of bonfire material\n\n\"Have dialogue with us. Tell us exactly what your issue is with this bonfire,\" he said.\n\n\"It follows Northern Ireland Fire Service guidelines. The tyres have been removed. He said complaints about other bonfires had been about \"the potential to damage property, life or the environment\".\n\n\"None of that is here. There's no potential for any of that so why remove the bonfire?\"\n\nSinn Féin councillor Ciaran Beattie insisted the problem was just not the tyres but the height and mass of the bonfires and the threat posed to nearby buildings.\n\nHe insisted the council should still take action at Avoniel.\n\n\"Nothing has changed as far as we are concerned, bar the tyres being removed,\" he said.\n\n\"There is still a dangerous bonfire on that site\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Mervyn Gibson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Wednesday, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor George Dorrian, Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) councillor John Kyle and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) councillor Jim Rodgers said they were disappointed by Belfast City Council's decision.\n\n\"[Councillors] chose not to build on the progress made by bonfire builders when they removed the tyres yesterday evening from Avoniel bonfire,\" they said.\n\n\"This year has seen a dramatic improvement in the situation around bonfires throughout Belfast.\n\n\"We have spent months engaging with groups across the city and real progress is being made.\n\n\"We are confident that the community will fully enjoy the celebrations peacefully and respectfully.\"", "Silver gulls are the most common type of seagull\n\nSeagulls all over Australia are carrying superbugs resistant to antibiotics, scientists say.\n\nThey found more than 20% of silver gulls nationwide carrying bacteria such as E. coli, which can cause urinary tract and blood infections and sepsis.\n\nThe research has raised fears that the antibiotic-resistant bacteria- similar to superbugs which have hit hospitals - could infect humans and other animals.\n\nScientists have described it as a \"wake-up call\".\n\nThe birds are believed to have contracted the bugs from scavenging in rubbish and sewage.\n\nThe scientists who conducted the research on behalf of Murdoch University in Perth have said it is \"eye-opening\", The Guardian reported.\n\n\"I think that it is a wake-up call for all government and various agencies, like water treatment and big councils that manage waste, to properly work collaboratively to tackle this issue,\" said Dr Sam Abraham, a lecturer in veterinary and medical infectious diseases.\n\nHumans could contract the bacteria if they touched the seagull faeces, but the risk is considered low if they wash their hands afterwards.\n\nThe study showed some bugs found in the faeces were resistant to common antibiotic medications such as cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone.\n\nOne sample showed resistance to carbapenem, which is a last-resort drug used for severe and high-risk infections.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The birds! How one Welsh town is tackling seagull litter", "Nicki Minaj is known for her provocative and highly sexualised performances\n\nRapper Nicki Minaj has cancelled a scheduled performance in Saudi Arabia next week, citing her support for the rights of women and the LGBT community.\n\nHer headline billing at the festival in Jeddah triggered an outcry from critics of the country's human rights record.\n\nOthers questioned how her revealing outfits and explicit lyrics would go over in the ultra-conservative kingdom.\n\nSaudi Arabia has been trying to ease restrictions on entertainment and to encourage growth in its arts sector.\n\nScrutiny of the country's human rights record intensified after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October.\n\nIn March, the kingdom drew further criticism when it put 10 women's rights activists on trial.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five things Saudi women still can't do\n\n\"After careful reflection I have decided to no longer move forward with my scheduled concert at Jeddah World Fest,\" the singer said in a statement.\n\n\"While I want nothing more than to bring my show to fans in Saudi Arabia, after better educating myself on the issues, I believe it is important for me to make clear my support for the rights of women, the LGBTQ community and freedom of expression.\"\n\nOn Friday, the US-based Human Rights Foundation wrote an open letter to Minaj urging her to withdraw from the 18 July festival.\n\nIt called on her to \"refuse the regime's money\" and use her influence to demand the release of the detained women activists.\n\nLast week some on social media described the singer's decision to perform in Jeddah as hypocritical, contrasting her appearances at gay pride events with Saudi Arabia's stance on gay rights. Homosexuality is banned in Saudi Arabia.\n\nMinaj was not the first performer to cause controversy by accepting an invitation to perform in Saudi Arabia.\n\nEarlier this year, Mariah Carey defied calls from human rights activists to cancel her performance in the kingdom, while last December rapper Nelly came under fire for performing a \"men only\" concert.\n• None With French help, Saudis to embrace opera", "The two contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party, vying to be the UK's next prime minister, have argued over the date the UK will leave the EU.\n\nJeremy Hunt says his worry is the UK is setting a \"fake deadline\" with 31 October.\n\nBoris Johnson says the EU will not take the UK seriously if no-deal is off the table.\n\nThey were both speaking on Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate, the final televised debate of this contest.", "Swift's new album, Lover, comes out in August\n\nPop singer Taylor Swift is the world's top-earning celebrity, according to an annual countdown of highest-paid stars.\n\nForbes estimates the 29-year-old singer made $185m (£148m) in pre-tax earnings in the year beginning 1 June 2018.\n\nSwift last topped Forbes' Celebrity 100 in 2016, when her pre-tax earnings were calculated to be $170m (£136m).\n\nThe news follows Swift accusing music mogul Scooter Braun of \"stripping her of her life's work\" by acquiring her former record label Big Machine.\n\nThe bulk of Swift's 2018/19 earnings is likely to derive from her Reputation stadium tour, which Forbes adjudged to be the highest-grossing tour in US history.\n\nSwift's new album Lover - her first release with her new record label Republic Records - comes out in August.\n\nKylie Jenner is ranked one place higher than she was last year\n\nSocial media and reality TV star Kylie Jenner is ranked second on the list with an estimated pre-tax pay packet of $170m (£136m).\n\nEarlier this year, Jenner earned a place on Forbes' list of the world's richest self-made women thanks to an estimated net worth of around $1 billion (£800m).\n\nHer inclusion on the list proved controversial, with many claiming her \"billionaire\" status derived in part from her famous family.\n\nMost of her fortune derives from her best-selling beauty business.\n\nJenner, who turns 22 next month, was ranked third in last year's Celebrity 100 countdown, below boxer Floyd Mayweather and actor George Clooney.\n\nRapper Kanye West earns third place in this year's rundown, having made an estimated $150m (£120m) in 2018/2019.\n\nThe 42-year-old's top-three ranking, derived in part from his Yeezy sneaker empire, comes three years after he claimed on Twitter he was $53m (£42m) in debt.\n\nEd Sheeran is the highest-ranked Briton in this year's countdown\n\nFootballers Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar also feature in a top 10 alongside rock veterans The Eagles and TV personality Dr Phil.\n\nEd Sheeran, who is placed fifth in the list, is the highest-ranking Briton with estimated pre-tax earnings of $110m (£88m).\n\nNew entries in this year's countdown include South Korean group BTS at 43, Ariana Grande at 62 and actor Paul Rudd, who is ranked joint 83rd.\n\nThe 50-year-old is adjudged to have made as much as the Rolling Stones - an estimated $41m (£32m) - in a year that saw him star in both Ant-Man and the Wasp and Avengers: Endgame.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Renewables may be booming but the Committee on Climate Change says the government isn't moving fast enough\n\nThe UK has been dealt a \"brutal reality check\" on its climate change ambitions, environmentalists have said.\n\nThe government's official climate change advisers warn ministers are failing to cut emissions fast enough, and adapt to rising temperatures.\n\nCommittee on Climate Change chair John Gummer likened them to the hapless characters in 1970s comedy Dad's Army.\n\nThe government said it would soon set out plans to tackle emissions from aviation, heat, energy and transport.\n\nThe prime minister recently announced that the UK would lead the world by cutting almost all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 - so-called net zero.\n\nTheresa May also aspired to the UK hosting a hugely important global climate summit next year.\n\nBut the CCC said that the UK was already stumbling over measures needed to achieve the previous target of an 80% emissions cut.\n\nIts report says new policies must be found to help people lead good lives without fuelling global warming.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to reduce your carbon footprint when you fly\n\nPolicies are needed to ensure that people living in care homes, hospitals and flats can stay cool in increasingly hot summers.\n\nAnd ministers must show how funds will be found to protect critical infrastructure - like ports - from rising sea levels.\n\nThe committee said unless it delivered on these issues, the government would not have the credibility to host a global climate change summit of world leaders, likely to be held in the UK next year.\n\nDoug Parr from Greenpeace UK said: \"This is a truly brutal reality check on the government's current progress in tackling the climate emergency.\n\n\"It paints the government as a sleeper who's woken up, seen the house is on fire, raised the alarm and gone straight back to sleep\".\n\nThe committee's deputy chairwoman Baroness Brown told BBC News: \"There's an increasing sense of frustration that the government knows what it has to do - but it's just not doing it.\"\n\nThe committee said the government's 2040 goal to eliminate emissions from cars and vans was too late.\n\nNew ways must be found to nudge some drivers into walking, cycling and taking public transport, it believes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Climate change: Why are governments taking so long to take action?\n\nThere's palpable annoyance from the committee that their recommendations are often ignored.\n\nIn the list of actions needed to meet emission targets, such as improving insulation of buildings and increasing the market share of electric vehicles, the committee found only seven out of 24 goals were on track.\n\nOutside the power and industry sectors, only two indicators were on track.\n\nCommittee chairman Lord Deben, the former agriculture minister John Gummer, said: \"The whole thing is really run by the government like a Dad's Army. We can't go on with this ramshackle system.\"\n\nAt current rates of global emissions cuts, the world may be heading for a temperature rise of more than 3C by the end of this century - but the report says England appears unprepared for even a 2C rise in global temperature.\n\nIt warns that the UK is failing to insulate itself from the knock-on effects of climate change overseas, such as colonisations by new species, changes in the suitability of land for agriculture or forestry, and risks to health from changes in air quality driven by rising temperatures.\n\nThe report says: \"Last June, we advised that 25 headline policy actions were needed for the year ahead. Twelve months later, only one has been delivered by the government in full.\"\n\nIt complains that in some ways the UK is going backwards.\n\nGreen space in parks and gardens cools cities and helps reduce flood risks. But as more homes are crammed into cities, green spaces have shrunk from 63% of urban area in 2001 to 55% in 2018.\n\nHeat magnifies the production of pollutants, so more people are expected to suffer breathing problems.\n\nMeanwhile, the proportion of hard surfaces in towns has risen by 22% since 2001, even though they make floods worse.\n\nThe report says the government's planning should consider the risks that the world may warm by as much as 4C by 2100.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Climate change: How 1.5C could change the world\n\nIt warns that the new net zero target requires an annual rate of emissions reduction that is 50% higher than under the UK's previous target.\n\nIt is 30% higher than what's been achieved on average since 1990 - a period when the UK has benefited from a relatively simple switch from coal to gas for electricity.\n\nThe report says: \"The need for action has rarely been clearer. Our message to government is simple: 'Now, do it.'\"\n\nAs new homes have been built green spaces have shrunk in urban areas over the past 20 years\n\nA government spokesman said the UK had cut emissions faster than any other G7 country and set a strong example for other countries to follow.\n\n\"We know there is more to do - and legislating for net zero will help to drive further action, as well as further measures to protect the environment from extreme weather, including flood protection, tree planting and peat-land management,\" the spokesman added.\n\nShadow business and energy secretary Rebecca Long Bailey said the government efforts were lagging far behind what is required.\n\nShe said the report was a \"remarkable, damning assessment\".\n\nFriends of the Earth's Mike Childs said: \"Theresa May keeps talking about the need for climate action, while giving the green light to fracking and more roads and runways.\n\n\"Reining in the rogue Department for Transport is crucial. Billions of pounds are being squandered on gas-guzzling developments, while trams, trains, buses and cycling are starved of investment.\"\n\nClimate change policy is devolved. Scotland faces slightly tougher targets for emissions cuts than England, and Wales faces a slightly more lax target. Northern Ireland polices are not yet determined.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nAndy Murray and Serena Williams wowed Wimbledon again as their box office partnership continued with another straight-set win in the mixed doubles.\n\nBritain's Murray, 32, and American Williams, 37, moved into the last 16 with a 7-5 6-3 win over 14th seeds Fabrice Martin and Raquel Atawo.\n\nWilliams produced ruthless returning to win crucial break points in each set.\n\nThey now play top seeds Bruno Soares - the former men's partner of Murray's brother Jamie - and Nicole Melichar.\n\n\"We're in the groove of things so it's feeling good,\" Williams said. \"I'm having a blast, it has been really fun and it's a great atmosphere playing out there with Andy.\"\n\nMurray added: \"She returned brilliantly especially at the end of the first set, and the start of the second, hitting clean winners and making my job easy, but then I was missing mine on break points.\n\n\"We both played well and if she keeps returning like that we'll have a good chance.\n\n\"All matches are great for me, doubles especially, for the reactions and reflexes which has helped me and once I've finished here, hopefully on Sunday, I will get back and start practising some more singles.\"\n• None Murray column: 'Serena was making me laugh out there'\n• None Williams reveals she had therapy following US Open outburst\n\nThe stellar pairing between Britain's three-time Grand Slam singles champion, and a 23-time major winner widely regarded as the sport's greatest female player, has breathed new life into the mixed doubles at the All England Club.\n\nTheir match, again scheduled on Centre Court, was watched by a near-capacity 15,000 crowd who were given plenty of entertainment and responded by providing a crackling atmosphere.\n\nMurray opened the match to excited cheers from the home fans, many who probably thought they would never see him again on the court where he has won two singles titles.\n\nThe Scot, who had serious hip surgery in January, started with a solid service game which was finished by Williams hammering a stinging volley straight at Martin's calf - she quickly held both hands up in apology.\n\nBut it was a sign that the partnership - which Williams said has been christened 'Mur-rena' - meant business in this fun format.\n\nWilliams was back on Centre little over two hours after she beat Alison Riske to reach the semi-finals of the women's singles, yet looked far from fatigued as she turned the match in her team's favour.\n\nWilliams' backhand winner off a 138mph serve set up a fourth break point - this time on Martin's serve and for the set - only for Murray to dump a forehand into the net and the chance to disappear.\n\nMurray's returning game - usually his hallmark - was not quite on the same level as he sent another set point into the net at 6-5.\n\nBut it did not matter as the quality of his partner shone through moments later.\n\nWilliams hit a dipping cross-court winner to set up another chance and then hit almost the same shot to seal the opening set - greeting it with another loud roar and a twirl on the spot.\n\nWilliams continued to dismantle the big-serving Martin at the start of the second set, earning another break point when she reached to successfully convert a forehand winner which left even her pulling a face of shock.\n\nThat proved enough to take the set - and the match - when Murray delivered a clean ace out wide to win the match in one hour and 37 minutes.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Jones appeared in Emmerdale from 2005 to 2018\n\nTributes have been paid to the British actor Freddie Jones, known to millions as Sandy Thomas in Emmerdale, following his death at the age of 91.\n\nHis agent Lesley Duff said he died on 9 July after a short illness.\n\nShe remembered Jones - the father of fellow actor Toby - as \"a much loved and admired actor, known for his triumphs in theatre, film and TV.\"\n\nHis many feature films include the David Lynch films Dune, Wild at Heart and The Elephant Man.\n\nIn the latter he played Bytes, the circus ringmaster who cruelly exploits the physically deformed John Merrick.\n\nHe also appeared in such horror films as Frankenstein Must be Destroyed and The Satanic Rites of Dracula as well as 1983 sci-fi Krull.\n\nHis other roles included Sir Pitt Crawley in a 1987 adaptation of Vanity Fair\n\nJones was most recently known for playing Woolpack regular Sandy in Emmerdale, a role he played for 13 years.\n\nHe made his final appearance on the ITV soap last year after saying he could no longer justify staying.\n\n\"The company generously offered me another 12 months,\" he told the Radio Times.\n\n\"But I just thought, 'I have no idea what I'm going to do in another bloody year!'\"\n\nKatherine Dow Blyton - Harriet Finch in Emmerdale - said she felt \"so lucky\" to have worked with him.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMark Charnock, aka Marlon Dingle, said Jones was \"an amazing man\" who \"would light up the set with his wit and charm\".\n\n\"People like Freddie don't come along very often and everyone at Emmerdale knew what it meant to have him in our cast.\"\n\nCharlotte Bellamy, who plays Sandy's daughter-in-law Laurel, said she spent her time working with him \"in awe of his professionalism, humour and his zest for life\".\n\nThe programme posted its own tribute, remembering Jones as \"one of the show's most brilliant actors and favourite human beings\".\n\nJones started out as a laboratory assistant before turning his love of amateur theatre into a professional career.\n\nAfter working in repertory theatre and television, he made his film debut in Peter Brook's Marat/Sade in 1967.\n\nToby Jones (left) has been acting since the early 1990s\n\nJones was married for more than 50 years to actress Jennie Heslewood, with whom he had three sons.\n\nBoth Toby and Caspar followed him into the acting profession, while Rupert became a director.\n\nIn 2009 Freddie and Toby Jones appeared together on The Film Programme to discuss the art of being a character actor.\n\nSpeaking to broadcaster Matthew Sweet, Jones senior said the secret of making an impression was \"not leaving it on the page, but lifting it up and flying it a bit\".\n\nHe also revealed he had initially turned down The Elephant Man because he found it \"over-larded with mawkish sentimentality\".\n\n\"It didn't need it,\" he said of the film's script, which went on to be nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta. \"The man [John Merrick] was a living tragedy.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The DUP's Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says a vote by MPs to legalise same-sex marriage and liberalise Northern Ireland's abortion law has \"breached the devolution settlement\".\n\nBut Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy says the government has a responsibility to deliver rights in Stormont's absence.", "MPs have voted by the thinnest of margins for a process that would make it more difficult for a future prime minister to prorogue Parliament.\n\nTory MP Dominic Grieve wanted to amend the Northern Ireland Bill to stop a future PM forcing through a no-deal Brexit by suspending Parliament.\n\nHis amendment - to require ministers to regularly report on the situation in Northern Ireland - passed by one vote.\n\nIt could provide a tool for MPs to block a no-deal Brexit in October.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said the approval of Mr Grieve's proposal was a \"tight but important victory\".\n\nHe tweeted that it \"makes it much harder for incoming prime minister to suspend Parliament\".\n\nThe UK had been due to leave the EU on 29 March, but this date was delayed after MPs repeatedly rejected Theresa May's deal. Currently, the date for exit is 31 October.\n\nIf that date is reached without a deal being agreed on the separation process, then the UK will leave without one.\n\nMPs have consistently voted against this option, but the prime minister could try to get around that by closing Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to Brexit day, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nMr Grieve had sought to get MPs' backing for a package of measures he hoped would require Parliament to sit through October in the run up to the UK's departure.\n\nOne amendment, stating that MPs should be recalled to debate reports on Northern Ireland if Parliament is closed, wasn't selected for debate by Speaker John Bercow - although it could be introduced in the Lords later.\n\nThat took some of the force out of Mr Grieve's efforts.\n\nHowever, two other amendments designed to make prorogation harder were put to a vote.\n\nThe first - approved by 294 votes to 293 - requires the government to produce fortnightly reports from October until December on the progress towards restoring the power sharing arrangements in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe second - which would have required the government to schedule debates on those progress reports - was defeated by 293 votes to 289.\n\nWhile the success of that one amendment probably won't block prorogation, it could make it more difficult - especially if the House of Lords subsequently revives Mr Grieve's more forceful attempt to stop Parliament being temporarily suspended.\n\nDuring the debate on Tuesday, Mr Grieve said: \"If the other place (House of Lords) in its wisdom decides to look at the totality of our amendments and decides that the amendment new clause 14 (on preventing prorogation) would add value and places it in, this House will have an opportunity before this Bill goes through in order to consider that and either reject it or accept it.\"\n\nMr Grieve said he did not think democracy would survive Parliament being prorogued to allow for a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe added: \"Heaven knows, if I've tried to do anything during this Brexit process it's to try to encourage a sound process and to prevent catastrophic cliff edge moments and to enable this House to make reasoned decisions.\"\n\nDuring the debate, Northern Ireland minister John Penrose said the government disagreed with Mr Grieve's suggestion for regular fortnightly reporting, with a vote on each occasion, calling it \"an excessive and unnecessary level of procedure\".\n• None Why there's more to the Northern Ireland bill", "Superdry founder Julian Dunkerton says he is trying to \"steady the ship\" after the fashion retailer reported an £85m annual loss.\n\nMr Dunkerton returned to the firm in April, after a lengthy campaign against the previous management, who he said had a \"misguided\" strategy.\n\nAs well as reporting a steep loss for last year, Superdry warned that sales could fall in the current financial year.\n\nIn 2018 it reported profits of £65.3m.\n\n\"My first priority on returning to Superdry has been to steady the ship and get the culture of the business back to the one which drove its original success,\" Mr Dunkerton said.\n\nHe said he planned to return the brand to its \"design-led roots\", paving the way for a return to profitability over the next three years.\n\nCustomers will be offered greater choice in stores and online, he said.\n\nThere will be less discounting, a website redesign and a change in marketing strategy as part of the new strategy.\n\nThe firm will aim to renegotiate better terms with landlords, as a large proportion of its leases come up for renewal over the next two years, he added.\n\nHowever there could also be a \"minimal\" number of store closures in the UK and the US.\n\nSuperdry, which started out as a market stall in Cheltenham 16 years ago, was set up by by Mr Dunkerton and James Holder, and went on to enjoy huge commercial success.\n\nBut its shares have lost nearly 70% over the past year against a tough retail backdrop and in March the company announced it would cut up to 200 jobs.\n\nMr Dunkerton is leading the company while it searches for a new permanent chief executive.\n\nKate Culvert, retail analyst at Investec, said: \"With so many moving parts, these types of recovery stories rarely go smoothly and management faces a very long uphill struggle given how challenging the competitive backdrop is\".", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nAndy Murray and Serena Williams' memorable Wimbledon run is over after they lost to top seeds Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar in the mixed doubles.\n\nBritain's Murray, 32, and American Williams, 37, have illuminated SW19 with their blockbuster partnership but came unstuck in a 6-3 4-6 6-2 defeat.\n\nThe loss means the Scot's Wimbledon return - almost six months after serious hip surgery - is over.\n\nNow he must decide the next step as he ultimately hopes to play singles again.\n\nOn Tuesday, Murray said playing singles at the US Open in September looks \"pretty unlikely\" as he continues to take his recovery cautiously.\n\nAfter their exit on Wednesday, the former British number one said: \"I think I achieved a lot.\n\n\"I got on the court and considering the lack of matches, I did OK. The most positive thing is that my body felt good.\"\n\nWilliams still has a chance of silverware as she plays Czech Barbora Strycova - British number one Jo Konta's conqueror - in the singles semi-finals on Thursday.\n\nThe 23-time Grand Slam champion said she has \"loved the support\" from playing alongside Murray at the All England Club.\n\n\"Hopefully I can still have it,\" she added.\n\n\"I think to play on this stage with Andy, who has done so well here for so many years, is literally just a lifetime experience. I'm so happy that I got to experience it.\"\n• None Serena was making me laugh out there - Andy Murray column\n\n'Mur-rena' out but plenty of positives for Sir Andy\n\nThree-time Grand Slam winner Murray has spoken of his pleasure at being back playing competitively after having a hip resurfacing operation from which no player has returned to singles action.\n\nFew would have thought they would see the 2013 and 2016 champion playing Wimbledon so soon and, despite seeing the chance of another title alongside Williams disappear, he will look back on the past month with plenty of positives.\n\nMurray made a winning return by taking the Queen's doubles alongside Spain's Feliciano Lopez and has continued to look sharp for this stage of his recovery at the All England Club.\n\nThe partnership with Williams, christened by the pair as 'Mur-rena', has wowed the Wimbledon crowds but they could not recover after dropping their first set of the tournament against Soares and Melichar.\n\nDogged defending from Williams at the net ended in a volleyed winner on the way to a break point at 3-3, but the pair could not convert and were punished in the next game when Soares and Melichar broke for 5-3 and served out the first set.\n\nA tight second set swung the way of Murray and Williams after Soares produced three double faults on what proved to be the final game.\n\nThe Brazilian, who used to partner Murray's brother Jamie in the men's doubles, made amends by sealing a break in the first game of the decider with a forehand winner placed in-between his opponents.\n\nThat proved key as the top seeds began to run away with the set, taking their first match point to reach the quarter-finals when Murray drilled a forehand into the net.\n\nMurray and Williams continued to smile, however, as they left a packed court two to a standing ovation.", "The UK economy returned to growth in May after shrinking in April, but the news failed to allay fears of a future slowdown.\n\nThe economy grew 0.3% from the month before, after declining 0.4% in April, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).\n\nGrowth for the three months to May was 0.3%, with all sectors showing growth.\n\nBut economists say that June's growth figures will have to be strong to avoid contraction in the second quarter.\n\nA partial recovery in car production, which had fallen sharply in April, was the main reason for the economy's upturn in May, said Rob Kent-Smith, head of GDP at the ONS.\n\nFactory shutdowns designed to cope with disruption from a March Brexit had slashed UK car production in April by nearly half.\n\nHowever, despite this rebound, the levels of output in the car industry are below those seen in the months leading up to April 2019, the ONS said.\n\n\"GDP grew moderately in the latest three months, with IT, communications and retail showing strength. Despite this, there has been a longer-term slowdown in the often-dominant services sector since summer 2018,\" Mr Kent-Smith added.\n\nIn May, growth in services was flat, following growth of 0.1% in April.\n\nA return to work in car factories that shut down in preparation for a no-deal Brexit drove a return to growth in the economy in May of 0.3%. But that rise did not make up for all the fall in the previous month.\n\nMonthly figures are volatile and should be taken with a pinch of salt. However, against a backdrop of a marked softening in a slew of surveys of manufacturing, services and retail, there is an indication of an economy stalling and possibly contracting in the second quarter that has just ended, between April and June.\n\nIn the three months till May, however, growth was higher than expected because of a better March than had been previously calculated.\n\nThe impact of stockpiling, though, can clearly be seen in the big economic figures. Sterling has fallen more than 5% in recent weeks against the world's three major currencies, on expectation of lower interest rates for longer, political uncertainty and rising expectations of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nBen Brettell, senior economist at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the latest figures suggested the economy grew overall in the second quarter, although probably at a much slower rate than the 0.5% recorded in the January-to-March period.\n\nThose second-quarter figures, covering April to June, are due to be released on 9 August.\n\n\"Storm clouds look to be gathering over the UK economy, as consumers and business remain hamstrung by Brexit uncertainty,\" he added.\n\nLast month, the Bank of England said it expected economic growth to be flat in the second quarter of the year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel is seen shaking for a third time in a month\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has been seen shaking for a third time in a month.\n\nVideo footage shows Mrs Merkel trembling, shaking back and forth alongside Finland's prime minister during a ceremony in Berlin on Wednesday.\n\nAfter the incident, Mrs Merkel said she was \"very well\" and there was \"no need to worry\".\n\nA government spokesperson said she would continue meetings as planned.\n\nMrs Merkel, 64, was last seen trembling two weeks ago ahead of a trip to Japan for the G20 summit. She told journalists at the summit she was fine.\n\nOn Wednesday, the chancellor gripped her hands as she tried to control her shaking, standing alongside Prime Minister Antti Rinne.\n\nAccording to the Focus website, the shaking affected her whole body and lasted over a minute.\n\nShe was first seen shaking last month during a welcome ceremony in Berlin for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\n\nIn a press conference on Wednesday, Mrs Merkel said she was \"working through what happened during the military honours with President Zelensky.\"\n\nShe added: \"This process is clearly not finished yet but there is progress and I must live with this for a while but I am very well and you don't need to worry about me.\"\n\nMrs Merkel's spokeswoman, Ulrike Demmer, was questioned by German media as to why the government had not provided any information on her health. Ms Demmer said she had \"nothing to add\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The first incident was attributed to dehydration\n\nThe chancellor's office has repeatedly dismissed concerns about her health.\n\nBut asked by the Focus website what might be wrong this time, leading Bavarian GP Jakob Berger said the chancellor should undergo urgent health checks. \"Her doctors must now press for some research,\" he said.\n\nFollowing her second shaking incident, another health specialist, Dr Christoph Specht, said that the chancellor could have contracted an infection. He said shivering indicated an infection that was flaring up again.\n\nGerman media have reacted with alarm to Mrs Merkel's health scare. \"The health of Angela Merkel is now a political issue,\" an editorial in the Bild newspaper read.\n\nMrs Merkel is now in her fourth term as chancellor, a role she first began in November 2005. She has said she will leave politics when her current term ends in 2021.\n\nShe has been in good health while in office, and even worked from home after a knee operation in 2011. She also suffered a fall while skiing in 2014. Her absences were only brief on those occasions.", "The leak on the £3.1bn carrier was first identified during sea trials on Tuesday\n\nThe UK's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has returned from sea trials early after a leak was found.\n\nThe Royal Navy's future flagship left Portsmouth Naval Base last month for five weeks of sea trials and training.\n\nA Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokeswoman described the leak as \"a minor issue with an internal system\" on Britain's biggest warship.\n\nThe £3.1bn ship returned to Portsmouth as a precautionary measure after the leak was found on Tuesday.\n\nThe warship is expected to be the Navy's flagship for at least 50 years\n\nWater leaked into an internal compartment, where it was contained.\n\nIt was pumped out and the 900ft (280m) long warship returned to port.\n\nThe MoD said: \"An investigation into the cause is under way.\"\n\nThis latest problem follows a number of other issues including a shaft seal leak, which caused the ship to take on 200 litres of water every hour, and the accidental triggering of the sprinklers in the hangar.\n\nIn May the captain of the aircraft carrier was removed from the ship amid claims he misused an MoD car.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly have previously voted five times on whether or not to introduce same-sex marriage\n\nThere are two ways to read what just happened in parliament.\n\nThe first, how many campaigners see it, is that this is a watershed moment towards legalising same-sex marriage and liberalising abortion laws in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe other take is that this is the biggest step yet by Westminster when it comes to implementing direct rule in NI.\n\nThat's something that might cause more than a rumbling of worry when it comes to the current talks process at Stormont.\n\nThe socially conservative Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) voted against both of the divisive amendments, arguing parliament was overstepping the mark and the matters should remain devolved.\n\nMPs critical of that logic said there hasn't been a functioning government in Northern Ireland since 2017 - and they now had a duty to back a law change.\n\nIt bears repeating that the amendments are subject to one big caveat.\n\nThey will only take effect if Stormont is not restored by 21 October (the next obligatory date by which the NI secretary must call an assembly election).\n\nSo could we see a fast breakthrough by the Stormont parties, to take back control of the issues?\n\nLabour MP Conor McGinn tabled the amendment that sought to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, if devolution is not restored\n\nSome believe Tuesday's developments could rather serve to hold back the process and affect the political mood music.\n\nAny final agreement on a deal has to come between the DUP and Sinn Féin, who are diametrically opposed on a number of sticking points, including same-sex marriage.\n\nSinn Féin has previously campaigned for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe party might now think restoring the assembly could remove the chance of same-sex marriage becoming legal in NI any time soon - and could potentially put it at odds with many Sinn Féin voters.\n\nWhen it comes to the DUP, one theory is that the party would privately like Westminster to pass legislation on the issue and remove it from the negotiations.\n\nIt's faced criticism for calling for Northern Ireland to remain fully aligned with Great Britain after Brexit, while defending Northern Ireland being unique on other issues - citing the power of devolution.\n\nAs the only main political party in NI to remain opposed to same-sex marriage, to allow it to progress through Westminster could get the DUP out of a tricky spot.\n\nThe DUP voted against the amendments, arguing MPs had hijacked the process of devolution\n\nBut what the party remains aware of, is what all this could mean for other issues that should be under control of the assembly, which could now end up before Parliament at some point.\n\nThe two big parties will have some thinking to do in the coming days about their next moves.\n\nMeanwhile, supporters of the latest parliamentary antics have the deputy speaker's office to thank.\n\nFew had anticipated that the amendments would even be selected for debate, given how much controversy they had the potential to stir up.\n\nIt's perhaps a nod to the overarching power of politics - that it can bring about change on issues many people feel strongly about, one way or the other - and a reminder of what has been missing from politics at Stormont for two and a half years now.", "In October, the BBC met Yusra and her family in war-torn Yemen. She had an aggressive tumour in her left eye, but couldn’t get the life-saving treatment she needed.\n\nNow she’s been fitted with a prosthetic eye in Jordan and is returning to her homeland.\n\nShe is now cancer-free but has a genetic condition, so follow up checks are being arranged in Yemen.\n\nInternational Correspondent Orla Guerin reports for the BBC News at Ten.", "Lord Turnberg, Lord Triesman and Lord Darzi have resigned the Labour whip\n\nThree peers have left the Labour group in the Lords, accusing the party of anti-Semitism, Newsnight has learned.\n\nLord Triesman, general secretary between 2001 and 2004, accused Jeremy Corbyn of anti-Semitism and said the party was no longer \"a safe environment\" for Jewish people.\n\nLord Darzi, meanwhile, will sit as an independent and Lord Turnberg said he feared \"for the future\" of the party.\n\nLabour said it \"completely rejects these false and offensive claims\".\n\n\"The Labour Party at all levels is implacably opposed to anti-Semitism and is determined to root out this social cancer from our movement and society,\" a party spokeswoman said.\n\nFormer Health Minister Lord Darzi said that as an Armenian descendant of a \"survivor of the Armenian genocide\", he had \"zero tolerance to anti-Semitism,\" adding that his decision to resign the whip \"has not been lightly taken\".\n\nFormer president of the Royal College of Physicians Lord Turnberg told BBC Newsnight that his differences \"lie with the party leadership and machine and not with my very supportive colleagues in the Lords who share my values\".\n\n\"It is not just the policies on foreign affairs... and Brexit vacillation and bypassing parliamentary opinion but the overt anti-Semitism that permeates the party machine that is no longer possible for me to tolerate,\" he said.\n\nLabour said it was taking \"decisive action against anti-Semitism\" and had doubled the number of staff dedicated to dealing with complaints and cases.\n\n\"Our records show that anti-Semitism cases that have gone through the stages of our disciplinary procedures since September 2015 account for about 0.06% of the party's membership,\" the spokeswoman said.\n\n\"This represents a tiny minority - but one anti-Semite is one too many and we will continue to act against this repugnant form of racism.\"\n\nBut, in his resignation letter to Labour's leader in the House of Lords, Baroness Smith, Lord Triesman said Mr Corbyn \"and his circle are anti-Semitic, having never once made the right judgement call about an issue reflecting deep prejudice\".\n\n\"My sad conclusion is that the Labour party is very plainly institutionally anti-Semitic,\" he wrote.\n\nAnti-Semites were \"shielded\", while \"serious party members are thrown out unceremoniously\", he said. \"The experience of life in the party has become sickening.\"\n\nThe remarks represent the strongest personal attack on the Labour leader from within the party since Margaret Hodge reportedly called Mr Corbyn an anti-Semitic racist last year.\n\nLord Triesman told Newsnight the party had been \"a central plank of my political life for over 50 years\".\n\nBut it had now \"slipped into the familiar gutter of so many of the hard left\".\n\n\"It is a painful decision,\" the former trade union leader told Newsnight.\n\n\"I remain completely aligned to the values I've had over all these years but I can no longer take direction from a leadership that is institutionally anti-Semitic.\"\n\nLord Triesman wrote: \"I always said it was worth hanging on to fight so long as there was a prospect of winning.\n\n\"I now don't believe with this leadership there is.\"\n\nHe said hoping \"something will turn up to change it all\" was a \"unicorn delusion\".\n\nThe resignations came as Labour's disputes panel met to discuss the suspension of MP Chris Williamson.\n\nMr Williamson was suspended earlier this year after saying Labour had \"given too much ground\" over anti-Semitism.\n\nIn February, nine MPs quit Labour, some citing the leadership's handling of anti-Semitism as their reason for leaving.\n\nLuciana Berger said she had come to the \"sickening conclusion\" the party had become institutionally anti-Semitic and she was \"embarrassed and ashamed\" to stay.\n\nJoan Ryan claimed Labour's leadership had allowed \"Jews to be abused with impunity\".\n\nAnd Ian Austin said Jeremy Corbyn was \"incapable\" of dealing with anti-Semitism.\n\nIn his letter, Lord Triesman also cited Labour's policy position on Brexit, which he said had \"encouraged xenophobia\", and on defence and Nato, which he called \"worse than ambiguous\".\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two weekdays at 22:30 or on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.\n• None Labour must 'act more quickly' on anti-Semitism", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nCoverage: Watch in-play clips & highlights on the BBC Sport website & app; live Test Match Special radio and text commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra & BBC Sport website\n\nCaptain Eoin Morgan believes his England side could not be better prepared for their World Cup semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday.\n\nThe hosts lost to Australia in the group stage, but reached their first semi since 1992 with wins against India and New Zealand.\n\n\"The last two games we managed to produce something near our best performances,\" Morgan told BBC Sport.\n\nEngland began the World Cup as favourites and the number-one ranked team, but were on the verge of going out after being beaten by Australia at Lord's.\n\nTo make it to the last four, they had to defeat both India and New Zealand, the two sides that contested the other semi-final.\n\n\"We're delighted to be here,\" added Morgan, whose side are bidding to face New Zealand in Sunday's final at Lord's.\n\n\"Throughout the group stage, it looked in question, but I don't think we could be better prepared. We're extremely excited and looking forward to it.\n\n\"Looking back, it hasn't worked out badly at all.\"\n• None We expect the Aussies to be in our faces, but we're ready for semi-final - Mark Wood column\n\nWhile England have not won a World Cup knockout game for 27 years, Australia have won four of the past five tournaments.\n\nWhen they met at Lord's, England were outplayed to lose by 64 runs, but Morgan claimed his side are a different proposition now.\n\n\"I don't think we can completely ignore it, we do have to learn a little bit about Australia,\" said the Dublin-born batsman. \"But, given it was three games ago, we look a different team.\"\n\nDuring that game, Morgan was out hooking a bouncer from Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc.\n\nAt the time, former England batsman Kevin Pietersen tweeted that Morgan looked \"scared\".\n\nThe following day, Pietersen again tweeted, saying: \"I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was showing his stumps because Starc attacks them. I may be wrong though? Or I may be right?\n\nWhen asked about Pietersen's comments, Morgan said: \"When Kevin Pietersen comes out with a comment, it's very similar to comments I address from Geoffrey Boycott.\n\n\"They are not ones that are considered good for a team environment and don't take the best interests of the team or the player at heart. Guys are trying their heart out to do well for their country, trying to learn, trying to get better.\n\n\"We have critics being critics. They need to do that, that's their job, so let them be.\"\n\nAustralia were top of the group for most of the round-robin phase and were set to play in the first semi-final at Old Trafford until they were beaten by South Africa on Saturday.\n\nThey now must play at an Edgbaston ground where England have won 10 consecutive matches across all formats and where Australia have not won a one-day international since their famous 1999 World Cup semi-final against South Africa - and even that was tied.\n\nOn the reception his side will receive, Australia captain Aaron Finch said: \"It's a great crowd to play in front of, regardless whether you are on the receiving end of some good banter.\n\n\"It is always a great atmosphere and a pleasure to play here. I think although they can be quite parochial at times, it is always good fun, they sing some good tunes out there.\"\n\nAustralia have already confirmed that batsman Peter Handscomb, in the squad as a replacement for Shaun Marsh, will play his first game of the tournament.\n\nMatthew Wade has also replaced Usman Khawaja and could come into the side.\n\nEngland are likely to be unchanged, meaning Liam Plunkett continues as one of four frontline pace bowlers and off-spinner Moeen Ali misses out.\n\nThere have been some concerns that Edgbaston may not be full given that it seemed likely that India were set to be in this semi-final, only for their fans to have to turn their attention to Old Trafford.\n\nThe International Cricket Council have urged fans with unwanted tickets to resell them on their official site.\n\nAs of Wednesday afternoon, there were still tickets available on the ICC website.\n\nEngland and Australia meet in the World Cup semi-final just three weeks before the first Ashes Test, which is also at Edgbaston on 1 August.\n\nBut which would Australia prefer to win?\n\nFormer Australia captain Steve Waugh told the Test Match Special podcast: \"I think if you asked the coach, Justin Langer, he would prefer the Ashes over the World Cup but having said that he would love to win the World Cup and so would all of the players as well.\n\n\"I don't think it will be crucial [for the Ashes to win the World Cup]. They are totally different games but it doesn't hurt if you win the World Cup.\n\n\"Confidence will be high in the camp. It is a long tour. It is important to keep winning on long tours so it is important for Australia to do well here.\"\n\nBBC Weather's Billy Payne: \"It's now looking mostly cloudy through both the morning and afternoon with occasional light showers possible, but a few bright or sunny interludes may develop.\n\n\"Highs of 22C (72F). Winds W to SW'ly at 10-12mph.\"", "What is the perfect way to celebrate your 100th birthday?\n\nFor Tommy Hodgson it was skydiving over the Cumbrian hills.\n\nNow he hopes to set a world record by repeating the feat in three years' time.", "The first and only head-to-head TV debate between conservative leadership rivals Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt was peppered with feisty exchanges and personal jibes.\n\nMr Johnson repeatedly accused Mr Hunt of being \"defeatist\" over Brexit, while Mr Hunt said his rival was \"unrealistic\" and \"peddling optimism\".\n\nThe two contradicted, harangued and spoke over each other at several points, with ITV host Julie Etchingham forced to intervene to restore order.\n\nBut towards the end they had to respond to a challenge from an audience member - for each to identify a characteristic they admired in the other, what did they say?", "The safety of the public is being put at risk by thousands of prisoners being released without proper assessments, the government has been told.\n\nPeter Clarke, the chief inspector of prisons, also found suicides had risen by 15% in a year in England and Wales.\n\nIn his 2018-19 annual report, Mr Clarke described the rising number of prisoner suicides and self-harm as a \"scandal\".\n\nHe also found the response to the \"deluge of drugs\" in prisons had been \"too slow\" and \"unsophisticated\".\n\nIn his report, Mr Clarke said thousands of prisoners who were potentially a \"high risk of harm\" to the public were being released \"without proper assessment\".\n\nAn inmate's assessment should be regularly updated, he said, but sometimes there was no document at all or the paperwork was out of date.\n\nHe added that the response to the problem, which had been raised repeatedly, had been \"poor\".\n\nThere were 83 suicides in male prisons in 2018-19, an increase from 72 the previous year, the report said.\n\nMr Clarke said levels of self-harm were \"disturbingly high\", rising in two thirds of the adult male prisons inspected.\n\nHe suggested that it was time for an independent inquiry to tackle the \"scandal\" of people dying in state care in \"preventable circumstances\".\n\nMr Clarke said he would \"never forget\" the squalid conditions he encountered on a visit to Birmingham prison.\n\nHe recalled a blood-stained shower, which was littered with rat droppings.\n\nBirmingham had the worst examples of living conditions, his report said, with cells \"dirty, cramped and overcrowded\".\n\nVulnerable prisoners were found living in squalid cells which were not fit for habitation.\n\n\"Rubbish was left lying around in bags and there were problems with fleas, cockroaches and rodents,\" the report said.\n\nOne prisoner lived in a \"filthy flooded cell\" and the blood of another - who had self-harmed two days earlier - had not been cleaned from the floor.\n\nThe report warned the \"appalling impact\" of illicit drugs in prisons had been underestimated.\n\nMr Clarke said there was a \"reluctance\" to invest in available technology to detect drugs which was a \"great shame\" given their \"destructive impact\".\n\nMr Clarke praised the \"bravery\" of prison staff, saying their work was \"difficult, often dangerous, largely unseen by the public and, as a result, little understood\".\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it had improved its \"risk assessment and sentencing planning processes\" and high-risk prisoners were subject to \"various strict risk assessments\".\n\nIt also said it had improved the provision of mental health support and trained staff on how to care for inmates at risk of self-harm.\n\nDeborah Coles, director of charity Inquest, said \"self-harm, violence and deaths\" were endemic in the prison system and recommendations were \"systemically ignored\".\n\nShe called for urgent action to reduce the use of prison, redirect resources into community alternatives and \"hold those involved legally accountable for deaths across all state institutions\".", "Passengers were stranded at Gatwick and others due to land were redirected\n\nPolice at Gatwick Airport were not prepared for an attack by more than one drone, a senior officer has said.\n\nFlights were suspended for 30 hours after the drone sightings in December, causing chaos for 140,000 passengers.\n\nSussex Police Supt Justin Burtenshaw said its \"drone plan\" had been based \"around a single drone incursion and not a multiple one\".\n\nHe said the airport industry was left \"playing catch up\", but Gatwick's defences were \"now fit for purpose\".\n\n\"We have now got the mitigation technology in place, I wish we had that in December,\" he added.\n\nAnti-drone equipment was deployed by the RAF at Gatwick Airport\n\nSupt Burtenshaw was speaking to Philip Ingram, a former British Army intelligence officer, at the Interpol World conference in Singapore on 3 July.\n\nHe said: \"We had a number of witnesses who saw two drones at the same time, so we're happy that on at least a couple of those occasions there were two drones flying.\"\n\nNo-one has been charged over the disruption, described as a \"sustained\" drone attack.\n\nSupt Burtenshaw said this was a \"reflection of how complex it is\" and was \"certainly not a failing in my officers\".\n\nThe officer also said that \"jamming technology\" - intended to remotely bring down a drone - was \"just not tested\".\n\n\"All this stuff is built for theatre of war. We are introducing something that is great in a desert into an urban environment and saying we are not quite sure what it's going to do,\" he said.\n\n\"I still don't know what effect a jamming technology is going to have on a hospital that is four kilometres away, so we have to be really careful.\"\n\nSupt Burtenshaw said the technology, which was installed in January at a cost of £5m, would only be used if there were \"no aircraft in the sky\".\n\nHe added: \"[It's] not something we would use very quickly.\"\n\nFootage of Supt Burtenshaw being interviewed by Mr Ingram had been uploaded on YouTube, but was removed after a journalist contacted Sussex Police.\n\nThe force said the interview had been carried out \"on the understanding that it would be shared only among those attending the private conference\".\n\nIt added: \"Once the organisers realised their error in broadcasting the interview on YouTube, they removed it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A report into the culture in the House of Lords has found that staff were \"bullied and harassed\" by peers.\n\nAn inquiry conducted by Naomi Ellenbogen QC said \"unacceptable behaviour\" by \"known offenders\" in the House of Lords had been tolerated.\n\nThe report documented complaints of inappropriate touching and haranguing behaviour.\n\nLords Speaker Lord Fowler said \"bullying and harassment\" had no place in the House.\n\nThe inquiry was launched in 2018 after allegations of bullying and harassment in Parliament hit the headlines.\n\nPublishing her report, Ms Ellenbogen wrote: \"The prevailing culture and behaviours in the House of Lords, as a place of work, have not been conducive to an open and supportive culture to ensure that all those working there are treated with dignity and respect.\n\n\"Staff have bullied and harassed other staff. Members have bullied and harassed staff.\n\n\"On the whole, staff who have experienced bullying and harassment have tended not to complain, formally or otherwise, in the belief that nothing will happen and/or for fear of reprisal.\n\n\"The existence of this culture is unworthy of any institution.\"\n\nShe wrote there existed in the House of Lords \"a culture of undue deference, fear and hierarchy that has put members and clerks at the top, and everyone else below\".\n\nAccording to the report, that meant \"staff can become institutionalised, bad habits can become entrenched, poor behaviour can go unchecked, urban myths can develop and beliefs which may once have been justified can survive and flourish when no longer warranted.\"\n\nThe report found that 20% of staff had reported experience of bullying or harassment - nine points higher than the level across the civil service, but only marginally higher than in the House of Commons.\n\nThe inquiry took 180 contributions from staff who had worked for the Lords within the past six years.\n\nNaomi Ellenbogen QC has made 19 recommendations to improve the Lords' culture\n\nThe report said it received \"very few contributions\" relating to sexual harassment, but added: \"The status of those of whom the behaviour was alleged were, however, particularly troubling.\"\n\nExamples of harassment included one peer grabbing someone's bottom and another trying to kiss a staffer.\n\nSome female contributors provided accounts of comments made by \"male (usually senior) colleagues including 'gosh, you look grown up'\".\n\nThe report did not name the alleged perpetrators, but noted that \"with depressing predictability, the same members of the House were named by contributor after contributor as 'known offenders'\".\n\nOf one peer a contributor said she \"is parliamentary royalty in many people's minds - never meet your heroes, I've decided. She has a reputation, but she's untouchable. She is very rude and no-one knows how to deal with her.\"\n\nAnother described a different peer as \"awful to the staff - hideous, rude and haranguing over basic information\".\n\nA recurrent theme identified by the report was the difference in treatment between clerks and other employees.\n\nOne contributor said: \"Clerks are favoured in every aspect and behave inappropriately without repercussions, with other staff being sidelined on important decisions regarding their work, scapegoated to protect clerks' reputations and generally made to feel inferior in a multitude of other ways.\"\n\nClerks are involved in the running of parliamentary business, including providing advice on procedural matters and maintaining records of proceedings.\n\nOne contributing factor to the workplace culture identified by the report was politeness.\n\nThe report suggested that politeness could \"hinder people's willingness to engage in straightforward, constructive and courageous conversation\", particularly in relation to difficult subjects.\n\nMs Ellenbogen even suggested that, in her own dealings with the House of Lords, \"courtesy was proffered as a substitute for the substantive information requested, in the hope (possibly subconscious) of masking its absence, or reducing the risk of any negative conclusion that I might draw.\"\n\nShe also said while the length of service of many staff had positive aspects, it also meant employees \"have tended to become institutionalised, partly because 'this is the way that things have always been done'.\"\n\nShe suggested modernisers either \"tend to leave, when their ideas are knocked back, or get drawn into the traditional way of doing things (whether by choice or subliminally) in order to progress through the ranks\".\n\nThe report calls for \"root and branch reforms\" to tackle \"systemic cultural issues\", and makes 19 recommendations focused on changing \"the various toxic behaviours\" and improving \"the options available to address inappropriate behaviour\".\n\nThe recommendations include compulsory training for both members of the House of Lords and their staff, the creation of a unified cross-parliamentary human resources team, and the appointment of a director general of the House of Lords.\n\nLord Fowler said the report was \"an important step\" towards ensuring that bullying and harassment were eradicated from the institution, and the House of Lords Commission would consider Ms Ellenbogen's recommendations.\n\nThe inquiry - which started last year - was instigated by the House of Lords Commission. It came after a damning report by High Court judge Dame Laura Cox found lewd, aggressive and intimidating behaviour by MPs and senior House of Commons staff had been \"tolerated and concealed\" for years.\n\nA report into the treatment of those employed by MPs, rather than House of Commons staff, is due to be published on Thursday.\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said \"it is really important that the House leadership responds fully and properly to the concerns in today's report.\"", "Leadership hopefuls Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt clash on Brexit and UK relations with Donald Trump in a lively TV debate.\n\nThis video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app is available from the Apple App Store for iPhone and Google Play Store for Android.", "Libya is a main departure point for migrants hoping to reach Europe (file image)\n\nAt least 80 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia.\n\nFour people were rescued from the inflatable vessel - which sank in waters near the town of Zarzis - but one died later in hospital, reports said.\n\nThe three Malians who were rescued said that they had set out from Zuwara in Libya.\n\nThe country is a main departure point for migrants hoping to reach Europe.\n\nThe survivors of the wrecked boat are now receiving medical treatment\n\nOne of the rescued migrants told Reuters that the boat had taken three hours to sink as it filled with water.\n\nThe four who were rescued survived by holding onto some wood that they had extracted from the boat.\n\n\"We, four people, sat on the wood,\" the man said. \"The waves are hitting us. We had two days of that - sitting on that piece of wood.\"\n\n\"There were a lot of dead people,\" he added.\n\nLibya has been torn by violence and division since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011.\n\nThousands of migrants, many from sub-Saharan Africa, are being held in detention camps in the country.\n\nOn Wednesday at least 53 migrants were killed when a detention centre in Tripoli was hit by an air strike.\n\nIn May at least 65 people drowned when their boat set off from Libya and sunk off the Tunisian coast.", "MIF volunteers rehearsing their bell-ringing in front of a photo of Yoko Ono\n\nBells will ring out to open the Manchester International Festival after Yoko Ono called on thousands of people to make \"an incredible vibration\".\n\nFestival organisers hope a \"people's orchestra of bells\" will take part in her event, titled Bells For Peace.\n\n\"When I was a little girl and we wanted to celebrate, we always made sure to use the bell,\" the Tokyo-born artist said. \"Peace is a celebration.\"\n\nCelebrating peace will be noisy, though, and ear-plugs will be provided.\n\nThe venue for the event, Cathedral Gardens, is a stone's throw from Manchester Arena, where 22 people were killed in a suicide bombing after an Ariana Grande concert in 2017.\n\nOno, 86, has been unable to travel to Manchester, but will appear on screens to lead the attendees through a series of instructions from 18:00 BST before the massed ring-a-thon.\n\nShe told BBC News by email she wanted to be involved \"because Manchester has strength and energy\". The event would have \"an incredible vibration\" that \"might just change the world\", she added.\n\nBells For Peace co-ordinator Emily Lim said the artist and musician \"didn't want this to feel like something people were passive in\".\n\nLim said: \"She doesn't feel or think of peace as a passive thing. She wants this moment to feel like something that is really active and energised, and that people feel like 'we have to do something' to be part of this moment of action for peace.\n\n\"People should expect something quite physical, and it's very accessible, everyone can do it. But the ringing of our bells is going to feel like something that takes effort, and our ambition is that it's a moment that people feel really united in.\"\n\nThe festival has had 4,000 hand-engraved bells made to hand out to those who turn up, and has held bell-making workshops with 400 participants from across the city. People have also been asked to bring their own bells, from hand bells to bicycle bells - or, failing that, phone ringtones.\n\nBells For Peace will kick off the 18-day biennial arts festival. Elsewhere, grime star Skepta has created an homage to rave culture, Maxine Peake will play tragic 1960s chanteuse Nico, and composer Philip Glass has co-created a performance exploring life, loss and inspiration.\n\nThere will be a major exhibition of the art of film-maker David Lynch - but, like Ono, he is not travelling to Manchester.\n\nA shadow was cast over the opening on Tuesday when two writers who worked on Tree, a theatre show credited to Idris Elba and Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah, said they had been \"pushed off\" the project and had suffered \"intimidation and disrespect\".\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Widdecombe: \"I stand by what I said\"\n\nBrexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has been criticised for comparing the UK leaving the EU to \"slaves\" rising up \"against their owners\".\n\nShe made the remarks during her maiden speech in the European Parliament on Thursday, which critics branded \"disgusting\" and \"offensive\".\n\nLabour MP David Lammy described her words as \"ahistorical\".\n\nBut Ms Widdecombe told the BBC's Newsnight people had interpreted her speech in a \"melodramatic fashion\".\n\nThe former Conservative MP and shadow home secretary was one of 29 Brexit Party candidates who won European Parliament seats in May.\n\nShe began her first speech to fellow MEPs by attacking the EU for the way it appoints its leaders. This followed heads of member states nominating five candidates for the top jobs in Brussels - including the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission - earlier this week.\n\nGerman Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen was nominated to replace the current European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker - becoming the first woman to take the role - and Belgian liberal Prime Minister Charles Michel was nominated to replace European Council President Donald Tusk.\n\nCritics of the selection process say the European Parliament's own contest for the main job - the \"Spitzenkandidaten\" (lead candidate) process - was ignored, and that four of the main jobs went to western Europeans, with no nominees from eastern Europe.\n\nMost of the roles must now be ratified by the European Parliament.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ann Widdecombe: \"Oppressed people turning on the oppressors – slaves against their owners\"\n\nMs Widdecombe, one of six MEPs representing the South West of England, said the process of choosing the leadership of the EU had convinced her that \"the best thing for Britain is to leave here as soon as possible\",\n\nShe went on to say: \"There is a pattern consistent throughout history of oppressed people turning on the oppressors - slaves against their owners, the peasantry against the feudal barons, colonies... against their empires, and that is why Britain is leaving.\n\n\"And it doesn't matter which language you use - we are going and we are glad to be going.\"\n\nShe added: \"Nous allons. Wir gehen. We're off!\"\n\nIn response, EU Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt said Ms Widdecombe was giving her party leader, Nigel Farage, \"stiff competition as chief clown\".\n\nMeanwhile, Labour MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan tweeted: \"It is disgusting that Ann Widdecombe would reference slavery and colonisation to describe our relationship with the EU.\n\n\"Her and Farage are bankrolled by elites - she's part of the establishment which has created such a divide in this country.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by David Lammy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLiberal Democrat MEP Martin Horwood called for Ms Widdecombe to withdraw her comments and apologise.\n\n\"Ann Widdecombe has not only embarrassed herself, but she has embarrassed the nation she represents,\" he said.\n\nBut Ms Widdecombe defended her speech, telling Newsnight: \"If people want to interpret what I've said in a particular way, that is not my responsibility.\n\n\"I said we had been oppressed, I stand by that. I used three examples, not just slavery... and I stand by what I said.\n\n\"I definitely want the UK to be free of the EU shackles, now complain about that\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Arron Banks This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Brexit Party spokesman added: \"Those who have raised this hue and cry seem to desire nothing more than a cleansing of our language of historical perspective and even metaphor.\n\n\"Ms Widdecombe was right to talk about the great sweep of history, and the simple fact that those who are oppressed will always strive for freedom.\"\n\n\"Would they also ban Rule Britannia? The Last night of the Proms?\" he added.", "Changing Places toilets are bigger disabled toilets with a hoist, a changing bed and more space around the toilet for someone who needs assistance.\n\nThe UK government wants to make these toilets mandatory in new large public buildings.\n\nFiona from Bolton who has muscular dystrophy and Lorna from North Lincolnshire tell the BBC's Ellis Palmer why such toilets are necessary for them to do the things many take for granted.\n\nFilmed, produced and edited by Ellis Palmer and Rachel Schraer for BBC News and BBC Reality Check", "The firearms officer who shot dead the ringleader of the 2017 London Bridge attack thought he would be killed when he challenged him, a jury has heard.\n\nThe officer told the Old Bailey inquest into the deaths of the attackers that he feared Khuram Butt would \"stab me, kill me and get hold of my weapons\".\n\nButt and two other men had just driven at pedestrians on the bridge and attacked people with knives in Borough Market - killing eight and injuring 48.\n\nAll three were shot dead by police.\n\nThe inquest is expected to go on for three weeks and, under law, must be heard by a jury.\n\nIn just 10 minutes, Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, ploughed down pedestrians on the bridge and brought chaos to Borough Market, carrying knives and wearing fake suicide belts.\n\nAddressing the court anonymously, the officer identified only as BX46 said that as he arrived at the scene in an armed response vehicle at the end of a 12-hour shift, he was armed with a Glock 17 pistol, a Taser and a G36 carbine rifle.\n\nHe said he \"feared the worst\" when the call came in, and that as he approached with his window down, he could hear people saying \"they're stabbing people\".\n\nHe said he then saw an Asian man in a blue Arsenal top holding a large knife in a threatening manner.\n\nAlthough he couldn't recall the exact words he used, he said he believed he would have shouted: \"Armed police, stand still, drop the knife\".\n\nKhuram Butt was finally shot dead in Stoney Street, bringing an end to the attack\n\nHe said the attacker did not obey the command, so he moved back to create some space between them. But the attacker - later identified as Khuram Butt - came towards him, raising his knife.\n\n\"I believe his intention was to use the knife and stab me, kill me and get hold of my weapons. The knife was in a raised position, which gave me great concern,\" he said.\n\nThe officer said he then noticed Butt was wearing what looked like an improvised explosive device.\n\n\"They looked like vertical tubes, grey, around his chest. He was one to two metres away, a threat to me. Detonation would be fatal,\" he told the court.\n\nThe officer said he was not aiming for a particular part of the body when he pulled the trigger. He fired a number of shots and stopped when the attacker fell to the ground.\n\nThe court also heard from a second officer, identified as BX44, who told jurors that the incident at London Bridge was his first firearms incident.\n\nHe said he had been tasked with handing out weapons from the Armed Response Vehicle, but that as he got out of the car, he saw three Asian men coming towards the group, carrying knives.\n\nHe said he fired first at Butt because he thought he was about to kill BX46.\n\n\"The red dot [from the gun's sights] was on him but there was very little reaction and I was surprised he was still coming.\"\n\nHe said he continued to track him with his weapon, but he had to break away because he feared another of the attackers, Rachid Redouane, was about to kill another colleague, codenamed BX45.\n\n\"The red dot was on him. I fired shots and there was no immediate reaction. I carried on firing until I had to deal with the third threat of Youssef Zaghba.\n\n\"I was backing away trying to create a reactionary gap when I fired and fell backwards, and as I fell backwards I fired, and from the floor I fired through my legs up to his chest.\n\n\"I thought he was about to kill me.\"\n\nAfterwards, he kicked Zaghba's hand away from his chest, because he assumed he was about to detonate what he thought was an explosive belt, before moving on to support BX46, he said.\n\nBX44 said he thought Butt was dead, but minutes after the first burst of gunfire he saw his chest rise and fall.\n\n\"I did not see his hands but his arms started to move down slowly towards the suicide vest,\" he said. \"I thought he was going to detonate. I fired shots. They were aimed shots.\"\n\nBX44, who fired 17 shots, went on to help search for a fourth possible attacker and carried a woman who was having a seizure to safety.\n\nHe said he found three people in a cupboard during a search of the Black and Blue restaurant nearby.", "Smoking was shown 262 times during season two of Stranger Things\n\nNetflix says it's going to cut back on how often smoking is shown in its original shows.\n\nIt's after a report said programmes on the streaming site showed \"much more tobacco\" than on US TV or cable.\n\nNetflix says smoking in programmes aimed at younger people will only be allowed for \"reasons of historical or factual accuracy\".\n\nIn other shows it will only be shown if \"it's essential to the creative vision of the artist or character-defining\".\n\nIt added: \"We also recognise that smoking is harmful and when portrayed positively on screen can adversely influence young people.\"\n\nThe report found the number of times smoking is seen in shows like Orange is the New Black is going up\n\nThe new rules came as report was released into cigarette use on screen by the US group Truth Initiative - which campaigns for people to lead \"tobacco-free lives\".\n\nIt compared the number of times tobacco products were seen in different series of Netflix shows that are popular with 15-to-24-year-olds.\n\nThey included Orange is the New Black, Stranger Things and House of Cards.\n\nThe report found - in all the Netflix shows it studied - cigarettes were more common in the later series than the earlier series.\n\nThe report also found, on the whole, smoking is being shown more on Netflix than on popular shows on US cable TV - like The Big Bang Theory and The Walking Dead.\n\nEven in those shows, though, the rate is still rising.\n\nTruth Initiative does say it only focused on Netflix because it's so popular - and shows on other streaming services, like Amazon Prime, show similar trends.\n\n\"Smoking on the small screen has gone from common to nearly unavoidable,\" the report says.\n\n\"While smoking in TV programmes has not been studied as extensively as tobacco imagery in movies, it is reasonable to conclude a similar harmful impact is possible.\"\n\nLove Island got rid of its on-screen smoking area in 2018\n\nIn the UK, shows broadcast on TV have to follow rules put in place by a organisation called Ofcom.\n\nThey say that smoking in shows likely to be seen by under-18s \"must generally be avoided and in any case must not be condoned, encouraged or glamorised\".\n\nAnd even in shows designed for adults it can be controversial.\n\nMore than 70 people complained about seeing smoking on Love Island in 2017 and the issue even got raised in the House of Lords.\n\nThe show has since got rid of its on-screen smoking area.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAustralian Alek Sigley who went missing in North Korea last week has been \"released and safe\", Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said.\n\nIt comes after a meeting between officials from the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang and the North Korean government.\n\nAustralia does not have its own embassy in the North Korean capital.\n\nMr Sigley, 29, was pursuing a master's degree and running a tourism business in Pyongyang.\n\nIt is not known why the student, a fluent Korean speaker, had been detained.\n\nThe news of his release was first reported by specialist website NK News which said he was safely in China and would travel on to Japan.\n\n\"I'm ok, yeah, I'm good, I'm very good,\" Mr Sigley is seen saying on footage reportedly showing his arrival in Beijing, according to Australian media.\n\nThe 29-year-old's father later told local news outlets that their family was \"over the moon that he is safe and sound\".\n\n\"Last week has been very difficult... we're just happy that the situation has been resolved. He tried to ring me a few minutes ago, I will talk to him some time today,\" Gary Sigley told local outlets outside their family home in Perth.\n\nNews of Mr Sigley's release was announced by Mr Morrison to parliament on Thursday. He said it was the result of \"discreet, behind the scenes work of officials in resolving complex and sensitive consular cases\".\n\n\"We are pleased to announce that Mr Alek Sigley has today been released from detention in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He is safe and well.\" Mr Morrison said.\n\nHe said Swedish authorities had met with senior officials from the DPRK on Wednesday and \"raised the issue of Alek's disappearance on Australia's behalf\".\n\n\"I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the Swedish authorities for their invaluable assistance.\"\n\nSweden is one of few Western countries that have an embassy in North Korea and often acts as an intermediary for countries that don't.\n\nThe relief felt by Alek Sigley's family, and many others across Australia, is obvious.\n\nWith no embassy in Pyongyang and no direct contact with North Korea, the Australian government was left to depend on the good-will of others to help find him. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was glowing in his praise for the way in which Swedish officials worked to secure his release.\n\nClearly there were concerns that publicly confronting North Korea would prove provocative and potentially harmful to Mr Sigley. Instead, careful and discreet diplomacy got the desired result.\n\nOf course, we do not know what, if anything, was offered in return. But for now the focus is on celebrating that he is safe and well.\n\nMr Sigley was one of very few foreigners living in North Korea.\n\nOriginally from Perth, for the past year he had been pursuing a degree in Korean literature at Kim Il-sung University.\n\nHe also ran a business providing tours for Western tourists visiting the totalitarian, communist state.\n\nIn March, he described himself as \"the only Australian living in North Korea\" in a piece published by The Guardian.\n\nLast week, his family and friends lost contact with him, sparking fears he might have been detained.\n\nMr Sigley had been living and studying in Pyongyang\n\nSeveral foreigners have previously been detained in North Korea, sometimes for illegally entering the country or for what Pyongyang terms \"hostile criminal acts against the state\".\n\nUS student Otto Warmbier was jailed in North Korea in 2016 after being accused of stealing a propaganda sign during an organised tour.\n\nHe spent 17 months in detention, and later died days after he was returned to the US in a coma.", "Fixed-odds betting terminals - found in bookmakers' shops - have been called the \"crack cocaine\" of the gambling world. Punters lose nearly £2bn a year playing them, and now the government has announced plans to restrict the maximum stake to £2. So, what are they?", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's John Sudworth meets Uighur parents in Turkey who say their children are missing in China\n\nChina is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new research.\n\nAt the same time as hundreds of thousands of adults are being detained in giant camps, a rapid, large-scale campaign to build boarding schools is under way.\n\nBased on publicly available documents, and backed up by dozens of interviews with family members overseas, the BBC has gathered some of the most comprehensive evidence to date about what is happening to children in the region.\n\nRecords show that in one township alone more than 400 children have lost not just one but both parents to some form of internment, either in the camps or in prison.\n\nFormal assessments are carried out to determine whether the children are in need of \"centralised care\".\n\nAlongside the efforts to transform the identity of Xinjiang's adults, the evidence points to a parallel campaign to systematically remove children from their roots.\n\nThe Hotan Kindness Kindergarten, like many others, is a high security facility\n\nChina's tight surveillance and control in Xinjiang, where foreign journalists are followed 24 hours a day, make it impossible to gather testimony there. But it can be found in Turkey.\n\nIn a large hall in Istanbul, dozens of people queue to tell their stories, many of them clutching photographs of children, all now missing back home in Xinjiang.\n\n\"I don't know who is looking after them,\" one mother says, pointing to a picture of her three young daughters, \"there is no contact at all.\"\n\nAnother mother, holding a photo of three sons and a daughter, wipes away her tears. \"I heard that they've been taken to an orphanage,\" she says.\n\nIn 60 separate interviews, in wave after wave of anxious, grief-ridden testimony, parents and other relatives give details of the disappearance in Xinjiang of more than 100 children.\n\nThey are all Uighurs - members of Xinjiang's largest, predominantly Muslim ethnic group that has long had ties of language and faith to Turkey. Thousands have come to study or to do business, to visit family, or to escape China's birth control limits and the increasing religious repression.\n\nBut over the past three years, they have found themselves trapped after China began detaining hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities in giant camps.\n\nThe Chinese authorities say the Uighurs are being educated in \"vocational training centres\" in order to combat violent religious extremism. But evidence shows that many are being detained for simply expressing their faith - praying or wearing a veil - or for having overseas connections to places like Turkey.\n\nFor these Uighurs, going back means almost certain detention. Phone contact has been severed - even speaking to relatives overseas is now too dangerous for those in Xinjiang.\n\nWith his wife detained back home, one father tells me he fears some of his eight children may now be in the care of the Chinese state.\n\n\"I think they've been taken to child education camps,\" he says.\n\nNew research commissioned by the BBC sheds light on what is really happening to these children and many thousands of others.\n\nDr Adrian Zenz is a German researcher widely credited with exposing the full extent of China's mass detentions of adult Muslims in Xinjiang. Based on publicly available official documents, his report paints a picture of an unprecedented school expansion drive in Xinjiang.\n\nCampuses have been enlarged, new dormitories built and capacity increased on a massive scale. Significantly, the state has been growing its ability to care full-time for large numbers of children at precisely the same time as it has been building the detention camps.\n\nAnd it appears to be targeted at precisely the same ethnic groups.\n\nIn just one year, 2017, the total number of children enrolled in kindergartens in Xinjiang increased by more than half a million. And Uighur and other Muslim minority children, government figures show, made up more than 90% of that increase.\n\nAs a result, Xinjiang's pre-school enrolment level has gone from below the national average to the highest in China by far.\n\nIn the south of Xinjiang alone, an area with the highest concentration of Uighur populations, the authorities have spent an eye watering $1.2bn on the building and upgrading of kindergartens.\n\nMr Zenz's analysis suggests that this construction boom has included the addition of large amounts of dormitory space.\n\nXinhe County Youyi Kindergarten has space for 700 children, 80% of whom are from Xinjiang's minority groups\n\nXinjiang's education expansion is driven, it appears, by the same ethos as underlies the mass incarceration of adults. And it is clearly affecting almost all Uighur and other minority children, whether their parents are in the camps or not.\n\nIn 2018 work began on a site for two new boarding schools in Xinjiang's southern city of Yecheng (known as Kargilik in Uighur).\n\nDragging the slider reveals the pace of construction - the two middle schools, separated by a shared sports field, are each three times larger than the national average and were built in little more than a year.\n\nIn April last year, the county authorities relocated 2,000 children from the surrounding villages into yet another giant boarding middle school, Yecheng County Number 4.\n\nGovernment propaganda extols the virtues of boarding schools as helping to \"maintain social stability and peace\" with the \"school taking the place of the parents.\" And Mr Zenz suggests there is a deeper purpose.\n\n\"Boarding schools provide the ideal context for a sustained cultural re-engineering of minority societies,\" he argues.\n\nJust as with the camps, his research shows that there is now a concerted drive to all but eliminate the use of Uighur and other local languages from school premises. Individual school regulations outline strict, points-based punishments for both students and teachers if they speak anything other than Chinese while in school.\n\nAnd this aligns with other official statements claiming that Xinjiang has already achieved full Chinese language teaching in all of its schools.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC visits the camps where China’s Muslims have their \"thoughts transformed\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Xu Guixiang, a senior official with Xinjiang's Propaganda Department, denies that the state is having to care for large numbers of children left parentless as a result.\n\n\"If all family members have been sent to vocational training then that family must have a severe problem,\" he says, laughing. \"I've never seen such a case.\"\n\nBut perhaps the most significant part of Mr Zenz's work is his evidence that shows that the children of detainees are indeed being channelled into the boarding school system in large numbers.\n\nThere are the detailed forms used by local authorities to log the situations of children with parents in vocational training or in prison, and to determine whether they need centralised care.\n\nMr Zenz found one government document that details various subsidies available to \"needy groups\", including those families where \"both a husband and a wife are in vocational training\". And a directive issued to education bureaus by the city of Kashgar that mandates them to look after the needs of students with parents in the camps as a matter of urgency.\n\nSchools should \"strengthen psychological counselling\", the directive says, and \"strengthen students' thought education\" - a phrase that finds echoes in the camps holding their parents.\n\nIt is clear that the effect of the mass internments on children is now viewed as a significant societal issue, and that some effort is going into dealing with it, although it is not something the authorities are keen to publicise.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC has found new evidence of the increasing control and suppression of Islam in China\n\nSome of the relevant government documents appear to have been deliberately hidden from search engines by using obscure symbols in place of the term \"vocational training\". That said, in some instances the adult detention camps have kindergartens built close by, and, when visiting, Chinese state media reporters have extolled their virtues.\n\nThese boarding schools, they say, allow minority children to learn \"better life habits\" and better personal hygiene than they would at home. Some children have begun referring to their teachers as \"mummy\".\n\nWe telephoned a number of local Education Bureaus in Xinjiang to try to find out about the official policy in such cases. Most refused to speak to us, but some gave brief insights into the system.\n\nWe asked one official what happens to the children of those parents who have been taken to the camps.\n\n\"They're in boarding schools,\" she replied. \"We provide accommodation, food and clothes… and we've been told by the senior level that we must look after them well.\"\n\nIn the hall in Istanbul, as the stories of broken families come tumbling out, there is raw despair and deep resentment too.\n\n\"Thousands of innocent children are being separated from their parents and we are giving our testimonies constantly,\" one mother tells me. \"Why does the world keep silent when knowing these facts?\"\n\nBack in Xinjiang, the research shows that all children now find themselves in schools that are secured with \"hard isolation closed management measures.\" Many of the schools bristle with full-coverage surveillance systems, perimeter alarms and 10,000 Volt electric fences, with some school security spending surpassing that of the camps.\n\nThe policy was issued in early 2017, at a time when the detentions began to be dramatically stepped up. Was the state, Mr Zenz wonders, seeking to pre-empt any possibility on the part of Uighur parents to forcibly recover their children?\n\n\"I think the evidence for systematically keeping parents and children apart is a clear indication that Xinjiang's government is attempting to raise a new generation cut off from original roots, religious beliefs and their own language,\" he tells me.\n\n\"I believe the evidence points to what we must call cultural genocide.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I want to be able to choose when I die'\n\nA woman facing a painful death said she wants the law changed to give the terminally ill assistance to die.\n\nKay Smith, 54, has a lethal mix of untreatable conditions which means she can expect to die from sepsis.\n\nShe said she does not want her family to watch her suffering as she dies.\n\nShe is supporting a campaign being launched on Tuesday which is calling for legislation to allow patients to make an informed decision over when they die.\n\nThe pressure group behind the campaign, Dignity in Dying, defines assisted dying as allowing a terminally ill person to have a choice over the manner and timing of their imminent death.\n\nOpponents of the moves say more money should be spent on palliative care\n\nIn contrast to euthanasia and assisted suicide, assisted dying would only apply to terminally ill people.\n\nSimilar attempts to change the law have previously failed to get through the Scottish Parliament - and opponents have argued that the risks are too high.\n\nDignity in Dying said patients should be allowed a prescription which could end their life, and be allowed assistance to take it if necessary, without the risk of any prosecution.\n\nIt said a poll it commissioned suggested almost 90% of Scots believed dying people should not be forced to suffer at the end of their lives.\n\nKay Smith does not want her family to watch her suffer\n\nMs Smith, a former palliative care nurse who is now a palliative patient herself, has Lupus - Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) - as well as a condition that makes her severely allergic to pain medication and antibiotics.\n\nShe knows that she is likely to contract an infection and die of sepsis that could not be treated because of her fatal reaction to medication.\n\nAt the campaign launch on Tuesday, she will urge Holyrood to introduce safe and compassionate laws to allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults the choice of an assisted death.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Scotland ahead of the launch, she said she respects that assisted dying was \"not everybody's choice\", and that \"some people will allow nature to take its course\".\n\nMs Smith, of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, said: \"I could have the choice to have an assisted death and be surrounded by love and go before it got too bad.\n\n\"Instead of my body rotting away from my extremities up, and my children and husband having to watch that... sepsis is not a nice death.\"\n\nWithout a change in the law, she says she could face up to 10 \"extremely awful\" days at the end of her life, during which she would endure great pain.\n\nShe wants to avoid these last days of pain by choosing to end her life just before this.\n\nBecause of her health conditions, doctors may be able to sedate her but would not be able to offer painkillers.\n\nShe fears the experience of watching their mother die in such circumstances would traumatise her children.\n\n\"I don't want to leave that legacy. The last thing I want to do is leave them with a permanent horrible memory of my death\", she said.\n\nIt is estimated one person every eight days travels from the UK to the Swiss clinic Dignitas to end their life. But many people seeking an assisted death cannot afford the £10,000-trip, and some are too ill to make the journey.\n\nAlly Thomson, Scottish director of Dignity in Death, said clinics abroad were not the answer: \"Dignitas absolutely outsources this problem, really - the current law is broken when people need to go to Switzerland to have a safe and dignified death.\n\n\"Most families want their loved ones to stay around for as long as possible - it's the person themselves who doesn't wish to have a bad death and doesn't want to leave things until the last minute and suffer that pain that can happen at the end of life.\"\n\nMargo MacDonald campaigned for a change in the law\n\nAttempts to change the law on this issue were made by the late MSP Margo McDonald.\n\nThe idea was put before Holyrood twice, but her bills failed to receive parliamentary backing. One concern was that vulnerable people could be pressured by relatives, or even clinicians, to take an irrevocable decision.\n\nMs Thomson said: \"We know from international examples... that that simply isn't the case.\n\n\"Once our decision-makers look at the evidence, we think they'll be very satisfied on that point.\"\n\nHowever, Gordon Macdonald, the chief executive of the Care Not Killing umbrella group which is opposed to assisted suicide, said the last vote on the issue had seen a bill from Green MSP Patrick Harvie defeated by 82 votes to 36.\n\n\"Most members realised then that the risks of legalising assisted suicide were too high and would put vulnerable people at risk of harm,\" he said.\n\nHe more money should instead be made available for palliative care.\n• None What is assisted suicide and euthanasia?", "The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nRoyal Marines have boarded an oil tanker on its way to Syria thought to be breaching EU sanctions, the government of Gibraltar has said.\n\nAuthorities said there was reason to believe the ship - Grace 1 - was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in Syria.\n\nThe refinery is subject to European Union sanctions against Syria.\n\nBritain's ambassador in Tehran, Robert Macaire, has been summoned over the incident.\n\nIran's foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi was quoted on Iranian state TV as saying the ambassador had been summoned over the \"illegal seizure\" of the tanker.\n\nGibraltar's chief minister, Fabian Picardo, praised the marines who detained the ship.\n\n\"Be assured that Gibraltar remains safe, secure and committed to the international, rules-based, legal order,\" he said, thanking the police, customs and port authorities for their involvement in detaining the ship.\n\nThe British overseas territory of Gibraltar stands at the gateway to the Mediterranean\n\nGibraltar port and law enforcement agencies detained the super tanker and its cargo on Thursday morning with the help of the marines.\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help seize the tanker, at the request of the Gibraltar government.\n\nA defence source described it as a \"relatively benign operation\" without major incident.\n\nMr Picardo said he had written to the presidents of the European Commission and European Council to give details of the sanctions that have been enforced.\n\nThe Baniyas refinery, in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products, a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nA spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said she welcomed the \"firm action\" by the Gibraltarian authorities.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul Njoroge says his family died because of Boeing's \"negligence\"\n\n\"I lost my wife Carole, my three children Ryan, Kelly and Ruby and I also lost my mum-in-law. I feel so lonely. I look at people. I see them with their children playing outside and I cannot have my children - I'll never be able to see their faces again or hear their voices.\"\n\nPaul Njoroge lost his entire family when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa on 10 March. 157 people died.\n\nPaul is now living between friends' houses, unable to return home. He can't bear to see his children's shoes still in the hall where they last left them. \"I can still see their feet inside them. I'm never going back.\" He's waiting for relatives to pack up the home.\n\nWhen ET302 crashed it was the second Boeing 737 Max to crash in four months.\n\nThe first happened in Indonesia in November 2018. Preliminary reports revealed that the same flight control system was at fault in both crashes. Now families around the world want to know why 157 people died in a second crash.\n\nThey are asking, why weren't the jets grounded after the first crash?\n\nPaul Njoroge's family were killed in the 737 Max 8 crash\n\nChris and Claryss Moore's daughter Danielle was also killed. One corner of their suburban Toronto home is now a bright but emotive shrine to their lost child. She smiles down from a dozen pictures on the wall, surrounded by orchids and lilies.\n\nDanielle was heading to a UN environmental conference in Kenya.\n\n\"This should not have happened, four months after another crash happened. They tell us this is one of the safest planes - it's not - it took away the lives of the people we love so much and no matter what they're going to say, our normal lives will never be the same.\n\nThis is our normal life, struggling to wake up every single day and that's hard. It makes me very angry.\"\n\nThe Moore family has created a shrine to Danielle\n\nAn international blame game is now under way. American Congressman Sam Graves alongside other voices in the US have blamed \"foreign pilots\" for the crash, saying they believe American pilots would have handled the jet.\n\nBut both preliminary reports have stated the flight control system (MCAS) as being at fault.\n\nFamilies of those killed are now lining up to ask whether the Boeing 737 Max was airworthy and safe when the crash happened.\n\n\"My family died because of Boeing's negligence, arrogance, management disfunction and lack of internal oversight and the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration),\" says Paul Njorogre.\n\n\"They had a chance to ground these planes in November and they didn't. Instead they focused on foreign pilot error fallacy. 157 people died including my family because of them making them poor decisions. If they really cared about human life and safety they would have grounded those planes in November and they would have fixed the problem. They allowed the planes to fly as they tried to fix the problem. They didn't fix it by 10th March.\"\n\nSamya Rose Stumo was 24 years old and was on board ET302\n\nNadia Milleron and her husband Michael Stumo live in Western Massachusetts, USA. It's peaceful.\n\nTheir family home is enveloped by forests and mountains. Their daughter Samya Rose Stumo was 24 years old and was on board ET302.\n\nShe is the second of the couple's four children to die. They also lost a son to cancer.\n\n\"It's been like a horrible dream,\" says Nadia. \"And I keep thinking all these people I'm meeting, going to Washington, all these experiences I'm having, they're awful because they mean Samya is gone. And I don't want that to be the case. I keep thinking I am going to wake up.\"\n\nNadia was listening to BBC World Service radio when reports first came in about the crash. She knew Samya was on board. She'd had a Whatsapp message from her only an hour earlier giving her flight information.\n\n\"I just started shaking, and I couldn't stop myself from physically shaking,\" she told me. \"I just couldn't tell the other people in the house.\"\n\nMichael Stumo (right) and Nadia Milleron, who believes their daughter died because Boeing put profit over safety\n\nWithin a month, Nadia and Michael turned their overwhelming sense of loss and grief into a remarkable force of energy.\n\nThey're now committed to finding out why Boeing didn't ground the planes after the first crash, whether Boeing cut corners in regards to safety of the 737 Max and why the FAA certified it as safe to fly.\n\nTo date, they've met more than 25 Congressmen and women in Washington, as well as being a powerful presence at US Government aviation hearings.\n\nThey've not been allowed to testify but they want to ensure families are included in how investigations develop.\n\nCritics are asking whether the development and launch of the Boeing 737 Max was rushed. They claim Boeing was losing out to a plane from Airbus and suggest corners were cut to get the Max into service.\n\n\"Definitely my daughter died because of the profit of Boeing and I don't want anyone else to die for that reason. I want these planes to be safe and [for Boeing to] invest in the company and the hardware and infrastructure to make our aviation industry safe,\" said Nadia.\n\nThe BBC approached Boeing for an interview and comment in regards to all of these allegations. They declined.\n\nIn a statement Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, said: \"We're sorry for the tragic loss of life in these accidents and extend our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of all those on board. Any loss of life on our airplanes is unacceptable, and this will continue to weigh heavily on our hearts for years to come. The safety of the flying public is our highest priority and we are focused on re-earning their trust and confidence in the months ahead.\"\n\nEarlier this week, Boeing announced they were offering $100m to \"family and community needs of those affected by the tragic accidents of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.\n\n\"These funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families.\"\n\nThe families we've spoken to are not impressed. They don't want money. They want answers.\n\nChris Moore believes criminal charges should be brought. \"If there is any type of personal culpability they should be charged under criminal laws. If I cost someone's life on a building site I would have to prove myself in a criminal court as innocent, why are Boeing different?\"\n\nPaul Njoroge believes the crash of ET302 was preventable, \"but these individuals knew that they would not be held criminally liable, they would not face years in prison. But if they knew they'd face years in prison they would have grounded these planes in November.\"\n\nThe families of victims are all now searching for answers.\n\nSome are dealing with their grief in private, still too overwhelmed by what's happened.\n\nOthers have the power and resolve to speak out - and it's starting to prove uncomfortable for Boeing.", "Aibota Serik says her father has disappeared into China's network of detention centres\n\nThe Chinese government calls them free \"vocational training centres\"; Aibota Serik, a Chinese Kazakh whose father was sent to one, calls them prisons.\n\nHer father Kudaybergen Serik was a local imam in Tarbagatay (Tacheng) prefecture of China's western Xinjiang region. In February 2018 the police detained him and Aibota hasn't heard from her father since then.\n\n\"I don't know why my father was imprisoned. He didn't violate any laws of China, he was not tried in a court,\" she says, clutching a small photo of him, before breaking down in tears.\n\nI met Aibota together with a group of other Chinese Kazakhs in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city. They gathered in a small office to petition the Kazakh government to help secure the release of their relatives who had disappeared in \"political re-education camps\".\n\nThe UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has heard there are credible reports that around one million people have been detained in internment camps in Xinjiang. Almost all of them are from Muslim minorities such as the Uighurs, Kazakhs and others.\n\nThere are more than a million Kazakhs living in China. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, thousands moved to oil-rich Kazakhstan, encouraged by its policy to attract ethnic Kazakhs. Today, these people feel cut off from their relatives who stayed in China.\n\nNurbulat Tursunjan says the Chinese authorities have confiscated his parents' passports\n\nNurbulat Tursunjan uulu, who moved to the Almaty region in 2016, says his elderly parents are unable to leave China and come to Kazakhstan because the authorities took away their passports.\n\nAnother petitioner, Bekmurat Nusupkan uulu, says that relatives in China are afraid to talk on the phone or on the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat. And they are right to be afraid, he says.\n\n\"My father-in-law visited me in February 2018. From my place, he called his son in China, he asked how he was and so on. Shortly after that his son Baurzhan was detained. He was told that he had received phone calls from Kazakhstan two or three times and was sent to a political camp.\"\n\nHuman Rights Watch says detainees are held \"without any due process rights - neither charged nor put on trial - and have no access to lawyers and family\".\n\nChina insists its detention centres, such as this one in the city of Kashgar, are for \"vocational training\"\n\nOrynbek Koksybek is an ethnic Kazakh who spent several months in camps.\n\n\"I spent seven days of hell there,\" he says. \"My hands were handcuffed, my legs were tied. They threw me in a pit. I raised both my hands and looked above. At that moment, they poured water. I screamed.\n\n\"I don't remember what happened next. I don't know how long I was in the pit but it was winter and very cold. They said I was a traitor, that I had dual citizenship, that I had a debt and owned land.\"\n\nNone of that was true, he says.\n\nA week later Mr Koksybek was taken to a different place where he learnt Chinese songs and language. He was told he would leave if he learnt 3,000 words.\n\nOrynbek Koksybek says he was thrown into a pit\n\n\"In Chinese they call it re-education camps to teach people but if they wanted to educate, why do they handcuff people?\n\n\"They detain Kazakhs because they're Muslims. Why imprison them? China's aim is to turn Kazakhs into Chinese. They want to erase the whole ethnicity,\" he says.\n\nIt is not possible to independently verify Orynbek Koksybek's story, but his account is similar to many documented by Human Rights Watch and other activists.\n\nThe Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan has not replied to the BBC's request for comment, but the Chinese authorities have been quoted in state media as saying the camps are \"vocational training centres\", which aim to \"get rid of an environment that breeds terrorism and religious extremism\".\n\nThe Kazakh government says that any restrictions on Chinese citizens in China are their internal matter, and it does not interfere. However, Kazakhstan says it will try to assist any Kazakh citizens who are detained in China.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nCoco Gauff's fairytale introduction to Wimbledon continued with a second-round victory over Magdalena Rybarikova that belied her years.\n\nThe 15-year-old American qualifier needed just one hour nine minutes to beat her Slovakian opponent 6-3 6-3 under Court One's new roof.\n\nGauff, who beat five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams on Monday, will play Slovenia's Polona Hercog next.\n\n\"I'm still shocked I am even here,\" Gauff told BBC TV.\n\n\"I played well on pressure points. She was serving amazing. I've not been able to relax, there is so much going on.\n\n\"I believe I can beat anyone across the court.\"\n\nShe becomes the youngest player to reach the last 32 at Wimbledon since fellow American Jennifer Capriati, who reached the semi-finals in 1991, also aged 15.\n• None Edmund and Watson lose in second round\n• None Chance to play with Serena once in a lifetime - Murray\n• None Day three at Wimbledon as it happened\n\nAt such a tender age, Gauff is only eligible to play 10 tournaments at professional level between her 15th and 16th birthdays yet she appears to be taking the grand occasion of Wimbledon in her stride.\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, she had trained briefly under the gaze of 18-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal before being approached for a chat by Roger Federer, an eight-time winner here, more than six hours before she finally got to play.\n\nAfter a late court switch, the match finally got under way just after 20:00 BST, but Gauff looked at home straightaway against the world number 139, who reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon two years ago.\n\nShe broke 30-year-old Rybarikova's serve to love to go 4-2 up, losing just five points on her own serve throughout the entire first set.\n\nRybarikova, somewhat unsettled by the crowd's fierce support for Gauff, had her serve broken once again early in the second set.\n\nBut, showing glimpses of the form that saw her formerly become the world number 17, Rybarikova started to rally, twice defying Gauff on break point.\n\nYet this was always to be Gauff's night, and she saw out the win by breaking serve once again in front of a delighted crowd and in front of her ecstatic parents Corey and Candi.\n\nSpeaking after the match Gauff revealed that she has been using social media to help relax between matches and cope with her newfound fame.\n\n\"I wasn't expecting any of this. A lot of celebrities were messaging, posting me. I'm kind of star struck. It's been hard to reset. I don't know,\" she said.\n\n\"Surprisingly social media kind of relaxes me before the match. That's what I kind of do. Right now I'm going to keep everything the same because it's been working.\"\n\nOn a day for the youngsters, Felix Auger Aliassime, 18, progressed to the third round of the men's singles by beating France's Corentin Moutet 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\n'Gauff is the favourite against Hercog'\n\n\"Hopefully her parents will handle this success well. There will be enormous offers and sponsorships galore.\n\n\"The way she's playing at the moment and the way she's acting - there aren't many players she will lose to.\n\n\"Gauff is the favourite going into the match against Hercog.\"\n\nGauff possible route to the final\n\nSo who could the 15-year-old face en route to a possible dream final a week on Saturday?\n\nIf she beats Hercog, then she could come up against former world number one Simona Halep in the fourth round.\n\nAnd if she passes that challenge then 2018 Australian Open winner Caroline Wozniacki might await her in the quarter-final followed by the possibility of a semi-final match against the wily Karolina Pliskova.\n\nAnd in the final? Current number one Ashleigh Barty or maybe one of her idols, Serena Williams.", "China has warned the UK not to \"interfere in its domestic affairs\" amid a growing diplomatic row over the recent protests in Hong Kong.\n\nIts UK ambassador said relations had been \"damaged\" by comments by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and others backing the demonstrators' actions.\n\nLiu Xiaoming said those who illegally occupied Hong Kong's parliament should be \"condemned as law breakers\".\n\nThe ambassador was later summoned to the Foreign Office over the remarks.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said Sir Simon McDonald, permanent under secretary and head of the diplomatic service, told the ambassador his comments were \"unacceptable and inaccurate\".\n\nEarlier, Prime Minister Theresa May said she had raised concerns with Chinese leaders.\n\nWeeks of mass protests in the territory over a controversial extradition bill exploded on Monday, when a group of activists occupied the Legislative Council building for several hours after breaking away from a peaceful protest - raising the colonial-era British flag.\n\nCritics say the extradition bill could be used to send political dissidents from Hong Kong to the mainland.\n\nDemonstrators have also broadened their demands to include the release of all detained activists and investigations into alleged police violence.\n\nIn the middle of the demonstrations, Mr Hunt pledged his \"unwavering\" support to the ex-British colony and its citizens' freedoms.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a series of broadcast interviews and posts on social media, Mr Hunt repeated the message that the protesters should refrain from violence, but urged China to listen to the concerns of the Hong Kong people.\n\nBeijing has made a formal complaint about Mr Hunt, accusing the Conservative leadership contender of \"colonial-era delusions\".\n\nBut Mr Liu said he was \"disappointed\" by the UK's response.\n\nHe said the countries' relationship was based on mutual respect and suggested there would be further \"problems\" if the UK did not recognise China's sovereignty over Hong Kong, its \"territorial integrity and principle of non-interference in domestic affairs\".\n\nHe said it was \"hypocritical\" of UK politicians to criticise the lack of democracy and civil rights in Hong Kong when, under British rule, there had been no elections nor right to protest.\n\nThe recent unrest, he added, was \"not about freedom but about breaking the law\".\n\nIn response, Mr Hunt said good relations between countries were based on \"honouring the legally binding relationships between them\" - a reference to a 1984 treaty between the UK and China which paved the way for sovereignty over the territory to pass back to Beijing.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Joint Declaration, signed by Margaret Thatcher and the then Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang, set out how the rights of Hong Kong citizens should be protected in the territory's Basic Law under Chinese rule.\n\nHong Kong has, since 1997, been run by China under a \"one country, two systems\" arrangement guaranteeing it a level of economic autonomy and personal freedoms not permitted on the mainland.\n\nThe ambassador gave the British government both barrels at his press conference earlier.\n\nWhat's fascinating is there was no pretence, no attempt to gloss this over at all. This was visceral and system-wide. This is merely the British side of things, the same message is coming from Beijing and Hong Kong too. There is definite push-back from the whole Chinese machine.\n\nThe British are so infuriated that they've summoned the ambassador almost immediately to give him a dressing down.\n\nWhat was a war of words now risks becoming a substantial issue between the two countries.\n\nThe Foreign Office has said it continues to make it clear to the Chinese government, both in public and private, that the rights of Hong Kong residents must be fully respected.\n\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Theresa May said she had raised her concerns directly with Chinese leaders at the recent G20 meeting.\n\n\"It is vital that Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and the rights and freedoms set down in the Sino-British joint declaration are respected,\" she told MPs.\n\nSuccessive UK governments have heralded a \"golden era\" in economic relations with China, with growing levels of trade and foreign investment.\n\nBut critics say this has come at the expense of turning a blind eye to human rights violations in China and Beijing's increasing economic nationalism.", "Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nA man accused of lying about a VIP paedophile ring has told a court he saw a school friend deliberately mown down by a car and killed.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, from Gloucester, said after his friend was hit, Mr Beech, a child at the time, was bundled into a car and never saw the other boy again.\n\nHe told Newcastle Crown Court he had been too afraid to report what happened, not even telling his dog.\n\nMr Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nHe is accused of inventing allegations that a group of powerful figures sexually abused and murdered three boys in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nHis allegations led to a £2m Scotland Yard inquiry that ended without any arrests or charges.\n\nIn his second day giving evidence, Mr Beech told the jury former prime minister Sir Edward Heath, who died in 2005, had cuddled and comforted him in his yacht cabin when he was upset.\n\nHe also accused the late Leon Brittan of raping him over a bath, saying the former home secretary \"liked violence\" and seeing boys in pain.\n\nMr Beech went on to tell the court about the alleged murder, saying he had met a boy he knew \"by the name of Scott\" in the playground of his Kingston school, in south-west London, in the late 1970s.\n\nThe boy was \"quiet, like me, but friendly\" and the two became friends, meeting once or twice a week, he told the court.\n\nOne day he and Scott were walking side by side along the pavement in the Coombe Hill area of Kingston when he heard a loud \"engine noise\" behind him, the court heard.\n\n\"The car hit him - he went over the front of the car and into the road,\" Mr Beech said.\n\n\"I ran over to him. His leg was bent in a funny direction and there was blood on his head,\" Mr Beech told the court.\n\nHe then described being bundled into the back of the car, and trying to kick his way out.\n\n\"I remember something in my arm and I don't remember anything else after that,\" he added.\n\nMr Beech never saw Scott again, the court heard.\n\nAsked why he believed the alleged death happened, he said: \"I believe because of the threats that were issued that 'the group' was responsible.\" He describes the alleged VIP paedophile ring as \"the group\".\n\nHe said the late Sir Michael Hanley, a one-time head of MI5, threatened him that he \"wasn't to have friends\".\n\nHe said he could not tell anyone what had happened, adding: \"I didn't even say anything to my dog.\"\n\nJurors have previously heard Mr Beech claim that Sir Michael was involved in the abduction of his pet dog, Heron.\n\nWhen defence barrister Collingwood Thompson QC said it had been suggested the alleged hit and run was a figment of his imagination, Mr Beech said: \"I know what happened. I was there and I know it took place\".\n\nThe court has heard that two police forces found no evidence of such an incident ever taking place in the area and had traced and accounted for everyone called Scott from the school.\n\nThe court also heard allegations of two further murders Mr Beech claims to have witnessed.\n\nIn one, he described being taken to a London house in a chauffeur-driven car with another boy.\n\nHe told the court Harvey Proctor, the former Conservative MP, opened the front door.\n\nHe then claimed that Mr Proctor stabbed and strangled the boy to death. Mr Proctor told the court last month that Mr Beech's allegations against him were false, horrendous and \"an absurd fantasy\".\n\nMr Beech said he could not remember how the incident ended and never told anyone out of fear.\n\nHe said he later came to believe the allegedly murdered boy was Martin Allen, who went missing in London nearly 40 years ago.\n\nThe court has heard police investigated whether Martin was that boy after Mr Beech apparently identified him in a photo shown to him by a BBC reporter.\n\nMr Beech told jurors the third alleged death occurred when he and three boys were at an alleged London abuse session with Lord Brittan, Mr Proctor and Sir Michael Hanley.\n\nHe claimed Sir Michael told the boys one of them would die that night and they had to choose.\n\nThe defendant said sexual abuse followed before they singled out one boy. \"He was crying and they told him that he could save himself if he chose one of us instead.\"\n\nHe said the child refused to reply so they started hitting him. He claimed the boy ended up \"just like a doll - he wasn't moving, he was just left there\".\n\nIn his evidence, Mr Beech also described \"pool parties\" during which he claimed powerful men frolicked with boys, sometimes performing sexual acts in the water.\n\nHe also told jurors about alleged \"Christmas parties\", in which the boys were the \"present\" and would be \"unwrapped\" until they were naked.\n\nMr Beech said punishments were dished out by his abusers involving snakes and wasps.\n\nHe told the jury that on one occasion he was shut in a dark cupboard and a snake was thrown in, which bit him.", "Britain's oldest building firm, R Durtnell and Sons, has ceased trading, putting more than 100 jobs at risk.\n\nThe company was founded in 1591, and has been run by 13 generations of the same family.\n\nIt was working on a £22m project to refurbish parts of the Royal Pavilion Estate, when it failed.\n\nThe firm, based in Brasted in Kent, started building in the time of Elizabeth I and built timber-framed houses.\n\nThey started as carpenter-builders, who didn't build in brick or stone, but exclusively in wood.\n\nThe business built Poundsbridge Manor in Kent in 1593. It is still standing, and is a short distance from Brasted.\n\nThe timber-framed house was one of several built by family ancestor Bryan Darknal for Elizabethan merchants.\n\nThe family remained as carpenter-builders until the 1800s, when Richard Durtnell bought a much larger premises.\n\nHe set himself up as a general builder, and the business flourished.\n\nThe last family member to run the firm was Alex Durtnell.\n\nThe firm specialised in churches, private schools, art galleries and luxury houses.\n\nR Durtnell & Sons made a loss before tax of £679,877 in the year ended 31 December 2017, according to documents submitted to Companies House.\n\nIt said economic conditions had been \"very challenging\".\n\nThe documents show it took a charge of £648,279 on the closure of its joinery business, which had been substantially cut during the recession.\n\nThe firm had financial injection of £1.5m after cash flow difficulties in 2018.\n\nIt also warned about competitive pressures and risks in contract tendering and management.\n\nOne of the company's major projects was the refurbishment of the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, which was originally built as the Prince Regent's stable block more than 200 years ago.\n\nBrighton & Hove City Council said it was \"committed\" to the project, which included renovating the Studio Theatre.\n\n\"The council has taken back the site and made it secure,\" it said.\n\n\"We are committed to completing the refurbishment of these unique buildings to protect their long-term future in the cultural heart of the city.\"\n\nSince the recession of 2008, more than 7,000 British building firms have gone bust.", "Founder and former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson was cheered by supporters as he arrived at the Old Bailey in London\n\nEx-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson's Facebook Live broadcast of defendants in a criminal trial was \"reckless\", High Court judges have been told.\n\nMr Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is accused of committing contempt of court by filming defendants accused of sexual exploitation.\n\nThe hour-long broadcast, at Leeds Crown Court in May 2018, was seen by around 10,000 people, the Old Bailey heard.\n\nLawyers for Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC said reporting restrictions had been put in place postponing the publication of any details of the case until the end of a series of linked trials involving 29 defendants.\n\nMr Robinson broadcast the footage from outside Leeds Crown Court on 25 May 2018, while the jury in the second trial of the series was considering its verdict.\n\nMr Robinson addressed supporters outside the court ahead of the Old Bailey hearing\n\nOutlining the prosecution case, Andrew Caldecott QC told the court there were \"inconsistencies\" between various accounts Mr Robinson had given of his efforts to check about reporting restrictions before the broadcast.\n\nMr Caldecott said Mr Robinson had been at court and could have easily discovered the details of reporting restrictions the day before his broadcast.\n\n\"Even if he did not know for certain the terms of the order he knew the existence of such an order was likely and again was subjectively reckless,\" he said.\n\nMr Robinson claims he took steps to establish if there was a reporting restriction but Leeds Crown Court did not inform him that it existed.\n\nTommy Robinson told a crowd \"he could not talk about proceedings\"\n\nHe responded that he could not remember, when Mr Caldecott asked if he recalled being directed to the court's general office by a security officer to check if reporting restrictions were still in place.\n\nMr Caldecott suggested Mr Robinson had not gone to the office because he wanted to film the defendants.\n\nMr Robinson replied: \"I took the view that it didn't matter if I wasn't going to report on the details of the case, and that if I was only going to stick to details in the public domain, it didn't matter.\"\n\nMr Caldecott asked why Mr Robinson had not mentioned checking reporting restrictions in his evidence prepared ahead of the hearing.\n\nMr Robinson said he was in prison at that time and \"didn't think I was coming out of there\".\n\n\"I genuinely was under the impression that I had been put in jail to be killed, so I had given up,\" he said.\n\nMr Robinson confirmed he knew the jury was deliberating its verdict at the time of his broadcast.\n\nHe told the court he believed images of defendants accused of such serious crimes should be made public.\n\nHe added: \"My total purpose is to raise awareness of these issues.\"\n\nBut he insisted he had said in the video that the defendants were innocent until proven guilty \"at least six times\", adding: \"I make that point so clear.\"\n\nHe told the court his training with law firm Kingsley Napley had taught him \"not to assume guilt\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Joss Stone posted a video from the airport on Kish Island\n\nBritish singer Joss Stone says she was denied entry to Iran - the last country she had to visit as part of a five-year, 200-stop \"total world tour\".\n\nThe 32-year-old posted a video from Kish Island in which she said: \"We got detained and then we got deported.\"\n\nShe said that she knew Iran did not allow women to perform solo concerts.\n\n\"However, it seems the authorities don't believe we wouldn't be playing a public show, so they have popped us on what they call the 'blacklist'.\"\n\n\"After long discussions with the most friendly, charming and welcoming immigration people, the decision was made to detain us for the night and to deport us in the morning,\" she added. \"Of course I was gutted. So close yet so far.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jossstone This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nKish Island, which is in the Gulf off the southern Iranian coast, is the only place in Iran that foreigners can visit without needing a visa.\n\nShe said immigration officials at the island's airport had encouraged her to go to the Iranian embassy in the UK to \"sort it all out and come back\".\n\nIran's state broadcaster, Irib, cited a police statement as saying that Stone did not have the required documentation to enter the country when she arrived on a flight from Oman on 29 June.\n\nThe statement denied that the singer was arrested and said she was deported on a flight to the United Arab Emirates the next day \"in line with travel regulations\".\n\nEarlier this week, Stone posted pictures from what she said was a trip to Yemen, which has been devastated by a four-year civil war.\n\nShe said she was given permission to perform before an audience of men and women by the governor of al-Mahra province, which borders Oman and is far from the fighting between Yemeni government forces and the rebel Houthi movement.\n\nThe 198th stop on her world tour was Tripoli, Libya, where the UN-backed Libyan government is battling forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStone set out in 2014 to visit and perform in every country in the world, and to collaborate with local musicians playing indigenous music.\n\nThe UN currently has 193 member states and two observer non-member states.", "Police investigating the disappearance of estate agent Suzy Lamplugh are searching land in Worcestershire after receiving \"new information\".\n\nThe body of Ms Lamplugh, who disappeared from London in 1986, has never been found and her killer never charged.\n\nMetropolitan Police officers are now searching areas of land in Pershore.\n\nMs Lamplugh's family has been notified and police will remain at the scene until a \"thorough search\" is complete.\n\nThere is a large police cordon along the road next to the field police are investigating\n\nThe new information followed publicity about the search last year of a property in Sutton Coldfield which once belonged to the mother of prime suspect John Cannan.\n\nCannan, 64, who is serving a life sentence for the abduction and murder of Bristol newlywed Shirley Banks, was named as a suspect in Ms Lamplugh's murder in 2002.\n\nPolice searched the former home of John Cannan's mother last year\n\nOfficers from West Mercia Police are supporting the latest search, which the Metropolitan force said was not connected to the owner of the land.\n\nThere have been searches for Ms Lamplugh - who was officially declared dead in 1994 - in Worcestershire previously, when police excavated a field near the former Norton Army Barracks in 2000 and 2001 and land near the village of Drakes Broughton in 2010.\n\nThe 2010 site is near to the latest area of interest but that search was called off after no evidence connected to the case was found.\n\nThe search in Pershore is expected to last about two weeks, a police spokesperson said.\n\nThere is a large police cordon along the main road, the B4084, on the outskirts of Drakes Broughton in Pershore, and a mechanical digging device was checking sections of the field along with a dog unit.\n\nA neighbour who lives across the road from the site told the BBC the \"whole area is in a state of shock\" at the latest development.\n\nA digger could be seen in the field as police search for Ms Lamplugh's remains in Pershore\n\nMs Lamplugh's parents, Paul and Diana, who died without finding out what happened to their daughter, set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust four months after her disappearance to support victims of stalking.\n\nIn a statement, the Trust said: \"We hope that the current investigations will be successful and provide some resolution to Suzy's case.\"", "The BBC has been given rare access to the vast system of highly secure facilities thought to be holding more than a million Muslims in China’s western region of Xinjiang.\n\nAuthorities there insist they are just training schools. But the BBC’s visit uncovers important evidence about the nature of the system and the conditions for the people inside it.\n\nOur World: Inside China's Camps can be seen on BBC World News at varying times during the week from Saturday 13 July 2019.", "A chef at a whale meat restaurant in Tokyo shows off a chunk off red meat\n\nWhale meat in Japan has been sold at auction for sky-high prices following the first commercial hunt since a ban was lifted.\n\nMeat cut-offs from two minkes sold for up to 15,000 yen ($140; £110).\n\nJapan left the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on 30 June to resume hunting and argues it can be done sustainably.\n\nDespite international outcry, Japan now intends to catch 227 whales for meat before the end of the year.\n\nThe minke was captured on Monday in the first commercial hunt since the ban was introduced in 1986\n\nMembers of the IWC agreed to a ban on hunting to protect whales in 1986, as some species remain endangered.\n\nBut Japan has continued to hunt the species in the name of scientific research. Last year 333 whales were caught.\n\nCritics say the meat, which is popular in Japan and a strong part of its culture, still ended up being served in restaurants.\n\n\"It is five times lower in calories than beef, 10 times lower in cholesterol, two times less fat than chicken,\" Mitsuo Tani, a chef in one of Japan's most famous whale restaurants, told AFP.\n\n\"It's packed with iron. But abroad, people do not know this,\" he added.\n\nYoshifumi Kai, head of the Japan Smally-type Whaling Association, told Reuters that the whale caught on Monday was \"splendid\".\n\n\"We're not at all embarrassed by what we do, it's only natural,\" Kai said, arguing that the amount of whales Japan planned to hunt would not pose a threat to their population.\n\n\"This is a sad day for whale protection globally,\" said Nicola Beynon of Humane Society International, accusing Japan of beginning a \"new and shocking era of pirate whaling\".\n\nIn 2015, the Environmental Investigation Agency said it found unsafe levels of mercury from ocean pollutants in all the whale and dolphin meat samples it tested.", "Richard Selley and his wife, Elaine, look back over old photographs in their home in Glenalmond, near Perth\n\nA terminally ill man who is preparing to travel to Switzerland to end his life is calling for assisted death to be legalised in Scotland.\n\nRichard Selley, 65, has chosen to die in Zurich in September after a four-year battle with Motor Neurone Disease.\n\nThe former teacher, of Glenalmond, near Perth, described the laws in Scotland as \"cruel, outdated and discriminatory\".\n\nBut opponents have argued that the risks of reform are too high.\n\nOne concern is that vulnerable people could be pressured by relatives, or even clinicians, to take an irrevocable decision.\n\nPrevious attempts to introduce new legislation have failed to get through the Scottish Parliament.\n\nBut Mr Selley, who has chosen an assisted death at the Dignitas clinic, will use the last weeks of his life to campaign for reform.\n\nIn an open letter to MSPs, published in The Times, he reveals his plans to leave Scotland for the last time.\n\nMr Selley, who was diagnosed with MND in March 2015, wrote: \"I have chosen to have an assisted death as I am now fully in the grip of terminal Motor Neurone Disease.\n\n\"After four years of decline I am now a prisoner in my body.\"\n\nMr Selley said critics of assisted dying should \"spend one day in my shoes\"\n\nMr Selley praised the \"outstanding care\" he has received and even proved he still has a sense of humour.\n\nHe added: \"As I enter the final stages of this journey, and the prospect of total paralysis, I have decided that I would prefer to leave this world before too much longer.\n\n\"To use the terminology of Brexit, I have had my own little referendum, and decided that I wish to leave rather than remain.\n\n\"I don't wish to crash out in an undignified manner, so I am hoping to negotiate a withdrawal agreement that will not require a long transition period.\"\n\nMr Selley, who has to talk-type to communicate, told BBC Scotland it will cost about £10,000 to travel to Switzerland to end his life.\n\nHe said: \"I am fortunate that I can afford this, but most people cannot.\n\n\"Having to be able to fly means that I am choosing to die earlier than I would prefer.\"\n\nAsked what he aims to achieve, Mr Selley said: \"I hope that my letter to members of the Scottish Parliament might persuade more of them to support an assisted dying bill in the future.\n\n\"I think the momentum for a change in the law is growing.\n\n\"It will be too late for me but I hope that some time soon people in my position will have a chance to have a peaceful death at a time of their choosing.\"\n\nRichard and Elaine have been married since 2011 and have five children between them\n\nMr Selley also said he would not contemplate an assisted death if his wife, Elaine, was at risk of prosecution.\n\nFor that reason he must organise everything, from obtaining medical records to prove he has a terminal illness to booking his final flight.\n\nMr Selley said: \"If I make it to Zurich, I will need to have two interviews with Swiss doctors to show that I am sound of mind and acting of my own free will, and I have to convince Dignitas that I can somehow administer the drug that will end my life.\n\n\"As I can no longer swallow, it will need to be done via my feeding tube. I practice the movement required each night.\"\n\nMr Selley wrote a memoir about his experiences, the proceeds of which will be donated to MND Scotland\n\nHis letter to MSPs concluded: \"If the choice of an assisted death was available to me here in Scotland so many of my worries would have been eased and my remaining time would have been spent in better ways than burdensome and complex admin. Instead, that precious time would be spent with my wife, my family and my friends.\n\n\"The current laws (and lack of laws) around assisted dying in Scotland are cruel, outdated and discriminatory.\n\n\"I intend to spend the next eight weeks working with Dignity in Dying Scotland trying to change them.\"\n\nMr Selley regularly updates his own blog, Moments with MND.\n\nHe is also the author of a book, Death Sits on My Shoulders, about his life with the progressive and terminal illness, which affects the function of nerves and muscles.\n\nMrs Selley has watched her husband lose the ability to walk, talk and swallow\n\nHis wife, Elaine, said she respects his decision as the condition often leaves him \"tormented\".\n\nMrs Selley, a former warden of Glenalmond College, said: \"I am spending the last few months of Richard's life watching him die very slowly before my eyes but, as well as that, I am watching him go through this process which is incredibly stressful.\n\n\"I would much rather be with friends and family here when it's his time than in a foreign country that's a transactional business arrangement and it's not with the people that I love.\"\n\nShe also believes it should be a \"human right\" for individuals to end their life at a time of their choosing.\n\nMr Selley added: \"I think if those who oppose assisted dying could spend just one day in my shoes they would change their view.\"\n\nJames Mildred, of Christian charity CARE, said assisted dying could prove to be a \"slippery slope\"\n\nJames Mildred, communications manager for Christian charity CARE, said he has enormous sympathy for Mr Selley and his family but warned MSPs would have to consider the \"wider societal harms\".\n\nHe said: \"There is no way that we could have a law that is entirely safe from abuse and exploitation.\n\n\"This is also about making sure that people don't think they are a burden.\n\n\"We are deeply concerned that any assisted suicide legislation would put pressure on thousands upon thousands of elderly men and women and all of a sudden the right to die will become a duty to die.\n\n\"That is not something we should be doing as a society.\"\n\nMargo MacDonald MSP, who died in 2014, campaigned for a change in the law\n\nAttempts to change the law on the assisted dying issue were made by the MSP Margo MacDonald, who died in April 2014 after a long fight against Parkinson's.\n\nThe idea was put before Holyrood twice, but her bills failed to receive parliamentary backing.\n\nIn Scotland, there is no specific crime of assisting a suicide.\n\nSuicide was not historically criminalised in Scotland, so there was no equivalent to the 1961 Suicide Act, which decriminalised suicide in England and Wales but simultaneously criminalised assisted suicide, which can be punishable with up to 14 years in jail.\n\nBut it is possible that helping a person to die could lead to prosecution for murder, culpable homicide or reckless endangerment.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tammy Minshall had been on a placement with West Midlands Ambulance Service since May\n\nA \"promising\" student paramedic has died after the ambulance she was in was involved in a crash with a car.\n\nTammy Minshall, 31, was airlifted to hospital and later died after the crash in Needwood, near Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, on Wednesday.\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said it was \"tragic that someone died doing the job they loved\".\n\nTwo other crew members and the driver of a BMW were treated for injuries.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMs Minshall, from Stretton, Burton-upon-Trent, who was a first year student at Staffordshire University, was travelling in the back of the ambulance.\n\nShe was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where she died of her injuries.\n\nThe other crew, who were in the front of the vehicle were assessed at the scene and taken to hospital for a check-up, but later discharged.\n\nA woman driving the car was also taken to hospital with a leg injury.\n\nThere was no patient in the ambulance at the time of the crash. No arrests were made, but police appealed for witnesses including those with dashcam footage of the crash.\n\nFloral tributes to Ms Minshall are being left at the scene of the crash\n\n\"When it's one of your own, it really hurts and we as an ambulance service are hurting now,\" Nathan Hudson, from WMAS, said.\n\n\"We have been overwhelmed with the kindness and support of people who have sent messages of condolence.\n\n\"It is truly humbling and reflects the high esteem that people in our profession, like Tammy, are held in.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Ambulance Trust's chief executive Anthony Marsh said the death \"will affect every member of our staff\".\n\n\"Our staff deal with difficult incidents every day, but to lose one of your colleagues will always make it that much harder.\n\n\"We are very lucky to have so many student paramedics who want to work with us and it is tragic that someone who showed so much promise has died doing the job that they loved.\"\n\nDr Ann Ewens, dean of the school of health and social care at Staffordshire University, added: \"This has come as a huge blow to our university and our thoughts are with the family and friends of Tammy who has tragically lost her life.\"\n\nThe damaged ambulance was lifted on the back of a low loader\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJaguar Land Rover (JLR) is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham.\n\nInitially the plant will produce an electric version of the Jaguar XJ.\n\nJLR says the move will help secure the jobs of 2,700 workers at the plant.\n\nThe news follows January's announcement, when the firm said it would cut 4,500 jobs, with the majority coming from the UK. That followed 1,500 jobs lost in 2018.\n\nJLR has not announced when it will launch the battery version of the XJ, but it will replace the petrol and diesel versions which have been made since 1968.\n\nThe company's chief executive, Professor Ralph Speth, called on the government to put more effort into providing charging points for electric cars.\n\n\"The current charging infrastructure is not really sufficient to cover the country, nor the hotspots of the cities,\" he said in an interview with the BBC.\n\n\"The government has to govern the process,\" he added.\n\nJLR's announcement comes a day after a report showed that in June sales of low emission cars had fallen for the first time in more than two years.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said efforts to sell such cars were being undermined by confusing policies and \"premature\" removal of subsidies.\n\nIn response, the government said its focus on zero emission models had been a success, with registrations of battery electric vehicles up over 60% this year compared with the same period in 2018.\n\nAccording to another report, even if the nation switches to electric vehicles, car use will still need to be curbed.\n\nThe Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) warned that electrifying cars will not address traffic jams, urban sprawl and wasted space for parking.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe investment decision by JLR appears to contradict previous warnings by the firm that investment in the UK would be threatened by Brexit, and in particular a no-deal scenario.\n\nHowever, industry experts say that JLR could not wait to see the outcome of the Brexit, as it needed to update its range of vehicles.\n\n\"Given where it is in its product lifecycle it [JLR] has to make this decision. The capacity is at Castle Bromwich and there's research and development nearby as well, so they've basically run out of time on this decision,\" David Bailey, a professor of business economics at Birmingham Business School, told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nHe added that without the new investment the Castle Bromwich plant would \"effectively be dead\".\n\nThe plant also produces the Jaguar XF, XE and F-Type.\n\nBusiness Secretary Greg Clark said: \"Today's announcement is a vote of confidence in the UK automotive industry - protecting thousands of skilled jobs.\n\n\"It reflects our determination for the UK to be at the forefront of the development and manufacturing of the next generation of electric vehicles.\"\n\nJLR is investing to produce an electric version of the XJ model\n\nInvestment in the UK car industry fell 47% last year from 2017 and the country is attracting a tiny fraction of the global investment in electric cars.\n\nVW alone is investing £70bn in Europe, the US and China.\n\nA no-deal Brexit would see new tariffs imposed on components and parts moving between the EU and the UK.\n\nVauxhall's parent company said that without a deal it would not make the next generation Astra at Ellesmere Port.", "Nkululeko Zulu said he suffered racist abuse after asking for early holiday\n\nA former paratrooper was racially abused in the Army and heard a soldier call Nelson Mandela a terrorist, an employment tribunal has been told.\n\nNkululeko Zulu, who served as a lance corporal in the Parachute Regiment, also said he felt he had been held back for promotion due to his race.\n\nMr Zulu and former colleague Hani Gue have taken the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to a tribunal alleging they suffered racial discrimination.\n\nThe MoD is contesting the claims.\n\nMr Zulu served with 3rd Battalion (3 Para), based at Merville Barracks in Colchester, the tribunal in central London heard.\n\nHe said he had been racially abused by a sergeant in 2014 after asking for early holiday to return to South Africa to visit family.\n\nMr Zulu said there had been a series of events where he felt racially harassed and discriminated against throughout his time in the Army, which he joined in June 2008.\n\nBut the tribunal was told matters had escalated during a six-week exercise in Kenya in 2017.\n\nA corporal had referred to Kenyan soldiers as \"African animals\" and racist slurs were used to describe heard the local population, the former paratrooper said.\n\nDuring a platoon conversation Mr Zulu claimed a private said \"Nelson Mandela is a terrorist\" which was supported by a corporal.\n\nHe said: \"Both the corporal and private knew that Nelson Mandela, who fought for the liberation of black people under the evil apartheid regime in South Africa, was a big part of my life and South Africa's history.\"\n\nMr Zulu said after he reported the abuse, people in his unit stopped talking to him and were \"turning a blind eye to the racism\".\n\nFormer paratrooper Hani Gue told a tribunal he was subjected to racist abuse in the Army\n\nHe told the tribunal he left the Army in 2018 as he could no longer go on serving a \"racist institution\".\n\nSimon Tibbitts, for the MoD, said after an apology from the sergeant, Mr Zulu had accepted he was happy with the outcome but the former paratrooper said this was because he was of a junior rank and keen to progress his career.\n\nThe tribunal has already heard from Mr Gue, who claimed soldiers had decorated their barracks with Nazi flags and pictures of Adolf Hitler.\n\nThe MoD said the armed forces took such complaints seriously and at least one was referred to the Royal Military Police.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "One in five people admitted to a UK hospital drinks alcohol in a harmful way and one in 10 depends on it, a study suggests.\n\nKing's College London researchers want people with issues caused by drinking to be screened. They are also calling for more trained staff to give support.\n\nAlcohol can cause a large number of medical conditions, which costs the NHS in the UK around £3.5bn a year.\n\nBut many may not be receiving appropriate treatment, they said.\n\nHarmful alcohol use is 10 times higher and dependence eight times higher in hospital inpatients than in other people, the study suggests.\n\nThe study was published in the Addiction journal. It looked at 124 past studies and more than 1.5 million patients to estimate how many had any of 26 conditions related to heavy alcohol use.\n\nThe patients were in general wards, intensive care units, A&E departments or mental health inpatient units.\n\nThe report's lead author, Dr Emmert Roberts, said many doctors knew the problems were common among inpatients.\n\nBut he warned: \"Our results suggest the problem is much bigger than anecdotally assumed.\"\n\nAlcohol abuse was most common among patients in mental health units, the report found. Dependence was more common among people in A&E departments.\n\nDr Roberts said the findings were the most reliable to date.\n\nHe said dedicated inpatient alcohol care teams were needed to tackle the issue.\n\nEarlier this year, NHS England announced plans to put alcohol care teams in the 50 hospitals with the highest alcohol-related admissions.\n\nAt the time, Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, said it would give patients \"the support they need\".\n\nKate Oldridge-Turner, head of policy and public affairs at the World Cancer Research Fund, said the figures were worrying.\n\n\"We have a social culture in the UK which can be very focused on alcohol.\n\n\"We need the government to empower people to drink less by making our daily environments healthier. Information alone won't lead to large-scale change in behaviours.\"\n\nShe called for a minimum unit price and better urban planning to \"give people more social spaces that do not revolve around alcohol\".\n\nA minimum price for alcohol was introduced in Scotland in May last year. A recent report suggests there has been a substantial fall in the volume of alcohol sold at very low prices.", "Egypt's government has called for the auction to be cancelled\n\nA 3,000-year-old Tutankhamun bust that Egypt claims was stolen has fetched £4.7m ($6m) at auction.\n\nEgypt earlier called on auction house Christie's to cancel the sale of the relic depicting ancient boy-king Tutankhamun.\n\nThe country's foreign ministry says that the bust was probably stolen from an Egyptian temple during the 1970s.\n\nChristie's says Egypt has not expressed concern about the bust in the past, despite it being exhibited publicly.\n\nThe brown quartzite, 28cm (11in) relic comes from a private collection of ancient art that Christie's last sold for £3m in 2016.\n\nIn a statement, Christie's said: \"The object is not, and has not been, the subject of an investigation.\" The auction house said it would never auction an object over which there were legitimate concerns.\n\nChristie's also published a chronology of the relic's owners for the past 50 years. The bust is understood to have been acquired from German aristocrat Prinz Wilhelm von Thurn between 1973 and 1974.\n\nThe auction house also said that the bust's existence had been known for a considerable time and it had been on display for a number of years.\n\nEgypt's former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass told AFP news agency: \"We think it left Egypt after 1970 because in that time other artefacts were stolen from Karnak Temple.\"\n\nEgypt introduced laws in 1983 banning the removal of artefacts from the country.\n\nTutankhamun died over 3,000 years ago aged 19. His remains were found in 1922.", "The National Trust has announced that it will sell off the shares it holds in fossil fuel companies.\n\nAt present, 4% of its £1bn stock market investment is in such firms.\n\nThe Trust, the biggest conservation charity in Europe, said it wanted to invest in green start-ups and portfolios that benefited nature and the environment.\n\nIt said it had set a three-year timescale for the change, but most shares would be sold within a year.\n\nUntil now, the Trust had been prepared to invest in firms that derived less than 10% of their turnover from the extraction of thermal coal or the production of oil from tar sands.\n\nThat same threshold was also adopted by the Church of England in 2015. A year ago, however, the Church's General Synod voted to withdraw investment from companies that do not meet the terms of the Paris climate agreement by 2023.\n\nAnd last month, the Norwegian parliament approved plans for the country's sovereign wealth fund, which manages $1tn (£786bn) of the country's assets, to sell coal and oil investments worth $13bn and invest in renewable energy projects instead.\n\n\"Over the years, we've gradually evolved our investment strategy to reduce our carbon footprint,\" said the Trust's chief financial officer, Peter Vermeulen.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Today programme, he added: \"As a conservation charity [we] believe that after decades' worth of lobbying not enough has been done by the oil and gas companies, and for that reason we're looking to withdraw our investment and invest in companies that are looking to deliver environmental benefits as well as financial returns.\"\n\nHe acknowledged that oil giants such as BP and Shell were investing in renewable energy, but said that while their investments were \"not insignificant\", they were \"too small as a proportion of their total capital investment\".\n\n\"Still less than 10% of the oil major's investment is on low-carbon technologies and we believe that's not sufficient,\" he said.\n\nThe Trust said it analysed the carbon footprint of its investment portfolio every six months.\n\nIt said it also required all its investment managers to be signatories of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment.\n\nThe National Trust is responsible for the upkeep of 248,000 hectares of land, 780 miles of coastline and more than 500 historic buildings and parks across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nIt has 5.2 million members and more than 60,000 volunteers.", "Facebook says glitches affecting its platforms have now been resolved.\n\nUsers across the world had been unable to upload or view photos, videos and other files.\n\nThe problems had affected its Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp apps.\n\n\"The issue has... been resolved and we should be back at 100% for everyone,\" it tweeted. It added that an unspecified issue had been accidentally \"triggered\" during \"routine maintenance\".\n\nFacebook has more than 2.3 billion monthly active users and Instagram has one billion.\n\nIn some cases, users were shown grey boxes annotated with text explaining what the firm's image analysis software had suggested to be the contents of the original photos.\n\nRival platform Twitter also had issues, with some users not able to send direct messages or receive notifications for a time.\n\nThe company apologised for the inconvenience, tweeting at about 23:00 BST: \"We're almost at 100% resolved. There may be some residual effects for a small group of people, but overall your DMs should be working properly now. We appreciate your patience!\"\n\nIn March, Facebook and Instagram suffered their longest period of disruption ever. Problems also struck both apps as well as WhatsApp in April.\n\nThe latest problems followed earlier disruption on Tuesday when Cloudflare - a company that provides internet security to website operators - suffered a fault of its own that caused thousands of websites to display \"502 errors\" when visited. The US firm has since published a blog blaming a flawed software deployment.\n\n\"Our testing processes were insufficient in this case and we are reviewing and making changes to our testing and deployment process to avoid incidents like this in the future,\" it said.", "Fans watching the singer's Glastonbury set on TV said Nina's joy made them cry, too\n\nNorwegian singer Sigrid will meet a 13-year-old fan who cried throughout most of her Glastonbury set, following an appeal on social media to find her.\n\nSigrid saw Nina singing \"all the words\" during the Other Stage gig on Saturday.\n\nThe singer said she had wanted to meet Nina straight away but logistics had proved \"difficult\".\n\nFollowing her appeal on Twitter to find the young fan, Sigrid invited her and her \"cool dad\" Adam to see her perform at Latitude Festival later this month.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMany fans commented on Sigrid's tweet - saying the girl's joy made them cry, too, that her \"living and loving the music\" was \"lovely to see\", and praising her as a \"No. 1 fan\".\n\nSigrid has risen to fame over the last two years, winning BBC Music's Sound of 2018.\n\nInfluenced by Lorde, Robyn and Joni Mitchell, the star has become known for catchy, quirky and literate pop songs.\n\nA friend of Nina's replied to Sigrid's post with a picture of the super fan smiling broadly as she clutched Sigrid's set list - a present from the security team at the end of the gig.\n\nThe BBC saw the message and managed to put Nina's father Adam in touch with Sigrid's publicist.\n\nNina put her high emotions down to being \"so close\" to one of her favourite artists.\n\nSigrid, 22, said Nina was \"on fire\" throughout her show on Saturday\n\nA member of the security team gave Nina the set list used by Sigrid during the gig\n\nThe schoolgirl from South Hampstead, north London, told the BBC: \"When she saw me singing along... I think she pointed at me, or kind of waved, and I was like 'oh my god, this is crazy'.\"\n\n\"It was the fact I was at the front, that she was there, and that she saw me,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm a very emotional person I think in general,\" Nina added.\n\nAdam, 47, who has taken his daughter to gigs and festivals before but \"nothing as big as Glastonbury\", said the whole experience was \"amazing\".\n\nHe described the kindness of fellow festival-goers who made space for the pair of them at the front, and of the security worker who ensured Nina got the set list.\n\nAdam and Nina had been to lots of gigs and festivals together before but \"nothing as big as Glastonbury\"\n\nNina said she was \"already so overwhelmed\" and \"so happy\" that she had not even begun to hope she might meet the singer.\n\nSigrid has arranged Latitude tickets for the pair and said she \"can't wait\" to meet them.\n\nThe singer-songwriter, whose full name is Sigrid Solbakk Raabe, told the BBC: \"I spotted this girl in the front row, she was singing all the songs and looked like she knew all the words.\"\n\n\"I really wanted to get to meet her but logistically it was difficult since it's such a big festival,\" she said.\n\n\"Thanks to Twitter and the help of the BBC we managed to find the dad, Adam, and I can't wait to meet Nina and Adam at Latitude Festival in the next few weeks.\"\n\nThe Don't Kill My Vibe singer, 22, will perform at the Obelisk Arena at Latitude on 21 July.\n• None 13 things we'll never forget about Glastonbury 2019\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Queen met researchers and scientists when she formally opened Bush House - although some students were not welcome\n\nKing's College London (KCL) has apologised and admitted it was wrong to ban a group of students from campus during a royal visit.\n\nThe Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge visited the university's Strand Campus on 19 March to open Bush House.\n\nOne staff member and 13 students linked to campaigning groups were denied access to the campus, causing one student to fear he would miss an exam.\n\nThe acting principal said KCL's actions that day \"did not meet our values\".\n\nProf Evelyn Welch added that a report into the university's actions was \"uncomfortable to read\" and that the leadership team \"apologise wholeheartedly\".\n\nThe investigation found the university had breached its own policies regarding protection of personal information and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).\n\nFollowing protests at university events on both 4 March and 18 March, police contacted the university's head of security to express concerns of an \"increased risk\" during the royal visit.\n\nThe Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge visited the campus the day after a protest at the university's council meeting\n\nThe card access for a list of people linked to groups including the Intersectional Feminist Society and Action Palestine was then blocked, without those individuals being told.\n\nOne student reported he was worried he would miss an exam but \"fortunately\" security staff reinstated his card in time, the report said.\n\nIt added that another student was late for an assessed presentation and had to \"beg to the point of tears to be let in\".\n\nThe day after the royal visit there were protests outside KCL's Strand Campus.\n\nThe report concluded that the Estates and Facilities team had \"overstepped the boundaries of their authority\".\n\nProf Welch said it was \"clear how the decisions taken in the run-up to and on 19 March have hurt our community\".\n\nShe added: \"The report shows that we need to take some actions to ensure that the values we uphold are applied consistently across our organisation.\n\n\"While individuals are identified, they should not be singled out as those who were solely responsible; as such we will be looking at the systemic underlying issues that we need to address at King's going forward.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSouthern California was hit by its strongest earthquake in two decades on Thursday.\n\nThe epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude tremor was near the city of Ridgecrest, which is about 150 miles (240 km) north-east of Los Angeles.\n\nTremors continued to be felt on Friday, as emergency crews fought fires and provided medical assistance to people.\n\nThe quake was felt from Las Vegas in Nevada to Los Angeles on California's Pacific coast.\n\nIt hit at 10:33 local time (18:33GMT) on the US Fourth of July Independence Day holiday.\n\nOn Friday morning at 04:15, a tremor measuring 5.4 struck. Los Angeles fire officials said there were no immediate reports of additional damage.\n\nThere was significant damage in Ridgecrest, which lies south-west of the epicentre, local geophysicist Professor John Rundle told the BBC.\n\nThe epicentre of the earthquake was near the city of Ridgecrest\n\nHe added that it was fortunate the quake had happened far away from major population centres.\n\nRoads were cracked and broken and power lines fell to the ground after the earthquake, which also shattered glass and cracked the walls of some homes in the region.\n\nFire burned some homes in the city of Ridgecrest\n\nThe Ridgecrest Regional Hospital was evacuated, the Kern County Fire Department said. The service has responded to nearly two dozen incidents ranging from medical assistance for minor injuries to fires.\n\nThe quake also struck near China Lake - the bomb testing facility of the US Navy, where weapons and aircraft are put to through their paces. One official from the facility told AFP news agency there was \"substantial damage\" – including fires, water leaks, and hazardous materials spills.\n\nBrad Alexander, a spokesman for California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, said on Thursday that fire engines and search and rescue teams were going to assist in the Ridgecrest area, where he believed there were a number of buildings on fire.\n\n\"This may not be over. There could be more earthquakes happening in the area and anyone listening that's in that region should be prepared to drop, cover and hold on,\" he warned.\n\nA man cleans up a supermarket that was damaged by the earthquake\n\nGovernor of California Gavin Newsom declared an emergency for the areas affected, as concern for potential aftershocks ramped up.\n\nIn interviews, he called on California residents to have a plan in place in case more earthquakes strike.\n\nMayor of Ridgecrest Peggy Breeden said that some people had been struck by objects falling from buildings and gas lines had been broken.\n\n\"We are used to earthquakes but we're not used to this significance,\" she said.\n\nLos Angeles' early warning system did not send an advance alert to many residents in the region, the LA Times reports - because the forecast did not meet the threshold of severity for Los Angeles County. In the end, the shaking was worse than expected for some people.\n\nStephen Sykes, who lives in Ridgecrest, was in the shower when his house started to shake.\n\n\"The whole house shook violently and we both ran out into the street. This went on for about 10 to 15 seconds, we were really scared,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Currently we are getting ready in case there's another one. We are moving items onto the floor and have turned off the gas supply. We will probably sleep outside tonight,\" he added.\n\nPresident Donald Trump tweeted that the situation was under control.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLucy Jones, a seismologist with the US Geological Survey, told reporters the epicentre was in a relatively uninhabited area.\n\nShe said there would likely be a number of aftershocks, some powerful.\n\nOne man tweeted images from inside a supermarket in Ridgecrest, which has a population of about 28,000 people, showing the aisle floors covered with fallen items.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Nick Graehl This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "December, 1987: A tanker burns in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war\n\nTankers blazing in the Gulf. American warships answering distress calls. Warlike rhetoric sparking fears of a wider conflict.\n\nWe've been here before: 28 years ago, America and Iran came to blows in the same waters. Ships were attacked, crew members killed and injured.\n\nBefore it was over, an Iranian airliner had been shot out of the sky, by mistake.\n\nThe \"tanker war\" was a moment of high international tension at the end of revolutionary Iran's eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq.\n\nThe two sides had been attacking each other's oil facilities since the mid-1980s.\n\nSoon neutral ships were being hit too, as the warring nations tried to exert economic pressure on the other side. Kuwaiti tankers carrying Iraqi oil were especially vulnerable.\n\nThe US, under Ronald Reagan, was reluctant to get involved. But the situation in the Gulf was becoming increasingly dangerous – a fact underlined when an American warship, the USS Stark, was hit by Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi jet – though Iraqi officials later claimed this was accidental.\n\nBy July 1987, re-registered Kuwaiti tankers, flying the US flag, were being escorted through the Gulf by American warships. In time, it became the biggest naval convoy operation since World War II.\n\nOctober 1987: An escort from the USS Guadalcanal watches a tanker in the Persian Gulf\n\nThen, as now, America and Iran were at loggerheads.\n\nIran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, had been calling America \"The Great Satan\" since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.\n\nWashington was still smarting from the humiliation of seeing 52 of its diplomats held hostage in Tehran for 444 days from 1979 – 1981.\n\nSo even though Iran and Iraq were both responsible for the crisis, the tanker war was quickly part of the simmering, long-running feud between Iran and America.\n\nIt's a feud that has never gone away and which has flared once more in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to apply \"maximum pressure\" after walking away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.\n\nOnce again, the waters either side of the Strait of Hormuz have become the arena in which this almost pathological contest plays out.\n\nWhat, if anything, has changed?\n\n\"Both sides have expanded their capabilities,\" says Dr Martin Navias, author of a book on the tanker war.\n\nIran, he says, is more capable than ever of using mines, submarines and fast boats to attack and damage commercial and military shipping.\n\nAnd it's not just a battle at sea: Iran's ability to shoot down a sophisticated American surveillance drone points to another battle, high overhead.\n\nThe US military identified the drone as a US Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk (file photo)\n\nCould the US and Iran start to exchange serious blows?\n\nIf attacks on tankers escalate, we could see another US-led reflagging and escort operation.\n\nOn 24 July 1987, a re-flagged Kuwaiti tanker hit an Iranian mine on the very first convoy mission. The US deployed more forces and more ships. The two sides were now on a collision course.\n\nIn September, American helicopters attacked an Iranian ship after watching it lay mines at night.\n\nIn the months that followed, more tankers, and a US frigate, were hit. American forces responded with ever greater firepower, destroying Revolutionary Guard bases and attacking Iranian warships.\n\nEventually it ended – but not before an American missile cruiser, the USS Vincennes, mistook an Iranian Airbus A300 for an attacking jet and shot it down, killing all 290 passengers and crew on board.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf killing 290\n\nThe official report into the incident said that \"stress, task fixation (and) an unconscious distortion of data may have played a major role\".\n\nThe US navy invested heavily in technology and training to avoid such catastrophic mistakes in the future.\n\nBut Nick Childs, a naval analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says today's environment, with rivals also exchanging angry salvoes on social media, makes for a febrile atmosphere.\n\n\"The information space has changed,\" he says. \"People get jittery. The danger is that each side is misreading the other.\"\n\nDonald Trump and Hassan Rouhani both say they don't want a war. Hardliners, on both sides, are a little more ambiguous.\n\nDr Navias says we're not yet heading for another tanker war.\n\n\"We're not seeing an anti-shipping campaign, but a signalling campaign,\" he says. \"The Iranians are signalling to the Americans that they could escalate.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter?\n\nFor all the drama of those months in 1987 and 1988, very few tankers were actually sunk and shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz was never seriously disrupted.\n\nNow, 30 years on, the US is far less dependent on Middle Eastern oil. Iran has far more to lose, in terms of imports and exports, from a closure of the Strait.\n\nFor now, another tanker war seems unlikely. But the fact that neither side really wants an all-out confrontation doesn't mean it won't happen.\n\nDr Navias says the dangers are real.\n\n\"This kind of environment is pregnant with possibilities.\"", "A fire in Kentucky that has destroyed two Jim Beam warehouses containing 45,000 barrels of bourbon may have been caused by a lightning strike.", "Kim Kardashian-West has won $2.7m in damages after accusing Missguided USA of ripping off her outfits.\n\nShe took the fashion brand to court in the US, claiming it was using her name to sell clothes and was \"notorious\" for \"knocking off\" designer items she wore.\n\nIt didn't defend itself and was told to pay out $2.7m (about £2.1m).\n\nIt has also been banned from using the reality star's \"trademarks in connection with the sale, marketing or distribution of its products\".\n\nKim has spoken before about how, when she's pictured in a dress, almost-identical designs will appear on fast fashion sites within hours.\n\nShe's known for wearing clothes by some of the highest profile designers in the world - including her husband Kanye West.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMissguided, which was founded in Manchester in 2009, hasn't always been shy about what it does.\n\nHours after Kim posted an image showing her wearing a gold dress designed by Kanye on Instagram, the company put up a photo of a model in a similar dress along with the caption: \"The devil works hard but Missguided works harder.\"\n\nIn this lawsuit, Kim Kardashian-West said Missguided USA doesn't just \"replicate the looks of celebrities\" but \"systematically uses the names and image\" of stars to promote its website.\n\nIn February, the star spoke out against fast fashion companies who she claimed ripped off the hard work and original ideas of \"true designers\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Kim Kardashian West This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Kim Kardashian West This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Kim Kardashian West This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a statement, Missguided said: \"We note the view of the California Court. The legal process has not yet reached a conclusion.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "The Government said there are plans to recruit \"over 3,500 extra officers and staff\"\n\nPublic safety could be at risk unless urgent reforms are made, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary has said.\n\nIn his annual report Sir Thomas Winsor also branded the criminal justice system \"dysfunctional and defective\".\n\n\"Bold and long-term decisions\" were needed to improve policing and forces need to work closer together, he said.\n\nThe Government said it was \"working hard to address pressures\" on the justice system.\n\nIn his annual assessment of policing in England and Wales, Sir Thomas said there had been a 19% drop in police funding since 2010-11.\n\n\"There are indications that some forces are straining under significant pressure as they try to meet growing complex and high-risk demand with weakened resources\", he said.\n\nHis proposals to improve policing included \"considerable investment in technology to keep up with and get ahead of emerging online offending\".\n\nMet Police Commissioner Cressida Dick wants investment in resources, technology and expertise to drive up clear-up rates\n\nIt comes after Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said too many crimes are being left unsolved.\n\nDuring a speech about the future of policing in England and Wales, Cressida Dick admitted that national detection rates for some offences were \"woefully low\".\n\nShe added: \"The courts are emptying, not filling. It is not good and I am not proud of it.\"\n\nSir Thomas also said rehabilitation of criminals needed to be taken more seriously, with people released from prisons being \"guaranteed proper support\" in dealing with benefits and finance.\n\nIn the report, Sir Thomas added that there was \"continued controversy\" about the 43-police force structure in England and Wales.\n\nHe also said there was a need for the police service to function as part of a single law enforcement system.\n• None State of Policing – The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2018 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Please use your device horizontally in order to use this experience!", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"He always had a smile on his face\"\n\nTributes have been paid to the two railway workers who died after being hit by a train on Wednesday.\n\nGareth Delbridge, 64, from Kenfig Hill and Michael \"Spike\" Lewis, 58, from North Cornelly, were hit by the Swansea to Paddington train near Margam.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) said the men may have not heard the train coming as they had ear defenders on.\n\nMr Delbridge was called an \"absolutely fantastic guy\" while the family of Mr Lewis said he was \"loved by everyone\".\n\nA third worker was treated at the scene for shock, but was not injured.\n\nFlowers for the victims were placed near the scene\n\nIn a statement, Mr Lewis's family said: \"We would like to thank everyone so much for their support during this difficult time and ask that we are now given the space we need to grieve.\"\n\nAlan Gitsham, a former railway worker who used to work with both men, said: \"Mike was great, a tidy fella. I'm devastated, I can't believe he's gone.\"\n\nKenfig Hill Rugby Club said earlier Mr Delbridge was a long-standing member and \"an absolutely fantastic guy\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The train hit the men while they were on the tracks near Margam\n\nGary Chappell, the club's treasurer, said Mr Delbridge's death was \"more than devastating\".\n\n\"He was an absolutely fantastic guy. He always had a smile on his face,\" he said.\n\n\"He always had time to say hello to you.\"\n\nHe added that Mr Delbridge, who was known as \"Gazza\", was an \"absolute staunch\" Kenfig Hill supporter and was well known at the club.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kenfig Hill RFC This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRay Giles, club secretary, described Mr Delbridge as a \"big family man\" and \"a really, really likeable lad\".\n\n\"Cheerful, never down, always bags of fun,\" he added.\n\nMr Giles went on to say Mr Delbridge was an excellent sportsman when he was younger and it was \"such a tragedy to lose someone so dear\".\n\n\"We were all just stunned, lost for words, and just grieving at the moment.\"\n\nThe Reverend Gordon Sollis, from North Cornelly Methodist Church, said it had opened its doors for those who want to pray or reflect on the incident.\n\n\"I'll be here if people want to talk about anything or just be here,\" he said.\n\nMr Delbridge and Mr Lewis died at the scene following the incident shortly before 10:00 BST and an investigation is under way.\n\nBTP Supt Andy Morgan said: \"Following a number of urgent inquiries into this tragic incident, it has been established that the three people were railway workers who were working on the lines at the time.\n\n\"The initial stages of the investigation suggest that the two men who died had been wearing ear defenders at the time and, tragically, could not hear the passenger train approaching.\n\n\"We have a number of officers who remain in the area and we are continuing to work alongside the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to understand the full circumstances of what happened in the moments before this incredibly sad, fatal collision.\"\n\nBritish Transport Police is working to establish the identity of the victims.\n\nThe Rail Accident Investigation Branch said it will proved further details of what happened and information about its investigation in the coming weeks.\n\nIt said its investigation was independent to any by the railway industry, BTP or the industry's regulator, the Office of Rail and Road.\n\n\"We will publish our findings, including any recommendations to improve safety, at the conclusion of our investigation,\" it said.\n\nThe deaths come just three months after the branch warned there were \"too many near misses in which railway workers have had to jump for their lives\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post 2 by Trafnidiaeth Cymru / Transport for Wales\n\nIn 2018, there was one death on the mainline railway and 6,641 injuries, of which 164 were major.\n\nBill Kelly, Network Rail's route managing director for Wales, said: \"We are fully co-operating with the British Transport Police and Rail Accident Investigation Branch.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with the families of our colleagues and our members of staff who will be affected by this tragic loss, and we will provide all the support we can.\"\n\nGreat Western Railway (GWR) said about 180 passengers were on the train at the time of the incident and they were transported by buses to Port Talbot and Cardiff about three hours later.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Passengers on the train which killed two rail workers describe how events unfolded\n\nGWR said everyone at the company was \"incredibly saddened\" to learn two railway colleagues died and it was working with BTP, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and Network Rail to find out how the \"tragic accident\" happened.\n\nStephen Lester, who was on board the train, said: \"[I] looked out of the window and saw people standing around looking at the floor.\"\n\nHe said the blinds had to be pulled down as there were about 30 secondary school children from Swansea in the carriage who were due to go on a trip to London.\n\nAbout 180 passengers were on the train at the time of the incident, Great Western Railway said\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Tourists watch the explosion from a beach on the island of Lipari\n\nA volcano has erupted on the Italian island of Stromboli, killing one person and sending frightened tourists fleeing.\n\nThe victim is a male hiker who was hit by a falling stone, while other people were injured.\n\nThe navy has been deployed for a possible mass evacuation, with 70 people already evacuated.\n\nThe volcano is one of the most active on the planet and has been under a regular state of eruption since 1932.\n\n\"Unfortunately one man is dead, there are a few injured, but none seriously,\" emergency worker Calogero Foti told Italy's Rai television.\n\nThe victim was a 35-year-old man from Sicily who was hiking when the volcano erupted twice. His Brazilian friend was discovered dehydrated and in a state of shock, the AGI news agency reported.\n\nAsh rising from Stromboli after the eruption\n\nFirefighters are battling flames on the island.\n\n\"We saw the explosion from the hotel. There was a loud roar,\" said Michela Favorito, who works in a hotel on the island.\n\n\"We plugged our ears and after this a cloud of ash swept over us. The whole sky is full of ash, a fairly large cloud,\" she said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Columns of ash rise from the eruption of the volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli.\n\nFiona Carter, a British tourist on the island of Panarea, some 17 miles from Stromboli, heard the eruption.\n\n\"We turned around to see a mushroom cloud coming from Stromboli. Everyone was in shock. Then red hot lava started running down the mountain towards the little village of Ginostra,\" she said.\n\nView of the volcano from the nearby island of Panarea\n\nHolidaymakers were reported to have run into the sea after seeing ash rising from the volcano. The island is a popular location for holiday homes of the rich and famous.\n\nStromboli is known as the \"Lighthouse of the Mediterranean\" and has a population of around 500. The last major eruption was in 2002, when a blast destroyed local buildings and piers, injuring six.\n• None Mount Etna erupts for first time this year", "Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has said she is \"accountable\" for what happens in the health service, after a last-minute delay in opening a hospital.\n\nThe new Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh has problems with its ventilation system.\n\nThe £150m building in Little France was due to open on Tuesday, but is now subject to indefinite delays.\n\nThe announcement was made the day before patients and equipment were to begin moving to the site.\n\nLast-minute inspections found national safety standards were not being met in the critical care wards.\n\nMs Freeman told The Nine: \"At the end of the day, I am accountable for what happens in our health service and it will be for others to decide whether, at the end of the day, I am ultimately responsible for what has happened here.\n\n\"I don't believe that is the case but that is not my decision.\n\n\"That is a decision for others.\"\n\nThe minister said she is \"accountable\" for what happens in the health service\n\nMs Freeman has directed the health board to act as quickly as possible to ensure all aspects of the hospital, including the ventilation system, meet the necessary national standards.\n\nNHS Lothian has been instructed to set out their plan to phase the move from the old hospital to the new site once it is safe to do so.\n\nMs Freeman said: \"There is no greater responsibility of the NHS than to ensure the clinical safety of their patients, not least when those patients are children.\n\n\"In order to be absolutely sure that patient safety is delivered, I have no choice but to postpone NHS Lothian's planned move to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.\n\n\"It is vital that patient safety remains paramount, which is why I have asked the health board to stop all moves until assurances have been given that the new site is entirely compliant with the relevant health technical standards.\"\n\nThe new hospital had been due to open in autumn 2017\n\nThe minister has also asked for an investigation as to why the problem was only identified five days before the official opening.\n\nShe added: \"While this issue has been caught by the final safety checks, I am disappointed and deeply concerned that this was not identified earlier.\n\n\"I have asked that Health Facilities Scotland undertake an investigation to determine how the hospital got to this advanced stage before it was discovered that the ventilation system fell below the standards expected. This work will cover both technical and governance aspects of the project.\n\n\"We will continue to be in close contact with the health board throughout this period to ensure the health and safety of patients remains the key focus.\"\n\nTim Davison, NHS Lothian chief executive at the new The Royal Hospital for Sick Children\n\nNHS Lothian chief executive, Tim Davison said: \"Patient safety is paramount, and following the handover of the new hospital NHS Lothian has continued to monitor facilities at the new site to ensure all systems are operating to national standards.\n\n\"Following advice from an independent advisor, I fully accept the Health Secretary's decision to reschedule the move to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.\n\n\"The air environment is extremely important and can help prevent the occurrence and spread of infection in patients who are already vulnerable.\n\n\"We are extremely disappointed that we cannot move as planned and I am very sorry for the disappointment this will cause to patients, their families and staff affected by this delay. However, patient safety must always come first.\"\n\nUnison Scotland expressed disappointment at the timing of the move.\n\nThomas Waterson, chair of the union's Scottish health committee, said: \"We are shocked that this announcement has come at such a late stage and frustrated that the cabinet secretary for health has put out a press release before any staff had been informed.\n\n\"Obviously patient safety is paramount but if there are health and safety issues then the appropriate action was required long before this late stage.\n\n\"The Scottish government has spent years planning this move, so to have further delays, particularly at this late stage, for health and safety is simply unacceptable.\"\n\nThe new 233-bed hospital will form part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus, providing care for children and young people to around 16 years of age.\n\nLast month BBC Scotland was allowed inside for a preview of the new hospital.\n\nThe new hospital had been due to open in 2017 but a series of problems pushed that back.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Hunt It's 'all to play for'\n\nTory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has said it is \"all to play for\" in the race against Boris Johnson to be the UK's next prime minister.\n\nHe said his team had believed his chance to be \"a very long shot\" at the start, but that had changed.\n\nThe foreign secretary said he believed \"so many people\" had switched to support him after hearing him speak.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson has been pledging to support the \"wealth creating sector\" in the UK.\n\nOn a visit to a sausage factory in North Yorkshire, he said companies in the UK showed \"incredible diversity and resilience\".\n\nHe added that boosting business was the \"way to pay for great public infrastructure, social care, all the things we need\".\n\nBoris Johnson visited a sausage factory in North Yorkshire and was given a unique packet of \"Boris Bangers\"\n\nTory members have begun to vote for their choice, after receiving their polling papers earlier than expected.\n\nThe winner of the contest will be announced on 23 July and will take over from Theresa May on 24 July.\n\nTalking to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Hunt said: \"I think at the start of the campaign the people around me thought this was a very long shot. Now it feels like much more of a contest.\n\n\"We've had some surprises. We had the surprise of Trump. We had the surprise of Brexit. I think we could have the surprise of the Conservative Party leadership election too. I think there's all to play for.\"\n\nHe said he believed some Tory members had switched support from frontrunner Mr Johnson.\n\n\"It's just a question of whether we've done enough in the short time we've had, but I think it's completely doable,\" he said.\n\nJeremy Hunt says Tory members want to see him - and Boris Johnson - in action\n\nMr Hunt also said he \"would like longer\" to campaign for the leadership, adding that he was \"disappointed that Boris hasn't wanted to do head-to-head TV debates until after most people would have voted\".\n\n\"I think members would have liked to have seen us both in action,\" he said. \"But that's his choice.\"\n\nThe candidates are set to face each other in an ITV debate on 9 July and at an event hosted by the Sun newspaper and talkRADIO on 15 July.\n\nThey will also be interviewed by Andrew Neil on BBC One on 12 July.\n\nMr Hunt has offered MPs a free vote on lifting the ban on fox hunting in England and Wales if he becomes prime minister.\n\nHe said he was \"just being honest\" about how he had voted on the issue in the past, \"but that's not what I'm going to change as prime minister\".\n\nHe said his priorities included rural broadband and protecting farmers in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nOn Brexit, Mr Hunt repeated that he would leave the EU without a deal \"if there isn't a deal to be done\" and that decision would be made by the end of September.\n\nLater, at a leadership hustings in York, Mr Hunt said councils needed more money for social care and there needed to be incentives for people to save for their futures, \"just as we save for a pension\".\n\nHe said the government should also consider incentives to encourage people to look after elderly relatives in the family home.\n\n\"There are 420,000 households in our country that are three-generation households where granny, mum and dad and the kids all live under the same roof. I think that is a good thing,\" he said.\n\n\"I am not saying we all want to live with our mother-in-law. But I think that three-generation families are a wonderful thing.\"\n\nWhen asked about a committee report that called for an immediate £8bn cash increase and a move to a free, NHS-based system, for social care, Mr Johnson said the report was \"thought-provoking\".\n\n\"There's no question that they're putting their finger on an issue that we have to address,\" he told the hustings.\n\n\"It simply cannot be fair that Alzheimer's or dementia are not properly funded in the way that other illnesses at the end of life are under the NHS.\"\n\nPressed on whether he would commit to a green paper on the topic, he said: \"I will certainly commit.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Chelsea\n\nChelsea have appointed former midfielder Frank Lampard as their manager on a three-year deal.\n\nLampard, 41, has left Championship side Derby County to take over at a club where he spent 13 years as a player.\n\nHe succeeds Maurizio Sarri, who left Stamford Bridge in June to take charge of Italian champions Juventus.\n\nLampard led Derby to the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Aston Villa, in his first season as a manager.\n\nThe former England international made 648 Chelsea appearances, winning 11 major trophies with them.\n\nHe takes over with Chelsea under a transfer embargo after the club were given a two-window transfer ban by world governing body Fifa - a decision they are appealing against at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.\n• None •Quiz: Can you name the managers Lampard has played under?\n• None Will Lampard risk pay off for Blues owner Abramovich?\n\n\"I am immensely proud to be returning to Chelsea as head coach,\" said Lampard.\n\n\"Everyone knows my love for this club and the history we have shared. However, my sole focus is on the job in hand and preparing for the season ahead.\n\n\"I am here to work hard, bring further success to the club and I cannot wait to get started.\"\n\nThe appointment comes nine days after Derby gave Lampard permission to talk to Chelsea and 18 days after Sarri left Stamford Bridge.\n\nLampard is the 10th full-time manager appointed by Roman Abramovich since he bought the club in 2003.\n\nChelsea director Marina Granovskaia said Lampard's Championship play-off final appearance with Derby demonstrated that he was \"one of the most talented young coaches in the game\".\n\n\"It gives us great pleasure to welcome Frank back to Chelsea as head coach,\" she said. \"Frank possesses fantastic knowledge and understanding of the club.\"\n\nDerby assistant manager Jody Morris and first-team coach Chris Jones have also joined Lampard at Stamford Bridge, while former team-mate Petr Cech was appointed as technical advisor last month.\n\nLampard joined Chelsea from boyhood club West Ham for a fee of £11m in 2001.\n\nHe won a Champions League and a Europa League at the club, while also helping them to win three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two League Cups.\n\nChelsea's title win in 2004-05 was their first in half a century and Lampard scored 13 league goals that season, including both in a 2-0 victory at Bolton that sealed the top-flight crown.\n\nHe scored 10 or more Premier League goals in 10 successive seasons for Chelsea and is the club's all-time record goalscorer with 211.\n\nLampard left Stamford Bridge in June 2014 and had a stint at Manchester City, where he scored six goals in 32 appearances.\n\nHe then joined New York City in Major League Soccer in the US, making his debut in August 2015, before ending his 21-year professional playing career in 2017.\n\nLampard won 106 England caps after making his international debut in 1999 and went on to score 29 goals for the Three Lions.\n\nHe appeared in three World Cups and one European Championships.\n\nThe former midfielder said he did not want to be a \"clone\" of any of the club's previous managers despite \"rising expectations\" on and off the pitch.\n\n\"Expectations at Chelsea will always remain, because of what the club has done in the last 15 years and I like that, I enjoyed that as a player,\" he said.\n\n\"I enjoyed my first year on this side of the fence and I am determined to keep on going.\"\n\nChristian Pulisic, a £58m signing from Borussia Dortmund, has replaced talisman Eden Hazard but Lampard will be forced to work with limited resources in his first season after the club was put under a transfer embargo.\n\nChelsea have a plethora of players on loan at Premier League and Championship clubs, including Kurt Zouma at Everton and promotion-winning Tammy Abraham at Aston Villa, and many are expected to be recalled.\n\nLampard also worked closely with two Chelsea players at Derby, both Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori featuring heavily in his spell at Pride Park.\n\n\"There's a nice balance of the older and younger players,\" said Lampard.\n\n\"I'm excited about the current crop of youngsters, especially seeing the work that has gone into the academy over the years.\n\n\"I've seen the players - I worked with Mason Mount last year and you can see their attitude, how they hold themselves and their manners.\n\n\"I want to dangle the carrot and ask them can you perform? Can you get in the team?\"\n\nThe new manager will have to succeed where his predecessor failed in giving sufficient game time to Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ruben Loftus-Cheek, two of Chelsea's most promising youngsters.\n\nMidfielder Loftus-Cheek has recently agreed a new five-year deal at his boyhood club, but Lampard will have to convince Hudson-Odoi to remain in west London despite ongoing interest from German giants Bayern Munich.\n\nIs it disrespectful to question whether Frank is making the right decision by taking this job so early in his managerial career? If things go wrong at the start it can destroy your chances going forward. Just look at the stick Gary Neville took after his stint at Valencia went belly up. Sir Alex Ferguson was sacked from his first job at St Mirren - although he did bounce back quite well!\n\nFootball is littered with the names of club legends who went back to manage at their spiritual homes. When it doesn't work out the dirty deed has to be done and for a while at least the legend is tarnished. I never want it to happen to Frank because I like and respect so much of what he has done and also the man he has turned out to be.\n\nHad he taken this job four or five years down the line, his chances of success would have been much better, but he knows there is no certainty the chance would come around again.\n\nRead more from Pat Nevin on Lampard's appointment here.", "The UK's biggest gambling firms have agreed to contribute more money to fund treatment for problem gamblers.\n\nThe owners of William Hill, Ladbrokes Coral, Paddy Power Betfair, Skybet and Bet 365 will increase their voluntary levy on gambling profits from 0.1% to 1% up to 2023 - a contribution of £60m.\n\nIt will be \"a step change\" in how they tackle addiction, the firms claimed.\n\nIt comes amid criticism of the industry on how little it spends to help addicts compared with its marketing budget.\n\nEarlier this month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens warned betting firms could be taxed to pay for addiction treatment.\n\nMr Stevens condemned the \"fraction\" spent by industry on helping those struggling with addiction, compared with the amount spent on advertising and marketing.\n\nThe companies said cumulatively they would spend £100m on treatment over the next four years.\n\nLast month, when the BBC broke the news of the plans, a source said the industry had to act: \"The industry is on a precipice - if we don't get ahead of this, we will end up where the alcohol industry was 10 years ago, and tobacco 30 years ago.\n\n\"The fear is that we face a ban on touchline advertising or football shirt sponsorship.\"\n\nPeter Jackson, chief executive of Flutter Entertainment - the holding company name for Paddy Power Betfair - said the agreement marked \"an unprecedented level of commitment and collaboration by the leading companies in the British betting and gaming sector to address gambling-related harm\".\n\nHe told the BBC's Today programme: \"We think that is an important step to make.\n\n\"We do think we need to increase the amount of money that is available to protect the young and vulnerable.\"\n\nMarc Etches, chief executive of charity GambleAware, told the BBC: \"We welcome this initiative by the leading operators as it's essential there is sufficient funding to provide for treatment and support for both problem gamblers and for those who are 'at risk' - particularly the young and vulnerable.\n\n\"Customers should be able to gamble in a safe environment, where help and advice is readily available at the point of need.\n\n\"It is vital that we work closely with the commission, government and other organisations to ensure that operators continue to focus on making gambling products safer, and that treatment and support is properly funded alongside other initiatives including the Safer Gambling campaign, Bet Regret.\"\n\nThe five firms have also agreed to increase safer gambling messages in their adverts and review the \"tone and content\" of their marketing and sponsorship material.\n\nThe Gambling Commission estimates there are 430,000 people with a serious gambling addiction in the UK. If you include those they deem at risk of addiction, the number rises to more than two million.\n\nOf these, around 55,000 are children and young people aged 11 to 16.\n\nJeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, said the gambling industry had a responsibility to tackle problem gambling and contribute to the cost of treatment to rebuild the lives of those affected.\n\n\"We will monitor closely the progress of these new measures and encourage the wider industry to step up. The government will not hesitate to take further action to protect people from gambling related harm.\"", "From the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Iran's prime minister in 1953, to tension and confrontation under President Trump, a look back over more than 65 years of tricky relations between Iran and the US.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS and British intelligence agencies orchestrate a coup to oust Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadeq. The secular leader had sought to nationalise Iran's oil industry.\n\nThe US-backed Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, is forced to leave the country on 16 January following months of demonstrations and strikes against his rule by secular and religious opponents.\n\nTwo weeks later, Islamic religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini returns from exile. Following a referendum, the Islamic Republic of Iran is proclaimed on 1 April.\n\nThe US embassy in Tehran is seized by protesters in November 1979 and American hostages are held inside for 444 days. The final 52 hostages are freed in January 1981, the day of US President Ronald Reagan's inauguration.\n\nAnother six Americans who had escaped the embassy are smuggled out of Iran by a team posing as film-makers, in events dramatised in the 2012 Oscar-winning film Argo.\n\nThe US secretly ships weapons to Iran, allegedly in exchange for Tehran's help in freeing US hostages held by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.\n\nThe profits are illegally channelled to rebels in Nicaragua, creating a political crisis for Reagan.\n\nThe American warship USS Vincennes shoots down an Iran Air flight in the Gulf on 3 July, killing all 290 people on board. The US says the Airbus A300 was mistaken for a fighter jet.\n\nMost of the victims are Iranian pilgrims on their way to Mecca.\n\nIn his State of the Union address, President George Bush denounces Iran as part of an \"axis of evil\" with Iraq and North Korea. The speech causes outrage in Iran.\n\nIn 2002 an Iranian opposition group reveals that Iran is developing nuclear facilities including a uranium enrichment plant.\n\nThe US accuses Iran of a clandestine nuclear weapons programme, which Iran denies. A decade of diplomatic activity and intermittent Iranian engagement with the UN's nuclear watchdog follows.\n\nBut several rounds of sanctions are imposed by the UN, the US and the EU against ultra-conservative president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government. This causes Iran's currency to lose two-thirds of its value in two years.\n\nIn September 2013, a month after Iran's new moderate president Hassan Rouhani takes office, he and US President Barack Obama speak by phone - the first such top-level conversation in more than 30 years.\n\nThen in 2015, after a flurry of diplomatic activity, Iran agrees a long-term deal on its nuclear programme with a group of world powers known as the P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany.\n\nUnder the accord, Iran agrees to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.\n\nIn May 2018, US President Donald Trump abandons the nuclear deal, before reinstating economic sanctions against Iran and threatening to do the same to countries and firms that continue buying its oil. Iran's economy falls into a deep recession.\n\nRelations between the US and Iran worsen in May 2019, when the US tightens the sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports. In response, Iran begins a counter-pressure campaign.\n\nIn May and June 2019, explosions hit six oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, and the US accuses Iran.\n\nOn 20 June, Iranian forces shoot down a US military drone over the Strait of Hormuz. The US says it was over international waters, but Iran says it is over their territory.\n\nIran begins rolling back key commitments under the nuclear deal in July.\n\nOn 3 January 2020, Iran's top military commander, Gen Qasem Soleimani, is killed by a US drone strike in Iraq. Iran vows \"severe revenge\" for his death and pulls back from the 2015 nuclear accord.", "A High Court judge has given doctors permission to administer insulin to a diabetic teenager who was refusing treatment because she wants to die.\n\nMr Justice MacDonald said there was no evidence the patient lacked mental capacity, but in the circumstances it was right to override her wishes.\n\nThe treatment was in the girl's best interests, the judge ruled.\n\nDoctors at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust had said she needed help as a matter of urgency.\n\nThe girl, who is in her mid-teens, cannot be identified for legal reasons.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mrs May was speaking in Stirling during what could be her last visit to Scotland as PM\n\nTheresa May has urged the two men vying to replace her as prime minister to make strengthening the union one of their top priorities.\n\nIn a speech in Stirling on Thursday, Mrs May said her successor should \"think creatively\" about how to ensure the UK stays together.\n\nShe also gave details of a review into how the UK government is structured.\n\nIt will look at whether whether government departments are working in the best interests of the union.\n\nThe government has stressed it will not include devolved areas that are the responsibility of the Scottish government.\n\nScotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, predicted ahead of the prime minister's speech that the review was \"too little, too late\" and would do nothing to prevent Scottish independence.\n\nMrs May's speech is likely to be her last in Scotland before she steps down as prime minister on 24 July, when she will be succeeded by either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt - who are both due to appear at a hustings event in Scotland on Friday.\n\nMr Johnson said on Sunday that the next prime minister should be a \"minister for the union\" while Mr Hunt has pledged to to use \"every drop of blood in my veins\" to prevent the UK splitting up.\n\nBut Ms Sturgeon, who wants another referendum within the next two years, has already predicted that more Scots will be encouraged to support independence regardless of who wins.\n\nNicola Sturgeon had a private audience with the Queen at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Wednesday\n\nIn her speech, Mrs May insisted that strengthening the union has been an \"explicit priority\" of her government over the past three years.\n\nAnd she said she is confident that this will continue to be the case regardless of who replaces her in 10 Downing Street.\n\nMrs May added: \"The job of prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland brings with it privileges and responsibilities which you only really feel once the black door closes behind you.\n\n\"One of the first and greatest is the duty you owe to strengthen the union. To govern on behalf of the whole United Kingdom. To respect the identities of every citizen of the UK - English and Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish.\n\n\"And to ensure that we can go on facing the future together, overcoming obstacles together, and achieving more together than we ever could apart - a union of nations and people.\"\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Hunt have both been emphasising their unionist credentials in recent days\n\nMrs May also formally unveil a UK government review of how devolution is working across the UK and what can be done to improve it. The review will be led by Lord Dunlop.\n\nThe prime minister said: \"We need to work more cleverly, more creatively and more coherently as a UK government fully committed to a modern, 21st century union in the context of a stable and permanent devolution settlement to strengthen the glue that holds our union together.\n\n\"There have been several reviews into how devolution works. But we have never thought deeply about how we make the Union work - how we ensure that as we fully respect devolution, we do not forget the UK government's fundamental duty to be a government for the whole United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\n\n\"Of course it will be for my successor to respond to his recommendations, and I am delighted that both candidates are supportive of the review.\"\n\nAhead of the prime minister's arrival in Scotland, Ms Sturgeon claimed that the country was \"heading inexorably towards independence\" and that the Conservatives were \"running scared of the rising tide of support for independence\".\n\nShe added: \"The Tories' behaviour towards Scotland in the three years since the Brexit vote has been high-handed, arrogant and dismissive.\n\n\"They have demolished any notion of a respect agenda and have destroyed their own claims that the union is in any meaningful way a partnership of equals.\n\n\"People across Scotland can now see that more plainly than ever. Theresa May's so-called review of devolution is too little, too late\".", "Middle-aged people who feel dizzy when standing up from a lying-down position may be at a higher risk of dementia or a stroke in the future, a report says.\n\nThe light-headed feeling is caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure, which is known as orthostatic hypotension (OH).\n\nParticipants with the condition in the study of 11,709 people in the USA had a significantly higher risk of developing dementia or having a stroke.\n\nHowever, feeling dizzy sometimes is often not a sign of a serious illness.\n\nThe American Academy of Neurology studied people for an average 25 years. And the average age of the participants was 54.\n\nStudy author Andreea Rawlings said OH had been previously linked to heart disease, so her team wanted to know if it could also be responsible for brain conditions.\n\n\"Measuring orthostatic hypotension in middle age may be a new way to identify people who need to be carefully monitored for dementia or stroke,\" she said.\n\n\"More studies are needed to clarify what may be causing these links as well as to investigate possible prevention strategies.\"\n\nOne limitation of the study was that participants were tested for OH only during the initial examination, so it may not reflect any change in blood pressure over time.\n\nNone of the participants had any previous history of heart disease or stroke.\n\nDementia UK's chief executive and chief admiral nurse, Dr Hilda Hayo, told the BBC: \"This study adds to our recognition of low blood pressure as a potential risk factor for dementia in some people.\n\n\"The advice on keeping the heart and blood vessels healthy in order to delay or prevent the onset of dementia applies equally to people with low or high blood pressure.\"\n\nDr Shamim Quadir, research communications manager at the Stroke Association, told the BBC that because OH was measured only at the start of the study, it \"limits the conclusions we can draw\".\n\nHe said: \"We would like to see more research which could explain the associations observed between OH and stroke and dementia.\n\n\"The Stroke Association recommends that you get your blood pressure checked regularly, know what your numbers are and make sure you speak to your GP if anything changes or if you are concerned.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Survivors of the Greek wildfires, which have killed at least 83 people, have confronted Greece's defence minister over the response to the disaster.\n\nThey say they waited hours for help to come and questioned where the authorities were when they needed them.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Gavin Lee, the minister Panos Kammenos said residents had ignored planning laws and built on wooded areas, blocking escape routes.", "The BBC has spoken to a close associate of the Brexit donor Arron Banks, discussions which have raised questions about whether he had business contacts with Russia.\n\nJames Pryor worked with Mr Banks on the Brexit campaign and helped to manage his businesses in Africa.\n\nHe said that Mr Banks had sought Russian investment for his South African diamond mines. He later refuted his claim on camera after being played recordings of his previous conversations he had had with the BBC reporter Manveen Rana.\n\nMr Banks denied seeking or having any Russia investors. He also rejected suggestions that he should give more detail about the source of the funding he provided for the Brexit campaign.", "The attack happened at a branch of Home Bargains in Worcester\n\nThe father of a boy who was the victim of a suspected acid attack is among five men who have appeared in court.\n\nThe three-year-old suffered serious burns at the Home Bargains store in Worcester on Saturday.\n\nA 39-year-old from Wolverhampton and four others appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.\n\nThey will next appear at Worcester Crown Court on 28 August.\n\nThe other men charged are Norbert Pulko, 22, from London, Jan Dudi, 25, and Adam Cech, 27, from Birmingham, and Jabar Paktia, 41, from Wolverhampton.\n\nThe father cannot be named for legal reasons.\n\nThe alleged attack happened in the Tallow Hill area of the city at about 14:15 BST.\n\nThe child was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital for treatment to his face and an arm.\n\nHe was discharged on Sunday but the long-term implications of his injuries are not yet known.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The fighter had been facing a seven-year jail sentence\n\nUFC fighter Conor McGregor has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time.\n\nMcGregor had faced multiple criminal charges stemming from an altercation in April with other fighters.\n\nAs part of his deal he is required to undergo anger management treatment. The plea will not affect his US work visa.\n\nIn a statement outside the New York City courthouse, the 30-year-old thanked the judge and prosecutors \"for allowing me to move forward\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ryan Gerbosi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe will also be required to fulfil five days of community service and, in exchange, will be cleared of criminal charges.\n\nMcGregor had been facing 12 criminal charges related to the incident at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on 5 April.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch footage appearing to show McGregor attacking a bus in New York\n\nThe charges against McGregor had included menacing, assault resulting in injury, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.\n\nThe most serious charges carried a maximum sentence of seven years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Suzanne Lynch This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a two-sentence statement outside the courthouse, he said: \"I just want to say I'm thankful to the DA [District Attorney] and the judge for allowing me to move forward.\"\n\nMcGregor and Vladimir Putin were photographed together at the World Cup final\n\n\"I want to say to my friends, my family, my fans: thank you for the support.\"\n\nHis fans had gathered outside the court, with several holding signs expressing their support for the \"champ\".\n\nIn April McGregor was filmed throwing a metal dolly into a window of a bus parked at a Barclay's Center loading bay.\n\nAs a condition of the deal with the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, he was required to pay full restitution to the bus company, which he has already fulfilled.\n\nIrish fighter Cian Cowley was also arrested in April\n\nThe coach bus had been carrying a group of UFC athletes and employees at the time.\n\nTwo UFC fighters were injured and forced to withdraw from their scheduled matches.\n\nOne of McGregor's teammates from SBG Ireland - MMA fighter Cian Cowley - was also arrested for his involvement in the incident.\n\nOn Thursday, he too pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.\n\nMcGregor's manager, Audie Attar, gave a statement outside the court, saying the Irish fighter would be \"getting back to business\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Ryan Gerbosi This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Now that this is passed us, we can focus on things that have been on hold for some time,\" said Mr Attar.\n\n\"Conor's been training. He's in shape. He's ready to go. Now it's just about getting back to business and we hope to have some news to announce very soon.\"\n\nLast month, the father-of-one had expressed his \"regret\" for the attack.\n\nIn August 2017, McGregor launched a boxing career with a fight against ex-welterweight Floyd Mayweather.\n\nThe fight, which earned him $100m (£76m), was considered the richest boxing bout of all time.\n\nAccording to sports journalists, the legal settlement could clear the way for his return to the Octagon later this year.\n\nHis manager, Mr Attar, said in an interview after the plea deal that the current champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, will be McGregor's \"likely opponent\" in a coming fight.\n\nNurmagomedov was on the bus that McGregor attacked, and was the target of his hostility.\n\nThat match, which his manager said could come as soon as October, could become one of the biggest fights in UFC history.", "How are those sleeping rough on Britain's streets coping with the high temperatures during the heatwave?\n\nAs homelessness charities hand out extra bottles of water and sun cream, we hear from those struggling to find shelter from the sun.", "Michael Simpson with his children Alice and Jack\n\nTwo young children are living in a rural town in China, completely unaware that their British father is dead after being murdered by their Chinese mother.\n\nSeven-year-old Jack and his six-year-old sister Alice are also unaware they are now at the centre of an increasingly bitter custody battle between their British and Chinese grandparents.\n\nNow sharing a bedroom with their cousin, they were taken to live in Nanzhang after their mother Weiwei Fu was jailed for life earlier this month.\n\nThe children's father, Michael Simpson, originally from Wimborne, Dorset, was 34 when he was stabbed to death by his estranged wife at his apartment in Shanghai in March 2017.\n\nThe couple had met and married after he moved to China to work in the supply business of the British retailer Next.\n\nThey had been living separately for a year and Michael's family say the children spent most of their time with their father.\n\nNow his parents, Ian and Linda, want the children to live with them in the UK, where they say they will have a better life and education.\n\nThey have promised to maintain contact with the Chinese family, keep teaching the children Mandarin and visit annually.\n\n\"Losing Michael put a hole in our family,\" Mr Simpson says.\n\n\"If you take away the children as well you've basically blotted out the whole of that family.\"\n\nHaving sat through the trial and sentencing, the couple had hoped to reach a deal with the Chinese family.\n\nThey were prepared to forgo their claim for compensation, offer some money instead to the relatives who are looking after the children and, crucially, offer official \"forgiveness\".\n\nThe latter could have seen Weiwei Fu's sentence cut in half, all in exchange for custody of Jack and Alice. But no deal was done.\n\nThe Fu family \"won't let us see them... and won't negotiate with us at all\", Mr Simpson says.\n\nThe Simpsons blame Weiwei's brother and have accused him of extortion.\n\nThey say he met with their lawyer just before the sentencing and repeated a demand for a payment of just over £60,000 in exchange for the children.\n\n\"I couldn't believe they would let their daughter go to jail for so long, just for the sake of that,\" Mr Simpson says.\n\nThe Chinese family denies it is using the children to extort money from their other grandparents.\n\nThe Foreign Office has been assisting the Simpsons as they pursue a custody case in the Chinese courts, but members of the family have said in the past they've felt \"let down\" by British officials.\n\nThey now think political intervention is needed and, as Jeremy Hunt prepares to visit China this weekend, they want the new foreign secretary to intervene in the case and appeal to Chinese officials for help.\n\nThe Simpson family say they are \"fairly impressed\" with the Chinese judiciary system, although they have concerns as the custody hearing will be in a local court near where the children are currently living.\n\nThey fear they may not be treated fairly saying some courts \"seem a bit timid\" about hearing cases involving foreigners.\n\nThe Foreign Office has promised to write to the court and send a representative to the hearing, which is due soon. But the family want more direct intervention.\n\n\"We do want political support,\" Mr Simpson says.\n\nThe BBC understands the case was mentioned in meetings by the UK's national security adviser, Sir Mark Sedwill, when he was in China ahead of the prime minister's trip earlier this year.\n\nWhen asked if he had forgiven his daughter-in-law for murdering his son, Ian Simpson said: \"I have no hatred towards her. To be honest I probably have more hatred towards the family.\n\n\"She's a bit like nothing to me,\" he added.\n\n\"I don't have any real feelings towards her. Do I forgive her? No.\"", "Mrs A has spent tens of thousands of pounds a week in Harrods on luxury goods\n\nThe fugitive wife of a \"fat cat banker\" who's spent £16m in Harrods is battling to keep her London mansion after the UK's first use of a new power to combat international corruption.\n\nThe woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is challenging a demand by the National Crime Agency that she reveal the source of her wealth or face losing her British properties.\n\nThe hearing at the High Court is the first time the agency has used an \"Unexplained Wealth Order\" to force a suspected corrupt foreign official and his family to account for their riches.\n\nThe NCA wants the couple to explain how two properties worth £22m were bought, amid suspicions the cash was stolen by the woman's husband while he was working for a state bank in their home country.\n\nIf the woman fails to overturn the court order, or fails to prove she is legitimately wealthy, the NCA can ask the courts to seize the homes.\n\nUnexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) came into force earlier this year to help investigators identify and seize British property suspected to have been bought by cash laundered by corrupt foreign politicians and officials.\n\nThe power was introduced because it's difficult for agencies to prove how these suspects obtained their wealth overseas - and that makes criminal prosecutions almost impossible.\n\nDuring the first challenge to an UWO, the High Court revealed that \"Mrs A\" is the wife of a state banker from a \"non-EEA country\", that also cannot be named for legal reasons.\n\nThe couple have an estimated wealth of more than £55m ($72.5m), and 10 years ago, Mr A applied to settle in the UK under the visa scheme for wealthy investors.\n\nThe first London property was bought the following year - but Mr A was subsequently jailed overseas after being convicted of a major fraud.\n\nMrs A is also wanted for trial - but has been living what the court heard was an \"extravagant\" lifestyle in the UK, spending the vast sums her husband allegedly embezzled.\n\nJonathan Hall QC, for the NCA, told the court that Mrs A had spent £16m in Harrods over 10 years.\n\nMr and Mrs A cannot be identified for legal reasons\n\nEach week, she'd spent tens of thousands of pounds on luxury goods. Her child has their own share fund worth £15m.\n\nMrs A has claimed in court papers that her wealth comes from her husband's successful overseas enterprises.\n\nBut the court heard this claim is not supported in confidential papers or online profiles of the banker.\n\nMr Hall said: \"It's an astonishing omission that if he were a titan of business, that there is no reference [on websites] to his successful business.\"\n\nJames Lewis QC, appearing for Mrs A, said the NCA's demand that she account for her wealth was unjustified and the agency had misrepresented her husband's career.\n\nFar from being a modestly-paid banker, Mr Lewis said that Mr A had been a stereotypical \"fat cat international banker\", similar to many others in the private sector.\n\nHe'd been the victim of an unfair trial and a major miscarriage of justice, the lawyer said.\n\n\"The reality is [the NCA] have to wait years for him to come out of prison. They cannot [seek to seize the homes] when he is unable to participate. She can't call the witness she needs.\"\n\nIf the UWO against Mrs A stands, it's likely to pave the way for more orders against suspects, including Russian oligarchs and corrupt former politicians from Africa, with property in Britain.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The discovery was made two years ago but has only now been revealed\n\nA gold nugget - claimed to be one of the biggest ever found in Britain - is reported to have been discovered in a Scottish river.\n\nThe gold, dubbed the Douglas Nugget, weighs 85.7g, and has been estimated to be worth more than £50,000.\n\nIt was discovered two years ago but has remained secret until now.\n\nThe man who found it wishes to remain anonymous and the exact location of the river where the nugget was situated is also being kept under wraps.\n\nGold expert Leon Kirk, from Gold Panning Supplies UK, said: \"This is a very exciting and unprecedented find.\n\n\"But the nugget's rarity means it is very hard to put a price on it.\n\n\"I would say it is worth at least £50,000 but, as it's rarer than an Aston Martin or a Faberge egg, a billionaire could easily come along and pay a lot more for it.\n\n\"Historically, it is off the Richter scale.\"\n\nGold expert Leon Kirk said the nugget could be worth more than £50,000\n\nThe man who found it, who is in his 40s, said he came across it by \"sniping\" - which sees gold hunters don a dry suit and snorkel before lying face down in a river.\n\nHe said he had discovered it while out searching with a friend and had not initially realised how big it was but when they did it provoked a reaction of delight.\n\n\"I took off my glove and picked it up, jumped out of the water and screamed 'bingo!' to my friend,\" he said.\n\n\"We were both stunned and couldn't believe it. I've never seen anything like it in my lifetime.\"\n\nThe owner is currently unsure what to do with his nugget, but is keeping it in a safety deposit box in the meantime.\n\nMr Kirk said he hoped it would end up being purchased by a British museum, although legally it could have to be handed over to The Crown Estate.\n\nHe suggested anyone else interested in learning how to look for gold should head to the \"Mecca of gold-panning\" at Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway.\n\nDr Neil Clark, author of Scottish Gold: Fruit Of The Nation and curator at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, said it was difficult to say if the nugget could have broken off from a larger chunk.\n\nThe find was made using a process known as \"sniping\"\n\n\"The rounded edges of the piece indicate that it has certainly been in the watercourse for a while,\" he said.\n\n\"The size of the nugget suggests that it probably did not travel far, though.\"\n\nA number of other large nuggets have been found in British waters with a 59g lump discovered in Cornwall in 1808.\n\nIn 2016, it emerged a 97g nugget had been found off the coast of Anglesey which was thought to have come from a ship which sank nearby.\n\nA year earlier a nugget reckoned to be worth about £10,000 was found in the south of Scotland.\n\nIt is not just unusual, it is the largest nugget, by far, to have been found in Britain for more than 500 years, so it is also a very exciting find in a historical sense.\n\nGold is not easy to find in Scotland.\n\nThere are a number of places where licences can be readily obtained and you can prospect for small flakes of gold.\n\nIf you find more than half a gram of gold after a day's work, you are doing well.\n\nGold in Scotland can be formed by a multitude of processes.\n\nAs the large nugget encapsulates pieces of milky quartz, it is likely that the gold accumulated in a quartz vein, possibly by deep hydrothermal activity related to mountain building over 350 million years ago.\n\nThe source of the gold is from hot acid waters dissolving minerals accumulated in sediments and other rocks as they are put under pressure during mountain building, sometimes related to the emplacement of large bodies of molten rock (for example, granite magma).", "Radio 1 has been criticised for featuring Logan Paul on a show.\n\nThe YouTuber is due to appear on Charlie Sloth's programme on Thursday night.\n\nLogan caused controversy earlier this year by filming the body of an apparent suicide victim for one of his vlogs, and has since apologised.\n\nA Radio 1 spokesperson said: \"Charlie is used to handling controversial guests\" - adding that the DJ has publicly condemned Logan previously.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCharlie Sloth previously criticised the American YouTuber for posting the video, from Aokigahara forest in Japan, which is known to be a frequent site of suicides.\n\nIn January the DJ chose him as 'Wally of the Week' on his Radio 1/ 1Xtra show The 8th.\n\n\"Millions and millions of people around the world look up to Logan Paul, including loads of youngsters.\n\n\"My children are some of those youngsters - they look up to Logan Paul like a superstar,\" he said.\n\n\"Fam, let's face it, you are an absolute wally.\"\n\nCharlie has previously said Logan sets a bad example to his young fans\n\nCharlie also suggested that Logan's initial apology was disingenuous.\n\n\"He made that apology to massage his own ego - I don't feel like he even cared.\n\n\"I don't think he felt any remorse whatsoever and that made me feel even worse about the whole thing,\" said Charlie at the time.\n\nA screengrab from the video posted by Logan Paul in Japan's Aokigahara forest\n\nThe YouTuber apologised again later in January by posting a video about suicide awareness, and pledging to donate $1m (£700,000) to prevention groups.\n\nSome social media users say he should be forgiven.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe interview will be broadcast in full on Charlie Sloth's show on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra on 26 July from 9pm BST.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nArctic Monkeys, arguably Britain's biggest rock band, are among the 12 nominees for the 2018 Mercury Prize.\n\nTheir space lounge concept album, Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, earns the band a fourth nomination for the award, established in 1992 as a high-minded alternative to the Brits.\n\nBut the quartet face stiff competition from the likes of Jorja Smith, Lily Allen and Florence + The Machine.\n\nOther nominees include Wolf Alice, Noel Gallagher and jazz act Sons of Kemet.\n\nLast year's winner, Sampha, also features on the soulful Everything Is Recorded, a collaborative album put together by the head of XL Records, Richard Russell - aka \"the man who signed Adele\".\n\nThe Arctics, Gallagher and Florence are 4-1 favourites at bookmakers William Hill, with Wolf Alice, Smith and Allen given odds of 6-1.\n\nArctic Monkeys are nominated for their sixth album, while Jorja Smith is up for her debut\n\nSeveral of the shortlisted albums are overtly political. Both Nadine Shah's Holiday Destination and Everything Everything's A Fever Dream address the rise in nationalism and xenophobia, coupled with a decline in empathy.\n\nLondon MC Novelist, meanwhile, delivers a strong anti-violence message on his self-produced debut album, Novelist Guy; and Sons Of Kemet's Your Queen Is A Reptile celebrates powerful black women who've been overlooked by history.\n\n\"It was really important to document the times we're living in,\" Shah told the BBC.\n\n\"As a Muslim woman [living during] a rise in Islamophobia, I'm scared. I'm genuinely scared. So I needed to speak about that.\"\n\nOther nominees turn their attention inwards, with Florence + The Machine displaying a new level of vulnerability on High As Hope; and Jorja Smith chronicling the bumpy road to adulthood on her streetwise debut Lost & Found.\n\nPop star Lily Allen receives her first ever nomination for her fourth album, No Shame, an emotional depiction of her marital breakdown and struggles with self-worth.\n\n\"Making this record was really tough and it was a slog,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"I felt very disconnected from myself as I was making it. I was trying to find me in and amongst it all. The fact it's connected to other people, it just feels really great.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Entertainment This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe full shortlist for the 2018 prize is:\n\nThe 2018 shortlist was drawn up by a panel of judges including musicians Marcus Mumford, Jamie Cullum and Ella Eyre, alongside broadcasters Clara Amfo and Mistajam, and a handful of music critics and journalists.\n\nThey said the nominees held a \"shared belief in the importance of music for navigating life's challenges - whether personal or political, falling in or out of love, growing up or looking back, angry or ecstatic.\"\n\nAll the nominees (including Novelist, Nadine Shah and Wolf Alice) get a trophy, with the ultimate winner decided in September\n\nAlthough the award has a reputation for rewarding up-and-coming acts, there are only three debut albums on this year's list, alongside two number one records and five former nominees.\n\nRadio 1's Huw Stephens welcomed the inclusion of artists on their third, fourth or (in Noel Gallagher's case) 10th albums.\n\n\"Hopefully it says that we're not as flash-in-the-pan as we have been in the past and that artists have time to build and to grow.\"\n\n\"Artists like Arctic Monkeys and Florence + The Machine are being allowed time to develop. They don't always have to go to number one and sell out stadiums and headline Glastonbury. They can just work at their craft for years.\"\n\nArctic Monkeys, who won the prize for their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, are now the second most-nominated act in the Mercury's 26-year history.\n\nOnly Radiohead have more nominations, with five, although they've never taken home the trophy.\n\nPJ Harvey also has four nominations - and is the only artist to win the award twice, for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea in 2001 and Let England Shake in 2011.\n\nThis year's winner will be unveiled at London's Hammersmith Apollo on 20 September.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces\n\nThe UK has suspended co-operation with the US over two Islamic State suspects.\n\nMinisters had said they would share intelligence with the US that could lead to the men's conviction, without opposing a death penalty sentence.\n\nHowever the mother of one of the men has now launched a legal challenge to prevent such information sharing.\n\nThe Home Office has halted co-operation until a judge has had a chance to consider an application for judicial review.\n\nAlexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both of whom have been stripped of British nationality, are wanted for being part of the IS kidnap gang behind hostage executions.\n\nThey are accused of being the last two members of an IS group dubbed \"The Beatles\" because of their British accents.\n\nLawyers for the mother of El Shafee Elsheikh have now prepared detailed grounds challenging Mr Javid's decision to share information with the US without a death penalty assurance - meaning a case could be before High Court judges in days.\n\nThey said the home secretary's actions revealed \"a clear and dramatic departure from the UK's long standing international and domestic commitment to oppose the continuing exercise of the death penalty.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said the government had \"agreed to a short-term pause\" but was confident it had \"acted in full accordance of the law\".\n\nThe two men are currently being held by Kurdish forces and the UK believes it cannot legally extradite them to face trial here.\n\nThis week it emerged that the US was preparing the ground to prosecute the men itself - and that it had asked the UK for information that would help convict them.\n\nIn a letter leaked to the Daily Telegraph, Home Secretary Sajid Javid wrote that the UK would not oppose the use of the death penalty if the two men were extradited to the US.\n\nIn the past Britain has sought assurances from foreign governments that the death penalty would not be used in cases where the UK provided information or extradited suspects.\n\nNumber 10 had said this was \"a long-standing position\" to oppose the death penalty but added that in this case it was \"a priority to make sure that these men face criminal prosecution\".\n\nThe home secretary's position boils down to a simple question: Would you run the risk of them going free?\n\nGiven Elsheikh and Kotey are in the custody of Syrian Kurdish forces, that sounds unlikely.\n\nBut British prosecutors can't bring the men for trial here because they're not being held by a recognised state with whom the UK has a legally recognised extradition agreement - it would amount to kidnap.\n\nThe forces holding the men are, however, backed by the US - and American courts are less fussy about the legalities of how a suspect ends up in the dock.\n\nThe US may need British information to make a prosecution stick - hence the co-operation.\n\nThis challenge from Mr Elsheikh's mother isn't about that evidence - but whether the ministerial decision to share it demolishes the UK's internationally recognised opposition to capital punishment.\n\nIn case after case down the years, the UK has refused to provide legal help that could lead to overseas executions.\n\nSo this decision to help the Americans, made in the hope of landing a conviction of two of the most wanted men in the world, could turn into a major legal fight.\n\nLabour accused the UK of having \"unilaterally abandoned\" its opposition to the death penalty.\n\nThe former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Lord Carlile said this constituted \"a unilateral change of policy without any consultation\".\n\nLeft to right: Mohammed Emwazi, Aine Davis, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh\n\nThe BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said a senior British government official told him that this case was not the first time that the UK had dropped its request for assurances that the death penalty would not be used.\n\nBut our correspondent said if the pair were sent to the controversial US military prison Guantanamo Bay - where suspects have been detained without trial - the UK would withhold intelligence.", "The EU's chief negotiator has ruled out allowing the UK to collect customs duties on its behalf, a key UK proposal for post-Brexit trade.\n\nMichel Barnier said the UK wanted to \"take back control\" of its money, law and borders - but so did the EU.\n\nThe EU would not delegate \"excises duty collection to a non-member\", he said.\n\nBoth he and UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said progress had been made but \"obstacles\" remained before reaching a deal in October.\n\nMr Raab said: \"We have agreed to meet again in mid-August and then to continue weekly discussions to clear away all the obstacles that line our path, to a strong deal in October - one that works for both sides.\"\n\nHe replaced David Davis, who quit as Brexit secretary in protest at Theresa May's plans for a future economic relationship between the UK and EU, as set out in the White Paper.\n\nThat set out in more detail the government's proposed customs system, the Facilitated Customs Arrangement for goods and agri-foods. The UK's plan involves it collecting some EU tariffs - in a bid to ensure frictionless trade in goods and to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland.\n\nMichel Barnier wants the UK to make a choice.\n\nIf it wants to have frictionless trade with the EU's single market then it will have to join a customs union, or something like it, which will mean applying the EU's tariffs and reducing the scope for doing free trade deals with others.\n\nIf it wants more freedom, it will have to agree arrangements with the EU that will reduce friction but not eliminate it altogether.\n\nIt's an old tune that sounds different after the publication of the UK's White Paper, which was supposed to have solved this dilemma.\n\nIt also sounds like the UK will propose a revamped version of its idea for avoiding a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland but the two sides are still divided on whether that should have a time-limit or not.\n\nLost among all of this will be the nugget of good news: Big strides have been made on security co-operation after Brexit.\n\nBut Mr Barnier said retaining control of the money, law and borders also applied to the EU's customs policy.\n\n\"The EU cannot and the EU will not delegate the application of its customs policy and rules and VAT and excises duty collection to a non-member who would not be subject to the EU's governance structures,\" he said.\n\nAny customs arrangement or union \"must respect this principle\", he said.\n\nBBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said Mr Barnier appeared to have delivered a significant blow to Mrs May's controversial proposals, which have already been criticised by pro-Brexit Tory MPs.\n\nSpeaking after talks with Mr Raab, Mr Barnier said that Theresa May's Brexit White Paper plan was a \"real step forward\".\n\nHe highlighted agreement on security measures and said both sides wanted a wide-ranging free trade deal.\n\nBut he added: \"To be frank, we are not at the end of the road yet.\"\n\nEnter the word or phrase you are looking for\n\nWhile UK proposals on security marked \"a real step forward\" and he welcomed the acknowledgement that the European Court of Justice was the only arbiter of EU law, he added: \"In contrast, on our future economic relationship, it comes as no surprise that finding common ground between the EU27 and the UK is more difficult.\"\n\nBrexit Secretary Mr Raab said the UK proposals had been designed \"to respect the result of the referendum, and the core principles of the EU\".\n\n\"We have considered the innovative approaches the EU has taken in the past with other third countries - when the political will has been there,\" he said.\n\n\"In sum, the UK has set out our plans in detail. Those plans are ambitious, principled and pragmatic. I am committed to injecting new energy into these talks, along with Michel.\"\n\nTurning to Mr Barnier, he said: \"Michel, we have work to do.\"\n\nThe UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 but has yet to agree how its final relationship with the bloc will work.\n\nThe SNP's Angus MacNeil tweeted that the press conference spelt the end for the prime minister's Chequers plan:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Angus B MacNeil MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour MP Ben Bradshaw, who is part of the People's Vote campaign for a vote on any final Brexit deal, said: \"The White Paper is dead. It has expired. It has ceased to be.\"\n\nFor the Liberal Democrats, Christine Jardine said the prime minister's White Paper was \"struggling to survive\" .", "Comparisons are being drawn between the heatwave of 2018 and the summer of 1976. So how do the two years measure up?\n\nI had to sit my A-level exams back then, when the temperatures were so punishing we couldn't sleep.\n\nWe first tried the cellar, which was cool but too claustrophobic, and then the garden, which was too exposed to the unwelcome light of dawn.\n\nI didn't realise it at the time but I was living through a heatwave that has gone down as one of the seminal events in British weather history.\n\nMark McCarthy, of the Met Office, says: \"'76 is the yardstick we always fall back on because it was such a remarkable heatwave and drought - it's one of the standouts in our records.\"\n\nIt was so serious that the government of the day introduced a Drought Act and even appointed a Minister for Drought, Denis Howell, whose job was to encourage the public to use less water.\n\nThe newspapers loved it when he told them he had taken to sharing baths with his wife.\n\nStaines reservoirs near London during the drought of 1976\n\nSo how does 1976 stack up against the extreme conditions large parts of the UK are now experiencing week after week?\n\nThere are some striking similarities but also some key differences.\n\nBeyond the horizon, the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean play a crucial role in determining our weather - and sea conditions back then were very like what we're seeing now.\n\nIn both years, a particular pattern formed in which there is cool water near Greenland, warm water further south and then more cool water closer to the British Isles - and research has shown how that pattern of sea temperatures can be linked to warmer drier summers in the UK.\n\nAnd both heatwaves have involved the same kind of lingering high pressure in which temperatures can soar.\n\nBut in 1976 the high pressure system was centred further to the east of the UK than now.\n\nThat had the effect of drawing up hot humid air from the south, making night-time temperatures even hotter than they have been this year.\n\nThe exact location of systems such as this really matters because the UK is relatively small - so a shift one way or the other can have a big effect.\n\nSo what about the actual heat?\n\nThis is no comfort to anyone toiling outdoors now but 1976 was in a different league to this year. It saw an extraordinary 18 days running when somewhere in the UK had temperatures above 30C.\n\nThe latest figures for 2018 show that, so far, we've had \"only\" nine days on the trot above 30C. Also, 1976 had a staggering 15 consecutive days in which temperatures topped 32C.\n\nBut the biggest difference is in rainfall and what that means for water supplies.\n\nFrom as far back as May 1975, parts of the UK had suffered a long dry spell - so when the heatwave struck, the country was already thirsty.\n\nIn Yorkshire and East Anglia, standpipes were fitted in the streets. In Wales and the west of England, supplies were turned off during the day. And dozens of companies had restrictions imposed or were told to order shorter working weeks.\n\nWhat about this year? It has seen the driest first half of a summer for half a century and a hosepipe ban is in prospect for north-west England. Six of the Met Office's rain gauges have received less than 1mm of rain since 29 May.\n\nAlso this year, some regions have not reached even 10% of the average rain seen in June and July - although with seven days of the month left, this could change.\n\nBut overall most water companies say they are happy with supplies, for the moment.\n\nLuckily last winter delivered its usual amount of rain and spring rainfall was above average. Much of the country had water in the bank when all this began.\n\nSo where does that leave us?\n\nWhile 1976 did see more severe conditions than now, there has been a profoundly important change in the intervening 42 years: the global average temperature has crept up and is set to rise further.\n\nThat makes it \"very likely\" (in the words of the UN climate science panel) that heatwaves will become more frequent in future. And this has potentially devastating implications.\n\nAfter the 2003 heatwave that was blamed for causing 2,000 extra deaths in the UK and tens of thousands across continental Europe, a study concluded that the temperatures of 2003 would seem normal by the summers of the 2040s.\n\nGlobal warming is not the only change. Since 1976, the population has soared, demand for water has rocketed and the stuff has never been so precious.\n\nDrought Minister Denis Howell framed by standpipe taps in a street in Wakefield\n\nThe water companies are under pressure to fix wasteful leaks. And the rollout of water meters is designed to reduce demand - our supplies used to flow without any record of how much we used. Water saving devices in the home also help us to consume less.\n\nEven in East Anglia, the driest region of the country, where there's less rain per person than in Jerusalem, Anglian Water has managed things so that water demand per head is lower than the UK average. Technology and awareness are combining to provide solutions.\n\nWhat now? The current heatwave isn't over yet. It could endure through August. More records could be set - or, as often happens during times of maximum public interest, the heavens will suddenly open and the air will cool.\n\nIn the case of the minister for drought, his appointment was inevitably followed by a deluge and he was quickly made minister for floods instead (two years later Mr Howell served as minister for snow). The papers loved that too - another reason that 1976 was so memorable.\n\nSadly, the break in the weather came too late for me and my exams. But when it came to the results, at least I had an excuse.", "Compare the temperature where you are with more than 50 cities around the world, including some of the hottest and coldest inhabited places. Enter your location or postcode in the search box to see your result.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather forecast for the rest of the week - thunderstorms ahead\n\nIt is officially the hottest day of the year so far in the UK with temperatures soaring to 35.1C in Surrey.\n\nNorthern Ireland, Scotland and Wales saw high temperatures of 26.2-29.4C.\n\nThe Met Office says temperatures will keep rising into Friday and the UK's all-time temperature record of 38.5C (101F) - set in Kent in August 2003 - could be beaten.\n\nBut parts of England are experiencing heavy rainfall and thunderstorm warnings are in place.\n\nThe maximum temperature in Wales was 29.4C in Usk and for Northern Ireland, 26.2C at Giants Causeway.\n\nThe highest temperature recorded in Scotland was 27.6C in Dunstaffnage.\n\nTemperatures of 37C (99F) have been forecast in southern, eastern and central England for Friday.\n\nThe July record for the highest overnight minimum temperature is 23.3C - and the Met Office says that could be surpassed in south-east England on Thursday.\n\nThe UK's current all-time record temperature for July stands at 36.7C, which was recorded at Heathrow in July 2015.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for thunderstorms is in place in the East and West Midlands, the East of England, London and the South East, and Yorkshire until 21:00 BST on Thursday.\n\nAnother will come into force for large parts of England between 14:00 and 23:45 on Friday.\n\nSome places could see as much as 30mm of rainfall in an hour and 60mm in three hours.\n\nX Factor star James Arthur cancelled his open air show in Scarborough because of continued lightning strikes in the area.\n\nAnd a search is ongoing after a teenage boy went missing after going into the sea near Clacton Pier in Essex.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHigh temperatures have been blamed for delays to cross-Channel rail services of up to five hours.\n\nEurotunnel said air conditioning problems meant some carriages could not be used, which led to the delays.\n\nIt added that queues formed on the UK side because of the sheer number of France-bound passengers at the start of the summer getaway.\n\nThe RAC said it was expecting breakdowns to be about 15-20% higher than they would normally expect for late July, adding that breakdowns were already up 25% in London.\n\nThe scene was described on social media as \"boarding chaos\"\n\nMeanwhile, London's fire chief has called for barbecue bans to be imposed in the capital's parks after a record-breaking number of grass fires.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade's Commissioner Dany Cotton urged all borough councils to impose a temporary ban in the \"tinder dry capital\" as it was \"only a matter of time\" before someone was seriously hurt.\n\nThere have already been 43 large grass fires in London so far this year, compared to seven in the whole of 2017.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why there were so many heatwaves around the world in 2018\n\nA high pollution warning was issued for London on Thursday, due to a mix of toxic air, extremely high temperatures, emissions from the continent and a lack of cloud.\n\nYoung people, the elderly and those with lung or heart problems were advised to reduce strenuous exercise and physical exertion.\n\nHospitals, too, have been affected by the heat.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said high temperatures were leaving nurses dizzy and exhausted.\n\nOne nurse was admitted to A&E with dehydration after working three 12-hours shifts in a row during the heatwave.\n\nKim Sun-Lee, national officer at the RCN, said: \"It is vital employers adapt working practices to the heat - both patients and nurses must have easy access to water, and all healthcare staff should be able to take regular breaks, preferably somewhere cool.\"\n\nPeople cool off at the bathing pond on Hampstead Heath, London\n\nOthers try to stay out of the sun, like this man on Brighton beach\n\nNHS Providers - the trade body which represents NHS services - said some hospitals were back to \"winter conditions\" after reporting record numbers of A&E admissions.\n\nSaffron Cordery, deputy chief executive, said: \"We have heard concerns about large numbers of people from care homes requiring treatment.\n\n\"This extra activity is leading to delays for patients requiring planned operations such as knee and hip replacements.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHealth officials also said blood supplies had dropped because some people have been too dehydrated to donate, while others have chosen to stay in the sun.", "Police have gathered outside the embassy building in central Beijing\n\nA man has set off a small explosive device close to the US embassy in Beijing, officials have confirmed.\n\nApart from the attacker, there were no injuries reported and officials say police responded immediately.\n\nVideo and images posted on social media show smoke rising from the vicinity of the embassy in the heart of the Chinese capital with crowds gathering.\n\nA statement from the US embassy in Beijing said a device, which they described as a bomb, had exploded at around 1300 local time (0500 GMT) at the south-east corner of the compound.\n\nBeijing police called it a \"suspected firecracker device\" which caused a fire. The bomber injured his hand during the incident, but there was no danger to his life and he was immediately sent to hospital.\n\nPolice gave his surname as Jiang, and said he was from the Inner Mongolia province.\n\nThe BBC's Stephen McDonell at the scene says that normal activities have since resumed at the embassy, with people still lining up for visa applications.\n\nThere were earlier reports that police had taken away a woman who had tried to set herself on fire near the embassy at 1100 local time, several hours before the reported blast.\n\nIt is unclear if the two incidents were linked.\n\nAttacks on sites in the Chinese capital are rare. The most serious incident in recent years saw a car ploughing into a crowd at Tiananmen Square in 2013, killing five people including the attackers. China blamed the incident on Muslim Uighur separatists.", "Charlotte Brown died in December 2015 when Jack Shepherd took her on a date on his speedboat\n\nA man has been found guilty of killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the River Thames during their first date.\n\nJack Shepherd, 30, and Charlotte Brown, 24, were thrown overboard from the boat, which had a series of defects, in December 2015.\n\nShepherd, who was absent during his Old Bailey trial, was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence.\n\nThe jury heard Shepherd, who is on the run after skipping bail, bought the boat \"to pull women\".\n\nShepherd, of Paddington, will be sentenced on Friday. A warrant for his arrest has been issued.\n\nThe court heard he met Ms Brown on dating website OkCupid and tried to impress her with a boat trip past the Houses of Parliament after a meal at The Shard.\n\nBut their champagne-fuelled first date ended in tragedy when his boat capsized and she was thrown into the river near Wandsworth Bridge.\n\nThe court had heard how Shepherd had entertained up to 10 women on the 1980s boat that he bought from Gumtree, having invited them back to his houseboat in Hammersmith.\n\nThe boat was taken to the Old Bailey car park to be inspected by jurors during the trial\n\nIn mobile phone footage filmed during the date, Ms Brown could be heard shouting that they were going \"so fast\" as Shepherd drove at more than double the 12 knot speed limit.\n\nOn the return journey, Shepherd handed over the controls to Ms Brown who followed suit and went \"full throttle\".\n\nThe speeding boat hit a submerged log and tipped over, sending both of them into the Thames.\n\nA warrant has been issued for Jack Shepherd's arrest\n\nShepherd was found clinging to the hull and Ms Brown, from Clacton, Essex, was pulled from the water unconscious and unresponsive.\n\nRiverside resident Steven Morrissey told the court that he heard a young man screaming for help.\n\nHe said in a statement: \"He kept saying 'Help me, help me, somebody help me'. It was just 'Help me\" - not 'us', or 'her'.\"\n\nIn a statement read outside the Old Bailey, Ms Brown's sister Katie appealed for Shepherd to return from \"wherever he may be\" and \"take responsibility for the devastation he has caused our family\".\n\n\"We cannot allow Charli's passing to be in vain - her legacy will be to highlight the appalling lack of legislation and safety measures on our waterways.\n\n\"Charli died because she thought she would be safe taking a journey on Jack's speedboat - a speedboat we now know that was unsafe and that he bought with sole purpose of seducing young women.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Charlotte Brown's sister Katie (middle) appealed for Shepherd to \"take responsibility for the devastation he has caused our family\"\n\nThe court heard the boat had a number of defects, including faulty steering.\n\nLife jackets had been tucked away and the kill cord was not connected.\n\nProsecutor Aftab Jafferjee QC told jurors: \"It was cold, it was dark; we submit it was sheer madness.\"\n\nJurors were told Shepherd denied manslaughter on the basis he had no \"duty of care\" towards Ms Brown.\n\nCCTV footage showed the boat after it had hit a submerged log and tipped over\n\nShepherd told his lawyers in mid-May he would not attend his trial but the Crown Prosecution Service only found out a week before proceedings began.\n\nProsecutors said police had spoken to his mother on 27 June and were told he had not been in contact since March and his phone number was no longer connected.\n\nHis defence team insisted they did not know where he was, even though his solicitor had maintained telephone contact.\n\nIt later emerged he had been receiving daily updates from the trial from his legal team.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A photo from the plane showed both teams together in business class - before the women returned to economy\n\nThe first mixed-sex tour in Barcelona football club's history has run afoul of women's team fans - after it emerged only the men flew in business class.\n\nThe club posted glossy promotional video of the men's and women's teams boarding their US-bound plane together.\n\nBut on board, after a photo op, the women were nowhere to be seen in the rest of the video.\n\nPhotos posted to the female players' Instagram accounts, however, showed their team flying in economy.\n\nThe division was spotted by eagle-eyed supporters of the women's team, who asked why the men - some of whom were from the \"B team\" as top-rated players were resting after the World Cup - got preferential treatment.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by FC Barcelona This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nOne fan-run account which tweeted extensively about the topic, @BarcaWomen, suggested that if there were not enough seats, the most senior players from both teams should have been allocated business class seating.\n\nBut the female players themselves came out in defence of their club.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAlexia Putellas told Spanish news outlet Mundo Deportivo that the women's team had been added to the tour at a later date - and that the club had \"to organise everything practically at the last minute\".\n\nBarcelona said there simply were not enough business class seats on the plane once the women's team joined the tour - and that it had allocated two to three seats each for every female player in economy class for their comfort.\n\nThe incident is a potential embarrassment for the football club, which has been promoting its dedication to women's football and this historic joint tour.\n\nAhead of the first game of the US tour, the two teams trained together at facilities in Portland, sharing \"space and prominence\", as Barcelona put it.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It's something that reaffirms Barca's commitment to women's football,\" Putellas told Mundo Deportivo.\n\n\"Barca is a great club and the tours are also great, travelling with the first team and being at the same facilities is synonymous with a good level.\"\n\nThe teams are on their US tour in Portland from 24 to 26 July, before moving on to Los Angeles between 27 and 29 July.\n\nEl Mundo reports that Barcelona has made sure there are enough first-class seats for all the players of both sexes on that flight.\n\nThe men's team are set to play Tottenham in the International Champion's Cup, while the women compete against SoCal FC in the Women's Premier Soccer League.", "Aerial images of scorched towns and villages have revealed the scale of the devastation caused by this week's deadly wildfires in Greece.\n\nFlames tore through pine forests around Athens on Monday evening, killing at least 83 people. Many more are missing.\n\nThe fast-moving flames engulfed the homes of terrified residents and tourists, as well as those trying to flee in cars or on foot.\n\nBurnt-out houses and vehicles can be seen across the east Atica towns and villages of Mati, Neos Voutzas and Rafina, with whole communities devastated.\n\nA map produced by EU satellite service Copernicus reveals the devastation of residential areas.\n\nIn the coastal village of Mati, one resident described the arrival of the fires as \"a night of hell\".\n\nMany survivors were saved by fleeing to the sea, but a large number of the victims were trapped close to a cliff-edge, unable to reach the water.\n\nMati, an hour's drive east of Athens, is made up of small villas, popular among Greeks as a weekend getaway destination.\n\nIt is also home to a large community of retirees, and, during school holidays, many young children arrive to spend time by the coast with their grandparents.\n\nGrandmother Sophia Tsaganou Profitou described driving at high speed around fallen burning tree branches to get her 88-year-old husband Yannis and her nine-year-old granddaughter Katerina to safety.\n\n\"It all happened so fast,\" she said. \"No one warned us. Yannis told us to get our stuff but we didn't even have time for that, the flames were already here.\"\n\nThe swiftly advancing inferno also engulfed nearby Neos Voutzas, a village nestled among the rolling hills covered by pine trees.\n\nTheofilaktos Logothetic described his escape: \"The fire was chasing after us, whoever managed to leave in time, did so. The person who was right behind me when I drove to the main road did not make it, the fire took him and melted him.\"\n\nThe flames also reached Rafina, where residents fled to the sea to escape.\n\nAs volunteers now collect food and clothes for the survivors, the search goes on for many still missing since the night of the fire.", "Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports\n\nEllie Soutter, one of Britain's most talented young snowboarders, died on her 18th birthday on Wednesday.\n\nSoutter won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2017 Youth Olympic Winter Festival and carried the British flag at the closing ceremony.\n\nThis month she was named in the senior GB squad for the snowboard cross Europa Cup circuit, and was tipped for a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics.\n\nShe had been training abroad in Europe, and died near her home in France.\n\nNo further details have been released about her death.\n\nWriting on Facebook on Thursday, her father, Tony Soutter, said he was \"so proud of the beautiful young woman she had turned into\".\n\nHe added: \"This cruel world took my soul mate and 'Bessie' from me yesterday on her 18th birthday. Ellie I will miss you more than you could have ever imagined. Rest in peace you little champion.\"\n\nBritish Olympic Association chair Hugh Robertson and BOA Athlete Commission chair Ben Hawes said in a joint statement: \"Ellie was an incredibly popular and well-liked member of the team.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this sad time.\"\n\nThe statement said Soutter was due to return to competition next month after being selected for the GB team for the Junior World Championships in New Zealand.\n\n\"Ellie was one of the country's best up-and-coming snowboarders, competing in both snowboard cross and freeride,\" British Ski and Snowboard said in a statement.\n\nTeam GB said Soutter grew up in Oxted, Surrey, before moving to the Alps, where she trained.\n\nTributes - 'You were an amazing girl'\n\nEight-time British ski-cross champion Emily Sarsfield is among those to have paid tribute.\n\n\"So sad to hear the news of the passing of Ellie Souter. You really were an amazing girl,\" she posted on social media.\n\n\"Such a fun team-mate, made me smile every day, cracking all the jokes and enjoying life to its fullest. I'm going to miss you and your amazing energy. All my thoughts to your family.\"\n\nBritain's 2010 Olympic skeleton champion Amy Williams said: \"Such sad tragic news to wake up to. Thoughts and prayers go to Ellie Soutter's family.\"\n\nSlopestyle snowboarder Aimee Fuller said it was \"devastating news\" and added: \"We've lost a fellow snowboarder and a great inspirational talent within our small community.\"\n\nSoutter's bronze was Team GB's only medal at the Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Turkey last year.\n\nTeam GB celebrated her medal with the Twitter message: \"Tears of joy and snow stuffed down her back.\"\n\nSpeaking after her event, she said: \"I cried as I crossed the line. I was just so emotional as it hasn't been the best season for me and it's finally on the way up.\n\n\"I even asked my coach to put snow down my back when I was in the start gate. It helps wake me up so I don't feel all floppy like a jellyfish.\n\n\"I just hope this isn't the last medal I win for Team GB. My goal is to compete at Beijing 2022.\"\n\nHer father had set up an online crowdfunding campaign to help her achieve this aim, which had raised close to a quarter of its 20,000 euros (£17,800) target.", "Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that specialist doctors in the UK will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products.\n\nCannabis is currently a controlled drug as classified by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.\n\nA follow-up to this law, the Misuse of Drugs Regulations Act 2001, placed it under Schedule 1, which is the category for substances with no medicinal value. And this is the schedule being considered by the review.\n\nCannabis plants are made up of more than 100 different cannabinoids, which have different impacts on the body and are concentrated to different extents in certain parts of the plant.\n\nThe most well-known of these are THC and CBD.\n\nTHC is the psychoactive cannabinoid - the one that recreational users use to get \"high\". CBD does not have this effect.\n\nWhile almost all cannabinoids are controlled substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act, CBD - or cannabidiol as it is also known - is not.\n\nFor example, industrial hemp may be grown under licence in the UK. It is a strain of the cannabis plant that contains little or no THC, but does contain CBD.\n\nThe Home Office says that it can contain a maximum THC content of 0.2% and that the THC must not be easily separated from it.\n\nIndustrial hemp can be used for things such as building materials and clothing.\n\nCBD oil can also be extracted from these plants and, as it is a legal cannabinoid, can be sold in the UK.\n\nThe oil has been thought to have some medicinal properties, including relieving inflammation, pain relief and reducing anxiety, although there have not been conclusive scientific studies on this.\n\nIn 2016, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said that CBD products, if advertised for these medical purposes, needed to be licensed.\n\nLicences for CBD oil as a medicine have not been granted yet but the products can still be sold as long as claims are not made about their medical benefits.\n\nHolland and Barrett sells some CBD oils as food supplements.\n\nThe oil that has been in the news recently due to its use by those with epilepsy is cannabis oil, which has a higher THC content, and so, unlike CBD oil, is not usually allowed in the UK.\n\nBut Sativex, which is a 50-50 mix of THC and CBD produced in a lab, has been approved for use in the UK by the MHRA as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.\n\nHowever, in 2014, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which issues guidance to NHS doctors, gave the medicine \"do not recommend\" status, saying it was not cost-effective.\n\nSativex is a spray. Each 10ml bottle contains 90 doses and costs about £140.\n\nPaul Hunt, from CBD product supplier Vsavi, said: \"This ruling by the Home Secretary is very welcome and we hope that this is just the start of changing opinions and legislation of CBD products by authorities in the UK.\"", "The head of the Royal College of Nursing has apologised after nurses in England complained of being \"misled\" over a new pay deal.\n\nThe union had said they would receive a 3% pay rise this month as part of a new three-year pay deal.\n\nBut a number of nurses took to social media to say their pay had gone up by much less - in some cases by pennies.\n\nRCN general secretary Janet Davies apologised, saying the deal had been presented \"in good faith\".\n\nIn June, 13 unions agreed to a three-year pay deal for more than one million NHS workers in England.\n\nOnly one union, the GMB, rejected the deal.\n\nAt the time, the then Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the pay rise was \"incredibly well-deserved for staff who have never worked harder\".\n\nNurses had been told by the RCN they would get a 3% pay rise in their July pay packets, backdated from April.\n\nBut this week, some took to Twitter to complain that the increase they had expected had not materialised.\n\nMany expressed anger at the RCN and the government about the deal, with some nurses saying they felt they had been misled by their union.\n\n\"I'm as dismayed and angry as you are and I will fight the corner of members at every turn,\" she said.\n\n\"In good faith, we told all members that they would receive a 3% uplift this summer.\n\n\"I now find that this is not the case for everyone. I can assure you that I am demanding answers for you.\"\n\nThe RCN added in a statement that it would not be reopening the deal.\n\n\"Despite some delays to payments, over the three years the deal has to run, members will receive the full amount promised,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"We are sorry for any confusion caused about what members were due to receive this month.\"\n\nHowever, NHS Employers, which agreed the pay deal with the unions, said the agreement had never promised a 3% rise in the first year.\n\n\"This miscommunication is very unfortunate and clearly the RCN will need to review all of its communications to understand the extent of its error.\n\n\"We hope that this issue between the RCN and its membership can be resolved quickly, and we would direct colleagues towards the information on our website, which makes clear the pay journeys for different staff over the next three years.\"", "Boys are more likely to form friendship cliques, the study says\n\nWhether it's due to popular teen films such as Mean Girls or gender stereotypes most people imagine girls form more cliques than boys.\n\nYet a new study contradicts this, suggesting that boys are more likely to form tight-knit friendship groups.\n\nResearchers say analysing social mixing patterns is important for infectious diseases and vaccination planning.\n\nThey found that boys were more likely to mix with the same six friends over a period of six months.\n\nGirls' friendships, however, were more variable.\n\nThe study, published on Wednesday in scientific journal Plos One, was led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in partnership with the University of Cambridge.\n\nScientists use complex mathematical models to look at how diseases spread through social groupings.\n\nAnd this research could help predict more accurately how they will spread - and might one day lead to changes in advice on how infectious diseases are controlled.\n\nResearchers asked 460 Year 7 pupils across four UK secondary schools representing a range of socioeconomic areas to name the six children they spent most time with daily, between January and June 2015.\n\nLead author Dr Adam Kucharski said: \"Showing boys are potentially more cliquey than girls, perhaps going against gender stereotypes, and that popular children remain popular over time, is an interesting social insight - but for mathematical modellers this type of information is also extremely valuable.\n\n\"Understanding age-specific social mixing patterns is vital for studying outbreaks of infectious diseases like flu and measles, which can spread rapidly, particularly among children.\n\n\"Mathematical models that predict the spread of infectious diseases are now an essential part of public health decisions for the introduction of new vaccines.\"\n\nGirls' friendships are more volatile, say psychologists\n\nAnother of the study's authors, Dr Clare Wenham, now assistant professor in global health policy at the London School of Economics, said: \"Kids are a very important part of looking at how diseases spread.\n\n\"Previous studies have only looked at how children mix over one day, so with this study we wanted to see how it changed over time.\n\n\"It would also be good to extend the study over a longer period to see how friendship groups changed over the years.\"\n\nDr Terri Apter, a psychologist and former Cambridge tutor, who has written extensively on teenagers and friendships, said: \"It has been observed that boys' friendships are more stable and girls' are more volatile.\n\n\"As a result, girls might feel more pressure to have 'just in case' friends in case they fall out with their best friend and they feel more social pressure to be friendly with people that aren't really their friends than boys.\n\n\"All this leads to a larger, more changeable group.\"", "The official Vote Leave campaign spent more than £2.7m on targeting ads at specific groups of people on Facebook - helping it to win the 2016 EU referendum.\n\nThe US social media giant has now released these ads to a committee of MPs investigating fake news - meaning everyone, not just those they were originally aimed at, can now see them.\n\nThe ads, created by Canadian company Aggregate AIQ, often focused on specific issues - such as immigration or animal rights - thought likely to push the buttons of certain groups of people, based on their age, where they lived and other personal data taken from social media and other sources.\n\nThe 120 pages of documents appear to back up the findings of the Electoral Commission, which ruled last week that Vote Leave broke electoral law by working jointly with another campaign, BeLeave - something denied by both groups.\n\nA number of BeLeave ads were sent from the Vote Leave Facebook account, including this one:\n\nThere are 1,433 different messages in the data set released by Facebook, all with one common theme - although it is not always clear that they have come from a pro-Brexit campaign.\n\nHere is one that was targeted at animal lovers:\n\nThis one, targeted at tea-lovers, is more obviously pro-Brexit:\n\nPolar bears were also recruited to the cause:\n\nThe adverts contained in the Facebook data set were seen more than 169 million times in total.\n\nThe BeLeave messages were more closely directed at younger voters, promising a \"brighter future\" if the UK could stop \"EU regulators keeping us in the past\" and accusing Brussels of regulating ride-sharing apps such as Uber and enforcing quotas on data streaming.\n\nData provided by Facebook suggests some of the most seen images were produced by BeLeave. This image was displayed on the screens of target audience members more than five million times:\n\nOlder voters tended to be treated to claims about how much money the UK was sending to the EU. More than 140 ads made reference to the controversial claim that £350m a week sent to the EU could be spent on the NHS instead:\n\nAlternative uses for the £350m included schools and flood defences:\n\nVote Leave made the most of then US President Barack Obama's intervention in the referendum campaign, when he said the UK would be at the \"back of the queue\" for trade deals.\n\nThis ad was heavily targeted at older voters, with a reach of up to 25% among woman aged over 65 and 23% of men in that age group targeted by one version of it (as with many of the ads, the accompanying text was tweaked and refined from a basic \"parent\" ad):\n\nImmigration was another common theme, with one ad appearing to suggest the entire Turkish population was headed for the UK:\n\nBoris Johnson was the only politician to be pictured in the ads:\n\nApart from one featuring Jeremy Corbyn, which was targeted at younger voters and accompanied by an old quote from the Labour leader: \"The EU takes away from national parliaments the power to set economic policy and hands it over to an unelected set of bankers.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party spent £32,750.73 with AIQ on pro-Brexit Facebook ads. Only 16 of the ads were delivered to users in Northern Ireland, according to the Facebook data. The remaining 24 were primarily seen by people in England.\n\nThe 24 adverts, seen at least 1.96 million times - and potentially as many as 4.2 million times - were all posted in the final three days of the EU referendum campaign.\n\nEarly on in the campaign, Vote Leave launched a giant data harvesting exercise through a competition to win £50m if you could correctly guess the result of all 51 games in the 2016 European football championship.\n\nThe odds of winning the contest - which Vote Leave funded through an insurance policy - were calculated at one in 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.\n\nIt was described by one Vote Leave insider at the time as a potential \"game changer\" because it would allow it to gather the contact details of thousands of potential voters, many of whom would not normally be interested in the referendum.\n\nThe campaign recruited former England cricketer Sir Ian Botham to promote the contest:\n\nA separate group called Veterans for Britain had refused permission for its ads to be passed on, said Facebook.\n\nThe Culture Media and Sport Committee is expected shortly to publish interim findings from its inquiry into fake news, which has taken evidence from whistleblower Christopher Wylie and technology company bosses as well as representatives of the separate Leave.EU campaign.\n\nCorrection 27 July 2018: An earlier version of this story said some ads were seen by fewer than 1,000 people, according to the Facebook data, and this was an example of \"micro-targeting\". But former Vote Leave chief, Matthew Elliott, said the ads never ran, so we removed that reference.", "The BBC has agreed to pay Sir Cliff Richard £850,000 towards his legal costs within 14 days, following his privacy case against the corporation.\n\nA judge ruled the BBC infringed the singer's privacy in its reporting of a police raid on his home in 2014, awarding him £210,000 in damages.\n\nSir Cliff was never arrested or charged as part of the investigation.\n\nThe BBC sought leave to appeal against the High Court ruling but the application was rejected.\n\nThe corporation has apologised to Sir Cliff for the distress caused, but wanted permission to appeal, arguing the court judgement could threaten press freedom.\n\nThe BBC will now decide whether or not to go directly to the Court of Appeal to seek permission to appeal.\n\nA BBC spokesperson said: \"This is a complex case and while we hadn't decided on whether to pursue an appeal, we sought permission today in order to keep all options open.\n\n\"We reiterate that we are very sorry to Sir Cliff for the distress caused and have no desire to prolong this case unnecessarily, but the ruling has raised significant questions for press freedom and we are considering the best way to address these.\"\n\nThe judge's findings had included that Sir Cliff had a right to privacy while he was a suspect in the South Yorkshire Police investigation - trumping the broadcaster's right to freedom of expression to publish his name and cover the raid.\n\nBarrister Gavin Millar QC, leading the BBC legal team, told a hearing on Thursday it was \"appropriate\" for the corporation to pay legal fees incurred by Sir Cliff.\n\nThe £850,000 may not be the final total for his legal fees, but Sir Cliff is being given it now to pay his lawyers.\n\nThe singer's lawyer, barrister Justin Rushbrooke QC, did not give an overall figure for how much the case had cost his client, but Sir Cliff told the trial he had spent more than £3m.\n\nThe BBC is also going to pay £315,000 to South Yorkshire Police for legal costs.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Cliff Richard v BBC - how did we get here?\n\nFor the BBC, the decision whether to spend more money on this case is a difficult dilemma with high stakes.\n\nThere are many factors to consider.\n\nFirst, will an appeal cause further distress to Sir Cliff? The corporation has said that it is sorry for the distress caused to him, so why extend the agony?\n\nSecond, to fight this verdict is to keep it in the public eye. An appeal could create the possibility of more adverse publicity.\n\nThird, what are the chances of success? And finally, this is public money.\n\nSir Cliff is commonly regarded as a national treasure. Why throw more of other people's money - ie licence-fee payers' incomes - at a case in which a national treasure is aggrieved?\n\nBut what is the cost of not appealing? If the freedom of journalists is diminished as a result of editorial decisions made by the BBC, then not fighting this verdict could lead to resentment in Fleet Street, where the BBC lacks friends. And then there is the principle.\n\nMany journalists, inside the corporation and beyond, really do feel that journalism would be damaged.\n\nMr Justice Mann ruled in favour of Sir Cliff, 77, following the trial in London.\n\nHe concluded the BBC's coverage - which involved a helicopter filming the search at Sir Cliff's Berkshire home - had been a \"very serious\" invasion of privacy.\n\nPolice officers had been investigating an allegation made by a man who claimed he was sexually assaulted by Sir Cliff at an event at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane in 1985, when he was a child.\n\nLast week, Mr Justice Mann awarded Sir Cliff £190,000 damages and an extra £20,000 in aggravated damages after the BBC submitted its coverage of the raid for an award.\n\nThe BBC must pay 65% of the £190,000 and South Yorkshire Police 35%.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police had earlier agreed to pay Sir Cliff £400,000 after settling a claim he brought against the force.\n\nOn Thursday, the BBC's Mr Millar outlined his permission to appeal arguments in a written document, saying there was a \"compelling reason\" for the case to be heard and that it had a \"real prospect\" of success. It was rejected by Mr Justice Mann on all counts, however.\n\nThe BBC's director of news has said the ruling could have an impact on press freedom.\n\nSpeaking outside court last week, Fran Unsworth admitted the case had had a \"very serious impact\" on Sir Cliff, and there were things that could have been done differently.\n\nBut she stressed that even if no footage of the search had been broadcast, \"the very naming of Sir Cliff would have been unlawful\", according to the judge's ruling.\n\n\"This creates a significant shift against press freedom,\" Ms Unsworth said.", "The EU, Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory measures against the US tariffs\n\nThe US has slapped tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from its allies the EU, Canada and Mexico - but don't think they'll take it without a fight.\n\nAll three have already announced retaliatory measures as the US follows its new policy, which has been attacked as \"protectionism, pure and simple\" by the EU.\n\nRanging from serious to strange, these counter-tariffs could play a part in a growing trade battle.\n\nIt's too early to say how consumers will be hit in all the affected countries, but prices could rise throughout the world in light of these tariffs.\n\nRead on to see which American products each US ally plans to target.\n\nPrime Minister Justin Trudeau objected strongly to the announced tariffs, calling them an \"affront\" to their nations' military alliance.\n\nHe said Canada buys half of US steel exports.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nCanada plans \"trade-restrictive countermeasures\" on C$16.6bn ($12.8bn) of US goods, to come into effect on 1 July.\n\nThe country will impose a 25% tariff on assorted US steel products, including railway tracks, piping and steel sheets.\n\nBut Canada also plans a 10% tariff on more varied items:\n\nThe list, published by the Department of Finance, also includes a 10% tariff on candles - although, relax Canadians, \"not including those for birthdays, Christmas or other festive occasions\".\n\nSenior Canadian officials say the list is designed to exert political pressure on the US and make it take notice of how this will affect trade.\n\nAsked by reporters if he was ready to start a trade war with its southern neighbour, Mr Trudeau said Canada was \"ready for anything\".\n\nCanada is targeting a variety of US foods - including pizza\n\nEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he planned to take the US to the World Trade Organization over the American tariffs, a policy he called \"totally unacceptable\".\n\nMeanwhile, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom called the US measures a \"dangerous game\" and said the EU would not \"stay silent\".\n\nThe bloc released a list of tariffs in March - 10 pages of US goods it plans to target:\n\nThe EU plans to target iconic US goods, like Levi's jeans\n\nThe aim is to have the maximum political effect. Kentucky, home to bourbon whiskey, is Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell's state.\n\nOrange juice, meanwhile, is a major export of Florida - a key US swing state.\n\nFrance's junior trade minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said he expects EU counter-measures to be completed by mid-June.\n\nAmerica's southern neighbour also swiftly released a list of products on which it would impose tariffs, \"up to an amount comparable to the level of damage\" of US tariffs.\n\nEconomy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said in a radio interview that the measures would target US products from districts that would cause political difficulties for Mr Trump.\n\nMr Guajardo said Mexico was the top buyer of US aluminium and the second-biggest buyer of US steel, and that \"this kind of thing does not benefit anybody\".\n\nUS tariffs could hit $4bn worth of trade between the two countries.\n\nIn 2009, Mexico imposed higher tariffs on dozens of US products such as apples, frozen potatoes and Christmas trees in a dispute over the access of Mexican trucks to US highways.", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe man leading an investigation into historical sex abuse for the Football Association has found no evidence of an institutionalised conspiracy, the BBC understands.\n\nClive Sheldon QC began his independent inquiry in 2016 following a series of allegations by former players.\n\nHe hopes to submit his final report at the end of September, and it is now unlikely he will conclude there was organised abuse or a cover-up of the kind alleged in other institutions like the Church of England.\n\nHowever, Sheldon is still expected to find that there were failings by both individuals and clubs, and next month he will write to those he intends to comment on, giving them a chance to defend themselves.\n\nThe legal process of giving criticised witnesses the right to respond - known as 'Maxwellisation' - is expected to last around a month.\n\nAn inquiry spokesman said: \"Over the summer the review team will be writing to institutions and individuals to provide them with an opportunity to respond to comments Clive Sheldon QC may make about them in his final report to the FA board.\n\n\"The review team are expecting to send those letters out shortly and will expect to hear back within weeks.\"\n\nIt is thought around 12 clubs will form the basis of Sheldon's findings, likely to include the likes of Crewe Alexandra, Manchester City, Chelsea and Aston Villa.\n\nAll the clubs from whom he requested a 'structured report' into how they handled allegations of abuse have now cooperated with the inquiry.\n\nIn March, Crewe said they would scrap plans for their own independent review into abuse by former coach Barry Bennell.\n\nIn February, Bennell was sentenced to 31 years in prison for abusing 12 boys, seven of whom were linked to the Cheshire club.\n\nSo far Sheldon has met 35 victims, and reviewed the testimony of more than 100 individuals.\n\nInvestigators have sifted through 13,000 documents in the FA archives - adding up to 1.3 million pages - as part of their search for data relating to safeguarding procedures and child protection cases.\n\nSome 500 case management files - not all relating to child abuse - are thought to contain relevant information.\n\nThe inquiry team has also had access to documents held in the archives of the Premier League and the English Football League.\n\nOn Thursday the chief executive of the Scottish FA apologised for the abuse young players suffered in the past.\n\nIan Maxwell was responding to an 18-month investigation which found child protection policies are \"not fit for purpose\" and must change to prevent future cases of abuse.\n\nThe most recent police figures from March showed 849 alleged victims had come forward since former Crewe player Andy Woodward first spoke to the Guardian newspaper and the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme about the abuse he suffered.\n\nOperation Hydrant, the specialist police unit in charge of the operation, has identified 300 suspects and a number of court cases involving professional clubs are under way.", "Hoping to be a ninja? Sorry, but the Japanese city of Iga is not hiring\n\nA Japanese city has been forced to clarify it is not in fact recruiting ninjas, following reports that it was facing a shortage of skilled assassins.\n\nLocal officials in Iga, which styles itself as the birthplace of ninja-dom, had received a flood of applications from around the world.\n\nBut they said in a statement (in Japanese) that they were not officially hiring any, \"so please be careful\".\n\nThe mix-up apparently began with a report by a US broadcaster.\n\nOn 16 July, National Public Radio (NPR) reported in its The Indicator from Planet Money podcast that Iga was struggling to expand its ninja-based tourism strategy because of a labour shortage.\n\n\"Iga will build a second ninja museum [but faces a] labour shortage.... [which] also extends to ninjas,\" said journalist Sally Herships in the NPR podcast. \"There's a ninja shortage, or to be accurate, a ninja-performer shortage.\"\n\nMs Herships also added that ninja performers in Japan could make anywhere between $23,000 and $85,000 a year, though she did not say that there were immediate vacancies for ninjas available.\n\nThe NPR podcast fuelled a frenzy of online reports, with many suggesting that the city was looking to hire ninjas at a salary of $85,000 a year.\n\nNPR later said that a summary of its podcast had been \"incorrectly stated\", and that its story may have been misunderstood.\n\nThe podcast by NPR said that Iga faced a 'ninja shortage'\n\nNPR had posted a summary which said that Iga \"is facing a serious problem, there aren't enough people training to be ninjas, not even for $85k a year\".\n\n\"That characterisation was incorrect,\" an NPR spokesman told the BBC.\n\n\"After the story was posted online, portions of the story may have been misconstrued on social media or abridged in other media outlets.\"\n\nBut those reports led at least 115 ninja hopefuls from 23 countries to contact Iga officials, enquiring about possible jobs.\n\n\"Most were questions about whether we were really hiring, but there were a few that begged us to employ them and tried to promote themselves,\" tourism strategy official Motoyoshi Shimai told Reuters news agency.\n\n\"Some had real confidence in their bodies and strength.\"\n\nIga has wasted no time in capitalising on the confusion, turning it to its advantage.\n\nIn its statement, it extolled the virtues of its \"splendid tourist attractions including facilities about ninjas\". Besides its first ninja museum, the central Japanese city also has several ninja costume rental shops and holds a yearly ninja festival where visitors can \"throw ninja stars and use blowguns\", according to Iga's tourism website.\n\n\"Iga is not officially hiring but this is where ninjas originated,\" the city said in its statement. \"You can feel and experience their history throughout the city, so please visit us.\"", "The seaside town of Mati, east of Athens, was the hardest-hit community\n\nGreece has \"serious indications\" that a fire that killed at least 83 people near Athens earlier this week was started deliberately, Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas says.\n\nThe blaze broke out on Monday and hit coastal villages popular with tourists.\n\nSome 60 people are still being treated in hospital, 11 in intensive care. Dozens more are missing.\n\nOpposition politician Maria Spyraki accused the government of an \"abject failure\" to protect lives and property.\n\nMs Spyraki, spokeswoman for the conservative New Democracy, said the government ought to have warned residents via the media, deployed more firefighters, and evacuated people from Mati immediately.\n\nThe coastal area east of Athens was known to be high-risk, the Greek daily Kathimerini reports.\n\nRescue workers searching a cliffside in the seaside town of Mati found more human remains on Thursday.\n\nMore than 500 homes were destroyed, and some have not yet been examined.\n\nIdentifying the victims is proving difficult as the bodies are so badly burnt.\n\nMany were caught close to the cliff as the flames spread rapidly, whipped up by winds as high as 120km/h (75mph). Some survivors were saved by the sea, but dozens of victims were unable to reach the water.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"The flames were chasing us into the water\" - survivor\n\nMr Toskas also said that another fire that broke out near Athens a few hours earlier - but did not cause casualties - had been started intentionally.\n\nHe added that \"climate conditions\" in the areas affected by fire were \"extreme due to climate change\".\n\nEarlier, Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos told the BBC that illegal construction had contributed to the disaster.\n\nHe said building by residents between wooded areas was a \"crime\" that had resulted in blocked escape routes.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gavin Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Kammenos was confronted by angry locals as he visited areas devastated by fires east of Athens this week.\n\nArriving in Mati, where many people died, the minister was surrounded by residents who accused him of abandoning them.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Mr Kammenos argued that the actions of some residents had closed the roads to the beach.\n\n\"This is a crime from the past,\" he said. \"This coast of Athens, all these properties, the majority are without a licence, and they have occupied the coast without rules.\"\n\nAmong those still missing are twin nine-year-old girls Vassiliki and Sofia Philippopoulou, who were with their grandparents near Mati at the time of the fire.\n\nEU satellite service Copernicus produced a map showing the almost complete devastation of residential areas", "Astronomers got the result by tracking the movement of a star as it passed through the gravitational field of a black hole\n\nThe black hole at the centre of our galaxy has helped astronomers confirm a key prediction of Albert Einstein's ideas.\n\nBy observing a cluster of stars near the hole, they were able to confirm a phenomenon known as \"gravitational redshift\".\n\nIt's when the wavelength of light gets stretched out in response to a gravitational field.\n\nThe result will help scientists better understand the physics of black holes.\n\nThe Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile found evidence for Einstein's prediction by observing a star, called S2, that passed through the intense gravitational field of Sagittarius A* - the huge black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.\n\nThe effect they observed, gravitational redshift, occurs as particles of light (photons) climb out of a gravitational well like a black hole. As they do, the light's wavelength gets drawn out.\n\nAlbert Einstein would no doubt be delighted\n\nThis shifts the wavelength to the red part of the light spectrum - hence \"redshift\".\n\nIt's predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity, but has never been observed in an intense gravitational field such as that of a black hole.\n\nFrank Eisenhauer, from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) in Garching, Germany, said the measurement opened the door to more studies of the physics of black holes.\n\nIn future, he said, \"we will see many more effects of general relativity in the galactic centre black hole. We will see the orbits of the stars change, we will see light go in circles, we will even see space-time rotate together with the black hole.\"\n\nReinhard Genzel, also from MPE, said: \"There is still more work to do to really come as close as you can to the event horizon [the \"point of no return\" of the black hole] where you might expect strong deviations from Einstein's theory.\"\n\nFrançoise Delplancke, from the European Southern Observatory (Eso), which operates the VLT, said that the laws of physics could only be tested here in the Solar System under particular circumstances.\n\n\"So it's very important in astronomy to also check that those laws are still valid where the gravitational fields are very much stronger,\" she explained.\n\nThe observations were carried out with the Very Large Telescope in Chile\n\nS2 is one member of a star cluster that surrounds Sagittarius A*. These stars reach mind-boggling speeds when they approach the black hole - S2 comes very close to Sagittarius A* every 16 years.\n\nAstronomers followed S2 before and after it passed close to the black hole on 19 May 2018, tracking its progress hour-by-hour.\n\nWhen S2 passed by the black hole at a distance just 120 times that of the Earth from the Sun, it reached an astonishing orbital velocity of 8,000 km/s. That corresponds to about 2.7% of the speed of light.\n\nThe astronomers found that light from the star was indeed stretched to longer wavelengths by the very strong gravitational field of Sagittarius A*.\n\nThe results were perfectly in line with the theory of general relativity - and not explained by Sir Isaac Newton's ideas - which exclude such a shift.\n\n\"In sport, you would say it was 1-0 for Einstein,\" said Frank Eisenhauer.\n\nArtwork: Astronomers want to test other aspects of physics around black holes\n\nOdele Straub, from the Paris Observatory, in France, said: \"What we hope is at some point we will see something in the galactic centre that we can't explain with Einstein's theory - that would be really, really exciting. Because then we could go back to the drawing board and come up with something better.\"\n\nThe astronomers are continuing to observe S2; observations of its trajectory should yield new findings about the extreme conditions around the Milky Way's central black hole.\n\nGravitational redshift occurs because, in order to escape a gravitational well such as a black hole, particles of light (photons) must expend energy.\n\nHowever, at the same time, these photons must travel at a constant speed - the speed of light.\n\nTherefore, the photons can't lose energy by slowing down, but must expend it in another way. This lost energy manifests itself as a shift towards the red end of the light spectrum.\n\nThe results are published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.", "For the BBC, the decision whether to spend more money on this case is a difficult dilemma with high stakes.\n\nThere are many factors to consider.\n\nFirst, will an appeal cause further distress to Sir Cliff? The corporation has said that it is sorry for the distress caused to him. If they are sincere about that - and my sense is they are - why extend the agony?\n\nSecond, to fight this verdict is to keep it in the public eye. When confronted with bad news, institutional leaders often think the best thing is to draw a line and move on. An appeal could create the possibility of more adverse publicity.\n\nThird, what are the chances of success? Legal advice will be crucial - though no guarantee, of course, of the likely outcome.\n\nAnd finally, this is public money. Sir Cliff is commonly regarded as a national treasure. Why throw more of other people's money - ie licence-fee payers' incomes - at a case in which a national treasure is aggrieved?\n\nAgainst all this, and in favour of a further appeal, there are practical and philosophical points.\n\nOn the former, what is the cost of not appealing? If the freedom of journalists is diminished as a result of editorial decisions made by the BBC, then not fighting this verdict could lead to resentment in Fleet Street, where the BBC lacks friends.\n\nAnd then there is the principle. Many journalists, inside the corporation and beyond, really do feel that journalism will be damaged.\n\nFran Unsworth is the BBC's director of news and current affairs\n\nLeading figures in the newspaper industry think this is just the latest slap in the face for an industry in turmoil. If the liberty of journalists to report without fear or favour is reduced, how can an organisation like BBC News sit idly by? What would Lord Reith say?\n\nUltimately, the legal advice and cost will determine the BBC's actions. Any prudent organisation has insurance for crises like this. But BBC News needs to save tens of millions, and the rest of the BBC much more.\n\nAt the best of times, every penny spent by the BBC has to be justified.\n\nDuring austerity, that gets ever harder. If the BBC fights, loses, and is seen to have wasted public funds, the current support from Fleet Street could switch to anger, and brutally fast.\n\nIf you're interested in issues such as these, please follow me on Twitter or Facebook; and also please subscribe to The Media Show podcast from Radio 4. I'm grateful for all constructive feedback. Thanks.", "Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson sends a heartfelt video message thanking hospital staff for their \"great care\" after his surgery for a brain haemorrhage in May.\n\nREAD MORE: Ferguson thanks hospitals after surgery", "Children could be banned from owning drones weighing more than 250g as part of a proposed crackdown on misuse.\n\nThey would only be allowed to fly devices heavier than that if they were owned and registered by an adult.\n\nThe Department for Transport says drones weighing more than 400g can smash a helicopter windscreen, while those over 2kg can damage airliners.\n\nOther measures being considered to tackle irresponsible use include £300-on-the-spot fines and confiscation.\n\nResponses to the consultation will feed into a draft Drones Bill, expected later this year.\n\nThe growing popularity of the gadgets - and a surge in drone-related incidents - has already led to restrictions being introduced.\n\nFlying a device above 400ft or within 1km of an airport is now banned - and anyone caught breaking those rules could face a fine of up to £2,500 or a possible jail sentence of five years.\n\nAccording to Press Association research, in 2016, police forces recorded 3,456 reports about drones compared with just 283 in 2014.\n\nThe number of near-misses between drones and aircraft rose from six in 2014 to 93 in 2017.\n\nIn 2015, a drone put 130 lives at risk when it passed directly over the wing of an aircraft approaching Gatwick.\n\nAviation Minister Baroness Sugg said drones presented \"exciting benefits\", but further restrictions were needed stop people using the technology to cause harm.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nFormer England footballer Gary Lineker has backed the campaign for another EU referendum, saying Brexit feels like it is \"going very wrong indeed\".\n\nThe BBC Match of the Day presenter said some things in life were \"more important than football\".\n\nHe is backing the People's Vote campaign, a cross-party group including prominent Labour and Lib Dem MPs.\n\nThey are planning a \"summer of action\" to step up pressure on MPs to back a vote on the final Brexit deal.\n\nThe government has ruled out another referendum after Britain voted to leave the EU in June 2016. The UK is on course to leave the EU on 29 March next year.\n\nThe People's Vote campaign is hoping to get enough MPs, including the Labour leadership, to back a referendum on the deal Theresa May strikes with Brussels, which is due to be put to a vote in Parliament in October.\n\nIn a statement backing the People's Vote campaign, he said: \"I am not a politician but I know when something is going wrong and right now Brexit feels like it is going very wrong indeed.\"\n\nHe said politicians seemed \"unable to resolve the problem\" the EU referendum had given them.\n\nLineker has been critical of Brexit on social media in recent times, attracting claims of bias from Brexit supporters.\n\nCritics have also pointed to a Twitter message he sent a year ago, which said \"Can't find the bit in my tweet where I ask for another referendum. Leave won. Get over it.\"\n\nReplying to those comments, Lineker tweeted he was \"happy to admit I've now changed my mind\", adding that he did not envisage \"at the time that we'd ever contemplate a 'no deal Brexit' and the ensuing carnage that would bring\".\n\nA spokesman for the BBC said: \"Gary is not involved in any news or political output for the BBC and as such any expression of his personal political views does not affect the BBC's impartiality.\"\n\nSenior Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin, who campaigned for Brexit in the referendum, was asked about Lineker's comments on ITV's Good Morning Britain.\n\nHe said: \"I hesitate to criticise any individual - they're entitled to their opinion - but he's only one individual and during the referendum there were lots of stars and people who came out and endorsed this or the other, but people made up their own minds.\"\n\nOn the idea of MPs deciding to call a fresh referendum, he said that although most MPs had been for Remain in the 2016 vote, \"they have to accept the result... this will be a crisis for our democracy if the British people are ignored\".", "Facebook shares tumbled by more than 20% on Wednesday after the social media network's revenue and user growth fell short of investor expectations.\n\nThe firm, which is facing backlash for its handling of fake news and privacy, said it had 2.23 billion monthly active users at the end of June.\n\nThis was up 11% on June 2017, the slowest growth in more than two years.\n\nIt also warned investors that spending growth would outstrip revenue gains in 2019, pinching profits.\n\nFacebook said it expected revenue gains to slow, as people make use of new options to limit advertising and less profitable overseas markets drive growth.\n\nThe firm also plans to spend billions to improve the way it monitors content, tracks advertisers and treats user data - areas where it has faced regulator scrutiny.\n\nThe firm, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, is also investing in new features, such as virtual reality and video.\n\nShares in Facebook initially fell about 12% in after-hours trade in New York, but losses accelerated as the firm outlined its spending plans.\n\nDaniel Ives, chief strategy officer at GBH Insights, said the firm's forecast was \"nightmareish\".\n\n\"They gave a very disappointing outlook for the second half of the year and 2019 and that's going to significantly weigh on the stock in the near term,\" he said.\n\nFacebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has appeared before regulators this year\n\nThis is hardly Armageddon for Mark Zuckerberg.\n\nOn the whole, people are apparently not deserting Facebook. Monthly active users - ie those who interact at least once a month - were steady in the US, down ever-so-slightly in Europe, and up everywhere else.\n\nBut for a company used to growing those numbers handsomely throughout the year, a lack of meaningful growth will cause concern, if not panic.\n\nSadly the company doesn't break down its Europe numbers into anything more granular - which means we can't see the effect the Cambridge Analytica scandal had on British users.\n\nAnalysts tell me they consider Cambridge Analytica a \"blip\" in Facebook's history, though another quarter like this one would be even more impactful than what we saw during Wednesday's after hours trading.\n\nDuring its earnings call, Facebook warned investors to brace themselves: it doesn't expect revenue growth to improve for at least the rest of this year.\n\nFacebook profits in the quarter were $5.1bn, up 31% from the same period in 2017.\n\nRevenue was $13.2bn, up 42% year-on-year, but expenses grew even faster, rising 50% to about $7.4bn.\n\nUser growth has flattened in the US and Canada, key markets for the company due to the high prices ads there command.\n\nThe number of EU users fell amid the rollout of tighter privacy regulations, though Facebook continued to attract new users in countries like Indonesia.\n\nMr Ives said the popularity of Instagram should help Facebook to blunt fallout from challenges at its namesake network.\n\nIn February, the research firm eMarketer estimated that the number of Facebook users under the age of 25 would fall by about 2 million this year.\n\nBut it forecast that Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, would add about 1.6 million users in that age range in 2018.", "Reece is 13 and has been excluded six times. He now attends a Pupil Referral Unit, which offers individual support to help challenging behaviour.\n\nThis week, an MPs' report warned that excluded pupils were being \"abandoned\" by schools in England.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Cliff Richard v BBC - how did we get here?\n\nThe BBC is to seek permission to appeal a ruling over its coverage of a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard's home.\n\nA high court judge ruled last week that the BBC infringed Sir Cliff's privacy in its reporting of the story in 2014, and awarded him £210,000 damages.\n\nThe raid was part of an investigation into historical child sex allegations - Sir Cliff was never arrested or charged.\n\nThe BBC argues the ruling could put press freedom at stake.\n\nThe broadcaster will later seek leave to appeal all of the main findings of law in Mr Justice Mann's judgment - although the judge is unlikely to grant an appeal against his own ruling.\n\nBBC legal affairs correspondent, Clive Coleman, said that if he refuses, it will be up to the broadcaster to decide whether to go directly to the Court of Appeal - which he understands the corporation is \"carefully considering\".\n\nThe BBC wants to challenge the judge's findings, including that Sir Cliff had a right to privacy while a suspect in a police investigation - trumping the broadcaster's right to freedom of expression to publish his name and cover the raid.\n\nIt will also seek to appeal Sir Cliff's entitlement to damages for injury to his reputation in a privacy case, as opposed to a defamation claim.\n\nThe corporation will argue the £210,000 damages awarded will have a damaging effect on media outlets who are aware of a suspect's identity but who do not want to publish for fear of having to make a large payout.\n\nThe judge has yet to decide how much Sir Cliff was left out of pocket. The singer has said plans for his professional work were \"seriously disrupted\" and that he was left \"in effect in creative limbo\" for two years.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Cliff Richard's lawyer said the singer \"aimed to right a wrong\"\n\nAt the ruling earlier this month, Mr Justice Mann said a suspect in a police investigation \"has a reasonable expectation of privacy\", and while Sir Cliff being investigated \"might be of interest to the gossip-monger\", there was not a \"genuine public interest\" case.\n\nHe also said that while the case could have a \"significant impact on press reporting\", it did not mean the law was changing or he was setting a precedent as the Human Rights Act already covers the issues at stake.\n\nAfter the ruling last week, the BBC's director of news and current affairs Fran Unsworth apologised to Sir Cliff and said: \"In retrospect, there are things we would have done differently.\"\n\nBut, she said, the case marked a \"significant shift\" against press freedom and an \"important principle\" around the public's right to know was at stake.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's director of news said immediately after the ruling that the BBC was considering an appeal\n\nSpeaking to ITV afterwards, Sir Cliff said senior managers at the BBC have to \"carry the can\" for their actions, adding: \"It's too big a decision to be made badly. It was nonsense.\"\n\n\"I want a correction made to what happened to me and it was made,\" he said. \"Nobody said anything about freedom of speech.\n\n\"But I will fight to the death against the abuse of the freedom of speech [and] what the BBC did was an abuse.\n\n\"They took it upon themselves to be judge, jury and executioner.\"", "Self-balancing electric roller skates developed by personal transportation company Segway-Ninebot are to be banned on the UK's public pavements and roads.\n\nThe Department for Transport (DfT) told the BBC the skates fell under the same rules as powered rideables such as electric scooters and \"hoverboards\".\n\nSegway-Ninebot said its new skates had a top speed of 12 km/h (7.5mph).\n\nHowever, they are classed as \"carriages\" under the Highways Act of 1835 and are banned from the pavement.\n\nThe skates have a \"travel time\" of 45 minutes\n\nVideo-maker Casey Neistat, who was given a pair of the skates to test in New York City, also faced difficulty finding places to try them out.\n\nHe said he preferred riding them on smooth surfaces, but was quickly stopped riding inside Grand Central Station by a security officer.\n\nThe DfT added that powered transporters were usually not allowed on UK roads.\n\nIt said: \"For most powered transporters, their construction is such that they clearly would not comply with the normal vehicle construction rules or with type approval.\"\n\nThis would limit their use to private property with the landowner's permission.\n\nThe same rules apply to electric scooters, electric unicycles and the two-wheeled \"hoverboards\".\n\nThe Drift W1 electric skates were revealed in June and described by the company as \"a new trendy way to move\".\n\nOn Tuesday, it revealed a pair would cost $399 (£303).\n\nThe company says on its website: \"Rules and regulations for riding Segway products on public roads differ for every country.\"\n• None Suspect 'tried to flee by hoverboard'", "Anne Hathaway said \"black people fear for their lives DAILY in America\"\n\nUS actress Anne Hathaway has urged white people to ask \"how 'decent' are we really?\" after a black teenager was stabbed to death on a California train.\n\nNia Wilson, 18, was killed after she and her sister were both knifed in the neck on Sunday night in Oakland.\n\n\"She was a black woman and she was murdered in cold blood by a white man,\" Hathaway wrote on Instagram.\n\nThe suspect, John Lee Cowell, is in custody, but officials say it is unclear if race played a factor.\n\nHathaway's post continued: \"White people - including me, including you - must take into the marrow of our privileged bones the truth that ALL black people fear for their lives DAILY in America and have done so for GENERATIONS.\"\n\n\"We must ask our (white)selves - how \"decent\" are we really?\" she added. \"Not in our intent, but in our actions? In our lack of action?\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by annehathaway This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe comments were posted alongside an image of Ms Wilson, who was returning home from a family event when she was attacked.\n\n\"It basically happened at the snap of the fingers, at the drop of the pin,\" police chief Carlos Rojas said at a news conference on Monday.\n\nHe added that it was \"the most vicious\" attack he had seen in his nearly 30-year career.\n\n\"It's more reminiscent of a prison yard assault,\" Chief Rojas said. \"They do their attack so quickly that before anybody can really react, the person takes off running.\"\n\nThe suspect was arrested on Monday night on board another train after an anonymous tipster called police.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf raised the subject of race in response to the killing.\n\nShe said that although the attacker's motivation is not yet known, \"the fact that his victims were both young African-American women stirs deep pain and palpable fear in all of us who acknowledge the reality that our country still suffers from a tragic and deeply racist history\".\n\nMore celebrities added their voices to the outcry over Wilson's murder, some using the #SayHerName hashtag.\n\nOscar-winning actress Viola Davis wrote on Twitter: \"To the killer... I will NOT say your name. To Nia... we will shout yours from the rooftops!!!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Viola Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBlack-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross wrote: \"Our bodies and our humanity deserve safety and joy.\" Others paying tribute included Reese Witherspoon.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut not everyone was happy about Hathaway's post.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Susan Russell This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA CNN reporter has been barred from a White House event for asking Donald Trump \"inappropriate\" questions.\n\nKaitlan Collins said she was excluded from a Rose Garden event after asking about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Mr Trump's ex-lawyer.\n\nWhite House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the reporter had shouted questions and refused to leave.\n\nPresident Trump has repeatedly attacked CNN as \"fake news\" and has refused to take questions from CNN reporters.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Collins attended a photo opportunity with Mr Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday.\n\nShe was acting as the White House pool reporter - one of a rotating group of journalists, who will attend an event and write a report which all other networks can use.\n\nThis system allows networks to share the burden of covering the president.\n\nThe president reportedly ignored the questions. Shortly afterwards, Ms Collins was barred from a Rose Garden press event with Mr Trump and Mr Juncker.\n\n\"They said that the questions I asked were inappropriate for that venue,\" Ms Collins told CNN.\n\nDonald Trump's feud with the press is nothing new. Back in 2016 his presidential campaign barred publications from his rallies after they ran critical articles.\n\nPerhaps some thought that, as president, Mr Trump would behave differently. But on this, as in countless other areas, President Trump operates just like Candidate Trump.\n\nIn fact, hostilities may be growing. The president bashes the media in speeches and tweets. He refers to a growing number of outlets as \"enemies of the American people\". He has refused to call on certain reporters during media availability. His press office has limited access to some smaller briefings.\n\nNow an individual reporter has been blocked from a major presidential event - for shouting questions even though the president often answers such call-outs.\n\nThe White House says it is frustrated by what it views as reflexively hostile media coverage. It points to instances where reporters got stories wrong or amplified inaccurate reports on social media.\n\nThere may be a larger strategy at play, however. Mr Trump often seems intent on needling the media into righteous outrage, focusing their attention inward instead of on stories that could damage his administration.\n\nThe public at large doesn't have much sympathy for the journalists these days. The president may feel that a conflict with the media pack is one he can win.\n\nMs Sanders said a reporter, whom she does not name, has refused to leave after shouting questions, and \"was not welcome to participate in the next event\" - although colleagues from her network could do so.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by WHCA This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCNN condemned the ban as \"retaliatory\" and \"not indicative of an open and free press\". The White House Correspondents Association called it \"wrongheaded, and weak\".\n\n\"We stand in strong solidarity with CNN for the right to full access for our journalists as part of a free and unfettered press,\" network president Jay Wallace said in a statement.\n\nFox News chief political anchor Bret Baier retweeted CNN's statement about the ban, saying his network \"stands firmly\" with the rivals.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Bret Baier This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Trump is a noted supporter of Fox News, and has appeared on the network for a number of interviews.\n\nThe president has publicly criticised a number of major media outlets, notably CNN and the New York Times.\n\nOn his visit to the UK, Mr Trump attacked an article in The Sun on the same grounds, although retracted his statement after speaking to a reporter from the paper.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe use of medicinal cannabis is to be reviewed, which could lead to more prescriptions of drugs made from the plant, the home secretary has said.\n\nThe decision was prompted by recent high-profile cases of children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil to control seizures.\n\nBut Sajid Javid stressed the drug would remain banned for recreational use.\n\nCharlotte Caldwell, whose son Billy has severe epilepsy, welcomed the decision after campaigning for change.\n\nSpeaking to the House of Commons, Mr Javid said the position \"we find ourselves in currently is not satisfactory\".\n\nBilly Caldwell and Alfie Dingley both have severe epilepsy\n\nHe said the cases of Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell had made him conclude it was time to review the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.\n\nThe review would be held in two parts, Mr Javid told MPs. The first will make recommendations on which cannabis-based medicines might offer real medical and therapeutic benefits to patients.\n\nIn the second part, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs will consider whether changes should be made to the classification of these products after assessing \"the balance of harms and public health needs\".\n\nHe said: \"If the review identifies significant medical benefits, then we do intend to reschedule [change the rules].\"\n\nHe also announced that Alfie, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, was being issued with a licence to receive cannabis-based drugs. The six-year-old has a very rare form of epilepsy that causes up to 150 seizures per month,\n\nHis family had originally applied to the government in April, saying his condition improved after using cannabis oil in the Netherlands.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hannah Deacon reacts to news that her son, Alfie Dingley, has been granted a licence to receive cannabis-based drugs.\n\nMeanwhile, Billy, 12, from County Tyrone, was granted a 20-day licence for the drug last week after doctors made clear it was a medical emergency.\n\nHe was admitted to hospital after his seizures \"intensified\" following his supply being confiscated at Heathrow Airport.\n\nHis mother Charlotte, speaking after Mr Javid's statement, said: \"Common sense and the power of mothers and fathers of sick children has bust the political process wide open and is on the verge of changing thousands of lives by bringing our medicinal cannabis laws in line with many other countries.\"\n\nBut she added that while it was a \"clearly largely positive\" announcement, \"we still want to hear the details\".\n\nMs Caldwell also revealed that she has been asked to be on the panel of experts set up on Monday by the government to assess individual applications for cannabis oil.\n\nCurrently, anyone wishing to use a drug containing a controlled cannabis-based substance must apply to the Home Office for a licence - a process that Labour MP Andy McDonald, whose son died as a result of epilepsy, has described as \"tortuous\" and \"painful\". Each application is considered on its merits.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Labour MP Andy McDonald said parents were \"living through the same fears\" he had experienced\n\nShadow home secretary Diane Abbott welcomed Mr Javid's statement, telling MPs that it was \"long overdue\".\n\nLady Meacher, who chairs the all-party parliamentary group for drug policy reform - which two years ago called for cannabis-based drugs to be legalised - said the move was a \"no brainer\" which could benefit many people.\n\nShe said: \"About one million people, probably, could benefit from medical cannabis - people with severe pain, obviously children with terrible epilepsy.\n\n\"There are 200,000 people in this country with uncontrolled epileptic seizures; MS sufferers, people with Parkinson's, people with cancer.\n\n\"So there are just so many people who must be celebrating today, and I'm celebrating with them.\"\n\nShe compared cannabis with morphine, and said it was \"much, much safer, less addictive and has much, much less in the way of side effects\".\n\nAmid the noise of politics, this row is a reminder of the power of desperate human stories and the power of a new arrival at the Home Office who has repeatedly shown his willingness to do the job his own way.\n\nImagine, for a moment, the anguish of the families of Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell. The pain of a parent seeing their son suffer.\n\nAnd then having to walk outside the hospital door and front a political campaign.\n\nA matter of months ago, there was no prospect of a shift in the law.\n\nOn the Windrush saga, on immigration, and now on medicinal cannabis, Sajid Javid is a home secretary putting his own stamp on the role.\n\nThe UK's drugs regulations currently divide drugs into five \"schedules\", each specifying in what circumstances it is lawful to possess, supply, produce, export and import them.\n\nCannabis is currently a Schedule 1, meaning it is thought to have no therapeutic value and therefore cannot be lawfully possessed or prescribed, but can be used for the purposes of research with a Home Office licence.\n\nDrugs in Schedules 2 and 3, such as methadone, can be prescribed and therefore legally possessed and supplied by pharmacists and doctors.\n\nOne cannabis-based drug called Sativex, containing CBD and the banned THC - has been licensed in the UK to treat MS and is a Schedule 4.\n\nBut Mr Javid added that the move to review medicinal cannabis use was \"in no way a first step to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use\". Patients prescribed Sativex, who resupply it to other people, face prosecution.\n\nThat followed calls from former Conservative leader Lord Hague, who said the government should consider legalising the recreational use of cannabis.\n\nBut NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said it was important not to confuse the debate \"without at the same time reminding ourselves that there are some genuine health risks\" associated with smoking cannabis.\n\nCannabis contains different active ingredients and experts say some of them might be therapeutic for certain patients.\n\nTHC or tetrahydrocannabinol is the part that makes people feel \"high\", but CBD or cannabidiol is another component found in cannabis that scientists are interested in understanding more about as medical treatments.\n\nCBD-based treatments have shown some promising results for reducing seizures in children with severe epilepsies.\n\nMedical trials of cannabis-based medicines have largely focused on pharmacological preparations, but some parents of children with epilepsy have been buying oils containing CBD and THC.\n\nThere is currently little scientific evidence on the safety and effectiveness of these oils as a treatment for epilepsy, although they do contain the same active ingredients.\n\nSome health food shops sell CBD oils as food supplements. These have low levels of active ingredient and are legal to buy in the UK.\n\nIt is vital that you talk to your doctor or health professional before making any changes to your epilepsy medication.", "Local councils and government bodies may not usually be associated with sending round \"the heavies\" to collect debts from hard-pressed families.\n\nBut they are often worse than consumer creditors, can be very aggressive and quick to use bailiffs, MPs say.\n\nThe Treasury Select Committee says debts and overpayments are often pursued \"over-zealously and uncompromisingly\" by councils.\n\nIt calls for public sector bodies to change the way they recoup debts.\n\nThe current approach risks driving vulnerable, struggling people into further difficulty, the committee says.\n\nIn its report \"Household finances: income, savings and debt\", MPs single out public bodies for being behind the curve in their collection methods.\n\nIt quotes evidence from Citizens Advice head of policy, Matt Upton.\n\n\"This is a point people find slightly difficult to grasp,\" he says.\n\n\"When people first hear that government collection and local authority collection is effectively worst in class, versus consumer creditors, it is quite difficult to accept emotionally.\n\n\"Government must be better than some of these rapacious firms that we hear about.\n\n\"If you talk to banks, it is because lots of organisations have realised that incredibly aggressive collection methods are not effective at getting money in the door, because people do not respond well to some of those tactics.\"\n\nThe Financial Conduct Authority told the committee that about a fifth of debt clients were arriving with problems paying council tax and utility bills.\n\nAnd Step Change, the debt charity, said it was now seeing average council tax debts of above £1,000 for about a third of its clients.\n\nMr Upton, acknowledging some bailiffs could be heavy-handed. told the BBC: \"We've seen cases where people have been marched to ATMs to make payments.\"\n\nHe added that people can get into a relatively small amount of debt which can quickly spiral once debt collectors take over and add on fees and charges.\n\n\"I want to die. They have made me feel so ill and scared. I cannot go outside the house and I keep my windows closed even when it's hot.\"\n\nThis was how an anonymous debtor from Dorset said she felt after being chased for a debt by bailiffs.\n\nIn another post on Taking Control, a web campaign against heavy-handed debt collection, someone from Westminster says: \"After one missed instalment on a liability order payment plan for council tax, because of ill-health, an enforcement agent left an enforcement notice while I was out.\n\n\"When I contacted him, he was gruff, dismissive and rude, referring to me repeatedly as 'darling', despite me asking him not to do so, cutting me off and being quite intimidating, threatening 'we're coming round the house'.\"\n\nThe treatment of a 68-year-old vulnerable widowed lady by bailiffs seeking council tax arrears was described by a debt adviser.\n\n\"The arrears appear to relate to 2013.\n\n\"The client's son has tried to get further details from the council in order to dispute the debt but so far this has not been forthcoming.\n\n\"The enforcement agents have been rude, intimidating and threatening on the phone to the client's son and have bullied him into setting up a regular payment of £20 on behalf of his mother.\"\n\nIt's hardly surprising there are calls for the public sector - that is local authorities, Department for Work and Pensions and HMRC - to sign up and commit to better, more sensitive practices.\n\nAs the committee says: \"The public sector should be leading by example in their treatment of the most vulnerable.\"\n\nStep Change chief executive Phil Andrew said he agreed that non-credit arrears should be included in the breathing space scheme which, if it goes ahead, could give people in problem debt a break while they sort out their finances.\n\nGillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: \"MPs are right to acknowledge that government agencies and local authorities are worst in class for debt collection, when they should be leading by example.\n\n\"Reforms in 2014 were introduced to protect people from unfair practices, with a particular focus on how bailiffs collect debt.\n\n\"It is clear these changes have failed. Citizens Advice has seen a more than 25% rise in bailiff problems since 2014 and helped 42,000 people with 98,000 issues last year.\n\n\"We need an independent regulator to protect consumers from unfair practice.\"\n\nAn HM Treasury spokesperson said: \"Government and local authorities have a duty to collect taxpayer's money that is owed to them.\n\n\"But we know that not everyone's circumstances are the same, which is why people can get help to pay their debt in affordable instalments, reduce their payments, or take breaks entirely.\n\n\"There is always more we can do.\n\n\"That's why we set up the Fairness Group, a body of government and industry leaders, who are working to improve how debt is collected to make it fairer for everyone.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Man Utd\n\nFormer Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he would \"not be sitting here today\" without the \"great care\" of hospital staff after his surgery for a brain haemorrhage in May.\n\nFerguson, 76, has spoken publicly for the first time since going home from hospital in a video on social media.\n\nThe Scot also thanked well wishers \"for the support you have given me\".\n\n\"It has made me feel so humble, as have all the messages I have received from all over the world,\" he added.\n\nFerguson had emergency surgery on 5 May and was in intensive care for several days at Salford Royal Hospital.\n\nHis last public appearance was on 29 April at Old Trafford when he presented former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with a commemorative trophy.\n\nIn a 48-second video posted on Manchester United's Twitter account, Ferguson said: \"I want to thank the medical staff at Macclesfield, Salford Royal and Alexandra hospitals.\n\n\"Believe me, without those people who gave me such great care I would not be sitting here today. Thank you from me and my family.\n\n\"The good wishes do resonate very strongly with me. Thank you for the support you have given me.\n\n\"I will be back later in the season to watch the team and, in the meantime, all the best to Jose Mourinho and the players.\"\n\nFerguson retired as United manager in May 2013 after winning 38 trophies during 26 years in charge.\n\nThe most successful manager in the history of the British game, his trophy haul at Old Trafford included 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League crowns, five FA Cups and four League Cups.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The fire broke out on the top floor of the five-storey building\n\nAbout 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a five-storey block of flats in north-west London.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade was called to the fire on the top floor of Welbeck Mansions on Inglewood Road, West Hampstead, at about 01:00 BST.\n\nAbout 50 people were evacuated from the block, and two people were helped out by firefighters.\n\nThe service says the fire is now under control, with 15 engines still at the scene.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLondon Ambulance Service sent crews, but has not taken any patients to hospital.\n\nThe cause of the fire is under investigation.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sam Modlin This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStation manager Clainton Murray said the fire was thought to have started in a flat on the fourth floor.\n\n\"The flat was severely damaged by fire and a large part of the roof was also destroyed,\" he said.\n\nDue to fears that the roof could collapse, firefighters evacuated residents from the top floor and helped two people escape from the first floor.\n\nA number of other residents self-evacuated from lower floors, Mr Murray said.\n\nFirefighters believe the blaze started on the fourth floor of Welbeck Mansions\n\nAbout 50 people were evacuated from the flats, the fire service said\n\n\"Firefighters have carried out salvage operations to save, where possible, residents' possessions from water damage,\" he added.\n\n\"In the early stages, the fire was very visible and could be seen for miles around.\"\n\nA London Ambulance Service spokesperson said no injuries have been reported.\n\nA cordon was in place as about 100 firefighters tackled the blaze\n\nAngelica Malin lives near the flats and could see the blaze from her bedroom window.\n\n\"I can see firefighters inside as the roof is on fire and there's two men on cranes working on putting the roof fire out,\" she said.\n\n\"It's so scary - my flat is filled with the smell of smoke. The firemen have been amazing and I feel comforted by the incredible response.\"\n\nIt's quiet now here on the street - there's the police, the fire brigade, and a tiny bit of smoke - you can smell it in the air.\n\nThe fire brigade is dousing the roof of the building as it's still smoking.\n\nThe top of the building is completely gutted.\n\nMany residents are eating biscuits and sandwiches, drinking coffee and consoling each other at the Black Lion pub, which opened its doors to everyone affected.\n\nI chatted to ground-floor resident Irene Bradshaw as she sat on a bench in the street in her night clothes.\n\nShe said residents think they may be allowed to go back in soon and pick up \"some essential things\".\n\nLondon Fire Brigade sent 15 crews to the scene\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US President Donald Trump has welcomed the outcome of a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Washington, saying it was a \"very big day for free and fair trade\".\n\nMr Trump said they had agreed to work towards lowering trade barriers between the US and the European Union. Mr Juncker said it was a \"good meeting\".", "Three major automakers have warned that changes to trade policies are hurting performance.\n\nFord and General Motors lowered profit forecasts for 2018, citing higher steel and aluminium prices caused by new US tariffs.\n\nFiat Chrysler also slashed its 2018 revenue outlook, after sales in China slumped as buyers postponed purchases in anticipation of lower car tariffs.\n\nShares in all three companies fell after they reported results.\n\nGeneral Motors shares ended the day about 5% lower, while Fiat Chrysler shares sank about 11%.\n\nShares in Ford, which reported its earnings to investors results later in the day, dropped about 4% in after hours trade.\n\nFord said tariffs, including on steel and aluminium, could cost it up to $1.6bn (£1.2bn), while General Motors said higher metals prices would add about $600m-$700m to costs.\n\nGeneral Motors chief executive Mary Barra said the firm had anticipated higher costs this year, but \"the challenge has become significantly greater than we expected\".\n\nAt Fiat Chrysler, executives said fixed price contracts have helped to shield it from some of the impact of higher metals prices, but they warned those expenses would rise in 2019.\n\nMs Barra said the firm had been in frequent contact with the White House about how trade policies would affect its business.\n\nIn addition to the metals tariffs, the Trump administration is considering placing new duties on foreign vehicles and car parts.\n\nCarmakers are also grappling with questions about the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).\n\nGeneral Motors said it is also worried that trade tensions could eventually put buyers in China off American brands. China is GM's biggest market after North America.\n\n\"We are in a very uncertain and volatile environment at this time,\" said GM chief financial officer Chuck Stevens.\n\nThe warnings came amid disappointing quarterly results.\n\nFord revenues slipped by 2.3% to $38.9bn, while profits nearly halved as sales in China fell and it halted some production due to a fire at a key parts supplier.\n\nAt GM, sales and revenue fell almost 1% to $36.8bn, despite gains in the US, where the number of vehicles sold to dealerships increased by 4.6% amid increased demand for pickup trucks.\n\nThe firm reported profit of about $2.4bn, down roughly 2.8% year-on-year.\n\nFiat Chrysler revenue increased 4% in the quarter to almost 29bn euros, but profits tumbled by 35%.\n\nThe firm said it expected sales in China to rebound, but faced future challenges as new emissions rules in the country come into effect.", "Dr Kenneth Milner ran the hospital for nearly 40 years\n\nA doctor would have been interviewed for rape and child cruelty over claims a \"truth drug\" was used to carry out abuse at a hospital, had he been alive.\n\nDr Kenneth Milner ran Aston Hall psychiatric hospital in Derbyshire from 1947 to the 1970s, which former patients described as \"pure hell\".\n\nA report by police found 65 children were allegedly drugged to a zombie-like state, stripped and abused.\n\nPolice said there would have been \"sufficient evidence\" to pursue a case.\n\nThe vast majority of the allegations were made against Dr Milner, who died in 1975, and police said no inference should be drawn from the report other than the doctor would be questioned if he were here today.\n\nOther staff members accused of physical abuse have either been eliminated from the inquiry, have died or were unable to be identified.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Derbyshire force, under the direction of the area's safeguarding children's board, started an investigation in February 2016 after concerns were raised about the hospital which closed in the 1990s.\n\nAllegations first came to light in 2011 then 2014 and 2015. No allegations of sexual abuse were identified in 2011 by police.\n\nThen in July 2014 an individual made an allegation of rape followed by another person alleging abuse at the hospital in September of that year.\n\nA deserted Aston Hall hospital pictured in 2008, posted on the Project Mayhem website\n\nIn July 2015 another person came forward and said she was injected, gassed and woke up feeling sore between her legs while at the hospital.\n\nSome children, who were sent to the hospital between the 1950s and 1970s, also claimed they were put in straitjackets.\n\nAs well as the sexual abuse, the report found claims of patients being hit while trying to resist treatment, one having her head repeatedly forced under water, and another having her hair repeatedly pulled to force her to take medication.\n\nAston Hall was opened in the 1920s for those deemed to have mental health problems. It could cater for about 100 children of both sexes, but took adults as well.\n\nAllegations centred on the use of sodium amytal as part of \"narcoanalysis\" - the uncovering of repressed traumatic memories.\n\nSodium amytal, a so-called truth serum, was originally used on traumatised soldiers\n\nBut stories emerged, in part via social media, of children being isolated, stripped and abused sexually, physically and mentally.\n\nPolice collated 115 witness statements, recorded 77 crimes - including 33 instances of physical abuse and 40 sexual - and heard from 65 alleged victims.\n\nStephen Edwards, from law firm Bond Turner, which is representing 47 patients sent to the hospital in the 1960s and 1970s, said the \"horrific treatment\" had \"undoubtedly caused permanent, damaging effects\".\n\n\"Every doctor should have to demonstrate their accountability in treating patients, especially those as vulnerable as children,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I was injected with drugs and abused at a mental health hospital as a teenager in the 1960s'\n\nAfter trying to take his own life Jason Stubbings, from Cornwall, was sent to Aston Hall in the 1960s, aged 14, where he said he was injected with drugs and abused.\n\nHe said he remembers being injected with what he now knows is sodium amytal, also known as the truth drug, as well as another drug which is still unknown to him.\n\nMr Stubbings said he was then taken back to a memory where his brother was beating him with a garden cane and it felt like he was being hit at the time.\n\nWhen he woke up, he found his hands had been tied and he had marks on his body.\n\nMr Stubbings also remembers looking out the window once and seeing \"a guy in the exercise yard in a straightjacket screaming\" and thinking he did not know if he was ever going to get out of there.\n\n\"It said on the administration form 'a slight timid boy', and they did that to me,\" he added.\n\nNo evidence of a conspiracy to supply children for abuse was found at Aston Hall\n\nThe report said there were consistent allegations of drugs being given to restrained children, with limited or no records being taken.\n\nCurrent medical opinion was these methods were not acceptable, even by the standards of the day, it added.\n\nBut officers said the length of time since the alleged crimes had proven a major issue - to the extent they had been unable to find out whether some members of staff were still alive.\n\nThe report said: \"Having regard to these difficulties and the scale of the alleged physical and sexual abuse that has emerged in the evidence; we do not consider that it would be either practicable or appropriate for us to attempt to reach firm conclusions on each specific allegation.\n\nMany stories about abuse at Aston Hall came out through social media\n\n\"There would have been sufficient evidence to justify interviewing Dr Milner under caution in relation to a number of potential offences.\"\n\nThe report said the offences would have namely been \"rape, indecent assault contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 1956, Child Cruelty and Assault contrary to Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and Offences Against the Person act 1861 respectively\".\n\nWhile it noted children were sent to Aston Hall from a variety of homes, the report found no evidence of a conspiracy to supply children for abuse.\n\nBarbara O'Hare, who claims she was abused by Dr Milner in the 1970s, told the BBC the report was positive.\n\n\"It gives recognition to what happened to me and others at the hospital and I'm very grateful to the police,\" she said.\n\nDerbyshire Safeguarding Children board said the treatment of children had radically changed and if a similar situation occurred today, there were clear routes for them to raise concerns.\n\nAt least 30 former patients who have submitted a claim for compensation to the Department for Health through a solicitor. Other claims are also believed to have been submitted.\n\nA spokesman for the department has said the matter was under investigation.\n\nAn NSPCC spokesman said the report was \"truly harrowing reading and shines a light on the decades of sickening abuse\".\n\n\"It is crucial that lessons continue to be learned from shocking cases like this.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Video shows people taking refuge in the sea as they try to escape wildfires in the area of Rafina.", "Alfie Dingley's family has paid for treatment in the Netherlands\n\nAs the UK hosts a summit on the state of medical cannabis in Europe, BBC Reality Check asks - does Britain really export more legal cannabis than any other country?\n\nPro-drug reform campaign group Transform says the government is denying that cannabis has medical uses while at the same time overseeing \"the world's biggest government-licensed medical cannabis production and export market\".\n\nThere has been controversy over two boys whose families want them to have legal access to cannabis-based products that are currently illegal in the UK. Six-year-old Alfie Dingley and 12-year-old Billy Caldwell both suffer multiple seizures every day because of rare and treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy.\n\nIt's true that the UK was the main producer and exporter of cannabis-based medicines in 2016, according to the UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). The majority of it ended up in the US.\n\nVirtually all of that is one drug - Sativex - which is licensed to treat muscle stiffness and spasms in people with multiple sclerosis.\n\nSativex is available throughout the UK but only provided free on the NHS in Wales.\n\nThe Home Office says it doesn't define it as cannabis and that the UK doesn't export any cannabis in its raw form.\n\nBritish Sugar has a horticultural business close to its Wissington sugar beet plant\n\nCannabis, along with many of the more than 100 chemicals it's made up of, is a controlled substance - possession and supply are punishable with fines and imprisonment.\n\nThe family of Alfie Dingley want permission to use cannabis oil from the whole plant, which they believe will work better than any legal alternative.\n\nCannabis is also being grown legally in the UK for another medicine, Epidiolex. It's currently being reviewed for the treatment of two rare forms of uncontrollable epilepsy, by medicine agencies in both the US and Europe. But it's not yet available.\n\nThe specially bred type of cannabis plant used to make it is grown in a glasshouse in Wissington, Norfolk, by British Sugar - which also grows virtually all of the sugar beet in the UK.\n\nBritish Sugar - whose managing director is Paul Kenward - has an exclusive deal with pharmaceutical company GW, which makes Epidiolex. Mr Kenward is married to drugs minister Victoria Atkins.\n\nShe was accused of \"hypocrisy on a grand scale\" over her husband's involvement in a legal cannabis farm. She declared the interest in Parliament when she was appointed in 2017 and excused herself from speaking for the government on cannabis.", "Port, now 43, from Barking in east London, was sentenced to a full life term in November 2016\n\nAll but one of 17 Met officers under investigation for the initial response to the serial killer Stephen Port refused to answer questions during interviews with the police watchdog.\n\nIn November 2016 Port was convicted of murdering four young men.\n\nPolice ignored chances to catch him earlier, with the deaths not treated as murders until weeks after the last one.\n\nThe Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) said its work was \"nearing completion.\"\n\nIt refused to comment on details of the interview process.\n\nThe watchdog - formerly known as the IPCC - originally served misconduct notices on the officers in September 2016, prior to Port's trial.\n\nIn March the following year - after Port had been jailed - the body said its inquiry was moving into the \"interview phase\".\n\nHowever, when - after two months - this had still not started the victims' families publicly expressed anger at the delay.\n\nIn response, investigators told the BBC that a large volume of evidence had been disclosed to the officers, who had \"asked for time to understand and absorb the information that will be put to them in interview, which we have agreed so that the evidence we collect from them is as robust and comprehensive as possible.\"\n\nThen, last summer, the watchdog said that interviews were \"under way\".\n\nHowever, the BBC now understands only one of the 17 officers freely answered questions from investigators.\n\nSeven were interviewed under gross misconduct notices - and ten under misconduct notices.\n\nSixteen of them - as they are entitled to - provided \"no comment\" interviews and instead submitted prepared statements.\n\nOne officer, who was interviewed under a misconduct notice, has since resigned from the force, meaning that even if found to have breached standards of behaviour there is no system of delivering a sanction to them.\n\nBetween June 2014 and September 2015, Port murdered Anthony Walgate, 23, originally from Hull, Gabriel Kovari, 22, from Lewisham, Daniel Whitworth, 21, from Gravesend, Kent, and Jack Taylor, 25, from Dagenham, east London.\n\nAnthony Walgate (L) and Gabriel Kovari (R) were Port's first victims\n\nPort met his victims online, including through the dating app Grindr, before luring them to his flat in Barking, east London, where they were drugged before being raped.\n\nHe murdered the four men by giving them fatal overdoses of the date-rape drug GHB.\n\nThe first victim - Anthony Walgate - was found outside Port's flat and the other three either in or next to a nearby churchyard.\n\nPort was jailed for his initial lies about the circumstances of the first death, but police accepted his subsequent excuses - leaving him free to kill again.\n\nWhile on bail - prior to being sentenced - Port struck twice more and once again after coming out of prison.\n\nDaniel Whitworth (L) and Jack Taylor (R) were also killed by Port\n\nPort falsely linked his second and third victims together in order to cover up his crimes.\n\nA fake suicide note found in Daniel Whitworth's hand - which had in fact been written by Port - said he had accidentally killed his lover Gabriel Kovari and was taking his own life as a result.\n\nIn fact, the two victims did not know one another.\n\nPolice accepted the note at face value and treated the deaths as non-suspicious, despite concerns being raised by people close to both men.\n\nThe fake suicide note, written by Port, sought to absolve him of any part in Mr Whitworth's death\n\nAn investigation by the BBC revealed flaws in the evidence given by police at the original inquests for Mr Whitworth and Mr Kovari.\n\nAfter Jack Taylor's death, police were pressured into treating it as suspicious after his family began their own investigation and spotted similarities to the other three deaths.\n\nPort was captured after the case was passed to specialist homicide detectives.\n\nThe initial response had been led by local officers from Barking and Dagenham.\n\nNone of the officers from the successful inquiry are under investigation by the IOPC.\n\nIn a statement, IOPC Regional Director Sarah Green said: \"Our investigation is nearing completion, and I will need to consider the final report carefully before coming to any view on its findings.\n\n\"We continue to keep the families of Stephen Port's victims, and the officers under investigation updated on our progress.\"\n\nScotland Yard said: \"We await the conclusion of an independent IOCC investigation which is currently ongoing.\n\n\"It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.\"\n\nInquests into the four deaths are expected next year, with a pre-inquest hearing scheduled to take place on 14 August.", "The parents of Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley want the boys to be able to access cannabis oil legally to control their seizures\n\nDoctors in the UK should have the option to prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products to patients with certain medical conditions, drugs experts have advised the government.\n\nThe Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommends rules should be changed for these medications, if safe.\n\nIt comes after high profile cases involving children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil.\n\nThe government must now agree on a definition for these products.\n\nThe Council recommended that clinical trials be carried out urgently to improve understanding of medicinal cannabis products, as well as their safety and effectiveness.\n\nIts advice is in line with a recent review by the chief medical officer for England.\n\nProf Dame Sally Davies said there was conclusive evidence of the therapeutic benefit of prescribing cannabis-based products for certain medical conditions.\n\nHome Secretary Sajid Javid said he was \"carefully considering\" both recommendations and would make a decision shortly.\n\nThe Home Office recently granted Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley, boys who have rare forms of epilepsy, a short-term licence to allow them access to cannabis oil, which their parents say helps to control their seizures.\n\nCannabis for recreational use will remain illegal.\n\nThe Council's advice is that only products meeting definitions decided on by the Home Office and the Department of Health will be moved out of schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 into schedule 2, which allows them to be prescribed by clinicians.\n\nSchedule 1 includes drugs not used for medical purposes, such as hallucinogenic drugs, raw opium and cannabis.\n\nThe Council said there were still potential risks if cannabis-derived medicinal products were prescribed inappropriately and these needed to be carefully considered to avoid harm to patients.\n\nDr Owen Bowden-Jones, chair of the ACMD, said: \"At present, cannabis-derived products can vary greatly in their composition, effectiveness and level of impurity.\n\n\"It is important that clinicians, patients and their families are confident that any prescribed medication is both safe and effective.\n\n\"The ACMD recommends that an appropriate definition be agreed by DHSC and MHRA promptly.\n\n\"Only products meeting this standard and definition should be given medicinal status.\"\n\nIt stressed that rules for synthetic cannabinoids, which are found in products such as 'Spice', would not be changed.\n• None Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "There is a 90-minute wait for check-in with no facilities and a four-hour wait after that\n\n\"Unprecedented\" high temperatures have been blamed for delays to cross-Channel rail services leaving customers waiting for more than five hours in 30C heat.\n\nAir conditioning problems meant some carriages could not be used, which led to the delays, Eurotunnel said.\n\nPeople voicing their frustration online tweeted pictures of the queues and children and pets getting hosed down.\n\nThousands of tickets have also been cancelled for Friday, for passengers returning that day or Saturday.\n\nEurotunnel suggested people cancel trips if they were able to and warned that ferry companies \"do not have the availability take any of our customers\".\n\nThe firm said it planned to run additional trains through Thursday night and more wagons will become available as temperatures cool.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Children kept cool by playing in water hydrants\n\nTemperatures in east Kent are currently at 30C, according to BBC weather forecasters. One driver said they had recorded 44.1C in a car.\n\nEurotunnel said the queues were on the UK side because of the sheer numbers of France-bound passengers at the start of the holidays.\n\nTravellers were forced to queue for 90 minutes just to check in, and a further five hours for the next available slot, according to the operator.\n\nThe scene was described on social media as \"boarding chaos\"\n\nStaff have left a water hose running for children and dogs\n\nJust before 10:00 BST, Eurotunnel tweeted: \"Due to the unprecedented temperatures and level of traffic booked today, customers arriving early [more than 2 hours before booked travel time] will not be able to check in.\"\n\nHowever, as disruption grew worse, customers took to social media with Ian W advising people on Twitter to \"get the ferry\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ian W This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nStewart Brownrigg, who tweeted pictures of the queues and children and pets getting hosed down, said: \"Kudos to the #eurotunnel staff for keeping their cool while everyone else around was losing theirs! My anger is with the company, the staff here have been doing their best in the baking heat.\"\n\nDickie Whitaker tweeted: \"Delays on @LeShuttle not great in this heat but some managers came out to help and were cheerful which is appreciated.\"\n\nVolunteers are handing out bottles of water at the terminal\n\nPeople waiting in the Folkestone boarding lanes were told to collect bottles of water from a refrigerated van.\n\nOthers waiting to check-in were urged to carry plenty of drinking water and take a comfort break beforehand.\n\nEurotunnel said: \"We strongly recommend you stock up with drinking water before you arrive at our terminal, there is a long queue to check-in with no access to facilities.\"\n\nStewart Brownrigg said on Twitter \"at least the dogs and kids are getting cooled down\"\n\nEurotunnel carries passengers in cars, vans and other vehicles through the tunnel.\n\nEurostar, which runs foot passenger services between London and several European cities, said its services had not been affected.\n\nOne driver waiting to leave Folkestone recorded a temperature of 44.1C in their car\n\nEurotunnel tweeted that those travelling with pets were welcome to take them into the passenger terminal lounge and also the toilet area.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Eurotunnel Le Shuttle This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis overheated classic Peugeot gave up and had to be pushed\n\nAbout 12,000 vehicles are trying to cross to France at the start of the holidays, compared with 3,000 on an average, off-peak day.\n\nA Eurotunnel spokesman said: \"We'll keep things moving. Whether we are able to get everything clear depends on temperature and certain other elements.\n\n\"We are doing everything we possibly can. We know this is a critical time of year.\n\n\"Everything is hot inside the trains. The cars are hot. The engines are hot. All of that is putting pressure on the air conditioning.\"\n\nOne traveller captured a picture of departure screens next to a news broadcast about the hottest day of the year\n• None How hot is it where you are?\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Michelle Beckett said ADHD nearly cost her her life\n\nSome adults wait more than seven years to be diagnosed with ADHD because of huge waiting lists, a charity has said.\n\nADHD Action has lobbied the government to start recording adult ADHD figures, as it already does with autism.\n\nThe Royal College of Psychiatrists said people with the behavioural disorder were more likely to commit crime or become suicidal.\n\nAbout 1.5 million adults in the UK have the condition, ADHD Action said, but only 120,000 are formally diagnosed.\n\nDr Louise Theodosiou, from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said an adult with the condition was more likely to take drugs, commit crime or end up in prison.\n\n\"ADHD is connected with higher rates of suicide, depression and other mental health needs and untreated ADHD can also impact physical health,\" she said.\n\n\"People can be in a very serious condition while they wait for treatment.\"\n\nMichelle Beckett, 45, from Harrogate, was diagnosed with adult ADHD in 2017, after being misdiagnosed in her early 20s. Since then she has required support from mental health services and set up ADHD Action following her diagnosis.\n\n\"ADHD nearly killed me,\" she said. \"I was suicidal. How many people have lost their lives because they haven't been able to access the treatment, and understand the way their brain works?\"\n\nMs Beckett is now campaigning for better ADHD services and through her charity became involved in the setting up of the all-party Parliamentary Group for ADHD earlier this year.\n\nNHS prescriptions for ADHD medications have more than doubled over the past decade\n\nThe Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said it was \"determined to see improvements in access to ADHD services\" and was \"looking into how data can be collected to support quicker diagnosis and care for patients\".\n\nThey added: \"Early intervention is essential in supporting anyone with ADHD and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence recently updated guidance to make it easier for doctors to spot and diagnose the condition.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Steven Spencer said the way people treated him could be \"soul-destroying\"\n\nSteven Spencer, 42, from Haxby in York, was diagnosed after trying to get help for 15 years.\n\nHe has suffered with anxiety and depression and has been suicidal.\n\n\"It's not that you speak too much or you're fidgety, it's that - maybe because you have less of an ability to retain information - people have to explain things more, over and over again,\" he explained.\n\n\"You know you're not an idiot but you're treated that way by other people. That in itself is soul-destroying.\"\n\nMr Spencer said at primary school he was \"thrown in the corner by my ear all the time\" because he could not sit and concentrate.\n\n\"I was full of energy,\" he said. \"Now they understand these kids are rocking and fidgeting to help them concentrate.\"\n\nMr Spencer said when he asked to access help his GP \"laughed in his face\".\n\n\"He basically said, 'adults don't have ADHD, you should have grown out of it by now'.\"\n\nMs Beckett said finding out she had ADHD, even in her 40s, had changed her life.\n\n\"It just explained my whole life,\" she said. \"Why I find things overwhelming, why I can't direct my attention, why I struggle to regulate my emotions.\n\n\"People tell me they've been on the waiting list for three years and we've heard of over seven years in some parts of the country.\n\n\"This cannot continue. People are suffering, and the UK is suffering as a result.\n\n\"The NHS will save money fairly quickly by addressing ADHD, as so much is currently wasted on inappropriate treatments and medications for anxiety and depression, when the underlying cause is ADHD.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Amazon has reported record quarterly profits helped by a rise in online sales and demand for its cloud services.\n\nProfits hit a record $2.53bn (£1.9bn) in the three months to the end of June - about 12 times more than it made during the same period last year.\n\nSales rose by 39% to $52.89bn, slightly less than analysts had been forecasting.\n\nAmazon's shares jumped more than 3% in after-hours trade.\n\n\"It was a strong quarter,\" said chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky. \"What I attribute it to is continued strength in some of our most profitable areas.\"\n\nAt the firm's lucrative cloud services division, Amazon Web Services, sales were up nearly 50% year-on-year to $6.1bn.\n\nAmazon is also starting to attract more money from advertising.\n\nRevenue from the firm's \"other\" category, which includes advertising, more than doubled to about $2.2bn.\n\nRetail sales in North America were healthy as well, rising about 44% to almost $32.2bn.\n\nRecruitment slowed in the quarter. Amazon is also starting to reap the benefits of previous infrastructure investments, allowing for less rapid spending growth, Mr Olsavsky said.\n\nDaniel Ives, chief strategy officer at GBH Insights, said Amazon's profitability appears to be accelerating faster than expected.\n\nThat, he wrote, will be \"music to ears of investors\" who have stood by Amazon and its famously long-term approach to deferring profit in favour of reinvesting in the company.\n\nAmazon is expected to account for roughly half of online sales in the US this year, according to research firm eMarketer.\n\nThe company told investors that it expects third quarter sales in the range of $54bn- $57.5bn, growth of 23% to 31%.", "Facebook shares fell sharply on Thursday, after the social media network warned investors of slowing revenue gains and increased spending.\n\nThe firm's shares closed nearly 19% lower, wiping more than $120bn (£92bn) off Facebook's market value.\n\nThe fall also dragged down the tech-rich Nasdaq share index, which closed 1% lower.\n\nFacebook's forecast came as the firm faces a backlash over its handling of fake news and user data.\n\nThe company said it expected to boost spending by 50% or more, as it tries to improve the way it monitors content, tracks advertisers and treats user data - areas where it has faced regulator scrutiny.\n\nThe firm also warned investors that revenue growth would be hurt as people make use of new options to limit advertising and less profitable overseas markets drive growth.\n\nFacebook, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, said its margins would shrink to the mid-30% range, from about 44% in the most recent quarter.\n\nThe concerns, despite Facebook's year-on-year revenue growth of more than 40% in the most recent quarter, appeared to infect some other technology stocks.\n\nTwitter, which has faced similar criticism to Facebook and is due to report quarterly results to investors on Friday, closed down by nearly 3%.\n\nAlphabet, which owns Google and YouTube, and also relies on digital advertising, ended the day less than 1% lower (0.75%), while music streaming service Spotify gained almost 4.5%, after reporting stronger than expected user growth.\n\nMany of the factors affecting Facebook are unique to the company, said Daniel Ives, chief strategy officer at GBH Insights.\n\nFacebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has appeared before regulators this year\n\nThe firm has been in the spotlight for its involvement with data firm Cambridge Analytica.\n\nFacebook has also changed the news feed to emphasise posts from family and friends, tweaks that chief executive Mark Zuckerberg had previously cautioned would affect profitability.\n\nAnalyst Richard Greenfield of BTIG Research wrote in a note that investors were \"overreacting\".\n\nHe said Facebook remained a rich opportunity for advertisers, and the investments it is making should drive long term growth.\n\n\"We were pretty stressed out during Facebook's Q2 2018 conference call and could sense the fear/panic in investors voices afterwards,\" he wrote.\n\nHowever, he added: \"Mobile is eating the world and Facebook is a core holding to benefit from that shift.\"", "Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley were granted licences to allow them access to cannabis oil\n\nSpecialist doctors in the UK will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products by autumn, the home secretary has announced.\n\nThose that meet safety and quality standards are to be made legal for patients with an \"exceptional clinical need\", Sajid Javid said.\n\nAs it is a devolved matter, it will require legislative change before it is enforced in Northern Ireland.\n\nMany had previously been denied access to cannabis oil.\n\nOthers forms of cannabis will remain illegal.\n\nMr Javid's decision was made after the chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies, and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs said patients with certain medical conditions should be given access to the treatments.\n\nTheir advice was part of a review into medicinal cannabis launched by the home secretary following an outcry over Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley being denied access to cannabis oil.\n\nThe parents of the boys, who have rare forms of epilepsy, say it controls their seizures.\n\nCharlotte Caldwell said her son, Billy, would now be able to live a \"normal life\"\n\nThe Home Office recently granted them licences to access the treatments.\n\nMr Javid said: \"Recent cases involving sick children made it clear to me that our position on cannabis-related medicinal products was not satisfactory.\n\n\"That is why we launched a review and set up an expert panel to advise on licence applications in exceptional circumstances.\n\n\"This will help patients with an exceptional clinical need but is in no way a first step to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cannabis-derived medicines: What you need to know\n\nBilly Caldwell's mother, Charlotte, said Mr Javid's announcement had been made on her son's 13th birthday.\n\n\"For the first time in months I'm almost lost for words, other than 'thank you Sajid Javid',\" she said.\n\n\"Never has Billy received a better birthday present, and never from somebody so unexpected...\n\n\"But, crucially, my little boy Billy can now live a normal life with his mummy because of the simple ability to now administer a couple of drops a day of a long-maligned but entirely effective natural medication.\"\n\nThe Department of Health says legalising medicinal cannabis in NI is a devolved matter for local politicians\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"The rescheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products is a devolved matter and requires legislative change.\n\n\"The Department of Health notes the advice provided by experts during the two-part review commissioned by the Home Secretary.\n\n\"Consideration will be given to rescheduling cannabis-derived medicinal products in Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the UK\n\n\"In the interim, clinicians may still apply to the Home Office Expert Panel should they wish to use a cannabis-based medicine in the treatment of a patient.\"\n\nThe government and medicines regulator are to develop a clear definition of what constitutes a cannabis-derived medicinal product\n\nCannabis is classed as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it is judged to have no therapeutic value but can be used for the purposes of research with a Home Office licence.\n\nThe decision by the Home Office will put certain cannabis-derived products into Schedule 2 - those that have a potential medical use - and will place them in the same category as cocaine and heroin, among other drugs.\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care and the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will now develop a clear definition of what constitutes a cannabis-derived medicinal product so they can be rescheduled and prescribed, the Home Office said.\n\nIn the meantime, clinicians will still be able to apply to an independent expert panel on behalf of patients wishing to access these products.\n\nThe home secretary said licence fees for applications made to the panel will be waived, and those already granted will not be charged.\n\nThe home secretary's decision was welcomed by campaigners and health experts.\n\nDonna Kinnair, from the Royal College of Nursing, said the decision was \"very welcome\".\n\nDr Tom Freeman, senior academic fellow at King's College London, said Mr Javid's decision would have a \"substantial impact on research by facilitating the development of safer and more effective medicines\".\n\nFormer justice minister Sir Mike Penning, who was among those appealing for Alfie Dingley to be given a special licence for medicinal cannabis, welcomed the announcement but said there were still unanswered questions about which treatments would be rescheduled.\n\n\"Any move to restrict medical cannabis in the UK to a very narrow range of derived products, each requiring full pharmaceutical trials, thereby blocking out the many products available overseas, will lead to great disappointment and be a missed opportunity.\"\n• None Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Akram and Khan were two of Pakistan's most successful cricketers\n\nNewsnight has apologised for showing footage of Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram instead of his former teammate-turned-politician Imran Khan.\n\nThe BBC Two news programme opened on Wednesday night with a piece about Khan's journey from cricket star to potential Pakistani prime minister.\n\nBut footage showed left-arm bowler Akram instead of the right-handed all-rounder Khan.\n\nPresenter Evan Davis apologised at the end of the programme.\n\n\"We made a mistake in our opening tonight. The footage we showed was of the cricketer Wasim Akram not Imran Khan.\n\n\"Don't know how that happened, sincere apologies for that,\" he told viewers.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Newsnight This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Thursday, a BBC spokesperson said: \"We'd like to reiterate the sincere apology we made on air last night for an error that occurred during the programme.\n\n\"We are looking into how this mistake happened and will be tightening our processes on Newsnight to prevent an incident like this happening again.\"\n\nKhan could be on course to be the next leader of Pakistan\n\nMany viewers were quick to point out the error on social media.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Idoru This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Masud Khokhar This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEarly results from Pakistan's election suggested on Thursday that Khan is on course to become prime minister.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "PML-N supporters and others accuse the military of trying to rig the election\n\nThe run-up to Pakistan's general election on Wednesday has been marred by allegations of pre-poll rigging, intimidation and the muzzling of the media, writes Gul Bukhari, who was briefly kidnapped by masked men in Lahore's army cantonment area in June.\n\nUntil a few months ago, protest chants accusing Pakistan's powerful military of terrorism were rarely heard in the country's main cities.\n\nBut they came to central Lahore on 13 July, the day former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam returned from London to begin their prison sentences.\n\nBy last Friday, the chant - \"ye jo dehshat gardi hai, is ke peehchay wardi hai\" (\"the military uniform is behind this terrorism\") - could be heard on the streets of Rawalpindi, not far from military headquarters.\n\nIn a stunningly brazen move, a hearing for a seven-year-old narcotics case involving Mr Sharif's PML-N party stalwart Hanif Abbasi was moved forward from August to 21 July, and a life sentence handed down at 23:30 on Saturday, four days ahead of the general election, effectively knocking him out of the race.\n\nMr Abbasi was the frontrunner in his constituency against Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who served in both Gen Zia and Gen Musharraf's governments and is an ally of Mr Sharif's arch-rival Imran Khan, who leads the PTI party. Any focus on the merits of the case was overshadowed by outrage at the timing of the verdict.\n\nThousands attended rallies to welcome Nawaz Sharif back, but the media did not carry any of the protests in Lahore or Rawalpindi. Social media, in contrast, was flooded with pictures, videos and discussion.\n\nImran Khan is seen as the favourite of the military\n\nContrary to the establishment's expectations, the popularity of Mr Sharif and his party held its ground after he was ousted on corruption charges in July last year. His accusations of military interference caught the public's imagination.\n\nTo counter this, a fierce crackdown on the media was unleashed. Market leader Geo Television was taken off air in April, and the distribution of Pakistan's oldest newspaper, Dawn, has been disrupted since May.\n\nAfter months of financial losses, Geo reportedly agreed to the security establishment's demands to self-censor and abide by strict guidelines. After this surrender, the industry as a whole fell into line and none of the media houses dared show Mr Sharif's political rallies or his daughter's fiery speeches.\n\nWith the media on its knees, it was left to activists on Twitter and Facebook to continue the fight. The voices here remained feisty and openly angry at the judicial-military nexus, accusing them of violating their mandate and preventing voters from exercising their will in the general election.\n\nThe conversation on social media continues to survive and thrive amid a terrifying onslaught of threats and abductions. Journalists, too, have taken to social media to air what they cannot on their screens or in their newspaper stories and op-eds.\n\nMr Sharif seems to have won this round of the battle. Seen as a man who could have lived a comfortable life in exile and attended to his seriously ill spouse, he has returned to Pakistan to face certain incarceration in his fight for civil supremacy.\n\nSuccessive opinion polls putting him ahead against all opponents, and the social media backlash, indicate he has managed to win sympathy for himself - and resentment at attempts by the judicial-military nexus to re-engineer the political landscape.\n\nWith two days to go before the election, unexpected public defiance, especially in Punjab, a PML-N stronghold and hitherto a bastion of military power, has led to redoubled efforts to tip the scales in favour of the security establishment's favourite, Imran Khan.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWith dimming hopes the public will reject Mr Sharif and embrace the former cricketer-turned-politician, the courts have been redeployed at the frontlines - Mr Abbasi's shock life sentence being a case in point.\n\nClearly, with scores of candidates disqualified, jailed or coerced away from standing for the PML-N, and journalists and social media users harassed amid an atmosphere of terror, Mr Sharif's party is no longer expected to sweep the polls come 25 July.\n\nBut if his party bags anything over 90 of the 272 directly elected seats in the National Assembly, down from about 130 in 2013, it could well remain the largest party in parliament. That would be viewed as a vindication of Mr Sharif's open defiance of the military, which has ruled Pakistan for nearly half of its history.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mary Ellis said she had flown \"about 1,000 aeroplanes\" during the war\n\nOne of the last living female World War Two pilots, Mary Ellis, has died aged 101 at her home on the Isle of Wight.\n\nMrs Ellis was a member of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) and delivered Spitfires and bombers to the front line during the conflict.\n\nShe said she had flown \"about 1,000 aeroplanes\" during the war, before moving to the Isle of Wight in 1950 to take charge of Sandown Airport.\n\nATA secretary John Webster described Mrs Ellis as an \"amazing\" person.\n\nWhile she was commonly known as the last-surviving female pilot from the war, in fact there are three others.\n\nMr Webster said that one, Eleanor Wadsworth, lives in Bury St Edmunds, another, Nancy Stratford, lives in the US and the other, Jaye Edwards, lives in Canada.\n\nMary Ellis, then Mary Wilkins, joined the ATA in 1941 after hearing an advertisement for women pilots on BBC radio.\n\nShe said at the time they were known as the \"Glamour Girls\", adding: \"There were plenty of escorts around.\"\n\nMrs Ellis continued to attend events linked to the RAF\n\nMary Ellis served from 1941 until the end of the war\n\nShe married Don Ellis, a fellow pilot, in 1961, and continued to live in their marital home beside the runway at Sandown after his death in 2009.\n\nSpeaking at a surprise party in 2017 for her 100th birthday - held at the airport - Mrs Ellis said the Spitfire had always been her favourite aircraft.\n\n\"I love it, it's everybody's favourite,\" she said. \"I think it's a symbol of freedom.\"\n\nTributes have been paid to Mrs Ellis by fellow pilots, including Red Arrow flier Mike Ling.\n\nHe posted on Twitter that she was a \"legend of the Air Transport Auxiliary\".\n\n\"I hope you are enjoying a well-earned sherry up there with Joy Lofthouse [a fellow ATA pilot] again.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Mike Ling MBE (Red 3) This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRAF veteran and military historian Sally McGlone also paid tribute to her.\n\nShe wrote on Twitter: \"Older than the RAF by one year.\n\n\"Without the ATA #RAF100 might not have happened.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "US Democrat congresswoman Ilhan Omar has responded after crowds at a presidential rally chanted \"send her back\".\n\nThe Minnesota representative said: \"We are Americans as much as everyone else.\"\n\nDonald Trump was cheered at Wednesday's rally in North Carolina after continuing his attacks on the four non-white Democrat congresswomen, known as \"The Squad\".\n\nThe chanting resembled the words that Mr Trump's supporters shouted about Hillary Clinton during his presidential campaign in 2016.", "Labour peers could hold a vote of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn's leadership over his response to claims of anti-Semitism in the party.\n\nThis follows the sacking of Baroness Hayter - a critic of Mr Corbyn over the issue - as shadow Brexit minister.\n\nThe BBC understands Labour peers will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to consider a motion calling for a no-confidence vote.\n\nIf passed, a ballot of all Labour peers will follow.\n\nThe result would not affect Mr Corbyn's position, however, as it is an expression of opinion rather than in any way binding.\n\nBut BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said such a vote would be \"extraordinary and unprecedented\".\n\nIt is understood there is widespread anger among Labour peers at the sacking of Baroness Hayter after she reportedly compared the approach of Mr Corbyn's staff to that of \"the bunker\" in Downfall, a 2004 film depicting Adolf Hitler's final days.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe peer was critical of Mr Corbyn's inner circle, who she claimed had refused to give the party's ruling National Executive Committee key information on party finances, membership figures and anti-Semitism data.\n\nBaroness Hayter was also was one of four peers who wrote to Mr Corbyn earlier this week calling for an inquiry into allegations in the BBC's Panorama that senior figures in the party had interfered in the disciplinary process of dealing with accusations of anti-Semitism.\n\nShe was cheered by both sides of the House of Lords on Thursday when she entered the chamber and took her place on the Labour back benches.\n\nSpeaking to Radio 4's World at One, Baroness Hayter said she had not \"heard from\" Labour's leadership to tell her she had been sacked, but the news had been released to the Corbyn-supporting news blog Skwawkbox.\n\nShe added: \"I haven't been asked to apologise.\"\n\nBaroness Hayter also said: \"I've always supported Jeremy Corbyn since he was elected.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA Labour Party spokesman said that Baroness Hayter had been sacked \"for her deeply offensive remarks about Jeremy Corbyn and his office\".\n\nHe added: \"To compare the Labour leader and Labour Party staff working to elect a Labour government to the Nazi regime is truly contemptible, and grossly insensitive to Jewish staff in particular.\"\n\nBaroness Hayter remains Labour's elected deputy leader in the House of Lords, as this - unlike the role of shadow Brexit minister - is an elected, rather than appointed, position.\n\nStaff working for Labour have voted to condemn the party's official response to the Panorama on claims of anti-Semitism.\n\nThe GMB union's branch of party workers voted 124-to-four to call on the leadership to issue an apology for attacks on whistleblowers.\n\nThe motion said there was a \"mental health crisis\" among Labour party staff. It said it was \"unacceptable for an employee's workload or the culture of an organisation to cause staff to have breakdowns or to contemplate suicide\". Such claims were made by party workers in the programme.\n\nLabour said it would \"fully investigate\" any complaints.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Over the course of his career, Sir Paul McCartney has written films, oratorios, poetry collections, children's books and more than 100 hit singles.\n\nNow, at the age of 77, he has a new challenge: His first stage musical.\n\nThe star is working on an adaptation of Frank Capra's classic It's A Wonderful Life, the story of a suicidal man saved by his guardian angel.\n\nSir Paul, who was four when the film was released in 1946, called it \"a universal story we can all relate to\".\n\nThe musical is set to debut in \"late 2020\", according to producer Bill Kenwright, whose previous credits include the West End show Blood Brothers and the touring version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.\n\nLee Hall, who wrote Billy Elliot and the recent Elton John biopic Rocketman, is penning the script and collaborating with Sir Paul on the lyrics.\n\n\"It's A Wonderful Life is my favourite film,\" said the Tony Award-winner. \"It has absolutely everything - comedy, pathos and a rare humanity which has touched generation after generation.\n\n\"To give it a life on the stage is an immense privilege in itself, but to do with Paul McCartney is off the scale.\n\n\"Paul's wit, emotional honesty and melodic brilliance brings a whole new depth and breadth to the classic tale. I feel as if an angel must be looking after me.\"\n\nThe beloved film starred James Stewart as George Bailey. Karolyn Grimes played Zuzu, his daughter.\n\nThis is not the first time that Capra's Oscar-nominated film has been turned into a musical.\n\nAn ill-fated adaptation was staged in the US in 1986, with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler On The Roof) and music by Joe Raposo, a composer on the TV show Sesame Street, where he wrote C Is For Cookie and Sing - which was later covered by the Carpenters.\n\nInitially performed at the University of Michigan, it suffered repeated delays arising from a dispute over the rights to the story upon which the film was based, Philip Van Doren Stern's novella The Greatest Gift.\n\nBy the time the first professional production was staged, in 1991, Raposo had died of cancer. A 2006 off-Broadway revival received mixed reviews, with the New York Times criticising changes to the film's plot, and the show's lack of \"emotional punch.\"\n\nReviewer Anita Gates concluded: \"It used to be A Wonderful Life\".\n\nA more recent adaptation, by Keith Ferguson and Bruce Greer, still tours churches and schools around the US.\n\nBill Kenwright says he harboured ambitions to turn the film into a musical long before either of the US productions took shape, writing to director Frank Capra to seek permission at the very start of his career.\n\nDespite receiving a \"lovely handwritten letter by reply,\" his approach was turned down. Decades later, he was offered the rights \"out of the blue\" and approached Sir Paul to see if he'd be interested in writing the music.\n\n\"Like many of these things this all started with an email,\" said the former Beatle.\n\n\"Writing a musical is not something that had ever really appealed to me but Bill and I met up with Lee Hall and had a chat and I found myself thinking this could be interesting and fun.\"\n\n\"The songs take you somewhere you don't expect to go. They sound simple - but it's deceptive. That's Paul's genius.\"\n\nStarring James Stewart and Donna Reed, It's A Wonderful Life struggled at the box office upon release in 1946.\n\nHowever, it went on to become a beloved Christmas staple and has been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made.\n\nSir Paul's music has frequently been used on stage, notably in Cirque Du Soleil's ambitious Beatles show, Love.\n\nThe star also wrote a movie musical, Give My Regards to Broad Street, which was savaged by critics upon its release in 1984.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shares in Asos have sunk after the online fashion giant said that this year's profits are likely to be much lower than expectations.\n\nThe retailer said sales growth in the US and Europe had been held back by problems at its warehouses.\n\nThese problems meant that the range of clothes available to shoppers in these markets had been limited.\n\nAs a result, it now expects to report profits of £30m-£35m this year, well below the £55m forecast by analysts.\n\nAsos chief executive Nick Beighton said overhauling its US and European warehouses had taken longer than anticipated, affecting its \"stock availability, sales and cost base in these regions\".\n\nHe added that the company was clear on what was causing the problems and was making progress on resolving them.\n\nHowever, Asos said that while the warehouse problems were \"short-term in nature\", it added it might take \"some time\" to regain customers who had been affected.\n\nTotal sales across the group rose by 12% in the four months to 30 June, Asos said, and in the UK - where trading \"remained robust\" - sales grew by 16%.\n\nHowever, the \"operational challenges\" at its warehouses in Berlin and Atlanta had caused problems in the US and Europe, where sales were up 12% and 5% respectively.\n\nAsos has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years as it has benefited from the shift towards shopping online.\n\nHowever, last December it surprised investors with a shock profit warning, and the company's share price has now more than halved over the past year.\n\nShares in Asos opened down 20% on Thursday following the latest warning, before recovering some ground to stand 12% lower.\n\nAnalysts at Liberum said the latest warning suggested that serious questions needed answering.\n\n\"The operational issues in Europe and the US signal to us a lack of enough senior leaders in the business with the adequate skill-set in the business to undertake the complex capital projects ongoing,\" they said.\n\nRuss Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: \"Fashion fans have plenty of places from which to buy clothes and so Asos is at risk of losing out to the competition if it cannot fix its problems fast.\n\n\"We live in an impatient world where so many people want something in an instant. If Asos doesn't have the stock ready to ship then consumers will simply go elsewhere.\"\n\nHowever, Sofie Willmott, an analyst at research firm GlobalData, was more upbeat, arguing that the \"changes being made to US and EU distribution centres are vital to facilitate long-term growth in these key markets\".\n\nShe added that the future \"remains bright for Asos\".\n\n\"The retailer's agility and willingness to change to remain relevant to its customer base will help it to continue gaining market share, both at home and abroad.''", "Deaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids like oxycodone fell by 14.5%\n\nDrug overdose deaths in the US have fallen for the first time since 1999, according to preliminary official data.\n\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures showed a drop of 5.1% in 2018 from the year before.\n\nHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said this was down to a decline in deaths linked to opioids.\n\nUS efforts \"to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working,\" he said in a statement, although he added the issue \"will not be solved overnight\".\n\nThe US is in the midst of an opioid crisis, with hundreds of thousands thought to have died over the last few decades.\n\nFatal drug overdose numbers rose every year from 1999 to 2017, including a sharp spike between 2014 and 2017.\n\nExperts partially blame the overprescription of powerful and addictive painkillers for the epidemic.\n\nThe CDC research shows that an estimated 68,557 people died in 2018, down from 72,224 people in 2017.\n\nDeaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids - painkillers like morphine, codeine and oxycodone - fell by 14.5%, the sharpest drop for any drug category.\n\nHowever, those linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl still rose. Fentanyl is said to be up to 100 times stronger than morphine and has flooded the illegal US drugs market.\n\nThe numbers of deaths attributed to cocaine and methamphetamine also rose in 2018.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Lives are being saved, and we're beginning to win the fight against this crisis,\" Mr Azar's statement said, praising efforts by the Trump administration and community efforts across the US for the shift.\n\nBut while he described the decline as \"encouraging\", Mr Azar said \"by no means have we declared victory against the epidemic or addiction in general\".\n\n\"This crisis developed over two decades and it will not be solved overnight.\"\n\nThe Washington Post reports that the biggest US drug companies gave out 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills between 2006 and 2012.", "The House of Lords has backed an attempt to prevent a future prime minister suspending Parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe measure will now go to MPs for a vote on Thursday, after peers defeated the government by 272 votes to 169.\n\nTory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson has not ruled out suspending Parliament to ensure the UK could leave by 31 October, even without a deal.\n\nLabour said suspension would be \"constitutionally improper\".\n\nMr Johnson's leadership rival, Jeremy Hunt, has ruled it out.\n\nIf the 31 October deadline is reached without a deal being agreed, the UK will leave the EU without one.\n\nMPs have consistently voted against this option, but the prime minister could try to get around that by closing Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to Brexit day, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nThe Lords cross-party measure to prevent a suspension came in the form of an amendment to a bill on restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland.\n\nLast week, MPs amended the bill to require ministers to give fortnightly reports to Parliament throughout October on progress to restore devolution.\n\nThe hope of those behind that amendment was that it would make it more difficult for Parliament to be shut down.\n\nThe latest move by peers is designed to strengthen that position, by making sure the fortnightly reports would have to be physically debated in the Commons and therefore it could not be suspended.\n\nThe amendment will have to be approved by MPs on Thursday in order to make it into the final version of the bill.\n\nFormer independent reviewer of terrorism legislation Lord Anderson said it would require Parliament to sit at specified intervals between September and December.\n\nAlso backing the move, Labour peer Lord Goldsmith said suspending - or proroguing - Parliament to push through no deal would be \"a very bad idea\".\n\n\"It's Parliament who ensures we remain a free land - that is how we do our democracy. To allow that to be set aside would be wrong,\" he added.\n\nGovernment minister Lord Duncan of Springbank opposed the amendment, arguing it would send a message that peers can \"use Northern Ireland for different purposes when we choose to do so\".\n\nAlso opposing the move, Conservative peer Lord True said Mr Johnson had \"never said\" he would suspend Parliament, and \"outrage\" about the possibility of this occurring has been \"got up\" by \"Remainers\".\n\nFormer Tory prime minister John Major has said he would seek a judicial review in the courts if the new prime minister tried to suspend Parliament.\n\nCampaigner Gina Miller has threatened the same action.\n\nTory MP Sir Oliver Letwin, who opposes a no-deal Brexit, has warned that any attempt to do so is likely to end up in the Supreme Court.\n• None What would change with a no-deal Brexit?", "The incident happened on the Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Galashiels\n\nA train passenger was told \"get back to your own country\" during an incident of racist abuse on the Borders Railway.\n\nBritish Transport Police said the man was also the victim of \"racially charged swearing\" on the service between Edinburgh and Galashiels.\n\nHe was travelling with his young daughter when the incident happened between 14:00 and 14:20 on 11 July.\n\nBoth the suspect and his victim left the train at Galashiels, when the abuse continued, resulting in a scuffle.\n\nThe same suspect was also seen being racially abusive towards another man on the train.\n\nThe abuser has been described as white, of medium build and with short, dark brown hair.\n\nHe was unshaven and wearing a T-shirt, an over-sized blue hoodie with a zip, and dark trousers and trainers.\n\nThe incident happened on the 13:24 train from Edinburgh Waverley to Galashiels.\n\nOfficers would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the offence.\n\nThey are particularly keen to speak to the second man who was racially abused.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Hashem Abedi was arrested in Tripoli by members of the Rada Special Deterrence Force a day after the attack\n\nThe younger brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi is to appear in court charged with murdering the 22 victims of the attack, police say.\n\nHashem Abedi, 22, was detained in Libya shortly after the May 2017 suicide bombing in which hundreds were injured.\n\nHe was extradited earlier, and arrested by British officers upon his arrival in the UK, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nMr Abedi will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday, the force said.\n\nPolice said prosecutors had authorised them to bring charges against Mr Abedi in respect of:\n\nLibyan authorities handed Mr Abedi over to British police officers, who escorted him on a flight which left Mitiga Airport, near Tripoli, at 10:30 BST.\n\nThe university engineering student, who was born in Manchester, was transferred to a police station in London upon his arrival in the UK.\n\nFamilies of the victims and survivors were the first to be informed of the developments, police said.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Eilidh MacLeod, Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nBoth brothers travelled to Libya in April 2017, before Salman Abedi returned alone to carry out the attack on 22 May.\n\nTwenty-two people died in the bombing while a total of 112 needed hospital treatment after the attack.\n\nGMP was granted a warrant for Mr Abedi's arrest in November 2017.\n\nA Libyan court had previously agreed to extradite Mr Abedi to the UK because he is a British citizen but the extradition process was delayed by fighting in Libya.\n\nHashem Abedi was transferred to a police station in London upon his arrival in the UK\n\nThis has meant the inquests into the deaths of the 22 victims were delayed, with family members told that the full hearings were not likely to begin until April 2020 at the earliest.\n\nNo-one has previously been charged over the Manchester Arena attack despite police raids after the bombing.\n\nA 2018 report said 23 people arrested in the UK were all released without charge.\n\nAbout 14,000 people were at the Manchester Arena for a concert when Salman Abedi, pictured, detonated a device\n\nMayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said it was \"right and proper\" that those affected by the \"appalling\" attack will be able \"to see a judicial process on British soil\".\n\n\"Today is an important day in the recovery process for our city,\" he added.", "Baroness Hayter remains Labour's elected deputy leader in the House of Lords\n\nA senior Labour peer has been sacked as shadow Brexit minister for saying Jeremy Corbyn was leading the party with a \"bunker mentality\".\n\nBaroness Hayter said Mr Corbyn's team's refusal to acknowledge criticism - such as of the party's handling of allegations of anti-Semitism - was similar to the \"last days of Hitler\".\n\nA Labour spokesman described her remarks as \"deeply offensive\".\n\nThe peer remains Labour's elected deputy leader in the House of Lords.\n\nAt a meeting of the centre-left Labour First group earlier this week, Baroness Hayter was reported by HuffPost to have said: \"Those of you who haven't [read the book] will have seen the film Bunker, about the last days of Hitler, where you stop receiving any information into the inner group which suggests that things are not going the way you want.\"\n\nThe peer was critical of Mr Corbyn's inner circle, who she claimed had refused to give the party's ruling National Executive Committee key information on party finances, membership figures and anti-Semitism data.\n\nA Labour Party spokesman said: \"Dianne Hayter has been sacked from her frontbench position with immediate effect for her deeply offensive remarks about Jeremy Corbyn and his office.\n\n\"To compare the Labour leader and Labour Party staff working to elect a Labour government to the Nazi regime is truly contemptible, and grossly insensitive to Jewish staff in particular.\"\n\nBBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said \"at first glance\" it looked as if Mr Corbyn was cracking down on the type of language used by Baroness Hayter.\n\n\"But the person who made those comments has been one of the those more prominent critics of Mr Corbyn,\" he said.\n\n\"What this will look like is Mr Corbyn wanting to take out some of his more prominent critics.\"\n\nLabour MP Wes Streeting, a critic of Mr Corbyn, tweeted that the sacking was a \"gross over-reaction\" to the comments, but said it did \"reinforce what she did describe, which was a bunker mentality at the top\".\n\n\"Nice to know that swift action is taken to protect Jeremy Corbyn's feelings, but shame we can't act against racists,\" he said.\n\nThe peer's sacking is the latest development in Labour's long-running dispute over anti-Semitism, which has led to MPs and peers quitting the party.\n\nBaroness Hayter was one of four peers who wrote to Mr Corbyn to call for an investigation into claims aired in a BBC Panorama programme that senior figures in the party interfered in the disciplinary process of dealing with anti-Semitism complaints.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. May and Corbyn both went on the attack in relation to their anti-racism records\n\nEarlier on Wednesday, 67 of Baroness Hayter's fellow Labour peers took out a newspaper advert accusing Mr Corbyn of \"failing the test of leadership\" over the issue of anti-Semitism.\n\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Theresa May said it was a \"disgrace\" Mr Corbyn had \"dodged his responsibility\" for tackling anti-Jewish prejudice.\n\nThe Labour leader insisted he was \"dealing\" with the issue and accused Mrs May of failing to address her own party's problems with Islamophobia.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gina Ganzenmueller managed to take a photo of the red squirrel in her garden\n\nA red squirrel spotted near an Aberdeen park is thought to be the first to have been seen so close to the city centre in decades.\n\nThe sighting was in a garden north of Duthie Park, near the River Dee.\n\nThe area has only known grey squirrels since the intruding population took over in the 1970s.\n\nSaving Scotland's Red Squirrels said it was one of the closest sightings to Aberdeen city centre in the project's 10-year history.\n\nGina Ganzenmueller, who managed to take photos of the visitor to her garden, said: \"After years of grey squirrel sightings I've finally seen a red squirrel in my back garden.\n\n\"I was so excited, I couldn't believe my eyes. I only have a small garden, but Duthie Park is not far away.\"\n\nGrey squirrels were first introduced to Aberdeen in the 1970s, rapidly spreading throughout the city and into surrounding Aberdeenshire.\n\nThe region's native red squirrel populations declined rapidly through competition for food and living space.\n\nYears of control work carried out by Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels, a project led by Scottish Wildlife Trust, has already removed grey squirrels from much of Aberdeenshire.\n\nRed squirrels have begun to recolonise many areas, including the outskirts of Aberdeen.\n\nDr Gwen Maggs, Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels Conservation Officer for North East Scotland, said: \"The project has been working along the River Dee for 10 years, with help from dedicated volunteers participating in our trap-loan scheme.\n\n\"As a result of this targeted grey squirrel control red squirrels have gradually returned to North Deeside, with populations establishing through Peterculter, Milltimber, Bieldside and Cults. In 2017 red squirrels arrived at Robert Gordon University.\n\n\"With healthy populations already in Hazlehead and Seaton Park, we hope that they will soon return to Duthie Park for everyone to enjoy.\"", "The police and other authorities should suspend use of automatic facial recognition technologies, according to an influential group of MPs.\n\nThe House of Commons Science and Technology committee added there should be no further trials of the tech until relevant regulations were in place.\n\nAnd it warned that police forces were failing to edit a database of custody images to remove pictures of unconvicted individuals.\n\n\"It is unclear whether police forces are unaware of the requirement to review custody images every six years, or if they are simply 'struggling to comply',\" the committee's report said.\n\n\"What is clear, however, is that they have not been afforded any earmarked resources to assist with the manual review and weeding process.\"\n\nAs a consequence, the MPs warned, innocent people's pictures might illegally be included in facial recognition \"watch lists\" that are used in public spaces by the police to stop and even arrest suspects.\n\nThe committee noted that it had flagged similar concerns a year ago but had seen little progress from the Home Office since. By contrast, it said, the Scottish Executive had commissioned an independent review into how biometric data should be used and stored.\n\nThe report comes a week after the Home Secretary Sajid Javid said he backed police trials of facial recognition systems, while acknowledging that longer-term use would require legislation.\n\nEarlier this month, the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said the police's use of live facial recognition tech raised \"significant privacy and data protection issues\" and might even breach data protection laws.\n\nThe civil rights group Liberty has also supported a legal challenge to South Wales Police's use of the technology in a case that has yet to be ruled on by a judge at Cardiff High Court.\n\nAnd the Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter has criticised trials by London's Metropolitan Police saying: \"We are heading towards a dystopian society where people aren't trusted, where they are logged and their data signatures are tracked\".\n\nThe Home Office, however, has noted that there is public support for live facial recognition to identify potential terrorists and people wanted for serious violent crimes.\n\n\"The government believes that there is a legal framework for the use of live facial recognition technology, although that is being challenged in the courts and we would not want to pre-empt the outcome of this case,\" said a spokesman.\n\n\"However, we support an open debate about this, including how we can reduce the privacy impact on the public.\n\nIt also recently revealed that Kent and West Midlands' forces plan to test facial recognition software to retrospectively analyse CCTV recordings to spot missing and vulnerable people.\n\n\"The public would expect the police to consider all new technologies that could make them safer,\" a spokesman for the National Police Chiefs' council told the BBC.\n\n\"Any wider roll out of this technology must be based on evidence showing it to be effective with sufficient safeguards and oversight.\"\n\nAs part of its report, the committee highlighted earlier work that had raised concerns of bias.\n\nIt referred specifically to a government advisory group that had warned in February that facial recognition systems could produce inaccurate results if they had not been trained on a diverse enough range of data.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How one man was fined £90 after objecting to being filmed by police\n\n\"If certain types of faces - for example, black, Asian and ethnic minority faces or female faces - are under-represented in live facial recognition training datasets, then this bias will feed forward into the use of the technology by human operators,\" the ethics group had cautioned.\n\nWhile police officers were supposed to double-check matches made by the system by other means before taking action, the group also warned that there was a risk that they might \"start to defer to the algorithm's decision\" without doing so.\n\nAs such, the committee said that ministers needed to set clearer limits on the tech's use.\n\n\"We call on the government to issue a moratorium on the current use of facial recognition technology and no further trials should take place until a legislative framework has been introduced and guidance on trial protocols, and an oversight and evaluation system, has been established,\" it concluded.\n\nOne think tank chief welcomed the recommendation but said the real problems were not ones of bias or accuracy.\n\n\"These are a distraction from the wider question of whether we want to have this technology at all,\" Areeq Chowdhury from Future Advocacy told the BBC.\n\n\"Before any further deployment of facial recognition by the police, we need to have a public conversation about whether we are happy for our faces to become a tool of national security.\"\n\nThe committee also flagged issues with the way custody images were being stored in the Police National Database.\n\nAs of February 2018, the PND had 12.5 million images available to facial recognition searches.\n\nPeople who have been acquitted or had charges against them dropped can apply to have their images removed.\n\nBut the MPs noted that despite guidance that images of unconvicted individuals should be removed by hand after six years, this was not being done.\n\n\"The government should strengthen the requirement for such a manual process to delete custody images and introduce clearer and stronger guidance on the process,\" the committee's report said.\n\n\"In the long-term the government should invest in automatic deletion software as previously promised.\"\n\nThe privacy campaign Big Brother Watch supported the call.\n\n\"This practice was ruled unlawful by the High Court in 2012 - it is shameful that the government has failed to act,\" said Griff Ferris, the group's legal and policy officer.", "The proportion of crimes solved by police in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level recorded, according to Home Office data.\n\nIn the 12 months to March, 7.8% of offences saw someone charged or summonsed, down from 9.1% a year ago.\n\nThe data began to be compiled in 2015.\n\nIt comes after Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick acknowledged too many offences were being left unsolved, in a speech about the future of policing.\n\nShe said sifting through vast amounts of phone and computer data was partly responsible and called for investment in resources, technology and expertise to drive up clear-up rates.\n\nYou need a modern browser to view the interactive content in this page. Check how your police force is doing Please enter your postcode or police force name There is missing 2018/19 data for this police force area\n\nThe Home Office said work to improve crime recording by police forces has \"both increased the volume forces are dealing with and changed the crime mix to include more complex cases, such as sexual offences and domestic abuse, which can be more challenging to resolve\".\n\nIt added: \"At the same time, while more crimes are now being recorded, in a growing proportion of cases the victim either doesn't support further action or police are unable to contact them.\"\n\nSeparately, the Office for National Statistics said the Crime Survey for England and Wales - based on people's experience - points to no significant change in overall crime in the year to March, although police recorded offences of robbery rose by 11% and knife crime was up 8%.\n\nIt said the increase in this \"less frequently occurring but higher-harm types of violence\" was consistent with a rising trend in recent years.\n\nThe ONS figures show there were 43,516 offences involving a knife or sharp instrument in the 12 months to March - the highest since comparable records began in 2011. The figures exclude Greater Manchester Police which records its data differently.\n\nThere were a total of 85,736 offences of robbery, but a 3% fall in burglary.\n\nThe total number of killings increased to 701 offences from 693 in the previous 12 months, excluding terror attacks.\n\nThe ONS also estimated there were 3.8m fraud offences in the same period, an increase of 17%, but said computer misuse had fallen by about a fifth, driven by a decrease in viruses affecting systems.\n\nMeanwhile, figures show there has been a small increase in the number of police officers in England and Wales over the last year.\n\nAs of March 2019 there were 123,171 officers up from 122,405 the previous year. However, there are still 20,500 fewer officers than there were in 2010.\n\nPolicing minister Nick Hurd said the chances of being a victim of crime remain low and the government was increasing funding for forces by more than £1bn this year, with the recruitment of more than 3,700 additional officers and staff.\n\nHe said: \"We are also acting to address the root causes of violence and stop young people being drawn into crime in the first place.\"\n\nCharlotte Pickles from the think tank Reform said: \"Any increases in police numbers must be targeted and coupled with serious investment to tackle the lethal mix of poverty, school exclusion, poor mental health and drugs.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Michel Barnier says Theresa May and her ministers never threatened to leave without a deal during negotiations\n\nThe UK will have to \"face the consequences\" if it opts to leave without a deal, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator has said.\n\nMichel Barnier told BBC Panorama the thrice-rejected agreement negotiated by Theresa May was the \"only way to leave the EU in an orderly manner\".\n\nHe also insisted Mrs May and her ministers \"never\" told him during Brexit talks she might opt for no deal.\n\nPublicly, Mrs May has always insisted no deal is better than a bad deal.\n\nMeanwhile, the Office for Budget Responsibility has said the UK will fall into recession next year if there is a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe fiscal watchdog said economic growth would fall by 2% by the end of 2020 if it left the bloc without an agreement.\n\nIn his first UK broadcast interview - conducted in May before the start of the Conservative leadership contest - Mr Barnier was asked what would happen if the UK \"just tore up the membership card\" for the EU.\n\n\"The UK will have to face the consequences,\" he replied.\n\nAsked whether the UK had ever genuinely threatened to leave in such a way with no deal, Mr Barnier said: \"I think that the UK side, which is well informed and competent and knows the way we work on the EU side, knew from the very beginning that we've never been impressed by such a threat.\n\n\"It's not useful to use it.\"\n\nPanorama: Britain's Brexit Crisis will be broadcast on Thursday at 21:00 BST.\n\nConservative Party leadership contender Jeremy Hunt told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the fact the EU \"never believed that no deal was a credible threat\" was \"one of our mistakes in the last two years\".\n\nHe said while there will be economic consequences to no deal, \"we are much better prepared for no deal than we were before\".\n\nHe said the issue of the Northern Ireland border could be solved with \"existing technology\" and the controversial Irish backstop, which aims to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland, \"isn't going to happen\".\n\nFormer Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, a key figure in Boris Johnson's leadership campaign, accused Mr Barnier of trying to \"threaten\" the UK.\n\nHe said Mr Barnier's remarks were an indictment of Britain's negotiating strategy and showed \"how useless\" Mrs May's approach had been.\n\nLeadership frontrunner Mr Johnson was asked for an interview by Panorama, but he declined.\n\nElsewhere in the programme, Mrs May's de facto deputy David Lidington revealed that a senior EU official made a secret offer to the UK to put Brexit on hold for five years and negotiate a \"new deal for Europe\".\n\nMr Lidington said the offer was passed on in 2018 by Martin Selmayr, a senior aide to EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.\n\n\"Martin sort of said, 'Look, why don't we have a deal whereby we just put all this on ice for five years?'\n\n\"Let's see how things go, let's get the UK involved with France and Germany, let's see how the dust settles and let's talk about whether we can come to a new deal for Europe.'\"\n\nIn his own interview for the programme - also recorded in May - Mr Selmayr said he was \"very certain\" the UK was not ready to leave without a deal before the original Brexit deadline in March this year.\n\n\"We have seen what has been prepared on our side of the border for a hard Brexit. We don't see the same level of preparation on the other side of the border,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Timmermans: \"It's like Lance Corporal Jones: 'Don't panic, don't panic'... running around like idiots\"\n\nIn another interview for the programme, the EU Commission's First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, said UK ministers were \"running around like idiots\" when they arrived to negotiate Brexit in 2017.\n\nMr Timmermans said while he expected a \"Harry Potter-like book of tricks\" from ministers, instead they were like a character from from Dad's Army.\n\nIn an interview in March 2019 with the BBC's Nick Robinson, Mr Timmermans said he found it \"shocking\" how unprepared the UK team was when it began negotiations.\n\n\"We thought they are so brilliant,\" he said. \"That in some vault somewhere in Westminster there will be a Harry Potter-like book with all the tricks and all the things in it to do.\"\n\nBut after seeing the then-Brexit Secretary David Davis - who resigned over his disagreements with the deal - speaking in public, his mind changed.\n\n\"I saw him not coming, not negotiating, grandstanding elsewhere [and] I thought, 'Oh my God, they haven't got a plan, they haven't got a plan.'\n\n\"That was really shocking, frankly, because the damage if you don't have a plan...\n\n\"Time's running out and you don't have a plan. It's like Lance Corporal Jones, you know, 'Don't panic, don't panic!' Running around like idiots.\"\n\nMr Timmermans - interviewed two months before Mrs May announced her resignation - also criticised Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit negotiations from when they began.\n\n\"Perhaps I am being a bit harsh, but it is about time we became a bit harsh. I am not sure he was being genuine,\" he said.\n\n\"I have always had the impression he is playing games.\"\n\nNegotiations between the UK and EU began in 2017 after Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the Article 50 process to leave the bloc.\n\nAt the end of 2018, a withdrawal agreement was settled between the two sides and EU officials said the matter was closed.\n\nBut MPs voted against the plan three times, which led to a number of delays to the exit date - now set for 31 October.\n• None Is the EU really united over Brexit?", "The Netflix hit Stranger Things has just begun a third series\n\nNetflix added fewer paid subscribers than expected in the last three months, with the streaming service blaming price rises.\n\nShares in the company sank 10% after Netflix added 2.7 million new customers worldwide in the April-June period, well below expectations.\n\n\"Our missed forecast was across all regions, but slightly more so in regions with price increases,\" it said.\n\nIt comes as competition increases from rivals such as Walt Disney and Apple.\n\nThe company, behind such hits at The Crown and Orange is the New Black, said in its statement: \"We don't believe competition was a factor since there wasn't a material change in the competitive landscape during [the second quarter] and competitive intensity and our penetration is varied across regions,\" the company said.\n\nThe additional 2.7 million subscribers fell far short of analysts' estimates of about five million.\n\n\"While our US paid membership was essentially flat in Q2, we expect it to return to more typical growth in Q3, and are seeing that in these early weeks of Q3,\" Netflix said.\n\nHowever, that failed to calm investors, who in after-hours trading on Wall Street bailed out of a stock that had risen by almost 35% so far this year.\n\nNetflix will be losing some of its hit shows such as Friends to rival platforms being launched in the coming months, but argued that it will make up for that with original content.\n\n\"Much of our domestic, and eventually global, Disney catalogue, as well as Friends, The Office, and some other licensed content will wind down over the coming years, freeing up budget for more original content,\" the company said in its statement.\n\n\"From what we've seen in the past when we drop strong catalogue content... our members shift over to enjoying our other great content.\"\n\nNet income fell to $270m in the second quarter ending 30 June, from $384m a year earlier. Total revenue rose to $4.92bn from $3.91bn.\n\nNicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said Netflix could face tougher challenges as competition from rival streaming services intensifies.\n\n\"The performance in the next two quarters will be crucial. Fending off the likes of Disney and Apple with one hand while scooping in new customers with the other is a big ask,\" he said.", "Boeing is taking a $4.9bn hit to cover costs related to the global grounding of its 737 Max aircraft.\n\nThe charge is set to wipe out profits when the world's biggest planemaker posts quarterly results next week.\n\nIn a statement, Boeing also said its \"best estimate at this time\" is that the aircraft will return to service in the last three months of this year.\n\nA 737 Max crash in Indonesia in October, and another in Ethiopia in March, killed 346 people in total.\n\nBoeing is facing one of the worst crises in its history after regulators banned its best-selling aircraft from flying after the disasters.\n\nCrash investigators have concentrated their efforts on the aircraft's control system and Boeing has been working with regulators to roll out a software upgrade.\n\nThe manufacturer, facing intense scrutiny over the regulatory clearance for the aircraft to fly, has cut the monthly production rate from 52 to 42 as airlines hold off purchases.\n\nMost of the $4.9bn charge will be used to compensate Boeing's customers for schedule disruptions and delays in aircraft deliveries.\n\nOn Friday, Boeing's share price jumped 4% at the start of trading, a sign that investors seem comfortable with the charge. Analysts knew that Boeing faced a heavy financial cost following the disasters and had been awaiting clarity.\n\nIn April, Boeing halted share buybacks, and said that the grounding of the 737 Max fleet had cost it an additional charge of at least $1bn so far.\n\n$5bn, and very probably counting.\n\nThe money set aside by Boeing is meant to cover compensation for customers who either haven't received their aircraft, or can't use the ones they already have.\n\nAirlines who are waiting for overdue deliveries are having to make alternative arrangements, by cancelling services, leasing aircraft from specialist companies, or by keeping older, less fuel-efficient models in service for longer. All three options come at a cost.\n\nAnd for those who already had Max aircraft in service, there will be financing costs that still have to be paid, even when the planes themselves are not earning their keep. Not to mention the money that needs to be spent on maintaining them while they are on the ground.\n\nAll of this, ultimately, is likely to come back to Boeing. The $5bn figure assumes that the process of approving the Max to go back into service will begin in the autumn. But we have already seen that regulators seem determined to take a very tough line when it comes to ensuring the safety of the aircraft. The schedule could well slip again, and costs rise further.\n\nLet's not forget either that lawsuits filed by relatives of accident victims are mounting up, and this charge does not take them into consideration at all. So the final bill for Boeing may well be a lot higher.\n\nBoeing chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg, said: \"This is a defining moment for Boeing. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the flight crews and passengers who fly on our airplanes.\n\n\"The Max grounding presents significant headwinds and the financial impact recognised this quarter reflects the current challenges and helps to address future financial risks.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul Njoroge's family died in the crash in Ethiopia in March, and he gave moving testimony in the US Congress\n\nBoeing said it continues to work with aviation authorities to get the 737 Max back into the air, which it hopes will be in the fourth quarter of 2019.\n\nBut the statement added: \"This assumption reflects the company's best estimate at this time, but actual timing of return to service could differ from this estimate.\"\n\nBoeing also warned that if this timetable slips, and its anticipated resumption of deliveries to customers is delayed, that this \"could result in additional financial impact\".\n\nHowever, in a speech on Thursday, the US transportation secretary appeared less certain that the aircraft would be cleared to fly again this year.\n\nElaine L Chao said the Federal Aviation Administration, \"is following a thorough process, rather than a prescribed timeline... the FAA will lift the aircraft's prohibition order when it is deemed safe to do so.\" She was not referring directly to Boeing's statement.\n\nOn Thursday, Southwest Airlines, the biggest user of the 737 Max, joined its US rivals in cancelling more flights until early November.\n\nThe move also prompted the low-cost carrier to freeze new pilot hiring.", "People are continuing to protest against the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló.\n\nHe is being urged to quit after group text messages between him and his administration were leaked. The texts revealed sexist, profane and homophobic comments.\n\nSinger Ricky Martin and Hamilton musical creator Lin-Manuel Miranda are both backing the campaign.", "Godinho stabbed his ex-wife to death in front of her three-year-old daughter\n\nA man who stabbed his ex-wife to death beside her three-year-old daughter as she went to collect their children from school has been jailed for life.\n\nAliny Godinho, 39, died in London Road, Stoneleigh, near Epsom, Surrey, after Ricardo Godinho attacked her with a kitchen knife on 8 February.\n\nGodinho, 41, was found guilty of murder and possessing an offensive weapon on Wednesday at Guildford Crown Court.\n\nMrs Justice Thornton said: \"You left your daughter watching her mother die.\"\n\nDuring the trial, jurors heard Godinho was \"blinded by rage\" when he attacked her as she went to collect the couple's three other children from school.\n\nHe was sentenced to serve a minimum of 27 years for murder and given one year for possession of a bladed article, to be served concurrently.\n\nCCTV captured Mrs Godinho's last movements as she walked along London Road with her daughter\n\nOn the day of the murder Mrs Godinho had caught the bus with her daughter to London Road.\n\nGodinho had been waiting in his pick-up truck for the bus to go past so he could follow it and confront his ex-wife.\n\nAfter stabbing her multiple times, he dropped the weapon and fled.\n\nThe court was told he \"killed his wife to punish her\" for leaving him and keeping him from seeing his children.\n\nSentencing him, Justice Thornton said: \"As she started to slump to the floor you carried on stabbing her.\n\n\"As she lay on the ground dying, you sped off in your truck.\n\n\"You left your daughter watching her mother die… no child should ever have to see what your three-year-old daughter saw that day.\"\n\nFollowing sentencing, Mrs Godinho's family described her as \"a beautiful, intelligent, happy, caring woman who was loved by so many people, both in the UK, and in her home country of Brazil\".\n\n\"The impact that Aliny's death has left on her children is almost impossible to put into words... no sentence will ever replace or bring back our beautiful Aliny.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Public borrowing could double next year if there is a no-deal Brexit, the country's spending watchdog says.\n\nThe Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said borrowing would be almost £60bn if the UK leaves without a deal - up from £29.3bn if it does get a deal.\n\nThe watchdog said this scenario was based on assumptions that a no-deal Brexit would cause a UK recession.\n\nThe UK is set to leave the European Union on 31 October.\n\nChances of a no-deal outcome appear to have risen recently, after both Tory leadership contenders said they would be willing to leave the EU without a deal.\n\nThe OBR was created in 2010 to give independent analysis of the UK's public finances.\n\nIn its first assessment of the economic impact of a no-deal scenario, the OBR used IMF analysis that shows the UK economy would contract by 2% in 2020 before recovering in 2021.\n\nThis would come as tariffs of 4% were imposed on goods traded with the EU - up from zero currently - although the IMF does not expect there to be disruption at the border.\n\nIn this scenario, the OBR said that \"heightened uncertainty and declining confidence\" would deter investment, while higher trade barriers with the EU would \"weigh on exports\".\n\n\"Together, these push the economy into recession, with asset prices and the pound falling sharply,\" it said.\n\nIt said this could raise inflation and squeeze real incomes. It would also hit tax receipts, causing public sector borrowing to rise and leaving debt 12% higher by 2024.\n\nThe OBR added this was \"not necessarily the most likely outcome\" but also \"by no means the worst case scenario\".\n\nIt also warned that both Conservative leadership contenders had made \"a series of uncosted proposals for tax cuts and spending increases that would be likely to increase government borrowing by tens of billions of pounds if implemented\".\n\nThe government's official independent budgetary watchdog has for the first time put a price on the impact to the public finances of leaving the European Union without a deal.\n\nThe numbers come at a sensitive time politically when both likely future prime ministers suggest that a no-deal Brexit is possible this year.\n\nThe OBR is legally obliged to consider all threats to the public finances, and today's new numbers come as part of its bi-annual Fiscal Risks report.\n\nThe fall in tax revenue is forecast to significantly outweigh any benefit from no longer paying the UK's subscription fee as a member of the EU.\n\nThe numbers show a deep crisis-like impact on the public finances, and are based on the IMF's projections for the economy.\n\nBut they go further, showing a long-run hit to the economy.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Hammond: No-deal would cause 'significant hit' to UK economy\n\nThe forecast used by the OBR is less severe than those of the Bank of England and the Treasury.\n\nIn November, the Bank said a no-deal outcome could send the pound plunging and trigger a worse recession than the 2008 financial crisis.\n\nThe economy could shrink by 8% in the immediate aftermath if there was no transition period, the Bank said.\n\nThe Treasury meanwhile has predicted a £90bn hit to the economy by 2035 - although prominent eurosceptics dispute this view.\n\nIn a comment piece for the Telegraph newspaper earlier this week, Conservative backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg called the forecast \"silliness\", adding that a no-deal scenario could instead boost the economy by £80bn.\n\nOn Thursday, Mr Hammond said: \"The report that the OBR has published shows that even in the most benign version of a no-deal exit, there would be a very significant hit to the UK economy.\n\n\"But that most benign version is not the version that is being talked about by prominent Brexiteers. They are talking about a much harder version that would cause much more disruption.\"\n\nBoth Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson say they are prepared to leave the EU without a deal\n\nJohn McDonnell, Labour's shadow chancellor, said: \"We know that a no-deal Brexit would devastate the UK economy and the public finances, and it comes on top of the failed economic approach for the last nine years.\n\n\"This warning makes it even more imperative MPs from across Parliament back today's amendments to try and block the next prime minister from shutting down Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.\"\n\nChuka Umunna, the Liberal Democrat business and treasury spokesman, said: \"It would be unforgiveable to heap further stress and anxiety on families who are already struggling by deliberately pursuing a policy that the government's own independent economic watchdog now says will result in a recession.\"\n\nThe chances of a no-deal appear to have risen in recent weeks after both candidates in the race to replace Theresa May hardened their positions on the controversial Irish backstop - an insurance policy to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.\n\nJeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson both said the backstop was \"dead\", but the EU said it would not support any deal that excludes it.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's Panorama programme - conducted in May before the start of the Conservative leadership contest - the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said the UK would have to \"face the consequences\" if it opted to leave without a deal.\n\nMr Barnier said the thrice-rejected withdrawal agreement negotiated by Theresa May was the \"only way to leave the EU in an orderly manner\".", "Hashem Abedi is accused of the murder of the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena attack\n\nThe younger brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has appeared in court charged with murdering the 22 victims of the attack.\n\nHashem Abedi was detained in Libya shortly after the May 2017 suicide bombing in which hundreds were injured.\n\nThe 22-year-old was extradited on Wednesday and arrested by British officers upon his arrival in the UK.\n\nMr Abedi, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody after appearing before Westminster magistrates.\n\nHe is due to next appear at Oxford Crown Court on 22 July for a bail hearing, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place at the Old Bailey on 30 July.\n\nMr Abedi, who was born and raised in Manchester, is also charged with one count of attempted murder, encompassing all the other victims, and one count of conspiring with his brother Salman Abedi to cause explosions.\n\nMr Abedi was born and raised in Manchester\n\nProsecutors allege Hashem Abedi made detonator tubes for the bomb, bought chemicals used to make an explosive substance, and helped his brother to buy a car in which materials were stored that became part of the device.\n\nZafar Ali QC, defending, said following his client's arrest on 23 May 2017 by a Libyan militia he was held in solitary confinement.\n\nHe indicated Mr Abedi would be pleading not guilty to all counts.\n\nTop (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callender, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Eilidh MacLeod, Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones\n\nThe names of the 22 people who died in the explosion at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena were read out in court when the charges were put to Mr Abedi.\n\nTen of those who died were aged under 20, with the youngest victim - Saffie Roussos - only eight years old.\n\nThe inquests into the killings have been delayed due to legal proceedings. Family members have been told the full inquest hearings are not likely to begin until April 2020 at the earliest.\n\nThe court heard 260 people were seriously injured in the arena attack, including those with life-changing injuries.\n\nAt least 600 people reported psychological harm, the court was told.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs have backed a bid to stop a new prime minister suspending Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.\n\nA majority of 41 approved an amendment that blocks suspension between 9 October and 18 December unless a Northern Ireland executive is formed.\n\nFour cabinet ministers, including Philip Hammond, abstained and 17 Tory MPs rebelled, including minister Margot James, who has resigned.\n\nLeadership contender Boris Johnson has not ruled out suspending Parliament.\n\nHis rival Jeremy Hunt has ruled out this move.\n\nPlease upgrade your browser to view this interactive Did your MP vote in favour of allowing the government to suspend Parliament in order to secure Brexit on 30 October? Enter a postcode, or the name or constituency of your MP\n\nMs James told the BBC attempting to suspend Parliament was \"too extreme\" adding: \"I thought the time was right today to join people who are trying to do something about it.\"\n\nThe four cabinet ministers who abstained are International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, Business Secretary Greg Clark and Justice Secretary David Gauke, as well as Chancellor Mr Hammond.\n\nMr Clark defended his decision to abstain arguing: \"I couldn't support the idea that we would allow the doors of Parliament to be locked against MPs at this crucially important time - that would be a constitutional outrage.\"\n\nMr Hammond tweeted: \"It should not be controversial to believe that Parliament be allowed to sit, and have a say, during a key period in our country's history.\"\n\nMargot James told the BBC \"I felt it was time to put my marker down\"\n\nA Downing Street spokesman said the prime minister was \"obviously disappointed that a number of ministers failed to vote in this afternoon's division\".\n\n\"No doubt her successor will take this into account when forming their government,\" the spokesman said.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the vote was \"an important victory to prevent the Tories from suspending Parliament to force through a disastrous no deal\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the Commons had now made it harder for a new prime minister to suspend Parliament.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIf the 31 October deadline is reached without Parliament backing an agreement between the UK government and the EU, the UK is scheduled to leave the EU without a deal.\n\nMPs have consistently voted against a no-deal Brexit, but the prime minister could try to get around that by suspending Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to the deadline, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What does proroguing Parliament mean?\n\nThe amendment to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill was put forward by MPs including former minister Alistair Burt and Brexit committee chairman and Labour MP Hilary Benn.\n\nIt would mean that if Parliament is prorogued when the government publishes reports on the situation in Northern Ireland, MPs must be recalled to debate them.\n\nMr Burt told the BBC that Parliament had said \"very clearly please don't bypass us... Parliament must be sitting in the run up to 31 October\".\n\nMr Benn said: \"This is a very significant amendment because it sends a very significant message to the prime minister - if you think you can lock the doors on that chamber and tell us to go away until the 31st October, Parliament will not allow that to happen.\"\n\nConservative MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan attacked those of her colleagues who voted against the government, describing the amendments as \"cynical and corrosive\".\n\nHowever, she added: \"They don't change the underlying legal realities one jot: we are leaving on 31 October with or without a deal.\"\n\nDUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds said it was \"very disconcerting\" to see a bill about Northern Ireland \"hijacked for other purposes and particularly to see the debates taking place not even on the issues that directly affect Northern Ireland\", like marriage and abortion.\n\nIn a taste of what and whom the still hypothetical Boris Johnson premiership is likely to face, the new rebel alliance in Parliament has shown its strength - winning a vote that would make it harder for the next PM to shut down Parliament to get round its likely opposition to leaving the EU without a deal.\n\nAnd in political terms, it's an all-star cast list, populated with former Remainer ministers - the new \"Gaukeward\" squad, so-called after the until-recently achingly loyal Justice Secretary, David Gauke.\n\nThey are a currently powerful significant slice of the Conservative Party that, with years of ministerial experience between them, is willing to join forces with opposition MPs to make life harder for their next leader.\n\nThose ministers are highly likely to be shoved out of government next week in any case - or, as I understand it, are already planning to congratulate Mr Johnson in one breath next Tuesday, then make it clear with the next that they'd never serve under him, denying the Brexiteers the pleasure of actually witnessing them being sacked.\n\nBut today's vote suggests they have no plans to go quietly. They might be losing their comfy ministerial cars and giving up the red boxes, but they will still have votes.\n\nLeadership contender Mr Hunt admitted that, due to a misunderstanding, he missed the votes. However he said he was opposed to the way MPs had voted arguing Parliament \"should not restrict the hands of an incoming government in this way\".\n\nWhen asked about suspending Parliament during his leadership campaign, Mr Johnson said he would \"not take anything off the table\".\n\nHe said he wanted to leave the EU on 31 October \"come what may\".\n\nMPs also rejected a government attempt to disagree with an amendment put forward by a group of peers, which also bids to stop Parliament being suspended to force through a no-deal Brexit, by 315 votes to 273, a majority of 42.\n\nThe bill will now return to the Lords for further consideration.\n\nFormer Tory prime minister John Major has said he will seek a judicial review if the next prime minister tries to suspend Parliament.\n\nCampaigner Gina Miller has threatened the same action.\n\nMargot James becomes the 37th minister to resign under Theresa May - and the 23rd to have resigned over Brexit specifically", "A full safety review into the delayed Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh has been ordered by the Scottish government.\n\nThe £150m facility was due to open on 2 July but last minute inspections uncovered problems with the ventilation in a critical care ward.\n\nThe review will assess the water, ventilation and drainage systems.\n\nSimilar checks will be made at other recently completed major NHS facilities across Scotland.\n\nThis will include the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, which was built by the same contractor responsible for the Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh and has also had problems with ventilation systems.\n\nThe NHS-led review is due to be finished by September but no date for when the new hospital will be ready has been given.\n\nIt has also been revealed that private consultants KPMG have been hired by the Scottish government to probe \"governance arrangements\" for the new hospital and establish the factors which led to the delay.\n\nThe delay to the new site was announced the day before patients and equipment were to begin moving to the site on 2 July\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman has revealed that NHS Lothian will get additional support from the Scottish government because of the significant variation from its plans.\n\nShe said: \"I understand that this is a disappointing and worrying time for parents and carers of patients who have appointments at the new children's hospital.\n\n\"However, safe, effective and high quality clinical services continue to be delivered from the existing site in Sciennes.\n\n\"The work carried out by NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) will give quality assurance on the water, ventilation and drainage systems and establish a timeframe for services to move safely to the new hospital.\"\n\nShe added: \"Infection prevention must always be embedded within the design, planning, construction and commissioning activities of all new and refurbished healthcare facilities, which is why I have also instructed NSS to review current and recently completed major NHS capital projects and provide assurances that the same standards have been adhered to.\"\n\nThe corridors of the new hospital will remain empty for some time\n\nThe new 233-bed hospital will form part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus, providing care for children and young people to about 16 years of age.\n\nIt will also have 10 theatres and a children's emergency department.\n\nThe site, which also includes Clinical Neurosciences and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, has already faced a number of problems and delays.\n\nMs Freeman was asked in parliament last month if NHS Lothian had been assured the same problems did not exist at the new site.\n\nThe health secretary said NHS Lothian told her it would not take ownership of the building until it was \"absolutely assured\" those steps had been taken.\n\nContractor Multiplex previously said its work was signed off as complete by an independent certifier on 22 February, when it handed over the building to NHS Lothian.\n\nStaff were ready to leave the old Sick Kids hospital\n\nScottish Conservative health spokesman Miles Briggs MSP said Holyrood's health committee should investigate the saga.\n\nHe said: \"Families and staff will look at this announcement and wonder why these things weren't demanded of the construction firms from the outset.\n\n\"After all, the nationalists have had seven years of delays in which they could have ensured these boxes were ticked.\n\n\"The only way to establish the extent of what has gone wrong, why it has happened, and how we can ensure it's not repeated, it to have a full Scottish parliament inquiry.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nChris Froome has officially been named winner of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana after Juan Jose Cobo was stripped of the title over doping irregularities.\n\nIt retrospectively makes him Britain's first Grand Tour winner - Sir Bradley Wiggins had held the honour after his 2012 Tour de France victory.\n\nFroome has now won seven Grand Tours, fourth equal on the all-time list.\n\nHe is not riding in the ongoing Tour de France after a serious crash at last month's Criterium du Dauphine.\n\n\"Better late than never!\" Froome tweeted. \"The 2011 Vuelta holds some very special memories for me.\"\n\nHe later added, on the Team Ineos website: \"The Vuelta in 2011 was in many ways my breakthrough race, so this red jersey is special for me.\n\n\"I guess it's extra special too, because - even though it's eight years on - it was Britain's first Grand Tour win.\n\n\"The Vuelta is a race I love and I have always felt a great connection with it and the Spanish fans.\"\n\nFroome's haul of Grand Tour wins is now made up of four Tours de France, two Vueltas and a Giro d'Italia.\n\nHe is alongside Italy's Fausto Coppi and Spaniards Alberto Contador and Miguel Indurain as a seven-time Grand Tour winner.\n\nBelgium's Eddy Merckx leads the way with 11, one ahead of Bernard Hinault, whose fellow Frenchman Jacques Anquetil has eight.\n\nGoverning body the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said abnormalities were found in Spanish rider Cobo's biological passport from 2009-2011.\n\nThey imposed a three-year period of ineligibility on the 38-year-old retired rider and Cobo has not appealed in the 30 days since the decision, meaning Froome has now been awarded the title.\n\nFellow Briton Wiggins has been promoted to second in the 2011 Vuelta, with Bauke Mollema of the Netherlands third.\n\nThe Vuelta a Espana is one of the three Grand Tours - the three-week stage races considered to be cycling's crown jewels - along with the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia.\n\nJuan Jose Cobo was always a surprise winner of a Grand Tour, an average rider who achieved little of note before the 2011 Vuelta and almost nothing afterwards.\n\nIt was one of the reasons why there were whispers at the time and rumours ever since, and the surprise at the UCI's announcement now has more to do with the time that elapsed between offence and punishment rather than at the crime itself.\n\nCobo is long gone from the sport, now reportedly making a living as a milkman and surf instructor in northern Spain. For Froome, who continues to aim for another Tour de France win as he recovers from his devastating crash last month, it is both a timely boost and a source of regret, a winning moment he was denied at the time and can never get back.\n\nYet there will be satisfaction in becoming Britain's first Grand Tour winner, an honour he inadvertently takes from former Sky team-mate and rival Bradley Wiggins.\n\nWiggins got the glory of becoming the first British rider to ride down the Champs-Elysees in yellow when he won the Tour in 2012. Froome now owns the history if not the iconic image.", "Senior Tories seeking to block a no-deal Brexit are examining a radical plan involving the Queen, Newsnight has learned.\n\nHighly placed figures in the rebel group are so concerned that the next prime minister could ignore the will of parliament that they have discussed a scheme to ask the Queen to intervene.\n\nIn a sign of the febrile atmosphere at Westminster, these Conservatives are thinking of holding a vote on a parliamentary device known as a humble address to the Queen.\n\nIf passed, the address would say that if the new prime minister ignored a vote rejecting no deal the Queen would be asked to exercise her right as head of state to travel to the next EU summit. Under their plan she would then request an extension to the Article 50 process.\n\nUnder EU rules, member states are usually represented at meetings of the European Council by a head of state or a head of government. The Queen is the UK's head of state, though it is understood that no European monarch has ever formally represented their country at an EU summit.\n\nA request to the Queen to attend a European summit would be regarded as the most extraordinary political step in her 67-year reign.\n\nIt would probably be regarded as a breach of the unwritten rules surrounding Britain's constitutional monarchy, which say the Queen should be kept out of the political arena.\n\nBut the Tory rebels have discussed examining such a radical step because they have two fears about a Boris Johnson premiership:\n\nOne Tory at the heart of planning to block no deal told Newsnight: \"The problem is, what if Boris is so aggressive to the EU that Macron leads a charge to say just let the UK go? So even if Parliament votes to block no deal it could still happen.\n\n\"One option is a humble address to Her Majesty. You would ask humbly that Her Majesty requests an extension to Article 50. If that went through that would be seen as an instruction to her first minister. But what if the new prime minister refused to enact the humble address?\n\n\"Under EU law only two representatives of a member state can attend and negotiate on behalf of a member state at the European Council: head of government or head of state. So we could simply request that the Queen goes and submits the request for the extension.\"\n\nThe senior Tory told Newsnight that the idea of a humble address to the Queen is being examined seriously.\n\nIt is difficult to imagine the Queen intervening in politics so directly, even if the scheme was attempted.\n\nSo perhaps the eye-catching plan fits into the category of a device to put pressure on the next prime minister, rather than a mechanism to put the Queen on a Eurostar to Brussels.\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two weekdays at 22:30 or on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A North Yorkshire PCSO says he had to explain to his young children how he was attacked\n\nA new law to crack down on assaults on emergency service staff is not proving enough of a deterrent, according to the MP who campaigned for the legislation.\n\nThe law, brought in last year, meant offenders faced longer jail terms.\n\nFigures obtained by the BBC showed police across England and Wales have made more than 6,500 arrests for attacks on emergency service workers.\n\nHalifax MP Holly Lynch said government \"needed to get really tough on this\" as the numbers were \"still too high\".\n\nA big part of the so-called \"Protect the Protectors\" law was an increase in sentences available to magistrates and judges from six months to 12 months.\n\nMs Lynch said: \"It didn't go quite as far as we would like in terms of being a deterrent.\n\n\"What I'm seeing far too often is when sentences are handed out they are suspended sentences or things like community resolutions... which is not enforceable.\"\n\nA Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: \"Attacking our hard-working emergency staff will not be tolerated and the law was brought in so those who commit such violence quite rightly face a stronger punishment, doubling the sentence from six months to 12.\"\n\nFirefighter David Gillian described how he was temporarily blinded when a firework was thrown at him and his colleagues in Keighley, West Yorkshire, on Bonfire Night in 2016.\n\n\"The fire had been set, we believe, to draw us into that corner and the fireworks were coming from behind us.\n\n\"I was holding the hose reel at the time and one fell right between my feet so my reaction was to look straight at it and put the water on it. But, before I could, it went off.\"\n\nMr Gillian said imposing harsher sentences was \"just masking societal problems\" and the attacks were largely down to disaffected people who had nothing to lose.\n\n\"These kind of attacks are highly linked with deprivation,\" he said.\n\n\"We need investment in public services and communities to give people opportunities, hope and the thought of doing something better with their lives than attacking emergency services.\"\n\nThirty-four out of 43 police forces responded to a BBC Freedom of Information request asking how many arrests there had been under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.\n\nFigures revealed a total of 6,663 arrests between last November and May of this year.\n\nIn West Yorkshire, where there were 504 arrests, the police federation said up to 50 officers were being assaulted every week.\n\nChairman Brian Booth said: \"They're getting head-butted, they're getting punched, kicked.\n\n\"Some are getting quite serious injuries where they're having a substantial amount of time off work and this impacts on demand because the public aren't getting the service they need from the officers.\"\n\nMr Booth said although there was a maximum sentence set, it was \"no good if you're not using it\".\n\nMP Holly Lynch started campaigning for a change in the law in 2016\n\nPoliceman's daughter Ms Lynch was instrumental in lobbying MPs to support the legislation, which she first introduced as a Ten Minute Rule Bill in 2016.\n\nHer campaign was the result of first-hand experience while she was shadowing West Yorkshire Police.\n\nA routine vehicle stop escalated and the officer she was with found himself surrounded by an angry mob with the Labour MP having to call 999 for back-up.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The sand barrier will stretch for 6km (3.7 miles) along the Norfolk coast\n\nNearly two million cubic metres of sand are being shifted to a stretch of eroding Norfolk coastline in a radical plan to save it from the sea.\n\nThe 6km-long dune will protect Bacton Terminal, which supplies one third of the UK's gas, but is teetering just metres from a cliff edge.\n\nThe £20m project should also act as a defence for two nearby villages - Bacton and Walcott.\n\nIt is the first \"sandscaping\" scheme on this scale to be carried out in the UK.\n\nIt has been designed by Dutch engineering company Royal HaskoningDHV.\n\nOnce the sand has been shifted, a combination of wind, waves and tides will \"move the sands to where it needs to be,\" said the firm's coastal management adviser Jaap Flikweert. This will \"provide 15-20 years of protection\".\n\nA dredger filled with sand connects to the shore with a long pipe\n\nThe scheme has just started, and it is expected to take about five weeks to get all of the sand into place.\n\nIn a 24-hour operation, carried out by the Dutch maritime company Van Oord, a dredging vessel is collecting the sand from further along the coast at a licensed site where sediment is currently extracted for concrete.\n\nIt then sails to Bacton, connects to a giant pipe, and pumps a mixture of sand and water onto the shore at a rate of 10,000 cubic metres per hour. Bulldozers and diggers then shift the sand into place.\n\nOnce complete, the dune will stretch for 6km (4 miles). At its highest point, it will stand 7m-high (22ft) and extend up to 250m (820ft) out to sea.\n\n\"It will turn back the clock to what the beach was like about 30 years ago,\" says Mr Flikweert.\n\nBacton Gas Terminal is getting ever closer to the cliff edge as the coast recedes\n\nThe Norfolk coastline is losing land every year as part of natural geological erosion. When big storms occur, several metres of coastline can vanish at once.\n\nHomes in villages like Happisburgh have already started to be lost to the sea - and many other coastal communities are facing a similar fate.\n\nWhen Bacton Gas Terminal was built in the 1960s, it was situated more than 100m back from the sea. Now some parts of the complex are just 10m from a cliff edge.\n\nTypically, to protect national infrastructure like this, vast barriers made of concrete would be used.\n\nBut doing that, said Mr Flikweert, would have had disastrous consequences for the villages of Bacton and Walcott. They are located a few miles down the coast and already face a significant risk of flooding.\n\nA wall in front of the terminal would stop the sea from removing sediment there, causing it to take sediment from the villages instead.\n\n\"So the beach erosion there would go on even more quickly,\" said Mr Flikweert.\n\nThe Zandmotor dune is expected to last for 40 years\n\nInstead, the team turned to sand, inspired by a large-scale experiment in the Netherlands called the Zandmotor.\n\nIn 2011, Dutch scientists placed 20 million cubic metres of sand along a 1km stretch of coastline in South Holland.\n\nThe sediment drifted and moved with the currents, but it did the job of safeguarding the coast from erosion.\n\nIt was initially thought the dune might last for 20 years. But a recent analysis suggests the defence could last for twice as long.\n\nCarola van Gelder-Maas, from the Dutch government's water management body Rijkswaterstaat, said: \"In the beginning, we never expected it to have a life span of 40 years.\n\n\"We only 'lost' 1.5 million cubic metres of sand during these eight years. But sediment is still being transported, so the Zandmotor is still stretching and contributing to a more natural way of coastal maintenance.\"\n\nHomes are being lost along the Norfolk coast as the cliffs erode\n\nThe scheme in Norfolk is on a smaller scale, but the hope is that it could offer 15-20 years of protection to the terminal and villages. After that, the sand would need to be replaced.\n\nThe team from Royal HaskoningDHV said the shape of the dune will change over the duration. And after big storm events, it could look like the sand is lost - but the natural movement of the sediment should rebuild it.\n\nMr Flikweert said it is not a permanent solution, but it does \"buy time for the community\".\n\n\"The experience with the Dutch Zandmotor shows that the concept works - we're confident ours will work,\" he said.\n\nThe £20m cost of the scheme is mainly covered by the Bacton gas terminal operators, with £5m from the Environment Agency and £0.5m North Norfolk District Council.\n\nSandscaping may now be considered to protect other parts of the coast\n\nThe expense of flood defences is something that many communities around the UK are having to consider.\n\nAnd Dr Sally Brown, from the University of Southampton and University of Bournemouth, said the problem will get worse.\n\n\"We're going to see more possibility of flooding and more erosion with climate change, and we'll see the need for more flood defences.\n\n\"In places that we're going to choose to protect, defences are going to get bigger and they're going to be very different from what we see now.\"\n\nBut while the money might be more readily available for protecting national infrastructure such as Bacton or large cities, Dr Brown warns that others could lose out.\n\n\"We need to invest a lot to keep the coasts exactly as they are at the moment, and one of the biggest challenges is that we can't keep doing that in places that just protect a few people, or maybe in places where flood risks only affect a few houses, so there are going to be some really hard choices to come.\"\n\nMany will be watching Norfolk's sandscaping project to see if it could work for other parts of the coast.\n\nSue Brooks, professor in coastal geosciences, from Birkbeck, University of London, said: \"With the sandscaping scheme… there has been a shift from hard defending the coast to more of a nature-based solution. Put sand there - and let nature do with it wants.\n\n\"We don't know at this point how successful this scheme is going to be, but at least we're giving it a go, which is a really radical new way of thinking about shoreline management.\"", "Former Education Secretary Justine Greening says it is \"wholly inappropriate\" for school funding decisions to have become part of a legacy wrangle in the final days of Theresa May's premiership.\n\nThere have been reports that the prime minister is planning a significant increase in spending on schools in England before leaving Downing Street.\n\nBut Ms Greening says such a last-minute political intervention is \"no way to deal with the question of long-term schools and education funding\".\n\nSchool funding is \"far too important to be horse-traded like this\", said the Conservative MP.\n\nThere have been long-running protests by school leaders over funding shortages - including a protest march by head teachers through Westminster and letters sent to millions of parents.\n\nThey have warned of staff cuts and having to reduce what schools can provide in terms of subjects and support.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that schools have faced an 8% real-terms cut in per-pupil funding since 2010.\n\nA response from the government was expected in the next public spending review - but ahead of that, Conservative leadership contender Boris Johnson has promised to boost school spending by about £5bn.\n\nThere are reports in the Financial Times suggesting Mrs May is planning to pre-empt this, with an announcement of extra school spending of up to £3bn.\n\nThe Times suggests that funding of £5bn could be made available.\n\nThere are also reports that the Treasury has resisted major spending commitments, which will stretch beyond the current prime minister's time in office and ahead of decisions about Brexit.\n\nBut a No 10 source urged caution about such speculation - and said nothing had been finalised.\n\nMs Greening, education secretary until the Cabinet reshuffle of January 2018, criticised the funding dispute as an \"unedifying spectacle all round\".\n\n\"School funding issues should have been recognised by No 10 and No 11 much earlier,\" she said.\n\nThere was also a question about how a one-off announcement would work for schools - when any rise in per-pupil spending would have to be sustained in subsequent years.\n\nSuch funding uncertainty would make it \"very hard for teachers and schools to plan ahead\", said Ms Greening.\n\nSchools have warned about the pressures of funding shortages\n\nJules White, the West Sussex head teacher who has organised the Worth Less? funding campaign, said he shared Ms Greening's concerns about such \"ad hoc school funding announcements\".\n\nHe said the government has been in \"abject denial about the state of school budgets\" and had failed to act - and now seemed to be motivated by internal politics.\n\nMr White said schools needed an extra £5bn to reverse funding cuts - and not \"sticking plasters\".\n\nA government spokesman said funding for schools in England was \"at its highest ever level\".\n\n\"But we know schools face budgeting challenges, and the education secretary has said he'll back head teachers with the resources they need.\"", "In a UK first, 10,000 cubic metres of sand is being pumped every hour to create a 6km (3.7 mile) sand barrier to prevent Bacton gas terminal, which supplies a third of the UK’s gas, from tumbling over the edge of a cliff into the sea.\n\nIt's hoped it will also save the coastline, as well as the villages nearby.", "The two candidates to become the UK's next prime minister have made their final pitch to the Conservative Party.\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt took part in the final leadership hustings at the London Excel Centre on Wednesday, in front of more than 2,000 Tory members.\n\nIt came ahead of the final day the 160,000 members can post their votes to choose their next leader.\n\nBrexit dominated the conversation, although feminism and hair-dye also made an appearance.\n\nThe winner of the contest will be announced on 23 July, and take office the following day.\n\nBoth candidates were asked about their views on the deal Theresa May negotiated with the EU - turned down by MPs three times - and what they would change.\n\nIt came after a head-to-head debate earlier this week, where Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt declared the Irish backstop - the insurance policy part of the deal to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit - was \"dead\".\n\nMr Johnson said the outgoing PM's deal was \"effectively defunct\", but it was the backstop element that he found \"the most difficult\".\n\n\"We would see a division between the union between and Great Britain and Northern Ireland and I think that's an utterly intolerable choice,\" he added.\n\n\"So as far as I'm concerned the backstop won't work.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAsked if the whole withdrawal agreement was dead, Mr Hunt said: \"As it is now, yes.\"\n\n\"I want to get a deal and so we have got to make some profound changes to that withdrawal agreement.\"\n\nBut Mr Hunt said his plan didn't mean \"ripping up\" Mrs May's deal - instead it was the backstop that \"had to go\".\n\n\"If you are saying that we will remove any guarantees over not having hard border infrastructure in the island of Ireland, then no,\" he added.\n\n\"I think there is agreement in our party that we can never go back to a hard border in the island of Ireland.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Hunt said the withdrawal agreement needs \"profound changes\"\n\nThe candidates said they were both feminists and backed equality between the sexes.\n\nHowever, they both ruled out championing all-female shortlists to get more female Conservative MPs.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"I want to encourage young women to get into politics, join our party and to lead our party. That is the way it should be.\n\n\"But I am not certain introducing quotas, which are… by their nature discriminatory, is the way to solve the problem.\"\n\nMr Hunt said: \"I'm not in favour... because we are a meritocracy and I think the risk is that devalues the achievement that a woman makes when she achieves the job, if she thinks she got it because of her sex.\n\n\"But that doesn't mean there aren't a thousand other things we can do to help people reach their potential.\"\n\nIt was alleged by the compere, LBC presenter Iain Dale, that the talk among political journalists at the hustings was that Boris Johnson dyed his hair.\n\nBut Mr Johnson denied such an accusation, saying: \"Never. Outrageous suggestion. What with?\"\n\nFor a matter of \"balance\", Mr Dale asked the same question to Mr Hunt.\n\nHe also denied it, but added: \"I have got a few grey ones mind you. I might have to start.\"", "Skin cancer rates have \"soared\" in the UK over the last decade, particularly in men and younger adults, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has warned.\n\nIncidence of melanomas rose in men by 53% - from 19 per 100,000 in 2004-6 to 29 per 100,000 in 2014-16.\n\nAnd diagnoses in 25-49 year olds rose by 78% - from nine per 100,000 in the mid-90s to 16 per 100,000 in 2014-16.\n\nThe charity said that people needed to remember to protect their skin in the UK, as well as on holiday.\n\nMen are more likely to develop skin cancers on their chests and backs and women on their legs, probably because of what they wear in the sun. Men's risk can also be increased if they have a job that means they work outdoors.\n\nMelanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK - with just under 16,400 cases in 2016, with 3,400 of those among people aged 25-49.\n\nThe increase is being linked to the rise in cheap flights, which means people are more likely to go abroad more frequently.\n\nHowever, skin cancer is still more common in people over 65.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nExperts say almost nine in 10 cases could be prevented by using a high factor sun cream.\n\nMichelle Mitchell, chief executive of CRUK, said: \"While some might think that a tan is a sign of good health, there is no such thing as a healthy tan, it's actually your body trying to protect itself from harmful rays.\"\n\nCRUK, which is launching its Own Your Tone campaign, says people can be complacent about risk in the UK.\n\n\"Sun safety is not just for when you're going abroad,\" says health information manager Karis Betts. \"The sun can be strong enough to burn in the UK from the start of April to the end of September.\n\n\"It's important that people are protecting themselves properly both at home and further afield when the sun is strong.\n\n\"We want to encourage people to embrace their natural look and protect their skin from UV damage by seeking shade, covering up and regularly applying sunscreen with at least SPF 15 and four or five stars.\"\n\nProf Stephen Powis, NHS national medical director, said: \"Although cancer survival is at a record high, more people are getting diagnosed with melanoma and nearly half a million people were urgently referred for skin cancer checks in the last year.\n\n\"So it's vital that people take every precaution possible to protect their skin, particularly in the summer months, by wearing sunscreen and spending time in the shade.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Darren Clarke had the honour of hitting the first tee shot at the 148th Open Championship\n\nDarren Clarke has hit a million golf balls, all around the world and in every corner of Ireland.\n\nBut none has been more significant than the one launched into a pale blue sky at 06:35 BST on Thursday.\n\nThe moment it was struck the Open proper had begun and with it a fresh chapter in Northern Ireland's often unpalatable history was written.\n\nTens of thousands of golf fans have travelled to the north coast for the Open.\n\nThe four tournament days (Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July) are sold out, with 237,750 spectators expected - more than any other Open except for the 2000 spectacle at St Andrews, which drew in 239,000 fans.\n\nOn Saturday evening, as the crowds spill out of a wild and intoxicating amphitheatre, the Portrush Sons of Ulster will host a \"celebration of marching bands\" in the town centre.\n\nBut this week it has been the three golfing sons of Ulster reflecting on the journey that brought them and the Open to this corner of County Antrim.\n\nNorthern Ireland's three Major winners - Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke - celebrate their successes in 2014\n\nAs the eldest of the triumvirate, Clarke perhaps knows best the decades of pain endured by Northern Ireland and its people.\n\nBorn in 1968, before the Troubles began, the Dungannon man lost family members and almost his own life when just a teenager trying to fund his sporting obsession.\n\nWorking a shift setting up the bar at the Inn on the Park in 1986, an IRA bomb warning came through just half an hour before the building was destroyed.\n\n\"That was life in Northern Ireland,\" he said.\n\n\"Bombs were going off quite frequently and a lot of people, unfortunately, paid a heavy penalty for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.\"\n\nBack then, what's happening this week looked, in his words, \"beyond the realms of possibility\".\n\nGraeme McDowell, the man who set Northern Ireland's major ball rolling at the 2010 US Open, is simply ecstatic that one of the world's biggest sporting events has come to his home town.\n\n\"To have played a small role, I guess, in kind of getting the gears in motion again to get The Open Championship back here, I mean, it's a proud moment to see it come together.\n\n\"People are just genuinely fired up and excited. It's such a big thing for this part of the world.\"\n\nThe Troubles in NI lasted for 30 years during which thousands of people died\n\nBy virtue of the fact he hits a small white ball better than almost anyone on the planet, Rory McIlroy has been asked to expound on all things from the tribal politics of Ireland to the tweets of the US President.\n\nWhile he's made the odd misstep, for the most part he speaks with a candour and poise beyond many in elected office.\n\nIf Clarke was a child of the Troubles, then Rory is a child of the peace - his formative years spent learning his craft at Holywood Golf Club, sheltered from the dying throes of conflict.\n\nIn the same year that the Good Friday Agreement was signed, the golfing prodigy was winning his first international title, the 9-10 World Championship at the Doral Golf Resort in Miami, USA.\n\nHis dream of Northern Ireland is a place where children are not judged by the colour of their passports but by the content of their character.\n\n\"People have moved on. It's a different time.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Open 2019: Watch McIlroy's nightmare start as he quadruple bogeys the first\n\n\"No one cares who they are, where they're from, what background they're from, you can have a great life and it doesn't matter what side of the street you come from,\" he adds.\n\nWhile the Troubles were all consuming for the people who lived here, the world only tuned in to see our worst excesses.\n\nThis week the Open is being beamed to 600 million homes around the globe.\n\nThe world is again watching Northern Ireland but for all the right reasons.\n\nAs McIlroy said: \"It speaks volumes of where the country and where the people that live here are now.\n\n\"Sport has an unbelievable ability to bring people together. We all know that this country sometimes needs that.\"\n\nBut the last word should go to Clarke, the man who struck the Open's first shot and sent the crowds into rapture with an opening birdie.\n\nSpeaking after level par round of 71, he said an enduring peace process had turned fantasy into reality.\n\n\"Go back and take a look at some of the pictures 20 years ago, we wouldn't be standing having this conversation.\n\nTens of thousands of people have travelled to Northern Ireland for The Open\n\n\"I think Rory summed it up perfectly - the Open wasn't about him, it was about how far our country has come.\n\n\"The economic benefits this tournament is going to bring, not just this week, but the legacy going forward, what it's going to bring to the country.\"\n\nAs he said at the start of a week like no other: \"This has been an incredible journey for what we've all come through.\"", "The group appeared in court on Thursday\n\nTwelve Israelis have appeared in court in Cyprus over the alleged rape of a 19-year-old British woman.\n\nThe alleged attack was said to have taken place in a hotel in the popular holiday resort of Ayia Napa.\n\nThe suspects - who are aged between 16 and 20 except one, who is 15 - have not yet entered any pleas.\n\nThey have been remanded in custody and police have been given a further eight days to investigate.\n\nThe British woman contacted police in the early hours of Wednesday morning saying she had been raped in a hotel in Ayia Napa. Later that day police arrested the group of 12 males.\n\nDuring the hearing on Thursday morning, judge Tonia Nicolaou confirmed the names of those arrested before reporters were told to leave the courtroom due to the age of one suspect, the 15-year-old boy.\n\nThe parents of several of those arrested flew from Israel to the court hearing in Paralimni, near to the Ayia Napa resort.\n\nThe suspects were led through the court building handcuffed to each other in pairs.\n\nSome parents shouted messages of support and embraced them.\n\nThe mother of one of the suspects told the BBC her son had done nothing wrong.\n\nAn Israeli diplomat was present in court and said they would monitor but not interfere with the case.\n\nThe Foreign Office has said it is supporting a woman who was assaulted and says it is in contact with local police.\n\nThe town of Ayia Napa is a resort popular with young people.\n\nMore than 1.3 million British tourists visited Cyprus last year, according to Cyprus' statistical service.\n\nCorrection 19 July 2019: An earlier version of this story stated the group were all teenagers, but the age range has been changed following new information.", "Zosha Di Castri's latest work looks at humankind's evolving relationship with the moon\n\nThe BBC Proms blasts off on Friday with a musical exploration of the moon.\n\nThe season opens with Zosha Di Castri's latest work Long Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory, which marks the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings.\n\nThe piece examines how humanity has \"looked to the moon over different time periods and different cultures,\" she told BBC News.\n\nIt's not only the composer's Proms debut, but the first time her music has ever been played in the UK.\n\n\"It's a crazy way to begin but I'm very honoured,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThe 1969 moon landings are a running theme in this year's Proms season, with highlights including a Sci-Fi prom featuring scores from films such as Gravity and Alien: Covenant.\n\nElsewhere, Public Service Broadcasting will debut an orchestral arrangement of their 2015 album The Race for Space, which features archive film recordings and vintage electronic instruments.\n\nDi Castri's work was inspired by three pieces of writing - Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi's haunting Alla Luna, in which a man sees his grief reflected in the moon's face; Sappho's The Moon, in which the ancient Greek poet writes about the silvery brightness of the night sky; and a new text by novelist Xiaolu Guo, which reflects both ancient Chinese legends and the recent Chang'e-4 exploration of the far side of the moon.\n\nTheir words are fragmented throughout the piece, while the title, Long Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory, is lifted from Leopardi's verse.\n\n\"I was thinking about how much energy and man-power and resources had gone into exploration of the moon,\" says Di Castri, \"and then it seemed like, once we had achieved that, people kind of forgot about it. There was a noticeable lag in enthusiasm until perhaps just recently.\"\n\nNeil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (pictured) were the first people to set foot on the moon, on 20 July 1969\n\nResearching the piece left a big impression on the composer, who'd never before considered the monumental human effort behind the moon landings.\n\n\"To be honest, it was something that I took as fact - that we've been to the moon,\" she laughs. \"In the same way that, as a child, you learn that the earth is round and not flat, and you just accept that's the way it is.\n\n\"I always knew that people had been on the moon - but this brought back the sense of awe.\"\n\nListen to Zosha's playlist on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube.\n\nThe classical pieces commonly associated with space travel, like Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra, or Holst's Mars, are typically full of rattling percussion and piercing stabs of brass.\n\nDi Castri says her work has \"moments of bombast\", especially as she depicts the feverish hype of the US-Russia space race. But once Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step out of the lunar module, the atmosphere changes.\n\n\"I like to think of that moment, of walking on the moon and being so far from Earth and experiencing this landscape for the first time as being much more subtle and ethereal,\" she says.\n\n\"I was trying to get into the awe and wonder of what that felt like, so the choir's doing a lot of whispering, atmospheric sounds. The sopranos have a solo and the orchestra and rest of the chorus provides a textured soundscape. Time feels stretched out.\"\n\nThe 34-year-old is one of more than 20 composers commissioned to create new work for the 2019 Proms season, with premieres coming from the likes of Hans Zimmer, Jonathan Dove and Huw Watkins, who is also writing an ode to the moon.\n\nSo would Di Castri be prepared to strap herself into a rocket and swing on a star in real life?\n\n\"Oh my goodness, yes,\" she says. \"But I'd probably be terrified.\"\n\nThe First Night of the Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 19 July. It will be broadcast in full on BBC Radio 3. On television, the first half will be shown live on BBC Two, with the second half on BBC Four.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A university student's body was found trapped in thick slurry at a building site two days after he vanished on a night out, an inquest heard.\n\nMarcin Porczyk, 18, was \"camouflaged\" in the mix of building materials before he was eventually found by workers near the marina in Swansea in January 2017.\n\nThe business student was almost three times the legal drink-drive limit, Swansea Coroner's Court was told.\n\nHe said Mr Porczyk \"effectively drowned\" after inhaling slurry.\n\nMr Porczyk, whose family moved to Swansea from Poland when he was seven, was captured on CCTV wandering around the Kier Construction site. His body was later found in a 12-inch deep concrete washout area.\n\nHis Swansea University friend Harry Hutchinson said the pair had drunk double vodkas, rum and five Jagerbombs each on the night Mr Porczyk went missing.\n\nHe described him as \"coherent but drunk\" before he suddenly ran off after leaving a bar.\n\nMr Hutchinson said: \"We came down the stairs then he tripped over onto the pavement. He sprang up and ran off.\n\n\"I thought he had run off home. I went back inside.\n\n\"Then I went back to the flat. He wasn't there.\"\n\nFriends raised the alarm when Mr Porczyk failed to return to his student accommodation in the Strand area or respond to messages.\n\nBuilding site workers discovered his body two days later, on 24 January.\n\nDr Nadine Burke, a consultant pathologist, said Mr Porczyk's body was covered in \"muddy, wet slurry\" having fallen down face first before managing to turn onto his back.\n\nShe added the level of alcohol in his system would have led to disorientation and poor co-ordination, and accentuated the effects of hypothermia.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ritaj and Rital were born joined at the head. They're reunited with the British doctors who saved their lives, by performing multiple complex surgeries eight years ago.\n\nThe BBC has been given exclusive access to another set of twins, Safa and Marwa, who have just gone through a similar separation procedure at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Read their story here.", "Saffie-Rose Roussos was a \"beautiful, sensitive soul with an amazing magnetic personality\", her mother Lisa said.\n\nShe was at the arena with eight-year-old Saffie and was injured in the attack, as was Saffie’s elder sister, Ashlee Bromwich.\n\nShe said she would watch Saffie “with wonder”, adding that she loved to dance and make people laugh and would “leave little notes of 'I love you' everywhere”.\n\nSaffie’s father Andrew said she was his “perfect, precious beautiful daughter” who \"melted people's hearts\" with \"those big brown eyes\", adding: \"It's like the best artists got together and drew her from top to toe.\"", "Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot (left) and Fanny Alida Beerepoot (far right) outside court in Tasmania\n\nA Christian family who refused to pay income tax because it went \"against God's will\" have been ordered to pay more than A$2m (£1.1m $1.4m) to Australia's tax office.\n\nRembertus Cornelis Beerepoot and Fanny Alida Beerepoot, of Tasmania, had not paid income tax since 2011.\n\nTheir farm was seized and sold by their local council in 2017 after they failed to pay seven years-worth of rates.\n\nMs Beerepoot told the court: \"We don't own anything because we are [God's].\"\n\nThe siblings represented themselves in the Supreme Court of Tasmania on Wednesday, after they failed to pay some $930,000 in income tax and other charges in 2017, ABC News reports.\n\nMr Beerepoot had argued that the law of God is the \"supreme law of this land\" and making people pay tax was weakening their dependency on God, an act which was leading to \"curses... in the form of droughts and infertility\".\n\n\"Transferring our allegiance from God to the Commonwealth would mean rebelling against God and therefore breaking the first commandment,\" he said, according to the public broadcaster.\n\nIn his judgement, Associate Justice Stephen Holt said that while he believed the Beerepoots' beliefs to be genuinely held rather, he said there was no specific reference in the Bible to support their argument.\n\n\"In my view, the Bible effectively said that civil matters and the law of God operate in two different spheres.\"\n\nThe siblings were ordered to pay similar sums - Ms Beerepoot A$1.17m and Mr Beerepoot A$1.16m - to cover \"income tax, administrative penalties and general interest charges\" and other costs, court documents show.", "Last updated on .From the section Sport\n\nThe government is set to add the Paralympics to the 'crown jewels' list of sports events that must be screened live on free-to-air television.\n\nIt will be given the same status as the Olympics and other events including the men's football World Cup, Grand National and Wimbledon finals.\n\nThe government also wants to look into adding football's Women's World Cup and Women's FA Cup to the list.\n\nIt is the first time the list has been updated for 20 years.\n\nIt follows record television audiences for the Women's World Cup when it was broadcast on the BBC this summer.\n\nChannel 4, meanwhile, has shown the last two Paralympics and will do the same next year in Tokyo.\n\nEngland's win in the men's Cricket World Cup final was broadcast live on Channel 4 on Sunday after an agreement from Sky, who owned the UK rights to the tournament.\n\nHowever, there are currently no plans to add live cricket to the list.\n\n\"Sport has a unique power to unite the nation,\" said Jeremy Wright, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport.\n\n\"But to maximise its ability to inspire, our sporting crown jewels must reflect the diversity of sporting talent we have across the country.\n\n\"Adding the Paralympic Games to the list rightly puts it on the same footing as the Olympics.\n\n\"I also want to see greater equality in the coverage of women and men's sport on TV. Later this year, I will consult on adding the equivalent women's events to the men's events already on the list.\"\n\nOfficially known as the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, the so-called 'crown jewels' list was first created in 1991. It was then revised in 1999 and split into two categories, A and B, with events on the A list being those which must offer live rights to free-to-air broadcasters at a \"fair and reasonable\" cost. Events on the B list must offer highlights packages.", "Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to \"remove pressure\" on users.\n\nAt the moment, Instagram users see a running total of people who have liked a post. In the trial, users will see a user name \"and others\" below posts.\n\nInstagrammers can still view the number of likes their own posts receive.\n\nThere is concern social media platforms can contribute to low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy in young people.\n\nInstagram launched a similar trial in Canada in May and the new test is rolling out in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Brazil, the company told the BBC.\n\n\"We hope this test will remove the pressure of how many likes a post will receive, so you can focus on sharing the things you love,\" Mia Garlick, Facebook Australia and New Zealand director of policy, said in a statement.\n\nThe goal, she adds, is that users feel less judged and to see \"whether this change can help people focus less on likes and more on telling their story\".\n\nInstagram said the test would not affect measurement tools for businesses. And users can still see the list of people who liked other people's content by clicking into it.\n\nWhen the test was first run in Canada, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said the aim was to minimise the stress of posting online with users competing over the number of likes their posts receive.\n\n\"We want people to worry a little bit less about how many likes they're getting on Instagram and spend a bit more time connecting with the people that they care about,\" he explained at the time.\n\nThe number of likes a post gets is a measure of success or popularity on Instagram.\n\nStudies suggest this kind of instant feedback on content can boost people's self-esteem but bring others down if they do not get as many likes.\n\nStudies have linked social media platforms to affecting mental health, especially of young people.\n\nThe number of likes is also the way to put value on a post for the business side of Instagram.\n\nInfluencers who get paid for the content they showcase in their posts are measured by the number of likes their social media activity draws.\n\nEarlier this month, Instagram also revealed a new feature to tackle online bullying.", "Water bills in England and Wales are set to fall by an average of £50 between 2020 and 2025, under plans published by the industry regulator.\n\nOfwat said firms would also have to invest an additional £6m each day in improving services for customers.\n\nIt comes amid widespread dissatisfaction with the performance of many water companies.\n\nOfwat said the measures would mean \"better services, a healthier natural environment and lower bills\".\n\n\"[Water companies] will be accountable not just for reporting against their performance but they'll face tough penalties if they don't achieve those targets,\" Ofwat boss Rachel Fletcher told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nOfwat said the bill reductions would vary widely - falling by £7 at Hafren Dyfrdwy to £110 at Northumbrian Water compared with 2017-18 prices.\n\nIt comes after only three out of 17 water firms in England and Wales passed the last review by Ofwat, published in January.\n\nAll firms submitted plans to cut bills over the 2020-25 period, while reducing leaks and helping vulnerable customers. But only plans from Severn Trent, United Utilities and South West Water were approved.\n\nOfwat wants water companies to spend more on tackling leaks\n\nThere have also been continued problems with leaks - particularly after extreme weather events such as last year's Beast from the East icy spell.\n\nWhile leaks in England and Wales are much lower than they were in the mid-1990s, progress in tackling them has slowed to a crawl since 2001.\n\nFirms will now have to invest more in tackling leaks between 2020 and 2025, saving an amount of water equivalent to the needs of the population of Manchester, Leeds, Leicester and Cardiff.\n\nOfwat said this would add up to £12bn of new investment - over and above business-as-usual costs - or £6m per day over the period.\n\nWater companies will be able to make representations about the proposals and the final deals will be confirmed in December.\n\nTony Smith, chief executive of the Consumer Council for Water, called the plans \"good news\", but added: \"Not everyone will see their bills fall when you add inflation and customers need to be told how much Ofwat's financial rewards for companies could hit them in the pocket.\n\n\"Only about half of the three million households who struggle to afford their water bills will receive financial assistance under these plans,\" he added.", "The 60-year-old man says the picture of his leg was used on cigarette packets without his consent\n\nA 60-year-old man in eastern France says he was stunned to discover that a picture of his amputated leg had been used on cigarette packets, as a warning against smoking, without his consent.\n\nThe picture was displayed alongside the message \"smoking clogs your arteries\".\n\nBut the Albanian man, who lives in Metz, says he lost his leg as the result of a 1997 shooting in Albania.\n\nThe European Commission, which is responsible for the distribution of such images, says the man is mistaken.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe man's son discovered the picture - which bore recognisable burns and scars - when he bought a packet of rolling tobacco last year in Luxembourg, French media report.\n\nHe brought the packet home to his family.\n\n\"He [my brother] was coming back from Luxembourg. Without saying a word, he put a big box of rolling tobacco on the table,\" the man's daughter told regional newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain.\n\n\"We were stunned. We did not believe it.\"\n\nThe family thought it was indeed a picture of the father's leg.\n\n\"It's our father's. His scars are characteristic,\" the daughter added.\n\nThe man, who has not been named, says he had never agreed to the picture being used. He believes it was taken at a local hospital he visited in 2018 to find out whether he could be fitted with some kind of walking apparatus.\n\nHe has been walking using crutches for more than 20 years following a shooting incident in Albania in 1997, in which he lost his leg.\n\nThe family's lawyer, Antoine Fittante, is also adamant that the picture is of his client's leg.\n\n\"Each scar is specific, unique. This man also has burn marks on the other leg, it's very clear. An expert will have no trouble identifying the image.\n\n\"It's rather incredible that a person finds themselves without their agreement on cigarette packets throughout the European Union,\" Mr Fittante said.\n\n\"My client feels betrayed, wounded in his dignity, by seeing his disability [displayed] on cigarette packets in tobacconists; one must admit that's not very pleasant.\"\n\nMr Fittante has written to the hospital to find out how the photos ended up being used.\n\nLe Parisien newspaper, however, cast doubt on the claim by showing the same photograph in a collection used for an EU anti-tobacco campaign dated 2017 - before the man's visit to the Metz hospital. It also appears in an EU image database from 2014.\n\nThe newspaper also said it had contacted the hospital, which could not confirm the man's story.\n\n\"We have the identity, the agreement and the rights for all the people photographed for this campaign,\" a European Commission spokeswomen said, quoted by Le Parisien.\n\n\"From the information we have, we can say without a doubt that this individual is not one of them.\"", "Countries across Europe were among those to experience record temperatures in June\n\nThe world experienced its hottest June on record last month, with an average temperature worldwide of 61.6F (16.4C), according to new data.\n\nThe US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the average global temperature was 1.7F warmer than the 20th Century average.\n\nThe heat was most notable in parts of Europe, Russia, Canada and South America, it said.\n\nThe NOAA report was released as the US prepares for a \"dangerous heatwave\".\n\nThe National Weather Service has warned that tens of millions of people will be affected by excessive heat in the coming days, with temperatures expected to reach up to 110F (43.3C).\n\n\"Friday is going to be bad. Saturday is going to be really, really bad,\" New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a video posted on Twitter on Thursday. \"Take it seriously.\"\n\nIn its latest monthly global climate report, the NOAA said the heat in June had brought Antarctic sea ice coverage to a record low.\n\nNine of the 10 hottest Junes on its 1880-2019 record have occurred in the past nine years, it said. Last month beat June 2016 to be named the hottest.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC colleagues from hot countries give their tips for staying cool\n\nNasa and other groups also reached the same conclusion last month.\n\nScientists have warned that record-setting temperatures will continue as a result of climate change.\n\n\"Earth is running a fever that won't break thanks to climate change,\" climatologist Kathie Dello told the Associated Press news agency. \"This won't be the last record warm summer month that we will see.\"", "Schools and colleges in England need a \"multi-billion cash injection\" and a long-term approach to funding, say MPs on the Education Select Committee.\n\nIts report on school funding confirms the concerns of head teachers and teachers' unions who have protested about worsening budget shortages.\n\nThe committee found that schools and colleges \"desperately need\" extra cash.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman accepted that schools were facing \"budgeting challenges\".\n\nASCL head teachers' union leader Geoff Barton, said the report was a \"damning indictment of the government's dreadful record\" on school funding.\n\nRobert Halfon, who chairs the committee, said the report showed the need for a \"comprehensive, bottom-up national assessment\" of what it really cost to have an \"education system fit for the 21st Century\".\n\nThe cross-party report says that schools have faced increased financial pressures from rising numbers of pupils and growing demands, such as supporting more pupils with mental health problems.\n\nMPs say funding \"has not kept pace\" and the government needs to put in more cash.\n\n\"The government needs to cover the 8% funding gap currently faced by schools,\" says Mr Halfon, with the report saying this would require a \"£3.8bn uplift\".\n\nFurther education colleges have faced particular problems, says the report, with per student funding falling by 16% in real terms over the past decade for the post-16 age group.\n\nThe MPs say funding for this age group, in sixth forms and colleges, needs a £1bn boost, and the pupil premium, which gives extra support for disadvantaged youngsters, should be extended to 16- to 19-year-olds.\n\nThe committee's report also calls for extra support for pupils with special needs and disabilities, to tackle a \"projected £1.2bn deficit\".\n\nThere have been long-running protests by school leaders over funding shortages - including a protest march by head teachers through Westminster and letters sent to millions of parents.\n\nJules White, the West Sussex head teacher who organised the WorthLess? school funding protest, said \"a cross-party group of MPs have validated what we have been saying all along - namely that our schools and colleges have been crippled by cuts and rising costs\".\n\nTory leadership contender Boris Johnson has promised increased investment in schools - and there have also been claims that the Prime Minister, Theresa May, wants to announce a funding boost for schools before stepping down.\n\nFormer Education Secretary Justine Greening attacked the \"horse-trading\" over school funding, saying it should not be decided by short-term political pressures.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, said spending cuts had \"left schools begging parents for donations just to keep the lights on five days a week and pay for basic supplies like pens and paper\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: \"While it is accurate to say that school funding is at its highest level, we do recognise that there are budgeting challenges.\n\n\"We are glad to see that school and further education funding is being highlighted as an important issue ahead of the next spending review, where the education secretary will back the sector to have the resources they need.\"", "Figures show house-building rates in Wales have suffered the biggest fall since the recession\n\nA row has broken out after a Welsh Government minister accused the private house-building industry of creating the \"slums of the future\".\n\nJulie James complained about \"substandard\" developments, during comments made at a conference.\n\nThe Home Builders Federation called for the minister to explain what she meant.\n\nMs James, housing minister, said she was simply warning house builders not to build the slums of the future.\n\nMeanwhile latest figures show that, despite some hotspots in and around Cardiff and Newport, Wales has seen the biggest fall in house-building since the recession nearly a decade ago.\n\nAt the Tai 2019 conference in May, Ms James expressed concerns \"about the size and quality of some of the homes being built in Wales by the private sector\".\n\nShe said: \"I want the private sector to stop building the slums of the future, because we have driven some developments here in Wales that I think in eight years' time we will have a whole pile of problems in.\n\n\"Because they are substandard and they do not have the services with them necessary to sustain them.\n\n\"We are not learning the lessons of the past in building those houses, and we need to ensure that government leverage is used to stop that happening, not to help it to happen.\"\n\nThe comments, which were initially reported by Inside Housing and which BBC Wales has heard a recording of, were applauded at the event.\n\nJulie James said the Welsh Government wants communities, not estates\n\nA letter from the Home Builders Federation Wales, which represents the house builders, said its members \"were disappointed to learn\" of Ms James' views.\n\nIt asked if she \"could explain in more detail what prompted the comment\".\n\n\"In particular, it would be helpful to understand whether your concerns relate to a specific development or if it was a general comment based on wider issues,\" the letter said.\n\nThe sector is \"committed to delivering high quality and affordable homes and considerable progress has been made in recent years to improve purchasers' satisfaction with new homes,\" it added.\n\nMs James has said she was simply warning house builders not to build the slums of the future, and to ensure there is a mix of private and social housing with easy access to work and infrastructure.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Wales, she said: \"What I was trying to do is say that what we want to build in Wales are communities - communities where people love to live and work.\n\n\"Sometimes we build things that are single tenure, they are a little bit cramped and look a bit dense. Not always, and it's patchy across Wales, but our new planning policy guidelines are making it very clear that we want a community and not an estate.\n\n\"So what I've said, actually, is don't build the slums of the future - make sure that what you build you're proud of [and] you'd like to live in yourself.\"\n\nFigures show the number of new dwellings completed in 2018-19 was 5,777, a drop of 13% on the previous year.\n\nThe last time there was such a big fall was during the recession in 2009-10.\n\nAccording to the latest Welsh Government estimates, 8,300 new homes are needed in Wales every year over the next five years to cope with demand.\n\nThere are some striking regional variations in the latest figures.\n\nFor example, while the population of Cardiff is five times bigger than Blaenau Gwent, there were 10 times more homes built in the capital than in the valleys county.\n\nThe private sector provides about a quarter of all social housing, with the rest coming from housing associations and local authorities.\n\nOverall, latest figures show there has been a 9% reduction in the number of affordable homes built in Wales.\n\nThe Welsh Government has a target of building an extra 20,000 affordable homes by 2021 but remains confident of meeting it, despite the recent fall.", "Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC time is running out to save the key missile treaty\n\nTime is running out to save a key nuclear missile treaty with Russia, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told the BBC.\n\nMr Stoltenberg pledged a \"measured, defensive\" response if Russia did not come back into compliance with the deal by the 2 August deadline.\n\n\"We have to be prepared for a world... with more Russian missiles,\" he said.\n\nThe 1987 agreement signed by the US and USSR banned short and medium-range nuclear missiles.\n\nPresident Trump announced the US would suspend its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in February, accusing Russia of breaching its terms.\n\nRussia denied the allegation but suspended its own obligations shortly afterwards and announced plans to develop new weapons systems.\n\nIn a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, Mr Stoltenberg says the Russian missiles - which he says are in \"clear violation of the treaty\" - are nuclear capable, mobile, very hard to detect, and able to reach European cities within a few minutes.\n\n\"This is serious. The INF treaty has been a corner stone in arms control for decades and now we see the demise of the treaty,\" he said.\n\nWhile the priority was to get Russia to come back into compliance with its terms, Mr Stoltenberg said there were \"no signs whatsoever\" the country will do so. \"Therefore we have to be prepared for a world without the INF treaty and with more Russian missiles.\"\n\nSoviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan signed the INF Treaty in 1987\n\nWhile Nato has no plan to deploy nuclear land-based missiles of its own in Europe, Mr Stoltenberg said the alliance would respond in a \"measured, defensive way\" if Russia refused to come back into compliance by 2 August.\n\nConventional air and missile defence, new exercises and readiness of forces, and new arms control initiatives could all form part of that response, he said. Any final decision will come after the deadline.\n\nMr Stoltenberg also addressed Russia's delivery of its advanced S-400 missile defence system to Nato member Turkey last week.\n\nThe US says it will remove Turkey from its F-35 fighter jet programme in response. Ankara has recently moved closer to Moscow, raising tensions between Turkey and the US.\n\n\"It is a serious issue because it is a serious disagreement which involves two important allies,\" Mr Stoltenberg said. Nato supports efforts to resolve the disagreement, he added, while praising Turkey's key role in the organisation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe secretary general also praised efforts among members to raise their defence budgets to a target of 2% of their budgets. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on other members to contribute more to the organisation in recent years.\n\n\"We have turned a corner - the picture is much better than it was just a few years ago, and I am quite optimistic that allies will continue to invest more,\" he said. Eight member states are expected to reach the target in 2019.\n\nMore recently, Mr Trump has also called on US allies to avoid using technology provided by Chinese tech firm Huawei, arguing the company is a security risk - something China denies.\n\nMr Stoltenberg said the alliance was drawing up new guidelines to tackle the issue, so members can have some \"minimum agreed standards or guidelines for how to deal with these challenges\".", "Heads say that inadequate funding for schools is adding to the pressure on teachers\n\nWithout an injection of extra cash, head teachers' leaders say many schools will have to make \"deeper cuts\" or \"face insolvency\".\n\nThe funding warnings were made at the annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders.\n\nEducation Secretary Damian Hinds told the conference he heard the message on school funding problems \"loud and clear\".\n\nSpeaking to the head teachers' conference in Birmingham, Mr Hinds said he realised that schools were under financial pressure and faced \"hard choices\".\n\nHe promised that he would be \"doggedly determined\" and make the \"strongest possible case\" to the Treasury in the next spending review.\n\nDamian Hinds is setting up an advisory group to address stress and improve wellbeing among teachers\n\nMr Hinds, who received polite applause at the end of his speech, said he would \"back heads to have the resources they need\".\n\nHe said he \"totally recognised the pressure on schools\".\n\nThe ASCL head teachers' union has calculated how much it believes schools need to solve their funding shortfalls.\n\nThe heads say there is a £5.7bn shortfall in per-pupil funding for 2019-20, which they argue should rise as an allocation to schools of £40.2bn.\n\nHead teachers campaigning over funding shortages have pointed to the evidence of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which has said that per-pupil funding has fallen by 8% since 2010.\n\nThey say schools have to cut staff, increase class sizes and stop teaching some subjects.\n\nThere have been warnings of schools closing for a half-day on Friday to save money.\n\nThe union's president, Richard Sheriff, said the analysis of what schools needed was to make sure the debate on funding was \"informed by evidence\" rather than \"rhetoric\".\n\nLast week a grassroots head teachers' campaign over funding had accused Mr Hinds of \"snubbing\" a request for a meeting.\n\nBut he told the heads at the conference that he met teachers in schools \"week in and week out\" and heard their concerns about funding.\n\nThe head teachers' union also heard warnings that schools were having to \"pick up the pieces\" for families in poverty.\n\nHeads warned that schools were having to act as an \"unofficial emergency service\", providing food and clean clothes for pupils from impoverished families.\n\nBut they say that such extra welfare support is unaffordable when schools are facing cuts.\n\nMr Hinds also addressed concerns over staff shortages - and spoke of the need to reduce the number of teachers leaving their jobs.\n\nHe said 33% of new teachers left the profession within five years.\n\nThe education secretary announced plans for an expert advisory group to help teachers with \"the pressures of the job\".\n\nThe advisory group, including the mental health charity Mind, will look at ways to improve wellbeing among teachers and tackle stress.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Campaigner Megara Furie (left) and lap dancer Kayleigh Barrington have joined the GMB union\n\n\"If your job is under threat, you are going to unionise to fight that. Dancing is no different.\"\n\nThe words of Megara Furie, a former lap dancer who now works as a dominatrix. She is the driving force behind a curious chapter in the history of Scottish workers' rights - the unionisation of lap dancers and others who work in the sex industry.\n\n\"Unionisation for dancers means having their voices heard,\" Megara continued. \"Having a seat at the table for future discussions… means raising standards across the board in all strip clubs and venues they would work in.\"\n\nMegara was speaking to BBC News at the Seventh Heaven lap dancing bar in Glasgow. Last month, the club signed a union agreement with its staff - the first time a trade union has had a formal presence in Scotland's sex industry.\n\nIn April, the Scottish government brought in legislation which allows local authorities to limit the number of sex venues - including setting a zero limit if they wish.\n\nA month later Glasgow launched a public consultation , asking dancers and the wider public to give their views - should the council decide to take up its newly-acquired power.\n\nThe council insists no decision has been made but many of the city's lap dancers see it as a threat to their jobs and have turned to the union for support.\n\nThe GMB campaign #Askthe700 has seen dancers on the city's streets, gathering names on a petition. The campaign aims to \"save Glasgow's strip clubs\", and is named after the union estimate of the number of lap dancers working in Scotland.\n\nMegara Furie is a former dancer who is now a dominatrix.\n\nMegara said: \"When the consultation was announced, that is what really kick-started the membership. People need a reason to unionise, a reason to organise.\n\n\"It has created a lot of passion. There are people who normally would have hidden what they do, and they are coming right out of the woodwork.\n\n\"Had the (Glasgow) consultation not taken place, a lot of this would have still been kept indoors, in the shadows.\"\n\nOver 50 dancers and other members of staff at lap dancing bars have joined GMB.\n\nOther councils that have lap dancing bars in their areas are also discussing how to use the new powers. Edinburgh launched its consultation earlier this month, while Aberdeen, Fife and Highland councils told BBC News they plan on holding one. Dundee says it has made \"no decision\" on the issue yet.\n\nThe term \"sexual entertainment venue\" is not confined to lap dancing bars. It could be a pub or club that hosts a party night with sexual entertainment more than four times within a year.\n\nNine other local authorities who currently have no lap dancing bars, such as Renfrewshire, have told the BBC they have either launched a public consultation already or they are considering it.\n\nMegara Furie first started talking to the GMB union about allowing sex workers to join a year ago. It followed conversations with other unions, who, she claims, \"shot it down as being violence against women, exploitation, without actually speaking to any of the workers\".\n\nLast year, several groups campaigning for action to combat violence against women called on the Scottish government to make strip clubs illegal as they \"normalise…misogynistic attitudes\".\n\nThe government's own strategy includes \"lap dancing\" in its definition of violence against women.\n\nMore than 50 people across Glasgow's lap dancing venues - specifically Seventh Heaven and Diamond Dolls - have joined the union since GMB opened up its doors to them. They include dancers, bar staff and security staff.\n\nKayleigh Barrington says dancers should have a say, as it is \"our bodies\"\n\nKayleigh Barrington is a lap dancer at Seventh Heaven. She recently joined the GMB after working in the industry for five years.\n\n\"I joined the union because I want my voice to be heard.\n\n\"I used to be quite heavy - 17st 3lbs. I was quite discriminated in other jobs I used to apply for. I went and auditioned (as a lap dancer) and I got the job and I was accepted into the dancing world really quickly and easily.\n\n\"We are all like sisters - it is a solidarity that we have got.\"\n\nFor Kayleigh, her work as a lap dancer has helped her to fulfil a healthier lifestyle.\n\n\"With the flexibility of my job, it gave me the ability to be able to get up and go to the gym. I wasn't sitting at my desk, eating crisps. It gave me the confidence to put myself out there.\"\n\n\"I am all for being unionised - it is Ask the 700, ask the dancers. It is workers' rights. It is for us. We should be the ones that get the say.\n\n\"It is our bodies, so ask us.\"\n\nThe agreement between the Seventh Heaven venue and the GMB union is the first of its kind in Scotland\n\nPart of the VIP room of Seventh Heaven, where customers pay £100 for 20 minutes with a dancer.\n\nThe main stage of Seventh Heaven where the dancers perform.\n\nAt Seventh Heaven, both the club and the union believe that little has changed since the introduction of the union agreement. The club was seen by its dancers as already having favourable working arrangements, such as its \"Safe Home\" agreement which ensures the performers will be escorted to their cars or taxis by security staff.\n\nAndrew Cox, the general manager of Seventh Heaven, told the BBC: \"We had no hesitations when the GMB approached us as we have been actively seeking outside recognition of the care and commitment we have for customers, performers and staff.\"\n\nHe believes unionisation has given performers and staff a voice in the debate over licensing regulations.\n\nScotland's local authorities will be making decisions on the future of venues like Seventh Heaven in the coming months.\n\nThe GMB plan to submit its response to Glasgow's consultation next month, and will respond to the other public consultations launched by councils across the country.\n\nA vocal, and now unionised group of lap dancers are making sure their voices are heard in the debate.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Organisers described the \"horrific\" crash as a \"nightmare\".\n\nSeventeen people have been injured after two cars crashed at a \"car cruise\" gathering and ploughed into spectators.\n\nThe vehicles collided on Monkswood Way, Stevenage, at about 21:45 BST on Thursday leaving two seriously injured and 15 more hurt.\n\nOne of the event's organisers described the \"horrific\" crash as a \"nightmare\".\n\nHertfordshire Assistant Chief Constable Nathan Briant said the two drivers had been identified and interviewed.\n\nHe said officers were \"continuing to work with partners to fully understand the events\" and the drivers had been \"interviewed as part of the ongoing investigation\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Whilst the events do occur regularly the meeting yesterday evening appeared far larger in nature than previous events, and it is now understood that an organiser had publicised the meeting on social media as a charity event,\" he said.\n\n\"Last night we identified more than 130 witnesses and an investigative team has been formed to ensure each of these is contacted to obtain their statements.\n\n\"We are also aware of a large number of people leaving the area prior to our arrival, among these are likely also to be further witnesses to the collision.\"\n\nPolice, fire and ambulance services all attended the crash\n\nPolice have asked witnesses to send footage of the crash to detectives.\n\nVideo footage shows one car passing another before the two collide and one strikes people standing at the roadside while the other hits spectators in the central reservation.\n\nOne witness said on Twitter: \"I've just witnessed that horrendous crash in Stevenage, no more than 50ft away from me. I'm still trying to process it all.\"\n\nOrganiser Rix Sidhu said it was the first time the Cruise-Herts group had suffered any serious incident in its 17-year history\n\nCruise-Herts planned the event on Thursday where people were due to gather to look at modified cars.\n\nOrganiser Rix Sidhu said he had been organising similar meets for 17 years and the latest was held to raise money for charity.\n\nHe estimated one of the cars that crashed was travelling at 60 or 70mph and then went into the crowd \"at speed\".\n\nMr Sidhu said: \"We held the meet in a car park with a speed bump at the entrance. But unfortunately some people went a bit rogue.\n\nSkidmarks can be seen at a car park near the crash site\n\n\"We try and stop that, we urge people...not to go out on the roads, not to risk injury or anything.\n\n\"But unfortunately, in this age of social media and Snapchat, people want to get footage and post things to their friends, which seems to drive some people to the main road.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn a statement on Facebook he said they would not be organising any more such events.\n\nHe also said the police were aware that the group met every Thursday evening, having attended in the past, and said the two drivers involved in the crash were \"not regulars\".\n\nLast night there were hundreds of people here, but this morning the only sign anything happened is an abundance of skidmarks in the adjacent car park - and police markings on the road at the scene of the accident.\n\nThere are yellow spray-painted markings that seem to indicate where the two cars involved were travelling, the point at which they met - and where they came to rest.\n\nSome of those markings are on the pavement.\n\nI can also see that first aid was given here.\n\nThere are are a few bits of medical paraphernalia left among the rubbish, which is now the only other evidence of how many people were gathered here last night.\n\nThroughout the morning young people have been turning up to collect their vehicles but they have been too upset to talk about what happened.\n\nFellow organiser Dean Summerbee, 34, said people attending had been warned not to race or do wheel spins and burnouts.\n\nHe said: \"It was horrific seeing it last night. It still plays over in my head in slow motion. I literally had to pull my mate out of the way.\n\n\"My thoughts go out to everyone who has been hurt. It's not something I'd like to relive again.\n\n\"I feel sorry for anyone who witnessed it. It was a nightmare last night.\"\n\nThe section of A-road passes a retail park near Stevenage Football Club.\n\nTom Adams, who lives in Welwyn Garden City and arrived shortly after the crash, said he knew the organisers \"dotted all the Is and crossed all the Ts\" and it was \"not just a gathering of hooligans\" but the event had been let down by a \"bunch of boy racers\".\n\nHe added: \"There is a select group of people that have no consideration for other people and unfortunately that has come back to bite us.\"\n\nCiaran O'Connor, 33, was travelling home when he witnessed the crash which he described as \"horrific\".\n\nHertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service crews cut free one person trapped in a vehicle and provided \"trauma care\" to a number of injured people.\n\nStevenage Borough Council leader Sharon Taylor said such events were unauthorised and hard to regulate.\n\nShe said: \"We will do whatever we can to make sure we don't get dreadful incidents like this. [But] it's not an easy thing to regulate.\"\n\nCrowds can be seen watching the cars just before the crash\n\nPolice have placed an appeal poster at the scene, where debris can still be seen on the verge\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prosecutors in the US state of Massachusetts have dropped a criminal case against Kevin Spacey.\n\nMr Spacey, 59, was accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a bar in 2016.\n\nBut indecent assault and battery charges were dropped on Wednesday after the accuser refused to testify about a missing phone, which the defence said could prove the actor's innocence.\n\nMr Spacey has faced several sexual misconduct accusations but this was the only one to result in a criminal case.\n\nThe claims date back three years, when the accuser says Mr Spacey bought him alcohol and groped him at a bar on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.\n\nThe accuser was ordered to take to the stand this month after he said he lost the phone he had used on the night of the alleged assault. Mr Spacey's lawyers had accused the man of deleting text messages and said the phone could be used to prove their client's innocence.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"To Kevin Spacey: Shame on you for what you did to my son\"\n\nHowever, he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refused to testify.\n\nIn a statement on Wednesday, the Cape and Islands District Attorney's Office said the \"unavailability of the complaining witness\" had led them to drop the case.\n\nThe announcement comes after the accuser earlier this month said he was dropping a civil case against the actor.\n\nThe accuser's lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian, said in a statement on Wednesday that his client had \"shown an enormous amount of courage under difficult circumstances.\"\n\nThe allegations in the case came after an actor accused a then 26-year-old Mr Spacey of climbing on top of him on a bed when he was just 14.\n\nMr Spacey apologised for any inappropriate conduct, which he said he could not remember.\n\nIn May, Mr Spacey was questioned over allegations of sexual assault in the UK between 1996 and 2013. Metropolitan Police officers travelled to the US to speak to him. Inquiries in the case are ongoing.\n\nAmid multiple allegations of misconduct, the Oscar-winning actor was dropped from Netflix series House of Cards in 2017 and had his scenes edited out of the film All the Money in the World.\n\nThe Nantucket case was one of few criminal cases to be brought as a result of Hollywood's #MeToo scandal.", "Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt urged to consider the impact of a no-deal Brexit on UK research.\n\nThe president of the Royal Society has warned the Tory leadership candidates that UK research could be damaged by a bad deal or no-deal Brexit.\n\nProf Sir Venki Ramakrishnan has presented them with an analysis showing that the UK collaborates with the EU much more than previously thought.\n\nIt shows that a third of UK research papers are co-authored with the EU scientists.\n\nThis compared with less than a fifth from the US.\n\nProf Ramakrishnan added that without a new visa arrangement it will be much more expensive for researchers from the EU to work in the UK compared with other countries.\n\nBritish science is one of the biggest winners of the UK's membership of the European Union. It receives tens of millions of pounds more each year than it puts into the EU research budget. Membership also allows UK researchers easy access to collaborations with the best laboratories in Europe.\n\nIn a letter to Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, Professor Ramakrishnan says that those benefits will be lost and with them risks the UK's pre-eminent position in research, in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe Royal Society's new analysis indicates that links with the EU are of growing importance to UK science.\n\n\"The loss of support from European research grants and collaborations would have an immediate impact on innovation in the UK and stop valuable research in its tracks,\" Prof Ramakrishnan wrote to both leadership candidates.\n\nHe has also provided data which shows that it is substantially more expensive for researchers to get work visas in the UK than other nations. Currently, EU researchers working in UK labs have to pay nothing, but without a proper arrangement in place, those applying in future will have to pay thousands.\n\nMore than 1,600 IT specialists and engineers offered jobs in the UK were denied visas between December and March\n\n\"How the UK approaches immigration directly impacts our attractiveness as a place to work or train as a researcher. As well as tackling the immediate costs barrier, we need a cultural shift within the immigration system that makes us more human and welcoming in the way we handle cases,\" he said.\n\nLast month, the UK's leading research bodies urged the Conservative leadership candidates to make a pledge to put scientific research at the heart of their economic policy.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Avi Maharaj indicated a guilty plea to fraud by false representation at Westminster Magistrates' Court\n\nA Met Police officer has admitted buying pornography at the family home of a dead child while he waited for an undertaker to arrive.\n\nPC Avi Maharaj was on duty alone at the south London home when he used the family's Virgin TV account and spent £25.96 on 11 February 2018.\n\nIt is understood he made four purchases - at least two of which were made when the child's body remained in the house.\n\nMaharaj, 44, of Kingswood Place, Hayes, has indicated a guilty plea to fraud.\n\nAfter Tuesday's hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, he was bailed for pre-sentence reports to be made for a hearing on 6 August.\n\nThe Met said the officer, from the south west command unit, is currently on restricted duties.\n\nHis conviction follows a complaint from a member of the child's family, which led to an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).\n\nThe watchdog also found evidence he may have falsified his attendance log to cover his actions.\n\nIOPC regional director Sal Naseem, said: \"PC Maharaj's behaviour was shocking and even more so given he was guarding the property in the absence of the homeowner.\n\n\"Not only were his actions deceitful but he caused considerable distress for the family involved who were dealing with the sudden death of a family member.\n\n\"I am sorry that the family involved had to deal with this while also coping with the tragic loss of their child.\"\n\nThe Met said misconduct proceedings will take place following the conclusion of criminal proceedings.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The ad offered a bottle of wine, a chocolate bar and a packet of condoms for those wanting to \"celebrate\" with their secretary\n\nThe international chain of convenience stores Circle K has offered a public apology in Mexico after it tweeted an offer which was widely decried as sexist on social media.\n\nThe ad urged shoppers to mark \"Secretary Day\" by buying a special \"combo\" consisting of a bottle of wine, a chocolate bar and a packet of condoms for their secretary.\n\nIt was quickly panned on Twitter for promoting stereotypes of women.\n\nMexico honours different professions on days across the year. Celebrations normally do not go much beyond a card, a message sent on social media or a small gift, traditionally chocolate or flowers.\n\nLocal shops often have promotions to mark these days, which in the case of \"Secretary Day\", is celebrated on the third Wednesday in July.\n\nBut rather than honouring secretaries, many Mexicans felt that the offer advertised on Tuesday on Circle K convenience stores' official Twitter account did exactly the opposite.\n\nThe ad showed three offers, two of them were for a bottle of wine and a chocolate bar. But the third added a pack of condoms to the \"combo\" worth 199 Mexican pesos ($10; £8).\n\nThe text above it reads: \"Happy day to all the secretaries. Celebrate with them the proper way with this executive combo.\"\n\nThe word used for secretary in the ad is \"secretaria\", which is female in Spanish and therefore would only be taken to apply to women. Further down, the word \"executive combo\" is followed by the suggestive phrase in English in brackets: \"If you know what I mean\".\n\nMexican Senator Patricia Mercado was one of those to flag up the ad on Twitter and its subsequent removal by Circle K.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Patricia Mercado This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSenator Mercado said that not only was the ad sexist for \"reproducing gender stereotypes and misogyny by insinuating that the recognition secretaries deserve is of a sexual nature, but also because it promotes sexual harassment and bullying at work\".\n\nIn its apology [in Spanish], Circle K said that it \"deeply regrets the contents published on social media, which aimed to publicise an offer and never to promote any stereotype whatsoever\".\n\nCircle K also said that it had \"taken the necessary measure so something like this does not happen again\".\n\nSexual harassment and gender violence is widespread in Mexico. A recent survey suggested that 73% of women employed in the Mexican media had suffered sexual harassment.\n\nIn the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority has banned sexist ads.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "It is \"not fair and not right\" that some parents have to return to work before their newborn leaves hospital, Theresa May has said as she launched a consultation on parental leave.\n\nUnder government plans, new parents in Britain would get one week of state-funded leave and pay for every week their baby is in hospital.\n\nThe intention is for parents to have more time at home with their newborns.\n\nEvery year around 100,000 babies go into neonatal care after their birth.\n\nThe consultation will also seek views on how parental leave can be changed to \"better reflect our modern society\".\n\nMrs May - who is due to step down as prime minister next week - said she wanted to provide further support for parents dealing with \"the unimaginable stress\" of their babies being taken into neonatal care.\n\n\"Parents have more than enough on their plates without worrying about their parental leave running out and having to return to work before their precious newborn comes home,\" she said.\n\n\"That's not fair and it's not right. So we're also proposing a new neonatal leave and pay entitlement to make this time a bit easier for parents whose babies need to spend a prolonged period in neonatal care.\"\n\nTheresa May discussed her proposals with parents in south London\n\nConcerning parental leave, Mrs May said parenting had changed over the past 40 years \"but too often, it is still mothers, not fathers, who shoulder the burden of childcare\".\n\n\"It is clear that we need to do more and that's why today we have launched a consultation calling for views on how we can improve the current system.\"\n\nAlthough the UK's maternity leave provision is above average among leading economies, its paternity leave is six weeks shorter than the average.\n\nThe government argues changing paternity leave could promote better gender equality in work and at home.\n\nWomen and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt said: \"Fathers should not have to rely on annual and unpaid leave if they want to be involved in the first months of their child's life.\"\n\nThe consultation will also look at requiring firms to publish their leave pay and flexible working policies.", "Last updated on .From the section Golf\n\n-5-4 -3 J Rahm (Spa), A Noren (Swe), W Simpson (US), S Garcia (Spa), D Frittelli (SA), R MacIntyre (Sco), K Aphibarnrat (Tha), R Fox (NZ), T Hatton (Eng), L Westwood (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng), B Koepka (US), T Finau (US)\n\nRory McIlroy dropped four shots on the first hole and three at the last as his bid for a home Open victory at Royal Portrush was left in tatters.\n\nThe 2014 winner hit his first tee shot out of bounds at the Northern Ireland course as he shot an eight-over-par 79 - 13 behind American leader JB Holmes.\n\nIrishman Shane Lowry, the early leader, trails Holmes by one on four under.\n\nWorld number one Brooks Koepka, seeking his fifth major victory since 2017, is among a pack of 13 on three under.\n\nTwo-time runner-up Sergio Garcia, fellow Spaniard Jon Rahm, and the English trio of Lee Westwood, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrell Hatton are in that group, as is New Zealander Ryan Fox, who recorded 29 coming in - the lowest total for a back nine in Open history.\n• None Relive the first day's action from Royal Portrush\n• None The Cut podcast: Rory woe and Tiger struggles at Royal Portrush\n• None 'Some of the things McIlroy did were embarrassing for a player of his class'\n\nEngland's world number four Justin Rose is two under while American Jordan Spieth, who won this event in 2017, is on one under.\n\nTwo of golf's royalty, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, face a fight to make the cut. Five-time major winner Mickelson, who won in 2013, is five over and Masters champion Tiger Woods is further adrift on seven over.\n\nThe three-time winner produced six bogeys and a double bogey in his round of 78, although retained his sense of humour on the 15th when he made an ironic gesture to the crowd after sinking his only birdie.\n\nWoods, who has had a number of operations on his back, revealed he was \"sore\" during the round and would be receiving treatment before Friday's play.\n\n\"I had a hard time moving and was just trying to piece together a swing that will get me around a golf course,\" said the 43-year-old 15-time major winner.\n\n\"Then all of a sudden I made probably one of the best pars you've ever seen on one today. That was a pretty good start. But it was kind of downhill from there.\n\n\"I'm going to have days like this and I've got to fight through it. And I fought through it. Unfortunately, I did not post a very good score.\"\n\nHolmes, whose best Open finish was third in 2016, told Sky Sports: \"Today I hit it really good off the tee. I hit it solid, didn't get too aggressive and didn't make dumb bogeys.\n\nMuch of focus in the build-up to the championship was whether, come Sunday, Northern Ireland would be celebrating their greatest hope lifting the Claret Jug on the country's premier course.\n\nBut the chances of that happening have all but disappeared as 30-year-old McIlroy evoked memories of his final-round collapse at the 2011 Masters, with an inward nine that included a double bogey on the 16th and a triple bogey on the 18th to leave him on tied 150th. The quadruple was his first in a major since the 2013 US Open.\n\n\"I would like to punch myself,\" the four-time major winner told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"I made a couple of stupid mistakes. I was pretty nervous on the first tee and hit a bad shot. I showed some resilience in the middle of the round and was trying to fight back into the championship but then I finished off poorly as well.\n\n\"If I look back, I undid all my good work to recover on the last three holes.\n\n\"At the end of the day, I play golf to fulfil my ambitions, not anyone else's, but I wish I could have given the crowd something to cheer about.\n\n\"I let myself down more than anyone else and need to pick myself back up.\"\n\nIrishman Lowry set the early standard with five birdies, and one dropped shot, for a 67.\n\nThe 32-year-old told BBC Radio 5 Live: \"I gave myself lots of chances and then didn't hole anything but then had a couple of good pars saves late on.\"\n\nAnother Northern Irishman, Darren Clarke, was greeted by a large crowd at 06:35 BST as he hit the first tee shot at the County Antrim course, which is hosting the tournament for the first time in 68 years.\n• None Clarke on his 'wow' moment on first tee at Portrush\n\nRoyal Portrush is expecting 237,750 spectators over the week - a record attendance for an Open outside of St Andrews - eclipsing the 235,000 who attended Royal Birkdale in 2017.\n\nThose watching experienced a variety of conditions including wind and bright sunshine, then swirling showers before the sun returned for the final groups.\n\nThere was disappointment for Italian defending champion Francesco Molinari, who produced three bogeys and a double bogey over the first 13 holes as he finished on three over.\n\nGraeme McDowell, who was born a stone's throw from the course, was three under after a birdie on the 14th but the 2010 US Open winner's round fell apart and a triple bogey on the 18th meant he ended two over.\n\nOne of the biggest cheers of the day came on the 200-yard par-three 13th when Argentine Emiliano Grillo sunk the first ace of the championship, but there were groans aplenty on the par-five seventh as 2001 winner David Duval suffered the ignominy of a 14. The 47-year-old also recorded a triple bogey on the 17th and is bottom of the pack on 20 over after a 91 - the tournament's worst round in 22 years.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Baby Shark: It's got a catchy tune and plans for world domination - but the toddler hit is older than you think\n\nOfficials in West Palm Beach, Florida are trying a new method of driving homeless people away from a city-owned rental facility: children's music.\n\nThe wildly popular and extremely repetitive children's songs, Baby Shark and Raining Tacos, play on an endless loop through the night.\n\nMayor Keith James told the BBC it is a temporary measure to keep the homeless from the city's waterfront space.\n\nBut advocates for the homeless say it is cruel treatment of those in need.\n\nOfficials say the children's songs serve as a deterrent around the city's Lake Pavilion, a glass-walled events venue overlooking the downtown waterfront that hosted 164 events over the last year.\n\nThe widely popular children's song \"Baby Shark\" is being used to drive away the homeless\n\nWest Palm Beach expects to collect $240,000 (£193,000) this coming year from such events.\n\nIn recent weeks, Mr James says, \"unpleasant remnants\" like human faeces have been found around the pavilion's entrance.\n\n\"When people pay good money for it, they should be able to enjoy the facility they pay for,\" Mr James says, adding it was important to keep the area \"pristine\".\n\nThe particular songs were chosen, he notes, \"because they're pretty aggravating if you hear them over and over\".\n\nBut to advocates for the homeless, an incessant loop of Baby Shark and Raining Tacos is considered cruel punishment for vulnerable people with nowhere else to go.\n\n\"These are people who are already in desperate straits and this is an effort to make life even more miserable for them,\" says Maria Foscarinis, founder and executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. \"Driving them out by blaring music is just inhumane and really shocking.\"\n\nAnd the technique - Baby Shark and Raining Tacos - is particularly insidious, she adds.\n\n\"How horrible to take something that is meant in such an innocent way and use it in such a mean and really evil way,\" Ms Foscarinis says.\n\nThere are approximately 354 individuals experiencing homelessness in West Palm Beach - a decrease of 24% from the year before, according to Mr James.\n\nAnd teams are sent out on the street every week, he says, to assist the homeless population, guiding them to shelters and providing medical care.\n\nAs a result of these efforts around six people are placed in temporary or transitional housing each week.\n\n\"I'm very proud of our record,\" Mr James said.\n\nFlorida is home to approximately 31,030 individuals without a home - just less than 6% of the nation's total.\n\nMs Foscarinis says the state should not be singled out for the size of its homeless population, but adds: \"But I would single Florida out for the cruelty\".\n\nHomeless men and women sleep outside in Sarasota, Florida\n\nShe compared the use of Baby Shark and Raining Tacos to a national trend of \"hostile architecture\", which renders public spaces inhospitable to the homeless.\n\nSloped or segmented bus benches, uncomfortably coarse pavement and spiked window sills have all been used to drive away the homeless.\n\nAnd this is not the first time that music has been used as a deterrent. Three years ago, officials in nearby Lake Worth Beach tried using classical music to drive away drug dealers and the homeless, US media report.\n\nThe method proved ineffective as the targeted groups appeared to enjoy the classical tunes.\n\nThe issue with these methods, Ms Foscarinis says, is the assumption that people have other options.\n\n\"But the solution isn't to drive these people away by making their lives even more miserable. The solution is to work together to create real alternatives.\"", "Zac Cox fell 130ft while working at the Khalifa International Stadium\n\nThe authorities in Qatar are to hold an independent inquiry into the death of a British man who fell as he worked on a 2022 World Cup stadium in Doha.\n\nZac Cox died in January 2017 after falling 130ft from a gantry that collapsed.\n\nHe sustained brain injuries and a broken neck, Brighton and Hove Coroner's Court heard last year.\n\nMr Cox's family welcomed the investigation, which will be carried out by a British judge.\n\nMr Cox, 40, who was born in Johannesburg but later lived in Hove and London, was a specialist in construction work on tall buildings.\n\nHe fell from a platform he was helping to install at the Khalifa stadium, after lever hoists failed.\n\nAt the inquest, coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley blamed substandard equipment and chaotic working conditions.\n\nThe Qatari committee responsible for the 2022 World Cup has now agreed to hold an independent investigation.\n\nFormer High Court judge Sir Robert Akenhead will look into the decisions that led to Mr Cox's death.\n\nQatar's World Cup committee said the health and safety of its workers remained its utmost priority.\n\nQatar's World Cup committee said the health and safety of its workers remained its utmost priority\n\nMr Cox's sisters-in-law Ella Joseph and Hazel Mayes said the period since his death had been \"extremely difficult\" for his family and friends.\n\nIn a statement on behalf of the family, they said: \"Following the UK Coroner's inquest into Zac's death... our family called for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.\n\n\"We wanted to get to the truth about the decisions and circumstances that led to his death and to try and ensure that lessons are learnt that could help prevent other similar incidents from occurring in the future.\"\n\nThey added: \"We welcome Sir Robert Akenhead's appointment and the commencement of the investigation.\n\n\"We also welcome the Supreme Committee's commitment to ensure everyone concerned co-operates fully with this independent investigation.\n\n\"Both the Supreme Committee and Zac's family share the view that Sir Robert Akenhead must be able to conduct his activity unhindered and with absolute autonomy.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prof Alston met people across the UK, including these Belfast residents\n\nThe UK's social safety net has been \"deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos\", a report commissioned by the UN has said.\n\nSpecial rapporteur on extreme poverty Philip Alston said \"ideological\" cuts to public services since 2010 have led to \"tragic consequences\".\n\nThe report comes after Prof Alston visited UK towns and cities and made preliminary findings last November.\n\nThe government said his final report was \"barely believable\".\n\nThe £95bn spent on welfare and the maintenance of the state pension showed the government took tackling poverty \"extremely seriously\", a spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said.\n\nProf Alston is an independent expert in human rights law and was appointed to the unpaid role by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2014. He spent nearly two weeks travelling in Britain and Northern Ireland and received more than 300 written submissions for his report.\n\nHe concluded: \"The bottom line is that much of the glue that has held British society together since the Second World War has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos.\"\n\nThe Australian professor, who is based at New York University, said government policies had led to the \"systematic immiseration [economic impoverishment]\" of a significant part of the UK population, meaning they had continually put people further into poverty.\n\nSome observers might conclude that the DWP had been tasked with \"designing a digital and sanitised version of the 19th Century workhouse, made infamous by Charles Dickens\", he said.\n\nThe report cites independent experts saying that 14 million people in the UK - a fifth of the population - live in poverty, according to a new measure that takes into account costs such as housing and childcare.\n\nIn 2017, 1.5 million people experienced destitution, meaning they had less than £10 a day after housing costs, or they had to go without at least two essentials such as shelter, food, heat, light, clothing or toiletries during a one-month period.\n\nDespite official denials, Prof Alston said he had heard accounts of people choosing between heating their homes or eating, children turning up to school with empty stomachs, increased homelessness and food bank use, and \"story after story\" of people who had considered or attempted suicide.\n\nPeople in Clacton shared their concerns at a meeting with the UN special rapporteur\n\nHe said the cause was the government's \"ideological\" decision to dismantle the social safety net and focus on work as the solution to poverty.\n\n\"UK standards of well-being have descended precipitately in a remarkably short period of time, as a result of deliberate policy choices made when many other options were available,\" said Prof Alston.\n\nTo anyone familiar with the shifting landscape of Britain's poorest communities since 2010, there is nothing factually new in these findings.\n\nBy highlighting them in one short, 20-page report, however, Philip Alston raises a fundamental question - is the government, and the country, comfortable with the society that we've become?\n\nHe outlines the normalisation of food banks, rising levels of homelessness and child poverty, steep cuts to benefits and policing, and severe restrictions on legal aid.\n\nIn Professor Alston's view, these are the unequivocal consequences of deliberate, calculated political decisions.\n\nMinisters have long argued they had no choice but to cut public spending. Whatever the motivation, life has become a lot harder in recent years for millions of people in the UK.\n\nThe DWP said that the UN's own data put the UK 15th on the list of the happiest places to live.\n\n\"This is a barely believable documentation of Britain, based on a tiny period of time spent here. It paints a completely inaccurate picture of our approach to tackling poverty,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"All the evidence shows that full-time work is the best way to boost your income and quality of life,\" the spokesman added.\n\nProf Alston praised the \"resilience, strength and generosity\" of British people, as well as the compassion of local officials and volunteers.\n\nAnd he said there had been some positive developments, with increases in the Universal Credit work allowances expected to lift 200,000 people out of poverty, and plans to introduce a consistent measure of poverty.\n\nBut he said the \"massive disinvestment\" in the social safety net continued, making the changes seem like \"window dressing to minimise political fall-out\".\n\nDespite the government's focus on work and record levels of employment, about 60% of people in poverty are in families where someone works, Prof Alston said.\n\nHe said this, along with welfare cuts, created a \"highly combustible situation that will have dire consequences\" in an extended economic downturn.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour should 'get on with' changing its Brexit policy to support a second referendum, the shadow chancellor has told the BBC.\n\nJohn McDonnell said Jeremy Corbyn was \"rightfully\" trying to build consensus, but added the party needed to reach a position \"sooner rather than later\".\n\n\"I want to campaign for Remain,\" he said.\n\nHe also denied he had called for the Labour leader's advisors to be sacked, as reported in the Sunday Times.\n\nLabour had previously promised a vote on Brexit in certain circumstances, specifically if it could not get its own deal with the EU passed by MPs or if there was no general election.\n\nFollowing the party's poor performance in the European elections in May, Mr Corbyn appeared to go further, suggesting there \"had to be a public vote\" on any deal agreed with Brussels.\n\nHe has recently come under pressure from his own MPs to confirm that the party would call for another referendum, and would campaign to remain in the EU.\n\nSpeaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr McDonnell confirmed that he, personally, would campaign to Remain if there was a second referendum.\n\nHe said he wanted to \"get on with it\", but added that Mr Corbyn was \"much wiser\" and wanted to \"build consensus and then go for it\".\n\n\"That's what he's doing at the moment,\" he added.\n\n\"Jeremy and I go back 40 years, we're the closest of friends. We've minded each other's back throughout that period. Yes, we'll disagree on things, and then we'll come to an agreement.\"\n\nAsked if he and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott had called for Mr Corbyn's advisors - Karie Murphy and Seumas Milne - to be sacked, Mr McDonnell replied such stories were \"rubbish\".\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's Barry Gardiner told Sky News' Sophy Ridge that his party is in talks with Conservative MPs who might support a no-confidence motion in the government in order to stop a no-deal Brexit. Conservative MP and ex-minister Sam Gyimah suggested \"30 plus\" Tory MPs would seek to stop a no-deal Brexit.\n\nMr McDonnell was also asked about reports in the Sunday Times that up to half a dozen Labour staff have ignored non-disclosure agreements (NDA) to speak to BBC journalists working on a Panorama programme about Labour and anti-Semitism.\n\nAccording to the Times, Labour, through the law firm Carter Ruck, has warned there could be legal action against those staff members.\n\nMr McDonnell said the Labour Party was \"reminding them of their confidentiality agreement\".\n\nHe argued this was important in cases where employees \"are dealing with individual cases, individual information and individual members\".\n\nHowever, he added the party would \"always protect anyone subject to harassment\".\n\nA number of Labour MPs criticised the reported action, including deputy leader Tom Watson who said \"using expensive media lawyers in an attempt to silence staff members is as futile as it is stupid\".\n\nLabour MP Wes Streeting tweeted \"Labour opposes NDAs, yet seems to impose them. I'm protected by parliamentary privilege. I'll whistleblow in the House of Commons for anyone who needs me to do so. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. No more excuses or hiding places. You should promise the same Jeremy Corbyn.\"\n\nMr Gardiner, shadow international trade secretary, has attacked the forthcoming Panorama programme - which will be aired next week - as neither balanced or impartial.\n\nIn response the BBC said: \"The Labour Party is criticising a programme they have not seen.\n\n\"We are confident the programme will adhere to the BBC's editorial guidelines. In line with those, the Labour Party has been given the opportunity to respond to the allegations.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nCoco Gauff's remarkable fairytale run at Wimbledon came to an end with a straight-set defeat by former world number one Simona Halep.\n\nSeventh seed Halep, 27, beat the 15-year-old American qualifier 6-3 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals, where she will play China's Zhang Shuai.\n\nGauff had beaten Venus Williams, Magdalena Rybarikova and Polona Hercog on her way to the last 16.\n\nBut she appeared out of sorts on court, calling on a doctor in the second set.\n\nGauff had been bidding to become the youngest Wimbledon quarter-finalist since fellow 15-year-old American Jennifer Capriati in 1991.\n\n\"I wasn't feeling very well but I still played my best. I'm not sure what it was but I still had fun even though I was losing,\" she said.\n\n\"I learned a lot about how to play in front of a big crowd and how to play under pressure. I am really grateful for the experience.\"\n• None 'I can't put into words how I feel' - Coco's Wimbledon fairytale\n• None Williams dominates Suarez Navarro to reach last eight\n\nGauff's meeting with 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist Halep was the match everyone wanted to watch on Manic Monday, with Vogue editor Anna Wintour forced to watch from a staircase because of the bumper crowd.\n\nBut the magnitude of the occasion appeared to get to Gauff, who showed signs of early nerves by having her serve broken in the very first game.\n\nShe broke back immediately, and later in the first set almost went another break up when Halep double-faulted twice in succession, but scuppered two break points as Halep held serve.\n\nYet unlike her cool and calm approach in previous matches, Gauff looked despondent after every game she lost, throwing her racquet to the ground and clapping her hands together in frustration as Halep broke her serve to go 3-2 up.\n\nGauff was broken once more as Halep took the set before the second set started in exactly the same fashion, Halep breaking her young opponent's serve at the first chance.\n\nYet again Gauff immediately broke back, but she lost on serve again to gift her opponent a 4-2 lead, and Halep went on to hold match point on a break but Gauff rallied back.\n\nGauff showed not a flicker of emotion as Halep eventually served out the set, not even stopping to greet the autograph hunters as she walked to the changing rooms.\n\n'She has all the ingredients' - analysis\n\nThe fairytale has ended but it's only just beginning for Coco Gauff. She has all the ingredients she needs to be a future Grand Slam champion.\n\nIt's been a lot of fun watching her at Wimbledon this year.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "A judge who said a drink-driver deserved a chance to avoid jail because she is a woman will not face sanctions.\n\nVictoria Parry, 31, collided with three vehicles which caused her Fiat to spin off the A46, near Stratford-upon-Avon.\n\nIn April, Judge Sarah Buckingham was investigated after she said Parry would have gone \"straight down the stairs\" to jail if she was a man.\n\nBut the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) said there was now no \"outstanding complaint\".\n\nParry, of Bearley, Strafford-upon-Avon, hit a van's rear bumper, a Vauxhall Insignia's wing mirror and the side of a BMW in the crash on 23 May last year.\n\nShe was found to be almost three times the legal limit and later admitted dangerous driving and driving while disqualified.\n\nHer lawyers said she had a \"considerable drink problem\" after a 15-year abusive relationship.\n\nJudge Buckingham deferred sentencing for three-months in April to see if Parry could address her issues.\n\nWhen Parry returned to Warwick Crown Court on Monday, she was handed an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years.\n\nParry's lawyer Kane Sharpe said his client had \"positively engaged\" with all the judge's conditional requirements, including abstaining from alcohol, attending daily Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and seeking private counselling.\n\nHe said Parry had \"sadly and deeply unfairly\" lost her job as a shop worker, had been trolled over the internet and received death threats following the case.\n\nDuring sentencing, Judge Buckingham said the dangerous driving was \"dreadful and appalling\" and it was \"merciful\" no-one was injured.\n\nShe said: \"Prison was richly deserved but the court wanted to see if any positive changes could be made and sustained.\"\n\nJudge Buckingham said she would honour her previous indication not to send Parry to prison after it was \"definitely clear to see what progress you would make\".\n\nParry was also banned from driving for two years and will undertake a 12-month rehabilitation requirement.\n\nA complaint over the judge's comments in April was received by the JCIO.\n\nBut a JCIO spokeswoman said: \"There is no outstanding complaint against Judge Buckingham in relation to the remarks made in Warwick Crown Court in April.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Convincing fakes of audio are easier to generate than video spoofs\n\nA security firm says deepfaked audio is being used to steal millions of pounds.\n\nSymantec said it had seen three cases of seemingly deepfaked audio of different chief executives used to trick senior financial controllers into transferring cash.\n\nThe AI system could be trained using the \"huge amount\" of audio the average chief executive would have innocently made available, Symantec said.\n\nCorporate videos, earning calls, media appearances as well as conference keynotes and presentations would all be useful for fakers looking to build a model of someone's voice, chief technology officer Dr Hugh Thompson said.\n\n\"The model can probably be almost perfect,\" he said.\n\nA deepfake of Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg was widely shared on the social network\n\nAnd they had used background noise to cleverly mask the least convincing syllables and words.\n\n\"Really,\" said Dr Thompson, \"who would not fall for something like that?\"\n\nDr Alexander Adam, a data scientist at AI specialist Faculty, said it would take a substantial investment of time and money to produce good audio fakes.\n\n'Training the models costs thousands of pounds,\" he said.\n\n\"This is because you need a lot of compute power and the human ear is very sensitive to a wide range of frequencies, so getting the model to sound truly realistic takes a lot of time.\"\n\nTypically, he said, hours of good quality audio was needed to help capture the rhythms and intonation of a target's speech patterns.", "Mandla Maseko described himself as a typical township boy\n\nA South African who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike accident before turning his dream into reality.\n\nMandla Maseko, 30, was killed on Saturday, a family statement says.\n\nIn 2013, the South African Air Force member beat one million entrants to win one of 23 places at a space academy in the US.\n\nNicknamed Afronaut and Spaceboy, Maseko described himself as a typical township boy from Pretoria.\n\nMany of those paying tribute to Maseko on social media remembered his nicknames fondly.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe had spent a week at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida doing tests in preparation for an hour-long sub-orbital flight, originally scheduled for 2015.\n\nChallenges included skydiving to earth from 10,000 feet and a test charmingly known as the \"vomit comet\".\n\nBut the chance never came to go into space. The company organising the flight, XCOR Aerospace, went bankrupt in 2017, news site Space.com reported.\n\nMaseko returned to the armed forces and worked as a private pilot. In his free time he was a keen DJ and biker.\n\n\"He was a larger-than-life figure. We are all still reeling at the moment,\" his friend Sthembile Shabangu told News24.\n\nMaseko had said he wanted to do something that would motivate and inspire young people in Africa and prove that they could achieve anything whatever their background.\n\nHe told the BBC he planned to call them from space. \"I hope I have one line that will be used in years to come - like Neil Armstrong did,\" he said.\n\nThe US astronaut, who died in 2012 aged 82, was the first man ever to walk on the Moon in 1969.\n\nAs he stepped on to the lunar surface, he famously said: \"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "The couple said they turned to IVF after years of trying to have children\n\nAn Asian couple who tried to conceive through IVF has claimed that a mix-up at a California fertility clinic left them pregnant with the wrong children.\n\nA lawsuit filed by the couple in New York states that the couple was shocked to give birth to two boys who were not of Asian descent, US media reported.\n\nThe lawsuit says DNA tests confirmed the children were not related to the couple and they relinquished custody.\n\nThe fertility clinic has not commented on the allegations.\n\nThe couple - identified in the lawsuit only as AP and YZ to minimise the \"embarrassment and humiliation\" - say they tried for years to get pregnant before spending more than $100,000 (£80,000) on the IVF, or in vitro fertilisation, including medication, laboratory fees, travel and other costs.\n\nIVF is the process of fertilising an egg outside of the woman's body, before returning it to the womb to grow and develop.\n\nThe lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of New York last week, accuses CHA Fertility and two men identified as its co-owners and directors of offences including medical malpractice and intentional infliction of emotional distress.\n\nIt reportedly notes that after giving birth on 30 March, the couple \"was shocked to see that the babies they were told were formed using both of their genetic material did not appear to be\".\n\nThere were earlier signs that things were amiss when a scan revealed they were expecting boys, despite the fact that the doctors had said they did not use male embryos during the treatment.\n\nDoctors reportedly told the couple that the scan was inaccurate, before they went on to have the baby boys in April. In addition to not being related to the couple, the children were not related to each other, according to the lawsuit.\n\nOn its website, CHA Fertility says it delivers the \"highest degree of personalized care...with the utmost sense of duty\".\n\nThe BBC has contacted the company for comment.\n\nLawyers for the couple told the BBC their clients suffered from \"the grossly negligent and reckless conduct of CHA fertility\".\n\n\"Our goal in filing this lawsuit is to obtain compensation for our clients' losses, as well as to ensure that this tragedy never happens again,\" the lawyers said.", "Ariana Grande's tour will take her to the UK later this year\n\nAriana Grande has explained to fans why she started crying during a performance in the US on Saturday night.\n\nShe became upset while singing the song REM from her Sweetener album at the Enterprise Center in St Louis, Missouri.\n\nIn a Twitter post that has since been deleted, she wrote: \"I feel everything very intensely and have committed to doing this tour during a time in my life when I'm still processing a lot.\n\nGrande said she wrote the message \"because I'm grateful and because I want you to know that if you too are hurting, you can push through and are not alone\".\n\nThe singer has been open about her difficulties since a suicide bomber killed 22 people after her concert in Manchester in May 2017.\n\nAlso, her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller died last September, and her engagement to comedian Pete Davidson ended in October.\n\nReferring to fans on her US tour, she said: \"I'm not sure what I did to deserve to meet so many loving souls every night... but I want you to know that it really does carry me through.\"\n\nGrande also performed at the Coachella Festival in April\n\nGrande also wrote that her Sweetener tour was \"a dream come true... no matter how hard it gets or how many feelings come up that are screaming at me to be processed and sorted through one day.\"\n\nThe singer added: \"I'm grounded by gratitude and promise not to give up on what I've started.\"\n\nShe wrote: \"It is hard to balance taking care of the people around you, doing your job, and healing/taking care of yourself at the same time... but I want you to know, you aren't alone and I think you're doing great. Love you.\"\n\nThe Sweetener tour began in March, and Grande will visit the UK and Ireland later this year, with dates in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Sheffield and Dublin.\n\nShe will also headline Manchester Pride in August, returning to the city more than two years after the Manchester Arena terror attack and her subsequent One Love benefit concert.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Carl Sargeant was found dead after an investigation was launched into his conduct\n\nFormer first minister Carwyn Jones has denied lying under oath over evidence he previously gave at an inquest into the death of a sacked minister.\n\nCarl Sargeant, 49, was found hanged at his home in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, on 7 November 2017, days after he was fired from his cabinet post.\n\nMr Jones was challenged over how he had represented a request to another assembly member to support Mr Sargeant.\n\nMr Sargeant had faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women.\n\nThe inquest had been adjourned after Mr Jones brought a legal challenge relating to admissible evidence last November, but it was rejected and resumed on Monday.\n\nThe court earlier heard evidence from Vale of Clwyd AM Ann Jones, who disputed evidence previously given by Mr Jones that she had been appointed in a pastoral care role to help Mr Sargeant after he was sacked.\n\nMs Jones said she had just acted as a friend and had made that clear to Mr Jones after he told her when Mr Sargeant died that he would tell the media that had been her role.\n\nThe inquest is being heard by coroner John Gittins\n\nReferring to this evidence, coroner John Gittins told Mr Jones: \"Either you were mistaken or I was misled, and perhaps deliberately.\"\n\nMr Jones told the coroner he believed Ms Jones was in a \"liaison support role provided by the party, not the government\".\n\nHe said he became aware Ms Jones had been contacted when his former special advisor Matt Greenough told him he had texted her. \"He did what I would've asked him to do anyway,\" Mr Jones said.\n\nMr Jones said the first time he spoke to Ms Jones was after Mr Sargeant's death.\n\nHe told the coroner: \"We were getting questions from the media.\" He added it was \"absolutely not the case,\" that it was \"some kind of cover story\".\n\nHe said he told her as a matter of courtesy that he would tell the press she had been appointed in a support and liaison role, adding: \"I was surprised that Ann told me she didn't see it in the same way.\"\n\nLeslie Thomas QC, for the Sargeant family, said evidence given by Ms Jones \"directly contradicts\" what Mr Jones had said under oath last November.\n\nHe had originally told the inquest he had spoken to Ms Jones over the weekend, but corrected that evidence in a new statement taken in March.\n\nIn a fiery exchange, Mr Thomas told Mr Jones: \"I'm suggesting you are being fundamentally dishonest in your answers.\" Mr Jones denied this.\n\nIn a further bad-tempered exchange, Mr Jones asked Mr Thomas: \"Are you accusing me of lying?\"\n\n\"Yes, I am,\" replied Mr Thomas, adding that claiming he spoke to Ann Jones over the weekend was not true, and it had \"come to light when a witness came forward.... you were caught out in a lie\".\n\nHe continued: \"Mr Jones, you didn't have anything in place for the protection of Carl Sargeant.... after Carl's death you approached Ann and you asked Ann to do something as an afterthought that she wasn't happy doing.\"\n\nMr Jones denied that, and also that there had been a media leak about Mr Sargeant's sacking. He said a BBC tweet at 11:33 on the re-shuffle day was \"gossip\" and \"utter speculation\".\n\nAndy Sargeant, Carl's brother, told Carwyn Jones: \"For me, Mr Jones, it's not a mistake. Your statement isn't a mistake, it's a damage-limitation exercise.\"\n\nDiscussing his phone records, Mr Jones said he never had a second phone. \"I only had one phone and that was a government phone,\" he said.\n\nCarl Sargeant's son Jack (first left) and widow Bernadette Sargeant (second left) arriving at the inquest on Monday\n\nMr Jones also said there had never been any guarantee Mr Sargeant would stay in the cabinet.\n\nHe said he was sacked during a reshuffle and, as Mr Sargeant \"was a friend of mine\", he wanted to allow him time to \"digest the situation\" over the following weekend.\n\nHe added: \"I have to say that the re-shuffle itself gave the opportunity for Carl to leave the cabinet without an immediate story of why.... it certainly wasn't the intention for it to be in the news that Friday or over the weekend,\" he said.\n\nBut things changed when Mr Sargeant tweeted about the situation, he said.\n\nAsked if enough had been done, Mr Jones said: \"I can't see what else could've been put in place.\"\n\nAsked by the coroner whether he thought about contacting Mr Sargeant, he said he thought about it, but it \"wouldn't have been appropriate\".\n\nEarlier, the court heard Ann Jones had received a text message from Matt Greenough along the lines of Mr Sargeant not taking it \"particularly well, will you give him a bell over the weekend?\".\n\nShe said: \"I had been friendly with Carl and I just saw it as someone saying 'just look out for him'.\"\n\nMs Jones told coroner John Gittins she did not view it as her being given a pastoral care role.\n\nShe said she had texted Mr Sargeant to say \"if you're coming down mate, let us know and we'll catch up\", which he had thanked her for, adding: \"I still have no idea of allegation details... bastards.\"\n\nCarwyn Jones gave evidence in the inquest last year\n\nAfter Mr Sargeant's death, when Mr Jones told Ms Jones in a phone call he was going to tell the media he had asked her to provide pastoral care, she told him: \"Don't do that\", as that had not been her understanding.\n\nMs Jones told the coroner: \"I'm not trained as a counsellor, I'm not trained as a carer at all. In fact, I'm probably one of the worst people to be with.\"\n\nShe told a Labour group meeting the next day, which Mr Jones attended, that she saw her role as being nothing other than a friend to Mr Sargeant, and \"the group tended to agree\".\n\nLeslie Thomas QC asked Ms Jones about a text conversation the Monday before Mr Sargeant died.\n\nIn one text, Mr Sargeant wrote: \"I'm telling no-one again I'm thinking of running for first minister.\"\n\nMr Thomas asked whether the message suggested Mr Sergeant felt he had been \"stitched up\" because it was known he was thinking of applying for the role of first minister.\n\n\"I don't think I read it in any particular way,\" she told him, but conceded \"yes you could put that interpretation to it\".\n\nMs Jones said despite Carwyn Jones' depiction of her as being given a pastoral role, she had not done anything in that capacity, adding: \"I didn't want people and certainly I didn't want the family to think that I had been tasked with a role I hadn't performed.\"\n\nShe said she would not have \"sat back\" over the weekend following Mr Sargeant's sacking if she had had a formal pastoral care role.\n\nMs Jones earlier told Mr Gittins she \"very much regarded Carl as a friend\" and had known him throughout his career in the assembly, which started in 2003.\n\nShe did not know Mr Sargeant had suffered from depression, or that he was taking anti-depressants.\n\nAsked about allegations of inappropriate behaviour against Mr Sargeant, she said: \"He'd always been appropriately professional and he'd always been a real gentleman with me.\"\n\nCathryn McGahey QC, on behalf of Mr Jones, asked whether Mr Sargeant knew Ms Jones was \"on the end of a phone\" if he wanted to talk to her, to which she responded: \"Yes, probably he did.\"\n\nGiving evidence, Matt Greenough said he did not recall the content of several texts he sent to Ms Jones on the Saturday after Mr Sargeant was sacked.\n\nWhen he first contacted her it was just so there was someone \"Carl would know and like and trust\".\n\nPastoral care \"wasn't a phrase or an idea that came into my head\", he said.\n\nHe added he thought enough care was given to handling Mr Sargeant's situation, adding: \"We did the best we possibly could with the information we had,\" and that he had done enough by texting Ms Jones.\n\nThe inquest previously heard Mr Sargeant left a letter at his home, telling his family \"I have failed you\".\n\nThe court was told a \"tangible\" complaint about Mr Sargeant behaving inappropriately with two women was made in the weeks before he died.\n\nThe inquest has been adjourned until Tuesday.", "Trade union leaders have reached a common position on Brexit following a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nThe bosses of Labour's five-biggest affiliated unions back a referendum on any deal agreed by the Tory government or a no-deal exit from the EU.\n\nThey are calling for voters to be given the option to remain in the EU and expect Labour to formally back remain.\n\nIf Labour wins power in a general election, they want a \"confirmatory vote\" on any new deal negotiated.\n\nHowever, Labour's stance in a referendum campaign in these circumstances would \"depend on the deal negotiated\".\n\nMr Corbyn has faced calls to move policy in a more pro-EU direction.\n\nDeputy leader Tom Watson and other leading figures have called for an unambiguously pro-Remain stance amid criticism that confusion over Labour's message contributed to its poor performance in last month's European parliament elections.\n\nMr Watson welcomed Monday's agreement as a \"step in the right direction\" but said his party should not be supporting any form of Brexit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tom Watson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a document seen by the BBC, Unite, Unison, the GMB, CWU and Usdaw appear to have moved towards the position advocated by Mr Watson and others by saying that \"remain\" should be an option on the ballot paper, and Labour should campaign for it.\n\nIn the event of a snap election and a Labour victory, they would expect the new government to negotiate a deal to leave the EU - a position favoured by the Unite union.\n\nHowever the deal should be put to a confirmatory vote - a position favoured by Unison and the GMB - and in this scenario \"remain\" should also be an option on the ballot paper.\n\nMr Corbyn, who pledged to consult the unions before any change in position, has previously said he would be prepared to back a referendum on any Brexit deal put to Parliament.\n\nThe text of the document agreed by Labour's five largest affiliated unions\n\nBut Mr Corbyn has not guaranteed either to campaign for the UK to stay in the EU or confirmed that this would even be an option on the ballot paper.\n\nThe Conservatives said Labour had \"no interest in delivering on the referendum result\" of 2016.\n\n\"Labour promised to respect the Brexit vote, but rerunning the referendum and backing remain would be an attempt to frustrate Brexit and ignore the democratic mandate to deliver it,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThe agreement by the biggest Labour-supporting unions is significant.\n\nThe document sets out two scenarios. In the first, there would be a Conservative negotiated deal - or no deal - which Labour would oppose.\n\nUnder these circumstances, the unions say Labour should press for a referendum - something which in effect reflects Jeremy Corbyn's current position.\n\nBut the unions also say not only should \"remain\" be an option in any referendum, but that the party should also campaign for it.\n\nThis is the position which Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson and others - including the shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer - have been pressing the Labour leader to adopt following the loss of votes to the avowedly Remain parties at the European elections.\n\nSignificantly, voices on the left too, such as the shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis and some supporters of Momentum, have also been pushing in this direction.\n\nIt was thought, though, that the Unite leader Len McCluskey would hold out against campaigning to remain - but he has shifted.\n\nThe second scenario, though, offers some comfort for Mr McCluskey and Labour MPs in Leave areas.\n\nIf there is a snap election, and Labour forms the next government, then the unions would still expect a Brexit deal to be negotiated.\n\nThis deal would be put to the people, but with remain as an alternative.\n\nThat should keep most of the party's Remainers on side, though they will want guarantees (that so far these have been spoken about privately not publicly) they would not be prevented from campaigning against a Labour deal and for remain.\n\nBut other Remainers are more sceptical. They say that Labour should just ditch the idea of attempting to get a Brexit deal at all. And they worry that any election campaign would be dominated by media questions to Labour MPs on whether they would be prepared to vote against any deal negotiated by their own government.\n\nBut the mere fact the unions have made a decision will put fire in the belly of shadow chancellor John McDonnell and some other shadow ministers who have been pushing for Labour to clarify its policy swiftly, before an new Conservative leader is in place.\n\nThe question is whether Labour's shadow cabinet officially follows suit on Tuesday - but a potential obstacle to a shift in position has been removed today and makes a policy change all the more likely.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jurors were shown CCTV footage of the defendant's car driving at cyclists before crashing into barriers\n\nA driver targeted cyclists and police outside the Houses of Parliament in an attack designed to \"kill as many people as possible\", a court has been told.\n\nSalih Khater aimed his car at members of the public before swerving towards police officers in Parliament Square, his trial at the Old Bailey heard.\n\nHis actions of 14 August 2018 were \"designed to cause maximum death and injury\", the jury was told.\n\nMr Khater, 30, of Birmingham, denies two counts of attempted murder.\n\nIt was \"miraculous\" that no-one died as a result of the defendant's actions, the Old Bailey has heard\n\nOpening the case for the prosecution, Alison Morgan QC said the defendant first drove at cyclists waiting at traffic lights, before driving at officers guarding the side entrance to the Palace of Westminster and then crashing into a security barrier.\n\nShe said: \"He caused widespread fear and chaos but miraculously, and contrary to his intentions, he did not kill anyone that day.\n\n\"Those who were faced with a vehicle being driven at them at high velocity somehow, and largely by their quick responses, managed to avoid death or very serious injury.\"\n\nSalih Khater, depicted here at a magistrates' court hearing last year, denies attempted murder\n\nMs Morgan told jurors Mr Khater's reason for the attack was unclear.\n\nBut she suggested that by targeting officers guarding the Palace of Westminster, the defendant had a \"terrorist motive\".\n\nShe added: \"Using his car in the way that he did, driving in the manner and direction he did, the prosecution alleges that it is obvious that he intended to kill as many people as possible.\"\n\nJurors were shown CCTV footage of the defendant's silver Ford Fiesta driving at cyclists before crashing into barriers as two uniformed police officers dived out of the way.\n\nThe silver Ford Fiesta allegedly driven by Mr Khater smashed into a security barrier\n\nFootage also showed Mr Khater driving through Parliament Square at 01:00 BST, allegedly conducting reconnaissance.\n\nHe returned about six hours later and completed four laps of the square before launching the attack, jurors were told.\n\nThe Sudanese national, who was granted asylum in the UK in 2010, had shown signs of \"paranoia\" about British authorities in the months leading up to the attack, the court heard.\n\nMs Morgan told the jury: \"The defendant selected an iconic site. This was no coincidence.\"\n\nMr Khater has also pleaded not guilty to two alternative charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Instagram believes its new anti-bullying tool, which prompts users to pause and consider what they are saying, could help curb abuse on the platform.\n\nIt will also soon offer the targets of bullying the ability to restrict interactions with users who are causing them distress.\n\nInstagram has been under pressure to deal with its bullying problem after high profile cases, including the suicide of British teenager Molly Russell.\n\nIn a blog post, the firm’s chief executive Adam Mosseri said his firm “could do more” on the issue.\n\n\"We can do more to prevent bullying from happening on Instagram, and we can do more to empower the targets of bullying to stand up for themselves,” Mr Mosseri wrote.\n\n\"These tools are grounded in a deep understanding of how people bully each other and how they respond to bullying on Instagram, but they’re only two steps on a longer path.”\n\nInstagram said it was using artificial intelligence to recognise when text resembles the kind of posts that are most often reported as inappropriate by users.\n\nIn one example, a person types “you are so ugly and stupid”, only to be interrupted with a notice saying: “Are you sure you want to post this? Learn more”.\n\nIf the user taps “learn more”, a notice informs: “We are asking people to rethink comments that seem similar to others that have been reported.”\n\nMolly Russell, 14, took her own life in 2017\n\nThe user can ignore the message and post anyway, but Instagram said in early tests that \"we have found that it encourages some people to undo their comment and share something less hurtful once they have had a chance to reflect.”\n\nThe tool is being rolled out to English-speaking users at first, with plans to eventually make it available globally, Instagram told the BBC.\n\nThe company said it will soon roll out an additional tool, called Restrict, designed to help teens filter abusive comments without resorting to blocking others - a blunt move that could have repercussions in the real world.\n\n\"We’ve heard from young people in our community that they’re reluctant to block, unfollow, or report their bully because it could escalate the situation, especially if they interact with their bully in real life,” Mr Mosseri said.\n\n\"Some of these actions also make it difficult for a target to keep track of their bully’s behaviour.”\n\nOnce a user has been restricted, their comments will appear only to themselves. Crucially, a restricted person will not know they have been restricted.\n\n\"You can choose to make a restricted person’s comments visible to others by approving their comments,” Mr Mosseri explained.\n\n\"Restricted people won’t be able to see when you’re active on Instagram or when you’ve read their direct messages.”\n\nBullying on social media, particularly Instagram, was brought into tragic focus earlier this year.\n\nThe father of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life, said distressing content about depression and suicide on Instagram were partly responsible for his daughter's death.\n\nIn April, the British government published its Online Harms white paper, a policy proposal that sought tighter controls on technology firms. It suggests the creation of an independent regulator to direct ways in which firms should deal with all manner of abuse, including bullying.\n\nThe paper was met with a mixed response, with some questioning its efficacy, and fears it could be overreaching.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Instagram boss Adam Mosseri discussed its anti-bullying plans in an interview in June\n\nAt Facebook’s recent developer conference, Mr Mosseri said a key focus of Instagram - which Facebook owns - is to tackle the bullying issue.\n\n“It’s really encouraging to see that the new feature has been rolled out,” said Alex Holmes, deputy chief executive of the Anti-Bullying at the Diana Award, and a long-time anti-bullying advocate.\n\nThe group has received some funding from Facebook for real-world anti-bullying initiatives in schools. Mr Holmes told the BBC he felt social media firms could still do more to actively teach users about decent behaviour.\n\n\"If you are under 18, you should have to go through awareness building when you sign up,” he said.\n\n\"I think it would be a pretty simple thing, for the first five minutes, to go through. Platforms should be able to make the issue of safety more appealing, more engaging.\"\n\nIf you've been affected by self-harm, eating disorders or emotional distress, help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.\n\nDo you have more information about this or any other technology story? You can reach Dave directly and securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370\n• None 'Instagram can't solve bullying on its own'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: \"The ambassador has not served the UK well\"\n\nPolice have been urged to open a criminal investigation into the leak of diplomatic emails which described the Trump administration as \"inept\".\n\nTom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, told MPs he made the request in a letter to the Met Police.\n\nThe government has already launched an internal inquiry, saying it \"utterly deplores\" the publication of the memos.\n\nUS President Donald Trump renewed his attack on the UK ambassador, Sir Kim Darroch, whose comments were leaked.\n\nIn a string of tweets about the UK, he said the US \"will no longer deal with him\", as well as making critical comments about Prime Minister Theresa May and her approach to Brexit.\n\nMr Trump's comments come after No 10 said the prime minister had \"full faith\" in the UK ambassador in Washington following the leak.\n\nEmails from the UK's ambassador, leaked to the Mail on Sunday, said Mr Trump's White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and \"divided\".\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said it was \"the job of ambassadors to provide honest and unvarnished opinions\" but Mrs May \"does not agree with the assessment\".\n\nHe added: \"The leak is absolutely unacceptable and, as you would expect, contact has been made with the Trump administration setting out our view that we believe that it is unacceptable.\"\n\nForeign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan told the House of Commons police could be involved if evidence of wrongdoing over the breach of confidentiality was found.\n\n\"The most important focus is to establish who is responsible for this despicable leak,\" he said.\n\nSir Kim Darroch said the White House is \"uniquely dysfunctional\"\n\nEarlier, Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the BBC the leak was \"unprofessional, unethical and unpatriotic\", adding that whoever released the emails had \"maliciously\" undermined the defence and security relationship with the US.\n\n\"I hope if we can identify the individual, either the full force of internal discipline - or if necessary the law - will be brought to bear because this sort of behaviour has no place in public life,\" he said.\n\nBut Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Sir Kim had been \"betrayed\" and \"hung out to dry even though his only crime was to tell the truth\".\n\nShe added: \"He told the truth about Donald Trump and that was because it was his job.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJust imagine if every heavily encrypted report to Whitehall from all UK ambassadors overseas was instantly available on your mobile.\n\nThe candour would cease immediately and they'd become ultra-bland and useless as a tool in policy-making.\n\nSo, damage in this case is considerable. There will be a large number of potential suspects.\n\nDiplomatic telegrams are seen by scores, often hundreds of people - ministers and officials - across several departments. That is to ensure grown-up and private conversations can be had based on large amounts of source material.\n\nOf course, there is damage to relations between the UK and the Trump White House too.\n\nMr Trump likes to dish out insults and criticism (remember his frequent belittling of Theresa May over Brexit, and his all out verbal attacks on the mayor of London) but he is pretty thin-skinned when the verbal arrows are aimed at him.\n\nThe one person who is not under suspicion in London is Sir Kim himself. After all, as his current political master, Mr Hunt, has made clear, he was just doing his job.\n\nAs the Foreign Office launched an investigation into the source of the leak to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Trump told reporters in New Jersey: \"We're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well.\n\n\"So I can understand it and I can say things about him but I won't bother.\"\n\nIn the emails, the UK ambassador to Washington said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nSir Kim questioned whether this White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned the US president should not be written off.\n\nDating from 2017 to the present day, the leaked emails said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true and policy on sensitive issues such as Iran was \"incoherent, chaotic\".\n\nAlthough the Mueller investigation later found allegations of conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia were not proven, Sir Kim's emails said \"the worst cannot be ruled out\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt reacts to the UK ambassador's leaked emails about US President Donald Trump\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister and the UK leaves the EU by 31 October, \"people like\" Sir Kim would \"not be around\".\n\nAsked about speculation that he might take on the diplomatic role, Mr Farage said: \"I don't think I'm the right man for the job\", adding that he was \"not a diplomat\".\n\nHowever, he said he \"could be very useful\" when dealing with the US administration.\n\nSir Kim is the British ambassador to the US, which means he represents the Queen and UK government interests in the US.\n\nBorn in South Stanley, County Durham in 1954, he attended Durham University where he read zoology.\n\nDuring a 42-year diplomatic career, he has specialised in national security issues and European Union policy.\n\nIn 2007, Sir Kim served in Brussels as UK permanent representative to the EU.\n\nHe was the prime minister's national security adviser between 2012 and 2015, dealing with issues such as the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, Russian annexation of Crimea, the nuclear threat from Iran and the collapse of government authority in Libya.\n\nHe became ambassador to the US in January 2016, a year before Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.", "Justice Secretary David Gauke says he will resign if the next prime minister chooses to pursue a no-deal Brexit.\n\nTory leadership favourite Boris Johnson has pledged the UK will leave the EU on 31 October - with or without a deal.\n\nHowever, Mr Gauke told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that a \"sizeable\" number of Conservative MPs believed the UK should leave with a deal.\n\nHis comments come as Tory MP Sam Gyimah said more than 30 Tory MPs could vote against a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe EU has set the UK a deadline of 31 October to leave the bloc.\n\nMr Gauke said he believed Parliament \"will find a mechanism\" between now and 31 October to prevent the UK leaving without a deal.\n\nWhen asked whether he thought he would be sacked from the cabinet if Mr Johnson became prime minister, he said: \"I suspect that I will possibly have gone before then.\"\n\nHe added: \"Assuming that he wins, if Boris's position is that he is going to require every member of the cabinet to sign up to being prepared to leave without a deal on 31 October, to be fair to him I can't support that policy - so I would resign in advance.\"\n\nFormer Tory leadership hopeful Mr Gyimah - who resigned as a minister over Theresa May's Brexit plan - said there were more than 30 Tory MPs looking at legislative options to block a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe told Sky News: \"I wouldn't want to announce them before they have been tested as being viable.\"\n\n\"But there is a real concern. The real concern here is not about Leavers or Remainers. The real concern here, is that this is not in the interest of our country.\"\n\nHe added: \"What all this is about is staving off economic mayhem.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nPro-Remain Tory MP Dominic Grieve has suggested MPs could use a Commons vote on Northern Ireland on Monday to launch a fresh bid to block a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe government has tabled a Bill to delay any new election to the Northern Ireland Assembly while talks to restore power-sharing are ongoing.\n\nNorthern Ireland has been without a functioning government since 2017, when the power-sharing parties split in a bitter row.\n\nMr Grieve told Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics: \"The chances are, if Brexit goes through - a no-deal Brexit - it is going to be the end of Northern Ireland's union with the United Kingdom, with serious political consequences flowing from it.\n\n\"That's a Bill that is a perfectly legitimate place to start looking at how one might make sure no-deal Brexits are fully debated before they take place.\"\n\nAsked about the possible number of MPs who might back such a bid, Mr Grieve said he did not know.\n\nHe added: \"Like all these things, colleagues are pulled in different directions, perfectly understandably, by various considerations.\"\n\nLeader of the pro-Brexit European Research Group, Jacob Rees-Mogg, told 5 Live he thought the only way to stop no-deal was to pass a new law.\n\nHe added that he would be \"very surprised\" if that happened.\n\nMr Johnson has insisted he is not bluffing over his promise to stick to the 31 October deadline for leaving the EU - even if that means walking away without a deal.\n\nAsked in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph if his commitment to 31 October was a bluff, Mr Johnson said: \"No ... honestly. Come on. We've got to show a bit more gumption about this.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's vital that our partners see that. They have to look deep into our eyes and think 'my god, these Brits actually are going to leave. And they're going to leave on those terms'.\"\n\nHis leadership rival Jeremy Hunt has also said he was willing to leave without a deal, although he told the Sunday Telegraph it was \"not the most secure way of guaranteeing Brexit\" because MPs would try to block it.\n\nMr Johnson and Mr Hunt have been travelling around the country as they seek to win backing from Conservative party members, ahead of the vote closing on 22 July.\n\nHome Secretary Sajid Javid has come out in support of Mr Johnson, saying the former foreign secretary was \"better placed\" than Mr Hunt to \"deliver what we need to do at this critical time\".\n\nTory MP Mr Rees-Mogg has suggested Mr Javid - along with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss - are the main candidates to become the next chancellor.\n\nMr Rees-Mogg, who is supporting Mr Johnson in the leadership contest, said both had \"very strong\" credentials.", "Police sent specialist support units to the rave site at Grimston\n\nFive people arrested over an illegal rave over the weekend have been released while inquiries continue.\n\nOfficers alerted by advertisements on social media on Saturday evening later found about 600 people, at the event on Massingham Heath, Grimston, Norfolk.\n\nThey monitored it through the night and disrupted it at about 15:45 on Sunday.\n\nThree men, aged 25, 28 and 31, were arrested in connection with organising the event.\n\nPolice then received further calls from residents complaining about noise and the event was discovered.\n\nAbout 150 vehicles were on site throughout the night and specially trained officers went in to disrupt the event and seize sound equipment.\n\nTwo other men, aged 20 and 33, arrested at the scene on suspicion of drug driving have also been released under investigation.\n\nPolice monitored the event through the night before disrupting it on Sunday afternoon\n\nTemporary Assistant Chief Constable Nick Davison described the operation as \"significant\" and said the event was closed down safely.\n\nHe said officers had been working closely with landowners and would continue to do so.\n\n\"Raves, not uncommon at this time of year, can be very disruptive for local residents and landowners while the presence of hundreds of people and vehicles can also have a detrimental impact on the environment,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Reports say at least one of those injured required surgery\n\nThree people have been gored during the first bull run at the annual San Fermín festival in Pamplona.\n\nOfficials say those with gore injuries are two US citizens, aged 23 and 46, and a Spaniard.\n\nTwo others were taken to hospital with head injuries and a total of 48 others were treated by the Red Cross.\n\nFurther runs will take place every morning through the northern Spanish city's narrow streets until next Sunday.\n\nThose taking part, most dressed in white with red scarves, packed into the 850m (2790ft) course - which leads downhill to the town's bull ring.\n\nSix bulls are released daily, along with steers, before later facing professional matadors in public bull fights.\n\nInjuries at the event are common and at least 16 people have died taking part since 1910, when records began.\n\nThe last person to die at the festival, Daniel Jimeno Romero, was gored in the neck in 2009 during the fourth run of the festival.\n\nA 46-year-old Californian man gored in the neck on Sunday required surgery, the Associated Press reports.\n\nThe other injured American is reportedly a 23-year-old from Kentucky, who was gored in the thigh along with a 40-year-old Spanish man.\n\nThe runs take place at 08:00 local (06:00 GMT)\n\nGroups AnimaNaturales and PETA protested against the festivities on Friday\n\nThe festival attracts thousands of revellers from around the world.\n\nIt also involves religious processions, parties and concerts and was depicted in the 1926 Ernest Hemingway novel The Sun Also Rises.\n\nBull fighting and running is regularly criticised by animal rights activists. On Friday, they demonstrated on Pamplona's streets - dressed in horns and lying down with fake spears in their backs.\n\nAnyone over 18 can take part in the runs, but most participants tend to be men.\n\nA high-profile gang rape at the 2016 festival prompted nationwide protests and an ongoing review of rape laws in Spain.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Activists say rage over the \"wolfpack\" case ignited a feminist revolution (Video from 2019)", "Paul McDonald estimates his son has been suspended for 135 days of his first four years at school\n\nPaul McDonald's autistic son, Jim, has been suspended from his mainstream primary school for 30 days in the past three months.\n\nBut that is just the tip of the iceberg.\n\nPaul estimates that Jim, aged eight, has been suspended for 135 days of his first four years at school.\n\nHe is among a group of parents set to meet the Department of Education (DE) to highlight the similar problems their autistic children are facing.\n\nThe proportion of children with autism in Northern Irish schools has almost trebled in a decade, according to the Department of Health.\n\nAnd some parents, like Paul, say that means they have to battle to get appropriate support in school for their children.\n\nThe proportion of children with autism in Northern Ireland schools has almost trebled in a decade, according to the Department of Health\n\n\"Jim's very curious about the world, he loves knowing how things work and likes to hear other people's thoughts on things,\" he said.\n\n\"His autism is autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) with pathological demand avoidance (PDA).\"\n\n\"The majority of the problem that Jim would present with would be anxiety, so as soon as you give him a direct demand he would experience anxiety and as a result of the anxiety he would start refusing.\"\n\nAutism is a spectrum, which means people with autism can present with different conditions.\n\nSome may need little or no support, but others may need sustained help.\n\nAccording to documents seen by BBC News NI, Jim has been suspended for school for 30 days since 28 March, often for five days at a time.\n\nPeople with autism present with different conditions, some may need no support while others need sustained help\n\nPaul admits Jim presents challenges and would sometimes lash out at his teachers, but said it was due to his rising anxiety.\n\n\"He would become quite distressed within the classroom environment and, as a result, he would throw something, say certain things and then it moved on to lashing out,\" he said.\n\nJim has a statement which says that he needs a full-time classroom assistant and would learn best in a small group setting like a learning support unit.\n\nHowever, he has also faced expulsion, but Paul said that if staff had the appropriate training about Jim's condition then he could thrive in his current school.\n\n\"The strategies you would use for PDA are different than those you would need for a 'normal' ASD child,\" Paul said.\n\n\"For instance, you avoid using the word 'you' towards Jim.\"\n\n\"If Jim did something well you would turn round and say 'I like what has been done there', instead of 'I like what you did there'.\"\n\n\"We could very clearly see there were patterns to how the situation escalated resulting in Jim getting suspended.\"\n\nPaul is now one of a group of more than 100 parents who are in contact as their autistic children have had similar experiences in school.\n\nTanya George's son 11-year-old son, Niall, has also missed substantial amounts of education in primary school.\n\nTanya George's son has missed substantial amounts of education in primary school\n\nHe finally received a diagnosis of ASD in July 2018, just as he finished Primary Six.\n\nHe was then able to go to his mainstream primary for three days a week, with the help of a classroom assistant.\n\nBut Tanya said she was aware that Niall needed support much earlier in his school career, and had often put himself in danger at school.\n\n\"In the past he's got extremely overwhelmed and he's got so stressed that he's had to run out of the room, into fields and in front of cars,\" she said.\n\n\"His flight response is really, really triggered at that point when his anxiety is so great.\n\n\"A child doesn't present like that for no reason.\"\n\n\"Any child that would have those issues you should be looking at helping and supporting and resolving the child to get through it.\"\n\nShe also said that at times she felt pressured to withdraw Niall from school altogether.\n\nTanya said, though, that since receiving a dedicated classroom assistant following his diagnosis and completed statement Niall has progressed and is now looking forward to post-primary school.\n\nThe Education Authority now spends £270m a year on supporting children with special educational needs - including autism.\n\nLiam Mackle of the Children's Law Centre says an increasing number of parents are challenging the level of support their children are receiving\n\nThat is around one-eighth of the entire yearly education budget.\n\nDE's permanent secretary Derek Baker has previously said that he is worried about the rising cost and the support offered to children with special educational needs.\n\nAnd according to Liam Mackle from the Children's Law Centre in Belfast an increasing number of parents are challenging the level of support their children are receiving.\n\n\"There are pockets where schools don't yet understand the complexity of autism - each child with autism is completely different from the next child with autism,\" he said.\n\n\"It's about identifying what triggers are, speaking to the experts at the EA in terms of their autism intervention services and putting proper school-based strategies in place to avoid the need for things like suspensions and detentions which aren't addressing the problem.\"\n\n\"Special educational needs and provision for children particularly with autism has really in the last five years, in terms of our advice service, really exploded.\n\n\"Five years ago we were dealing with just under 400 cases in terms of special educational needs - including autism - and that's now jumped to 1600.\"\n\nMr Mackle's experience is borne out by figures from the Department of Justice, which shows that the number of appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST) has more than doubled in recent years.\n\nIn 2015/16 there were 145 appeals to the tribunal - which rules in cases where parents are unhappy with how the EA is dealing with their child's special educational needs.\n\nBy 2018/19 that had risen to 378 appeals, and just over half of those cases to reach a hearing were won by the parents.", "Primark founder and chairman Arthur Ryan has died after a short illness, the budget fashion chain has announced.\n\nMr Ryan established the High Street retailer as Penneys in 1969 in his hometown of Dublin in Ireland.\n\nFifty years on, the chain has expanded to over 350 stores in 11 countries across Europe and the US.\n\nPrimark chief executive Paul Marchant said 83-year-old Mr Ryan had been \"a true real retail pioneer\" and a \"gifted retailer and a visionary leader\".\n\n\"He innovated and was never complacent, despite many successes. He challenged us all to be the best we can be,\" he said.\n\nMr Ryan ran the company for four decades as chief executive and 10 years ago, he gave up his day-to-day control of the firm to become chairman instead.\n\nBut Mr Marchant said Mr Ryan had remained \"deeply connected\" to the business and had continued to regularly visit stores and walk the shop floor.\n\nThe chain is still known as Penneys in Ireland, but was renamed when it expanded to the UK to avoid legal issues with US department store chain JC Penney, which had trademarked the name.\n\nMr Ryan started the chain after being tasked by the wealthy Weston family to open a discount clothes retailer.\n\nCrowds were handed balloons as they ran into a new Primark store in Birmingham earlier this year\n\nPrimark has expanded rapidly in recent years, continuing to thrive in what has been a tough environment for many of its rivals.\n\nEarlier this year, Primark's parent company Associated British Foods said it expected sales and profit to continue to increase in the first half of the year.\n\nIn April, the chain opened its largest ever store in Birmingham, with the 161,000 sq ft five-floor space covering the entire site of a former shopping centre.\n\nGeorge Weston, chief executive of Associated British Foods, said Mr Ryan would be remembered as \"one of the great giants of retailing\".\n\n\"When my grandfather, Garfield Weston, and uncle, Galen Weston, recruited Arthur to run Penneys in 1969 with only one store in Dublin, they knew they were hiring an exceptional trader.\n\n\"But what three generations of Westons learned over the following decades was that Arthur was also a great leader and business builder, driven every day by a relentless desire to delight his customers.\n\n\"Arthur Ryan made fashion accessible to all and his legacy looms large.\"\n• None Are businesses using Pride without giving back?", "Five people were injured in the crash\n\nA man has been charged after a van crashed into a group of people queuing to use a food bank.\n\nFive people were injured - two seriously - in the crash at Kirk Hallam Community Centre in Derbyshire on Friday morning.\n\nMartin Casey, 37, from Long Eaton, was charged with dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm by intent.\n\nHe was also charged with three counts of attempted GBH.\n\nMr Casey was remanded in custody at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court and is due to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on 5 August.\n\nWitnesses are still being sought to the collision, which happened at about 09:00 BST.\n\nThe food bank reopened earlier on Monday, offering extra items which were delivered by charity FareShare East Midlands over the weekend.\n\nA community support book was also made available for people to sign throughout this week.\n\nJan Sheppard, business manager at the centre, said: \"We just thought it was important to to get things back to normal and show how much we all pull together as a community to support each other and move forward.\"\n\nCentre bosses also thanked staff at the nearby Butterfly Castle Day Nursery for helping out in the aftermath of the crash.\n\nA book of support has been opened at the centre\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eight men and four women were arrested\n\nTwelve people have been arrested amid concerns that unscrupulous landlords have stolen welfare benefits from homeless people.\n\nLancashire Constabulary suspect vulnerable tenants have been forced to hand over their Universal Credit and bank cards in return for accommodation.\n\n\"This means they never see or have ownership of the money they are entitled to,\" said police.\n\nThe suspects are wealthy individuals who own properties in Blackburn.\n\nRaids took place at seven locations in Blackburn\n\nFifty police officers were involved in dawn raids at seven locations in Blackburn as part of Operation Cactus.\n\nThey arrested eight men and four women, aged between 20 and 59.\n\nDetectives said they believed vulnerable people with drug and alcohol issues may have been coerced into signing over their benefits to the person or people they rent their property from.\n\nDet Supt Mark Vaughton said: \"The alarm bells started ringing as soon as we found the fact that the occupants of those premises don't have their bank cards, don't have access to their Universal Credit, and as a result it's leaving them short financially.\n\n\"Some of those individuals have had to turn to crime as a result of that exploitation.\"\n\nPeople were detained in seven police raids across Blackburn\n\nPolice are also investigating allegations that some of the suspects have fraudulently claimed a total of £500,000 in disability benefits.\n\nA number of alleged victims have already contacted the police but officers believe there may be more and urged people, or their relatives, to come forward.\n\nThe investigation, operated by the force's East Lancashire exploitation team, is being carried out with support from the Department for Work and Pensions and the Insurance Fraud Bureau.\n\nDet Sgt Stu Peall from the exploitation team said: \"We appreciate that you may feel apprehensive, concerned or scared to make contact. But it is really important that you tell us what has happened.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Rycroft, who resigned after 18 months as the Brexit boss, told the BBC no deal was \"fraught with risk\"\n\nEveryone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.\n\nPhilip Rycroft, who resigned after 18 months, told the BBC's Panorama no deal was \"fraught with risk\".\n\nAnd NI police said no deal could help recruitment for paramilitary groups.\n\nBoth the candidates in the race to replace Theresa May as prime minister - Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson - have said they would be prepared to leave the EU without a deal.\n\nFormer Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said there was \"no reason at all\" why new negotiations with the EU could not be completed in \"the next three months\".\n\nBut the EU has repeatedly refused to re-open negotiations.\n\nThe UK had been due to leave the EU on 29 March but this date was delayed after MPs repeatedly rejected Mrs May's deal. Currently, Brexit is set to take place on 31 October.\n\nIn a no-deal scenario, the UK would immediately leave the EU with no agreement about the \"divorce\" process, immediately coming out of the single market and customs union and institutions like law enforcement body Europol.\n\nThose against say it would damage the economy, especially industries like farming, and cause widespread disruption, but some politicians insist problems could be quickly overcome.\n\nThe government says it has been preparing for almost three years to minimise that disruption and to provide people and businesses with information they need to get ready.\n\nIn his first broadcast interview since stepping down as permanent secretary at the Brexit department, Mr Rycroft said the planning operation for exiting the EU was \"an unprecedented situation\" and \"the biggest exercise across government over the last few decades\".\n\nHe told Panorama: \"This has been an extraordinary exercise to which the civil service is responding brilliantly well… The planning I think is in good shape, absolutely… but of course what that doesn't mean is that there won't be an impact from Brexit, and particularly a no-deal Brexit, because that is a very major change and it would be a very abrupt change to our major trading relationship.\"\n\n\"The rational outcome over the next few months is to get a deal because that is overwhelmingly in the economic interest of both the EU and the UK.\"\n\nMr Rycroft continued: \"It's not in the UK's interest to have no deal, it's not in the EU's interest to have a no deal.\n\n\"I think everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation. We would be taking a step into the unknown.\"\n\nBut Sir Michael told BBC Radio 4's Today programme said no deal was the \"ultimate fall back\" and needed to be prepared for \"so that our partners are convinced that this is a deadly serious negotiation\".\n\n\"We have got three months to do this with a fresh approach,\" he said. \"We need some alternative arrangements for Northern Ireland - some of that technology is already in place - we need the right to exit the backstop if the negotiations fail, we need some improvements to the political declaration.\n\n\"These aren't the biggest things, but what they do require is some optimism and ambition and above all some energy.\n\n\"We will have a fresh team, a fresh prime minister and there is no reason at all why this can't be done in the next three months.\"\n\nA line of lorries seen in Kent during a trial of how routes from major ferry terminals will cope in case of a no-deal Brexit\n\nIn the event of a no-deal Brexit, additional checks on goods being delivered across the UK-EU border could result in delays on the roads - especially around the Port of Dover in Kent, which handles 17% of the UK's goods trade.\n\nRichard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, said working with the government to prepare for no deal had been \"a frustrating process\". He said: \"We have no clarity of the processes - what's actually going to happen on day one.\"\n\nMr Burnett told Panorama that Transport Secretary Chris Grayling had left him a voicemail expressing his disappointment after the RHA issued a press release following a private briefing.\n\nIn response, Mr Grayling said the haulage industry had been heavily involved in EU preparatory work and would continue to be so.\n\n\"It is obviously disappointing when someone issues a press release on the back of what was a private working group to discuss how we best approach both a deal and a no deal,\" he told the BBC. \"But we have continued to meet and engage with them.\"\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland also told the BBC of its concern at the impact on security of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThere are fears that one could lead to the introduction of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland - a situation Sinn Fein has said would lead to further calls for a referendum on Irish unification.\n\nPSNI Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs told Panorama: \"We know that the New IRA and other groups continue to recruit people and we believe that Brexit provides an opportunity for them to encourage people to recruit.\"\n\nBut he added that, despite their worries, to date the PSNI had not seen \"any upsurge\" in violence or recruitment being driven by Brexit.\n\nMr Mairs also expressed fears price differences on the border could create \"new opportunities\" for criminal gangs, claiming: \"We would see, traditionally, connections between some of those groups and more violent groups.\n\n\"The potential impact of a no deal on the economy in Northern Ireland is significant, and that would, in our view, present potentially significant security concerns.\"\n\nThe handling of Brexit has been the key issue in the Conservative leadership race.\n\nFrontrunner Mr Johnson has said the UK should prepare \"confidently and seriously\" for a no-deal Brexit, but believes the chances of it happening are \"one million to one against\".\n\nHe has said he will try to get a new deal negotiated with the EU, but has promised to leave the EU with or without one on 31 October.\n\nHis rival, Mr Hunt, also wants to change the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Mrs May and thinks this can be achieved by the end of October.\n\nHe has said he is prepared to delay Brexit beyond that date, if there is a prospect of getting a deal. If not, he would be prepared to leave without one but with \"a heavy heart\".\n\nMeanwhile MPs opposed to no deal are seeking ways to block such an outcome. Tory MP and ex-minister Sam Gyimah says there are \"30 plus\" Conservative MPs who would vote to block a no-deal Brexit.", "The girl was struck as she crossed Glenburn Road in Paisley\n\nA 20-year-old man has been arrested over the death of a teenage girl in an alleged hit-and-run in Paisley.\n\nThe 15-year-old girl was crossing Glenburn Road, near Fereneze Drive, with friends at about 02:00 when she was struck by a car.\n\nShe was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow by ambulance but died a short time later.\n\nPolice have appealed for witnesses and for any dashcam footage of the area around the time of the incident.\n\nIan McCabe, who lives next to the scene where the teenager was struck, said he heard cars on the road just before the collision.\n\nHe told BBC Scotland news: \"I heard the loudest bang I've ever heard. I looked out of the window and saw a girl. She was shouting 'they've just knocked down my pal'.\n\n\"Cars are racing up and down here all the time. I've complained to the council and they've not done anything about it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Heather Mills: \"The feeling I have is one of joy and vindication\"\n\nCampaigner Heather Mills said she feels vindicated after settling her phone-hacking case against the News of the World for a \"substantial\" sum.\n\nAn apology from News Group Newspapers to her and her sister, Fiona Mills, was read out at a High Court hearing.\n\nThe publisher offered \"sincere apologies\" for \"distress caused to them by the invasion of their privacy\".\n\nThe businesswoman said her charity work suffered due to the \"destruction\" of her reputation.\n\nThe court heard that the sisters had experienced \"strange activity with their telephones\" with \"journalists and photographers turning up in unexpected locations\".\n\nThey said they had seen stories published in newspapers which included private information \"without any apparent identifiable source\".\n\nThese publications \"caused a lot of distrust and suspicion\" that a family member or friend was \"betraying them and selling stories to the press\", a statement from the sisters said.\n\nSpeaking outside court after the case, Heather Mills said the settlement stemmed from activity carried out between 1999 to 2010.\n\nShe said: \"The feeling that I have is one of joy and vindication\", adding that her \"motivation to win the decade-long fight stemmed from a desire to obtain justice\".\n\nMs Mills, who was married to Sir Paul McCartney, said the phone hacking had \"an extremely detrimental impact on my personal life and that of my family\".\n\nShe said it had also adversely affected her landmine and animal charities and their \"ability to raise funds\".\n\nThe Mills' claims were settled on the basis that NGN made no admission of liability in relation to their allegations of voicemail interception or other unlawful information gathering at The Sun.\n\nIn her statement, Ms Mills spoke of the \"highest media libel settlement in British legal history\".\n\nHowever, her case was a privacy, rather than a libel, claim and it was not initially clear if Ms Mills was referring to the amount of all those who have settled privacy claims against NGN over phone hacking so far.\n\nHer solicitor, Mark Thomson of Atkins Thomson, has since confirmed that Ms Mills was referring to her own claim against NGN.\n\nA group which represents victims of the phone hacking scandal said in May that the total bill for newspaper publishers could reach £1bn.\n\nHacked Off's Nathan Sparks told the BBC there could be many hundreds or thousands more still to make claims.", "A flooding emergency in the Washington DC area left commuters in hazardous conditions. Torrential downpours led to road closures and left drivers stranded as well as dangerous flooding on the underground rail-lines.", "Over fifty MPs have written to the education secretary, urging the government to give stronger backing to schools on teaching about same-sex relationships, Newsnight has learned.\n\nThe move follows a row at a school in Birmingham, where a parent-led protest against such teaching forced the school to close early.\n\nDamien Hinds has previously spoken in support of the school's teachers, who want to continue the lessons, but the group of MPs wants him to go further,\n\nThey write: \"We ask you to provide absolute clarity in regard to relationships education in primary schools, which must be inclusive of all protected characteristics, and treat the different types of relationships in our society equally.\"\n\nThe MPs say it is \"unacceptable\" that a school had to close early - and seek a High Court injunction and exclusion zone - \"due to nationally co-ordinated protests.\"\n\nThe letter welcomes Mr Hinds' former statement which encouraged schools to discuss \"different\" types of families, but says it \"does not go far enough\".\n\n\"We urge you to make it clear that schools have an obligation to teach about same-sex relationships in primary schools,\" the MPs say to Mr Hinds, adding that relationship education is \"not a choice... It is a legal requirement.\"\n\nThe letter was written by Labour MPs Emma Hardy and Jack Dromey, and co-signed by MPs from across the political spectrum. Some members of the House of Lords also added their names.\n\nReferring to the protests at Anderton Park school, the MPs blame \"misinformation over the content\" of the LGBT teaching, as well as \"a belief that it is individual head teachers making choices to teach such content\" for fuelling the disagreement.\n\nProtests have been held outside the school by parents and others, arguing children are too young to learn about diverse families through reading storybooks. Some of the protestors say the lessons contradict their Muslim values.\n\nThe controversy has had an effect on both local and Westminster politics. The school's local MP, Labour's Roger Godsiff was given a warning by the party's chief whip on 14 June not to repeat his support for the protesters. He had said parents protesting against teachings about diverse relationships \"have done nothing wrong\".\n\nOther schools have also faced anger over the lessons, which use books from the No Outsiders series to introduce children to transgender characters and same-sex relationships. Some parents have removed their children from school and head teachers have been threatened.\n\n\"At the heart of preparing children for life in modern Britain is making sure that they understand the world they are growing up in. It is a world that is different from 20 years ago, when this guidance was last updated, and this is a significant step that will help young people to look after themselves and each other - although the disagreements which we have seen do not centre on the new relationships curriculum, which has not in fact yet been introduced.\n\n\"A wide range of views were expressed during the public consultation, and I believe the guidance strikes the right balance. Our new guidance is clear that children should leave school having learnt about LGBT relationships, and I strongly encourage primary schools to teach about different types of family, including families with same-sex parents.\n\n\"I have been clear that protesting outside schools is unacceptable. No child should have to walk past a protest to attend school; neither should any teacher. We want dialogue and consultation with parents, but that does not constitute a veto; I support headteachers to make decisions about the curriculum, including ahead of the introduction of these new subjects.\"", "Deutsche Bank will cut 18,000 jobs over three years as part of a radical reorganisation of the German bank.\n\nIt will also report a second quarter loss of €2.8bn to partly pay for the shake-up, which will significantly shrink its investment banking business.\n\nDeutsche Bank is yet to specify exactly where jobs will be lost.\n\nBut it said it intends to completely exit activities related to the buying and selling of shares, much of which is conducted in London and New York.\n\nWith almost 8,000 staff, London is the home to its biggest trading operation.\n\nDeutsche Bank said it will cut its global workforce to 74,000 by 2022 and that the restructure will cost €7.4bn over the next three years.\n\n\"Today we have announced the most fundamental transformation of Deutsche Bank in decades,\" chief executive Christian Sewing said.\n\n\"This is a restart for Deutsche Bank... In refocusing the bank around our clients, we are returning to our roots and to what once made us one of the leading banks in the world,\" he said.\n\nThe reorganisation of the business follows the failure of merger talks with rival Commerzbank in April.\n\nThe German government had supported the tie-up, hoping it would create a national champion in the banking industry.\n\nHowever, both banks concluded that the deal was too risky, fearing the costs of combining might have outweighed the benefits.\n\nWhat's bad for Deutsche Bank could be good for Barclays.\n\nThe once-mighty German firm's retreat from international investment banking leaves Barclays as the last European bank standing in a sector dominated by US giants like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.\n\nAs one Barclays insider told the BBC: \"Deutsche is where Barclays was five to 10 years ago. The difference is that we had a successful retail business (loans, mortgages, credit cards) to help us endure the most difficult times. Deutsche Bank hasn't got that.\"\n\nThe structure of the German banking sector is very different from the UK with lots of smaller regional banks grabbing most retail customers.\n\nBarclays has been picking up market share from Deutsche and other European banks for over a year now and will see this as a further opportunity to expand into the space vacated by the German retreat.\n\nWhile Barclays may pick up business, the real victors from Deutsche's demise are the US banks who have prevailed after many unsuccessful attempts (RBS, UBS, DB and others) to muscle into the so-called \"bulge bracket\" of international investment banks.\n\nWall Street is arguably more powerful than ever.\n\nDeutsche Bank has been struggling for years with the decline of its investment bank and has made several attempts to revamp its business.\n\nThe latest plan will be the most ambitious so far and it has already prompted the resignation of one top executive.\n\nOn Friday, the bank announced that its head of investment banking, Garth Ritchie, was leaving.\n\nUnder the plan, the bank wants to make cost savings of €17bn by 2022.\n\nIt is also creating a new unit to manage assets that belong to businesses it no longer wants.\n\nIt estimates those assets to be worth €74bn.", "Labour MP Kate Hoey has announced she will not seek re-election after 30 years as the member for Vauxhall.\n\nShe caused controversy within her party during the 2016 EU referendum as a leading pro-Brexit figure, campaigning alongside Nigel Farage.\n\nMs Hoey said she would not run again after the 2015 election, but then stood when the 2017 snap-election was called.\n\nHowever, in July 2018, she lost a no confidence vote in her local party - a staunchly Remain London constituency.\n\nThe London Borough of Lambeth, which includes Ms Hoey's constituency, voted 78.6% to Remain in the EU - the highest proportion of Remain voters aside from Gibraltar.\n\nIn a letter to constituents, she said she will carry on until the next general election \"with energy, honesty and integrity\", adding: \"I will, of course, continue every single day to give all my help to constituents in Vauxhall and campaign for policies that make life better for residents\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Kate Hoey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Jeremy Corbyn-supporting campaign group Momentum welcomed her decision, accusing her of being a \"no deal supporting, anti gay rights, fox hunting advocate\".\n\nThe group tweeted: \"She couldn't be more out of step with her Vauxhall constituents, and we look forward to backing a Corbyn supporting, socialist candidate in an open selection.\"\n\nA handful of other long-serving MPs have also announced they will not be standing at the next general election.\n\nGeoffrey Robinson has represented his constituency for more than 40 years\n\nWhile the next election is not scheduled to take place until May 2022, many believe there could be a snap poll in the autumn if there is deadlock between the next prime minister and Parliament over a no-deal Brexit.\n\nIn anticipation of this, Labour's National Executive Committee has asked all serving MPs to clarify their intentions by 18.00 BST on Monday.\n\nAmong those set to retire is Geoffrey Robinson, who has represented the seat of Coventry North West since 1976.\n\nA leading figure in the British car industry before being elected to Parliament, he served as Paymaster General in Tony Blair's government before resigning in 1998 after it emerged that he had secretly lent fellow minister Peter Mandelson £373,000 to buy a house.\n\nThe 81-year-old MP said a recent period of \"ill-health\" had prompted his decision to stand down and he urged his party to select a candidate with strong local roots.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Geoffrey Robinson MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFormer shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg has said he will not contest his Liverpool West Derby seat.\n\nMr Twigg, the chair of the Commons international development committee, has held the seat since 2010 - having previously represented Enfield Southgate between 1997 and 2005.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nBritish number one Johanna Konta reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals with an accomplished display against two-time champion Petra Kvitova.\n\nThe 28-year-old came from a set down to beat the Czech sixth seed 4-6 6-2 6-4.\n\nKonta is one win away from emulating her 2017 feat of reaching the last four and two away from becoming the first British women's singles finalist since Virginia Wade won the title in 1977.\n\nShe will take on Czech world number 54 Barbora Strycova on Tuesday.\n\nWith defeats on Monday for world number one Ashleigh Barty, third seed Karolina Pliskova, and now Kvitova, it leaves seventh seed Simona Halep, eighth seed Elina Svitolina and 11th seed Serena Williams as the highest ranked players left in the women's draw.\n\n\"It was small margins in the end,\" said Konta, who is enjoying deep runs at back-to-back Grand Slams for the first time following last month's French Open semi-final.\n\n\"I'm tremendously grateful to be here and I'm just happy to still be in this event and to be competing against the best players in the world.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nKonta finds another gear after going behind\n\nKonta had come into the match having dropped serve just once in 33 games at the championships and it was unfortunate for her that she picked just the wrong moment for a rare break.\n\nHaving matched Kvitova's power game by game in the opening set, she sent a forehand long to give the Czech set point and then went wide to allow her to convert it.\n\nThe lapse seemed to fire up Konta, who wasted no time in breaking to love in the opening game of the second and then backed it up with a hard-fought hold in a 12-minute game where she was taken to deuce seven times and fended off two break points.\n\nThat was the turning point from which Konta found a new gear, establishing a double break and putting the Czech's serve under consistent pressure - all the more impressive given that this was against a player who had yet to drop a set in the tournament.\n\nKonta had some treatment on her foot, having it sprayed and taped, before serving for the set and claiming it with an ace.\n\nShe continued to dominate the 2011 and 2014 champion in the third with Kvitova - who had been sidelined with an arm injury in the run-up to Wimbledon - unable to serve her way out of trouble.\n\nKonta went a double break up in the third before wobbling with the finishing line in sight when she was serving for the match at 5-2, when she was broken having squandered two match points with first a wide forehand and then a long one.\n\nBut when she got her second chance two games later, she made no mistake and wrapped up victory when Kvitova's forehand whizzed way past the baseline.\n\nAnother Grand Slam, another quarter-final - Konta back on track\n\nKonta was a semi-finalist here two years ago during a run of form that catapulted her to number four in the world rankings.\n\nShe is enjoying a similar upturn this season, having risen from 47th in the world in April to 18th now after her Roland Garros success and two WTA finals on clay in May.\n\nShe has carried the momentum through on to grass, where once again her serve is her key weapon. She has now been broken just three times in 47 games at these championships.\n\nHer form this year has been in marked contrast to last year where she went out in the second round of Wimbledon after a first-round exit at the French Open.\n\nThe upturn has coincided with the hiring of a new coach towards the end of last year - Dimitri Zavialoff, who used to work with three-time Grand Slam singles champion Stan Wawrinka.\n\nUnder the softly spoken Frenchman, Konta's own mood has become calmer and against Kvitova there never seemed to be any doubt in her mind that she could win this match.\n\nShe has also made something of a habit of turning three-set matches into victories, including two in the Fed Cup play-off victory over Kazakhstan in April that seemed to set the tone for her season.\n\nLike in the previous round against Sloane Stephens, where she trailed after the first set, she again showed great mental strength to deliver in front of a delighted Centre Court.", "Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nAn alleged VIP abuse fantasist has admitted lying to a detective in falsely naming a childhood friend as a witness who could back up his story.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, from Gloucester, told Wiltshire Police in 2012 that someone called Aubrey was abused alongside him.\n\nPolice found an Aubrey whose details matched those given by Mr Beech but he was never abused in the way alleged. Mr Beech now says the boy was called John.\n\nHe denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nThe prosecution alleges that Mr Beech made up the allegations and wanted \"money from the state\" for his falsehoods.\n\nUnder cross-examination at Newcastle Crown Court, Mr Beech admitted telling lies during his initial interview with Wiltshire Police in December 2012.\n\nMr Beech claims a group of at least 12 senior figures from British public life sexually abused him and three other boys, who he says they murdered, in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nAmong the people Mr Beech accused were former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath and his colleague, former Home Secretary Lord Brittan.\n\nThe allegations led to a £2m Scotland Yard inquiry that ended without any arrests or charges.\n\nJurors were shown a document in which Mr Beech described various allegations of abuse from a first person perspective\n\nMr Beech accepted that, when he first spoke to Wiltshire Police at Swindon police station, he did not tell DC Mark Lewis everything he told the Metropolitan Police two years later.\n\nProsecutor Tony Badenoch QC took him through the transcript of his initial interview from 2012 in which only his stepfather, Major Ray Beech, and broadcaster Jimmy Savile were named as alleged abusers, with Mr Beech telling a detective: \"I don't know the others\".\n\nThere was also no mention of any alleged murders.\n\n\"There was some information that I just couldn't release to them\" and \"I assumed they would be able to find out the rest\", Mr Beech told the court.\n\nIn the 2012 interview, Mr Beech told a detective that someone called Aubrey was his fellow victim.\n\nThe defendant now claims that a corroborative witness called John - whose surname he refuses to provide - was abused alongside him as a child.\n\n\"He couldn't possibly find John if he was looking for Aubrey,\" Mr Badenoch said of the Wiltshire detective.\n\nIn 2016, when the investigation into Mr Beech's claims ended, the Met asked Northumbria Police to investigate the accuser himself\n\nJurors heard that investigators from Northumbria Police found an Aubrey Harding, who knew the defendant as a child. Both had lived in Bicester, in Oxfordshire, for a period during their childhood.\n\nBut Mr Harding, whose details matched those given by Mr Beech, was never abused.\n\nJurors were also shown a document written by Mr Beech and recovered from his home, describing allegations of abuse from a first person perspective, in which the name Aubrey was repeatedly used.\n\nIn court, Mr Beech said he had used the name Aubrey as a \"pseudonym\" for John.\n\nWhen asked to provide further details about John, such as where he had lived, Beech said he had never asked him.\n\nThe prosecution allege that John was based on Mr Beech's best man at his wedding, John Prance, who would later confirm to Northumbria Police that he was never abused.\n\nMet detectives spent months attempting to get John to come forward, first passing emails to him via Mr Beech, and then emailing with him directly.\n\nBut Northumbria Police discovered that the email address was actually created by Mr Beech.\n\nThe prosecution alleged that he had \"intentionally misled officers\" in order to get a crime reference number at a meeting with Wiltshire police in 2013.\n\nHe could then use to make a claim with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.\n\nThe defendant - who is charged with fraud for receiving £22,000 in compensation - denied this.\n\nMr Beech also told the court he was also abused by \"diplomats\" from the US and Saudi Arabia.\n\nJurors have previously heard that Mr Beech has refused to provide details about the foreigners, claiming he was afraid of doing so.\n\nMr Badenoch accused Mr Beech of making the accusations in order to add \"credence to your story by introducing people who were just fiction\".\n\nThe defendant said this was untrue.\n\nWhen pressed by Mr Badenoch QC for locations where he claims to have been abused by the diplomats, the defendant said at hotels such as the Hilton and the Ritz, the Saudi Embassy, and the US ambassador's residence in London, Winfield House.\n\nHe said the American who abused him was called John Louis - and that the Saudis were called Abdullah and Turki.", "Maura had set her sights on pairing up with Tommy\n\nMore than 700 complaints about Maura repeatedly trying to kiss Tommy on Love Island will not be investigated by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.\n\nA total of 709 viewers complained that Maura Higgins \"sexually harassed\" Tommy Fury by trying to kiss him several times last month, the regulator said.\n\nTommy resisted, moving his face away from her as he lay on the sofa.\n\nOfcom said the incident, which was broadcast on 14 June, didn't breach TV's \"generally accepted standards\".\n\n\"While we recognise that many viewers disapproved of a contestant's behaviour in this episode, we took into account the context in which it occurred, including the nature of Maura and Tommy's relationship, before and after,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nHowever, Ofcom is still considering whether to investigate the show over other controversial moments. At least 300 people complained about the treatment of Lucie Donlan by some fellow contestants in June.\n\nMeanwhile, two couples will be evicted from the Love Island villa in Monday's episode, ITV has said.\n\nThe first couple to be eliminated will be the one with the fewest public votes, while the remaining contestants will choose the other couple to be given the boot.\n\nLast year, there were more than 2,600 complaints about the treatment of Dani Dyer.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "British Airways will begin talks with its pilots on Monday to avert a potentially damaging summer strike.\n\nPilots have rejected a pay increase worth 11.5% over three years, which the airline says is \"fair and generous\".\n\nHowever, the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) argues that its members deserve a better offer, as BA has been making healthy profits.\n\nThe two sides will meet at the conciliation service Acas.\n\nPilots have until 22 July to vote in a strike ballot. If the vote is in favour and the Balpa calls a strike, it would have to give the airline two weeks' notice.\n\nThat would make 5 August the earliest starting date for industrial action.\n\nIt would be likely to cause severe disruption as Balpa represents around 90% of the airline's pilots and the strike would hit at one of the busiest times of the year.\n\n\"We urge Balpa to come to an agreement to protect hard-working families planning their summer breaks,\" the airline said in a statement.\n\nBritish Airways is part of International Airlines Group (IAG), which also owns the Spanish carrier Iberia. Last year it reported a pre-tax profit of €3bn, up almost 9.8% on the previous year.\n\nBritish Airways contributed £1.96bn to that, up 8.7% on 2017.\n\nIt also rewarded investors with a total dividend payout of €1.3bn.\n\nBA-owner IAG says it intends to buy a large number of Boeing's 737 Max aircraft\n\nLast month IAG said it intended to buy 200 Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The planes would be used by IAG's airlines including British Airways, Vueling and Level.\n\nThe deal, worth billions of dollars, was seen as a boost for Boeing which is trying to develop a software fix for 737 Max planes after two deadly crashes.\n\nAll 737 Max planes were grounded in March after an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed, killing 157 people.", "It isn't clear how hackers boarded BA's website and app - but cyber-security experts have some suggestions\n\nBritish Airways has revealed that hackers managed to breach its website and app, stealing data from many thousands of customers in the process.\n\nBut how was this possible?\n\nBA has not revealed any technical details about the breach, but cyber-security experts have some suggestions of possible methods used.\n\nNames, email addresses and credit card details including card numbers, expiry dates and three-digit CVV codes were stolen by the hackers.\n\nAt first glance, the firm's statement appears to give no details about the hack, but by \"reading between the lines\", it is possible to infer some potential attack routes, says cyber-security expert Prof Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey.\n\nTake BA's specification of the exact times and dates between which the attack occurred - 22:58 BST, 21 August 2018 until 21:45 BST, 5 September 2018 inclusive.\n\n\"They very carefully worded the statement to say anybody who made a card payment between those two dates is at risk,\" says Prof Woodward.\n\n\"It looks very much like the details were nabbed at the point of entry - someone managed to get a script on to the website.\"\n\nThis means that as customers typed in their credit card details, a piece of malicious code on the BA website or app may have been furtively extracting those details and sending them to someone else.\n\nProf Woodward points out that this is an increasing problem for websites that embed code from third-party suppliers - it's known as a supply chain attack.\n\nThird parties may supply code to run payment authorisation, present ads or allow users to log into external services, for example.\n\nPopular events ticketing website Ticketmaster was hit with a data breach earlier this year\n\nSuch an attack appeared to affect Ticketmaster recently, after an on-site customer service chatbot was labelled as the potential cause of a breach affecting up to 40,000 UK users.\n\nWithout further details, there is no way of knowing for sure if something similar has happened to BA. Prof Woodward points out it may just as easily have been a company insider who tampered with the website and app's code for malicious purposes.\n\nBecause CVV data, the three-digit security code on credit and debit cards, was also taken in the attack, it is indeed likely the details were lifted live, according to Robert Pritchard, a former cyber-security researcher at GCHQ and founder of private firm The Cyber Security Expert.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Andrew Dwyer This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis is because CVV codes are not meant to be stored by companies, though they may be processed at payment time.\n\n\"This means it was either a direct compromise of their... booking site, or compromise of a third party provider,\" he told the BBC.\n\nProf Woodward added that private firms using third party code on their websites and apps must continually vet such products, to ensure weak points in security don't emerge.\n\n\"You can put the strongest lock you like on the front door,\" he said, \"but if the builders have left a ladder up to a window, where do you think the burglars will go?\"", "Alishia Curry said she was persuaded to apply for an emergency loan before being defrauded\n\nA minister is urgently investigating how a woman was duped by an online loan company that pocketed her benefits.\n\nMother-of-three Alishia Curry said instead of processing her details for a loan, the firm submitted a Universal Credit request in her name which led to regular payments being stopped.\n\nMs Curry, from Buxton, Derbyshire, said she lost about £1,000 in one month and has had to miss meals to save money.\n\nWork and pensions minister Justin Tomlinson said he would investigate.\n\nHe said he was treating the case \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nMs Curry, who is pregnant with her fourth child, said she applied for an emergency loan to replace her cooker.\n\nShe said she searched online for a loan and entered in details to make an application, and when she was called back they took personal and financial details that were then used to claim benefits.\n\nHigh Peak MP Ruth George said the mother was left with no access to money for the next month\n\nWhen her existing benefits did not come through Ms Curry learned she had been signed up for Universal Credit without her knowledge but with the funds going into someone else's bank account.\n\nSince this happened she has lost about £1,000 in income support and child tax credits which were stopped once her Universal Credit application went through.\n\nShe said she had been advised to use a food bank or borrow money.\n\nMs Curry said she did not know which company used her details to make the application, which was approved by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), even though she never met anyone in person.\n\n\"Surely they should have asked me to go down for a face-to-face [meeting] or something before they verified that account,\" she said.\n\n\"I've had to miss meals just to feed the kids. It's depressing.\"\n\nLabour MP for High Peak Ruth George has been backing Ms Curry and warned people on benefits to be careful of sharing their details.\n\nMs George said the DWP had insisted the claim was valid as their records showed Ms Curry had been given her advance payment.\n\nShe said the case \"raises serious questions for the future\", and urged anyone on benefits to \"be very careful about what information they give to people\".\n\nThe DWP said it could not comment until Mr Tomlinson's team had concluded its investigation.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Robyn Fryar was taken to hospital after being struck by a car\n\nTwo men have been arrested over the death of a teenage girl in an alleged hit-and-run in Paisley.\n\nRobyn Fryar, 15, was crossing Glenburn Road, near Fereneze Drive, with friends at about 02:00 when she was struck by a car.\n\nShe was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow by ambulance but died a short time later.\n\nPolice have appealed for witnesses and for any dashcam footage of the area around the time of the incident.\n\nThe 15-year-old was struck as she crossed Glenburn Road in Paisley\n\nOfficers confirmed two men, both age 20, have been arrested and charged over the fatal crash.\n\nThey are due to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court later.\n\nHead teacher Kevin Henry, of St Andrew's Academy where Robyn attended, said: \"The whole school community is saddened by Robyn's passing and our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this very difficult time.\n\n\"Robyn was friendly, vibrant and considerate. She was a bright girl, highly-motivated and hard-working. She had an infectious enthusiasm in her school work and with her friends.\n\n\"She had a strong sense of social justice and loyalty which made her popular with all. She was a pleasure to teach and valued by her classmates, teachers and the wider S5 and school community. She will be remembered with great affection.\"\n\nFlowers have been left at the scene of the crash in Paisley\n\nA petition has been launched calling for the installation of speed cameras on the route where Robyn was struck.\n\nA Renfrewshire Council spokesperson said: \"Our heartfelt sympathies go out to Robyn's family and friends and all affected by this tragic incident.\n\n\"Road safety is of course of paramount importance to us. Currently the incident is subject to a police investigation - but as with all incidents we will consider any measures that could enhance road safety once the results and any recommendations from that are known.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump claims army 'took over airports' in 1775\n\nUS President Donald Trump has blamed a teleprompter going \"kaput\" for a glaring anachronism in his Independence Day speech.\n\nHe told crowds on 4 July the Continental Army \"took over the airports\" during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s.\n\nObservers quickly pointed out there was no air travel in 18th Century America.\n\nExplaining away the slip-up on Friday, Mr Trump also said it was hard to read the teleprompter in the rain.\n\nDuring his \"Salute to America\" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, he was talking about the year 1775 when he said: \"Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do.\"\n\nCritics pointed out the rebels could not have seized airports more than a century before the first powered flight - credited to the Wright brothers in 1903 - took off.\n\nIn the same sentence, Mr Trump also appeared to date a battle at Fort McHenry to the American Revolution, when it unfolded decades later during the War of 1812.\n\nTwitter users had some fun with the garble, using the hashtag #RevolutionaryWarAirports.\n\nOutside the White House on Friday, Mr Trump said: \"I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter.\n\n\"I knew the speech very well so I was able to do it without a teleprompter but the teleprompter did go out and it was actually hard to look at anyway because there was rain all over it but despite the rain it was just a fantastic evening.\"\n\nThe president spoke to reporters as he departed with First Lady Melania Trump for the weekend to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Salute to America event featured military flyovers and fireworks\n\nBefore winning the White House, Mr Trump used to criticise ex-President Barack Obama for relying on an autocue.\n\nThe president's Independence Day celebration saw military tanks transported into the nation's capital and a flyover by the Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team.\n\nHis critics had pilloried the event as inappropriately partisan and a misuse of public funds.\n\nBut Mr Trump surprised some by steering clear of overt partisanship in his speech, instead celebrating patriotic themes and US history including civil rights.\n\nBefore a cheering crowd on the steps of the monument to Civil War era-president Abraham Lincoln, he said the story of America was \"the greatest political journey in human history\".\n\nHe was the first president in nearly seven decades to address a crowd at the National Mall on the Fourth of July.\n• None Trump hails US military in 4th of July address", "Daniel Howell is a 28-year-old YouTuber with over 600 million views.\n\nHe recently opened up to his viewers as being gay.\n\nMr Howell believes that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender online influencers like him can provide the advice and support to LGBT young people that some schools do not.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte, he described how people reacted to his video and the battles the LGBT community is facing.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: \"The ambassador has not served the UK well\"\n\nTheresa May has \"full faith\" in the UK ambassador who criticised the Trump administration in leaked emails but she does not agree with his assessment.\n\nThe PM's spokesman added that the leak was \"absolutely unacceptable\" and No 10 had made contact with the White House.\n\nSir Kim Darroch, the UK's ambassador in Washington, described Donald Trump's administration as \"inept\" in emails.\n\nA senior Conservative MP has asked the Metropolitan Police to open a criminal investigation into the leak.\n\nThe US president responded to Sir Kim's comments by saying \"we're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well\".\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said it was \"the job of ambassadors to provide honest and unvarnished opinions\" but Mrs May \"does not agree with the assessment\".\n\n\"The leak is absolutely unacceptable and, as you would expect, contact has been made with the Trump administration setting out our view that we believe that it is unacceptable,\" he added.\n\nThe chairman of the foreign affairs committee, Tom Tugendhat, told the House of Commons on Monday he had written to Met Commissioner Cressida Dick to ask for a criminal investigation.\n\n\"I have asked her for reassurance that all necessary resources will be made available to ensure that the source of this leak is determined as a priority,\" he said.\n\nForeign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan responded by saying a cross-government investigation would be \"comprehensive\" and the police \"could be involved\" if there was evidence of criminality.\n\nSir Kim Darroch said the White House is \"uniquely dysfunctional\"\n\nTrade secretary Liam Fox told the BBC the leak was \"unprofessional, unethical and unpatriotic\", adding that whoever released the emails had \"maliciously\" undermined the defence and security relationship with the US.\n\n\"I hope if we can identify the individual, either the full force of internal discipline - or if necessary the law - will be brought to bear because this sort of behaviour has no place in public life,\" he said.\n\nBut Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Sir Kim had been \"betrayed\" and \"hung out to dry even though his only crime was to tell the truth\".\n\nShe added: \"He told the truth about Donald Trump and that was because it was his job.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJust imagine if every heavily encrypted report to Whitehall from all UK ambassadors overseas was instantly available on your mobile.\n\nThe candour would cease immediately and they'd become ultra-bland and useless as a tool in policy-making.\n\nSo, damage in this case is considerable. There will be a large number of potential suspects.\n\nDiplomatic telegrams are seen by scores, often hundreds of people - ministers and officials - across several departments. That is to ensure grown-up and private conversations can be had based on large amounts of source material.\n\nOf course, there is damage to relations between the UK and the Trump White House too.\n\nMr Trump likes to dish out insults and criticism (remember his frequent belittling of Theresa May over Brexit, and his all out verbal attacks on the mayor of London) but he is pretty thin-skinned when the verbal arrows are aimed at him.\n\nThe one person who is not under suspicion in London is Sir Kim himself. After all, as his current political master, Mr Hunt, has made clear, he was just doing his job.\n\nAs the Foreign Office launched an investigation into the source of the leak to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Trump told reporters in New Jersey: \"We're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well.\n\n\"So I can understand it and I can say things about him but I won't bother.\"\n\nIn the emails, the UK ambassador to Washington said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nSir Kim questioned whether this White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned the US president should not be written off.\n\nDating from 2017 to the present day, the leaked emails said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true and policy on sensitive issues such as Iran was \"incoherent, chaotic\".\n\nAlthough the Mueller investigation later found allegations of conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia were not proven, Sir Kim's emails said \"the worst cannot be ruled out\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt reacts to the UK ambassador's leaked emails about US President Donald Trump\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister and the UK leaves the EU by 31 October, \"people like\" Sir Kim would \"not be around\".\n\nAsked about speculation that he might take on the diplomatic role, Mr Farage said: \"I don't think I'm the right man for the job\", adding that he was \"not a diplomat\".\n\nHowever, he said he \"could be very useful\" when dealing with the US administration.\n\nSir Kim is the British ambassador to the US, which means he represents the Queen and UK government interests in the US.\n\nBorn in South Stanley, County Durham in 1954, he attended Durham University where he read zoology.\n\nDuring a 42-year diplomatic career, he has specialised in national security issues and European Union policy.\n\nIn 2007, Sir Kim served in Brussels as UK permanent representative to the EU.\n\nHe was the prime minister's national security adviser between 2012 and 2015, dealing with issues such as the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, Russian annexation of Crimea, the nuclear threat from Iran and the collapse of government authority in Libya.\n\nHe became ambassador to the US in January 2016, a year before Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.", "Two people have been charged with terrorism offences after police seized munitions and ammunition in County Antrim.\n\nA man, 33, and a woman, 31, were arrested after a search at a property on Cladytown Road in Glarryford, near Ballymena on Friday night.\n\nThey are charged with offences including possessing explosive substances and ammunition.\n\nThey are due to appear at Coleraine Magistrates' Court on Monday.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nThe United States won the Women's World Cup for a record fourth time as they eventually overpowered the Netherlands in Lyon.\n\nMegan Rapinoe's penalty and Rose Lavelle's fine run and finish gave the defending champions victory in the second half, after resilient first-half defending from the Dutch.\n\nVeteran winger Rapinoe's calmly-slotted opener came from a spot-kick awarded after a video assistant referee (VAR) review, at the end of a tournament in which the system has been a major talking point.\n\nBarcelona defender Stefanie van der Gragt's high boot caught USA striker Alex Morgan and French referee Stephanie Frappart pointed to the spot after assessing replays, and the holders did not look back after taking the lead.\n\nThe European champions, reaching the final in only their second World Cup, kept the favourites at bay in the first half as former Arsenal goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal produced four excellent saves.\n\nBut the USA, playing in their third consecutive final, continued their reign as the world's finest side as they added to their titles of 1991, 1999 and 2015.\n\nRapinoe's goal also meant she won the Golden Boot after finishing with six goals and three assists, while she also took the Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player.\n• None Reaction as the USA beat Netherlands to win the World Cup\n• None Rate the players from the final\n\nVictory for the USA saw their English-born boss Jill Ellis, from Hampshire, become the first coach to lift the trophy twice.\n\nHer side's second consecutive world title was a hard-fought one, but they have been the best side in a 24-team tournament that was fiercely contested, despite facing more serious trophy contenders than four years ago.\n\nThey laid down a daunting marker in their first match of the competition as they cruised to a 13-0 win over Thailand - the biggest-ever victory at the finals.\n\nComfortable successes over Chile and Sweden followed, before they faced three much more detailed tests of their title credentials in the knockout rounds but battled to a trio of 2-1 wins over Spain, hosts France and England.\n\nIn 2015's final in Canada, the USA took a 4-0 lead over Japan inside 16 minutes, as a Carli Lloyd hat-trick helped them win 5-2, but the Dutch posed a far stiffer test.\n\nSarina Wiegman's side, who beat Sweden in the last four on Wednesday, did well to absorb pressure from the USA in the first half and counter attack with pace when they could.\n\nHowever, the Oranje created very few clear chances over the 90 minutes and winger Tobin Heath spurned multiple opportunities to extend the USA's lead late on.\n\nChampions making headlines on and off the pitch\n\nThe Stars and Stripes became only the second nation to successfully defend a Women's World Cup title, after Germany did so in 2007.\n\nBut their outstanding squad of players have generated headlines off the field as well as on it during an absorbing 52-match tournament in France.\n\nRapinoe, who scored twice in their last-16 tie and did so again in the quarter-final, made front-page news during the tournament by saying she would reject a hypothetical invitation to the White House, for which she was criticised by US President Donald Trump.\n\nEllis's team were sometimes accused of being arrogant - and even branded disrespectful when striker Morgan celebrated her semi-final goal against England by pretending to sip a cup of tea - but their confidence has ultimately been fully justified by their impressive defence of their title.\n\nTheir 2-0 win in front of a capacity crowd of 57,900 at the Stade de Lyon saw them lift the title in Europe for the first time, after triumphs in China, on home soil and in Canada.\n\nScoring 26 goals over their seven matches in France, they set a new record for a single World Cup campaign, while 34-year-old Rapinoe became the oldest player to score in a final.\n\nHer penalty took her narrowly above team-mate Morgan and England's Ellen White to win the Golden Boot award.\n\nThat came after Van Veenendaal had kept the USA at bay in a frenetic spell towards the end of the first half, first saving from Julie Ertz's powerful strike - the final's first shot on target after 28 minutes - before denying Samantha Mewis and keeping out two Morgan efforts, the first of which hit the post.\n\n'They've made history' - what they said\n\nUnited States boss Jill Ellis, speaking to BBC Sport: \"This is an amazing group of players - they showed fantastic resilience.\n\n\"They put their hearts and souls into this journey, I cannot thank them enough. I could barely speak immediately after the game but I told them they had made history and to enjoy it.\"\n\nUSA co-captain Megan Rapinoe: \"It's unbelievable just to know all of the people in our group have put in so much work. We have all our friends and family here, it is surreal.\"\n• None USA attacker Megan Rapinoe is the second player in history to start three Women's World Cup finals (2011, 2015, 2019) after Germany's Birgit Prinz (1995, 2003, 2007).\n• None The USA scored 26 goals at the 2019 Women's World Cup, the most by a team at a single tournament in the competition's history.\n• None Rapinoe became the first player to score a penalty in a Women's World Cup final, as well as being the oldest scorer in a final (34 years and two days).\n• None This was a 12th consecutive victory at the Women's World Cup for the USA - the longest run in World Cup history (men's and women's).\n• None Netherlands goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal made eight saves in this match - the most by a goalkeeper in a knockout stage match at the 2019 Women's World Cup.\n• None Since failing against Australia in July 2017, the USA have scored in 45 consecutive matches in all competitions, netting 148 goals and scoring at least twice in each of their past 12 games.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Morgan (USA) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.\n• None Attempt blocked. Carli Lloyd (USA) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rose Lavelle.\n• None Attempt missed. Jill Roord (Netherlands) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vivianne Miedema.\n• None Attempt blocked. Jill Roord (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lineth Beerensteyn.\n• None Attempt saved. Christen Press (USA) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rose Lavelle.\n• None Attempt saved. Alex Morgan (USA) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ali Krieger.\n• None Attempt missed. Sherida Spitse (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "An investigation is under way at the site\n\nParamedics assessed 28 Jaguar Land Rover workers after a suspected chemical incident at the firm's Solihull site.\n\nA number of staff felt unwell in Lode Lane, Solihull, after a floor sealant had been applied.\n\nOne person taken to hospital on Sunday had \"minor symptoms\" West Midlands Ambulance Service said. JLR said they were discharged later the same day.\n\nThe company said it was \"business as usual\" at the site on Monday.\n\nA spokesman said the incident had ended and there were \"several theories\" about the cause, but an investigation was under way.\n\n\"We can confirm that a small number of contractors and employees were triaged by West Midlands Ambulance Service,\" he said.\n\nThe ambulance service said it carried out its policy of \"remove, remove, remove\" and got people out of the building.\n\n\"Most staff felt symptoms reduce once out of the affected area and in fresh air,\" it said.\n\nWest Midlands Fire Service said it advised on the incident but did not send crews.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Johnny Marr and Sheryl Crow show off the clothes they donated\n\nSheryl Crow, Lewis Capaldi and Billie Eilish are among the Glastonbury stars to give clothes to Oxfam in support of a campaign against \"throwaway fashion\".\n\nThe artists gave some of their clothing to the charity during the festival in Somerset, with the aim of encouraging fans to buy second-hand fashion.\n\nOther artists to get involved included Kylie Minogue, who donated a sun visor, and Johnny Marr, who gave a shirt.\n\nClimate change and the environment was the theme of this year's festival.\n\nFor the first time the sale of single-use plastic bottles was banned at Worthy Farm.\n\nOxfam used the festival to launch its Second-Hand September campaign, asking people to pledge to not buy any new clothes for one month.\n\nCrow, Capaldi and Eilish all donated T-shirts, while the Lumineers handed over a pair of wellies and Tame Impala gave a waterproof.\n\nKylie Minogue donated a sun visor, which she had at the festival but did not wear during her performance\n\nThe Cure's frontman Robert Smith gave a Disintegration Era shirt, worn in 1989 and again at a Sydney Opera House gig earlier this year.\n\nSinger-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin said she donated her \"fabulous gold sparkly jumpsuit\" as she wanted \"someone else to feel as good in it as I did\".\n\nShe added: \"I believe passionately in sustainability. Chucking perfectly good clothes in landfill really has to stop.\"\n\nThe artists' clothes will be available to win or buy on Oxfam's online shop until September.\n\nOxfam said: \"Every week, 11 million items of clothing end up in landfill. Throwaway fashion is putting increasing pressure on our planet and its people.\n\n\"Keeping prices low means garment workers around the world tend not to be paid a living wage, making it impossible for them to work their way out of poverty.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nAs Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to his cheering supporters after victory, he paused for a moment of reflection.\n\n\"I feel the spirit of my parents protecting me,\" he said.\n\nFor Greece's new slick prime minister-elect, talk of his family is not just a personal issue.\n\nHe is a scion of one of the country's most powerful political dynasties: his father, Konstantinos, was prime minister, his sister is a former foreign minister and his nephew is the new mayor of Athens.\n\nNo other European country has the tradition of family politics like Greece.\n\nThat is one of the reasons behind its financial crisis - the culture of nepotism that plagued successive post-war governments.\n\nKyriakos Mitsotakis's party has won an outright majority in the Greek parliament\n\nBut Kyriakos Mitsotakis has deftly managed to present himself as a new face in spite of his heritage, reinvigorating a party swept from office in 2015 for embodying the corrupt old guard.\n\nBack then, Alexis Tsipras seemed like the figure of change.\n\nIn his firebrand rallies, the left-wing populist vowed to tear up Greece's bailout programme and end austerity.\n\nHe brought in a finance minister, the leather jacket-wearing, motorcycle-driving Yannis Varoufakis, who goaded the EU and made enemies in Brussels and Berlin.\n\nHe led Greece into a referendum on rejecting Europe's budget cuts, despite warnings from its creditors that it was hurtling towards leaving the eurozone.\n\nOutgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (centre) will now try to regroup in opposition\n\nUnder pressure from the EU, capital controls on its banks and the threat of \"Grexit\" - departure from the euro - he was forced into a humiliating U-turn, signing up to a third, €89bn (£80bn; $100bn) bailout, and more austerity.\n\nHis support base began to ebb away.\n\n\"The fact that Tsipras managed to stay in power for four years despite breaking his pledges is a testimony to his political talent,\" says Professor George Pagoulatos of the Athens University of Economics.\n\n\"His party, Syriza, now carries an ideology so different from the policies he's applied that it's meaningless - the main thing holding the party together is Tsipras,\" Prof Pagoulatos says.\n\n\"We set the bar high - and we didn't reach it,\" admits Syriza's Dimitris Rapides\n\n\"I understand 100% why people are disappointed with the party,\" he tells me in a bustling Athens cafe.\n\n\"People had high expectations - we set the bar high - and we didn't reach it.\"\n\nYet Alexis Tsipras has achieved some success over his time in office:\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why young people have suffered the most from Greece’s economic collapse\n\nBut Mr Tsipras also fell foul of scandal, seeming to break his \"people vs the elite\" rhetoric as he was pictured on a luxury yacht of a Greek shipowner last year - just weeks after mismanaging the response to deadly wildfires.\n\n\"Tsipras actually came up with very anti-European politics\", says Pavlos Eleftheriades, a New Democracy supporter who came back from the UK to vote.\n\n\"He reminds me of Nigel Farage [the leader of the Brexit party in the UK], even though one is left and one is right. This result is a victory for a European Greece and I'm very excited.\"\n\nMr Mitsotakis has promised tax cuts and job creation, with an agenda of privatisation and sound political management.\n\nHe'll benefit from New Democracy being part of the largest bloc in the European Parliament, painting his victory as an end to Greece's populist experiment and a return to the political mainstream.\n\n\"He has a good chance of doing much of what he promises, with a more competent team around him,\" says Prof Pagoulatos.\n\n\"And his victory shows that populism is a cyclical phenomenon, more than a trend.\n\n\"When populists are tried in power, they face the same constraints of mainstream governments - and don't necessarily respond more successfully. In Greece's case, they were inept and brought the country to the brink of economic collapse.\"\n\nThe legacy of Alexis Tsipras is, indeed, to have shed the populist demagoguery that first swept him to power.\n\nAnd in concrete terms, his biggest foreign policy legacy is one which cost him support within his own country: to have reached a deal accepting Greece's northern neighbour under the name North Macedonia, ending a two decades-old dispute by Greeks who claim ownership over Macedonian identity.\n\nThat normalised relations between the two countries, but prompted cries - from Mr Mitsotakis among others - of betrayal.\n\nAs the (young) Mitsotakis era begins, one of Europe's iconic leftist leaders of the past four years departs the stage.\n\nBut he'll regroup in opposition and wait in the wings to seize on any misstep by Greece's new leader.\n\nThis is by no means the last Greece will hear of Alexis Tsipras.", "Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said leaked memos about US President Donald Trump and his administration reflected the \"personal view\" of the UK's ambassador and not that of the government.\n\nMr Hunt, who is running for prime minister, said it was the ambassador's job to give \"frank opinions\" but that they did not reflect the government's position.\n\nThe leaked emails from Sir Kim Darroch described Mr Trump's White House as \"inept\" and \"uniquely dysfunctional\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt traded jibes in a feisty debate on ITV\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have clashed on Brexit and UK relations with Donald Trump in a lively and occasionally bad-tempered TV debate.\n\nMr Hunt accused his rival of not being willing to \"put his neck on the line\" by saying he would quit as PM if he did not hit the 31 October deadline.\n\nMr Johnson said he admired his rival's ability \"to change his mind\" so often - a dig at the fact Mr Hunt voted Remain.\n\nMr Johnson declined to condemn Mr Trump for his response to the emails row.\n\nHe refused to confirm whether he would keep the UK's top diplomat in the US, Sir Kim Darroch, in his post until his scheduled retirement in December, after Mr Trump said he was no longer prepared to deal with him.\n\nThe US president has lambasted Sir Kim, and criticised Theresa May, after the diplomat described the White House as \"inept and dysfunctional\" in leaked cables.\n\nWhile stressing the value of the \"special relationship\" with the US, Mr Johnson insisted that only he, as prime minister, would take \"important and politically sensitive\" decisions such as who should represent the UK in the US.\n\nDuring the first head-to-head debate of the leadership campaign, the two clashed over their different Brexit strategies, political styles and why they were best equipped to be prime minister.\n\nThe exchanges were pointed and personal in nature at times, with former Mayor of London Mr Johnson dismissing his opponent's \"managerial\" style of politics and accusing him of flip-flopping on certain issues.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US\n\nForeign Secretary Mr Hunt said the UK needed a leader not a \"newspaper columnist\" - a reference to his rival's work for the Daily Telegraph.\n\nHe joked that he admired Mr Johnson's \"ability to answer the question\", adding: \"He puts a smile on your face and you forget what the question was, a great quality for a politician but not necessarily a prime minister.\"\n\nAfter an opening speech from each contender, the foreign secretary immediately went on the attack over Brexit, pressing his rival on whether he would quit Downing Street if he failed to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October.\n\nHe said by failing to answer the question, Mr Johnson - who previously said the deadline was a \"do or die\" issue for him - showed he was motivated by personal ambition not leadership.\n\n\"It is not do or die,\" Mr Hunt said. \"It is Boris in Number 10 that matters.\"\n\nAccusing his rival of not being straight with the electorate, he said: \"Being prime minister is about telling people what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear.\"\n\nMr Johnson, in turn, said it was clear his rival was \"not absolutely committed\" to the deadline himself, branding him \"defeatist\".\n\nHe urged Mr Hunt to guarantee that Brexit would happen by Christmas, adding that the EU would not take a \"papier mache deadline\" seriously.\n\n\"If we are going to have a 31 October deadline, we must stick to it,\" he said. \"The EU will understand we are ready and will give us the deal we need.\n\n\"I don't want to hold out to the EU the prospect that they might encourage my resignation by refusing to agree a deal.\n\n\"I think it is extraordinary we should be telling the British electorate we are willing to kick the can down the road.\n\n\"I would like to know how many more days my opponent would be willing to delay.\"\n\nBoth men have said they would be prepared to leave the EU without a deal, but Mr Johnson has been far more relaxed about the impact that could have.\n\nMr Hunt suggested his rival was \"minimising the risk of a no-deal Brexit\" and \"peddling optimism\", but Mr Johnson said the UK had had a \"bellyful of defeatism\" and the UK could look forward to a bright future outside the EU.\n\nThe pair also disagreed over whether they might be prepared to suspend Parliament to force through a no-deal exit - so-called prorogation.\n\nWhile Mr Hunt categorically ruled this out, Mr Johnson said he would \"not take anything off the table\".\n\nBoth teams will leave Salford content with their candidates' performance.\n\nThe gaffe prone former foreign secretary avoided slipping on any banana skins, and managing not to commit on some of the more controversial issues before him.\n\nAnd the current foreign secretary managed to land his blows on his opponent.\n\nThere was perhaps though no jaw dropper, no moment that turned this race upside down.\n\nMr Johnson arrived the favourite and leaves in the same position. Mr Hunt turned up keen to show that he is ready to use sharp elbows to scrap and to make himself heard with attacks on his rival that are a contrast to his normal careful style.\n\nTheir respective status as the front runner and challenger may not have changed.\n\nYet while Jeremy Hunt may not, from this performance alone, manage to stop Boris Johnson's journey to No 10, he has at least shown that if he gets there, he is likely to face a very tricky time.\n\nOn the escalating diplomatic row with the US, Mr Hunt said the president's criticism of Sir Kim Darroch had been ill-judged and he would, if he became PM, not be forced into recalling the diplomat early.\n\nHe also took issue with Mr Trump for saying the prime minister had failed to listen to his advice and been made to look \"foolish\" over Brexit.\n\n\"His comments about Theresa May were unacceptable and I don't think he should have made them,\" he said, remarks which prompted audience applause.\n\nMr Johnson said the US president had been \"dragged into a British political debate\" not of his making, but did suggest his outburst on Twitter - in which he called Sir Kim a \"pompous fool\" - had \"not necessarily been the right thing to do\".\n\nWhile civil servants must be able to give confidential advice, he declined to comment on Sir Kim's future, only asking Mr Hunt to rule out \"extending his term out of sympathy\".\n\nBoth men have been criticised for making uncosted spending promises and offers of tax cuts during the campaign.\n\nMr Hunt sought to make capital out of Mr Johnson's pledge to give a tax cut to higher earners by raising the threshold at which people pay 40% tax from £50,000 to £80,000.\n\n\"It was a mistake, tax cuts for the rich,\" he said. \"I have spent my life trying to persuade people that we are not the party of the rich.\"\n\nMr Johnson defended what he said was a \"package\" of measures to reduce the tax burden for both low and middle earners and which he said would boost the economy.\n\nThe show, entitled Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate, was hosted by journalist Julie Etchingham in front of a studio audience of 200 people at MediaCityUK in Salford.\n\nIt took place as 160,000 or so party members get the chance to vote by post on who should succeed Theresa May.\n\nThe winner and next PM will be revealed on 23 July - it will be the first time a sitting prime minister has been chosen by party members.", "Allowing children to be used as informants in criminal investigations is lawful, the High Court has ruled.\n\nCharity Just for Kids Law brought the case against the Home Office over the use of children by police and other bodies in England and Wales.\n\nThe campaign group said the safeguards in place were inadequate and the practice breached human rights.\n\nBut the High Court rejected the legal challenge, saying there was a \"system of oversight\" in place.\n\nIn March it was revealed that 17 children had been used to secretly gather intelligence for police and other agencies in the last four years.\n\nLord Justice Fulford, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner who is carrying out a review into the use of children as covert human intelligence sources (CHIS), said one of the informants was 15 years old, while the others were aged 16 and 17.\n\nThe Home Office had argued that undercover under-18s helped prevent and prosecute problems such as gang violence and dealing drugs.\n\nHowever, concerns over the use of juveniles were raised in the House of Lords last year with the case of a 17-year-old girl who was recruited to spy on a man who had been exploiting her sexually.\n\nThe peers heard that the girl continued to be exploited sexually while she was deployed by police.\n\nDismissing the charity's case, Mr Justice Supperstone said he was satisfied the scheme was lawful.\n\nThe judge said children were \"inherently more vulnerable than adults\" and that the \"very significant risk of physical and psychological harm\" to them from being a CHIS in the context of serious crime is \"self-evident\".\n\nHowever, he said he rejected the charity's contention \"that the scheme is inadequate in its safeguarding\" of the juveniles involved in the scheme.\n\nJust for Kids Law, which used crowdfunding to pay for the case, said it was disappointed and was considering whether to appeal against the decision.\n\nThe charity's chief executive, Enver Solomon, said the judgement acknowledges the '\"variety of dangers\" that arise from the use of children as covert informants in the context of serious crime.\n\nHe added: \"We remain convinced that new protections are needed to keep these children safe.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by Just for Kids Law\n\nSecurity minister Ben Wallace said the ruling showed the court recognised that the protections in law ensure \"the best interests, safety and welfare of the child will always be paramount\".\n\nChildren had been used as informants fewer than 20 times since January 2015, he said, but they remained \"an important tool to investigate the most serious of crimes\".\n\nHe added: \"They will only be used where necessary and proportionate in extreme cases where all other ways to gain information have been exhausted.\"\n• None Child spies used 'when necessary'", "Supporters of Greece's incoming government rallied around the New Democracy headquarters in Athens to cheer leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis after the party won the general election.", "Up to three-quarters of civil servants shifted to emergency Brexit preparation duties before the original 29 March deadline have since been stood down, data obtained by BBC Newsnight shows.\n\nHowever, hundreds of Whitehall staff now face being reassigned again to get ready for the new 31 October exit date.\n\nCivil service experts say it shows the damage being done to the normal work of government by the moving of the date.\n\nThe data was unearthed by a series of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests.\n\n\"This 'hokey cokey' of staff moves is clearly going to damage some of the other work of the civil service,\" said Joe Owen, of the Institute for Government.\n\n\"Everyone that moves is leaving behind a day job, requires new training and may have little experience of the area they move to.\n\n\"If we do leave without a deal, it's far from clear how many more moves would be needed and at what point those gaps that have been left would be filled.\"\n\nLord Kerslake, who was head of the civil service between 2011 and 2014, told Newsnight the number of movements was \"quite extraordinary\" considering the relative size of the departments.\n\n\"It is a testament to the leadership of the civil service that they managed to pull this off,\" he said.\n\n\"However, the disruptive effect will have been significant and will have added to the general Westminster and Whitehall paralysis as a consequence of Brexit.\"\n\nA cabinet office spokesperson said: \"The civil service is delivering the government's commitment to leaving the EU alongside other priorities. We are equipping ourselves with the right people and skills across departments to make this happen.\"\n\nBrexit Secretary Steve Barclay said on 4 July that he was preparing to increase the numbers of staff working on no-deal preparations after the summer.\n\nAnd, three days earlier, Conservative leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt said he could cancel civil servants' summer holidays to prepare for no deal.\n\n\"All government departments will be expected to act on the basis that we are leaving without a deal on 31 October,\" said Mr Hunt.\n\n\"All August leave will be cancelled unless I receive a signed letter from the relevant permanent secretary saying that preparations in his or her department are on time and on track.\"\n\nThe data obtained by Newsnight shows that 257 staff from the Ministry of Defence were moved to other departments before 29 March. Of those, 255 have since returned to their previous posts.\n\nAt the Business Department, 532 were moved internally for no-deal Brexit work, of which 403 have since \"returned to their previous responsibilities\".\n\nThe Department for Work and Pensions sent 127 people to other departments, of which 125 have returned.\n\nThe Treasury said: \"It is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the number of civil servants involved in contingency planning for no deal at any one time.\"\n\nThe Home Office did not provide any information as it said the cost exceeded the statutory £600 FoI request limit.\n\nIn total, the data showed 691 civil servants were moved internally and 664 were moved externally. Of that 1355 total, 1036 were recorded as having returned to their regular duties - around 75%.\n\nIn February, John Manzoni, permanent secretary to the cabinet office, told the Public Accounts Committee that it was not simple to move civil servants from one department to another as part of no-deal preparations.\n\n\"That is like moving employer, because it often is moving employer. The terms and conditions are different in departments. This is a change of employer. It is like leaving one job and starting another job,\" he said.\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two weekdays at 22:30 or on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.", "The government has begun an inquiry into a leak of emails from the UK ambassador in Washington which deemed the Trump administration \"inept\".\n\nIn the messages, Sir Kim Darroch said the White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and \"divided\" under Donald Trump.\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the memos reflected Sir Kim's \"personal view\", not that of the UK government.\n\nPresident Trump said Sir Kim had \"not served the UK well\".\n\nAsked about the leak, he told reporters in New Jersey: \"We're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well.\n\n\"So I can understand it and I can say things about him but I won't bother.\"\n\nThe Foreign Office said the leak to the Mail on Sunday was \"mischievous\", but did not deny the accuracy of the memos. A spokesperson confirmed a formal leak investigation would be launched.\n\nIn the emails, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nHe questioned whether this White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned the US president should not be written off.\n\nThe UK ambassador in Washington says Trump needs \"simple, even blunt\" arguments\n\nMr Hunt - who is fighting to become the next Conservative leader and prime minister - said while it was the UK ambassador's job to give \"frank opinions\", the memos expressed \"a personal view\".\n\n\"It is not the view of the British government, it's not my view,\" he said.\n\n\"We continue to think that under President Trump the US administration is not just highly effective but the best friend of Britain on the international stage.\"\n\nEarlier, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, said whoever was responsible for the leak must be prosecuted.\n\n\"Diplomats must be able to communicate securely with their governments,\" he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.\n\nHowever, he defended Sir Kim, saying the job of the UK's ambassador is \"to represent the interests and wishes of the British people\" and not \"the sensibilities of the United States\".\n\nAlthough Sir Kim said Mr Trump was \"dazzled\" by his state visit to the UK in June, the ambassador warned that his administration will remain self-interested, adding: \"This is still the land of America First.\"\n\nDifferences between the US and the UK on climate change, media freedoms and the death penalty might come to the fore as the countries seek to improve trading relations after Brexit, the memos said.\n\nTo get through to the president, \"you need to make your points simple, even blunt\", he said.\n\nThe leader of the Brexit party, Nigel Farage, has criticised Sir Kim for his comments, branding the ambassador \"totally unsuitable for the job\" and saying the \"sooner he is gone the better\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nigel Farage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHowever, Justice Secretary David Gauke said it was very important that ambassadors gave \"honest and unvarnished advice to their country\".\n\nHe said: \"It is disgraceful that it's been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth, as they see it.\"\n\nIn a message sent last month, Sir Kim branded US policy on Iran as \"incoherent, chaotic\".\n\nMr Trump's publicly stated reason for calling off an airstrike against Tehran with 10 minutes to go - that it would cause 150 casualties - \"doesn't stand up\", Sir Kim said.\n\nInstead, he suggested the president was \"never fully on board\" and did not want to reverse his campaign promise not to involve the US in foreign conflicts.\n\nSir Kim said it was \"unlikely that US policy on Iran is going to become more coherent any time soon\" because \"this is a divided administration\".\n\nThe leaked files date from 2017 to the present day, covering the ambassador's early impressions that media reports of \"vicious infighting and chaos\" in the White House were \"mostly true\".\n\nThey also give an assessment of allegations about collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia, saying \"the worst cannot be ruled out\". The investigation by Robert Mueller has since found those claims were not proven.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said the views of diplomats were \"not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government. But we pay them to be candid\".\n\nHe said ministers and civil servants would handle this advice \"in the right way\" and ambassadors should be able to offer it confidentially.\n\nThe UK embassy in Washington has \"strong relations\" with the White House and these would continue, despite \"mischievous behaviour\" such as this leak, the spokesman said.", "Robyn Fryar was taken to hospital after being struck by a car\n\nTwo men have appeared in court charged with the death of a teenage girl in an alleged hit-and-run in Paisley.\n\nRobyn Fryar, 15, was crossing Glenburn Road, near Fereneze Drive, with friends at about 02:00 on Sunday when she was struck by a car.\n\nShaun Gatti and David Kinnon, both 20, made no plea or declaration when they appeared in private before Paisley Sheriff Court.\n\nBoth men, of Paisley, were released on bail.\n\nRobyn was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow but died a short time later.\n\nPolice have appealed for witnesses and for any dashcam footage of the area around the time of the incident.\n\nThe 15-year-old was struck as she crossed Glenburn Road in Paisley\n\nDuring the private court hearing on Monday, Mr Gatti was told he faces four charges, including causing death by dangerous driving and attempting to pervert the course of justice.\n\nHead teacher Kevin Henry, of St Andrew's Academy where Robyn attended, said: \"The whole school community is saddened by Robyn's passing and our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this very difficult time.\n\n\"Robyn was friendly, vibrant and considerate. She was a bright girl, highly-motivated and hard-working. She had an infectious enthusiasm in her school work and with her friends.\n\n\"She had a strong sense of social justice and loyalty which made her popular with all. She was a pleasure to teach and valued by her classmates, teachers and the wider S5 and school community. She will be remembered with great affection.\"\n\nFlowers have been left at the scene of the crash in Paisley\n\nA petition has been launched calling for the installation of speed cameras on the route where Robyn was struck.\n\nA Renfrewshire Council spokesperson said: \"Our heartfelt sympathies go out to Robyn's family and friends and all affected by this tragic incident.\n\n\"Road safety is of course of paramount importance to us. Currently the incident is subject to a police investigation - but as with all incidents we will consider any measures that could enhance road safety once the results and any recommendations from that are known.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The crash happened near the Rivington services on the M61\n\nTwo people have been arrested over the death of a 12-year-old girl in a motorway crash.\n\nSana Patel, from Blackburn, died at the scene of the two-car collision on the M61 in Lancashire on Saturday. Police said one of the drivers fled on foot.\n\nThe child was a passenger in a Nissan Qashqai which crashed with a Vauxhall Corsa between junction eight and Bolton West/Rivington services.\n\nA 23-year-old woman and a man, 28, have been released under investigation.\n\nLancashire Police said the woman from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, and the man, from Dewsbury were held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. The man was also detained on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of an accident.\n\nThe force said five other people in the Qashqai suffered minor injuries, while those in the Corsa fled the scene.\n\nDet Supt Andy Cribbin said: \"This was a tragic incident in which 12-year-old Sana Patel lost her life and our thoughts are very much with her family and friends at this unimaginably difficult time.\n\n\"We have now made two arrests but are very much still trying to establish what happened and are asking anybody who saw the collision or either vehicle in the moments before it happened to get in touch as soon as possible.\"\n\nTauheedul Islam Girls' High School in Blackburn, where Sana was a pupil, said emotional support would be available for students and staff.\n\nA spokesman said: \"We will remember Sana as a really friendly and cheeky girl who was always smiling and had a real zest for life and fun.\n\n\"She lit up the lives of so many around her and had so much to look forward to.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with Sana and her family during this very distressing and difficult time.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Eton College will offer 12 free sixth form places to boys \"with tremendous potential but limited opportunity\".\n\nThe Orwell Award will be open to those who do not have the highest grades, recognising that their potential may have been limited by circumstances.\n\nThe places will be offered to Year 11 pupils at non-selective state schools and will cover full boarding fees.\n\nFormer prime minister David Cameron and Tory leadership hopeful Boris Johnson are among Eton's alumni.\n\nBoth the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex were also pupils at the Berkshire school, which charges fees of more than £40,000 a year.\n\nHeadmaster Simon Henderson said the school had a tradition of offering free places \"to deserving pupils\" since it was founded in 1440, adding that there were more than 80 pupils currently in the school \"who pay no fees\"\n\n\"The Orwell Award will ensure that we continue this tradition by helping boys with tremendous potential but limited opportunity,\" said Mr Henderson.\n\n\"We are not targeting boys who will do well anyway.\n\n\"We're looking for applicants with vigour, talent and industry who, without proper support, will not be prepared for or even apply to the country's top universities.\"\n\nBoth the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge (pictured here in 2010) attended Eton College\n\nThe Orwell Award is named after Animal Farm author George Orwell, who was a scholarship pupil at Eton.\n\nIt is intended to give the recipients an educational experience they would not otherwise have been able to access.\n\nUnlike previous scholarship programmes, it will assess applicants against specific criteria such as attending a school which Ofsted has identified as requiring improvement or which is in special measures.\n\nIt will also consider if a boy has refugee status, is in council care or foster case, if he is in the first generation of his family to go to university or if he has been in receipt of the pupil premium funding for disadvantaged students.\n\nThe announcement of the 12 sixth form scholarships comes at a time of increasing pressure on private schools and top universities to diversify their intake.\n\nThis year, Oxford University announced it plans to increase the number of its students from disadvantaged backgrounds to 25% by 2023.", "ASAP Rocky has been detained in Sweden for an extra two weeks on suspicion of assault, Sweden's Prosecution Authority has told Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nThe news follows a fight on the street in Stockholm last Sunday.\n\nThe rapper was due to be headlining Wireless festival in London this Sunday, 7 July, but will remain in custody in Stockholm while an investigation takes place.\n\nA festival representative says his \"lawyer's are appealing the decision\".\n\nThe Wireless spokesperson tells Newsbeat: \"We are in touch with his team and as soon as we have any news we will let you know.\"\n\nASAP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, was arrested earlier this week following his appearance at Smash festival in Stockholm.\n\nA video published online appears to show him punching another man in the street.\n\nASAP Rocky could be held by Swedish authorities for even longer\n\nSwedish authorities had until Saturday to decide whether to formally take action and, following a detention hearing in Stockholm, Sweden's Prosecution Authority decided he will remain in custody.\n\nIf the investigation isn't concluded in two weeks' time, they can apply to keep ASAP Rocky for another two weeks.\n\nHis charge has been reduced from aggravated assault to assault.\n\nAnother person arrested with ASAP Rocky on suspicion of aggravated assault has also been detained, while one more is still waiting for their hearing. The third, his bodyguard, who was arrested on suspicion of assault, was released earlier this week.\n\nIn videos posted to ASAP Rocky's Instagram, he and the people he's with repeatedly tell a pair of men to stop following them.\n\nASAP Rocky (left) and Skepta performing Praise Da Lord at Parklife in Manchester last summer\n\nOne of the men accuses the 30-year-old's team of breaking his headphones.\n\nIn the caption for the first video ASAP Rocky writes: \"We don't know these guys and we didn't want trouble. They followed us for four blocks.\"\n\nIn the second, he accuses the man of hitting his security guard \"in the face with headphones\".\n\nAs well as Wireless on Sunday, ASAP Rocky was due to perform at Longitude in Ireland on Friday.\n\nHe's already missed out on Open'er Festival in Poland, where he was scheduled to headline on Thursday, with Stormzy stepping in to replace him.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing\n\nLegendary racing pundit John McCririck, who for many years was the face of British horse racing, has died at a London hospital on Friday aged 79.\n\nMcCririck made his career as the face of Channel 4's racing coverage, famous for his loud, eccentric style and his signature deerstalker hat.\n\nHe also appeared on reality TV shows such as Celebrity Big Brother, Celebrity Wife Swap and Celebrity Coach Trip.\n\nHe is survived by his wife Jenny.\n\nHis family said he had been ill in recent months but continued to make several TV and radio appearances.\n\nTributes are being paid to John by figures from the worlds of racing and entertainment.\n\n\"Very sad to hear the news of John McCririck's passing - one of the most recognisable faces from the world of horse racing and a great at promoting our sport,\" tweeted 20-time champion jockey AP McCoy.\n\nThree-time champion jockey Frankie Dettori, 48, said he first met McCririck as a 16-year-old apprentice and the broadcaster was \"a big part of my racing life.\"\n\n\"He was very flamboyant and controversial but I always got on really well with him,\" said Dettori.\n\n\"He did put on a bit of a show but underneath it all he worked very hard and he was very knowledgeable about racing.\"\n\nThe British Horseracing Authority also paid tribute, saying: \"Throughout a lengthy & colourful career one thing was always clear - his enduring passion & love for the sport of horseracing. He was a recognisable figure and resonated with the wider public.\"\n\nAscot Racecourse tweeted: \"He was an unmistakable presence in racing, and one of the most impactful broadcasters of his generation.\"\n\nBroadcaster Nick Luck, a former Channel 4 colleague, added: \"Life without John McCririck will be far less interesting - he was a magnificent journalist first and a great showman. So often very kind to me and many, many others.\"\n\nMcCririck worked for BBC Sport early in his career as a sub-editor on Grandstand when the programme was presented by the likes of Frank Bough and Des Lynam.\n\nHe went on to write for The Sporting Life where he won British Press Awards 'Specialist Writer of the Year' and 'Campaigning Journalist of the Year'.\n\nMcCririck's profile grew when he energised racing broadcasts with lively updates from the betting ring, where he was not afraid to berate punters playing the fool in the background.\n\nWhen he was axed by Channel 4 in 2012, he launched a claim for age discrimination.\n\n\"I have put my own personal future on the line,\" he said. \"But I think it's so important for people in their 30s up to their 70s who fear anonymous suits and skirts coming along and getting rid of them.\"\n\nHe lost the case, and with it a significant amount of money, although he became a regular on reality TV shows.\n\nMcCririck would make disparaging remarks about his wife Jenny, nicknaming her 'The Booby', but in truth they were a strong and happy couple.\n\n\"It's all a pantomime. Do I look like someone who is downtrodden?\" said Jenny.\n\nMcCririck was still a regular sight - often smoking a fat cigar - at big race meetings in recent years although ill health meant he missed the Epsom and Royal Ascot fixtures last month.\n\nViewers were shocked when he appeared frail and gaunt during one broadcast, although he retained his humour and ability to generate debate throughout.\n\n'One of the most familiar faces on British television'\n\nWith a trademark deerstalker hat, his side whiskers and his waving arms plus a booming voice, McCririck became one of the most familiar faces on British television.\n\nA former bookmaker and award-wining journalist, his career took off as the betting specialist on Channel 4 Racing from the mid-1980s.\n\nHe brought to wider audiences the secret 'tic-tac' communication system of the racecourse betting ring, with its unique terms including 'Burlington Bertie 100 to 30' and 'Double Carpet 33 to 1'.\n\nWith his controversial views - particularly what was seen as a sexist attitude towards women including his wife Jenny - McCririck was dropped by Channel 4 in 2012.\n\nLatterly, he made only occasional TV and media appearances but lost none of his flamboyance.\n\nI have lost count of how many times people have come up to me and said 'do you know that mad guy with the whiskers who waves his arms around and shouts on the TV at the races - what's he really like?'\n\nThe answer was that he was a complex character: a colourful pundit and showman who brought horse racing to a wider audience, but also courted controversy of course. He was a campaigning punters' champion and a generous and supportive colleague.\n\nHe was practically the definition of the expression 'one-off'.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Widdecombe: \"I stand by what I said\"\n\nBrexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has been criticised for comparing the UK leaving the EU to \"slaves\" rising up \"against their owners\".\n\nShe made the remarks during her maiden speech in the European Parliament on Thursday, which critics branded \"disgusting\" and \"offensive\".\n\nLabour MP David Lammy described her words as \"ahistorical\".\n\nBut Ms Widdecombe told the BBC's Newsnight people had interpreted her speech in a \"melodramatic fashion\".\n\nThe former Conservative MP and shadow home secretary was one of 29 Brexit Party candidates who won European Parliament seats in May.\n\nShe began her first speech to fellow MEPs by attacking the EU for the way it appoints its leaders. This followed heads of member states nominating five candidates for the top jobs in Brussels - including the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission - earlier this week.\n\nGerman Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen was nominated to replace the current European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker - becoming the first woman to take the role - and Belgian liberal Prime Minister Charles Michel was nominated to replace European Council President Donald Tusk.\n\nCritics of the selection process say the European Parliament's own contest for the main job - the \"Spitzenkandidaten\" (lead candidate) process - was ignored, and that four of the main jobs went to western Europeans, with no nominees from eastern Europe.\n\nMost of the roles must now be ratified by the European Parliament.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ann Widdecombe: \"Oppressed people turning on the oppressors – slaves against their owners\"\n\nMs Widdecombe, one of six MEPs representing the South West of England, said the process of choosing the leadership of the EU had convinced her that \"the best thing for Britain is to leave here as soon as possible\",\n\nShe went on to say: \"There is a pattern consistent throughout history of oppressed people turning on the oppressors - slaves against their owners, the peasantry against the feudal barons, colonies... against their empires, and that is why Britain is leaving.\n\n\"And it doesn't matter which language you use - we are going and we are glad to be going.\"\n\nShe added: \"Nous allons. Wir gehen. We're off!\"\n\nIn response, EU Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt said Ms Widdecombe was giving her party leader, Nigel Farage, \"stiff competition as chief clown\".\n\nMeanwhile, Labour MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan tweeted: \"It is disgusting that Ann Widdecombe would reference slavery and colonisation to describe our relationship with the EU.\n\n\"Her and Farage are bankrolled by elites - she's part of the establishment which has created such a divide in this country.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by David Lammy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLiberal Democrat MEP Martin Horwood called for Ms Widdecombe to withdraw her comments and apologise.\n\n\"Ann Widdecombe has not only embarrassed herself, but she has embarrassed the nation she represents,\" he said.\n\nBut Ms Widdecombe defended her speech, telling Newsnight: \"If people want to interpret what I've said in a particular way, that is not my responsibility.\n\n\"I said we had been oppressed, I stand by that. I used three examples, not just slavery... and I stand by what I said.\n\n\"I definitely want the UK to be free of the EU shackles, now complain about that\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Arron Banks This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Brexit Party spokesman added: \"Those who have raised this hue and cry seem to desire nothing more than a cleansing of our language of historical perspective and even metaphor.\n\n\"Ms Widdecombe was right to talk about the great sweep of history, and the simple fact that those who are oppressed will always strive for freedom.\"\n\n\"Would they also ban Rule Britannia? The Last night of the Proms?\" he added.", "The victim was found with gunshot wounds in Harrow Road, Wembley\n\nA man in his 30s has been shot dead in north-west London.\n\nThe victim was found with gunshot wounds in Harrow Road, Wembley, at about 20:00 BST on Friday.\n\nHe was taken to hospital but pronounced dead a short time later.\n\nScotland Yard said the man's next of kin had been informed, and a post-mortem examination would be carried out. No-one has been arrested and a crime scene remains in place.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nDowning Street attempted to withhold sensitive intelligence from Boris Johnson when he became foreign secretary, the BBC has learned.\n\nIt is understood Theresa May and some in the intelligence community had worries about Mr Johnson's ability to keep information confidential.\n\nSources close to Mr Johnson said he had access to everything he needed to see.\n\nAsked whether information had ever been held back from him, the Tory leadership frontrunner said this was \"not true\".\n\nPressed about the matter at a Conservative leadership hustings in Darlington, Mr Johnson said he would not comment further on national security issues but he was \"extremely dubious about the provenance\" of the reports.\n\nHis leadership rival and current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt also refused to comment, telling the hustings: \"We have the finest intelligence services in the world in this country, but that does depend on some discretion by the foreign secretary.\"\n\nA Number 10 spokesperson said it did not comment on intelligence matters, but that Theresa May trusted Mr Johnson in the role.\n\nThey said: \"It's a matter of fact it was the PM's own decision to appoint Boris Johnson as foreign secretary, in full knowledge of all the responsibilities that that job involves.\"\n\nOn 20 October 2016, Mr Johnson paid his first visit as foreign secretary to MI6's headquarters at Vauxhall Cross in London.\n\nAfter he was shown around by Alex Younger, the chief of MI6, Mr Johnson addressed staff and held an informal question and answer session.\n\n\"I was delighted to welcome the foreign secretary to our Vauxhall Cross headquarters so he could see first-hand the kind of work that MI6 does,\" the chief, known as \"C\", said at the time.\n\nMr Johnson was effusive in his praise.\n\n\"Even from my relatively short period as foreign secretary I can testify to how vital the work they do is,\" he said.\n\nIt is understood that Theresa May and some in the intelligence community had worries about Boris Johnson's ability to keep information confidential.\n\nAnd the tension went back as far as the time when he was Mayor of London and she was home secretary, when one source claims he angered her by inadvertently revealing confidential information before it was due to be made public.\n\nOnce he was in government, on occasion Downing Street would even convene smaller meetings, or \"pre-meets\", to discuss sensitive subjects rather than include him as foreign secretary, a senior figure has told me.\n\nOne of his allies confides \"it was obvious there were concerns on issues from early on\" and suggests \"there was a constant question of whether he was really seeing everything\" - the full intelligence picture that he would be entitled to in his role as foreign secretary.\n\nIt's said that he worried constantly about being cut out. But, this is not just about the keeping of secrets, but Theresa May's desire to keep political control.\n\nIt's suggested that the real issue was a lack of trust and hostility between Mr Johnson and Theresa May. One source believes Mr Johnson was excluded from seeing some sensitive information because there was a hostile relationship between him and Downing Street, not because of reservations from the intelligence services.\n\nAnd they suggest that despite early doubts among the security services about him, they eased over time and by the time he left his post, they had good relations.\n\nBut behind the scenes a row had been taking place about whether Mr Johnson would have access to all the intelligence produced by the UK's spies, according to a number of sources, who spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity of the subject.\n\nThe prime minister has overall responsibility for intelligence and security matters, but day-to-day ministerial responsibility and accountability for MI6 and GCHQ sit with the foreign secretary.\n\nHowever, Number 10 did not want Mr Johnson to be shown a category of sensitive secret intelligence after he was appointed in July 2016, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of events, none of whom is involved in the leadership campaign or politics.\n\nOne person said Mr Johnson was aware of the decision at the time and was \"very unhappy\".\n\nMr Johnson visited MI6's Vauxhall Cross HQ soon after becoming foreign secretary in 2016\n\nOne individual aware of events at the time attributed the attempt primarily to \"control freakery\" by Number 10, rather than a lack of trust in Mr Johnson's ability to keep secrets.\n\nOthers have told the BBC it was a \"combination of everyone's faults\", citing nervousness over Mr Johnson's lack of discipline and hostility between him and Theresa May.\n\nThe move may also have reflected an institutional shift in which Number 10 has increasingly taken central control of national security, including intelligence.\n\nThe prime minister and security officials around her have the ability to designate who is allowed to read certain parts of the most classified intelligence.\n\nWhoever becomes PM will take on overall responsibility for security matters from Mrs May\n\nLists of who receives intelligence are occasionally \"pruned\" to ensure security is maintained by limiting the numbers with access.\n\nBut one individual with knowledge of events says that while they were aware of junior Foreign Office ministers previously not being shown certain specific streams of intelligence, it would be \"unprecedented\" if this was to apply to the foreign secretary.\n\nIt is not clear if Jeremy Hunt, on being appointed foreign secretary in July 2018, was provided complete access and a Foreign Office spokesperson said it did not comment on intelligence matters.\n\nSenior intelligence officials were concerned by the decision at the time, the BBC understands.\n\nOne source says they took legal advice as to whether they could sustain a position in which the foreign secretary was responsible for operations for which he was not shown the intelligence \"product\".\n\nThis is because the foreign secretary signs authorisations for intelligence-gathering operations.\n\nThey do this by judging the proportionality of an operation based on balancing the risks and rewards.\n\nBut this, it was feared, would be hard to do without having access to the intelligence that was produced.\n\nIn the end a compromise was agreed in which Mr Johnson would technically have the right to see intelligence although it is not clear if he was shown all intelligence as a matter of course, one source said.", "Caoimhin Cassidy Crossan's body was found inside a burning car in Londonderry last month\n\nThe family of an 18-year-old whose body was found inside a burning car have said they are angry that his \"so-called friends\" have not come forward with information about his death.\n\nCaoimhin Cassidy Crossan died in Londonderry on 1 June after the vehicle crashed into a lamp post.\n\nHis great-uncle, Charles Tierney, said those who attended the funeral have not helped with the police investigation.\n\n\"They haven't come forward, they aren't friends,\" Mr Tierney said.\n\n\"If they had a conscience, they will come forward.\n\n\"We don't want young people to go to prison. We just want to know what happened.\"\n\nA post mortem examination revealed Mr Cassidy had not been seriously injured in the crash and died after the car caught fire on Fairview Road.\n\nThe police said the car, a Mazda 6, was stolen from a house in Oakfield Crescent earlier in the day.\n\nMr Tierney said people who have been posting on social media the names of people who they believe were involved are \"disrupting the investigation\".\n\n\"If people think they know who is involved, just come forward.\"\n\nThe teenager's body was found inside this car in the Galliagh area of Derry\n\nDet Insp Michael Winters said police believed Mr Cassidy was not travelling alone in the vehicle.\n\n\"We've received a report of two males running away from where the vehicle came to a final halt,\" he said.\n\n\"We've also been made aware of sightings of a male, possibly injured, walking on the Buncrana Road, past the Skeoge Link Road, towards the border a short time later.\n\n\"If you can cast your mind back and remember anything about Caoimhin's movements, or the red Mazda 6 car, please get in touch.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nAn Iranian official has said a British oil tanker should be seized, if a detained Iranian ship is not released.\n\nBritish Royal Marines helped officials in Gibraltar to seize the super-tanker Grace 1 on Thursday, after it was suspected of carrying oil from Iran to Syria, in breach of EU sanctions.\n\nA court in Gibraltar has ruled the ship can be detained for a further 14 days.\n\nIran later summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to complain about what it said was a \"form of piracy\".\n\nMohsen Rezaei said Iran would respond to bullies \"without hesitation\".\n\nMr Rezaei - a member of a council that advises the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei - said, in a tweet: \"If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities' duty to seize a British oil tanker.\"\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help detain Grace 1 and its cargo.\n\nGibraltar said there was reason to believe the ship was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous.\n\nThe territory was initially able to detain the ship for 72-hours, but Gibraltar's Supreme Court granted a 14-day extension on Friday.\n\nIran's Foreign Ministry condemned the initial seizure of the vessel as illegal and accused the UK of acting at the behest of the United States.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office dismissed claims of piracy as \"nonsense\".\n\nSpain's Acting Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said, on Thursday, Spain - which disputes British ownership of Gibraltar - was studying the circumstances of the action, but said it followed \"a demand from the US to the UK\".\n\nBBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said, while Britain has been keen to suggest it was an operation led by the Gibraltar government, it appears the intelligence came from the US.\n\nIran's threat to retaliate against the impounding of its super-tanker is an indication of how hurt Tehran is by the UK's action.\n\nIn the eight years of war in Syria this appears to be the first time Iran's supply of oil to its ally has been interrupted, even though EU sanctions have existed for almost the whole duration.\n\nThe episode also reflects worsening relations between Iran and the UK over a range of issues - particularly the continued imprisonment of British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nThe tanker and its cargo are probably worth more than $200m (£160m).\n\nIran is looking for ways to respond to what it sees as illegal and an act of piracy. It has the capability to take over a British ship in the Gulf and would see such a move as proportionate.\n\nOn Friday, a senior Iranian lawmaker said the seizure of tanker was proof the UK \"lacks honour\" and takes orders from the US.\n\nMostafa Kavakebian, who leads the Iran-UK parliamentary friendship group, tweeted that the seizure was \"a form of piracy and illegal hostility towards Iran\".\n\nTensions between the UK and Iran have been exacerbated by the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe\n\nWhite House national security advisor John Bolton said the seizure was \"excellent news\". He added that the US and its allies would continue to prevent regimes in Tehran and Damascus from \"profiting off this illicit trade\".\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the swift action would deny valuable resources to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's \"murderous regime\".\n\nThe Baniyas Refinery, where the Iranian tanker was believed to be taking the oil, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products - a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nThis latest row comes at a time of escalating tensions between the US and Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration - which has pulled out of an international agreement on Tehran's nuclear programme - has reinforced punishing sanctions against Iran.\n\nIts European allies, including the UK, have not followed suit.\n\nNonetheless, there have been growing tensions between the UK and Iran too, after Britain said the Iranian regime was \"almost certainly\" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in June.\n\nThe UK has also been pressing Iran to release British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted for spying, which she denies.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A senior police officer who led the investigation into the biggest modern day slavery network in the UK has appealed to the public to help \"spot the signs\" of someone being held as a slave.\n\nDet Ch Insp Nick Dale spent four years leading the inquiry into the gang who tricked vulnerable people from Poland into travelling to the UK with the promise of work and a better life.\n\nPolice believe more than 400 victims were made to work for little or no pay and held in squalid conditions.\n\nEight traffickers, who police say are members and associates of two Polish crime families, have been jailed during two trials which can only now be reported after a judge lifted an order banning reporting.", "Young previously presented Crimewatch on BBC One from 2008-2015.\n\nKirsty Young is stepping down as the host of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.\n\nShe has presented the long-running show since 2006 and has interviewed hundreds of guests including Annie Lennox, Morrissey and David Tennant.\n\nLast year, Young took a break from hosting Desert Island Discs because she has a form of fibromyalgia.\n\nThe BBC said 6 Music's Lauren Laverne, who was drafted in as cover, will continue \"for the foreseeable future\".\n\nYoung has presented 496 episodes of the programme as well as fronting its 70th and 75th anniversary celebrations.\n\nHaving hundreds of Castaways share their triumphs, tragedies, tribulations and tracks with me over the years was a huge privilege and an education\n\nShe called her tenure \"12 incredibly happy and fulfilling years\".\n\n\"Having been forced to take some months away from my favourite job because of health problems,\" she added, \"I'm happy to say I'm now well on the way to feeling much better.\n\n\"But that enforced absence from the show has altered my perspective on what I should do next and so I've decided it's time to pursue new challenges.\"\n\nFibromyalgia is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body and can bring on severe fatigue. Lady Gaga also has the condition.\n\nYoung said she wished Laverne \"all the very best\".\n\nLaverne said: \"Stepping in for Kirsty on Desert Island Discs (which was already my favourite programme) has been an enormous honour.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Lauren Laverne This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Her intuitive interviewing style as well as her warmth and humour has helped bring out incredible life stories and anecdotes from her castaways.\"\n\nOutside of Desert Island Discs, Young is best known as one of the original newsreaders on Channel 5 which she presented from its launch in 1997 until 2007.\n\nShe has also presented episodes of Have I Got News For You and the BBC's coverage of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's John Sudworth meets Uighur parents in Turkey who say their children are missing in China\n\nChina is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new research.\n\nAt the same time as hundreds of thousands of adults are being detained in giant camps, a rapid, large-scale campaign to build boarding schools is under way.\n\nBased on publicly available documents, and backed up by dozens of interviews with family members overseas, the BBC has gathered some of the most comprehensive evidence to date about what is happening to children in the region.\n\nRecords show that in one township alone more than 400 children have lost not just one but both parents to some form of internment, either in the camps or in prison.\n\nFormal assessments are carried out to determine whether the children are in need of \"centralised care\".\n\nAlongside the efforts to transform the identity of Xinjiang's adults, the evidence points to a parallel campaign to systematically remove children from their roots.\n\nThe Hotan Kindness Kindergarten, like many others, is a high security facility\n\nChina's tight surveillance and control in Xinjiang, where foreign journalists are followed 24 hours a day, make it impossible to gather testimony there. But it can be found in Turkey.\n\nIn a large hall in Istanbul, dozens of people queue to tell their stories, many of them clutching photographs of children, all now missing back home in Xinjiang.\n\n\"I don't know who is looking after them,\" one mother says, pointing to a picture of her three young daughters, \"there is no contact at all.\"\n\nAnother mother, holding a photo of three sons and a daughter, wipes away her tears. \"I heard that they've been taken to an orphanage,\" she says.\n\nIn 60 separate interviews, in wave after wave of anxious, grief-ridden testimony, parents and other relatives give details of the disappearance in Xinjiang of more than 100 children.\n\nThey are all Uighurs - members of Xinjiang's largest, predominantly Muslim ethnic group that has long had ties of language and faith to Turkey. Thousands have come to study or to do business, to visit family, or to escape China's birth control limits and the increasing religious repression.\n\nBut over the past three years, they have found themselves trapped after China began detaining hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities in giant camps.\n\nThe Chinese authorities say the Uighurs are being educated in \"vocational training centres\" in order to combat violent religious extremism. But evidence shows that many are being detained for simply expressing their faith - praying or wearing a veil - or for having overseas connections to places like Turkey.\n\nFor these Uighurs, going back means almost certain detention. Phone contact has been severed - even speaking to relatives overseas is now too dangerous for those in Xinjiang.\n\nWith his wife detained back home, one father tells me he fears some of his eight children may now be in the care of the Chinese state.\n\n\"I think they've been taken to child education camps,\" he says.\n\nNew research commissioned by the BBC sheds light on what is really happening to these children and many thousands of others.\n\nDr Adrian Zenz is a German researcher widely credited with exposing the full extent of China's mass detentions of adult Muslims in Xinjiang. Based on publicly available official documents, his report paints a picture of an unprecedented school expansion drive in Xinjiang.\n\nCampuses have been enlarged, new dormitories built and capacity increased on a massive scale. Significantly, the state has been growing its ability to care full-time for large numbers of children at precisely the same time as it has been building the detention camps.\n\nAnd it appears to be targeted at precisely the same ethnic groups.\n\nIn just one year, 2017, the total number of children enrolled in kindergartens in Xinjiang increased by more than half a million. And Uighur and other Muslim minority children, government figures show, made up more than 90% of that increase.\n\nAs a result, Xinjiang's pre-school enrolment level has gone from below the national average to the highest in China by far.\n\nIn the south of Xinjiang alone, an area with the highest concentration of Uighur populations, the authorities have spent an eye watering $1.2bn on the building and upgrading of kindergartens.\n\nMr Zenz's analysis suggests that this construction boom has included the addition of large amounts of dormitory space.\n\nXinhe County Youyi Kindergarten has space for 700 children, 80% of whom are from Xinjiang's minority groups\n\nXinjiang's education expansion is driven, it appears, by the same ethos as underlies the mass incarceration of adults. And it is clearly affecting almost all Uighur and other minority children, whether their parents are in the camps or not.\n\nIn 2018 work began on a site for two new boarding schools in Xinjiang's southern city of Yecheng (known as Kargilik in Uighur).\n\nDragging the slider reveals the pace of construction - the two middle schools, separated by a shared sports field, are each three times larger than the national average and were built in little more than a year.\n\nIn April last year, the county authorities relocated 2,000 children from the surrounding villages into yet another giant boarding middle school, Yecheng County Number 4.\n\nGovernment propaganda extols the virtues of boarding schools as helping to \"maintain social stability and peace\" with the \"school taking the place of the parents.\" And Mr Zenz suggests there is a deeper purpose.\n\n\"Boarding schools provide the ideal context for a sustained cultural re-engineering of minority societies,\" he argues.\n\nJust as with the camps, his research shows that there is now a concerted drive to all but eliminate the use of Uighur and other local languages from school premises. Individual school regulations outline strict, points-based punishments for both students and teachers if they speak anything other than Chinese while in school.\n\nAnd this aligns with other official statements claiming that Xinjiang has already achieved full Chinese language teaching in all of its schools.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC visits the camps where China’s Muslims have their \"thoughts transformed\"\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Xu Guixiang, a senior official with Xinjiang's Propaganda Department, denies that the state is having to care for large numbers of children left parentless as a result.\n\n\"If all family members have been sent to vocational training then that family must have a severe problem,\" he says, laughing. \"I've never seen such a case.\"\n\nBut perhaps the most significant part of Mr Zenz's work is his evidence that shows that the children of detainees are indeed being channelled into the boarding school system in large numbers.\n\nThere are the detailed forms used by local authorities to log the situations of children with parents in vocational training or in prison, and to determine whether they need centralised care.\n\nMr Zenz found one government document that details various subsidies available to \"needy groups\", including those families where \"both a husband and a wife are in vocational training\". And a directive issued to education bureaus by the city of Kashgar that mandates them to look after the needs of students with parents in the camps as a matter of urgency.\n\nSchools should \"strengthen psychological counselling\", the directive says, and \"strengthen students' thought education\" - a phrase that finds echoes in the camps holding their parents.\n\nIt is clear that the effect of the mass internments on children is now viewed as a significant societal issue, and that some effort is going into dealing with it, although it is not something the authorities are keen to publicise.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC has found new evidence of the increasing control and suppression of Islam in China\n\nSome of the relevant government documents appear to have been deliberately hidden from search engines by using obscure symbols in place of the term \"vocational training\". That said, in some instances the adult detention camps have kindergartens built close by, and, when visiting, Chinese state media reporters have extolled their virtues.\n\nThese boarding schools, they say, allow minority children to learn \"better life habits\" and better personal hygiene than they would at home. Some children have begun referring to their teachers as \"mummy\".\n\nWe telephoned a number of local Education Bureaus in Xinjiang to try to find out about the official policy in such cases. Most refused to speak to us, but some gave brief insights into the system.\n\nWe asked one official what happens to the children of those parents who have been taken to the camps.\n\n\"They're in boarding schools,\" she replied. \"We provide accommodation, food and clothes… and we've been told by the senior level that we must look after them well.\"\n\nIn the hall in Istanbul, as the stories of broken families come tumbling out, there is raw despair and deep resentment too.\n\n\"Thousands of innocent children are being separated from their parents and we are giving our testimonies constantly,\" one mother tells me. \"Why does the world keep silent when knowing these facts?\"\n\nBack in Xinjiang, the research shows that all children now find themselves in schools that are secured with \"hard isolation closed management measures.\" Many of the schools bristle with full-coverage surveillance systems, perimeter alarms and 10,000 Volt electric fences, with some school security spending surpassing that of the camps.\n\nThe policy was issued in early 2017, at a time when the detentions began to be dramatically stepped up. Was the state, Mr Zenz wonders, seeking to pre-empt any possibility on the part of Uighur parents to forcibly recover their children?\n\n\"I think the evidence for systematically keeping parents and children apart is a clear indication that Xinjiang's government is attempting to raise a new generation cut off from original roots, religious beliefs and their own language,\" he tells me.\n\n\"I believe the evidence points to what we must call cultural genocide.\"", "President Donald Trump has praised the US military in a speech at an Independence Day event in Washington DC.\n\nThe Salute to America event featured military flyovers and fireworks, drawing crowds despite the rainy weather.\n\nOpponents accused Mr Trump of wasting money and politicising the holiday ahead of his re-election campaign.", "Many of Owain Thomas's victims were aged under 13\n\nAn aspiring barrister who used online gaming accounts to befriend children and incite them to commit sexual acts on camera has been jailed.\n\nOwain Thomas, 29, of Pontypridd, used nine Facebook profiles and three gaming accounts, persuading some of his 146 victims with gaming credits.\n\nHe was arrested after he asked a group of young boys aged between seven and 14 to expose themselves at a playground.\n\nHe was jailed for 10 years at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Friday.\n\nJudge Richard Twomlow said he will serve an extra five years on extended licence and described him as \"persistent\" and \"a significant risk to the public\".\n\nHe pleaded guilty to what police described as an \"unprecedented\" 158 child sex charges at an earlier hearing.\n\nThe charges included causing or inciting children to engage in sexual activity, and watching sexual activity, possessing indecent photographs and distributing indecent photographs.\n\nThe court previously heard the Aberystwyth University law graduate used software to adopt the persona of children and pretended to be girls or boys as young as eight in order to incite others into sexual activity.\n\nHe created fake profiles on popular online games such as Roblox, an online multiplayer game, which has 90 million users worldwide and is marketed at children.\n\nThomas would then share footage he had recorded with other paedophiles.\n\nOwain Thomas’ silver Fiat Tipo was captured on CCTV approaching the boys in a Rhondda town\n\nHe was finally caught after the young boys he targeted at a playground in a small town in Rhondda Cynon Taff told their parents, who then informed police.\n\nAfter tracing him on CCTV, South Wales Police seized Thomas's laptops and devices from his home, and he told an officer: \"That's the one I didn't want you to find\".\n\nHis victims - many of them aged under 13 and some as young as nine - were found to be from south Wales, west Yorkshire, south Yorkshire, Northern Ireland, Lancashire and the USA.\n\nSentencing Thomas, Judge Twomlow told him: \"This may have been through a screen but this was a very real experience for your victims.\n\n\"You went as far as you could persuade these children to go. You had multiple identities including pretending to be a nine-year-old girl.\n\n\"An occurring theme in this case is your persistence. If you couldn't convince them, you would return and try again.\n\n\"Because of the sheer volume and scale of your offences I have no doubt that you are a significant risk to the public and pose a real risk. You are a dangerous offender.\"\n\nDet Insp Lianne Rees said some parents felt they had \"failed as a parent\"\n\nRoblox was launched in 2006 and is a platform which allows users to create their own online games using a design tool.\n\nAccording to the company's website, its most popular games have hundreds of thousands of players a day.\n\nIt claims that its popularity among users aged eight and upwards has \"exploded\", and that it is \"now one of the top online entertainment platforms for kids and teens\".\n\nPlayers can comment on the games while playing them, and also chat with others.\n\nRoblox said it \"doesn't support video or voice chat, and it has extensive chat filters\".\n\nDet Insp Lianne Rees said many of the parents \"had no idea\" their children were even accessing some of the social media or gaming sites.\n\n\"A lot of the parents expressed quite a lot of guilt. Some even said they felt they failed as a parent to safeguard their child,\" she added.\n\nNSPCC Cymru said the \"appalling\" case shows \"once again the grave and increasing dangers that children face online and highlights the need for urgent action\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Police have arrested a man on suspicion of assault\n\nFour people were injured - two seriously - when a van hit a group of people queuing to use a food bank.\n\nPolice said the crash involving \"a number of people\" happened at Kirk Hallam Community Centre in Derbyshire at 09:00 BST.\n\nThree people were taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham and one person to hospital in Ilkeston.\n\nA 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm with intent.\n\nMelissa Gamble was in the queue when the van hit the people\n\nMelissa Gamble, who was in the queue, said: \"I don't know whether I got pushed by people or hit by the van, I'm not really sure.\n\n\"A friend was in front of me, she was bleeding from her ear. I was on the floor still, I felt a bit breathless. I'm still shook up, still shaky.\"\n\nAnother eyewitness Michelle Biggs, from Ilkeston, said: \"It was horrendous, it all happened so fast.\n\n\"I just saw the white van speeding up the hill and I ran to my three-year-old, who was playing, and grabbed him.\"\n\nOn its Facebook page, the community centre said people were queuing to use a food bank at the time of the crash.\n\nDet Sgt Scott Riley said: \"There could be numerous reasons for this, and we ask anybody in the local area if they've got information for us.\"\n\nThree of those hurt were taken to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham for treatment\n\nOfficers confirmed the crash was not being treated as terrorism.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A man who was held as a modern day slave by an organised crime gang has described his life living in squalor and fear.\n\nMiroslaw Lehmann, 38, spoke publicly of his experiences after eight traffickers were jailed during two trials which can only now be made public after a judge lifted an order banning reporting.\n\nPolice believe there were more than 400 victims put to work by the gang in the West Midlands. They were made to live in rat-infested houses for little or no pay.\n\nThe network, described as the UK's largest, was exposed after two victims fled their captors in 2015 and told slavery charity Hope for Justice of their ordeal.", "Mr Johnson raised eyebrows by flattening a Japanese schoolboy in a game of rugby last year\n\nNewspapers and politicians around the world have been reacting to Boris Johnson's appointment as UK foreign secretary.\n\nMany were surprised, citing his history of faux pas including insulting the president of Turkey and commenting on the US president's ancestry.\n\nFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in a radio interview Mr Johnson was a liar with \"his back against the wall\".\n\nOne EU source told the BBC: \"Everyone in the European Parliament thinks it's a bad joke and that the Brits have lost it.\"\n\nHere we take a look at the response in countries where Mr Johnson will now represent the UK.\n\nThe Washington Post publishes a round-up of \"undiplomatic\" things Mr Johnson has said during his time in public life.\n\n\"To be sure, Johnson is an unusual candidate for the job. The former journalist is known for his deliberately provocative manner, ruffled appearance and penchant for sometimes-insulting commentary,\" it says.\n\nIt reminds its readers that just two months ago, \"a poem he concocted about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan having sexual congress with a goat won the first-place prize in a contest sponsored by Spectator magazine.\"\n\nWashington Post writer Ishaan Tharoor also writes that Mr Johnson \"has controversially bucked the Western trend and praised Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for battling the Islamic State, no matter its parallel campaign of violence on Syria's civilian population\".\n\n\"A Short History of Boris Johnson Insulting Foreign Leaders\" is how the website of American culture and politics magazine, The Atlantic, reports the story of Mr Johnson's comeback.\n\n\"The brash and flamboyant politician, the UK's new foreign secretary, is one of the more cosmopolitan figures on the world stage - but he's also one of the least diplomatic,\" it says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mark Toner, US state department spokesman: \"We look forward to engaging with Boris Johnson\"\n\nApparently stifling a laugh on hearing the news of Mr Johnson's new job, state department spokesman Mark Toner said the US would always work with the UK because of the \"special relationship\" between the two countries.\n\n\"This is a relationship that goes beyond personalities and it is an absolutely critical moment in England's history but also in the US-UK relationship,\" he says.\n\nIn comments to Europe 1 radio, Mr Ayrault said: \"I am not at all worried about Boris Johnson, but... during the [referendum] campaign he lied a lot to the British people and now it is he who has his back against the wall.\"\n\nNewspaper Le Figaro says Mr Johnson \"gives the impression of being guided by opportunism\".\n\nThe newspaper says the UK's new foreign secretary's political career has seen him change his mind on gay marriage and on Turkey joining the EU.\n\nPierre Jova writes in the paper: \"Although, he has a 'clown' image which delighted the tabloids with his antics and punchy statements, he was a comrade of David Cameron at Eton and Oxford and is a pure product of the British conservative aristocracy raised to govern.\"\n\nRalf Stegner, deputy leader of the SPD party, said: \"[Prime Minister Theresa] May seems to be weaker through making such an appointment.\" He said Mr Johnson had hardly demonstrated that he was an outstanding diplomat. \"Now he is negotiating Brexit. Have a nice trip.\"\n\nGreen Party leader Simone Peter said it was \"not a good signal\" if Mr Johnson \"inflicted his capricious and monstrous approach\" on Europe.\n\nDer Spiegel took an editorial line against Brexit and published a \"Please don't go\" issue aimed at the UK in the run-up to its EU referendum.\n\nThe news magazine (in German) calls Mr Johnson a \"controversial politician\" and notes that his decision to support a Leave vote was a deciding factor in the referendum campaign, which Leave won with 52% of the vote.\n\nOne of its columnists, Jakob Augstein, commented: \"Haha! Boris Johnson as foreign minister. I can't stop laughing. The Brits are crazy.\"\n\nThe German journalist Laura Schneider points to a certain amount of mirth on television as presenters announce Mr Johnson's new role.\n\nUnder the headline: \"Why the disloyal jack of all trades is not the absurd choice\", Die Welt thinks it knows why Mrs May appointed him.\n\n\"He described Hillary Clinton as a \"sadistic nurse\", compared the EU with Hitler. And now Boris Johnson is the British foreign secretary. But the new prime minister is pursuing a plan… she [Mrs May] incapacitated her anti-EU critics by making them accountable. Now Brexit advocates must ensure that the exit succeeds,\" it says.\n\nThe deputy editor of Germany's biggest tabloid, Bild, Nikolaus Blome, tweeted: \"There's justice after all. As foreign minister, Boris Johnson, now has to lie in the bed he made himself.\"\n\nThe head of the Russian State Duma's foreign affairs committee, Aleksey Pushkov, tweets that Mr Johnson's predecessor, Philip Hammond, has \"painful anti-Russian complexes\" that he hopes Mr Johnson does not share.\n\nMr Hammond said last year that Russia had the potential to be \"the single greatest threat\" to UK security and that President Vladimir Putin was \"bent not on joining the international rules-based system which keeps the peace between nations, but on subverting it\".\n\nThe Russian news website ria.ru calls Mr Johnson \"one of the most eccentric politicians in the UK\" and says he \"knows how to surprise\".\n\nA Turkish official suggested Ankara would draw a line under Mr Johnson's previous remarks.\n\n\"His negative comments on Erdogan and Turkey are unacceptable... However we're sure of one thing, that British-Turkish relations are more important than that and can't be hostage to these statements,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSpeaking before Mr Johnson's appointment, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the former London mayor had made an \"unfortunate statement\" when he used Turkey's accession to the EU negatively in the referendum.\n\nAsked what he would like to say to Mr Johnson, he said: \"May God help him and reform him.\"\n\nThe pro-government Daily Sabah described the new foreign secretary (who has Turkish ancestry) as being \"anti-Turkey\" and said he had \"sympathy for the PKK\".\n\nPro-government newspaper commentator Selim Atalay sent a tweet to Johnson saying: \"Dear @BorisJohnson I understand you need well-versed apologies in Turkish. I can help you with that. PS: Turkish roots-card won't work. Cheers.\"\n\nSydney Morning Herald foreign editor Maher Mughrabi writes that Boris Johnson has been \"removed from Conservative Party plotting at Westminster and allowed to get on with being a travelling circus\". The rest of the world, he says, can rely on Mr Johnson to \"confidently lecture people of many nations on their own histories and cultures\".\n\nThe former prime minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt, tweets that he wishes the appointment were a joke.\n\nMEP Fredrick Federley tweeted: \"Trump, Brexit, Pokemon Go, Boris Johnson. Oh lord, what horrors will you bring us tomorrow?\"\n\nCzech MEP Pavel Telicka tweeted: \"People say PM May does not have a sense of humour. By appointing B Johnson she proved the opposite.\"\n\nFinancial news website kurzy.cz describes the appointment of Mr Johnson as \"at the very least questionable and very surprising. She has appointed to the post of foreign minister one of the leaders of Brexit, former London mayor Boris Johnson, who is famous, among other things, for his often extremely 'undiplomatic' conduct.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul Njoroge says his family died because of Boeing's \"negligence\"\n\n\"I lost my wife Carole, my three children Ryan, Kelly and Ruby and I also lost my mum-in-law. I feel so lonely. I look at people. I see them with their children playing outside and I cannot have my children - I'll never be able to see their faces again or hear their voices.\"\n\nPaul Njoroge lost his entire family when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa on 10 March. 157 people died.\n\nPaul is now living between friends' houses, unable to return home. He can't bear to see his children's shoes still in the hall where they last left them. \"I can still see their feet inside them. I'm never going back.\" He's waiting for relatives to pack up the home.\n\nWhen ET302 crashed it was the second Boeing 737 Max to crash in four months.\n\nThe first happened in Indonesia in November 2018. Preliminary reports revealed that the same flight control system was at fault in both crashes. Now families around the world want to know why 157 people died in a second crash.\n\nThey are asking, why weren't the jets grounded after the first crash?\n\nPaul Njoroge's family were killed in the 737 Max 8 crash\n\nChris and Claryss Moore's daughter Danielle was also killed. One corner of their suburban Toronto home is now a bright but emotive shrine to their lost child. She smiles down from a dozen pictures on the wall, surrounded by orchids and lilies.\n\nDanielle was heading to a UN environmental conference in Kenya.\n\n\"This should not have happened, four months after another crash happened. They tell us this is one of the safest planes - it's not - it took away the lives of the people we love so much and no matter what they're going to say, our normal lives will never be the same.\n\nThis is our normal life, struggling to wake up every single day and that's hard. It makes me very angry.\"\n\nThe Moore family has created a shrine to Danielle\n\nAn international blame game is now under way. American Congressman Sam Graves alongside other voices in the US have blamed \"foreign pilots\" for the crash, saying they believe American pilots would have handled the jet.\n\nBut both preliminary reports have stated the flight control system (MCAS) as being at fault.\n\nFamilies of those killed are now lining up to ask whether the Boeing 737 Max was airworthy and safe when the crash happened.\n\n\"My family died because of Boeing's negligence, arrogance, management disfunction and lack of internal oversight and the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration),\" says Paul Njorogre.\n\n\"They had a chance to ground these planes in November and they didn't. Instead they focused on foreign pilot error fallacy. 157 people died including my family because of them making them poor decisions. If they really cared about human life and safety they would have grounded those planes in November and they would have fixed the problem. They allowed the planes to fly as they tried to fix the problem. They didn't fix it by 10th March.\"\n\nSamya Rose Stumo was 24 years old and was on board ET302\n\nNadia Milleron and her husband Michael Stumo live in Western Massachusetts, USA. It's peaceful.\n\nTheir family home is enveloped by forests and mountains. Their daughter Samya Rose Stumo was 24 years old and was on board ET302.\n\nShe is the second of the couple's four children to die. They also lost a son to cancer.\n\n\"It's been like a horrible dream,\" says Nadia. \"And I keep thinking all these people I'm meeting, going to Washington, all these experiences I'm having, they're awful because they mean Samya is gone. And I don't want that to be the case. I keep thinking I am going to wake up.\"\n\nNadia was listening to BBC World Service radio when reports first came in about the crash. She knew Samya was on board. She'd had a Whatsapp message from her only an hour earlier giving her flight information.\n\n\"I just started shaking, and I couldn't stop myself from physically shaking,\" she told me. \"I just couldn't tell the other people in the house.\"\n\nMichael Stumo (right) and Nadia Milleron, who believes their daughter died because Boeing put profit over safety\n\nWithin a month, Nadia and Michael turned their overwhelming sense of loss and grief into a remarkable force of energy.\n\nThey're now committed to finding out why Boeing didn't ground the planes after the first crash, whether Boeing cut corners in regards to safety of the 737 Max and why the FAA certified it as safe to fly.\n\nTo date, they've met more than 25 Congressmen and women in Washington, as well as being a powerful presence at US Government aviation hearings.\n\nThey've not been allowed to testify but they want to ensure families are included in how investigations develop.\n\nCritics are asking whether the development and launch of the Boeing 737 Max was rushed. They claim Boeing was losing out to a plane from Airbus and suggest corners were cut to get the Max into service.\n\n\"Definitely my daughter died because of the profit of Boeing and I don't want anyone else to die for that reason. I want these planes to be safe and [for Boeing to] invest in the company and the hardware and infrastructure to make our aviation industry safe,\" said Nadia.\n\nThe BBC approached Boeing for an interview and comment in regards to all of these allegations. They declined.\n\nIn a statement Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, said: \"We're sorry for the tragic loss of life in these accidents and extend our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of all those on board. Any loss of life on our airplanes is unacceptable, and this will continue to weigh heavily on our hearts for years to come. The safety of the flying public is our highest priority and we are focused on re-earning their trust and confidence in the months ahead.\"\n\nEarlier this week, Boeing announced they were offering $100m to \"family and community needs of those affected by the tragic accidents of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.\n\n\"These funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families.\"\n\nThe families we've spoken to are not impressed. They don't want money. They want answers.\n\nChris Moore believes criminal charges should be brought. \"If there is any type of personal culpability they should be charged under criminal laws. If I cost someone's life on a building site I would have to prove myself in a criminal court as innocent, why are Boeing different?\"\n\nPaul Njoroge believes the crash of ET302 was preventable, \"but these individuals knew that they would not be held criminally liable, they would not face years in prison. But if they knew they'd face years in prison they would have grounded these planes in November.\"\n\nThe families of victims are all now searching for answers.\n\nSome are dealing with their grief in private, still too overwhelmed by what's happened.\n\nOthers have the power and resolve to speak out - and it's starting to prove uncomfortable for Boeing.", "Aibota Serik says her father has disappeared into China's network of detention centres\n\nThe Chinese government calls them free \"vocational training centres\"; Aibota Serik, a Chinese Kazakh whose father was sent to one, calls them prisons.\n\nHer father Kudaybergen Serik was a local imam in Tarbagatay (Tacheng) prefecture of China's western Xinjiang region. In February 2018 the police detained him and Aibota hasn't heard from her father since then.\n\n\"I don't know why my father was imprisoned. He didn't violate any laws of China, he was not tried in a court,\" she says, clutching a small photo of him, before breaking down in tears.\n\nI met Aibota together with a group of other Chinese Kazakhs in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city. They gathered in a small office to petition the Kazakh government to help secure the release of their relatives who had disappeared in \"political re-education camps\".\n\nThe UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has heard there are credible reports that around one million people have been detained in internment camps in Xinjiang. Almost all of them are from Muslim minorities such as the Uighurs, Kazakhs and others.\n\nThere are more than a million Kazakhs living in China. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, thousands moved to oil-rich Kazakhstan, encouraged by its policy to attract ethnic Kazakhs. Today, these people feel cut off from their relatives who stayed in China.\n\nNurbulat Tursunjan says the Chinese authorities have confiscated his parents' passports\n\nNurbulat Tursunjan uulu, who moved to the Almaty region in 2016, says his elderly parents are unable to leave China and come to Kazakhstan because the authorities took away their passports.\n\nAnother petitioner, Bekmurat Nusupkan uulu, says that relatives in China are afraid to talk on the phone or on the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat. And they are right to be afraid, he says.\n\n\"My father-in-law visited me in February 2018. From my place, he called his son in China, he asked how he was and so on. Shortly after that his son Baurzhan was detained. He was told that he had received phone calls from Kazakhstan two or three times and was sent to a political camp.\"\n\nHuman Rights Watch says detainees are held \"without any due process rights - neither charged nor put on trial - and have no access to lawyers and family\".\n\nChina insists its detention centres, such as this one in the city of Kashgar, are for \"vocational training\"\n\nOrynbek Koksybek is an ethnic Kazakh who spent several months in camps.\n\n\"I spent seven days of hell there,\" he says. \"My hands were handcuffed, my legs were tied. They threw me in a pit. I raised both my hands and looked above. At that moment, they poured water. I screamed.\n\n\"I don't remember what happened next. I don't know how long I was in the pit but it was winter and very cold. They said I was a traitor, that I had dual citizenship, that I had a debt and owned land.\"\n\nNone of that was true, he says.\n\nA week later Mr Koksybek was taken to a different place where he learnt Chinese songs and language. He was told he would leave if he learnt 3,000 words.\n\nOrynbek Koksybek says he was thrown into a pit\n\n\"In Chinese they call it re-education camps to teach people but if they wanted to educate, why do they handcuff people?\n\n\"They detain Kazakhs because they're Muslims. Why imprison them? China's aim is to turn Kazakhs into Chinese. They want to erase the whole ethnicity,\" he says.\n\nIt is not possible to independently verify Orynbek Koksybek's story, but his account is similar to many documented by Human Rights Watch and other activists.\n\nThe Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan has not replied to the BBC's request for comment, but the Chinese authorities have been quoted in state media as saying the camps are \"vocational training centres\", which aim to \"get rid of an environment that breeds terrorism and religious extremism\".\n\nThe Kazakh government says that any restrictions on Chinese citizens in China are their internal matter, and it does not interfere. However, Kazakhstan says it will try to assist any Kazakh citizens who are detained in China.", "Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nA man accused of lying about a VIP paedophile ring has told a court he saw a school friend deliberately mown down by a car and killed.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, from Gloucester, said after his friend was hit, Mr Beech, a child at the time, was bundled into a car and never saw the other boy again.\n\nHe told Newcastle Crown Court he had been too afraid to report what happened, not even telling his dog.\n\nMr Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nHe is accused of inventing allegations that a group of powerful figures sexually abused and murdered three boys in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nHis allegations led to a £2m Scotland Yard inquiry that ended without any arrests or charges.\n\nIn his second day giving evidence, Mr Beech told the jury former prime minister Sir Edward Heath, who died in 2005, had cuddled and comforted him in his yacht cabin when he was upset.\n\nHe also accused the late Leon Brittan of raping him over a bath, saying the former home secretary \"liked violence\" and seeing boys in pain.\n\nMr Beech went on to tell the court about the alleged murder, saying he had met a boy he knew \"by the name of Scott\" in the playground of his Kingston school, in south-west London, in the late 1970s.\n\nThe boy was \"quiet, like me, but friendly\" and the two became friends, meeting once or twice a week, he told the court.\n\nOne day he and Scott were walking side by side along the pavement in the Coombe Hill area of Kingston when he heard a loud \"engine noise\" behind him, the court heard.\n\n\"The car hit him - he went over the front of the car and into the road,\" Mr Beech said.\n\n\"I ran over to him. His leg was bent in a funny direction and there was blood on his head,\" Mr Beech told the court.\n\nHe then described being bundled into the back of the car, and trying to kick his way out.\n\n\"I remember something in my arm and I don't remember anything else after that,\" he added.\n\nMr Beech never saw Scott again, the court heard.\n\nAsked why he believed the alleged death happened, he said: \"I believe because of the threats that were issued that 'the group' was responsible.\" He describes the alleged VIP paedophile ring as \"the group\".\n\nHe said the late Sir Michael Hanley, a one-time head of MI5, threatened him that he \"wasn't to have friends\".\n\nHe said he could not tell anyone what had happened, adding: \"I didn't even say anything to my dog.\"\n\nJurors have previously heard Mr Beech claim that Sir Michael was involved in the abduction of his pet dog, Heron.\n\nWhen defence barrister Collingwood Thompson QC said it had been suggested the alleged hit and run was a figment of his imagination, Mr Beech said: \"I know what happened. I was there and I know it took place\".\n\nThe court has heard that two police forces found no evidence of such an incident ever taking place in the area and had traced and accounted for everyone called Scott from the school.\n\nThe court also heard allegations of two further murders Mr Beech claims to have witnessed.\n\nIn one, he described being taken to a London house in a chauffeur-driven car with another boy.\n\nHe told the court Harvey Proctor, the former Conservative MP, opened the front door.\n\nHe then claimed that Mr Proctor stabbed and strangled the boy to death. Mr Proctor told the court last month that Mr Beech's allegations against him were false, horrendous and \"an absurd fantasy\".\n\nMr Beech said he could not remember how the incident ended and never told anyone out of fear.\n\nHe said he later came to believe the allegedly murdered boy was Martin Allen, who went missing in London nearly 40 years ago.\n\nThe court has heard police investigated whether Martin was that boy after Mr Beech apparently identified him in a photo shown to him by a BBC reporter.\n\nMr Beech told jurors the third alleged death occurred when he and three boys were at an alleged London abuse session with Lord Brittan, Mr Proctor and Sir Michael Hanley.\n\nHe claimed Sir Michael told the boys one of them would die that night and they had to choose.\n\nThe defendant said sexual abuse followed before they singled out one boy. \"He was crying and they told him that he could save himself if he chose one of us instead.\"\n\nHe said the child refused to reply so they started hitting him. He claimed the boy ended up \"just like a doll - he wasn't moving, he was just left there\".\n\nIn his evidence, Mr Beech also described \"pool parties\" during which he claimed powerful men frolicked with boys, sometimes performing sexual acts in the water.\n\nHe also told jurors about alleged \"Christmas parties\", in which the boys were the \"present\" and would be \"unwrapped\" until they were naked.\n\nMr Beech said punishments were dished out by his abusers involving snakes and wasps.\n\nHe told the jury that on one occasion he was shut in a dark cupboard and a snake was thrown in, which bit him.", "Britain's oldest building firm, R Durtnell and Sons, has ceased trading, putting more than 100 jobs at risk.\n\nThe company was founded in 1591, and has been run by 13 generations of the same family.\n\nIt was working on a £22m project to refurbish parts of the Royal Pavilion Estate, when it failed.\n\nThe firm, based in Brasted in Kent, started building in the time of Elizabeth I and built timber-framed houses.\n\nThey started as carpenter-builders, who didn't build in brick or stone, but exclusively in wood.\n\nThe business built Poundsbridge Manor in Kent in 1593. It is still standing, and is a short distance from Brasted.\n\nThe timber-framed house was one of several built by family ancestor Bryan Darknal for Elizabethan merchants.\n\nThe family remained as carpenter-builders until the 1800s, when Richard Durtnell bought a much larger premises.\n\nHe set himself up as a general builder, and the business flourished.\n\nThe last family member to run the firm was Alex Durtnell.\n\nThe firm specialised in churches, private schools, art galleries and luxury houses.\n\nR Durtnell & Sons made a loss before tax of £679,877 in the year ended 31 December 2017, according to documents submitted to Companies House.\n\nIt said economic conditions had been \"very challenging\".\n\nThe documents show it took a charge of £648,279 on the closure of its joinery business, which had been substantially cut during the recession.\n\nThe firm had financial injection of £1.5m after cash flow difficulties in 2018.\n\nIt also warned about competitive pressures and risks in contract tendering and management.\n\nOne of the company's major projects was the refurbishment of the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, which was originally built as the Prince Regent's stable block more than 200 years ago.\n\nBrighton & Hove City Council said it was \"committed\" to the project, which included renovating the Studio Theatre.\n\n\"The council has taken back the site and made it secure,\" it said.\n\n\"We are committed to completing the refurbishment of these unique buildings to protect their long-term future in the cultural heart of the city.\"\n\nSince the recession of 2008, more than 7,000 British building firms have gone bust.", "Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nA man accused of inventing a VIP paedophile ring has said he lied about possessing indecent images of children.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, is on trial over claims he was a victim of an alleged paedophile network made up of high-profile figures from politics, the military and intelligence agencies.\n\nMr Beech, from Gloucester, claims the group sexually abused and murdered three boys in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nHe denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nMr Beech's allegations led to a £2m Scotland Yard inquiry that ended without any arrests or charges.\n\nAmong the people he accused were former prime minister Sir Edward Heath and former home secretary Lord Brittan.\n\nWhen Northumbria Police raided Mr Beech's home, they found images of serious child sexual abuse on his computers, and that he had videoed a child urinating.\n\nHe was charged with five counts of making indecent images of children and one of voyeurism, and was due to appear in court last July.\n\nDuring his trial at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday, Mr Beech was asked why he initially denied the separate charges involving child abuse images, only to admit the offences when he was about to face an earlier trial.\n\nHe replied: \"Because I was totally ashamed of what I had done. I couldn't admit it to myself. I was in denial.\"\n\nThe court heard that while he was under investigation he went to Sweden, where he used different names.\n\nHe said he wanted to \"get away from Beech, especially after the press intrusion\", and one of the names he opted for was a family name.\n\nHowever, he could not explain why he also used another name, saying, \"I don't know what possessed me\".\n\nHe described his decision not to return to the UK to face a court hearing as \"a stupid mistake.\"\n\nHe was extradited from Sweden to Britain after he was found following a search by law enforcement agencies.\n\nHe also told the court he met Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson in 2014 or 2015, after the MP asked to see him following his allegations.\n\nDuring the trial, he refused to fully identify another alleged victim - a childhood friend he called John - who he said could corroborate his claims.\n\nHe told the court he would not reveal his surname because he did not have his permission to do so.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police attempted to contact John - who Mr Beech previously gave the pseudonym Fred - with Mr Beech agreeing to act as a go-between.\n\nOne of the charges Mr Beech faces relates to setting up a fake email account to pass on false information to the police allegedly from John.\n\nMr Beech said John considered coming forward but was concerned about how it would affect him, so never spoke to detectives. He said he has had no contact with John since September 2015.\n\nThe prosecution has claimed Mr Beech - identified in earlier media reports as \"Nick\" - is a fantasist.", "Port, now 44, from Barking in east London, was sentenced to a full life term in November 2016\n\nNone of the officers investigated for potential misconduct in the initial response to serial killer Stephen Port in east London will be disciplined, the police watchdog has said.\n\nBut the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) said its inquiry had identified \"systemic failings\" within the Metropolitan Police.\n\nNine officers will be required to improve their standards, it added.\n\nThe families of Port's victims have given an undertaking not to comment.\n\nA spokeswoman said this was a condition demanded by the IOPC when they handed the families the final report - which is not due to be published until after the inquests for Port's four young victims.\n\nA friend of one of the men, who repeatedly raised concerns with the police, said he was angry about the IOPC announcement.\n\nThere is currently no start date for the inquests - despite being ordered in November 2017.\n\nPort, 44, from Barking, was sentenced to a full life term in 2016 after being convicted of murdering four young men at his flat.\n\nOfficers investigating the deaths ignored or dismissed evidence linking them to Port.\n\nThe watchdog told the BBC: \"While we agreed none of the officers involved in these investigations may have breached professional standards justifying disciplinary proceedings, we will be making a number of recommendations to the Metropolitan Police to address some of the systemic failings our investigation identified.\n\n\"We have advised the families of Stephen Port's victims and the officers involved that the performance of nine officers fell below the standard required.\n\n\"They will now be required to improve their performance.\"\n\nA preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey heard the inquests would focus on the \"adequacy of the police investigation\".\n\nThe announcement means none of the 17 Met officers investigated have been referred for misconduct proceedings by the IOPC.\n\nThe Met made a referral to the watchdog in October 2015 after identifying concerns regarding the initial investigations into the men's deaths.\n\nTen officers were served with misconduct notices and a further seven with gross misconduct notices.\n\nMisconduct is when an officer fails to follow expected standards of professional behaviour. Gross misconduct is when a breach is so serious it could justify dismissal.\n\nThe IOPC inquiry related to the investigative work undertaken, how evidence was examined, and how similarities between the cases were considered.\n\nThe 17, ranging in rank from constable to inspector, were largely local officers from Barking and Dagenham. None worked on the later successful murder inquiry.\n\nLast year the BBC revealed that all but one of them gave 'no comment' interviews to the IOPC.\n\nHe met his victims online, including through the dating app Grindr, before luring them to his flat where they were drugged and raped.\n\nThe men were given fatal overdoses of date-rape drug GHB.\n\nEvidence heard at trial, and uncovered by a BBC investigation, showed there were a series of chances to catch Port sooner.\n\nAnthony Walgate (L) and Gabriel Kovari (R) were Port's first victims\n\nThe first victim, Anthony Walgate, was found outside Port's flat and the other three either in or next to a nearby churchyard.\n\nPort was jailed for his initial lies about the first death, but police accepted his subsequent excuses and did not treat the case as homicide.\n\nPolice did not examine a computer seized from Port, which would have revealed his interest in drugging and raping young men.\n\nWhile on bail, before being charged, Port killed twice more.\n\nPort falsely linked his second and third victims together to cover up his crimes.\n\nA fake suicide note found in Daniel Whitworth's hand, which had been written by Port, said he accidentally killed Gabriel Kovari and was taking his own life in response.\n\nIn fact, the two victims did not know one another.\n\nDaniel Whitworth (L) and Jack Taylor (R) were also killed by Port\n\nPolice accepted the note at face value and treated the deaths as non-suspicious, despite concerns raised by people close to both men.\n\nThe note was in Port's handwriting and bore traces of his DNA, as did items found with the bodies of Mr Kovari and Mr Whitworth.\n\nDetectives did not trace the man referred to in the note as the \"guy I was with last night\", which would have led them to the killer.\n\nPort murdered Jack Taylor after serving a short prison sentence, but police did not treat the death as suspicious for several weeks, despite the urging of the Taylor family, who investigated the case themselves and realised the other deaths were linked.\n\nMr Kovari's former flatmate John Pape had earlier come to same conclusion about his friend, which he pointed out to the Met in a series of emails and during an inquest.\n\nPort used a fake Facebook profile to spread lies about the deaths, including in direct correspondence with Mr Kovari's ex-boyfriend, but police did not investigate the account despite it being sent to them.\n\nThe case was solved after being passed from local teams in Barking and Dagenham to specialist homicide detectives.\n\nSenior Met figures apologised to the families after the trial.\n\nWhen a judge, Lord Justice Holroydehe, quashed the original inquests findings for two of the victims, he said it seemed \"surprising that the initial police investigation revealed so little of the full picture and appears to have led quite quickly to a conclusion that there was no evidence of any crime having been committed by any person still living\".\n\nMr Pape said the IOPC announcement made his \"blood boil\".\n\nHe told the BBC it \"contrasted with the basic facts of that disturbingly incompetent initial investigation\", adding: \"Given the open goal they were given, it makes me wonder what the point of the IOPC is.\"\n\nMr Pape said he was \"not clamouring for individual officers to be harshly punished\" but was concerned about the consequences for the LGBTQ community and their families, of \"institutionalised incompetence and prejudice within an unaccountable police force\".\n\nHe added: \"The police mishandling of the Port murders echo their previous failings in other serial killings of young gay men.\n\n\"I want to know the Met recognise their failures and will finally learn from them.\"\n\nScotland Yard did not respond to a request for comment about the IOPC statement.", "A virus of the common cold infected and killed bladder cancer cells in the study\n\nA strain of the common cold virus can infect and kill bladder cancer cells, a small study suggests.\n\nAll signs of the disease disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there was evidence that cancer cells had died.\n\nUniversity of Surrey researchers said the virus could \"help revolutionise treatment\" for the cancer and reduce the risk of it recurring.\n\nA bladder cancer charity called the study \"very exciting\" if larger studies confirmed the findings.\n\nNon-muscle invasive bladder is the 10th most common cancer in the UK, with around 10,000 new cases each year.\n\nCurrent treatments for this type of bladder cancer are invasive or can cause serious, toxic side effects.\n\nAnd constant, costly monitoring is needed to check that the cancer has not returned after treatment.\n\nIn this study, 15 patients with the disease were given the cancer-killing coxsackievirus (CVA21) through a catheter one week before surgery to remove their tumours.\n\nWhen tissues samples were analysed after surgery, there were signs the virus had targeted and killed cancer cells in the bladder.\n\nOnce these cells had died, the virus had then reproduced and infected other cancerous cells - but all other healthy cells were left intact.\n\nWhat the virus does is special, says study leader Prof Hardev Pandha, from the University of Surrey and Royal Surrey County Hospital.\n\n\"The virus gets inside cancer cells and kills them by triggering an immune protein - and that leads to signalling of other immune cells to come and join the party,\" he said.\n\nNo side effects were found in patients treated with the virus via a catheter to the bladder\n\nNormally, the tumours in the bladder are \"cold\" because they do not have immune cells to fight off the cancer.\n\nBut the actions of the virus turn them \"hot\", making the body's immune system react.\n\nProf Pandha said the same virus had also been tested on skin cancer, but this was the first time it had been studied in a clinical trial on bladder cancer.\n\n\"Reduction of tumour burden and increased cancer cell death was observed in all patients, and removed all trace of the disease in one patient following just one week of treatment, showing its potential effectiveness,\" he said.\n\n\"Notably, no significant side effects were observed in any patient.\"\n\nThe plan is now to use the common cold virus with a targeted immunotherapy drug treatment, called a checkpoint inhibitor, in a future trial in more patients.\n\nDr Nicola Annels, research fellow at the University of Surrey, said viruses like the coxsackievirus \"could signal a move away from more established treatments such as chemotherapy\".\n\nAllen Knight, chairman of Action Bladder Cancer UK, said the study findings were \"very exciting\".\n\nBladder cancer costs the NHS more per patient than nearly every other cancer, because of the high recurrence rate, he said.\n\n\"If the safety, tolerability, and efficacy data can be confirmed in larger clinical studies and trials, then it could herald a new era in the treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients, like me, who often feel that innovations in cancer therapies pass us by.\"\n\nDr Mark Linch, a bladder cancer expert at the Cancer Research UK Cancer Institute at University College London, said the initial results were \"encouraging\".\n\n\"It will be really interesting to see how this new virus-based therapy fares in larger trials in people with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, particularly in combination with newer immunotherapies,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Monkstown is one of the most deprived areas in County Antrim.\n\nThe number of people with a degree or higher qualification is 8.4% lower than the Northern Ireland average.\n\nBut a local boxing club is helping young people fight back against the statistics.\n\nMonkstown Boxing Club received almost £600,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund for their #INYOURCORNER project.\n\nThe five-year project is designed to improve the health, well-being and increase the employability of young people in the area.\n\nREAD MORE: Find out how to get into boxing with the BBC Get Inspired guide.", "The BBC has been given rare access to the vast system of highly secure facilities thought to be holding more than a million Muslims in China’s western region of Xinjiang.\n\nAuthorities there insist they are just training schools. But the BBC’s visit uncovers important evidence about the nature of the system and the conditions for the people inside it.\n\nOur World: Inside China's Camps can be seen on BBC World News at varying times during the week from Saturday 13 July 2019.", "Boris Johnson, the UK's new prime minister, was already one of the UK's most recognisable politicians.\n\nHis high profile - built up as an MP, London mayor and foreign secretary - has often seen his achievements accompanied by controversy.\n\nAs editor of the Spectator magazine and a Have I Got News For You contestant, Boris Johnson was already well known for his shambolic persona.\n\nIn 2001, he became an MP, replacing Michael Heseltine in the safe Conservative seat of Henley-on-Thames.\n\nHe was considered more liberal than many Tories. As a journalist, he had questioned the repeal of laws banning the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities. But as an MP, he changed tack and said the state should not interfere in people's lives. He also voted in favour of civil partnerships.\n\nBoris Johnson during one of his Have I Got News For You appearances, in 2004\n\nIn October 2004, then Conservative leader Michael Howard ordered him to visit Liverpool to apologise for a Spectator article accusing its residents of wallowing in \"disproportionate\" grief after Ken Bigley - an engineer from the city - was kidnapped and killed in Iraq.\n\nAnd the following month, he was sacked as shadow arts minister, amid claims he had misled Mr Howard about reports of an affair with Spectator columnist Petronella Wyatt.\n\nNevertheless, a year later, he was on the rise again - resigning from his Spectator post when new Tory leader David Cameron made him shadow higher education minister.\n\nHowever, he continued to write for the Telegraph and had to make another apology - to a whole country - after he linked Papua New Guinea to \"cannibalism and chief-killing\" in a column.\n\nBy 2007, the Henley MP had his sights set on one of the biggest jobs in UK politics.\n\nTaking over from Labour's Ken Livingstone in 2008, Boris Johnson remained London mayor until 2016. It is the longest continuous period of public office that he has held.\n\nHe's often spoken of what he considers to be his biggest achievements during that period: on crime, housing and transport.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Back Boris This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe homicide rate in London - which includes murder and manslaughter - fell from 22 per million to 12 per million people during his time as mayor. However, it was also falling during his predecessor's second term.\n\nAnd in the first few years after Mr Johnson took over, knife crime rose by over 15% - although from 2012-13 onwards it started to fall.\n\nMr Johnson had backed the police use of stop-and-search powers to tackle violent crime. And he said he would ensure police numbers would go up despite central government cuts.\n\nHome Office figures show police numbers in London rose slightly, from 31,460 to 32,125, between March 2008 and March 2016. Across England and Wales in that period the number of officers fell by 17,603.\n\nThere was an increase in the number of affordable homes built - 101,525 by the end of March 2016, of which the Greater London Authority contributed to 94,001. This was a rise compared with the two terms of Mr Livingstone, although the definition of affordable housing had changed in 2011 so the figures are not directly comparable.\n\nHe scrapped the so-called bendy buses - which he said were too big for narrow streets and encouraged fare-dodgers.\n\nIn their place, he introduced a new version of the popular Routemaster London bus - a move that was criticised as a vanity project. There were complaints about non-opening windows and problems with the hybrid engines. They also cost considerably more than a normal bus.\n\nOne of his most famous transport initiatives was the so-called \"Boris Bike\" cycle scheme, introduced in July 2010.\n\nMr Johnson regularly promoted the hire bikes by riding them himself and the number of rentals reached more than 10.3 million during his last year as mayor.\n\nHowever, critics pointed to the £11m-a-year cost of keeping the bikes on the road. Others pointed out that plans for a bike hire scheme had been announced while Mr Livingstone had been mayor.\n\nAs mayor, Mr Johnson became involved in overseeing arrangements for the 2012 Olympics, planning for which started after they were awarded to London in 2005.\n\nOne of the most memorable moments was when he got stuck on a zip wire, while celebrating the UK's first gold medal win. The Olympics were widely seen as a success and there were claims that they had provided a major economic boost.\n\nBut there were also questions raised about the Olympics' legacy, including criticism of the conversion of the Olympic Stadium into a football ground. In 2017, an independent review said the conversion had cost £323m - far more than the original estimate of £190m.\n\nThe latter part of his time as mayor saw a plan to build a garden bridge over the River Thames as a memorial to Princess Diana.\n\nThe pedestrian-only bridge, with trees and plants, which was first suggested by the actress Joanna Lumley in 1998, was to be funded by private and public money.\n\nBut it was cancelled in 2017, after a review recommended the project be scrapped - £53m had already been spent on the project; £43m of which came from the public purse.\n\nMr Johnson decided he wanted to return to Parliament before his term as mayor ended, in 2016. He won the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in 2015.\n\nAfter resuming life as an MP, he declared his opposition to expanding nearby Heathrow airport, saying he would lie in front of the bulldozers.\n\nAs London mayor, he had promoted an alternative scheme, for an island airport in the Thames estuary, an idea rejected on cost and environmental grounds.\n\nBut Mr Johnson was noticeably absent when MPs subsequently voted on Heathrow expansion in June 2018, as he was on an official trip to Afghanistan.\n\nMr Johnson had been appointed foreign secretary by the new prime minister, Theresa May, in 2016.\n\nHe had also run in the Tory leadership campaign that year but dramatically pulled out after Michael Gove's surprise decision to enter the race.\n\nThe job as foreign secretary was seen as an acknowledgement of his role as a leading figure in the campaign to leave the EU.\n\nHowever, there was also some surprise at the choice, with Lib Dem leader Tim Farron saying he would \"spend more time apologising to nations he's offended\" than working as foreign secretary.\n\nAnd there were the disparaging comments about other countries and their leaders - some of which were made before he got the job.\n\nThey included a Limerick - which won a £1,000 award in 2016 - about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a goat. And he said the Libyan city of Sirte could be the new Dubai if \"they... clear the dead bodies away\".\n\nAs foreign secretary, Mr Johnson supported a tough line against Russia, with the expulsion of its diplomats after the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal.\n\nTwenty-nine countries, including the US, Canada, Australia and EU states, joined the UK, expelling more than 140 Russian diplomats in a co-ordinated move.\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since 2016\n\nBut in the case of British Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, jailed in Iran, Mr Johnson had to apologise in Parliament.\n\nHe had said she had been teaching journalists in Iran when she had been detained, contradicting her statement that she had been on holiday at the time.\n\nHe later clarified that she had in fact been on holiday but has also said he does not believe his remarks made a difference to her plight - a claim rejected by her family.\n\nA few days after Mr Johnson made his remarks, Zaghari-Ratcliffe was summoned before an Iranian judge, to face charges of engaging in propaganda against the regime.\n\nAs foreign secretary, he also earned a rebuke from Downing Street, after comments emerged in which he had criticised close ally Saudi Arabia for engaging in proxy wars in the Middle East.\n\nNevertheless, he continued to allow sales of UK arms to Saudi Arabia, which is involved in a controversial military campaign in Yemen.\n\nIn 2018, Mr Johnson also faced criticism after writing in the Daily Telegraph that Muslim women wearing the burka \"looked like letterboxes\".\n\nBy this stage, though, he had left the government, resigning in protest at Theresa May's Brexit plan.\n\nBoris Johnson was a leading figure in the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 EU referendum.\n\nHe became well known for his attacks on the EU and for advocating the benefits of Brexit. He declared that he was \"pro-having cake and pro-eating it\".\n\nBut it hadn't always been clear which side he would support.\n\nIn fact, while mayor of London, he'd spoken of the benefits of being in the single market.\n\nAnd in an article for the Daily Telegraph in 2013, weighing up the pros and cons of being in the EU, he had said that leaving would not solve the UK's problems.\n\nHowever, he also made clear he supported plans to ask the British people to decide about EU membership.\n\nDuring the Brexit campaign, he came under sustained criticism from those in favour of Remain, for his claims about the benefits of leaving and what he called \"taking back control\".\n\nMost controversial was a claim about how much money the UK sent to the EU. The £350m-a-week figure, which appeared on the side of a bus during the campaign, recently led to an unsuccessful attempt to prosecute him. Critics pointed out at the time that the figure was wrong as it did not take into account the UK's rebate, or indeed money subsequently spent in the UK.\n\nFor his part, Mr Johnson dismissed warnings that leaving the EU could spark a recession, describing one such study as propaganda.\n\nAnd he has continued to advocate a harder form of Brexit, sharply criticising both the deal that Mrs May agreed and her whole approach to the negotiations with the EU.\n\nHe described it as leading the UK into the \"status of a colony\", in his resignation letter, in July 2018.\n\nMr Johnson has continued to insist that the UK can and should leave the EU by 31 October, with or without a deal.", "Can he be trusted? It's the first question we asked Boris Johnson when he eventually took questions at the start of this campaign.\n\nThe questions that many of his colleagues aren't quite sure about. And of course, the question that the front runner to become prime minister in a few weeks answers heartily, yes of course.\n\nBut when it comes to the most sensitive matters of state, maybe it is not quite so straightforward.\n\nThere were issues about the sharing of intelligence with Boris Johnson when was foreign secretary, particularly in his first few months in the job, sources have told the BBC\n\nIt is understood that Theresa May and some in the intelligence community had worries about his ability to keep information confidential.\n\nAnd the tension went back as far as the time when he was Mayor of London and she was home secretary, when one source claims he angered her by inadvertently revealing confidential information before it was due to be made public.\n\nOnce he was in government, on occasion Downing Street would even convene smaller meetings, or \"pre-meets\", to discuss sensitive subjects rather than include him as foreign secretary, a senior figure has told me.\n\nYou can read my colleague Gordon Corera's full story on what happened here.\n\nMr Johnson's campaign team denies there was ever a problem while Mr Johnson himself has said it is \"not true\" that anything was withheld.\n\nBut one of his allies confides \"it was obvious there were concerns on issues from early on\" and suggests \"there was a constant question of whether he was really seeing everything\" - the full intelligence picture that he would be entitled to in his role as Foreign Secretary.\n\nIt's said that he worried constantly about being cut out. But, this is not just about the keeping of secrets, but Theresa May's desire to keep political control.\n\nIt's suggested that the real issue was a lack of trust and hostility between Mr Johnson and Theresa May. One source believes Mr Johnson was excluded from seeing some sensitive information because there was a hostile relationship between him and Downing Street, not because of reservations from the intelligence services.\n\nAnd they suggest that despite early doubts among the security services about him, they eased over time and by the time he left his post, they had good relations.\n\nAnother senior figure closely involved at the time blames a mixture of factors for the situation, citing Mr Johnson's perceived lack of discipline, nervousness among the intelligence community, and hostility between him and Theresa May.\n\nBallot papers have now started landing on Tory members doormats. These revelations aren't likely to dim the zeal of some of Mr Johnson's ardent supporters.\n\nHe is one of an unusual breed of politicians who is admired, perhaps as much, because of his flaws as despite them.\n\nBut for those who doubt him, it's another area of concern, another tension any new prime minister could ill afford.", "The Royal Hospital for Sick Children was due to open on Tuesday\n\nHealth Secretary Jeane Freeman said she overruled NHS Lothian's plans to open the new children's hospital in Edinburgh next week.\n\nThe £150m building in Little France was due to open on Tuesday but is now subject to indefinite delays.\n\nThe decision not to open the landmark hospital came after last-minute inspections found safety concerns over its ventilation system.\n\nIt is understood the health board had been considering a partial opening.\n\nMs Freeman has ordered an investigation into the problems with the new building and said patient safety had to come first.\n\nJeane Freeman said she was only notified of the problem on Tuesday\n\nShe told BBC radio's Good Morning Scotland: \"NHS Lothian were looking at options, they had not made a decision about what they wanted to do.\n\n\"I took the decision that it was not safe to open the hospital next week in any respect until I'd been assured for patient safety that every other area of that hospital met national standards.\"\n\nAsked if she had overruled the health board, Ms Freeman said: \"Yes, I have.\"\n\nThe new hospital had been due to open in autumn 2017\n\nThe health secretary said she was informed on Tuesday that the \"final validation check\" of the ventilation system in Critical Care at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People was not meeting national standards.\n\nShe said: \"Because this was picked up so late I want to be sure that all other safety checks in the rest of the hospital are also conducted again.\n\n\"The decision I took was that it was too great a risk.\"\n\nThe corridors of the new hospital will remain empty for some time\n\nThe new 233-bed hospital will form part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus, providing care for children and young people to about 16 years of age.\n\nIt will also have 10 theatres and a children's emergency department.\n\nThe site, which also includes Clinical Neurosciences and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, had been due to open in 2017 but a series of problems pushed that back.\n\nThe building shares the same main contractor and design as the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, which has also had problems with ventilation systems.\n\nMs Freeman was asked in parliament last month if NHS Lothian had been assured the same problems did not exist at the new site.\n\nThe health secretary said NHS Lothian told her it would not take ownership of the building until it was \"absolutely assured\" those steps had been taken.\n\nShe said she now needed to find out why the health board was so confident the hospital was meeting standards \"when self-evidently in Critical Care it certainly wasn't\".\n\nMs Freeman said she had asked for an audit of the safety checking process so she could identify where the mistake had been made.\n\nThe main contractor building the hospital, Multiplex, issued a statement saying its work was signed off as complete by the Independent Certifier on 22 February, when it handed over the building to NHS Lothian.\n\nThe health secretary said: \"There's no indication at this point that any fault lies with the contractors themselves.\"\n\nMs Freeman said she did not know how long it would be before the new hospital was opened but the old Sick Kids hospital would remain in use.\n\nShe said there was a helpline available for people who had appointments planned at the new hospital.\n\nStaff were ready to leave the old Sick Kids hospital\n\nMs Freeman said she should have the results of the additional safety checks \"very soon\".\n\nIf everything was ok with the rest of the site, there could be a \"phased move\" of other units such as outpatient services and neurosciences.\n\nShe said work was under way to identify what upgrade was needed to the ventilation system in Critical Care.\n\nIt was \"likely to take months rather than weeks\" before Critical Care and the Emergency department could open, she said.\n\nMs Freeman admitted that there could be difficulties with any move if it was delayed until the winter months.\n\n\"At this point I can't say when Critical Care and the Emergency department will move into the new site,\" she said.\n\nUnison Scotland, which represents many NHS staff, said union members were feeling \"exasperated, shocked and concerned\".\n\nA dedicated helpline has been set up on 0800 028 2816. This will be operational from 12pm on Friday and will run until 10pm. After that the line will be operational from 8am until 10pm during the week and from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays.", "The man was unable to move after suffering a fall in his basement\n\nA man who spent six days trapped in his basement without food or water has been rescued after his concerned colleagues came to his aid.\n\nThe man, aged in his 50s, was unable to move after falling in his home in Windsor Road, Liverpool.\n\nHis colleagues at HM Revenue & Customs visited his house twice and alerted police on Thursday when they heard someone shouting inside.\n\nPolice found him and he was taken to hospital for observations.\n\nIt is understood the man is now recovering from a fractured shoulder.\n\nA spokesman for HMRC said if someone who lives on their own fails to turn up to work then it is policy to send someone round to check.\n\n\"We're very happy that our colleague has been found and wish him a speedy recovery.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will face Boris Johnson in the run-off to become Conservative leader and prime minister.\n\nMr Hunt oversaw the London Olympics as culture secretary and was the UK's longest-serving health secretary.\n\nBefore entering Parliament, Jeremy Hunt had a career as an English teacher in Japan and as an entrepreneur.\n\nHe became the MP for South West Surrey at the 2005 general election, taking over from Virginia Bottomley.\n\nFrom 2005 to 2007, Mr Hunt was shadow minister for disabled people. It was a reward for supporting David Cameron, who attended Oxford University at the same time as him, in the Conservative leadership election.\n\nA reshuffle in 2007 saw Mr Hunt promoted to shadow culture secretary.\n\nIn 2009, he was found to have breached expenses rules and ordered to repay more than £9,500. He had allowed his agent to stay rent-free in his constituency property, which was designated as his second home.\n\nMr Hunt had claimed £19,117 in public money towards the property, but it was decided he hadn't benefited financially from the situation.\n\nWhen the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government was formed in 2010, Jeremy Hunt joined the cabinet as secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport.\n\nIt was a key role in the run-up to London's 2012 Olympics and he worked closely with then London Mayor, Boris Johnson.\n\nMr Hunt campaigned on the importance of tourism during the Olympics. And he took the decision to double the budget for the Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies from £40m to £81m.\n\nThe Olympic opening ceremony was widely seen as a big success.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMr Hunt also put emphasis on creating a lasting legacy for the games.\n\nThe government gave Sport England £1bn to invest in grassroots sports, and Mr Hunt said there was an \"extraordinary chance\" to \"reinvigorate this country's sporting habits for both the young and the old\".\n\nBut in the years that followed there was only a small increase in the number of young people taking up sport.\n\nIn 2005-06 the proportion of over-16s in England who played sport for at least 30 minutes each week was 34.6%. By 2015-16, it was 36.1%.\n\nEarlier in 2012, his career was hanging in the balance. During the Leveson Inquiry into the culture and practices of the press, his contact with the Murdoch family came under scrutiny.\n\nMr Hunt was responsible for overseeing the proposed takeover of BSkyB by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.\n\nHe was criticised for failing to supervise his adviser's contact with News Corp, and for messages he exchanged with James Murdoch on the bid. His special adviser, Adam Smith, was forced to quit.\n\nThe inquiry released texts sent from Mr Hunt to News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel when it was bidding for BSkyB. The culture secretary addressed him as \"Daddy\" and \"mon ami\" - their wives had given birth in the same hospital in May 2010. Separately, in December 2010, he told Mr Michel there was \"nothing u won't like\" in a forthcoming speech.\n\nMr Hunt insisted he acted with \"total integrity\" during the bid process.\n\nAs culture secretary, Mr Hunt also led a government plan to launch local television stations across the UK. More than 30 had been set up before Ofcom later scrapped the roll-out of any further channels, because of limited interest from viewers and financial difficulties.\n\nCity TV, the holder of the local TV licence for Birmingham, was forced to appoint administrators to find a buyer before it was even launched, for example.\n\nMr Hunt also announced a deal with the BBC to freeze the licence fee for six years at £145.50 from 2010. He said high executive salaries and an advantage over commercial broadcasters were a cause for concern.\n\nThat was equivalent to a 16% budget cut in real terms and led to the BBC having to make savings, including 2,000 job losses.\n\nUnder the agreement, the BBC also took on responsibility for funding the World Service, the Welsh language channel S4C, and the roll-out of broadband to rural areas.\n\nJeremy Hunt was appointed health secretary in September 2012, with Maria Miller taking on his previous role.\n\nHe would eventually become the longest-serving health secretary in NHS history, surpassing its founder, Labour's Aneurin Bevan.\n\nBut Mr Hunt held office during the slowest period of investment in the NHS since its foundation - which created big problems.\n\nSince the NHS was established, health spending has risen by about 4% above inflation each year on average. Post-2010, as the coalition budget tried to reduce the deficit, this fell to about 1% a year.\n\nThis came as demands on the health service were growing.\n\nBetween 2005 and 2015, A&E visits went up by almost 30%. And during Mr Hunt's tenure as health secretary, the number of people in the population aged 85 and over went up by about a third.\n\nThe independent Office for Budget Responsibility said funding for the NHS needed to rise by 4.3% a year just to keep up with rising demand, without actively improving standards.\n\nFinancial difficulties led to more hospitals going into the red, as well as targets being missed in three main areas: cancer care, hospital appointments and A&E waiting times.\n\nNHS England has not met any of these targets since 2015.\n\nJust 85.3% of patients were seen at A&E departments within the waiting time target of four hours in January 2018. At least 95% of patients attending A&E are supposed to be either admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.\n\nUnions, like the GMB, demanded his resignation.\n\nAs well as a series of austerity measures - which included extending a cap on pay increases for NHS staff - he was also criticised for his handling of the junior doctor contract row.\n\nMr Hunt said that changes to contracts were essential to deliver a seven-day NHS in England by 2020 - a pledge in the Conservatives' 2010 election manifesto.\n\nTo achieve this, the proposed contracts would mean evenings and Saturdays would be considered \"normal\" rather than \"unsocial\" hours and would no longer attract overtime pay.\n\nThe NHS's pay review body had said the cost of paying a premium on these \"unsocial hours\" put delivering a seven-day NHS out of reach.\n\nJunior doctors responded by tweeting pictures of themselves working weekend and late shifts, with the hashtag #ImInWorkJeremy.\n\nContract negotiations with junior doctors stopped and started and the British Medical Association eventually decided on industrial action.\n\nJunior doctors took part in a series of walkouts in 2016. On two strike days, between 08:00 and 17:00 even emergency care wasn't covered - the first time that had ever happened in the history of the NHS.\n\nPublic support for the strike was high, and even after doctors withdrew emergency care, the majority of the public (57%) still supported the strike and believed the government was more at fault (54%).\n\nA new contract for junior doctors was later imposed, after BMA members rejected a deal agreed by the government and union negotiators.\n\nDespite heavy criticism, Mr Hunt did go on to secure a funding increase for the NHS, totalling £20.5bn in real terms by 2023.\n\nHe also oversaw the introduction of an Ofsted-style system for rating hospitals and GP surgeries in England, ranking them on things like cancer, mental health and diabetes services.\n\nMr Hunt repeatedly referred in speeches to cases where individuals had received bad treatment in the NHS. He said he was horrified at the report into the Stafford Hospital scandal.\n\nHe went on to overhaul the inspection regime, introduce a new duty of candour on staff and fresh rules about whistle-blowers.\n\nSocial care was added to his brief in 2018. He spoke of the need to integrate social care, funded by local councils, with services delivered by the NHS.\n\nHe had already overseen a transfer of money from the NHS to council budgets from 2014. This shared budget was designed to tackle the problem of elderly people having to stay in hospital beds unnecessarily, because of a lack of care for them at home.\n\nAfter this, the number of these cases fell.\n\nHe also oversaw the introduction of the first national waiting-time target for mental health treatment. From April 2016, the NHS said at least 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis should begin treatment within two weeks of referral.\n\nMr Hunt became foreign secretary in July 2018, after his predecessor and now leadership rival, Boris Johnson, quit over Theresa May's Brexit strategy.\n\nIn March, he became the first Western foreign minister to visit Yemen since conflict there began.\n\nHe has faced criticism for allowing the UK to sell arms to the Saudi regime, which is involved in a controversial military campaign in Yemen. But he has previously defended UK-Saudi ties, saying Saudi Arabia is a \"very, very important military ally to the UK\".\n\nHis time as foreign secretary has not been gaffe-free. During a meeting on an official visit to China, he called his wife Lucia Guo \"Japanese\" - although she was born in Xian in central China.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The foreign secretary tells Today he would include the DUP and ERG in Brexit talks\n\nA Remain campaigner in the 2016 EU referendum, Mr Hunt has since said he would vote Leave in a second vote. He said this was because of the \"arrogance of the European Commission\" in Brexit negotiations.\n\nHe also likened the Brexit negotiating tactics of the EU to the Soviet Union. The comparison provoked criticism from EU ambassadors and politicians and there were calls for an apology.\n\nMr Hunt says he want to negotiate a \"credible\" Brexit plan by securing changes to the controversial Irish backstop.\n\nHowever, he does not rule out leaving the EU without a deal if such an outcome becomes \"the only way to deliver Brexit\".\n\nBut unlike his leadership rival, Boris Johnson, he says the current departure date of 31 October is not a hard deadline.", "The UK's biggest provider of forensic services has paid a ransom to criminals after its IT systems were disrupted in a cyber-attack, BBC News has learned.\n\nEurofins Scientific was infected with a ransomware computer virus a month ago, which led British police to suspend work with the global testing company.\n\nAt the time, the firm described the attack as \"highly sophisticated\".\n\nBBC News has not been told how much money was involved in the ransom payment or when it was paid.\n\nThe National Crime Agency (NCA) said it was a \"matter for the victim\" as to whether a ransom had been paid.\n\nThe agency, which is investigating the attack, said: \"As there is an ongoing criminal investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment.\"\n\nEurofins previously said the attack was \"well-resourced\" but three weeks later said its operations were \"returning to normal\".\n\nIt said it would also not comment on whether a ransom had been paid or not.\n\nIt added it was \"collaborating with law enforcement\" in the UK and elsewhere.\n\nThe ransomware attack hit the company, which accounts for over half of forensic science provision in the UK, on the first weekend in June.\n\nRansomware is a computer virus that prevents users from accessing their system or personal files. Messages sent by the perpetrators demand a payment in order to unlock the frozen accounts.\n\nEurofins deals with over 70,000 criminal cases in the UK each year.\n\nIt carries out DNA testing, toxicology analysis, firearms testing and computer forensics for police forces across the UK.\n\nForensic science work has been carried out by private firms and police laboratories in England and Wales since the closure of the government's Forensic Science Service in 2012.\n\nAn emergency police response to the cyber-attack was led by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) to manage the flow of forensic submissions so DNA and blood samples which needed urgent testing were sent to other suppliers.\n\nIt has led to delays in forensic science provision and is understood to have caused some court hearings to be postponed because information on the results of analysis conducted by Eurofins was not accessible.\n\nThe ransom is likely to have been paid between 10 June, when Eurofins issued a lengthy statement about the attack, and June 24 when it published an optimistic update, saying it had \"identified the variant of the malware used\" in the attack and had strengthened cyber-security.\n\nIt said: \"We are continuing to work intensively with leading cybersecurity experts to further secure our current systems and infrastructure and to add enhanced security features and measures to protect our systems and data.\"\n\n\"The investigations conducted so far by our internal and external IT forensics experts have not found evidence of any unauthorised theft or transfer of confidential client data.\"\n\nThe NPCC refused to comment on the ransom payment but police sources said \"excellent progress\" had been made in dealing with the fall-out of the cyber attack.\n\nPolice and law enforcement agencies in the UK are still not submitting new samples to Eurofins for analysis but the company says it is working towards giving them the assurances they need for fresh work to restart.\n\nThe Crown Prosecution Service said: \"We are working to make sure all hearings remain fair and based on reliable evidence. While investigations are ongoing, prosecutors will assess the impact on a case by case basis.\n\n\"Cases where forensic evidence does not play a major role will continue as ‎usual if all parties agree.\n\n\"If ‎test results provided by Eurofins are central, we will seek to adjourn cases for the shortest possible period.\"\n\nEurofins is the third major forensic science problem to hit law enforcement following the collapse of Key Forensic Services and a criminal investigation into alleged irregularities at Randox Testing.", "The Queen met researchers and scientists when she formally opened Bush House - although some students were not welcome\n\nKing's College London (KCL) has apologised and admitted it was wrong to ban a group of students from campus during a royal visit.\n\nThe Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge visited the university's Strand Campus on 19 March to open Bush House.\n\nOne staff member and 13 students linked to campaigning groups were denied access to the campus, causing one student to fear he would miss an exam.\n\nThe acting principal said KCL's actions that day \"did not meet our values\".\n\nProf Evelyn Welch added that a report into the university's actions was \"uncomfortable to read\" and that the leadership team \"apologise wholeheartedly\".\n\nThe investigation found the university had breached its own policies regarding protection of personal information and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).\n\nFollowing protests at university events on both 4 March and 18 March, police contacted the university's head of security to express concerns of an \"increased risk\" during the royal visit.\n\nThe Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge visited the campus the day after a protest at the university's council meeting\n\nThe card access for a list of people linked to groups including the Intersectional Feminist Society and Action Palestine was then blocked, without those individuals being told.\n\nOne student reported he was worried he would miss an exam but \"fortunately\" security staff reinstated his card in time, the report said.\n\nIt added that another student was late for an assessed presentation and had to \"beg to the point of tears to be let in\".\n\nThe day after the royal visit there were protests outside KCL's Strand Campus.\n\nThe report concluded that the Estates and Facilities team had \"overstepped the boundaries of their authority\".\n\nProf Welch said it was \"clear how the decisions taken in the run-up to and on 19 March have hurt our community\".\n\nShe added: \"The report shows that we need to take some actions to ensure that the values we uphold are applied consistently across our organisation.\n\n\"While individuals are identified, they should not be singled out as those who were solely responsible; as such we will be looking at the systemic underlying issues that we need to address at King's going forward.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSouthern California was hit by its strongest earthquake in two decades on Thursday.\n\nThe epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude tremor was near the city of Ridgecrest, which is about 150 miles (240 km) north-east of Los Angeles.\n\nTremors continued to be felt on Friday, as emergency crews fought fires and provided medical assistance to people.\n\nThe quake was felt from Las Vegas in Nevada to Los Angeles on California's Pacific coast.\n\nIt hit at 10:33 local time (18:33GMT) on the US Fourth of July Independence Day holiday.\n\nOn Friday morning at 04:15, a tremor measuring 5.4 struck. Los Angeles fire officials said there were no immediate reports of additional damage.\n\nThere was significant damage in Ridgecrest, which lies south-west of the epicentre, local geophysicist Professor John Rundle told the BBC.\n\nThe epicentre of the earthquake was near the city of Ridgecrest\n\nHe added that it was fortunate the quake had happened far away from major population centres.\n\nRoads were cracked and broken and power lines fell to the ground after the earthquake, which also shattered glass and cracked the walls of some homes in the region.\n\nFire burned some homes in the city of Ridgecrest\n\nThe Ridgecrest Regional Hospital was evacuated, the Kern County Fire Department said. The service has responded to nearly two dozen incidents ranging from medical assistance for minor injuries to fires.\n\nThe quake also struck near China Lake - the bomb testing facility of the US Navy, where weapons and aircraft are put to through their paces. One official from the facility told AFP news agency there was \"substantial damage\" – including fires, water leaks, and hazardous materials spills.\n\nBrad Alexander, a spokesman for California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, said on Thursday that fire engines and search and rescue teams were going to assist in the Ridgecrest area, where he believed there were a number of buildings on fire.\n\n\"This may not be over. There could be more earthquakes happening in the area and anyone listening that's in that region should be prepared to drop, cover and hold on,\" he warned.\n\nA man cleans up a supermarket that was damaged by the earthquake\n\nGovernor of California Gavin Newsom declared an emergency for the areas affected, as concern for potential aftershocks ramped up.\n\nIn interviews, he called on California residents to have a plan in place in case more earthquakes strike.\n\nMayor of Ridgecrest Peggy Breeden said that some people had been struck by objects falling from buildings and gas lines had been broken.\n\n\"We are used to earthquakes but we're not used to this significance,\" she said.\n\nLos Angeles' early warning system did not send an advance alert to many residents in the region, the LA Times reports - because the forecast did not meet the threshold of severity for Los Angeles County. In the end, the shaking was worse than expected for some people.\n\nStephen Sykes, who lives in Ridgecrest, was in the shower when his house started to shake.\n\n\"The whole house shook violently and we both ran out into the street. This went on for about 10 to 15 seconds, we were really scared,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"Currently we are getting ready in case there's another one. We are moving items onto the floor and have turned off the gas supply. We will probably sleep outside tonight,\" he added.\n\nPresident Donald Trump tweeted that the situation was under control.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLucy Jones, a seismologist with the US Geological Survey, told reporters the epicentre was in a relatively uninhabited area.\n\nShe said there would likely be a number of aftershocks, some powerful.\n\nOne man tweeted images from inside a supermarket in Ridgecrest, which has a population of about 28,000 people, showing the aisle floors covered with fallen items.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Nick Graehl This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson's job as foreign secretary was to convince the world that Brexit did not mean Britain's withdrawal from global affairs. It is a task that few historians will conclude Mr Johnson achieved.\n\nOn Monday, he was supposed to be chairing a summit in London on the Western Balkans to show the UK's continuing commitment to European security.\n\nInstead, foreign ministers tweeted their frustration at the absence of their host as he agonised about his future.\n\nThis week is a moment when Britain's voice is meant to be heard - at the Nato summit in Brussels and during President Trump's visit to the UK.\n\nThere is diplomacy to be done after the death of a British national from what is suspected to be a Russian nerve agent attack, a shocking event that has been overshadowed by the latest dramas over Brexit.\n\nInstead, the departure of Mr Johnson will add to the uncertainty that diplomats and politicians from overseas feel about Britain's foreign policy.\n\nBoris Johnson surveying destruction in the British Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Irma\n\nWhen Mr Johnson was appointed two years ago, there was hope that his charm and intelligence could turn into statesmanship. Diplomats warmed to this multilingual maverick - here at last was a foreign secretary with some political star quality, who could get Britain heard on the international stage.\n\nAnd certainly at early international meetings, I watched as Mr Johnson was mobbed by fellow ministers seeking selfies with a tousle-haired phenomenon tipped as a future prime minister.\n\nBut soon hope turned to disappointment. The repeated gaffes and inappropriate remarks often undermined any progress Mr Johnson made with Britain's allies and opponents. There were the jokes about dead bodies in Libya and the recitation of inappropriate verses by Rudyard Kipling in Myanmar.\n\nAnd there was his inaccurate suggestion that the detained British Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe had been in Iran training journalists, which her family and supporters said had damaged their campaign to secure her release.\n\nBoris Johnson during a press conference in Libya in 2017\n\nOf course, some of the jokes worked and some politicians overseas warmed to the entertaining foreign minister from Britain. There were times when Mr Johnson was an effective minister for foreign affairs.\n\nI travelled with him to Libya last year and he met the right people, said the right things, caused no offence and placed the UK firmly in the mix as an international player in that part of north Africa.\n\nThere were moments in other diplomatic forums, such as meetings with Burmese officials at the United Nations, where Mr Johnson's charm kept the show on the road by sheer force of personality.\n\nBut there was often frustration at the lack of substance. Foreign envoys would sometimes tell me they couldn't fill their telegrams home simply with jokes written by Boris Johnson.\n\nOn one occasion, President Sisi of Egypt simply walked out of a meeting with a rather bemused foreign secretary simply because the conversation did not get beyond the pleasantries.\n\nBoris Johnson with Russia's Sergei Lavrov in Moscow in December 2017\n\nAbove all, Mr Johnson struggled to set out clearly what the government's \"global Britain\" foreign policy actually meant. His focus on women's education and saving elephants rarely formed part of a bigger picture.\n\nWhat is Britain's response to the rise of countries such as China and India? What is Britain's thinking on the long term pressures of migration from sub-Saharan Africa, where a demographic explosion is expected in coming decades?\n\nWhat is the solution to the government's contradictory policy towards the conflict in Yemen, where Britain sells arms to one side, Saudi Arabia, while giving foreign aid to the other, the civilians left injured and hungry by the fighting? What is Britain's approach to issues such as Syria and North Korea?\n\nThese are all questions that still require answers. And that is on top of the questions posed by Brexit and Britain's uncertain relationship with an increasingly independent-minded United States led by Donald Trump.\n\nThe former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt tweeted on Monday that Britain \"used to be a nation providing leadership to the world - now, it can't even provide leadership to itself\".\n\nBritish diplomats would challenge such a sweeping assertion and cite the way the UK convinced 28 countries to expel 150 Russian diplomats after the Salisbury nerve agent attack as an example of global leadership. But the question remains: what is British foreign policy? And it is a question that Boris Johnson's successor will have to answer.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Liz Truss: I'm not desperate to get back into No 10. Video, 00:00:53Liz Truss: I'm not desperate to get back into No 10", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nAmerican 15-year-old Coco Gauff saved two match points in another astonishing display to extend her dream Wimbledon run into the last 16.\n\nA packed Centre Court, enchanted by the teen who knocked out five-time champion Venus Williams, saw her beat Slovenian Polona Hercog 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-5.\n\nAfter double-faulting to hand Hercog the first set, Gauff was staring at defeat at 5-2 in the second.\n\nBut she pulled back to force a tie-break and snatched another famous win.\n\n\"I always knew I could come back whatever the score was,\" Gauff, who will face Romanian former world number one Simona Halep next, told BBC television.\n\n\"The crowd was amazing. Even when I was down match point they were still cheering me on.\"\n• None How day five at Wimbledon unfolded\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nFrom the moment she arrived in London, Gauff has been doing things her way - and in style.\n\nFirst, she was the youngest player to qualify for Wimbledon in the Open era, then she became the youngest player to reach the last 32 since 1991.\n\nAfter stunning one of her idols Williams 6-4 6-4 in the first round, and then proving it was no fluke with another straight-set win over former Wimbledon semi-finalist Magdalena Rybarikova, Gauff became the story of the championships.\n\nSuch was the interest in her that this third-round match - which on paper was a qualifier against an unseeded player - ended up on Centre Court, one of the sport's biggest stages.\n\nAnd it more than justified the decision.\n\nTrailing by a double break in the second set, Gauff was heading for the exit door. Facing two match points, she had one foot out of it.\n\nBut if there was any doubt over the mental strength of this youngster, she answered it - saving one match point with a bold, line-kissing winner, before Hercog double-faulted on the other.\n\nShe must have sensed it was going to be her day when a lucky net cord in the tie-break edged her ahead - and she held her nerve in a who-will-blink-first rally on set point, then unleashed the forehand winner that drew her level.\n\nGauff beat her chest in celebration, her mum dared to look up, and the Centre Court crowd rose to their feet with a roar.\n\nA nervy third set followed, with Gauff eventually carving out a match point after two hours 45 minutes, completing the remarkable turnaround when Hercog hit long.\n\nShe dropped her racquet and jumped up and down with her arms in the air, then put her hands behind her head in disbelief. Her mum danced with joy and the 14,000-strong crowd leapt to their feet in stunned admiration.\n\nHer exploits this week led to 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer introducing himself to her and Rafael Nadal watching her train, while her mobile phone was - in her words - \"banging\".\n\nIt will not stop now either.\n\nOnly eligible to play 10 tournaments at professional level between her 15th and 16th birthdays, Gauff seems to have chosen wisely.\n\nEven if she loses to 2018 French Open champion Halep in the next round on Monday, the teenager will take home prize money of £176,000.\n\nHer career earnings until now were £60,000.\n\n\"I can't buy a car because I can't drive,\" she said. \"Maybe I'm going to buy some hoodies.\"\n\nHer Wimbledon run so far will lift Gauff into the world's top 200, up from 313 at the start of the tournament.\n\nIf she can negotiate her way past potential opponents, such as third seed Karolina Pliskova, 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams or world number one Ashleigh Barty, she would rise even higher.\n\nAnd, whisper it quietly at this stage, no 15-year-old has ever won a Grand Slam singles title. On this showing, it is not something that would faze this one.\n\nIt was so dramatic. What an occasion.\n\nTo get to the second week in your first major is absolutely incredible. The concentration and focus from both ladies was incredible.\n\nIt was almost sweeter the way she was able to come back from two match points. To come back form such a huge deficit, to be able to change her game, and to keep her wits about her.\n\nEveryone will remember it.", "With ballots beginning to land on doormats, Conservative Party members will soon choose not only their new leader but the country's next prime minister.\n\nWhen it comes to things such as their age, wealth and where they live, the 160,000 or so paid-up members may not be particularly representative of the rest of the country.\n\nBut what exactly is on their minds? And how do their views compare with those of the population as a whole?\n\nMost people appear to agree that Brexit is crucial.\n\nWhen we asked about it in a survey at the very end of last year, some 60% of all UK voters ranked it the most important issue and 74% of them placed it in the top three.\n\nStill, that's nothing compared with Conservative Party members surveyed, of whom, 75% ranked it first and 88% in the top three.\n\nBut just because voters and Tory members agreed Brexit was important, it does not mean they saw eye-to-eye on the issue.\n\nThis was seen when we asked people how they would vote in a referendum that gave them the choice between remaining in the EU and leaving without a deal.\n\nA stunning 76% of rank and file Conservatives plumped for no deal - an option picked by only 35% of voters as a whole.\n\nThat was partly because only 18% of the Tory party members believed that no deal would cause serious disruption to, say, supplies of foods and medicines, compared with 35% of the voters surveyed who reckoned it would (and a further 21% who weren't too sure).\n\nIf, on the other hand, the UK held another referendum and ended up staying in the EU, most of the Tory members would feel \"betrayed\" (58%), \"angry\" (15%) or \"disappointed\" (6%).\n\nThe figures for voters as a whole were 26% \"betrayed\", 7% \"angry\" and 8% \"disappointed\".\n\nBefore the 2016 Brexit referendum, the economy was often ranked as the most important issue.\n\nBut, right now, unemployment, interest rates and inflation (ie price rises) are all pretty low - which could mean people are currently relatively relaxed.\n\nThat said, neither Jeremy Hunt nor Boris Johnson - the two leadership contenders - can afford to forget about the economy: 36% of voters and 45% of Tory members surveyed placed it in their top three issues.\n\nOnce again, though, there were some significant differences between between the Conservative grassroots attitudes and those of the voting population as a whole.\n\nFor instance, most of the voters (51%) thought government should redistribute income from the rich to the poor, with only one in five (19%) disagreeing.\n\nThe Tory members, however, thought the opposite - a mere 15% favoured redistribution, while 63% opposed the idea.\n\nHowever, that is not to say Conservative Party members care only about tax cuts for the rich.\n\nTrue, a recent survey of the membership suggests most (58%) warmed to Boris Johnson's suggestion the threshold for paying higher-rate tax should be raised to £80,000 a year.\n\nHowever, the same survey also suggests 63% think abolishing the top rate (paid by those earning over £150,000 a year) is the wrong priority.\n\nAnd, perhaps even more importantly, 60% of Tory members think any extra money should be spent on improving public services rather than tax cuts.\n\nTory members and UK voters as a whole both believe other issues, such as immigration and crime, should be priorities for the country, surveys suggest.\n\nBoth groups also broadly agree about the way immigration and crime should be dealt with.\n\nImmigration was placed in the top three by 31% of Conservative Party members surveyed and by 27% of the voters overall.\n\nWe believe, from polling, the public has long wanted to see a reduction in numbers coming in.\n\nA recent survey of Tory members indicated there was only one group of migrants most (51%) of them wanted to see more of - skilled, well-educated people looking for highly paid jobs.\n\nLow-paid, low-skilled workers were deemed particularly unwelcome, as were Muslim migrants.\n\nJust a few weeks before she is due to stand down as prime minister, Theresa May met Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the G20 Summit in Japan\n\nOn crime, just over a quarter (29%) of the members and just under quarter (22%) of the voters named it as one of the three most important issues facing the country.\n\nAgain, both groups had similar views on the matter: 76% of the Tory members said people who broke the law should be given stiffer sentences - something 67% of the voters also agreed with.\n\nThere are, however, other policy areas where the Conservative members and the voting population as a whole held very different views.\n\nDefence, for instance, was placed in the top three most important issues by 29% of the Tory members but only 12% of the voters.\n\nBy way of contrast, benefits and universal credit was placed in the top three by 23% of the voters but only 11% of the Tory members.\n\nSimilarly, education and the environment were low down the list of voter priorities, mentioned as top-three issues by just 15% and 18% respectively.\n\nBut the voters were still twice as likely as the Conservative members to rank them as such.\n\nDame Cheryl Gillan announced that Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt had made it through to the final stage of the leadership contest\n\nThe biggest gap, however, between the general public and the Tory grassroots may be on health.\n\nFor the voters as a whole, it was clearly the second most important issue after Brexit, with 42% of them ranking it in their top-three. Only 19% of Conservative Party members said the same.\n\nIn short, the issues that need to be addressed in order to win over the Conservative grassroots are not necessarily those that will resonate with voters as a whole.\n\nSince Boris Johnson and Hunt are vying to become not just Tory leader but the UK's prime minister, they might want to take note.\n\nThis analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from experts working for an outside organisation.\n\nTim Bale is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London.", "Sentence was deferred at the High Court in Edinburgh\n\nA heavily-pregnant woman lost the twins she was carrying after being viciously attacked by the father of the unborn children, a court has heard.\n\nStephen Ramsay, 36, repeatedly punched Lisa Donaldson, 35, throttled her and stabbed her in the neck in Glenrothes.\n\nThe attack resulted in the deaths of both of Ms Donaldson's unborn children. She was 32-weeks pregnant at the time.\n\nRamsay has admitted attempting to murder her. Sentence was deferred at the High Court in Edinburgh.\n\nThe court was told that Ramsay had falsely accused Ms Donaldson of stealing money he had made while pretending to be homeless on the streets of Edinburgh.\n\nHe attacked her in the home they shared in February of this year. Police officers kicked in the door of the Delgatie Court property and found Ramsay straddling Ms Donaldson with his hands around her neck.\n\nMs Donaldson was unconscious and the floor around her was saturated with blood. Her throat had been cut and she was almost unrecognisable because of bruising and swelling to her face.\n\nShe was taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy where an emergency section was carried out to deliver the baby boy and girl, but both were dead.\n\nThe court was told that Ms Donaldson named her twins Edith and Ajay.\n\nThe medical opinion was that both had died as a result of the attack on their mother, who was initially put into a medically-induced coma.\n\nShe suffered a spinal cord injury because of the stab wound to her neck and respiratory arrest, along with extensive bruising and at least 22 separate injuries on her torso alone.\n\nShe also suffered brain damage and was left with balance problems in the wake of the attack.\n\nWhen he was told the babies were dead, Ramsay told police officers: \"I've murdered my kids. I don't deserve to be treated. I deserve to die, just kill me now.\"\n\nHe has extensive previous convictions including for assault, theft and fraud, and was under the influence of drink, prescription medication and illegal drugs at the time of the attack.\n\nRamsay admitted attempting to murder Ms Donaldson while knowing that was 32 weeks pregnant with twins.\n\nThe charge stated that he compressed her throat and restricted her breathing, repeatedly punching her and striking her on the neck with a knife causing severe injury, permanent disfigurement and danger to her life and causing serious injuries and significant blood loss which caused the death of the unborn babies.\n\nJudge Lord Kinclaven deferred sentence until 27 September and he was remanded in custody.", "A Virgin Atlantic flight has made an emergency landing in Boston after a fire broke out on board.\n\nThe plane was travelling from New York to London on Thursday night when the fire started, forcing the crew to divert the flight.\n\nNo major injuries were reported and all 217 passengers were safely evacuated from the aircraft at Boston's Logan International Airport.\n\nPolice believe a mobile phone power bank may have caused the fire.\n\nBomb disposal officers inspected the aircraft after it landed and found a device between the cushions of the seat where the blaze started.\n\n\"Preliminary investigation suggests it is a battery pack consistent in appearance with an external phone charger,\" a police spokesman told reporters.\n\nFire crews boarded the plane after it landed\n\nThat was disputed by one passenger, Maria, who told the BBC she had been speaking to her friend when his seat caught fire. She rejected reports that a phone charger had been the cause.\n\n\"It took about two minutes to put it out,\" she said.\n\nWhile no-one suffered major injuries, one passenger refused treatment for a \"smoke related complaint\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nVirgin Atlantic confirmed in a statement that the flight had been diverted to Boston \"due to reports of smoke in the cabin\".\n\n\"Our crew responded immediately and the plane has landed safely\", it said,\n\nThe airline added that it was investigating the incident to \"fully understand the circumstances\".\n\nAn American Airlines flight also made an emergency landing at the airport earlier on Thursday after a cockpit light indicated an unspecified potential mechanical problem as it approached Boston.", "Please use your device horizontally in order to use this experience!", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump claims army 'took over airports' in 1775\n\nUS President Donald Trump has blamed a teleprompter going \"kaput\" for a glaring anachronism in his Independence Day speech.\n\nHe told crowds on 4 July the Continental Army \"took over the airports\" during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s.\n\nObservers quickly pointed out there was no air travel in 18th Century America.\n\nExplaining away the slip-up on Friday, Mr Trump also said it was hard to read the teleprompter in the rain.\n\nDuring his \"Salute to America\" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, he was talking about the year 1775 when he said: \"Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do.\"\n\nCritics pointed out the rebels could not have seized airports more than a century before the first powered flight - credited to the Wright brothers in 1903 - took off.\n\nIn the same sentence, Mr Trump also appeared to date a battle at Fort McHenry to the American Revolution, when it unfolded decades later during the War of 1812.\n\nTwitter users had some fun with the garble, using the hashtag #RevolutionaryWarAirports.\n\nOutside the White House on Friday, Mr Trump said: \"I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter.\n\n\"I knew the speech very well so I was able to do it without a teleprompter but the teleprompter did go out and it was actually hard to look at anyway because there was rain all over it but despite the rain it was just a fantastic evening.\"\n\nThe president spoke to reporters as he departed with First Lady Melania Trump for the weekend to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Salute to America event featured military flyovers and fireworks\n\nBefore winning the White House, Mr Trump used to criticise ex-President Barack Obama for relying on an autocue.\n\nThe president's Independence Day celebration saw military tanks transported into the nation's capital and a flyover by the Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team.\n\nHis critics had pilloried the event as inappropriately partisan and a misuse of public funds.\n\nBut Mr Trump surprised some by steering clear of overt partisanship in his speech, instead celebrating patriotic themes and US history including civil rights.\n\nBefore a cheering crowd on the steps of the monument to Civil War era-president Abraham Lincoln, he said the story of America was \"the greatest political journey in human history\".\n\nHe was the first president in nearly seven decades to address a crowd at the National Mall on the Fourth of July.\n• None Trump hails US military in 4th of July address", "The Russian Defence Ministry published these photos of the officers who died and named them\n\nThe Russian president Vladimir Putin has bestowed top state awards on four of the 14 submarine crew who died during a secret mission on 1 July.\n\nThe four officers, all captains, received Hero of Russia medals. Two other officers on board already had those medals for earlier missions.\n\nThe Kremlin said the crew heroically contained a fire, preventing it reaching the nuclear power unit.\n\nThey inhaled toxic smoke produced by the fire, the Kremlin said.\n\nThe other 10 who died in the disaster in the Barents Sea, also officers, received Russia's Order of Courage.\n\nThe surviving crew managed to get the deep-sea research vessel back to its Arctic base, Severomorsk, near Murmansk.\n\nThe bodies of the 14 dead were brought to St Petersburg for burial at the city's Serafim cemetery. Their naval unit is based in the city's Peterhof district.\n\nFresh flowers were laid at a Murmansk memorial erected after the 2000 Kursk disaster\n\nThe Russian government said it is confident that the secret submersible, which it refused to name, can be put back into service soon. The vessel had been exploring the Arctic seabed.\n\nThe government did not reveal details of the mission that turned into a disaster, citing official secrecy. The submersible was widely reported to be an AS-12 or AS-31 type nicknamed \"Losharik\".\n\nRussia's Tass news agency reported that the officers were linked to the Russian military's top-secret Chief Directorate for Deep Water Research, known as GUGI.\n\nOne of the officers, Denis Dolonsky, was made a Hero of Russia in 2012. In that year he took part in the Arktika-2012 mission, Tass said, which involved collecting rock samples from the Arctic seabed - part of a Russian Arctic territorial claim.\n\nThe International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) reported that a Losharik vessel guided two Russian icebreakers, which drilled boreholes and collected seabed rock on the Mendeleev Ridge, intended to prove that the Russian continental shelf extends far under the Arctic Ocean.\n\nA UN commission is assessing rival continental shelf claims in the Arctic, based on data submitted by Russia, Canada, the US, Norway and Denmark.\n\nRussian media reports said that one of the submersible's sailors heroically rescued a civilian specialist from the burning battery compartment, then sealed the hatch.\n\nBut Pavel Felgenhauer, a military analyst at the independent Russian daily Novaya Gazeta, said it was a mystery why 14 sailors died from smoke inhalation when they would have all carried oxygen masks at all times and had access to emergency on-board oxygen supplies.\n\nIt is also a mystery, he wrote, why so many senior officers were on one mission. He speculated that they might have been testing new secret equipment or examining US seabed devices placed to track Russian submarines.\n\nMr Felgenhauer also asked why Russia would use a secret submersible capable of diving down to 6,000m (19,685ft), when the Barents Sea is on average only 220m deep.\n\nRussia is in an international race to stake territorial claims in the Arctic, because the pristine region is believed to be rich in oil and gas and other minerals. Global warming is also opening up new Arctic sea routes, potentially valuable for trade.\n\nOn Thursday, Russia's Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, said the craft's nuclear power unit had \"been fully isolated and nobody [was] in that section\".\n\n\"The crew took all the necessary measures to protect the unit and it is in full working condition,\" he said. \"This gives us hope that in quite a short time the vessel can be put back into service.\"\n\nGUGI's main tasks are reported to include monitoring foreign underwater communication lines, recovering military equipment from the seabed and protecting Russia's own seabed communications cables.\n\nAccidents involving underwater vessels are rare. Here are some of the most serious:", "Chancellor Philip Hammond has told the BBC he and other MPs will \"find a way\" of blocking a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe told Radio 4's Political Thinking Podcast he would personally oppose leaving the EU without a legal agreement on 31 October.\n\nHe warned Theresa May's successor as prime minister not to \"sideline\" MPs, saying this would be \"shocking\".\n\nMeanwhile, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has urged party members to sign a declaration to remain in the EU.\n\nMr Watson is leading the push within the party for another Brexit referendum, and for the party to campaign to stay in the EU.\n\nMr Hammond is expected to be replaced as chancellor whoever wins the Conservative leadership election later this month.\n\nHe has been increasingly vociferous in his opposition to a no-deal Brexit, which both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have said they would be willing to pursue on 31 October if there is no prospect of a negotiated deal.\n\nOn Tuesday, Mr Hammond told MPs a no-deal exit, which would see the UK leave the EU's single market and customs union overnight without any kind of transition arrangement, could cause a £90bn hole in the public finances.\n\nSpeaking on Nick Robinson's Political Thinking podcast, he made clear that he would vote against a no-deal exit if it came to it in the Commons.\n\n\"The Commons has been clear already that it does not support a no-deal exit. That is my position, and as a backbencher I will continue to argue against a no-deal exit,\" he said.\n\nPressed on how MPs could stop Brexit if the government was unwilling to pass legislation amending the 31 October deadline, he said it would be \"shocking\" if the next prime minister tried to sideline the House of Commons.\n\n\"Well, let me quote the Speaker of the House of Commons, who has said that if the House of Commons is determined to do something, he is quite sure that it will find a way.\n\n\"And I am quite confident that the House of Commons will find a way, and indeed should be able to find a way.\n\n\"Because this is a parliamentary democracy and it would be frankly rather shocking if the House of Commons - the elected representatives of the people - could be simply sidelined by a government that was doing something that was the exact opposite of what the House of Commons clearly wanted done.\"\n\nHis comments were echoed by Justice Secretary David Gauke, who told the House magazine, a \"way will be found\" to block a no-deal Brexit.\n\nMeanwhile, Cabinet Office Minister - and Mrs May's de facto deputy - David Lidington said he would not want to serve in a government committed to a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe told the BBC: \"I am very clear in my mind that I would not want to serve in a government that made a deliberate commitment to a no-deal departure from the European Union.\n\n\"I think that would be a profoundly damaging outcome.\"\n\nMr Johnson has said he could not \"envisage the circumstances\" in which proroguing - suspending - Parliament would be needed, although he said MPs need to \"take responsibility\" for the situation the country was in.\n\nHis rival Jeremy Hunt has ruled it out.\n\nOn the two candidates' spending pledges - and their references to using the £26.6bn \"fiscal headroom\" to fund some of those promises - Mr Hammond said there was some additional spending power available.\n\nBut he said provided there was an \"orderly exit of course, it will be possible to do some of the those spending promises - but not all of them\".\n\n\"No deal means we will have to spend the money, but not in a discretionary way,\" he said.\n\n\"We will be forced to spend it on protecting businesses and industry and households from what is likely to be a surge in inflation.\"\n• None Hunt: Leadership contest is all to play for", "Conservative leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have faced Scottish party members at a hustings event in Perth.\n\nBoth men have pledged to protect the UK union after warnings from senior Tory politicians that it could be at risk.\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May made a speech in Stirling on Thursday urging her successor to prioritise the union.\n\nFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold a fresh Scottish independence referendum in the second half of 2020.\n\nShe said Mrs May's speech - which urged Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt to \"think creatively\" about how to keep the UK together - was \"too little, too late\".\n\nThe hustings in Perth was the latest in a series of events around the UK which see the two candidates make a speech to local members before taking questions from a host and the audience.\n\nParty members should receive their ballots in the coming days, with the winner to be announced on 23 July.\n\nA YouGov survey of Conservative members in June suggested that a majority would prefer Brexit to go ahead even if it caused Scottish independence, while another opinion poll suggested that a majority of Scots could back independence if Mr Johnson became prime minister.\n\nA series of senior politicians have come forward to voice concerns about the union, with Mrs May's speech in Stirling echoing the words of her de-facto deputy, David Lidington - and those of former prime minister Gordon Brown, who said the UK was \"more at risk\" than it had ever been.\n\nMs Sturgeon predicted that Scotland was \"heading inexorably towards independence\" regardless of who wins the contest.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hunt: \"We have to prepare for IndyRef2\"\n\nSpeaking in Perth, Mr Hunt insisted he would \"not engage\" with the Scottish First Minister on the possibility of another ballot.\n\nHe said: \"I will engage fully, responsibly and generously on everything that helps Scotland move forward but I will not engage with (Nicola Sturgeon) on the issue of independence, which will take Scotland backwards.\n\n\"If she asks for a second independence referendum, I will decline in the most British and polite way, but it will be a no.\"\n\nThe Foreign Secretary also hit out at the Scottish government, saying ministers in Edinburgh must do more to prepare for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe claimed the current arrangements were \"very disappointing\", saying: \"All of us have to do more but to date as I've been watching the no-deal preparations I would like to see more focus on that from Nicola Sturgeon.\n\n\"(The Scottish Government) have been very disappointing in their preparations of a no-deal Brexit, which none of us want, but any responsible government or authority in the United Kingdom should be taking seriously because there is that risk.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe insisted it was \"not the time\" to detail what steps the Scottish government should be taking but added: \"I think they know, and we know, the areas where more can be done.\"\n\nThe foreign secretary has won the backing of Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, and the bulk of the party's MSP group at Holyrood also signed a letter supporting him.\n\nMr Hunt also said he would mitigate the impact of a no-deal Brexit in response to claims it could threaten the union.\n\nHe added: \"We should always be alive to the risks to the union but also confident about its great, great future.\n\n\"If we get things wrong then of course those risks increase.\"\n\nHe added: \"That's why, if we end up with a no-deal Brexit we have got to take every possible measure to prepare and support businesses in Scotland and other parts of the UK.\"\n\nMr Hunt said that the UK was a democracy that had voted to leave the EU and \"it wouldn't solve anything to put Brexit at risk, it would create further divisions, further instability and I think that's what Nicola Sturgeon would want\".\n\nMr Johnson won more backing among Scottish Conservatives during the ballots of of MPs at Westminster.\n\nHe told the audience a \"successful, pragmatic Brexit could be a wonderful thing to entrench and intensify the union\".\n\nAfter Brexit he asked would the SNP campaign to \"hand back control of Scottish fisheries to Brussels\".\n\n\"I've done a lot of campaigning, I wouldn't want to campaign on that ticket.\"\n\nMr Johnson said he would put \"the union before Brexit, but Brexit can entrench the union\".\n\nChallenged on whether he would allow a second Scottish independence referendum, Mr Johnson said: \"My view is that you had a referendum in 2014 when the people of this country were promised ... that this was a once-in-a-generation choice they were making.\"\n\nHe added: \"I don't think there is any case for breaking that promise.\"\n\nAsked if there was a majority for it in Scotland he said: \"I think there was a democratic vote by the people of Scotland which was pretty conclusive.\"\n\nPressed again on whether he was ruling out another referendum he said: \"I see absolutely no case for having a second referendum in Scotland. I think it's absurd.\"\n\nMr Johnson was again challenged at a hustings about aspects of his personal life and refused to be drawn.\n\nAsked by a Tory member whether a good prime minister needed to be \"a loyal husband and father\", Mr Johnson replied: \"I think that on these sorts of things, I have been asked all sorts of questions in the last 20 or 30 years, and I just don't comment on that stuff.\n\n\"What people in this country want to hear is what my plans are to get Brexit over the line, what I'm going to do to unite our country and the ideas I have for a fantastic agenda of modern conservatism.\"\n\nThe female Tory member who asked the question said that his refusal to answer meant voters would \"come to their own conclusion and it may not be a favourable one\".\n\nMr Johnson replied: \"Then I'm going to have to live with that.\"", "Brenda and John Wright believe there is a discrepancy in the signatures on the statements of truth used to evict them\n\nRepresentatives of a government-owned bank are suspected of forging signatures on court documents in repossession cases, the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told.\n\nIn the US, such practices - on a very large scale - led to billion-dollar fines and millions in compensation.\n\nThe allegations relate to UK Asset Resolution and loans from Northern Rock, Bradford & Bingley, Mortgage Express, also Lloyds Banking Group.\n\nThe signatures, of bank officials and legal representatives, are found on documents such as statements of truth and witness statements submitted to the courts as part of repossession proceedings.\n\nAdam Brand, a handwriting expert witness in forgery cases, says he has seen dozens of examples provided by online action group the Bank Signature Forgery Campaign. In those cases, he considers it highly likely that different people have been signing under the same name.\n\nConservative MP Charlie Elphicke, who sits on the Treasury Select Committee, said it must investigate.\n\nAnd if proven, it could constitute contempt of court.\n\n\"You can be jailed for it,\" he said.\n\n\"We need to know how widespread this is.\"\n\nHe said there was \"enough evidence now to suggest this may be not a one-off but a systemic practice\".\n\n\"Both Mortgage Express and Lloyds need to cooperate, fully - and hand over the evidence,\" he said.\n\nIn 2014, Brenda and John Wright - now both in their 70s - were evicted from their rented flat in Southport, Merseyside.\n\nThere had been a dispute between the bank and the flat's owner over some mortgage arrears and they were served a notice of repossession.\n\nMs Wright said they \"could have had it all paid off within 10 months\" but their offer to pay more rent to help clear the arrears had been declined.\n\nFollowing their eviction, the couple said they saw a \"discrepancy\" in the signatures on documents from legal representatives for Mortgage Express, which appeared to suggest different people had signed over the same name on statements of truth used to evict them.\n\nEach of these signatures was attributed to the same person on court documents\n\nBBC News has shown them to handwriting expert Adam Brand.\n\nHe said the \"whole movement and the fluency\" of the signatures looked different.\n\nUK Asset Resolution [UKAR] said in a statement that it \"completely rejects the allegation that it has had any involvement in the practice of systemic signature forgery\".\n\nA cross-party group of MPs from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking has now backed the Bank Signature Forgery Campaign.\n\nIts founder, Julian Watts - who believes he is also a victim of forged signatures - is looking for evidence he believes will show the practice has occurred routinely in the UK, which banks strongly deny.\n\nIn the US, banks were fined $25bn (£19bn) in 2012 and had to compensate millions of people for being repossessed illegally.\n\nThousands of documents were found to have been signed under one name, Linda Green.\n\nJulian Watts claims the practice has happened routinely in the UK, which banks strongly deny\n\nMr Watts said the signature used in actions by Mortgage Express to evict John and Brenda Wright had also been used, under a different name, to evict another tenant, in Gloucester, at about the same time.\n\nAnd, he said, he had now been sent evidence the same signature had been used over different names in 2018 - five years later.\n\n\"The likelihood that these different people have such a similar signature is tiny,\" he said.\n\nSimilar signatures in appearance were used under two different names, Ms D and Ms G\n\nUKAR, which rejects the allegations, said that \"treating customers fairly is a priority\".\n\nIt said it repeatedly asked the BBC to show evidence of the practice, but it had refused to do so.\n\nWe did not share names of the signatories due to concerns over privacy.\n\nA spokesman for Lloyds said: \"We recognise the impact that repossessing a home can have on our customers and are fully committed to doing everything reasonably possible to support mortgage customers in financial difficulty.\"\n\nIt said it did not have enough details to respond to wider allegations of the use of forged signatures, but strongly denied one case in which the BBC provided details.\n\nFollow the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.", "In the race to succeed Theresa May as leader of the Conservative party and prime minister, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are setting out how they want to run the UK.\n\nThey have both announced taxation and spending plans. So, what are the details and do their sums add up?\n\nPeople would only start to pay the higher rate of income tax when they earn at least £80,000, under Boris Johnson's plans\n\nThe plan: Raise the higher income tax rate from £50,000 to £80,000.\n\nWhat it means: At the moment, individuals have to pay 40% income tax on any earnings above £50,000. So, a person earning £55,000 a year, pays 40% on £5,000.\n\nUnder Mr Johnson's plan, the point at which the 40% higher rate kicks in would be raised to £80,000. This would not affect Scottish workers because the Scottish government sets its own income tax rates and bands.\n\nMr Johnson also wants to raise the point at which people start paying National Insurance, absorbing some of the cost by also raising the ceiling for NI.\n\nNational Insurance is a separate tax. It's paid for by workers and companies and it is meant to fund state benefits, such as the NHS.\n\nUnder this new tax regime, someone earning £60,000 a year could benefit by £1,000 a year, while someone on £80,000 or more would gain a maximum of £3,000 (because some of the benefits would be lost due to national insurance increases).\n\nBut it's wealthy pensioners who stand to benefit the most - up to £6,000 each, according to analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). That's because pensioners don't pay national insurance to begin with.\n\nSo if someone already receives a generous work pension, not only will they be subject to less income tax (up to the new threshold), they also won't be affected by the national insurance rise.\n\nThe cost: Changing the tax system in this way would cost around £10bn a year, according to Mr Johnson. He says the bill could be funded from the £26.6bn of \"fiscal headroom\".\n\nThis \"headroom\" refers to government borrowing, which came in lower than originally expected and had been ear-marked by the chancellor for no-deal Brexit planning.\n\nHowever, if Mr Johnson chooses to fund his tax changes with this £26.6bn, it would not amount to a permanent solution. That's because the money can only be spent once.\n\nSo, to pay for the policy in the long term, Mr Johnson will need to raise taxes elsewhere, announce spending cuts or continue to fund it from government borrowing.\n\nWhat it means: A leading supporter of Mr Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock, told the Times that the days of public sector pay freezes under Theresa May and David Cameron would be over if Mr Johnson was elected.\n\nPublic sector pay was frozen for two years in 2010, except for those earning less than £21,000 a year, and rises were capped at 1% in 2013. The government announced an end to the pay cap in 2017, and some public sector workers have negotiated increases above 1% since then.\n\nThe candidate himself has declined to specify by how much he would increase pay, saying only that remuneration should be \"decent\".\n\nHe has also pledged to fund increased investment in special needs education, as part of a £4.6bn boost to overall school funding.\n\nThe cost: We don't know by how much Mr Johnson wants to increase public sector pay, but the IFS says that each 1% increase in pay for the public sector workforce costs the government about £1.8bn a year.\n\nThe plan: Hire an extra 20,000 police officers by 2022\n\nWhat it means: There are 122,000 police officers in England and Wales, down from 143,000 in 2010 when Theresa May became home secretary.\n\nMr Johnson plans to reverse almost all of those cuts on the basis that \"more people on our streets means more people are kept safe\".\n\nThere has been some dispute about the link between police numbers and levels of violent crime, with Theresa May saying there was not a direct link.\n\nBut Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has said there is \"some link\" between the two.\n\nFor police officers outside London, the lowest pay was around £25,400 in 2016 (although this differs from force to force).\n\nThat comes to £500m a year, but these costs will increase once they complete training, which takes around two years.\n\nTypically, after four years, the pay would increase to £33,700 (again outside London) - so almost £700m, but this doesn't account for training costs.\n\nThe Nottinghamshire police force estimated recruitment and training to be around £13,000 per officer in 2012 (not including salary received during training).\n\nThis would come in at about £258m for 20,000 new officers, but again, this will differ from force to force.\n\nKit Malthouse, who supports Mr Johnson, says that they would recruit special constables, who are trained as police officers but work part time, to help alleviate training costs.\n\nWhat it means: From April 2020, instead of paying 17% tax on their profits, companies would pay 12.5%.\n\nThe foreign secretary is in favour of cutting the rate of corporation tax - the tax that companies pay on their profits - to 12.5%, which is the same rate as in the Republic of Ireland.\n\nThe government is already planning a series of cuts to corporation tax, which was cut from 20% to 19% on 1 April 2017, and is scheduled to fall to 17% next year.\n\nThe idea of cutting it by another 4.5 percentage points came in a report by another Conservative MP at the end of May.\n\nThe cost: The government estimates the policy would cost about £14bn a year. That cost would be reduced if future tax takes were to be boosted by companies being attracted to move to the UK to take advantage of the lower tax rate, or if companies use the money saved to pay higher wages or invest it in improving their productivity.\n\nHow much that would reduce the cost is very hard to predict.\n\nThe plan: Take 90% of businesses out of business rates\n\nWhat it means: Business rates are a local tax paid on the use of buildings for non-domestic purposes.\n\nThe cost: We haven't seen any formal costings of this policy, but in the 2018 Budget, Philip Hammond decided to give a one-third discount on business rates to high street retail businesses with a rateable value below £51,000 in 2019-20 and 2020-21. The Treasury said that would benefit 90% of high street retail businesses.\n\nThe Office for Budget Responsibility said the discount would cost £490m this year and £450m next year.\n\nIt means we can estimate that a 100% cut for those businesses would cost an extra £900m next year and about £1.35bn a year after that.\n\nBusiness rates are currently collected by local authorities, which retain half of the money. Central government is reimbursing them for the one-third cut and would presumably also reimburse them for the 100% cut.\n\nWhat it means: If you are running a business and you buy equipment such as computers or machinery, you can deduct the amount you spend on it from your profits to reduce the amount of tax you have to pay.\n\nThere is a limit to the amount you can deduct, which is called the annual investment allowance. At the start of this year it was raised from £200,000 to £1m for two years.\n\nThe cost: We do not have a costing for this measure either, but to get an idea of the amounts of money involved, the OBR said the temporary increase to £1m would cost £600m this year.\n\nThe plan: Money for fishing, farming and defence\n\nWhat it means: Jeremy Hunt would increase spending on defence from its current level of 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP - the sum of everything the UK produces each year) to 2.5% of GDP by 2023-4.\n\nHe has also said he would have a \"relief programme\" for the fishing and farming sectors to help them deal with the effects of a possible no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe cost: The boost to defence spending would cost £15bn a year by 2023-4. The relief for fishing and farming would cost £6bn. Mr Hunt says his overall plans would \"kick-start the economy and create extra growth\", which would mean the government had extra money to spend.\n\nBut the disruption involved in leaving the EU with no deal is widely expected to reduce growth - at least initially - which would mean that increased taxes or borrowing or reduced spending in other areas would be required to fund the extra spending.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJaguar Land Rover (JLR) is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham.\n\nInitially the plant will produce an electric version of the Jaguar XJ.\n\nJLR says the move will help secure the jobs of 2,700 workers at the plant.\n\nThe news follows January's announcement, when the firm said it would cut 4,500 jobs, with the majority coming from the UK. That followed 1,500 jobs lost in 2018.\n\nJLR has not announced when it will launch the battery version of the XJ, but it will replace the petrol and diesel versions which have been made since 1968.\n\nThe company's chief executive, Professor Ralph Speth, called on the government to put more effort into providing charging points for electric cars.\n\n\"The current charging infrastructure is not really sufficient to cover the country, nor the hotspots of the cities,\" he said in an interview with the BBC.\n\n\"The government has to govern the process,\" he added.\n\nJLR's announcement comes a day after a report showed that in June sales of low emission cars had fallen for the first time in more than two years.\n\nThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said efforts to sell such cars were being undermined by confusing policies and \"premature\" removal of subsidies.\n\nIn response, the government said its focus on zero emission models had been a success, with registrations of battery electric vehicles up over 60% this year compared with the same period in 2018.\n\nAccording to another report, even if the nation switches to electric vehicles, car use will still need to be curbed.\n\nThe Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) warned that electrifying cars will not address traffic jams, urban sprawl and wasted space for parking.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe investment decision by JLR appears to contradict previous warnings by the firm that investment in the UK would be threatened by Brexit, and in particular a no-deal scenario.\n\nHowever, industry experts say that JLR could not wait to see the outcome of the Brexit, as it needed to update its range of vehicles.\n\n\"Given where it is in its product lifecycle it [JLR] has to make this decision. The capacity is at Castle Bromwich and there's research and development nearby as well, so they've basically run out of time on this decision,\" David Bailey, a professor of business economics at Birmingham Business School, told the BBC's Today programme.\n\nHe added that without the new investment the Castle Bromwich plant would \"effectively be dead\".\n\nThe plant also produces the Jaguar XF, XE and F-Type.\n\nBusiness Secretary Greg Clark said: \"Today's announcement is a vote of confidence in the UK automotive industry - protecting thousands of skilled jobs.\n\n\"It reflects our determination for the UK to be at the forefront of the development and manufacturing of the next generation of electric vehicles.\"\n\nJLR is investing to produce an electric version of the XJ model\n\nInvestment in the UK car industry fell 47% last year from 2017 and the country is attracting a tiny fraction of the global investment in electric cars.\n\nVW alone is investing £70bn in Europe, the US and China.\n\nA no-deal Brexit would see new tariffs imposed on components and parts moving between the EU and the UK.\n\nVauxhall's parent company said that without a deal it would not make the next generation Astra at Ellesmere Port.", "A High Court judge has given doctors permission to administer insulin to a diabetic teenager who was refusing treatment because she wants to die.\n\nMr Justice MacDonald said there was no evidence the patient lacked mental capacity, but in the circumstances it was right to override her wishes.\n\nThe treatment was in the girl's best interests, the judge ruled.\n\nDoctors at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust had said she needed help as a matter of urgency.\n\nThe girl, who is in her mid-teens, cannot be identified for legal reasons.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Reports of domestic abuse increase over the summer months, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has warned.\n\nIt is using a new animated video to explain that the abuse can take many forms.\n\nThe awareness campaign comes just weeks after the PSNI said it had received the biggest number of abuse reports in a single year last year.\n\nRead more: New campaign after rise in domestic abuse", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather forecast for the rest of the week - thunderstorms ahead\n\nIt is officially the hottest day of the year so far in the UK with temperatures soaring to 35.1C in Surrey.\n\nNorthern Ireland, Scotland and Wales saw high temperatures of 26.2-29.4C.\n\nThe Met Office says temperatures will keep rising into Friday and the UK's all-time temperature record of 38.5C (101F) - set in Kent in August 2003 - could be beaten.\n\nBut parts of England are experiencing heavy rainfall and thunderstorm warnings are in place.\n\nThe maximum temperature in Wales was 29.4C in Usk and for Northern Ireland, 26.2C at Giants Causeway.\n\nThe highest temperature recorded in Scotland was 27.6C in Dunstaffnage.\n\nTemperatures of 37C (99F) have been forecast in southern, eastern and central England for Friday.\n\nThe July record for the highest overnight minimum temperature is 23.3C - and the Met Office says that could be surpassed in south-east England on Thursday.\n\nThe UK's current all-time record temperature for July stands at 36.7C, which was recorded at Heathrow in July 2015.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for thunderstorms is in place in the East and West Midlands, the East of England, London and the South East, and Yorkshire until 21:00 BST on Thursday.\n\nAnother will come into force for large parts of England between 14:00 and 23:45 on Friday.\n\nSome places could see as much as 30mm of rainfall in an hour and 60mm in three hours.\n\nX Factor star James Arthur cancelled his open air show in Scarborough because of continued lightning strikes in the area.\n\nAnd a search is ongoing after a teenage boy went missing after going into the sea near Clacton Pier in Essex.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHigh temperatures have been blamed for delays to cross-Channel rail services of up to five hours.\n\nEurotunnel said air conditioning problems meant some carriages could not be used, which led to the delays.\n\nIt added that queues formed on the UK side because of the sheer number of France-bound passengers at the start of the summer getaway.\n\nThe RAC said it was expecting breakdowns to be about 15-20% higher than they would normally expect for late July, adding that breakdowns were already up 25% in London.\n\nThe scene was described on social media as \"boarding chaos\"\n\nMeanwhile, London's fire chief has called for barbecue bans to be imposed in the capital's parks after a record-breaking number of grass fires.\n\nLondon Fire Brigade's Commissioner Dany Cotton urged all borough councils to impose a temporary ban in the \"tinder dry capital\" as it was \"only a matter of time\" before someone was seriously hurt.\n\nThere have already been 43 large grass fires in London so far this year, compared to seven in the whole of 2017.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why there were so many heatwaves around the world in 2018\n\nA high pollution warning was issued for London on Thursday, due to a mix of toxic air, extremely high temperatures, emissions from the continent and a lack of cloud.\n\nYoung people, the elderly and those with lung or heart problems were advised to reduce strenuous exercise and physical exertion.\n\nHospitals, too, have been affected by the heat.\n\nThe Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said high temperatures were leaving nurses dizzy and exhausted.\n\nOne nurse was admitted to A&E with dehydration after working three 12-hours shifts in a row during the heatwave.\n\nKim Sun-Lee, national officer at the RCN, said: \"It is vital employers adapt working practices to the heat - both patients and nurses must have easy access to water, and all healthcare staff should be able to take regular breaks, preferably somewhere cool.\"\n\nPeople cool off at the bathing pond on Hampstead Heath, London\n\nOthers try to stay out of the sun, like this man on Brighton beach\n\nNHS Providers - the trade body which represents NHS services - said some hospitals were back to \"winter conditions\" after reporting record numbers of A&E admissions.\n\nSaffron Cordery, deputy chief executive, said: \"We have heard concerns about large numbers of people from care homes requiring treatment.\n\n\"This extra activity is leading to delays for patients requiring planned operations such as knee and hip replacements.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHealth officials also said blood supplies had dropped because some people have been too dehydrated to donate, while others have chosen to stay in the sun.", "Cardi B has pulled out of her tour with Bruno Mars in the autumn.\n\nThe rapper says she \"underestimated this whole mommy thing\" and isn't ready to leave her baby.\n\nCardi became a mum on 10 July when she gave birth to a baby girl with her husband Offset from Migos.\n\nThe 25-year-old was due to join Bruno Mars on tour for 24 dates across North America on the final leg of his 24K Magic tour.\n\nOffset and Cardi B have been together since 2017\n\nShe made the announcement on Instagram.\n\n\"I thought that after giving birth to my daughter that six weeks would be enough time for me to recover mentally and physically.\n\n\"I also thought that I'd be able to bring her with me on tour, but I think I underestimated this whole mommy thing.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBruno Mars and Cardi B collaborated on the song Finesse.\n\nShe says pulling out of the tour has has been a really hard decision for her and hopes her fans will understand.\n\nBruno Mars has responded on Twitter supporting her decision: \"The most important thing is you and your family's health.\"\n\nCardi B and Bruno Mars on stage at the Grammy Awards\n\nHe added: \"We love you Cardi and we will play Bodak Yellow every night in your honour.\n\n\"Please give your baby girl a hug from me and a hug on behalf of everyone on The 24k Magic Tour.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Bruno Mars This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCardi B, who is from New-York announced Kulture's birth on Instagram on July 11.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by iamcardib This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nKulture is Cardi B's first child but the fourth for 26-year-old Offset.\n\nThe couple married in a secret ceremony in September last year.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.", "Survivors of the Greek wildfires, which have killed at least 83 people, have confronted Greece's defence minister over the response to the disaster.\n\nThey say they waited hours for help to come and questioned where the authorities were when they needed them.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Gavin Lee, the minister Panos Kammenos said residents had ignored planning laws and built on wooded areas, blocking escape routes.", "A man found guilty of killing a woman in a speedboat crash in London during their first date has handed himself into police in Georgia. been sentenced to six years imprisonment.\n\nJack Shepherd told police how he took Charlotte Brown out on the Thames before they were thrown overboard.\n\nThe 30-year-old skipped bail before his trial at the Old Bailey began and was sentenced to six years imprisonment in his absence.\n\nRead more: The speedboat seducer who made a fatal error", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The group was said to be between the ages of 16 and 19\n\nArmed police have stopped the filming of a drill music video to carry out a stop and search.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police says it was called to London Fields in east London after reports of a firearm being seen.\n\nPart of the stop and search was filmed, with a group said to be aged between 16 and 19 told to put their hands above their heads by police holding guns.\n\nThe Met described the searches as \"satisfactory\" and said there were no arrests.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by officialgiggs This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPacman, the person who was filming the video - who didn't want to be identified by his real name - labelled the incident \"embarrassing\" and \"degrading\".\n\nThe 25-year-old told Newsbeat he was filming a video for drill artist Balistik, but had only managed to get one shot before being approached by armed police.\n\nPacman says that they spotted a police helicopter circling overhead, but at first didn't take any notice.\n\n\"When you see a chopper you associate it with a high profile chase, or a high profile criminal - someone they're tracking down. That sort of thing.\n\n\"To my surprise it was actually there for the kids I was filming for.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe group, who were wearing balaclavas which Pacman describes as \"props\", were told to turn around and put their hands on their heads.\n\n\"One of them (the police) even came over to me and said 'Put the camera down mate, go and join your effing friends',\" Pacman says.\n\n\"I said to him 'Hold on, I'm a company director - I'm here hired on a job.\"\n\nPacman, who hadn't obtained permission from Hackney Council to film in the park, alleges multiple people approached the police to accuse them of racially profiling the group during the search.\n\n\"Another white lady came over and started screaming, saying 'What the hell are you guys doing? You always do this to my son's friends as well!'.\"\n\nThe Metropolitan Police says it was responding to a report of a firearm and were supported by the National Police Air Service.\n\nPacman says there was \"no use of any sort of weapon, or any replica of any weapon\" in the video shoot.\n\nHe says the only scene they filmed was \"one of the young guys rapping in front of a cage, with some of the kids playing basketball in the background.\n\n\"It was at that point the police stormed in,\" he says.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Balistik8th This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDrill music has been linked to violence in the capital by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick.\n\nYouTube deleted content which she says glamorises violence at Ms Dick's request.\n\nPacman, who's shot videos for Lady Leshurr and Paigey Cakey, as well as prominent drill acts like Loski, says he doesn't see the link between the music and violence.\n\n\"When you're making music you can't be in two places at once - you can't be touring or in the studio and out committing crime as well,\" he says.\n\n\"The only side of drill music I'd say possibly incites violence would be diss tracks, and that's like anything in life. If you diss somebody on social media, if you diss somebody in real life, if you diss them through music - it's gonna cause problems.\"\n\nPeople in the video's comments are divided.\n\nMany say that people can't wear balaclavas in public places and expect not to be stopped by the police - while others have said that the police profiled the group.\n\nPacman thinks that they should have been treated as though they were shooting a film - and that the Met's response was out of proportion.\n\n\"For them to bring the police helicopter, so many armed police and aim at these kids when nothing's happened? That's where the problem lies.\n\n\"If they were normal officers who came over and didn't aim any firearms at them and spoke to them with reason, and explained what was happening in a way that everyone could understand, it would've been fine.\n\n\"But the way that it was handled was all wrong.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.", "A man from Bristol has made his first visit to London in more than 70 years to mark his 100th birthday.\n\nThe last time Raymond Kendall visited the capital, World War Two was taking place and he travelled by steam train.", "This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by EllaMaiVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nFor the first time in more than a quarter of a century, a British singer has topped the US R&B chart.\n\nElla Mai, a 23-year-old from south London, is currently at number one with Boo'd Up, a soulful infatuation anthem she first released last year.\n\nIt makes her the first Brit to reach the summit since Lisa Stansfield hit number one with All Woman in 1992.\n\n\"1992, before I was born,\" she tweeted after being told the news. \"First in my lifetime. INSANE!\"\n\nFellow Brits Charli XCX, Paul McCartney and Kyla have recently appeared as featured artists on US R&B number ones, but Ella Mai is the first to reach the peak as a lead artist for 26 years.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ella Mai This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Lisa Stansfield This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBoo'd Up, which originally featured on Ella Mai's six-song Ready EP last February, has had a slow rise to the top - receiving a recent boost when Nicki Minaj and Quavo jumped on a remix.\n\nBut its success really started in San Francisco last December, when someone asked Bay Area DJ Big Von to play it in a club set.\n\nHe hadn't heard the song before, but downloaded it and cued it up. What happened next took him by surprise.\n\n\"I've never seen a reaction like this,\" he later told Rolling Stone. \"When I played it, the whole place went, 'Woo!'\n\n\"I saw a fat dude do a cartwheel - a solid cartwheel, he didn't even fall.\"\n\nThe next day, Big Von played the song five times on his radio show, and it took off from there. It first reached number one in May, and returns for a second run at the top this week.\n\nThe singer is set to release her debut album later this year\n\nElla Mai wasn't prepared for Boo'd Up's success, but says she understands why people latched on to it.\n\n\"It has quite nostalgic feel to it,\" she told The Fader. \"There's no cursing, it's super innocent, and everyone's been through that puppy-love sort of thing.\"\n\nHowever, the song, which recalls the smooth 1990s R&B of Mariah Carey, SWV and Erykah Badu, has not found similar success in the singer's home country.\n\nIt's currently at number 62 in the official charts, prompting Vice to publish an article headlined: \"The UK is sleeping on Ella Mai and it's embarrassing\".\n\n\"I think R&B is way bigger in America. It's not really that mainstream in the UK,\" the singer explained to Newsbeat last month.\n\n\"It's on the up here and I think we'll get there eventually. I'm proud to be from England and doing so well in America so I can fly the flag.\"\n\nAlthough Mai isn't a star in the UK just yet, eagle-eyed fans might recognise her as a member of girl group Arize, who auditioned for The X Factor in 2014.\n\nAfter being kicked out of the competition, the band broke up and Ella Mai began posting cover versions on Instagram.\n\nHer version of Tupac's Keep Your Head Up caught the attention of US producer DJ Mustard (Rihanna, Cardi B, Ty Dolla $ign), who signed her to his label.\n\nSince then, she's released three EPs, toured with US R&B star Kehlani and is currently finishing her debut album.\n\nUK fans will get to see her when she plays 1Xtra Live alongside Chance The Rapper, Jorja Smith and Pusha T at the O2 Arena in London on 22 September.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Ella Mai: The Brit whose song is taking the US by storm\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Schnatter will no longer appear on Papa John's pizza boxes and other marketing material\n\nThe founder and former chairman of Papa John's has taken the company to court seeking access to documents related to his exit from the pizza chain.\n\nJohn Schnatter resigned earlier this month after apologising for using the N-word in a conference call.\n\nLawyers for Mr Schnatter said they wanted to see the documents because of the \"unexplained and heavy-handed way\" that Papa John's had treated him.\n\nPapa John's said it was \"saddened and disappointed\" by the lawsuit.\n\nMr Schnatter filed the complaint on Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court.\n\nHis attorneys said they were \"seeking to inspect Company documents because of the unexplained and heavy-handed way in which the Company has treated him since the publication of a story that falsely accused him of using a racial slur\".\n\n\"Rather than address the real issues like the health of the business, the company is hiding documents that, we believe, will disclose the actual facts as to what is occurring here, including using Mr Schnatter as a scapegoat to cover up their own shortcomings and failures,\" they added.\n\nIn a statement Papa John's said the company was \"saddened and disappointed\" that Mr Schnatter had filed a \"needless and wasteful lawsuit in an attempt to distract from his own words and actions\".\n\n\"We are providing Mr Schnatter all of the materials he is entitled to as a director.\n\n\"We will not let his numerous mis-statements in the complaint and elsewhere distract us from the important work we are doing to move the business forward for our 120,000 corporate and franchise team members, and our franchisees, customers and stakeholders,\" the company said.\n\nAfter Mr Schnatter's resignation the company said it would remove his image from its branding.\n\nMr Schnatter's resignation as chairman was announced earlier this month\n\nPapa John's is the world's third-largest pizza chain, with more than 350 outlets in the UK and 4,900 restaurants worldwide.\n\nThe incident occurred during a media training conference call in May between top staff at Papa John's and a marketing agency called Laundry Service.\n\nAccording to Forbes, the call involved a role-playing exercise that was supposed to give Mr Schnatter experience in dealing with difficult issues.\n\nWhen discussing how he would distance himself from racist groups, Mr Schnatter said that Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, had never faced criticism for using the N-word, Forbes reported.\n\nIt was not the first controversy involving Mr Schnatter. He resigned as chief executive last year after criticising the NFL over players' national anthem protests.", "Aerial images of scorched towns and villages have revealed the scale of the devastation caused by this week's deadly wildfires in Greece.\n\nFlames tore through pine forests around Athens on Monday evening, killing at least 83 people. Many more are missing.\n\nThe fast-moving flames engulfed the homes of terrified residents and tourists, as well as those trying to flee in cars or on foot.\n\nBurnt-out houses and vehicles can be seen across the east Atica towns and villages of Mati, Neos Voutzas and Rafina, with whole communities devastated.\n\nA map produced by EU satellite service Copernicus reveals the devastation of residential areas.\n\nIn the coastal village of Mati, one resident described the arrival of the fires as \"a night of hell\".\n\nMany survivors were saved by fleeing to the sea, but a large number of the victims were trapped close to a cliff-edge, unable to reach the water.\n\nMati, an hour's drive east of Athens, is made up of small villas, popular among Greeks as a weekend getaway destination.\n\nIt is also home to a large community of retirees, and, during school holidays, many young children arrive to spend time by the coast with their grandparents.\n\nGrandmother Sophia Tsaganou Profitou described driving at high speed around fallen burning tree branches to get her 88-year-old husband Yannis and her nine-year-old granddaughter Katerina to safety.\n\n\"It all happened so fast,\" she said. \"No one warned us. Yannis told us to get our stuff but we didn't even have time for that, the flames were already here.\"\n\nThe swiftly advancing inferno also engulfed nearby Neos Voutzas, a village nestled among the rolling hills covered by pine trees.\n\nTheofilaktos Logothetic described his escape: \"The fire was chasing after us, whoever managed to leave in time, did so. The person who was right behind me when I drove to the main road did not make it, the fire took him and melted him.\"\n\nThe flames also reached Rafina, where residents fled to the sea to escape.\n\nAs volunteers now collect food and clothes for the survivors, the search goes on for many still missing since the night of the fire.", "Last updated on .From the section Winter Sports\n\nEllie Soutter, one of Britain's most talented young snowboarders, died on her 18th birthday on Wednesday.\n\nSoutter won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2017 Youth Olympic Winter Festival and carried the British flag at the closing ceremony.\n\nThis month she was named in the senior GB squad for the snowboard cross Europa Cup circuit, and was tipped for a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics.\n\nShe had been training abroad in Europe, and died near her home in France.\n\nNo further details have been released about her death.\n\nWriting on Facebook on Thursday, her father, Tony Soutter, said he was \"so proud of the beautiful young woman she had turned into\".\n\nHe added: \"This cruel world took my soul mate and 'Bessie' from me yesterday on her 18th birthday. Ellie I will miss you more than you could have ever imagined. Rest in peace you little champion.\"\n\nBritish Olympic Association chair Hugh Robertson and BOA Athlete Commission chair Ben Hawes said in a joint statement: \"Ellie was an incredibly popular and well-liked member of the team.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this sad time.\"\n\nThe statement said Soutter was due to return to competition next month after being selected for the GB team for the Junior World Championships in New Zealand.\n\n\"Ellie was one of the country's best up-and-coming snowboarders, competing in both snowboard cross and freeride,\" British Ski and Snowboard said in a statement.\n\nTeam GB said Soutter grew up in Oxted, Surrey, before moving to the Alps, where she trained.\n\nTributes - 'You were an amazing girl'\n\nEight-time British ski-cross champion Emily Sarsfield is among those to have paid tribute.\n\n\"So sad to hear the news of the passing of Ellie Souter. You really were an amazing girl,\" she posted on social media.\n\n\"Such a fun team-mate, made me smile every day, cracking all the jokes and enjoying life to its fullest. I'm going to miss you and your amazing energy. All my thoughts to your family.\"\n\nBritain's 2010 Olympic skeleton champion Amy Williams said: \"Such sad tragic news to wake up to. Thoughts and prayers go to Ellie Soutter's family.\"\n\nSlopestyle snowboarder Aimee Fuller said it was \"devastating news\" and added: \"We've lost a fellow snowboarder and a great inspirational talent within our small community.\"\n\nSoutter's bronze was Team GB's only medal at the Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Turkey last year.\n\nTeam GB celebrated her medal with the Twitter message: \"Tears of joy and snow stuffed down her back.\"\n\nSpeaking after her event, she said: \"I cried as I crossed the line. I was just so emotional as it hasn't been the best season for me and it's finally on the way up.\n\n\"I even asked my coach to put snow down my back when I was in the start gate. It helps wake me up so I don't feel all floppy like a jellyfish.\n\n\"I just hope this isn't the last medal I win for Team GB. My goal is to compete at Beijing 2022.\"\n\nHer father had set up an online crowdfunding campaign to help her achieve this aim, which had raised close to a quarter of its 20,000 euros (£17,800) target.", "It turns out it's not just gratitude that makes rain smell so appealing after a long period of dry weather.\n\nThere's actually some chemistry involved too.\n\nBacteria, plants and even lightning can all play a role in the pleasant smell we experience after a thunderstorm; that of clean air and wet earth.\n\nKnown as petrichor, the scent has long been chased by scientists and even perfumers for its enduring appeal.\n\nFirst named by two Australian researchers in the 1960s, the warm, earthy fragrance we experience when rain hits dry ground is produced by bacteria.\n\n\"These critters are abundant in soil,\" explained Prof Mark Buttner, head of molecular microbiology at the John Innes Centre.\n\n\"So when you're saying you smell damp soil, actually what you're smelling is a molecule being made by a certain type of bacteria,\" he told the BBC.\n\nThat molecule, geosmin, is produced by Streptomyces. Present in most healthy soils, these bacteria are also used to create commercial antibiotics.\n\nDrops of water hitting the ground cause geosmin to be released into the air, making it much more abundant after a rain shower.\n\n\"Lots of animals are sensitive but human beings are extremely sensitive to it,\" added Prof Buttner.\n\nIsabel Bear and RG Thomas, the researchers who first named the scent petrichor, found that as early as the 1960s it was being captured to sell as a scent called \"matti ka attar\" in Uttar Pradesh, India.\n\nNow, geosmin is becoming more common as a perfume ingredient.\n\n\"It's a really potent material and it smells just like the concrete when the rain hits it,\" said perfumer Marina Barcenilla. \"There's something very primitive and very primal about the smell.\"\n\n\"Even when you dilute it down to the parts per billion range, [humans] can still detect it,\" she added.\n\nYet we also have an odd relationship with geosmin - while we are drawn to its scent, many of us dislike its taste.\n\nGeosmin also gives beets their distinctive earthy flavour\n\nEven though it is not toxic to humans, the tiniest amount can put people off mineral water or wine when it is present.\n\n\"We do not know why we dislike geosmin,\" commented Prof Jeppe Lund Nielsen from Aalborg University in Denmark.\n\n\"It is not toxic to humans in typical found ranges, but somehow we associate it with something negative,\" he added.\n\nCoined by scientists Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Thomas in their 1964 article \"Nature of Argillaceous Odour\", published in the journal Nature.\n\nThe word was coined from Greek petros, meaning \"stone\", and ichor, meaning \"the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods\"\n\nAccording to Prof Nielsen, research also indicates that geosmin could be related to terpenes - the source of scent in many plants.\n\nTerpenes are commonly produced by conifers like pine\n\nRain could bring these fragrances out, says Prof Philip Stevenson, a research leader at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.\n\n\"Often the plant chemicals that smell pleasant are produced in leaf hairs... and the rain may damage these, releasing the compounds.\n\n\"Rain may also break dry plant material releasing chemicals in a similar way to when you crush dried herbs - the smell becomes stronger,\" he told the BBC.\n\nVery dry periods may also slow down plant metabolism, with renewed rainfall giving it a kick start and causing plants to release a pleasant scent.\n\nThunderstorms have their role to play too, creating the clean, sharp scent of ozone - caused by lightning and other electrical discharges in the atmosphere.\n\nProf Maribeth Stolzenburg of the University of Mississippi explains: \"Besides the lightning, the thunderstorm and especially the rain will improve the air quality. Much of the dust, aerosols, and other particulates are rained out and the air clears.\"", "Michael Cohen has claimed he was in the room when Mr Trump was told about the meeting\n\nPresident Donald Trump's former lawyer has said his client knew in advance of a June 2016 meeting between his aides and a Russian delegation that offered to help his campaign, US media report.\n\nMichael Cohen says he was present when Mr Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, informed his father of the meeting.\n\nHe is reportedly willing to state this to the special counsel investigation into alleged Russian election meddling.\n\nOn Friday, Mr Trump again denied that he knew about the meeting.\n\nThe meeting at Trump Tower in New York City involved Mr Trump's son, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an influential Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya.\n\nIt was set up after a Russian intermediary contacted Mr Trump Jr with a promise to provide material that would \"incriminate\" Hillary Clinton - the Democratic candidate in the 2016 presidential election.\n\nThe president lashed out at the accusations on Friday, tweeting: \"Sounds to me like someone is trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe meeting in New York is a part of an investigation into alleged Russia meddling in 2016\n\nAccording to CNN and NBC, Mr Cohen does not have any audio recordings to support his account but is willing to assert it as part of the ongoing investigations into Russian election interference.\n\nMichael Cohen is turning into a dangerous adversary for the US president.\n\nDonald Trump Jr and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, have both testified - one to Congress, the other to the special counsel - that the president knew nothing about the meeting until details of it emerged a year later.\n\nWhat's unclear is whether Michael Cohen has anything to corroborate his claim. That's led President Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani to launch a scathing attack on Mr Cohen's character, describing him as a \"pathological liar\".\n\nUntil very recently Michael Cohen had said he would take a bullet for the president. He now seems to be pointing a gun at Mr Trump's head.\n\nIn response to the allegation, Mr Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani told NBC that Mr Cohen \"is not credible\".\n\n\"It's not true,\" he said. \"Why would you expect it would be true from someone like Cohen? A lawyer who would tape their own client is a lawyer without any character.\"\n\nHis comments refer to reports that Mr Cohen secretly recorded the president discussing payments to a former Playboy model.\n\nThe tapes were reportedly discovered during an FBI raid on Mr Cohen's property earlier this year in New York.\n\nMr Trump insists he has done nothing wrong and says such a recording would be \"totally unheard of and perhaps illegal\".\n\nBut things changed after the FBI raided his office and home in April.\n\nAbout a dozen audio recordings were seized and passed to federal prosecutors.\n\nMr Cohen told ABC News this month that his loyalty to his family and country came before his old boss.\n\nHis comments stoked speculation that he might co-operate with investigators against Mr Trump, although there has been no confirmation so far that he has done so.\n\nMr Cohen is reportedly under investigation for possible bank and tax fraud, as well as potential violation of election law, though he has so far not been charged with anything.", "Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has sparked controversy by calling for a fresh referendum on any Brexit deal.\n\nSo how did the former England player go from being a football star to a social media heavyweight?", "Private companies that run probation services are to have their government contracts ended early - after MPs said the system for supervising criminals was in a \"mess\".\n\nThe contracts began in 2015 to manage low-risk offenders in England and Wales, under a partial privatisation by then-Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.\n\nMinisters are proposing further changes and private firms will remain involved.\n\nBut Labour said the costly contracts had created an \"unprecedented crisis\".\n\nIt comes after the Commons justice committee said in July that changes to probation had failed, and it was unconvinced private sector firms could ever deliver an effective service.\n\nBBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said the government had hoped that shaking up probation would result in less reoffending. The number of people reoffending has reduced slightly, but those that do are committing crimes more frequently.\n\nThe arrangements for managing offenders were overhauled in 2014, with the probation service split in two.\n\nA new state body, the National Probation Service (NPS), was set up to supervise high-risk offenders, with 21 privately run Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) supervising low and medium-risk offenders.\n\nBut David Gauke, who became justice secretary in January, said that while the £3.7bn Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) programme had been ambitious and innovative, several CRCs had made \"very substantial losses\".\n\nMr Gauke said the amount of work available for the CRCs had been \"lower than anticipated and that has had an impact in terms of their income and the services they are able to provide\".\n\nHe also said he was determined to have a service that reduced reoffending, and could oversee \"tough\" community sentences with less reliance on \"ineffective\" short prison terms.\n\nExisting contracts will now end two years early, in 2020 - and will be replaced with 10 new ones under changes that will cost the government £170m.\n\nThis includes £110m that the CRCs owe the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in fines for failing to meet performance targets - but which they will be allowed to reinvest in services to keep them going for the last two years of their agreements.\n\nThe MoJ will also pay £46m over the next two years for services that help offenders immediately after they are released from prison.\n\nThe MoJ said it had budgeted to pay firms £2.5bn by 2020 but had only paid out £2.2bn - a saving of £300m - because less work than anticipated was allocated to the CRCs.\n\nThis was because there was an increase in the proportion of serious offences which they were ineligible to work on.\n\nMr Gauke said new contracts would make better use of offending data and would move towards \"payment for services delivered\", but he ruled out allowing CRCs to take on high-risk cases.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"People under probation supervision need help to change\" says Dame Glenys Stacey\n\nShadow justice secretary Richard Burgon said: \"This decision to throw more good money after bad and the government's re-commitment to a privately-run probation service shows that the Conservatives have run out of all ideas on how to fix their broken system.\"\n\nAnd the GMB union said the probation officers it represented were overworked and demoralised.\n\nGMB national officer George Georgiou said: \"Fragmenting the service has moved us away from a coherent national workforce strategy for the entire probation service.\"\n\nBut the government's proposals were welcomed by the chief probation inspector, Dame Glenys Stacey.\n\nDame Glenys, who was critical of probation services in her report in December, said: \"There is much to welcome in these proposals, and we are pleased to see that our inspection evidence and findings and our wider advice have had significant influence and impact.\"", "Prince Charles was photographed with the then Bishop of Gloucester Peter Ball in 1993\n\nThe Prince of Wales has told an inquiry he did not seek to influence a police investigation into a paedophile bishop.\n\nA written submission from the prince was read to an inquiry into the abuse inflicted by former Bishop Peter Ball.\n\nPrince Charles said he felt \"deep personal regret\" for trusting Ball when initial reports of abuse emerged, years before he was jailed in 2015.\n\nIn a 1997 letter, the prince said of a critic of Ball: \"I'll see this horrid man off if he tries anything.\"\n\nIn a series of letters between Prince Charles and the Bishop, read to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), Ball spoke of a \"malicious campaign\" against him and \"harassment\" by \"fraudulent\" accusers.\n\nIn a letter to Ball in 1995, the prince said: \"I wish I could do more. I feel so desperately strong about the monstrous wrongs that have been done to you.\"\n\nIn 1997, the prince wrote a letter in which he described an apparent accuser as a \"ghastly man... up to his dastardly tricks again\".\n\nThe Prince of Wales said he was \"misled\" and his \"heart goes out to the victims\"\n\nIn 2015 Ball, 86, was jailed for 32 months for offences against 18 teenagers and men.\n\nIn the written submission, read by the counsel to the inquiry Fiona Scolding, the prince said he had been \"misled\" and at the time \"there was on my part a presumption of good faith\" in relation to Ball.\n\nHe added: \"I first became aware of Peter Ball during the 1980s. He was later appointed Bishop of Gloucester when he became my local diocesan bishop.\n\n\"Peter Ball told me he had been involved in some sort of 'indiscretion' which prompted his resignation as my local bishop.\n\n\"He emphasised that one individual that I now understand to be Mr Neil Todd had made a complaint to the police, that the police had investigated the matter, and the Crown Prosecution Service had decided to take no action.\n\n\"That sequence of events seemed to support Mr Ball's claim that the complaint emanated from one individual and that individual bore a grudge against him and was persecuting him, that the complaint was false, but that the individual had nonetheless profited from the complaint by selling his story.\n\n\"Events later demonstrated beyond any doubt, to my deep regret, that I, along with many others, has been misled.\"\n\nPeter Ball was jailed for sex offences against teenagers and young men which were carried out over 30 years\n\nThe prince said in the 1980s and 1990s there was \"a presumption that people such as Bishops could be taken at their word and, as a result of the high office they held, were worthy of trust and confidence\".\n\nHe said: \"Throughout my life my position has occasionally brought me into contact with prominent people who have subsequently been accused of serious wrong doing.\n\n\"Rather than rushing to private judgement I have always taken the view that the judicial process should take its course.\"\n\nKnowing what we know now, there's no doubt the prince's letters to Bishop Ball in the 1990s - in particular his expression of sympathy for the \"monstrous wrongs\" supposedly done to him - are embarrassing.\n\nLooking back at them they reveal a degree of naivety on the part of the prince.\n\nBut it must be said Charles wasn't alone around that time in demonstrating a disinclination to doubt the bona fides of a supposedly charismatic figure.\n\nAs we now know, major institutions like the Church, NHS, BBC, were notably reluctant to ask uncomfortable questions and to make proper inquiries.\n\nIn the prince's case there is a sense, as his statement says, of \"deep personal regret\" that he was one of the many deceived by the bishop.\n\nThe fact the prince has opened his personal correspondence for scrutiny is a recognition, his officials say, of the importance the prince attaches to the inquiry's work.\n\nAbove all, there's a sense of frustration and anger that what Charles calls his \"presumption of good faith\" was so grievously betrayed.\n\nThe prince added that that the \"true context and details\" of complaints against Ball \"did not come to my attention until the time of Mr Ball's trial and conviction in 2015\".\n\n\"I ceased contact with Mr Ball once the judicial process had concluded, and he was found guilty of serious offences against young people,\" he said.\n\n\"My heart goes out to the victims of abuse and I applaud their courage as they rebuild their lives and so often offer invaluable support to others who have suffered.\n\n\"It remains a source of deep personal regret that I was one of many who were deceived over a long period of time, about the true nature of Mr Ball's activities.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "British Transport Police have been holding back passengers from platforms at Leeds station\n\nRail passengers on the East Coast mainline faced disruption chaos after lightning strikes damaged signalling.\n\nLondon North Eastern Railway (LNER) advised passengers not to travel on Friday \"due to the extreme weather conditions and signalling failure\".\n\nTrains are now running but some are delayed, with others being cancelled.\n\nBritish Transport Police said officers had to hold back passengers trying to get on platforms at Leeds station.\n\nDan Wales, 26, was stuck at the station for more than three hours trying to get home to Newcastle.\n\nHe said he had \"been told by staff that unless you're going to London or Manchester, don't expect anything\".\n\nInformation boards showed serious disruption on the rail services running through Yorkshire\n\nA number of trainee teachers attending a Teach First conference in Leeds were also stranded by the disruption.\n\nAbout 1,300 people were due to leave on Friday, with many planning on taking the train.\n\nTeach First said people were being urged to remain at Leeds University and check before travelling to the station.\n\nA spokesman said: \"The Student's Union and Refectory at Leeds University are open and we are working with the university on contingency plans if anyone is unable to travel today.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAt 16:45 BST, LNER said all lines had re-opened, with services running the full routes in both directions between London King's Cross and Edinburgh, and King's Cross and Leeds.\n\nHowever, the operator said services were still \"subject to change and delay\" and disruption would continue until the end of the day.\n\nLNER said ticket restrictions had been lifted so passengers could travel on alternative routes or at a later date.\n\nNetwork Rail said although services were running from Leeds, schedules had been significantly affected and passengers should check before travelling.\n\nIt said it did not have the figures for how many people were affected by the disruption but said it was a \"significant number\".\n\nPassengers have been queuing for replacement bus services at York station\n\nTrain operator Northern, who operate a majority of local services in Yorkshire, said: \"Customers are asked to check carefully before travelling later in the afternoon as services are likely to be subject to further delays and cancellations.\"\n\nOther operators TransPennine Express and Cross Country services have also been affected, with passengers being urged to check before they travel.\n\nCross Country warned customers of delays and alterations to its services after \"a fault with the signalling system\" at March, near Peterborough, which had left train lines blocked in both directions.\n\nThe signalling centre in York was also hit by lightning strikes.\n\nLightning strikes flashed across York during a storm on Friday morning\n\nCommuter Helen King had her journey to Leeds from Apperley Bridge halted, saying she was \"back where she started after an hour and 25 minutes\".\n\nShe added: \"The train staff kept us as updated as they could, after half an hour they informed us of our right to compensation which didn't do much to placate those who just wanted to get into Leeds.\n\n\"Finally after an hour of standstill the driver announced that he had been told to turn the train around and head back to Bradford.\"\n\nHelen King was travelling from Apperley Bridge to Leeds\n\nAnother passenger Barry Lee was travelling from Newcastle to York when people were told to leave the train at Darlington \"due to a lightning strike at York station which had a severe affect on signalling\".\n\n\"We were told to get off the train, which then headed back to Newcastle,\" he said.\n\nCommuter David Renwick tweeted that severe thunder and lightning had struck and said the information boards were off at York railway station.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You can also contact us in the following ways:\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An Iranian special forces commander has warned President Donald Trump if the US attacks Iran it \"will destroy all your capabilities\".\n\nMajor General Qassem Soleimani vowed that if Mr Trump started a war, the Islamic Republic would end it, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.\n\nIt follows Mr Trump's all-caps-lock tweet warning Iran's president to \"never, ever\" threaten the US.\n\nTensions have risen since the US withdrew from the 2015 Iran deal.\n\nMaj Gen Soleimani - who leads the Quds Force of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards - was quoted on Thursday as saying: \"As a soldier, it is my duty to respond to your threats.\n\n\"Talk to me, not to the president [Hassan Rouhani]. It is not in our president's dignity to respond to you.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"We are near you, where you can't even imagine. Come. We are ready.\n\n\"If you begin the war, we will end the war. You know that this war will destroy all your capabilities.\"\n\nHe also accused the US president of using the language of \"night clubs and gambling halls\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut two days later, while speaking to a veterans' group, the president said the US was \"ready to make a real deal\" with Iran.\n\nMr Trump's angry tweet was a response to a warning by Mr Rouhani to the US.\n\n\"America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars,\" he said earlier, according to Iran's state news agency Irna.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. People in the Iran-aligned suburbs of Beirut give their reaction to US withdrawal from the nuclear deal\n\nIn May, Mr Trump announced that the US was withdrawing from the Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran, going against advice from European allies.\n\nMr Trump had said the Iran deal was \"defective to its core\".\n\nIn response, Iran had said it was preparing to restart uranium enrichment, key for making both nuclear energy and weapons.\n\nWashington is now re-imposing sanctions on Iran's oil, aircraft exports to Iran, and precious metals trade among other sectors, despite objections from the UK, France, China, Russia and Germany, who all signed the 2015 agreement.\n\nBut there are other flashpoints too. The US is deeply suspicious of Iranian activity in the Middle East and is aligned with Israel and Saudi Arabia, two of Iran's foes.\n\nIran has insisted that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and its compliance with the 2015 deal has been verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency.", "Christine Lampard said the \"disturbing\" tweets caused her so much concern she showed them to her husband\n\nA stalker has been sentenced for bombarding TV presenter Christine Lampard with tweets which referred to her \"gravestone\" and \"crucifixion\".\n\nChristof King, 39, also sent letters and turned up at the house the presenter shares with footballer husband Frank Lampard more than once.\n\nAt Isleworth Crown Court King, of Mowbray Road, Brent, received a nine-month sentence suspended for two years.\n\nKing had pleaded guilty to stalking, but denied sending the tweets.\n\nHe was found to have sent the online messages after a Newton hearing on 5 June.\n\nChristof King pleaded guilty to stalking last week but denied he sent the tweets\n\nMrs Lampard previously told the court she had to hide in a bedroom with the housekeeper after King appeared at the house.\n\nKing, who changed his name by deed poll from Jon Dunningham in April 2016, harassed Ms Lampard between January 2015 and October 2017.\n\nIn one tweet he said he could \"hear the scratch of nails as I sharpen them ahead of your crucifixion\" while another read: \"I am planning the words that will go on your gravestone.\"\n\nProsecutor Warwick Tatford told the court King had even written to the Lampard's dog Minnie where he said he was so pleased to meet the animal \"after all these years\", and how he felt they \"developed some kind of special bond in that moment.\"\n\nNeither Christine or Frank Lampard were in court to hear the sentencing\n\nDefending, John Oliver said King had \"received the message loud and clear\" that the Lampards did not want contact from him.\n\nHe said King, who had initially contacted the TV presenter for career advice, had a delusional disorder \"which has over the year raised its head, but has without treatment or intervention gone into remission on a number of occasions\".\n\nAs well as his suspended sentence, King was given an indefinite restraining order that bans him from contacting both Christine and Frank Lampard, and prevents him from going within 100 yards of their home or entering their street.\n\nHe was also handed a 15-day community order for rehabilitation activity, as well as 150 hours of unpaid work.\n\nJudge Robin Johnson warned King that if he breaches the restraining order, he could face up to five years in prison.\n\n\"Those in the public eye are used to receiving contact from strangers. But they, like anyone else, are entitled to protection from the law when some contact moves from simply irritation to being criminal,\" he said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The crash happened on the A96 shortly before midnight\n\nFive people, including a four-year-old boy, have died and several others were injured when a minibus and 4x4 crashed in Moray.\n\nThe collision happened on the A96, three miles from Keith, on the road to Huntly, at about 23:40 on Thursday.\n\nThree local people in a Nissan X-Trail - two women aged 69 and 70 and a man aged 63 - died in the crash.\n\nThe young boy and a woman, who also died, were in the minibus, which was carrying Italian tourists.\n\nA three-year-old boy and four other adults were being treated in hospital, police said, with one woman in a critical condition.\n\nIt was believed the people in the Nissan were all friends and coming from a social occasion.\n\nPotential witnesses who were in the area at the time were urged to contact police.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Supt Louise Blakelock gave more details about the crash victims\n\nSupt Louise Blakelock, of Police Scotland, said: \"It is with deep regret that I can confirm that three adult passengers - two women aged 69 and 70 and a 63-year-old man - who were travelling within an orange Nissan X-Trail all sadly died from their injuries.\n\n\"The 39-year-old female driver sustained serious injuries. Everyone in this car was local to this area.\n\n\"A white Fiat Talento minibus which had been carrying Italian tourists was also involved in the collision.\n\n\"Tragically two people who were passengers within this vehicle - a woman and a four-year-old boy - have also died.\n\n\"The male driver, a male passenger, female passenger and a three-year-old boy, who were also within the minibus, were taken to hospital with a variety of injuries. The woman is considered to be in a critical condition. The little boy sustained minor injuries and is being well cared for.\"\n\nThe officer said: \"The dreadful scene faced by the emergency responders from police, fire and ambulance and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency was both distressing and extremely challenging for everyone involved.\n\n\"I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who made valiant attempts to save the casualties lives - their efforts cannot be underestimated. I would also like to thank members of the public who came upon this terrible incident, who phoned the emergency services and provided first aid and comfort.\"\n\nSupt Blakelock added: \"Every loss of life on our roads is a tragedy however when so many are killed in one incident the impact on their families, their friends and our entire community is massive.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with everyone who has been involved or affected.\n\n\"An investigation is ongoing into the exact circumstances so it would wrong for me to speculate further at this time and I am unable to answer questions regarding details of what may have happened.\n\n\"I would however ask anyone who was in the area last night and saw either vehicle involved in the lead-up to this incident to please contact the Police on 101. Likewise, if you have dashcam footage that may assist please get in touch with us.\"\n\nThe Italian Counsul General for Scotland Carlo Perrotta said relatives of the Italian holidaymakers were travelling to Scotland.\n\nHe said: \"It is absolutely distressing. Words cannot tell how sad we are to hear these stories, and to have to report to the authorities in Italy and to the families, especially in summer time when people come to Scotland to enjoy this wonderful land and to enjoy the holiday they have been looking forward to the whole year.\"\n\nThe road remained closed overnight. The vehicles were removed on Friday morning and the A96 re-opened shortly before 13:00.\n\nThere was a major response to the crash by the emergency services\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMoray MSP Richard Lochhead said: \"This is a truly horrific accident that has shocked the community.\n\n\"The fact that there are so many casualties has been difficult for people to take in, and with such a loss of life everyone's thoughts are with those affected and their loved ones and friends at this difficult time.\n\n\"I pay tribute to the emergency services who dealt with what was a major road traffic accident.\"", "The official Vote Leave campaign spent more than £2.7m on targeting ads at specific groups of people on Facebook - helping it to win the 2016 EU referendum.\n\nThe US social media giant has now released these ads to a committee of MPs investigating fake news - meaning everyone, not just those they were originally aimed at, can now see them.\n\nThe ads, created by Canadian company Aggregate AIQ, often focused on specific issues - such as immigration or animal rights - thought likely to push the buttons of certain groups of people, based on their age, where they lived and other personal data taken from social media and other sources.\n\nThe 120 pages of documents appear to back up the findings of the Electoral Commission, which ruled last week that Vote Leave broke electoral law by working jointly with another campaign, BeLeave - something denied by both groups.\n\nA number of BeLeave ads were sent from the Vote Leave Facebook account, including this one:\n\nThere are 1,433 different messages in the data set released by Facebook, all with one common theme - although it is not always clear that they have come from a pro-Brexit campaign.\n\nHere is one that was targeted at animal lovers:\n\nThis one, targeted at tea-lovers, is more obviously pro-Brexit:\n\nPolar bears were also recruited to the cause:\n\nThe adverts contained in the Facebook data set were seen more than 169 million times in total.\n\nThe BeLeave messages were more closely directed at younger voters, promising a \"brighter future\" if the UK could stop \"EU regulators keeping us in the past\" and accusing Brussels of regulating ride-sharing apps such as Uber and enforcing quotas on data streaming.\n\nData provided by Facebook suggests some of the most seen images were produced by BeLeave. This image was displayed on the screens of target audience members more than five million times:\n\nOlder voters tended to be treated to claims about how much money the UK was sending to the EU. More than 140 ads made reference to the controversial claim that £350m a week sent to the EU could be spent on the NHS instead:\n\nAlternative uses for the £350m included schools and flood defences:\n\nVote Leave made the most of then US President Barack Obama's intervention in the referendum campaign, when he said the UK would be at the \"back of the queue\" for trade deals.\n\nThis ad was heavily targeted at older voters, with a reach of up to 25% among woman aged over 65 and 23% of men in that age group targeted by one version of it (as with many of the ads, the accompanying text was tweaked and refined from a basic \"parent\" ad):\n\nImmigration was another common theme, with one ad appearing to suggest the entire Turkish population was headed for the UK:\n\nBoris Johnson was the only politician to be pictured in the ads:\n\nApart from one featuring Jeremy Corbyn, which was targeted at younger voters and accompanied by an old quote from the Labour leader: \"The EU takes away from national parliaments the power to set economic policy and hands it over to an unelected set of bankers.\"\n\nNorthern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party spent £32,750.73 with AIQ on pro-Brexit Facebook ads. Only 16 of the ads were delivered to users in Northern Ireland, according to the Facebook data. The remaining 24 were primarily seen by people in England.\n\nThe 24 adverts, seen at least 1.96 million times - and potentially as many as 4.2 million times - were all posted in the final three days of the EU referendum campaign.\n\nEarly on in the campaign, Vote Leave launched a giant data harvesting exercise through a competition to win £50m if you could correctly guess the result of all 51 games in the 2016 European football championship.\n\nThe odds of winning the contest - which Vote Leave funded through an insurance policy - were calculated at one in 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.\n\nIt was described by one Vote Leave insider at the time as a potential \"game changer\" because it would allow it to gather the contact details of thousands of potential voters, many of whom would not normally be interested in the referendum.\n\nThe campaign recruited former England cricketer Sir Ian Botham to promote the contest:\n\nA separate group called Veterans for Britain had refused permission for its ads to be passed on, said Facebook.\n\nThe Culture Media and Sport Committee is expected shortly to publish interim findings from its inquiry into fake news, which has taken evidence from whistleblower Christopher Wylie and technology company bosses as well as representatives of the separate Leave.EU campaign.\n\nCorrection 27 July 2018: An earlier version of this story said some ads were seen by fewer than 1,000 people, according to the Facebook data, and this was an example of \"micro-targeting\". But former Vote Leave chief, Matthew Elliott, said the ads never ran, so we removed that reference.", "Radio 1 has pulled an interview with YouTuber Logan Paul.\n\nThere had been a lot of criticism when it was announced he was going to appear on Charlie Sloth's show on Thursday night.\n\nLogan Paul caused controversy earlier this year by filming the body of an apparent suicide victim for one of his vlogs, and has since apologised.\n\nRadio 1 tweeted: \"After listening back to the interview we don't feel it's right.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by BBC Radio 1 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nCharlie Sloth previously criticised the American YouTuber for posting the video, from Aokigahara forest in Japan, which is known to be a frequent site of suicides.\n\nIn January the DJ chose him as 'Wally of the Week' on his Radio 1/ 1Xtra show The 8th.\n\n\"Millions and millions of people around the world look up to Logan Paul, including loads of youngsters.\n\n\"My children are some of those youngsters - they look up to Logan Paul like a superstar,\" he said.\n\n\"Fam, let's face it, you are an absolute wally.\"\n\nThe YouTuber apologised again later in January by posting a video about suicide awareness, and pledging to donate $1m (£700,000) to prevention groups.\n\nSome social media users say he should be forgiven.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.", "Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson sends a heartfelt video message thanking hospital staff for their \"great care\" after his surgery for a brain haemorrhage in May.\n\nREAD MORE: Ferguson thanks hospitals after surgery", "Port, now 43, from Barking in east London, was sentenced to a full life term in November 2016\n\nAll but one of 17 Met officers under investigation for the initial response to the serial killer Stephen Port refused to answer questions during interviews with the police watchdog.\n\nIn November 2016 Port was convicted of murdering four young men.\n\nPolice ignored chances to catch him earlier, with the deaths not treated as murders until weeks after the last one.\n\nThe Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) said its work was \"nearing completion.\"\n\nIt refused to comment on details of the interview process.\n\nThe watchdog - formerly known as the IPCC - originally served misconduct notices on the officers in September 2016, prior to Port's trial.\n\nIn March the following year - after Port had been jailed - the body said its inquiry was moving into the \"interview phase\".\n\nHowever, when - after two months - this had still not started the victims' families publicly expressed anger at the delay.\n\nIn response, investigators told the BBC that a large volume of evidence had been disclosed to the officers, who had \"asked for time to understand and absorb the information that will be put to them in interview, which we have agreed so that the evidence we collect from them is as robust and comprehensive as possible.\"\n\nThen, last summer, the watchdog said that interviews were \"under way\".\n\nHowever, the BBC now understands only one of the 17 officers freely answered questions from investigators.\n\nSeven were interviewed under gross misconduct notices - and ten under misconduct notices.\n\nSixteen of them - as they are entitled to - provided \"no comment\" interviews and instead submitted prepared statements.\n\nOne officer, who was interviewed under a misconduct notice, has since resigned from the force, meaning that even if found to have breached standards of behaviour there is no system of delivering a sanction to them.\n\nBetween June 2014 and September 2015, Port murdered Anthony Walgate, 23, originally from Hull, Gabriel Kovari, 22, from Lewisham, Daniel Whitworth, 21, from Gravesend, Kent, and Jack Taylor, 25, from Dagenham, east London.\n\nAnthony Walgate (L) and Gabriel Kovari (R) were Port's first victims\n\nPort met his victims online, including through the dating app Grindr, before luring them to his flat in Barking, east London, where they were drugged before being raped.\n\nHe murdered the four men by giving them fatal overdoses of the date-rape drug GHB.\n\nThe first victim - Anthony Walgate - was found outside Port's flat and the other three either in or next to a nearby churchyard.\n\nPort was jailed for his initial lies about the circumstances of the first death, but police accepted his subsequent excuses - leaving him free to kill again.\n\nWhile on bail - prior to being sentenced - Port struck twice more and once again after coming out of prison.\n\nDaniel Whitworth (L) and Jack Taylor (R) were also killed by Port\n\nPort falsely linked his second and third victims together in order to cover up his crimes.\n\nA fake suicide note found in Daniel Whitworth's hand - which had in fact been written by Port - said he had accidentally killed his lover Gabriel Kovari and was taking his own life as a result.\n\nIn fact, the two victims did not know one another.\n\nPolice accepted the note at face value and treated the deaths as non-suspicious, despite concerns being raised by people close to both men.\n\nThe fake suicide note, written by Port, sought to absolve him of any part in Mr Whitworth's death\n\nAn investigation by the BBC revealed flaws in the evidence given by police at the original inquests for Mr Whitworth and Mr Kovari.\n\nAfter Jack Taylor's death, police were pressured into treating it as suspicious after his family began their own investigation and spotted similarities to the other three deaths.\n\nPort was captured after the case was passed to specialist homicide detectives.\n\nThe initial response had been led by local officers from Barking and Dagenham.\n\nNone of the officers from the successful inquiry are under investigation by the IOPC.\n\nIn a statement, IOPC Regional Director Sarah Green said: \"Our investigation is nearing completion, and I will need to consider the final report carefully before coming to any view on its findings.\n\n\"We continue to keep the families of Stephen Port's victims, and the officers under investigation updated on our progress.\"\n\nScotland Yard said: \"We await the conclusion of an independent IOCC investigation which is currently ongoing.\n\n\"It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.\"\n\nInquests into the four deaths are expected next year, with a pre-inquest hearing scheduled to take place on 14 August.", "US television network CBS says it is investigating reports detailing allegations of sexual misconduct by its top executive Les Moonves.\n\nThe claims of unwanted kissing and touching have been published in the New Yorker magazine.\n\nIn a statement, CBS said it was looking into the allegations and would \"take appropriate action\".\n\nMr Moonves, 68, told the magazine that he \"may have made some women uncomfortable\" in the past.\n\n\"Those were mistakes, and I regret them immensely,\" he said. \"But I always understood and respected... that 'no' means 'no,' and I have never misused my position to harm or hinder anyone's career.\"\n\nCBS' stock price dropped by 6% on Friday as reports of the New Yorker article trickled out.\n\nThe exposé is by Ronan Farrow, who this year won a Pulitzer Prize for detailing assault accusations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\n\nSome of the alleged incidents are said to have occurred more than 20 years ago.\n\nIn a statement, CBS said: \"All allegations of personal misconduct are to be taken seriously.\n\nCBS news presenter Charlie Rose (right) was fired for sexual misconduct earlier this year\n\n\"The Independent Directors of CBS have committed to investigating claims that violate the Company's clear policies in that regard.\n\n\"Upon the conclusion of that investigation, which involves recently reported allegations that go back several decades, the Board will promptly review the findings and take appropriate action.\"\n\nMr Moonves, who is chairman and chief executive of CBS, has yet to respond to BBC requests for comment.\n\nSix women have made allegations against him, including the actress Illeana Douglas who told the New Yorker that he violently kissed her.\n\n\"The physicality of it was horrendous,\" she said. \"You think, how long is this going to go on? I couldn't get him off me.\"\n\nAll of the women say they believe their careers suffered because they rejected his advances.\n\nA CBS statement on behalf of Mr Moonves said he acknowledged trying to kiss Ms Douglas but denied sexual assault and intimidation.\n\nMoonves (second from right) singing with CBS chat show host James Corden\n\nEarlier this year, CBS' fired veteran presenter Charlie Rose, who was accused of sexual harassment by a number of women, including several CBS employees.\n\nMr Moonves has long been considered one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, helping steer the network broadcaster into the digital age.\n\nHe started out as a TV actor before developing Friends and ER with Warner Bros and then reviving an ailing CBS with hits including CSI, Everybody Loves Raymond and, most recently, The Big Bang Theory.\n\nFor a decade under his leadership, CBS has been the most-watched network in the US, narrowly retaining its crown ahead of NBC in the 2017-18 season.\n\nMr Moonves earned $69.3m (£53m) in 2017 making him one of the highest paid chief executives in the world.\n\nBut his tenure at the top of the network, which he joined in 1995, has been marked by a power struggle with Shari Redstone who, through her family's business National Amusements, is the controlling shareholder in both CBS and the media conglomerate, Viacom.\n\nMs Redstone and Mr Moonves are currently battling in the courts as he tries to thwart her plan to merge the two companies.\n\nHe has been married to Julie Chen - host of CBS' Big Brother - since 2004.\n\nThe two wed less than two weeks after he finalised his divorce from Nancy Wiesenfeld, to whom he had been married since 1978, according to the Hollywood Reporter.\n\nDuring the 2016 presidential election, he was criticised for saying Donald Trump's candidacy \"may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS\".\n\n\"The money's rolling in and this is fun,\" he said at a media event in San Francisco.", "Amazon has reported record quarterly profits helped by a rise in online sales and demand for its cloud services.\n\nProfits hit a record $2.53bn (£1.9bn) in the three months to the end of June - about 12 times more than it made during the same period last year.\n\nSales rose by 39% to $52.89bn, slightly less than analysts had been forecasting.\n\nAmazon's shares jumped more than 3% in after-hours trade.\n\n\"It was a strong quarter,\" said chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky. \"What I attribute it to is continued strength in some of our most profitable areas.\"\n\nAt the firm's lucrative cloud services division, Amazon Web Services, sales were up nearly 50% year-on-year to $6.1bn.\n\nAmazon is also starting to attract more money from advertising.\n\nRevenue from the firm's \"other\" category, which includes advertising, more than doubled to about $2.2bn.\n\nRetail sales in North America were healthy as well, rising about 44% to almost $32.2bn.\n\nRecruitment slowed in the quarter. Amazon is also starting to reap the benefits of previous infrastructure investments, allowing for less rapid spending growth, Mr Olsavsky said.\n\nDaniel Ives, chief strategy officer at GBH Insights, said Amazon's profitability appears to be accelerating faster than expected.\n\nThat, he wrote, will be \"music to ears of investors\" who have stood by Amazon and its famously long-term approach to deferring profit in favour of reinvesting in the company.\n\nAmazon is expected to account for roughly half of online sales in the US this year, according to research firm eMarketer.\n\nThe company told investors that it expects third quarter sales in the range of $54bn- $57.5bn, growth of 23% to 31%.", "Heavy thunderstorms are sweeping across the UK, leading to travel problems in parts of the country.\n\nRail passengers on the East Coast mainline faced major disruption after lightning strikes damaged signalling.\n\nTemperatures have cooled compared with recent days after downpours, hail and strong winds hit areas of the UK.\n\nStorms are expected to continue overnight, with a yellow weather warning in place for the east of England and Scotland.\n\nForecasters had predicted the UK's all-time record of 38.5C could be topped on what some people were calling \"Furnace Friday\" - but those estimates were toned down following overnight storms.\n\nThe Met Office said 34.7C was recorded in Tibenham, Norfolk, on Friday but the early development of thunderstorms had suppressed temperatures and kept them below Thursday's high of 35.3C.\n\nA Met Office yellow warning for thunderstorms remains in place for the east of England until 02:00 BST and the east of Scotland until Saturday afternoon.\n\nDamage to signalling equipment meant trains between York and Leeds were unable to run for several hours, causing dozens of cancellations.\n\nLondon North Eastern Railway (LNER) - which operates between London King's Cross and northern Scotland - had advised passengers not to travel during the day.\n\nIt said all lines had reopened but services were \"still subject to change and delay\".\n\nStranded commuters at Leeds railway station scan the information boards for developments\n\nTransPennine Express, Northern and Cross Country services were also affected, with passengers being urged to check before they travel.\n\nBritish Transport Police said officers held back dozens of passengers trying to get on platforms at Leeds station.\n\nIt said people should \"avoid travelling for a few hours\" because services are at a standstill across the Yorkshire region.\n\nAnd Network Rail said speed restrictions remained in place for some Chiltern Railways, Northern and Greater Anglia services, amid fears high temperatures could cause the tracks to expand and \"buckle\".\n\nThere were also delays of over two hours for Eurotunnel passengers in Kent, after issues with air conditioning in carriages.\n\nEurotunnel said it had taken an \"unprecedented decision\" to cancel thousands of day trip tickets for Friday to ease the long queues.\n\nGatwick Airport said nearby thunderstorms had led to minor delays to some flights.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSinger Sir Tom Jones was forced to cancel a concert at York Racecourse on Friday evening after thunder and lightning prevented him from flying from his London home to the venue.\n\nA statement from the racecourse said: \"The decision was taken after it proved impossible to get Sir Tom to the racecourse given the atrocious weather conditions.\"\n\nMotorists were warned that heavy rainfall could lead to dangerous conditions on the road.\n\nA spokesman for the Met Office said spray and surface water meant \"roads like the M11, M18, M1 and A1 won't be very pleasant\".\n\nSome people in London have been welcoming Friday's rain after weeks of hot and dry weather.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThursday was the hottest day of the year so far with a high of 35.3C recorded in Faversham, Kent - the highest in the UK since 2015.\n\nMeanwhile, firefighters in Wales have been battling wildfires across the country, with the biggest on Twmbarlwm mountain, Caerphilly, still burning two weeks after it began.\n\nThose enjoying the water were urged to take care by police, following a number of incidents, including:\n\nIlkley Lido in West Yorkshire became a popular place for children to cool off\n\nConditions over the weekend are expected to be cooler, with the possibility of more rain, strong winds and more average temperatures for the time of year - either in the high teens or low 20s.\n\nBut the forecast currently predicts more hot weather later next week.\n\nDo you have photos or video of the extreme weather in the UK at the moment? Send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Are your work clothes making you hotter?", "The North American black bears at Woburn Safari Park live on a 13 acre reserve\n\nA safari park has said it is not a \"petting zoo\" after a family were left \"terrified\" when a bear attacked their car.\n\nSophie Mallaney, from Leighton Buzzard, was visiting Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire on Monday when a 6ft black bear climbed on the bonnet and began \"chewing away\" at the car.\n\nMs Mallaney said no help came from wardens after they beeped their horn.\n\nBut the park said: \"No horns were heard.\"\n\nThe car Sophie Mallaney was in suffered \"minor damage\" and the family is paying for the repairs, she said\n\nMs Mallaney told the BBC that as her family drove through the park, the bear came towards them and started biting around the windscreen.\n\nShe said they started beeping their horn when the bear climbed on to the bonnet.\n\n\"We were unhappy that no-one came to help,\" said Ms Mallaney, who added that visitors were told to sound their horn if they felt in danger.\n\n\"We did, and no-one came.\"\n\nA spokesman for the park said the deputy head of the carnivore section was on patrol at the time, but that nothing was heard.\n\n\"He would have attended,\" the spokesman said.\n\nWoburn has 10 bears, four males and six females, and they live outside 365 days a year\n\nMs Mallaney, who was in the car with her mother, sister and nephew, said the bear eventually left her family's car and approached another vehicle.\n\nA park spokesman apologised for the bear \"worrying the family\" and said the incident had been investigated.\n\n\"We would like to issue a reminder to visitors that we are a safari park as opposed to a petting zoo,\" he added.\n\nThe park says black bears are opportunistic eaters and most of their diet consists of grasses, roots, berries, insects and fish\n\nHe said that during \"road safari experiences\" the animals could come close to vehicles, so a strict safety policy was in place, which guests were instructed to follow.\n\nThe park has offered Ms Mallaney's family a VIP meet and greet at the park, but she said: \"I don't think we will be going back to the safari park any time soon.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned to appear before UK MPs\n\nThis might be the biggest crisis Facebook has faced since its founding, and the company's initial response has not helped.\n\nThe proposed departure of the company's data security chief, Alex Stamos, has spread anxiety through the company internationally, and it is being reported that this opened up already significant divisions within the company about just how transparent it should be.\n\nThe leadership question goes higher, however, to Mark Zuckerberg. When it was first suggested that Russia may have used the platform to interfere in the 2016 election, Zuckerberg initially described that as a \"pretty crazy idea\". Months later he recanted, and announced a raft of measures to address the viral spread of disinformation.\n\nThis time, following the dogged and undercover reporting of Channel 4 News, The Observer and The New York Times, Facebook has responded with the bold assertion that tens of millions of people having their data scraped and passed on to a third party does not constitute a data breach.\n\nBoth Facebook and Cambridge Analytica deny any wrongdoing or breaking the law.\n\nAnd therein lies the rub. If this indeed isn't a data breach; if it doesn't strike these companies as a cause for alarm; and if what has happened is legal, then that might be the very reason that Facebook's users - all two billion of them - should be worried.\n\nFacebook has grown dizzyingly rich by operating what is in effect a mass surveillance tool. Most users have no idea just how much social media companies know about them. The business model that has made Facebook very rich is based on the quality of that data. Facebook uses that data to sell your attention to advertisers. Advertisers use smart messaging to influence behaviour, and try to get us to buy their products.\n\nAs Hugo Rifkind wrote in The Times, what has happened now is that Facebook, the biggest and most powerful social media platform, has gone from selling mere products to selling politics, too. Political operatives, whether they be from democracies or not, also want to use smart messaging to influence behaviour, in order to get us to vote for a particular candidate, or to undermine a consensus and degrade the truth.\n\nA smart corporate response from Facebook would grant that the remarkable innovations and technology that have created its news feed, an often addictive and for now free product, are now being exploited for goals that are not always socially desirable.\n\nInstead the company's instinct was to alight on a technicality, and say this was no data breach, despite the fact that it suspended the accounts of Cambridge Analytica and its whistleblower, Chris Wylie. Now at last the company is stepping into gear, calling a meeting of all staff to address concerns and answer questions.\n\nSeveral different investigations on both sides of the Atlantic are now underway. Mark Zuckerberg may not want to appear before the DCMS Select Committee, but he will have to make a public pronouncement soon enough. Blog posts alone won't do.\n\nIt must never be forgotten that, with all the zeal that has become customary in the world of superstar tech firms, Facebook executives talk about their company in missionary terms. We're on a mission, they say, to make the world more open and connected.\n\nThere is a tension, then, between the liberal inclinations of some Facebook staff - though of course the company as a whole is politically neutral - and the fact that a British company on whose board Steve Bannon sits may have used the platform to help President Trump gain office. Of course, Cambridge Analytica's power could be wildly over-stated, and we don't yet know sufficient detail on Russian misbehaviour on the platform.\n\nThere is a tension between the globalist outlook of a company that hires supremely clever graduates from around the world, and the more nationalist tendencies of the current White House administration.\n\nAnd there is a tension between the self-declared mission to champion openness, and the fact that Mark Zuckerberg, for reasons still unclear, seemed to be unavailable for comment as lawmakers demanded to hear from him.\n\nAt some point, these tensions become unbearable. A month ago, I said Facebook may have peaked, in influence if not in wealth. I wonder if Alex Stamos's departure will persuade some staff there of this thesis.", "US basketball star LeBron James says he regrets naming his son LeBron James Jr because of the pressure it places on him to reach the same level of success.\n\n\"I still regret giving my 14-year-old my name,\" he said in the first episode of his new HBO TV series, The Shop.\n\nThe clip, which was filmed in Los Angeles, is scheduled to air in August.\n\nJames, 33, moved to the city earlier in July after signing a four-year deal with the LA Lakers basketball team worth $154m (£116m).\n\nIn footage from James's new show which was shared on social media, US comedian Jon Stewart asks the sports star about his family and how he reassures his children, especially LeBron James Jr - better known as Bronny - over expectations to live up to his success.\n\n\"They're playing the same sport that you play better than anyone else in the world... how do you give them peace of mind that they don't have to be you?\" Stewart asked.\n\n\"When I was younger, I didn't have a dad, so my whole thing was whenever I have a kid, I'm going to do everything that this man didn't do,\" James said, adding: \"It's up to them to take their own course, whenever that time comes.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJames, a three-time NBA champion with Cleveland and Miami Heat, excited high-profile stars and supporters with his move to Los Angeles - including West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg, who welcomed \"King James\".\n\nA mural of James in an LA Lakers jersey appeared in Venice, California, after his move\n\nFormer player and basketball great Magic Johnson has called James the \"best player in the world\".", "More than 270 birds have been brought into Secret World Wildlife Rescue with burns\n\nDozens of young gulls have had to be treated for burnt feet because of the heatwave, a wildlife centre said.\n\nMore than 270 birds have been taken to Somerset's Secret World Wildlife Rescue with \"severe\" burns on their feet.\n\nThe charity said it had been inundated with juvenile gulls - nesting on industrial buildings - that fell off after the roofs became \"scalding hot\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the centre said the young birds had been placed in buckets of water to \"cool their feet down\".\n\n\"Gulls have been arriving at the centre almost by the hour over the last fortnight,\" the spokeswoman said.\n\nThe centre said many of the birds had been nesting on industrial buildings which got too hot for them\n\nMore than twice the number of gulls has been admitted to the centre this year compared to last, the charity said.\n\nThe wildlife centre said the birds were really \"struggling with the weather conditions\".\n\n\"Hot surfaces and a lack of shade are causing many of the birds to be brought in with severe sunburn on their feet,\" a spokeswoman said.\n\nShe said the centre did not want to release the birds while the temperatures remained high.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "How are those sleeping rough on Britain's streets coping with the high temperatures during the heatwave?\n\nAs homelessness charities hand out extra bottles of water and sun cream, we hear from those struggling to find shelter from the sun.", "Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley were granted licences to allow them access to cannabis oil\n\nSpecialist doctors in the UK will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products by autumn, the home secretary has announced.\n\nThose that meet safety and quality standards are to be made legal for patients with an \"exceptional clinical need\", Sajid Javid said.\n\nAs it is a devolved matter, it will require legislative change before it is enforced in Northern Ireland.\n\nMany had previously been denied access to cannabis oil.\n\nOthers forms of cannabis will remain illegal.\n\nMr Javid's decision was made after the chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies, and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs said patients with certain medical conditions should be given access to the treatments.\n\nTheir advice was part of a review into medicinal cannabis launched by the home secretary following an outcry over Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley being denied access to cannabis oil.\n\nThe parents of the boys, who have rare forms of epilepsy, say it controls their seizures.\n\nCharlotte Caldwell said her son, Billy, would now be able to live a \"normal life\"\n\nThe Home Office recently granted them licences to access the treatments.\n\nMr Javid said: \"Recent cases involving sick children made it clear to me that our position on cannabis-related medicinal products was not satisfactory.\n\n\"That is why we launched a review and set up an expert panel to advise on licence applications in exceptional circumstances.\n\n\"This will help patients with an exceptional clinical need but is in no way a first step to the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Cannabis-derived medicines: What you need to know\n\nBilly Caldwell's mother, Charlotte, said Mr Javid's announcement had been made on her son's 13th birthday.\n\n\"For the first time in months I'm almost lost for words, other than 'thank you Sajid Javid',\" she said.\n\n\"Never has Billy received a better birthday present, and never from somebody so unexpected...\n\n\"But, crucially, my little boy Billy can now live a normal life with his mummy because of the simple ability to now administer a couple of drops a day of a long-maligned but entirely effective natural medication.\"\n\nThe Department of Health says legalising medicinal cannabis in NI is a devolved matter for local politicians\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said: \"The rescheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products is a devolved matter and requires legislative change.\n\n\"The Department of Health notes the advice provided by experts during the two-part review commissioned by the Home Secretary.\n\n\"Consideration will be given to rescheduling cannabis-derived medicinal products in Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the UK\n\n\"In the interim, clinicians may still apply to the Home Office Expert Panel should they wish to use a cannabis-based medicine in the treatment of a patient.\"\n\nThe government and medicines regulator are to develop a clear definition of what constitutes a cannabis-derived medicinal product\n\nCannabis is classed as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it is judged to have no therapeutic value but can be used for the purposes of research with a Home Office licence.\n\nThe decision by the Home Office will put certain cannabis-derived products into Schedule 2 - those that have a potential medical use - and will place them in the same category as cocaine and heroin, among other drugs.\n\nThe Department for Health and Social Care and the Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will now develop a clear definition of what constitutes a cannabis-derived medicinal product so they can be rescheduled and prescribed, the Home Office said.\n\nIn the meantime, clinicians will still be able to apply to an independent expert panel on behalf of patients wishing to access these products.\n\nThe home secretary said licence fees for applications made to the panel will be waived, and those already granted will not be charged.\n\nThe home secretary's decision was welcomed by campaigners and health experts.\n\nDonna Kinnair, from the Royal College of Nursing, said the decision was \"very welcome\".\n\nDr Tom Freeman, senior academic fellow at King's College London, said Mr Javid's decision would have a \"substantial impact on research by facilitating the development of safer and more effective medicines\".\n\nFormer justice minister Sir Mike Penning, who was among those appealing for Alfie Dingley to be given a special licence for medicinal cannabis, welcomed the announcement but said there were still unanswered questions about which treatments would be rescheduled.\n\n\"Any move to restrict medical cannabis in the UK to a very narrow range of derived products, each requiring full pharmaceutical trials, thereby blocking out the many products available overseas, will lead to great disappointment and be a missed opportunity.\"\n• None Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs - GOV.UK The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Michael Simpson with his children Alice and Jack\n\nTwo young children are living in a rural town in China, completely unaware that their British father is dead after being murdered by their Chinese mother.\n\nSeven-year-old Jack and his six-year-old sister Alice are also unaware they are now at the centre of an increasingly bitter custody battle between their British and Chinese grandparents.\n\nNow sharing a bedroom with their cousin, they were taken to live in Nanzhang after their mother Weiwei Fu was jailed for life earlier this month.\n\nThe children's father, Michael Simpson, originally from Wimborne, Dorset, was 34 when he was stabbed to death by his estranged wife at his apartment in Shanghai in March 2017.\n\nThe couple had met and married after he moved to China to work in the supply business of the British retailer Next.\n\nThey had been living separately for a year and Michael's family say the children spent most of their time with their father.\n\nNow his parents, Ian and Linda, want the children to live with them in the UK, where they say they will have a better life and education.\n\nThey have promised to maintain contact with the Chinese family, keep teaching the children Mandarin and visit annually.\n\n\"Losing Michael put a hole in our family,\" Mr Simpson says.\n\n\"If you take away the children as well you've basically blotted out the whole of that family.\"\n\nHaving sat through the trial and sentencing, the couple had hoped to reach a deal with the Chinese family.\n\nThey were prepared to forgo their claim for compensation, offer some money instead to the relatives who are looking after the children and, crucially, offer official \"forgiveness\".\n\nThe latter could have seen Weiwei Fu's sentence cut in half, all in exchange for custody of Jack and Alice. But no deal was done.\n\nThe Fu family \"won't let us see them... and won't negotiate with us at all\", Mr Simpson says.\n\nThe Simpsons blame Weiwei's brother and have accused him of extortion.\n\nThey say he met with their lawyer just before the sentencing and repeated a demand for a payment of just over £60,000 in exchange for the children.\n\n\"I couldn't believe they would let their daughter go to jail for so long, just for the sake of that,\" Mr Simpson says.\n\nThe Chinese family denies it is using the children to extort money from their other grandparents.\n\nThe Foreign Office has been assisting the Simpsons as they pursue a custody case in the Chinese courts, but members of the family have said in the past they've felt \"let down\" by British officials.\n\nThey now think political intervention is needed and, as Jeremy Hunt prepares to visit China this weekend, they want the new foreign secretary to intervene in the case and appeal to Chinese officials for help.\n\nThe Simpson family say they are \"fairly impressed\" with the Chinese judiciary system, although they have concerns as the custody hearing will be in a local court near where the children are currently living.\n\nThey fear they may not be treated fairly saying some courts \"seem a bit timid\" about hearing cases involving foreigners.\n\nThe Foreign Office has promised to write to the court and send a representative to the hearing, which is due soon. But the family want more direct intervention.\n\n\"We do want political support,\" Mr Simpson says.\n\nThe BBC understands the case was mentioned in meetings by the UK's national security adviser, Sir Mark Sedwill, when he was in China ahead of the prime minister's trip earlier this year.\n\nWhen asked if he had forgiven his daughter-in-law for murdering his son, Ian Simpson said: \"I have no hatred towards her. To be honest I probably have more hatred towards the family.\n\n\"She's a bit like nothing to me,\" he added.\n\n\"I don't have any real feelings towards her. Do I forgive her? No.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Football\n\nThe man leading an investigation into historical sex abuse for the Football Association has found no evidence of an institutionalised conspiracy, the BBC understands.\n\nClive Sheldon QC began his independent inquiry in 2016 following a series of allegations by former players.\n\nHe hopes to submit his final report at the end of September, and it is now unlikely he will conclude there was organised abuse or a cover-up of the kind alleged in other institutions like the Church of England.\n\nHowever, Sheldon is still expected to find that there were failings by both individuals and clubs, and next month he will write to those he intends to comment on, giving them a chance to defend themselves.\n\nThe legal process of giving criticised witnesses the right to respond - known as 'Maxwellisation' - is expected to last around a month.\n\nAn inquiry spokesman said: \"Over the summer the review team will be writing to institutions and individuals to provide them with an opportunity to respond to comments Clive Sheldon QC may make about them in his final report to the FA board.\n\n\"The review team are expecting to send those letters out shortly and will expect to hear back within weeks.\"\n\nIt is thought around 12 clubs will form the basis of Sheldon's findings, likely to include the likes of Crewe Alexandra, Manchester City, Chelsea and Aston Villa.\n\nAll the clubs from whom he requested a 'structured report' into how they handled allegations of abuse have now cooperated with the inquiry.\n\nIn March, Crewe said they would scrap plans for their own independent review into abuse by former coach Barry Bennell.\n\nIn February, Bennell was sentenced to 31 years in prison for abusing 12 boys, seven of whom were linked to the Cheshire club.\n\nSo far Sheldon has met 35 victims, and reviewed the testimony of more than 100 individuals.\n\nInvestigators have sifted through 13,000 documents in the FA archives - adding up to 1.3 million pages - as part of their search for data relating to safeguarding procedures and child protection cases.\n\nSome 500 case management files - not all relating to child abuse - are thought to contain relevant information.\n\nThe inquiry team has also had access to documents held in the archives of the Premier League and the English Football League.\n\nOn Thursday the chief executive of the Scottish FA apologised for the abuse young players suffered in the past.\n\nIan Maxwell was responding to an 18-month investigation which found child protection policies are \"not fit for purpose\" and must change to prevent future cases of abuse.\n\nThe most recent police figures from March showed 849 alleged victims had come forward since former Crewe player Andy Woodward first spoke to the Guardian newspaper and the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme about the abuse he suffered.\n\nOperation Hydrant, the specialist police unit in charge of the operation, has identified 300 suspects and a number of court cases involving professional clubs are under way.", "Jennifer Caldwell stepped in to play Emily in musical Knights of Rose\n\nJennifer Caldwell was working in the box office at the Arts Theatre in London when a show's producer asked for her help.\n\nThe theatre's current show - jukebox musical Knights of the Rose - needed a role filled as the understudy was already covering someone else.\n\nJennifer agreed to help at lunchtime and by 19:00 BST she was on stage playing the role of Emily.\n\nThe actress told the BBC that it was an \"amazing experience\" to be involved.\n\nJennifer says the producers were \"aware\" that a lot of the staff at the theatre were actors.\n\n\"I work all over the theatre front of house, box office, cafe and in the bar - wherever they put me basically.\"\n\n\"One of the producers saw me on the box office and said 'I've had an idea' about getting me to fill in.\n\n\"I said maybe, so he said 'what if we cut parts of the show - can you do a reduced version of the track?' and I said why not!\"\n\n\"We rehearsed from 3.30pm until 5pm and were on stage at 7pm.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nJennifer's role had to be cut a bit so she didn't have too much to learn, but thankfully \"there weren't many lines\".\n\n\"I think there were two songs with dance routines and one extra scene as well just to help the plot along.\"\n\nShe hadn't yet seen the production in its entirety too - so was really pushed in at the deep end.\n\n\"I had seen about two thirds because of working front of house, but had only done two shifts sitting and watching the show,\" she says.\n\n\"The rest of the company did an amazing job covering the holes I didn't have time to even attempt to learn, and they were super supportive.\"\n\n\"It was so quick so I didn't have time to stress about it, and just focused on getting it right. I didn't have time to sit and stew what went wrong.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd Jennifer's not the first person who's had to step into a theatre production last minute - it happened to Steph Parry last month.\n\nSteph, an understudy in 42nd Street, had to step in and play Donna, last minute, in a West End production of Mamma Mia! and as a result bagged the leading role in 42nd Street.\n\nJennifer says no similar offer has come along \"as of yet\".\n\n\"I'm just taking it as an opportunity to prance around on stage and get paid for it - you have to count yourself lucky,\" she said.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Pizza chef Valentino Diesi says he drinks soft drinks to stay cool during a heatwave\n\nPeople are being urged to \"stay out of the sun\" for most of this week, as a heat health watch alert is issued by the Met Office.\n\nMany people can not avoid the sun because they have to work in it. And, they need to wear work uniforms.\n\nFrom pizza chef to nurse, priest to labourer, 10 UK workers told us what it is like to wear a uniform in hot weather. They also shared their top tips for keeping cool.\n\n‏@emsk tweeted: \"I'm a nurse and my husband is a police officer. As soon as we come in from work it's straight to the shower.\n\n\"In fact today our female staff took to filling gloves with ice and shoving them in our bras.\"\n\nNurse @Trac36Tracytots tweeted: \"Haven't got any tips, full nurses uniform, no air con, still have to wear tights, no alternatives, melting.\"\n\n@jadesapphirejet, tweeted: \"Nurses! Uncomfortable polyester tunic's and trousers. Lace up shoes with socks. No air con in NHS wards. Rubber gloves and plastic pinnies.... you try keeping cool while doing a dressing in that get-up. #nhsuniforms\n\nSeray Justice and Ro Moloney, customer service assistants for Transport for London, said the underground platforms are extremely warm\n\nSeray Justice and Ro Moloney, customer service assistants for Transport for London, said they do not have many options.\n\n\"We take breaks but this doesn't help. Downstairs, on the platforms, we carry even more equipment and it's hotter.\n\n\"Last week we had no air con and the water was warm. We sometimes feel dizzy it's so hot.\"\n\nPriest Jo Haine from Dorchester, Dorset, tweeted a picture of the uniform she has to wear, whatever the weather.\n\nShe said: \"It's too hot for clergy robes! I'm afraid I haven't worked out how to stay cool, it's boiling in them. I just drink plenty and, if outside, try and stand in the shade.\"\n\nAnother priest, James Pacey, tweeted: \"I'm a priest so dress all in black. Took my black cat to the vet today - he said black cats feel the heat. I said I know how they feel.\"\n\nValentino Diesi said he tries to drink to stay cool.\n\n\"Everyday is busy and I sweat sometimes when it's busy. My pizza oven goes to 300C. So I try to take breaks when I can.\"\n\nTwitter users also commented on what it is like to work as a chef in the heat.\n\n@Food_o_Graphics tweeted: \"I've seen chefs using wet towel from a freezer around the neck.\"\n\n@geordiekev1uk replied: \"I can vouch for that, being a chef lol.\"\n\nLabourers Peter Wackett, Jake Phillips and Luke Cahalane said they sweat lots in their overalls when it is hot\n\nPeter Wackett, Jake Phillips and Luke Cahalane work 10-hour shifts in the sun.\n\n\"We're here all day, sweating like pigs,\" said Mr Wackett.\n\n\"We don't take breaks. We have to wear these flame-proof overalls. I feel like passing out when we're shovelling and heavy lifting, especially when the sun's in my eye.\n\n\"There isn't any air con in the back of the van.\"\n\n@LeicsFireRescue tweeted: \"We might know a few people whose job requires them to wear protective uniform whatever the weather! We're not sure there's any way to stay cool in a fire, but hydration is key for our crews to stay fit and well - especially in this heat!\"\n\nWhile firefighter Scott Pearce said: \"Sometimes there are no shortcuts, stay hydrated and rest in shade where possible.\"\n\nShe said she is supplied with water and a choice of uniform: \"Each department is also issued with sun lotion dispensers and we are regularly encouraged to re-apply.\n\n\"The company has a great sun safety awareness campaign at the start of each summer.\n\n\"Personal protective equipment includes hats with a visor for each of us. I'm really grateful to have a safety conscious employer.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Peter Rowlands runs a street kiosk near Oxford Circus in London and says \"it's stifling\"\n\nPeter Rowlands said the heat is stifling: \"The heat comes out of the front of the fridges. I put a fan on but it's not doing much.\"\n\nAntonio Manuel told the BBC: \"It's so hot in my uniform. I go outside and I stand in front of the air con. I drink water and soda.\"\n\nAnother bartender tweeted: \"I work in a pub so run around a lot. (Average 11000 steps per shift!) We have to wear black shirts and black trousers. No air con, no fans, and under a plate glass ceiling. It's affecting all of us atm. No need for toilet breaks, as we sweat out whatever we drink.\"\n\nWhilst @candascott described the leather uniform he needs to wear: \"Police motorcyclist, leathers, boots, stab vest, motorcycle jacket helmet and gloves.\"", "British actor Ed Westwick will not be prosecuted over three sexual assault allegations he faced in the US.\n\nThe Los Angeles District Attorney said it would not pursue the cases against the star of Gossip Girl and White Gold.\n\nThere was \"insufficient evidence\" for a prosecution to go ahead, the investigators said.\n\nThe 30-year-old star vehemently denied the \"unverified and provably untrue\" allegations when two women accused him of rape last November.\n\nProsecutors said witnesses identified by the first two alleged victims were \"not able to provide information that would enable the prosecution to prove either incident beyond a reasonable doubt\".\n\nThey said they were unable to contact the third alleged victim.\n\nProsecutors said other women had alleged unwanted touching against the actor, but that these claims would not be pursued because they fell outside the statute of limitations.\n\nAfter the allegations emerged last year, the BBC cut Westwick out of its Agatha Christie drama Ordeal by Innocence and \"paused\" filming on the second series of BBC Two comedy White Gold.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "One worker in 12 does not take the time off work they should, according to Trades Union Congress (TUC) analysis.\n\nIn the UK there are 1.2 million workers who receive no annual leave at all, and 2.2 million who get less than the legal minimum holiday of five and a half weeks a year, the organisation said.\n\nThose missing out were \"at risk of burn-out\", said the TUC.\n\nThe government said employers were expected to treat workers fairly and abide by employment law.\n\nIn the UK most workers who work a five-day week are legally entitled to 28 days' paid leave per year. An employer can include bank holidays as part of that statutory leave entitlement.\n\nWorkers missed out on holiday either because they were set unrealistic workloads that could not be completed on time, or because employers were deliberately denying holiday requests and \"managing out\" people's leave, the TUC said.\n\nBut not granting leave caused stress and mental and physical ill-health, which had knock-on effects on co-workers, friends and families, the union body said.\n\nThe TUC suggests the tax authority, HMRC, should be given new powers to clamp down on employers who aren't giving staff the leave owed them.\n\nA spokesman from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said employers should make sure workers got the holiday pay and leave they were legally entitled to.\n\nHe said it was providing new rights to millions of workers, with holiday pay to be enforced for vulnerable workers and that these new plans would be outlined in due course.\n\nPeople working in agriculture, mining and quarrying, and accommodation and food were the most likely to be missing out, according to the TUC's analysis.\n\n\"We're now in peak holiday season. But while many workers are away enjoying time off with friends and family, millions are missing out,\" Frances O'Grady, the TUC general secretary, said.\n\n\"Employers have no excuse for robbing staff of their well-earned leave. UK workers put in billions of hours of unpaid overtime as it is.\"\n\nThe analysis was based on unpublished data from the ONS Labour Force Survey from 2017.", "This video can not be played\n\nTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Anne Hathaway said \"black people fear for their lives DAILY in America\"\n\nUS actress Anne Hathaway has urged white people to ask \"how 'decent' are we really?\" after a black teenager was stabbed to death on a California train.\n\nNia Wilson, 18, was killed after she and her sister were both knifed in the neck on Sunday night in Oakland.\n\n\"She was a black woman and she was murdered in cold blood by a white man,\" Hathaway wrote on Instagram.\n\nThe suspect, John Lee Cowell, is in custody, but officials say it is unclear if race played a factor.\n\nHathaway's post continued: \"White people - including me, including you - must take into the marrow of our privileged bones the truth that ALL black people fear for their lives DAILY in America and have done so for GENERATIONS.\"\n\n\"We must ask our (white)selves - how \"decent\" are we really?\" she added. \"Not in our intent, but in our actions? In our lack of action?\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by annehathaway This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe comments were posted alongside an image of Ms Wilson, who was returning home from a family event when she was attacked.\n\n\"It basically happened at the snap of the fingers, at the drop of the pin,\" police chief Carlos Rojas said at a news conference on Monday.\n\nHe added that it was \"the most vicious\" attack he had seen in his nearly 30-year career.\n\n\"It's more reminiscent of a prison yard assault,\" Chief Rojas said. \"They do their attack so quickly that before anybody can really react, the person takes off running.\"\n\nThe suspect was arrested on Monday night on board another train after an anonymous tipster called police.\n\nIn a statement on Monday, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf raised the subject of race in response to the killing.\n\nShe said that although the attacker's motivation is not yet known, \"the fact that his victims were both young African-American women stirs deep pain and palpable fear in all of us who acknowledge the reality that our country still suffers from a tragic and deeply racist history\".\n\nMore celebrities added their voices to the outcry over Wilson's murder, some using the #SayHerName hashtag.\n\nOscar-winning actress Viola Davis wrote on Twitter: \"To the killer... I will NOT say your name. To Nia... we will shout yours from the rooftops!!!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Viola Davis This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBlack-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross wrote: \"Our bodies and our humanity deserve safety and joy.\" Others paying tribute included Reese Witherspoon.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Dominic Cummings has answered MPs' questions before - in April 2016\n\nMPs have backed a motion demanding Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings appears before a select committee by 20 June.\n\nDamian Collins, who chairs the committee, said efforts to invite Mr Cummings to appear had been \"unable to reach a satisfactory conclusion\".\n\nAnd there was now \"no alternative\" but to ask all MPs to support a motion ordering him to appear, he said.\n\nMr Cummings has said he cannot appear while other inquiries continue and has accused the committee of grandstanding.\n\nThe Commons unanimously approved a motion demanding Mr Cummings agree to appear before the Digital, Culture Media and Sport Committee on or before 20 June, as part of its inquiry into \"fake news\".\n\nMr Cummings has argued that there are \"legal issues\" about him answering questions, because of a separate inquiry by the Electoral Commission.\n\nBut Mr Collins said there was \"a certain irony\" that someone who had run a successful campaign to restore powers to Parliament \"seems to hold that institution in such contempt\".\n\nHe said there were \"important questions\" for Mr Cummings to answer about the EU referendum campaign and, in reference to Mr Cummings's complaints about other investigations by the Electoral Commission and Information Commissioner, said the matter was not \"sub judice\" and Mr Cummings was not before the courts.\n\n\"His decision not to come, whatever he says, is one of his own making. It's a deliberate attempt to deny Parliament its right to question witnesses on matters of importance,\" Mr Collins said.\n\nHe added it was \"the first time since 1920 that a motion of this kind has been put before this House\".\n\nHilary Benn, who chairs another select committee said if potential witnesses began to think \"'I don't have to turn up,' then how can we continue to do our job .... in holding the powerful to account?\" and suggested legislation be drafted to deal with people who refused to attend.\n\nThe motion was backed by Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom. And Conservative MP Dr Sarah Wollaston, who also chairs a select committee, called Mr Cummings's actions \"a disgrace\" and agreed with Mr Benn that it was time to consider introducing a penalty for witnesses refusing to appear.\n\nIt had been reported that Mr Cummings had intended to come to the Commons while the issue was being debated, but he was not in the public gallery for the debate.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Susan Hulme This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe has accused the DCMS committee of \"grandstanding\" and wrote in response to a letter from Mr Collins: \"I'm calling your bluff. Your threats are as empty as those from [Prime Minister Theresa May, Chancellor Philip Hammond and Brexit Secretary David Davis] to the EU. Say what you like, I will not come to your committee regardless of how many letters you send or whether you send characters in fancy dress to hand me papers.\n\n\"If another committee behaves reasonably and I can give evidence without compromising various legal actions, then I will consider it. Once these legal actions have finished, presumably this year, it will be easy to arrange if someone else wants to do it.\"\n\nBBC parliamentary correspondent Mark D'Arcy says it could become an interesting test case for the Commons - about Parliament's ability to summon witnesses.\n\nThe MPs are looking at how consulting company Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of millions of Facebook users worldwide. The London-based company - which announced it was closing in May - is accused of acquiring data from up to 87 million Facebook profiles for use in political campaigns. Cambridge Analytica has denied any wrongdoing.\n\nThere have also been questions about links between Cambridge Analytica and the Vote Leave campaign. Vote Leave spent £2.7m on the services of Canadian digital agency AIQ in the run-up to the June 2016 EU referendum and AIQ has admitted it also conducted work for Cambridge Analytica's parent company, SCL.\n\nThe leaders of the other main Leave campaign, Leave.EU, are due to give evidence to the committee on 12 June. Former Cambridge Analytica chief Alexander Nix appeared before it on Wednesday.", "Lucy McHugh's body was found near Southampton's Sports Centre on Thursday morning\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in woodland in Southampton.\n\nLucy McHugh's body was found by a member of the public near Southampton Sports Centre at 07:45 BST on Thursday.\n\nPolice said post-mortem tests were carried out earlier and some of Lucy's injuries were \"unexplained\".\n\nThe arrested man, who is 24 and from Southampton, is also being held on suspicion of having sexual activity with a child. He remains in custody.\n\nDet Supt Paul Barton said Lucy had left her home in Mansel Road East at 09:30 BST on Wednesday 25 July and did not return home that evening as expected.\n\nHe said she was reported missing to police that night.\n\nMr Barton added: \"We're really keen to know what she did after leaving her house and would ask that anyone who saw her, had contact with her or knows of her movements on Wednesday contacts the incident room.\"\n\nPolice say Lucy was last seen wearing a black jacket with white sleeves, with the logo for the band Falling in Reverse on the front and RADKE 01 in red on the back.\n\n\"This is a tragic incident and our thoughts go out to Lucy's family and friends at this terrible time,\" said Mr Barton.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The technology meltdown at TSB earlier this year has cost the bank £176.4m, pushing it into a half-year loss.\n\nIn April, almost two million customers lost access to online banking services after the bungled introduction of a new IT system.\n\nTSB says only 37% of more than 130,000 complaints have been resolved so far, and some IT issues are continuing.\n\nIt reported a loss of £107.4m in the six months to 30 June compared with a profit of £108.3m last year.\n\n\"I know how frustrated many customers have been by what's happened,\" said TSB chief executive Paul Pester.\n\n\"It was not acceptable, and was not the level of service that we pride ourselves on - nor was it what our customers have come to expect from TSB.\"\n\nThe bank said that, as of 25 July, 135,403 complaints had been recorded and it had a team of more than 260 people looking into them.\n\nWhile most of TSB's services have been reinstated, issues remain with online banking. Customers are not able to apply for banking products on TSB's website, or to switch products if they hold a TSB mortgage.\n\n\"We are working as hard as we can to reinstate this, and no customer will be left out of pocket as a result,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nThe bank said that about 26,000 customers closed their TSB account in the second quarter of the year. However, it added that more than 20,000 customers opened a new bank account or switched their account to TSB in the same period.\n\nWhen TSB split from the Lloyds Banking Group, it continued to use Lloyds' computer system while a new one was developed.\n\nIn April, it carried out a planned migration of customer data, which involved moving customer records from the old system to one managed by its new Spanish owner, Sabadell.\n\nHowever, the move left many customers struggling to make transactions and see their balances, with the problems continuing for several weeks.\n\nTSB came under fierce criticism for the IT failings, and MPs on the Treasury Committee called on Mr Pester to resign.\n\nBut Mr Pester has remained in his post, and he told the Reuters news agency on Friday that he planned to stay with the bank. \"I'm focused 100% on putting things right for our customers,\" he said.\n\nIn June, the Financial Conduct Authority launched a formal investigation into the meltdown. Its chief executive, Andrew Bailey, took the unusual step of making the probe public, \"given the level of public interest\".\n\nTSB's loss was large enough to have dragged TSB's parent company, Spanish banking group Banco Sabadell, into the red. It reported a loss of €138.7m (£123m) in the three months to 30 June, due to costs stemming from TSB's IT problems.", "There's a weather warning in parts of north and eastern England for heavy rain.\n\nIt has already hit some areas such as Doncaster, where this downpour on Thursday evening was caught on camera.\n\nBut despite the arrival of storms, the UK's July temperature record could be broken on Friday.\n\nYorkshire breaking news: Lightning strikes cause rail chaos; Three homes struck by lightning", "Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces\n\nThe UK has suspended co-operation with the US over two Islamic State suspects.\n\nMinisters had said they would share intelligence with the US that could lead to the men's conviction, without opposing a death penalty sentence.\n\nHowever the mother of one of the men has now launched a legal challenge to prevent such information sharing.\n\nThe Home Office has halted co-operation until a judge has had a chance to consider an application for judicial review.\n\nAlexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both of whom have been stripped of British nationality, are wanted for being part of the IS kidnap gang behind hostage executions.\n\nThey are accused of being the last two members of an IS group dubbed \"The Beatles\" because of their British accents.\n\nLawyers for the mother of El Shafee Elsheikh have now prepared detailed grounds challenging Mr Javid's decision to share information with the US without a death penalty assurance - meaning a case could be before High Court judges in days.\n\nThey said the home secretary's actions revealed \"a clear and dramatic departure from the UK's long standing international and domestic commitment to oppose the continuing exercise of the death penalty.\"\n\nA Home Office spokesperson said the government had \"agreed to a short-term pause\" but was confident it had \"acted in full accordance of the law\".\n\nThe two men are currently being held by Kurdish forces and the UK believes it cannot legally extradite them to face trial here.\n\nThis week it emerged that the US was preparing the ground to prosecute the men itself - and that it had asked the UK for information that would help convict them.\n\nIn a letter leaked to the Daily Telegraph, Home Secretary Sajid Javid wrote that the UK would not oppose the use of the death penalty if the two men were extradited to the US.\n\nIn the past Britain has sought assurances from foreign governments that the death penalty would not be used in cases where the UK provided information or extradited suspects.\n\nNumber 10 had said this was \"a long-standing position\" to oppose the death penalty but added that in this case it was \"a priority to make sure that these men face criminal prosecution\".\n\nThe home secretary's position boils down to a simple question: Would you run the risk of them going free?\n\nGiven Elsheikh and Kotey are in the custody of Syrian Kurdish forces, that sounds unlikely.\n\nBut British prosecutors can't bring the men for trial here because they're not being held by a recognised state with whom the UK has a legally recognised extradition agreement - it would amount to kidnap.\n\nThe forces holding the men are, however, backed by the US - and American courts are less fussy about the legalities of how a suspect ends up in the dock.\n\nThe US may need British information to make a prosecution stick - hence the co-operation.\n\nThis challenge from Mr Elsheikh's mother isn't about that evidence - but whether the ministerial decision to share it demolishes the UK's internationally recognised opposition to capital punishment.\n\nIn case after case down the years, the UK has refused to provide legal help that could lead to overseas executions.\n\nSo this decision to help the Americans, made in the hope of landing a conviction of two of the most wanted men in the world, could turn into a major legal fight.\n\nLabour accused the UK of having \"unilaterally abandoned\" its opposition to the death penalty.\n\nThe former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Lord Carlile said this constituted \"a unilateral change of policy without any consultation\".\n\nLeft to right: Mohammed Emwazi, Aine Davis, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh\n\nThe BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said a senior British government official told him that this case was not the first time that the UK had dropped its request for assurances that the death penalty would not be used.\n\nBut our correspondent said if the pair were sent to the controversial US military prison Guantanamo Bay - where suspects have been detained without trial - the UK would withhold intelligence.", "Kai Fisher-Dixon, Shuayb Mahomud, Tremayne Gray, Omarion Stephens and Abdulqaliq Mohamed were jailed for murder\n\nFive teenagers who \"tortured\" a 15-year-old boy to death have been sentenced to life in prison.\n\nKai Fisher-Dixon, Shuayb Mahomud, Tremayne Gray, Omarion Stephens and Abdulqaliq Mohamed attacked Jacob Abraham in Waltham Cross in December.\n\nThe boys, all aged 15 and from Enfield, north London, denied murder but were found guilty by a jury after a five-week trial at St Albans Crown Court.\n\nThey can be named after the judge Mr Justice Edis lifted anonymity orders.\n\nGray and Stephens were sentenced to serve at least 14 years, Mohamed was sentenced to at least 13 years, and Fisher-Dixon and Mahomud handed 12-year terms.\n\nThe judge said: \"The purpose was to punish him [Jacob] by the deliberate infliction of serious pain and humiliation, but to leave him alive.\n\n\"That was what I meant when I used the word torture in the course of the hearing and I do not shrink from it.\"\n\nJurors heard how Stephens and Gray wielded the knives but the prosecution said all of the boys were responsible for Jacob's death, having lured him to the scene to suffer \"at least really serious harm\".\n\nDuring the trial, the court heard that Jacob had been involved in a number of fights and got into an argument with the AP gang.\n\nAfter posting an online challenge, he was stabbed eight times in an alleyway behind his home on 7 December.\n\nThree of the teenagers, who were just 14 at the time, had to change out of their school uniforms before carrying out the \"punishment mission\".\n\nThe court heard they wanted to teach Jacob a lesson because he was a rival to their \"county lines\" drug operation.\n\nThe boys were caught on CCTV at Waltham Cross bus station on the night of the murder\n\nIn a victim impact statement, Jacob's mother said his death had left \"a large hole\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Jerome Kent said: \"This was a tragic and upsetting case due to the young age of both the victim and the offenders, who are just children.\n\n\"If those boys had chosen not to carry knives that night, I truly believe Jacob would still be alive today.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Comparisons are being drawn between the heatwave of 2018 and the summer of 1976. So how do the two years measure up?\n\nI had to sit my A-level exams back then, when the temperatures were so punishing we couldn't sleep.\n\nWe first tried the cellar, which was cool but too claustrophobic, and then the garden, which was too exposed to the unwelcome light of dawn.\n\nI didn't realise it at the time but I was living through a heatwave that has gone down as one of the seminal events in British weather history.\n\nMark McCarthy, of the Met Office, says: \"'76 is the yardstick we always fall back on because it was such a remarkable heatwave and drought - it's one of the standouts in our records.\"\n\nIt was so serious that the government of the day introduced a Drought Act and even appointed a Minister for Drought, Denis Howell, whose job was to encourage the public to use less water.\n\nThe newspapers loved it when he told them he had taken to sharing baths with his wife.\n\nStaines reservoirs near London during the drought of 1976\n\nSo how does 1976 stack up against the extreme conditions large parts of the UK are now experiencing week after week?\n\nThere are some striking similarities but also some key differences.\n\nBeyond the horizon, the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean play a crucial role in determining our weather - and sea conditions back then were very like what we're seeing now.\n\nIn both years, a particular pattern formed in which there is cool water near Greenland, warm water further south and then more cool water closer to the British Isles - and research has shown how that pattern of sea temperatures can be linked to warmer drier summers in the UK.\n\nAnd both heatwaves have involved the same kind of lingering high pressure in which temperatures can soar.\n\nBut in 1976 the high pressure system was centred further to the east of the UK than now.\n\nThat had the effect of drawing up hot humid air from the south, making night-time temperatures even hotter than they have been this year.\n\nThe exact location of systems such as this really matters because the UK is relatively small - so a shift one way or the other can have a big effect.\n\nSo what about the actual heat?\n\nThis is no comfort to anyone toiling outdoors now but 1976 was in a different league to this year. It saw an extraordinary 18 days running when somewhere in the UK had temperatures above 30C.\n\nThe latest figures for 2018 show that, so far, we've had \"only\" nine days on the trot above 30C. Also, 1976 had a staggering 15 consecutive days in which temperatures topped 32C.\n\nBut the biggest difference is in rainfall and what that means for water supplies.\n\nFrom as far back as May 1975, parts of the UK had suffered a long dry spell - so when the heatwave struck, the country was already thirsty.\n\nIn Yorkshire and East Anglia, standpipes were fitted in the streets. In Wales and the west of England, supplies were turned off during the day. And dozens of companies had restrictions imposed or were told to order shorter working weeks.\n\nWhat about this year? It has seen the driest first half of a summer for half a century and a hosepipe ban is in prospect for north-west England. Six of the Met Office's rain gauges have received less than 1mm of rain since 29 May.\n\nAlso this year, some regions have not reached even 10% of the average rain seen in June and July - although with seven days of the month left, this could change.\n\nBut overall most water companies say they are happy with supplies, for the moment.\n\nLuckily last winter delivered its usual amount of rain and spring rainfall was above average. Much of the country had water in the bank when all this began.\n\nSo where does that leave us?\n\nWhile 1976 did see more severe conditions than now, there has been a profoundly important change in the intervening 42 years: the global average temperature has crept up and is set to rise further.\n\nThat makes it \"very likely\" (in the words of the UN climate science panel) that heatwaves will become more frequent in future. And this has potentially devastating implications.\n\nAfter the 2003 heatwave that was blamed for causing 2,000 extra deaths in the UK and tens of thousands across continental Europe, a study concluded that the temperatures of 2003 would seem normal by the summers of the 2040s.\n\nGlobal warming is not the only change. Since 1976, the population has soared, demand for water has rocketed and the stuff has never been so precious.\n\nDrought Minister Denis Howell framed by standpipe taps in a street in Wakefield\n\nThe water companies are under pressure to fix wasteful leaks. And the rollout of water meters is designed to reduce demand - our supplies used to flow without any record of how much we used. Water saving devices in the home also help us to consume less.\n\nEven in East Anglia, the driest region of the country, where there's less rain per person than in Jerusalem, Anglian Water has managed things so that water demand per head is lower than the UK average. Technology and awareness are combining to provide solutions.\n\nWhat now? The current heatwave isn't over yet. It could endure through August. More records could be set - or, as often happens during times of maximum public interest, the heavens will suddenly open and the air will cool.\n\nIn the case of the minister for drought, his appointment was inevitably followed by a deluge and he was quickly made minister for floods instead (two years later Mr Howell served as minister for snow). The papers loved that too - another reason that 1976 was so memorable.\n\nSadly, the break in the weather came too late for me and my exams. But when it came to the results, at least I had an excuse.", "Google's Diane Greene spoke to the BBC on the sidelines of the company's annual cloud conference in San Francisco\n\nFacial recognition technology does not yet have \"the diversity it needs” and has “inherent biases”, a top Google executive has warned.\n\nThe remarks, from the firm’s director of cloud computing, Diane Greene, came after rival Amazon’s software wrongly identified 28 members of Congress, disproportionately people of colour, as police suspects.\n\nGoogle, which has not opened its facial recognition technology to public use, was working on gathering vast sums of data to improve reliability, Ms Greene said.\n\nHowever, she refused to discuss the company’s controversial work with the military.\n\n“Bad things happen when I talk about Maven,” Ms Greene said, referring to a soon-to-be abandoned project with the US military to develop artificial intelligence technology for drones.\n\nAfter considerable employee pressure, including resignations, Google said it would not renew its contract with the Pentagon after it lapses some time in 2019.\n\nThe firm has not commented on the deal since, only to release a set of “AI principles” that stated it would not use artificial intelligence or machine learning to create weapons.\n\nOn face recognition, there has been considerable concern among Silicon Valley workers, and civil rights groups, about the application of the emerging technology - particularly when it comes to law enforcement. Amazon’s Rekognition software, which allows clients to use Amazon AI tech to power facial recognition, was being used by at least two police forces in the US.\n\nThere are major misgivings about the accuracy and readiness of the technology which has seen widespread, controversial use in China.\n\nIn the US, the misidentification of members of Congress was discovered by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which published its findings on Thursday. Amazon disputed the ACLU’s conclusions about its technology, saying the group had used the wrong settings.\n\nMs Greene said that while Google does use facial recognition to help users identify friends in pictures, its underlying technology was not open for public use.\n\n\"We need to be really careful about how we use this kind of technology,” she told the BBC.\n\n\"We're thinking really deeply. The humanistic side of AI - it doesn't have the diversity it needs and the data itself will have some inherent biases, so everybody's working to understand that.\"\n\nShe added: \"I think everybody wants to do the right thing. I'm sure Amazon wants to do the right thing too. But it's a new technology, it's a very powerful technology.”\n\nGoogle’s image recognition software has been offensively inaccurate in the past. In 2015, it identified a black couple as being “gorillas”. The firm apologised.\n\nTwo members of Congress have written to Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos to talk about the alleged issue with his company’s system.\n\nSpeaking of facial recognition more widely, the ACLU said: \"Congress should enact a federal moratorium on law enforcement use of this technology until there can be a full debate on what - if any - uses should be permitted.\"\n\nDo you have more information about this or any other technology story? You can reach Dave directly and securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370", "The EU's chief negotiator has ruled out allowing the UK to collect customs duties on its behalf, a key UK proposal for post-Brexit trade.\n\nMichel Barnier said the UK wanted to \"take back control\" of its money, law and borders - but so did the EU.\n\nThe EU would not delegate \"excises duty collection to a non-member\", he said.\n\nBoth he and UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said progress had been made but \"obstacles\" remained before reaching a deal in October.\n\nMr Raab said: \"We have agreed to meet again in mid-August and then to continue weekly discussions to clear away all the obstacles that line our path, to a strong deal in October - one that works for both sides.\"\n\nHe replaced David Davis, who quit as Brexit secretary in protest at Theresa May's plans for a future economic relationship between the UK and EU, as set out in the White Paper.\n\nThat set out in more detail the government's proposed customs system, the Facilitated Customs Arrangement for goods and agri-foods. The UK's plan involves it collecting some EU tariffs - in a bid to ensure frictionless trade in goods and to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland.\n\nMichel Barnier wants the UK to make a choice.\n\nIf it wants to have frictionless trade with the EU's single market then it will have to join a customs union, or something like it, which will mean applying the EU's tariffs and reducing the scope for doing free trade deals with others.\n\nIf it wants more freedom, it will have to agree arrangements with the EU that will reduce friction but not eliminate it altogether.\n\nIt's an old tune that sounds different after the publication of the UK's White Paper, which was supposed to have solved this dilemma.\n\nIt also sounds like the UK will propose a revamped version of its idea for avoiding a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland but the two sides are still divided on whether that should have a time-limit or not.\n\nLost among all of this will be the nugget of good news: Big strides have been made on security co-operation after Brexit.\n\nBut Mr Barnier said retaining control of the money, law and borders also applied to the EU's customs policy.\n\n\"The EU cannot and the EU will not delegate the application of its customs policy and rules and VAT and excises duty collection to a non-member who would not be subject to the EU's governance structures,\" he said.\n\nAny customs arrangement or union \"must respect this principle\", he said.\n\nBBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said Mr Barnier appeared to have delivered a significant blow to Mrs May's controversial proposals, which have already been criticised by pro-Brexit Tory MPs.\n\nSpeaking after talks with Mr Raab, Mr Barnier said that Theresa May's Brexit White Paper plan was a \"real step forward\".\n\nHe highlighted agreement on security measures and said both sides wanted a wide-ranging free trade deal.\n\nBut he added: \"To be frank, we are not at the end of the road yet.\"\n\nEnter the word or phrase you are looking for\n\nWhile UK proposals on security marked \"a real step forward\" and he welcomed the acknowledgement that the European Court of Justice was the only arbiter of EU law, he added: \"In contrast, on our future economic relationship, it comes as no surprise that finding common ground between the EU27 and the UK is more difficult.\"\n\nBrexit Secretary Mr Raab said the UK proposals had been designed \"to respect the result of the referendum, and the core principles of the EU\".\n\n\"We have considered the innovative approaches the EU has taken in the past with other third countries - when the political will has been there,\" he said.\n\n\"In sum, the UK has set out our plans in detail. Those plans are ambitious, principled and pragmatic. I am committed to injecting new energy into these talks, along with Michel.\"\n\nTurning to Mr Barnier, he said: \"Michel, we have work to do.\"\n\nThe UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 but has yet to agree how its final relationship with the bloc will work.\n\nThe SNP's Angus MacNeil tweeted that the press conference spelt the end for the prime minister's Chequers plan:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Angus B MacNeil MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour MP Ben Bradshaw, who is part of the People's Vote campaign for a vote on any final Brexit deal, said: \"The White Paper is dead. It has expired. It has ceased to be.\"\n\nFor the Liberal Democrats, Christine Jardine said the prime minister's White Paper was \"struggling to survive\" .", "The late actress Carrie Fisher will appear in the film using footage recorded for Star Wars: The Force Awakens\n\nThe cast for the next Star Wars film has been revealed, with a mixture of veteran stars and new faces set to appear.\n\nThe late actress Carrie Fisher will feature in Episode IX using previously unseen footage that was recorded for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.\n\nThe star, who played Princess Leia in the film series, died suddenly in 2016.\n\nBilly Dee Williams, 81, will reprise his role as Lando Calrissian and Richard E Grant will join the cast.\n\n\"We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,\" director JJ Abrams said in a statement announcing the line-up. \"Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us.\n\n\"We have found a way to honour Carrie's legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.\"\n\nMark Hamill, who was catapulted to fame by the first Star Wars film in 1977, will return as Luke Skywalker.\n\nHe will be joined by fellow series veteran Anthony Daniels, who plays android interpreter C-3PO and is the only actor to have appeared in all of the franchise's major films.\n\nBritish actress Naomi Ackie, who starred in the 2017 film Lady Macbeth, will join the cast in an as yet unnamed role.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMany of the names will be familiar to fans of the previous instalment, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Lupita Nyong'o and Domhnall Gleeson will all return for the new film.\n\nThe Last Jedi was a major success, generating more than $450m (£337m) in global ticket sales on its opening weekend in December.\n\nIt was the second biggest-grossing opening weekend ever in North America, trailing behind the 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens which opened with $248m (£185m).\n\nFilming for Episode IX, which does not yet have a title, will begin at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday. It is scheduled for release in December 2019.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Julian Assange has been in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for six years\n\nThe UK and Ecuador are holding ongoing talks over the fate of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the British government has confirmed.\n\nMr Assange, 47, has been living in Ecuador's London embassy since 2012 when he was granted political asylum.\n\nEcuador's President Lenin Moreno said on Friday that he was never \"in favour\" of Mr Assange's activities, and that both sides were in permanent contact.\n\nMr Moreno has previously referred to Mr Assange as a \"stone in our shoe\".\n\nThe Ecuadorean president was in London this week for a global disabilities summit, but a UK government spokesperson said Mr Assange was not discussed during his visit.\n\nPrevious efforts to negotiate Mr Assange's departure have failed, but a recent report in the Sunday Times newspaper stated that talks were back on.\n\nMr Moreno confirmed the accuracy of the Sunday Times article on Friday, at an event in Madrid.\n\nPresident Moreno, left, confirmed the reports during a visit to Spain where he met Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, right\n\nAny eviction of Mr Assange from the embassy must be carried out properly through dialogue, he said.\n\nThe Australian will be arrested by UK police if he leaves the embassy for breaching bail conditions.\n\nThe bail relates to sexual assault allegations he faced in Sweden. His six-year-old arrest warrant was upheld in February.\n\nAlthough Sweden has dropped its rape investigation, Mr Assange believes his arrest for breach of bail would lead to an extradition to the US for publishing US secrets on the Wikileaks website.\n\nWikileaks made global headlines in April 2010 when it released footage showing US soldiers shooting dead 18 civilians from a helicopter in Iraq.\n\nWhile Mr Assange became an Ecuadorean citizen in December 2017, recent months have seen his hosts cut his internet connection and accuse him of interfering in other countries' affairs.\n\nEcuador removed extra security at its London embassy in May after reports that the operation cost tens of thousands of dollars a month.\n\nThe British government is said to be increasingly concerned about Mr Assange's welfare.\n\n\"It is our wish that this is brought to an end, and we would like to make the assurance that if he were to step out of the embassy, he would be treated humanely and properly,\" UK Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan told parliament last month.\n\n\"The first priority would be to look after his health, which we think is deteriorating.\"", "Sir Anthony Hopkins shared advice with students at the University Of California\n\nSir Anthony Hopkins has opened up on his battle with alcoholism, saying he \"should have died in Wales, drunk or something like that\".\n\nThe Oscar-winning star admitted he was \"very difficult to work with\" early in his stage career because he \"was usually hungover\".\n\nHe said he turned his life around following a talk with a woman from Alcoholics Anonymous in 1975.\n\nSir Anthony, 80, was born in Port Talbot but now lives in Los Angeles.\n\nSpeaking to about 500 students at the University Of California, the Silence Of The Lambs star discussed his problems with alcohol and the impact it had on his early career.\n\nHe said: \"Because that's what you do in theatre, you drink. But I was very difficult to work with, as well, because I was usually hungover.\"\n\nSir Anthony added he had been \"disgusted, busted and not to be trusted\" while he was drinking.\n\nThe actor told how he started to change following the talk with the Alcoholics Anonymous woman, who asked him \"why don't you just trust in God?\".\n\nFrom then on the urge to drink was \"never to return\", he added.\n\nSir Anthony - pictured with Dame Diana Rigg in 1972 - said alcohol affected his early career\n\nSir Anthony, who was knighted in 1993 for services to the arts, said he got into acting \"because he had nothing better to do\", adding he was \"not at all bright\" in school and was often bullied.\n\n\"I believe that we are capable of so much,\" he told the students at the 11th annual Leap, Leadership, Excellence and Accelerating Your Potential conference.\n\n\"From my own life, I still cannot believe that my life is what it is because I should have died in Wales, drunk or something like that.\"\n\nHe now lives in Malibu with his actress wife, Stella Arroyave, and advised students to \"say yes to everything. Say yes and take the risk\".\n\nSir Anthony is widely considered to be one of the world's greatest living actors and is perhaps best known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in 1991's The Silence Of The Lambs, its sequel Hannibal and prequel Red Dragon.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nukes, Trump Towers and human rights - what might peace look like between the US and North Korea?\n\nNorth Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country's north-west.\n\nSatellite images of the Sohae station seen by US-based monitoring group 38 North suggest Pyongyang is complying with a promise made to the US in June.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un had vowed to destroy an engine test site, but did not specify which one.\n\nPyongyang has maintained that Sohae is a satellite launch site.\n\nBut US officials suspect that it has been used to test ballistic missiles.\n\nThe satellite imagery appears to show the dismantling of facilities at North Korea's Sohae site\n\nDuring a landmark meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore last month, the two leaders signed a deal to work towards the \"complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula\".\n\nBut the deal was criticised for a lack of details on when or how Pyongyang would renounce its nuclear weapons.\n\nThe apparent dismantling of the Sohae test site comes amid rising questions over North Korea's willingness to stick to the pledges made at the 12 June summit.\n\nEarlier on Monday, President Trump said that he was \"very happy\" with the progress in relations with North Korea, saying that Pyongyang had not launched any missiles or carried out any nuclear tests during the last nine months.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt follows comments from the US president last week that there was \"no time limit\" for North Korea to denuclearise and no need to rush the process.\n\nThose reports indicate that North Korea's only official nuclear enrichment site at Yongbyon is being upgraded, and that the country was stepping up enrichment at other secret sites.\n\nThe reports cannot be independently verified, but have been deemed accurate by respected North Korea watchers.\n\nNorth Korea has carried out a total of six nuclear tests, the most recent of which took place in September last year.\n\nThe North has in the past two years quickly advanced its nuclear programme, and claims that it has developed an intercontinental ballistic missile that is able to reach as far as the continental US.", "The seaside town of Mati, east of Athens, was the hardest-hit community\n\nGreece has \"serious indications\" that a fire that killed at least 83 people near Athens earlier this week was started deliberately, Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas says.\n\nThe blaze broke out on Monday and hit coastal villages popular with tourists.\n\nSome 60 people are still being treated in hospital, 11 in intensive care. Dozens more are missing.\n\nOpposition politician Maria Spyraki accused the government of an \"abject failure\" to protect lives and property.\n\nMs Spyraki, spokeswoman for the conservative New Democracy, said the government ought to have warned residents via the media, deployed more firefighters, and evacuated people from Mati immediately.\n\nThe coastal area east of Athens was known to be high-risk, the Greek daily Kathimerini reports.\n\nRescue workers searching a cliffside in the seaside town of Mati found more human remains on Thursday.\n\nMore than 500 homes were destroyed, and some have not yet been examined.\n\nIdentifying the victims is proving difficult as the bodies are so badly burnt.\n\nMany were caught close to the cliff as the flames spread rapidly, whipped up by winds as high as 120km/h (75mph). Some survivors were saved by the sea, but dozens of victims were unable to reach the water.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"The flames were chasing us into the water\" - survivor\n\nMr Toskas also said that another fire that broke out near Athens a few hours earlier - but did not cause casualties - had been started intentionally.\n\nHe added that \"climate conditions\" in the areas affected by fire were \"extreme due to climate change\".\n\nEarlier, Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos told the BBC that illegal construction had contributed to the disaster.\n\nHe said building by residents between wooded areas was a \"crime\" that had resulted in blocked escape routes.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Gavin Lee This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Kammenos was confronted by angry locals as he visited areas devastated by fires east of Athens this week.\n\nArriving in Mati, where many people died, the minister was surrounded by residents who accused him of abandoning them.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBut Mr Kammenos argued that the actions of some residents had closed the roads to the beach.\n\n\"This is a crime from the past,\" he said. \"This coast of Athens, all these properties, the majority are without a licence, and they have occupied the coast without rules.\"\n\nAmong those still missing are twin nine-year-old girls Vassiliki and Sofia Philippopoulou, who were with their grandparents near Mati at the time of the fire.\n\nEU satellite service Copernicus produced a map showing the almost complete devastation of residential areas", "A man has been arrested after climbing over Buckingham Palace's front gates in the middle of the night, police have said.\n\nThe 22-year-old was held on suspicion of trespass at around 02:00 BST on Wednesday by specialist royal officers, the Metropolitan Police Service said.\n\nThe Queen was in residence at the time, a palace spokeswoman confirmed.\n\nThe intruder was not carrying a weapon and the incident is not being treated as terror-related, the force said.\n\nThe palace spokeswoman declined to say whether the Queen had been informed of the incident.\n\nAt their lowest point the gates are several metres high.\n\nThe man has been released under investigation, Scotland Yard said.", "There is a \"significant problem\" in Parliament of MPs bullying and harassing staff, a new report says.\n\nSenior lawyer Gemma White - who led the investigation - said the behaviour had \"seriously affected the health and welfare of far too many people\".\n\nThe House of Commons Commission said it \"condemned bullying and harassment\".\n\nMeanwhile, the government says it will bring a motion to Parliament next week to enable investigations into historical allegations.\n\nAnnouncing the plan, Leader of the House Mel Stride said \"significant progress\" had been made to change the culture in the Commons, but there was \"more to be done\".\n\nThe report comes a day after another inquiry found that staff were \"bullied and harassed\" by \"known offenders\" in the House of Lords.\n\nMs White's investigation focused on how MPs treated their own staff - employed directly by them or their political party - rather than those employed by Parliament itself, including researchers, caseworkers, secretaries and interns.\n\nThe report said recent steps to tackle bullying and harassment had not taken into account the particular issues faced by MPs' staff, because of this direct employment, and many described the idea of complaining about it as \"career suicide\".\n\nOne staff member told Ms White that her time working for an MP had been \"the most stressful and hostile period of [her] life\".\n\nThey added: \"My entire sense of self was crushed, and by the end, I felt incapable and incompetent, despite all of the work I had done in that office.\"\n\nAnother said: \"As long as getting political jobs in Parliament [is] dependent on who you know and who you're related to, sexual harassment will be a necessary evil for ambitious, young people like me who will choose our careers over our comfort every time.\"\n\nAnd a former employee said \"[The MP] absolutely crushed my confidence and made me feel worthless. Getting away from [them], that office and, I am sad to say it, but Parliament, was the best move for me.\n\n\"It is only in my more recent jobs that I realise actually how inappropriate [their] behaviour was and how little scrutiny process is in place.\"\n\nMs White said she had heard from more than 220 people during her inquiry and many MPs had been described to her as \"excellent employers, colleagues and managers\".\n\nQuotes in the report include staff saying MPs were \"remarkable for their politeness\" and Parliament was \"by far the most courteous and least threatening environment\" they had worked in.\n\nBut she said a minority of MPs were said to \"behave in ways which are not acceptable and fall far short of what we should expect from our elected representatives\".\n\nThe report said the most common form of offending behaviour was shouting at, demeaning, belittling and humiliating staff, often in public.\n\nBut it said sexual harassment was also a problem, with staff being subject to unwanted advances - often accompanied by touching and sometimes forceful.\n\nThe report added that there was an unacceptable level of sexual \"banter\" in the Commons, alongside \"unwelcome discussion of intimate sexual details\".\n\nMs White added: \"There is a pressing need for a collective response to what is clearly a significant problem.\n\n\"While the House of Commons is not alone in tolerating these behaviours, it is the home of our policy makers and a taxpayer-funded institution. It should therefore be at the forefront of good employment practice.\"\n\nMs White made a number of recommendations for \"straightforward and practical action\":\n\nMs White said she was concerned by the amount of time it had taken to act on recommendations from previous reports, so \"would urge the House to move more swiftly\".\n\nRebecca Hilsenrath, chief executive at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said authorities in the Commons \"must set an example to other employers and take urgent, robust action to end the appalling behaviour\" described in the report.\n\nA No 10 spokesman said the findings of the inquiry were \"appalling\" and \"raise serious concerns\", while shadow leader of the House, Labour's Valerie Vaz, said the accounts of staff were \"shocking and totally unacceptable\".\n\nThe SNP's Pete Wishart said the UK Parliament \"must aspire to a gold standard of employment\".\n\nThe House of Commons Commission said: \"The commission does not employ the staff of MPs, as they are employed by MPs themselves, or via political parties.\n\n\"However, the commission takes very seriously its responsibility to ensure that Parliament is a modern workplace.\"\n\nThe inquiry was launched after a recommendation for an independent probe from the cross-party group implementing a new complaints and grievances scheme in the Commons.\n\nIt followed a damning report in 2018 from Dame Laura Cox, which condemned a culture in which abusive behaviour towards Commons staff was \"tolerated and covered up\".\n• None MPs' staff tell of bullying and abuse", "Apidima 1 (shown here in a reconstruction) has all the characteristics of a modern human skull\n\nResearchers have found the earliest example of our species (modern humans) outside Africa.\n\nA skull unearthed in Greece has been dated to 210,000 years ago, at a time when Europe was occupied by the Neanderthals.\n\nThe sensational discovery adds to evidence of an earlier migration of people from Africa that left no trace in the DNA of people alive today.\n\nThe findings are published in the journal Nature.\n\n\"It's about five times older than any other evidence of modern humans in Europe. And obviously it's older even than Misliya from Israel (a 150,000-year-old early modern human fossil). The shape of the back of the skull is very modern looking and it's potentially the oldest fossil that shows this modern look to the back of the skull,\" Prof Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History Museum, told BBC News.\n\nThe earliest proposed Homo sapiens, a 300,000-year-old skull from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, does not show this rounded, high back.\n\nThe latest evidence was uncovered at the site of Apidima Cave in Greece in the 1970s. Two skulls were found; one was very distorted and the other incomplete, however, and it took computed tomography scanning and uranium-series dating to unravel their secrets.\n\nThe more complete skull appears to be a Neanderthal. But the other shows clear characteristics, such as a rounded back to the skull, diagnostic of modern humans.\n\nWhat's more, the Neanderthal skull was younger.\n\n\"Now our scenario was that there was an early modern group in Greece by 210,000 years ago, perhaps related to comparable populations in the Levant, but it was subsequently replaced by a Neanderthal population (represented by Apidima 2) by about 170,000 years ago,\" said Prof Stringer.\n\nApidima 2 appears to be a Neanderthal and is later than the modern human skull\n\nPeople living outside Africa today trace their ancestry to a migration that left the continent 60,000 years ago.\n\nAs these modern humans expanded across Eurasia, they largely replaced other species they encountered, such as the Neanderthals and Denisovans.\n\nBut this wasn't the first migration of modern humans (Homo sapiens) from Africa.\n\nHomo sapiens fossils from Skhul and Qafzeh in Israel were dated in the 1990s to between 90,000 and 125,000 years ago.\n\nThese were viewed as anomalies - a brief foray outside our African homeland that came to very little.\n\nHowever, in recent years, we've come to understand that our species ranged outside Africa even earlier and further than we'd previously believed.\n\nIn the last few years, palaeontologists have discovered modern human fossils from Daoxian and Zhirendong in China dating to between 80,000 and 120,000 years ago.\n\nDNA studies have turned up signs of early interbreeding between African humans and Neanderthals. Evidence from German Neanderthals shows that mixing occurred between 219,000 and 460,000 years ago, although it's not clear if Homo sapiens was involved, or another early African group.\n\n\"The movement of the people into Europe, that was actually was a warm stage - Marine Isotope Stage 7 - when it did warm up. So that may have been a reason why the population was able to expand into Europe at that time,\" said Prof Stringer.\n\n\"Soon afterwards, we get a much colder stage starting. Possibly, climate change was a reason why the group died out and Neanderthals re-established themselves.\"\n\nOn the affinities of the Apidima 1 skull, Prof Stringer says: \"It's obviously only on the parts preserved. We have to be careful, it is only on the back of the skull, the front might have been more primitive, who knows. But going on what we've got it can be diagnosed as a modern human going on the parts preserved.\n\n\"If we're right about it, there must be some more evidence of this population and ones like it, still to be discovered.\"", "The 59-year-old molecular biologist worked for the world-renowned Max Planck Institute\n\nThe body of an American scientist has been found inside a World War Two bunker on the Greek island of Crete.\n\nSuzanne Eaton, who went missing more than a week ago after going on a run, died of suffocation, police confirmed to the BBC.\n\nThey say they are investigating the case as a criminal act.\n\nThe 59-year-old molecular biologist from the world-renowned Max Planck Institute in Germany had been attending a conference on the island.\n\nShe was found on rough and rocky terrain inside the abandoned bunker about 10km (six miles) away from where she was last seen, according to police in the port city of Chania, where the conference was being held.\n\nShe was reported missing on 2 July and a large search effort was launched.\n\nSix days later, her body was discovered by two locals exploring the bunker, which is a system of manmade caves used by the Nazis during the occupation of Crete in World War Two.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Suzanne Eaton's body was found in the north-east of the island\n\nAccording to Cretalive news website, a forensic autopsy found she had been suffocated but there was no other indication of trauma.\n\nPolice are investigating whether Suzanne Eaton was killed inside the bunker or moved there after the event, it adds.\n\nThe Greek Reporter website said her body had been covered in burlap, a rough cloth, leading Greek authorities to conclude she had been killed.\n\nAccording to a local official speaking to ABC News, the area around the bunker, which lies to the north-west of the island, is a popular tourist spot.\n\nThe scientist's family, friends and colleagues had launched a Facebook page co-ordinating search efforts and offering a €50,000 ($56,000; £45,000) reward for information on her whereabouts.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Searching for Suzanne This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. End of facebook post by Searching for Suzanne\n\nThe Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics said in a statement: \"It is with enormous sadness and regret that we announce the tragic demise of our dearest friend and colleague, Suzanne Eaton... We are deeply shocked and disturbed by this tragic event.\"\n\nSuzanne Eaton was married with two sons.", "The bonfire at Avoniel Leisure Centre has been lit\n\nA controversial bonfire that was built in a leisure centre car park in east Belfast was lit as part of the Eleventh Night celebrations.\n\nIt was one of hundreds set on fire across Northern Ireland on Thursday on the eve of the Twelfth of July marches.\n\nEarlier in the day Belfast City Council gave up on its efforts to remove the bonfire at Avoniel Leisure Centre.\n\nIt came after a contractor that was due to remove the bonfire pulled out after graffiti threats appeared nearby.\n\nThe council wants police to investigate how details of removal contractors were leaked and appeared in the graffiti threats.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Gavin Robinson, the MP for East Belfast, said he believed the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) was involved in the bonfire dispute.\n\nOn Thursday morning, the council warned that anyone in the leisure centre grounds would be regarded as trespassers.\n\nGraffiti threats to contractors asked to remove the bonfire appeared in east Belfast\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it would investigate the council's complaint about aggravated trespassing.\n\nIt also said officers would meet council representatives to discuss a complaint about the leak of contractors' details.\n\nPolice carried out searches in Avoniel on Thursday after suggestions that a suspicious object had been left in the area but nothing was found.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Talkback programme, Mr Robinson condemned the events surrounding the closure of the leisure centre on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. DUP MP Gavin Robinson says he believes UVF members are involved in the bonfire dispute\n\nThe council closed it after its entrance was barricaded by men who were behaving in a \"threatening\" way to staff.\n\n\"That's not, in my view, an appropriate expression of culture,\" said Mr Robinson.\n\nAttention is now switching from the bonfire to the investigation into how the names of the contractors were leaked.\n\nAlthough it will focus on Belfast City Hall, the question being asked by some in political circles is whether anyone in the PSNI could have leaked the names?\n\nThere is nothing to suggest they did, but given the theoretical possibility, is it appropriate that the PSNI should conduct the investigation?\n\nHe said that if people recognised bonfires were part of Northern Ireland's \"cultural tapestry\" then agreement was needed about where they took place and how they could be managed safely.\n\n\"Those are the sort of issues that, rather than leave them to the last minute, need to be grappled at an earlier stage by the council,\" he added.\n\nPolice warned on Wednesday there was a risk of \"serious violence\" due to UVF involvement and it \"could not rule out a risk from firearms\" if council workers tried to dismantle the Avoniel bonfire.\n\nDUP councillor George Dorrian said the decision not to remove the bonfire was sensible given that no contractors were available to remove it.\n\nBonfires - like this one in Larne - are lit across Northern Ireland on the Eleventh Night\n\nProtesters said they tried to compromise with authorities but were determined that the event would go ahead on Thursday night.\n\nWelcoming the council's decision, Robert Girvan, from a group calling itself the East Belfast Cultural Collective, which represents a number of bonfire builders, denied any paramilitary involvement.\n\n\"Unless the UVF is 70-year-old grannies and 12-year-old children, there's no UVF involvement here,\" Mr Girvan said.\n\nHe criticised the council's allegation of trespassing, saying that Sinn Féin and Alliance Party councillors were \"denying children the use of a play park\".\n\nTensions had been building ahead of bonfires being lit across Northern Ireland on the eve of the Twelfth of July.\n\nIt is the main date in the Protestant Orange Order marching season, commemorating the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.\n\nThe gates at Avoniel Leisure Centre were open on Wednesday after a barricade was removed\n\nMost fires are lit without major incident but some prove contentious, with the authorities having taken action in recent years on bonfires deemed unsafe and posing a threat to nearby properties.\n\nBelfast City Council's emergency meeting on Thursday was its fourth on the bonfire issue in four days.\n\nThe bonfire at Avoniel Leisure Centre had been contentious because tyres had been placed on it to be burnt and it was built on council property without permission.\n\nBonfire builders voluntarily removed tyres after contractors acting for the council removed 1,800 tyres from another bonfire nearby.\n\nHundreds of people gathered at the Avoniel bonfire on Tuesday to protest against the council's decision to remove it.\n\nA large crowd of people watched as the Drumilly Green bonfire was lit on Wednesday night\n\nIt is estimated there were between 80 and 100 bonfires in Belfast this year, with 35 signed up to an official scheme funded by the council.\n\nIn County Armagh, a large crowd watched as another controversial bonfire was lit on Wednesday night.\n\nThe bonfire at Drumilly Green in Portadown was built close to flats, causing a housing association to advise dozens of residents to leave their homes.\n\nHundreds of windows were boarded up to protect them from the heat of the blaze and fire service sprayed two of the nearby blocks of flats with foam to keep them cool.\n\nIt is thought the Drumsilly Green bonfire is traditionally lit on 10 July to allow people to attend other bonfires on the Eleventh Night.", "The airport stopped all flights at 17:08 BST\n\nFlights at Gatwick Airport were suspended for about two hours due to an issue with its air traffic control systems.\n\nTwenty-eight flights were cancelled and 26 diverted to other airports after the problems began at about 17:00 BST.\n\nThe airport said it had experienced a problem in its control tower.\n\nFlights are still delayed by an hour or more, with cancellations expected throughout the evening, Gatwick said.\n\nSome passengers were stuck between the boarding gate and the plane\n\nThe effects were felt at airports across Europe, with many inbound flights to Gatwick cancelled and others expected to be delayed by about three hours.\n\nPassengers due to travel to or from the airport have been advised to check for updates with their airline.\n\nEasyJet said Gatwick was operating at a \"reduced rate\" and apologised for the disruption, which it said was \"outside of our control\".\n\nA spokesman said the airport aimed to return to a full schedule on Thursday without delays, adding: \"The ambition is it should run as usual.\"\n\nStaff had told passengers to prepare for delays of up to four hours\n\nColin Franks, who was due to board an EasyJet flight to Palma, Spain, at 18:00 said he was \"trapped between the boarding gate and the air bridge\".\n\nHe said the plane's pilot had spoken to passengers, adding: \"He said they had been given a provisional [take off] time of 10pm.\n\n\"At the moment, everybody is talking to one another and it's quite cheery. There are a lot of children here.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by c ❤️ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by c ❤️\n\nIn December flights were suspended for 30 hours after drone sightings, causing chaos for 140,000 passengers.\n\nA senior Sussex Police officer said the airport was not prepared for an attack by more than one drone.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour's general secretary, Jennie Formby, has accused deputy leader Tom Watson of being \"irresponsible\" for criticising Labour's handling of anti-Semitism claims.\n\nMr Watson criticised Labour and Ms Formby, a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, following a BBC Panorama investigation.\n\nMs Formby said he risked \"exacerbating\" fears in the Jewish community.\n\nShe acknowledged anti-Semitism was a \"real problem\" in the party but said steps had been taken to tackle it.\n\nThe Panorama investigation, broadcast on Wednesday, featured claims from ex-party officials that senior Labour figures had interfered in the disciplinary process of dealing with accusations of anti-Semitism.\n\nThis included allegations that officials brought in by Ms Formby \"overruled\" some of their disciplinary decisions and \"downgraded\" punishments to a \"slap on the wrist\".\n\nThe disputes team is supposed to operate independently from the party's political structures, including the leader's office.\n\nIn the wake of the programme, Mr Watson demanded that the party publish its submission to a formal inquiry into the issue.\n\nIn a letter to Ms Formby, he said the response to the UK's equality watchdog the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had been \"withheld\" from the party's executive.\n\nTom Watson said \"only sunlight\" could \"disinfect\" Labour of anti-Semitism\n\nIn reply, Ms Formby said Mr Watson was abusing his \"considerable platform\" to \"denigrate\" the progress that had been made in combating anti-Semitism.\n\n\"Furthermore, traducing my reputation and publicly attacking me when you know I am undergoing chemotherapy and am unable to respond in the media, is another example of the inappropriate way in which you choose to discuss this issue,\" she wrote.\n\nMs Formby said she was \"very concerned\" by the distress suffered by some former staff members shown in the Panorama documentary, but added that \"we were not made aware of these issues at the time\".\n\nShe said she had twice offered Mr Watson the chance to view the document sent to the anti-Semitism inquiry and that he had not raised any concerns when she briefed the shadow cabinet about Labour's response on Tuesday.\n\nShe also denied accusations that she had deleted emails relating to cases of anti-Semitism.\n\n\"By choosing to ignore the steps taken by this party, and commenting so uncritically about the Panorama programme, you are complicit in creating a perception that anti-Semitism is more prevalent in the Labour Party than wider society,\" Ms Formby added.\n\n\"This is deeply irresponsible for the deputy leader of a party which seeks to be in government, and risks exacerbating the fear that Jewish communities will feel.\"\n\nEarlier, Mr Watson had accused some in the Labour Party of attempting to discredit the former staff members who took part in the Panorama documentary.\n\nHe called for greater transparency on the issue, adding: \"Only sunlight can disinfect Labour of anti-Semitism now.\"\n\nIn response, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, another close ally of the Labour leader, tweeted that Mr Watson was \"very wrong\" to imply that Ms Formby was \"dealing with the matter with anything less than her usual professionalism\".\n\nAnd other shadow cabinet members also rallied to Ms Formby's defence in the face of what they said were \"unfair attacks\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe EHRC launched a formal investigation in May into whether Labour had \"unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish\".\n\nThe Jewish Labour Movement said on Thursday that more than 30 whistleblowers, including current Labour staff, would submit evidence to the inquiry.\n\nThe party has been engulfed in a long-running dispute over the issue, which has led nine MPs and three peers to leave the party.\n\nThe leadership has been accused of failing to get to grips with the problem, with allegations of hundreds of complaints against members remaining unresolved.\n\nLabour said it \"completely\" rejected any claims it was anti-Semitic.\n\nIt also accused the Panorama programme of being a \"seriously inaccurate, politically one-sided polemic, which breached basic journalistic standards, invented quotes and edited emails to change their meaning\".", "The proportion of students in England awarded first-class degrees continues to increase - rising by 80% since 2010-11, the university watchdog says.\n\nThe Office for Students, warning of grade inflation, says for almost three-quarters of universities such increases in top grades are \"unexplained\".\n\nThe University of Surrey increased its proportion awarded first-class degrees from 23% to 47% of students.\n\n\"Worries about grade inflation threaten to devalue a university education in the eyes of employers and potential students,\" said Susan Lapworth, director of competition for the Office for Students.\n\nThe higher education watchdog also examined why the proportion awarded top degrees might have risen from 16% to 29%, such as students arriving from school with better qualifications.\n\nBut the analysis found much of the increase could not be explained.\n\nThe figures showed over 40,000 more students graduated with firsts last summer than in the cohort of seven years before.\n\nMr Hinds said that if universities were giving many more top degrees without a legitimate reason, it was unfair on those who had studied to the same standard in previous years.\n\nDamian Hinds has warned that grade inflation is unfair on students from previous years\n\n\"We owe it to the hard-working students and institutions who play by the rules to stamp out this unfair practice,\" said the education secretary.\n\n\"Today's figures are disappointing and risk compromising the public trust in the high standards of our universities,\" he said.\n\nThe watchdog showed the changes in students awarded first-class degrees between 2010-11 and 2017-18, including:\n\nThe study also looked at those awarded either first or upper-second class degrees (2:1s). These now account for the great majority of degrees.\n\nIn the University of Bristol, 92% of students are awarded either a first or 2:1 and at Cambridge 94% reach this threshold.\n\nThere have been big increases in the proportion of students awarded these two top grades despite beginning university with relatively low A-level grades.\n\nAmong those going to university with grades below three Ds at A-level, seven years ago about 40% were awarded the top two grades - and that has risen to above 70%.\n\nThe education secretary has previously warned universities to stop \"spiralling\" grade inflation.\n\nBut this trend has continued and the Department for Education now says universities have been given a \"stark warning\" that this needs to change.\n\n\"Universities are determined to tackle unexplained grade inflation,\" said Dame Janet Beer, president of Universities UK.\n\n\"The sector's collective will to take ownership of this challenge is strong, as we recognise it is crucial that we keep the confidence of students, employers and the public, in the value of a university qualification.\"", "Women surrounded the loyalist bonfire in Avoniel as part of a protest on Tuesday\n\nHundreds have gathered outside Avoniel Leisure Centre in east Belfast to protest at a council decision to remove a bonfire from its grounds.\n\nIt came after Belfast City Council said its initial decision to remove bonfire material had not been reversed.\n\nBonfire builders said removing tyres, reducing its size and moving it away from buildings meant there was no need for the council to take action.\n\nA barricade has been erected at the leisure centre gates.\n\nProtesters told BBC News NI they have tried to compromise with authorities but are now determined that the Eleventh night event will go ahead.\n\nTensions have been building ahead of bonfires being lit before the Twelfth of July marches.\n\nBonfires are lit in some Protestant areas in Northern Ireland on 11 July, the night before Orange Order members commemorate the 1690 Battle of the Boyne with parades across Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking at the protest, senior Orangeman Rev Mervyn Gibson said that there was \"no need for the tension that has arisen around this bonfire, but sadly we have a republican-dominated council who have failed their first real test at openness and compromise\".\n\nHe said bonfire builders had removed tyres, then reduced the height of the bonfire, but \"no matter what this community did it was not enough to appease those who oppose us\".\n\nHe added: \"I would appeal for calm at this bonfire - do not react, and I know that's going to be difficult, because there's anger here.\"\n\nA barricade of tyres and bins was erected at the gates to Avoniel Leisure Centre\n\nAlso speaking at Tuesday's protest were loyalist Jamie Bryson and Robert Girvin, from a group calling itself the East Belfast Cultural Collective, which represents a number of bonfire builders.\n\nAt Avoniel Leisure Centre, which closed early on Tuesday, the bonfire has been rebuilt after tyres were voluntarily removed.\n\nOrganisers say they have reduced the height of the bonfire to about 20 feet (6m).\n\nIt has also been moved further away from buildings in an attempt to meet council criteria.\n\nThe centre also closed early on Sunday after its entrance was barricaded by men said to have been acting in a \"threatening\" way towards staff.\n\nTranslink said that due to some potential disruption that there would be a diversion for east Belfast Glider services on Tuesday evening.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, in other developments:\n\nIt is estimated there are 80-100 bonfires in Belfast this year, with 35 signed up to an official scheme funded by the city council.\n\n\"Efforts have been ongoing for several months to encourage bonfire builders to be mindful of the need to protect life and property,\" the city council said.\n\nEarlier, Mr Girvin said: \"We promised the young people if they took the tyres out they could have their bonfire.\n\n\"All that was done and still the council says no.\"\n\nHe said he would meet councillors from any party to address concerns over the Avoniel bonfire.\n\nLoyalist graffiti has appeared next to the site at Avoniel threatening contractors alleged to be involved in the removal of bonfire material\n\n\"Have dialogue with us. Tell us exactly what your issue is with this bonfire,\" he said.\n\n\"It follows Northern Ireland Fire Service guidelines. The tyres have been removed. He said complaints about other bonfires had been about \"the potential to damage property, life or the environment\".\n\n\"None of that is here. There's no potential for any of that so why remove the bonfire?\"\n\nSinn Féin councillor Ciaran Beattie insisted the problem was just not the tyres but the height and mass of the bonfires and the threat posed to nearby buildings.\n\nHe insisted the council should still take action at Avoniel.\n\n\"Nothing has changed as far as we are concerned, bar the tyres being removed,\" he said.\n\n\"There is still a dangerous bonfire on that site\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Mervyn Gibson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Wednesday, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor George Dorrian, Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) councillor John Kyle and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) councillor Jim Rodgers said they were disappointed by Belfast City Council's decision.\n\n\"[Councillors] chose not to build on the progress made by bonfire builders when they removed the tyres yesterday evening from Avoniel bonfire,\" they said.\n\n\"This year has seen a dramatic improvement in the situation around bonfires throughout Belfast.\n\n\"We have spent months engaging with groups across the city and real progress is being made.\n\n\"We are confident that the community will fully enjoy the celebrations peacefully and respectfully.\"", "The Total Culzean platform is situated about 45 miles east of Aberdeen\n\nThe Oil and Gas Authority has opened up applications to explore in large areas of the North Sea and West of Shetland.\n\nThere are 768 blocks or part-blocks on offer across the main producing areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).\n\nIt is the 32nd round of licensing for exploratory drilling over more than 50 years, but the first since the UK committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.\n\nWWF Scotland described the move as \"totally irresponsible\".\n\nBut the OGA said oil and gas were still seen as part of Britain's future energy mix.\n\n\"Maximising economic recovery from the UKCS is vital to meet our energy demands and reduce reliance on imports,\" it said.\n\nWWF Scotland director Lang Banks said that opening up more areas for oil and gas exploration \"undermines other efforts to tackle the climate emergency\".\n\nHe added: \"We instead need to see a just transition that enables us to harness the engineering skills currently deployed in the oil and gas industry and apply them to supporting a range of cleaner forms of energy production.\"\n\nA new aspect of the latest licensing round includes co-operation on license timing with the Faroe Islands government.\n\nThe authority has also provided access to a huge data bank of information from past drilling of thousands of wells, seismic surveys of the seabed and pipelines.\n\nSuch information is valuable in increasing the chances of finding oil and gas, and reducing financial risk.\n\nAn industry report in November 2018 estimated the UK has enough oil reserves to sustain production for the next 20 years and beyond.\n\nThe closing date for applications is 12 November, 2019, with decisions expected to be made in the second quarter of 2020.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Two survivors were found clinging to the boat, authorities said\n\nThree people have died after a catamaran overturned off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.\n\nEmergency crews said an emergency beacon was activated on the vessel in seas near Newcastle, 160km (100 miles) north of Sydney, on Thursday.\n\nAnother two people - a man, 40, and a girl, 16 - were rescued after being found clutching to the capsized boat.\n\nAuthorities said the accident happened in rough seas about seven nautical miles from shore.\n\nThe bodies of the three people, who have not been identified, were recovered from the water.\n\nThe two survivors were taken to hospital but their condition is not known, Supt Luke Wiseman from New South Wales Ambulance told reporters. They had been wearing lifejackets, he added.\n\n\"What made the rescue quite difficult is being an overturned vessel, there was quite a lot of debris and ropes in the water at the time,\" he said.\n\n\"[Rescue] crew members were confronted with quite a high sea with strong winds at approximately 30 knots.\"\n\nVessels had been warned that strong winds would create dangerous conditions along the coastline, authorities said.", "Mina, a member of K-Pop group Twice, will not take part in their next world tour because of mental health concerns.\n\nA statement from the girl band's team said: \"Mina is currently struggling with sudden extreme anxiety and insecurity toward performing on stage.\"\n\nThey added that they were \"consulting with several medical professionals to verify the cause in detail\".\n\nThe nine-strong South Korean group will head to the USA for a series of gigs, but no UK dates are yet scheduled.\n\n\"After extensive discussion with Mina and members of Twice, we have decided that Mina's current condition requires additional treatment, professional measures, and sufficient resting,\" the statement went on.\n\nThe 'Twicelights' tour will take the band to Singapore, USA, Mexico and Malaysia\n\nThe hashtag #GetWellSoonMina is trending worldwide, and Billboard's K-Pop correspondent Tamar Herman wrote on Twitter: \"Oh no, poor Mina... Anxiety is a terrible thing to deal with, but it sounds like they're looking into options to help her face the struggle. I hope that she's alright.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tamar Herman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nElsewhere, another K-Pop star has announced he is to separate from his band due to his \"own problems\".\n\nSuper Junior's most controversial member, Kangin, returned to Instagram to inform fans of his decision to call it a day and apologised to his bandmates for any trouble caused down the years.\n\nThe 34-year-old was an original member of the ever-changing line-up from back in 2005. But he has been on hiatus in recent times following two violations for driving under the influence and his alleged involvement in a physical altercation with his girlfriend while intoxicated.\n\n\"I've always felt that I needed to come to this decision as soon as possible,\" he wrote, \"but due to the kind hearts of those who cheer me on unchangingly as well as my label's staff despite my faults, I was not able to summon the courage, and I also felt I was not in a situation where I could decide blindly on my own.\n\n\"However, due to my own problems,\" he added, \"I had to watch my members suffer misfortunes that they should not have had to face, and I've come to the decision that I cannot delay it any longer.\"\n\nManagers SM Entertainment confirmed he would remain as one of their artists but said they \"have decided to respect Kangin's decision to leave the group voluntarily\".\n\nThe remaining 10 members of Super Junior - who were 13 at one point - will continue without him.\n\nFans have been posting their reaction to the news of the K-Pop veteran's departure online.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "UK airports have made \"significant improvements\" in providing assistance for passengers with mobility problems, the industry regulator has said.\n\nThe Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that for the first time, no airports had been given a \"poor\" rating.\n\nManchester, which was the only airport to receive \"a poor\" rating last year, was moved out of the lowest category.\n\nHowever, it was told to take immediate action to reverse a recent decline in performance.\n\nThe CAA said that in April, when Manchester switched to a new provider of special assistance, \"the transition did not go as well as planned\".\n\n\"We have told senior management we expect immediate and effective action to be taken to reverse this recent decline in performance,\" the CAA said in its report.\n\nIn response, Manchester Airport said: \"We acknowledge that there is further to go and we are investing significant additional resources to improve services for passengers in this area, regardless of their accessibility or other requirements.\"\n\nIn March, a woman with chronic fatigue syndrome accused Manchester Airport of treating her like \"cargo\" and \"cattle\" following a long-haul flight.\n\nJessica Stafford, 29, booked a special assistance service as she needed help to move through the airport.\n\nBut she found the experience \"distressing\" and \"humiliating\" after being asked to walk to collect her own wheelchair.\n\nShe said she was told understaffing was to blame.\n\nJessica Stafford said at one stage she was asked to walk to collect a wheelchair\n\nThe report from the CAA is its fourth annual assessment of mobility assistance.\n\nIt found that a record 3.7 million passengers were assisted at 31 airports between 1 April 2018 and 31 March this year.\n\nThe CAA rated the service of 14 airports as \"very good\", and 16 as \"good\". Only Manchester was classified as \"needs improvement\".\n\n\"These results show significant improvements to the experience many disabled passengers faced before our reporting began,\" said Paul Smith, consumers and markets director at the CAA.\n\n\"While it is good to see the general improvements, airports will need to continue to work hard to improve,\" it added.\n\nIn a statement the disability equality charity Scope said: \"There are problems in airports, and problems on planes. Often problems happen when one company 'hands off' to another and it's unclear to the disabled passenger who is responsible.\n\n\"So while it's good to see progress from the airports, and impressive no airport is ranked failing this year, there are problems that don't fall under the CAA remit that need to be addressed.\"", "Carl Sargeant was found hanged at his home in Flintshire in November 2017\n\nMore support should be available to sacked ministers, a coroner has said, after ruling a Welsh Assembly Member killed himself after being dismissed.\n\nCarl Sargeant, 49, was found hanged at home in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, by his wife Bernadette on 7 November 2017.\n\nHe was sacked as minister for communities and children over claims of inappropriate behaviour towards women.\n\nCoroner John Gittins recorded a conclusion of suicide and said he was known to have mental health issues.\n\nMr Gittins said he had promised a \"full and fair examination\" and \"would not allow this inquest to be a trial by press, politics or personality\".\n\nThe \"twists and turns\" of the inquest at times followed the \"murkiest\" of paths into the world of politics, he added.\n\nHe said anyone expecting a \"glowing vindication\" of Mr Sargeant, or a \"damning vilification\" of former first minster Carwyn Jones - or vice versa - would be disappointed.\n\nMuch of the evidence to the inquest in Ruthin, Denbighshire, focused on whether Mr Jones could have done more to support the Alyn and Deeside AM following his sacking.\n\nFollowing the hearing, Mr Sargeant's son Jack - who succeeded his father as Alyn and Deeside AM - accused the former first minister of being \"defensive, evasive and argumentative\", with \"deeply troubling\" discrepancies in his evidence.\n\nFormer first minister Carwyn Jones had been accused of lying under oath about the support offered to Mr Sargeant\n\nThe coroner said due to a \"life event\" coupled with the \"pressure\" of his role as a Welsh Government minister, Mr Sargeant had been diagnosed with depression in 2012.\n\nHe said Mr Jones had been aware of the life event in 2014, but did not recognise there were any other issues, despite working closely with Mr Sargeant.\n\nFollowing the allegations in 2017, Mr Gittins said the former first minister had deemed it necessary to refer the matter to the Labour Party and remove Mr Sargeant from the cabinet.\n\nThe coroner said there were no official arrangements in place to support Mr Sargeant following the re-shuffle \"despite the probability that the first minister knew of Mr Sargeant's vulnerability in relation to his mental health\".\n\nMr Gittins said the sacking, and the reason for it, had been likely to put Mr Sargeant \"firmly in the media spotlight\" and it was \"a position which undoubtedly added to Mr Sargeant's pressures\".\n\nHe said the support from Vale of Clwyd AM Ann Jones, who was asked to contact Mr Sargeant after the sacking, was not in the nature of pastoral care, despite contradictory information given by Mr Jones.\n\nThe coroner said Mr Jones - who was accused by the Sargeant family's barrister of lying under oath on this point - had \"properly and appropriately\" corrected information he had previously given, \"albeit only once the true picture came to light by virtue of the information provided by Ann Jones\".\n\nMr Gittins said that after leaving a note, Mr Sargeant \"ended his life by hanging himself\" and this was done deliberately and he was sure Mr Sargeant intended to do it.\n\nHe added he would submit a prevention of future deaths report to the Welsh Government calling for more support to be put in place for sacked ministers.\n\n\"Am I still concerned? My answer comes from both my head and my heart, and it's yes,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jack Sargeant said Carwyn Jones was lacking in any remorse or regret\n\nSpeaking outside the inquest, Jack Sargeant was highly critical of Mr Jones, saying: \"We've had to sit through a continually changing version of events, delivered in a defensive, evasive and argumentative manner.\n\n\"After eight months' pause for thought [after the inquest was first adjourned] we would have expected him to have a clear and unambiguous explanation.\n\n\"We are also deeply offended by the lack of any remorse or regret from the former first minister.\"\n\nHe said the family welcomed the coroner's report to prevent future deaths, saying: \"It's too late for dad but may save someone else.\"\n\nIn a statement, Mr Jones said it had been \"a difficult time for everyone, the family most of all, and I offer them my deepest condolences for a loss that is inevitably still incredibly painful\".\n\n\"The process has driven an unnatural wedge between people who remain united at the very least in their ongoing shock, trauma and grief.\" he added.\n\n\"Nobody wanted this, and nobody could have foreseen it. Suicide is a shattering experience, and I hope some healing can now begin.\"\n\nA spokesman for the first minister, Mark Drakeford, said he extended his \"deepest condolences\" to the Sargeant family, adding that the Welsh Government would consider carefully and \"respond in full\" to the report on the prevention of future deaths.\n\nThe inquest may have concluded, but the bitter row about the sacking and subsequent death of Carl Sargeant has not.\n\nTwo parallel questions have dominated the controversy:\n\nFirstly, what is the veracity of the allegations of sexual misconduct? The coroner didn't look at that, it wasn't in his remit. The Labour Party investigation was dropped in the wake of Mr Sargeant's death, so a definitive answer is unlikely.\n\nThe second question is was Carl Sargeant treated fairly? The coroner says he was not given sufficient support by the Welsh Government when he was sacked and he wants that to change for future cabinet reshuffles.\n\nAnd feeding into the question of fair treatment is why knowledge of the allegations and/or Mr Sargeant's sacking were circulating before he was told.\n\nA leak inquiry found \"no authorised sharing of information\". The publication of the full report appears to have done nothing to draw a line under the controversy.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nCoverage: Watch in-play clips & highlights on the BBC Sport website & app; live Test Match Special radio and text commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra & BBC Sport website\n\nCaptain Eoin Morgan believes his England side could not be better prepared for their World Cup semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday.\n\nThe hosts lost to Australia in the group stage, but reached their first semi since 1992 with wins against India and New Zealand.\n\n\"The last two games we managed to produce something near our best performances,\" Morgan told BBC Sport.\n\nEngland began the World Cup as favourites and the number-one ranked team, but were on the verge of going out after being beaten by Australia at Lord's.\n\nTo make it to the last four, they had to defeat both India and New Zealand, the two sides that contested the other semi-final.\n\n\"We're delighted to be here,\" added Morgan, whose side are bidding to face New Zealand in Sunday's final at Lord's.\n\n\"Throughout the group stage, it looked in question, but I don't think we could be better prepared. We're extremely excited and looking forward to it.\n\n\"Looking back, it hasn't worked out badly at all.\"\n• None We expect the Aussies to be in our faces, but we're ready for semi-final - Mark Wood column\n\nWhile England have not won a World Cup knockout game for 27 years, Australia have won four of the past five tournaments.\n\nWhen they met at Lord's, England were outplayed to lose by 64 runs, but Morgan claimed his side are a different proposition now.\n\n\"I don't think we can completely ignore it, we do have to learn a little bit about Australia,\" said the Dublin-born batsman. \"But, given it was three games ago, we look a different team.\"\n\nDuring that game, Morgan was out hooking a bouncer from Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc.\n\nAt the time, former England batsman Kevin Pietersen tweeted that Morgan looked \"scared\".\n\nThe following day, Pietersen again tweeted, saying: \"I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was showing his stumps because Starc attacks them. I may be wrong though? Or I may be right?\n\nWhen asked about Pietersen's comments, Morgan said: \"When Kevin Pietersen comes out with a comment, it's very similar to comments I address from Geoffrey Boycott.\n\n\"They are not ones that are considered good for a team environment and don't take the best interests of the team or the player at heart. Guys are trying their heart out to do well for their country, trying to learn, trying to get better.\n\n\"We have critics being critics. They need to do that, that's their job, so let them be.\"\n\nAustralia were top of the group for most of the round-robin phase and were set to play in the first semi-final at Old Trafford until they were beaten by South Africa on Saturday.\n\nThey now must play at an Edgbaston ground where England have won 10 consecutive matches across all formats and where Australia have not won a one-day international since their famous 1999 World Cup semi-final against South Africa - and even that was tied.\n\nOn the reception his side will receive, Australia captain Aaron Finch said: \"It's a great crowd to play in front of, regardless whether you are on the receiving end of some good banter.\n\n\"It is always a great atmosphere and a pleasure to play here. I think although they can be quite parochial at times, it is always good fun, they sing some good tunes out there.\"\n\nAustralia have already confirmed that batsman Peter Handscomb, in the squad as a replacement for Shaun Marsh, will play his first game of the tournament.\n\nMatthew Wade has also replaced Usman Khawaja and could come into the side.\n\nEngland are likely to be unchanged, meaning Liam Plunkett continues as one of four frontline pace bowlers and off-spinner Moeen Ali misses out.\n\nThere have been some concerns that Edgbaston may not be full given that it seemed likely that India were set to be in this semi-final, only for their fans to have to turn their attention to Old Trafford.\n\nThe International Cricket Council have urged fans with unwanted tickets to resell them on their official site.\n\nAs of Wednesday afternoon, there were still tickets available on the ICC website.\n\nEngland and Australia meet in the World Cup semi-final just three weeks before the first Ashes Test, which is also at Edgbaston on 1 August.\n\nBut which would Australia prefer to win?\n\nFormer Australia captain Steve Waugh told the Test Match Special podcast: \"I think if you asked the coach, Justin Langer, he would prefer the Ashes over the World Cup but having said that he would love to win the World Cup and so would all of the players as well.\n\n\"I don't think it will be crucial [for the Ashes to win the World Cup]. They are totally different games but it doesn't hurt if you win the World Cup.\n\n\"Confidence will be high in the camp. It is a long tour. It is important to keep winning on long tours so it is important for Australia to do well here.\"\n\nBBC Weather's Billy Payne: \"It's now looking mostly cloudy through both the morning and afternoon with occasional light showers possible, but a few bright or sunny interludes may develop.\n\n\"Highs of 22C (72F). Winds W to SW'ly at 10-12mph.\"", "The man fell nearly 200 feet, but miraculously survived\n\nNiagara Falls Park Police say a man was \"swept over\" a waterfall, but survived the drop of roughly 188ft (57 metres) into the raging river below.\n\nThe man \"was observed to climb over retaining wall\" around 04:00 (09:00 GMT) on Tuesday before falling over the cliff, police said on Twitter.\n\nAfter searching beneath the falls, police found the man \"sitting on rocks\" with non-life threatening injuries.\n\nThe man, who police have not identified, was taken to hospital.\n\nThe man was near the brink of Horseshoe Falls - the largest of the three falls that make up Niagara Falls, officials say.\n\nHe was found on the side of the river near the Journey Behind the Falls observation platform, according to Buffalo News.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMayor Jim Diodati of Niagara Falls, Ontario, told the newspaper that he believes \"all-time high [water] levels\" may have contributed to saving the man's life.\n\n\"When Lake Erie is higher and flowing more robustly to Lake Ontario, there is a better chance of missing the massive boulders under the Horseshoe Falls,\" Mr Diodati said.\n\n\"The only way you would ever have a chance to survive that kind of a fall was to overshoot the large rocks below,\" he continued, adding: \"In this case, for this individual, hopefully he will see it as a blessing.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe park - which contains North America's largest waterfall and sits on the US-Canada border - draws tens of millions of visitors each year.\n\nAccording to the Niagara Parks website, more than six million cubic feet of water rush over the crest of the falls every minute.\n\nThe features, the park says, \"may be the fastest moving waterfalls in the world\".\n\nMany have died going over the falls, but a handful have managed to survive in the past.\n\nAccording to Buffalo News, an estimated 25 people kill themselves by going over the falls each year.\n\nFrom Canada or US: If you're in an emergency, please call 911\n\nYou can contact the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255 or the Crisis Test Line by texting HOME to 741741\n\nYoung people in need of help can call Kids Help Phone on 1-800-668-6868\n\nIf you are in the UK, you can call the Samaritans on 116123", "Donald Trump has been \"disrespectful\" towards the prime minister and the UK, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.\n\nHis comments come after President Trump called Sir Kim Darroch, the UK ambassador to the US, \"a very stupid guy\" amid a row over leaked emails.\n\nHe went on to criticise Theresa May over Brexit, saying she had ignored his advice and gone her \"own foolish way\".\n\nOn Sunday emails revealed the ambassador had called the Trump administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nMeanwhile, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox's scheduled meeting with the US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the US was cancelled on Tuesday.\n\nMr Hunt responded to Mr Trump's latest outburst by tweeting: \"Friends speak frankly so I will: these comments are disrespectful and wrong to our prime minister and my country.\"\n\nThe Tory leadership hopeful also said he would keep Sir Kim in his post until he retires at Christmas.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US in a TV debate\n\nDuring a televised debate, Boris Johnson, the current Tory leadership frontrunner, was pushed on whether he would keep the ambassador, but said he \"wouldn't be so presumptuous\" as to think he would be in a position to do that.\n\nMr Johnson said he had \"a good relationship\" with the White House and that it was important to have a \"close partnership\" with the US.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Hunt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the row was a reminder of the \"tricky and sensitive\" nature of the UK's relationship with the US and the challenge facing the Tory leadership hopefuls in dealing with a president \"who seems to love stirring up controversy\".\n\n\"It's Jeremy Hunt, normally seen as the more cautious of the two, who's speaking much more plainly and directly to Donald Trump on the matter, while Boris Johnson has said only that he's not embarrassed about being close to the White House,\" she said.\n\nFollowing Mr Trump's comments on Monday that the US would \"no longer deal\" with Sir Kim, the US State Department said it would continue \"to deal with any accredited individuals until we get any further guidance from the White House or the president\".\n\n\"We have an incredibly special and strategic relationship with the United Kingdom that has gone on for quite a long time - it's bigger than any individual or government,\" the department added.\n\nA spokesman for Theresa May said that Sir Kim is \"a dutiful, respected government official\" and confirmed there were no plans for Mrs May and Mr Trump to hold a call to discuss relations following the leak.\n\nNumber 10 also confirmed that Sir Kim would not be attending a meeting between Ivanka Trump and the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox in Washington.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"He isn't attending that meeting but he is supporting Liam Fox in other ways on his trip.\"\n\nEarlier on Tuesday Mr Trump tweeted: \"The wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy.\n\n\"He should speak to his country, and Prime Minister May, about their failed Brexit negotiation, and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled.\n\n\"I told @theresa_may how to do that deal, but she went her own foolish way-was unable to get it done. A disaster!\n\n\"I don't know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool. Tell him the USA now has the best Economy & Military anywhere in the World, by far...and they are both only getting bigger, better and stronger...Thank you, Mr. President!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNumber 10 previously called the leak, reported in the Mail on Sunday, \"unfortunate\" and has begun a formal investigation. It said the UK and US still shared a \"special and enduring\" relationship.\n\nConfidential emails from the UK's ambassador contained a string of criticisms of Mr Trump and his administration, and said the White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and divided under his presidency.\n\nSir Kim, who became ambassador to the US in January 2016 about a year before Mr Trump took office, also questioned whether the White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned that the US president should not be written off.\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true and policy on sensitive issues such as Iran was \"incoherent, chaotic\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The project will restore habitats and ecosystems and explore innovative farming and forestry approaches\n\nTwenty teenagers from across the UK are taking control of the management of more than 300 acres in the Brecon Beacons National Park.\n\nThe nature conservation project is thought to be the biggest in the world to be led by children.\n\nAged 12-17, the \"youth leaders\" will restore wildlife habitats and develop sustainable farming and forestry.\n\nLocal farmers and wildlife experts will be brought on board to help them with their ideas.\n\nThe teenagers will be involved in all aspects of managing the Penpont Estate in Powys, including planting trees, rearing livestock, dealing with finance and publicising the project.\n\nThe team will be expected to plan work with local school pupils and others to help them learn more about nature conservation.\n\nThe landowner does not want the project to be \"glorified rewilding\"\n\n\"I feel very lucky - it's a really exciting opportunity,\" said Hannah from Sheffield, one of the participants selected by charity Action for Conservation.\n\n\"It's difficult to find people who are as passionate as I am about nature so it's nice to be with so many of them in one place.\"\n\n\"I can't wait to get started,\" added Deep from London, while Lily from Cambridge said it would be \"absolutely incredible in terms of youth involvement in helping out the environment\".\n\nRegular meetings will be held over video link and the young people will visit four times a year\n\nThe young people will visit Penpont four times a year, and also keep up with progress via regular meetings held over video link.\n\nThe project's timeline is open ended and the idea is that as the participants grow up and move on to the world of work or university, others will take their place.\n\nThe youth leaders will be in charge of finance and publicity as well as environmental work\n\nGavin Hogg, owner of the Penpont Estate said one of the biggest lessons he hoped to learn from the project was \"letting go of control, allowing the young people to have freedom of choice and management\".\n\nHe wants to see greater biodiversity across the 2,000 acre estate and hopes neighbouring farms will come on board too.\n\nBut he insisted there will also be a big focus on continuing to farm the land to produce food, as well as conserve nature.\n\n\"We're very keen that we don't just become one of these glorified rewilding projects - we have to have food security and we have to have biodiversity security - the two need to run side by side.\"\n\n\"I hope the project will be a success and others will come here, learn from it and then take the experience away and create their own little bubbles for wildlife.\"\n\nThe teenagers will share their experience with local schools and others\n\nAction for Conservation's chief executive Hendrikus van Hensbergen said it wanted to tap into the momentum of the recent climate change strikes by school pupils.\n\n\"We hope [it] will inspire others and cause a ripple effect,\" he said.\n\nYouth leader Helen from Derbyshire added: \"What we really want is for this to be a pioneering project, that others take on our sustainable aims and hopefully our passion for nature spreads across the country.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nAn Iranian official has said a British oil tanker should be seized, if a detained Iranian ship is not released.\n\nBritish Royal Marines helped officials in Gibraltar to seize the super-tanker Grace 1 on Thursday, after it was suspected of carrying oil from Iran to Syria, in breach of EU sanctions.\n\nA court in Gibraltar has ruled the ship can be detained for a further 14 days.\n\nIran later summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to complain about what it said was a \"form of piracy\".\n\nMohsen Rezaei said Iran would respond to bullies \"without hesitation\".\n\nMr Rezaei - a member of a council that advises the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei - said, in a tweet: \"If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities' duty to seize a British oil tanker.\"\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help detain Grace 1 and its cargo.\n\nGibraltar said there was reason to believe the ship was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous.\n\nThe territory was initially able to detain the ship for 72-hours, but Gibraltar's Supreme Court granted a 14-day extension on Friday.\n\nIran's Foreign Ministry condemned the initial seizure of the vessel as illegal and accused the UK of acting at the behest of the United States.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office dismissed claims of piracy as \"nonsense\".\n\nSpain's Acting Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said, on Thursday, Spain - which disputes British ownership of Gibraltar - was studying the circumstances of the action, but said it followed \"a demand from the US to the UK\".\n\nBBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said, while Britain has been keen to suggest it was an operation led by the Gibraltar government, it appears the intelligence came from the US.\n\nIran's threat to retaliate against the impounding of its super-tanker is an indication of how hurt Tehran is by the UK's action.\n\nIn the eight years of war in Syria this appears to be the first time Iran's supply of oil to its ally has been interrupted, even though EU sanctions have existed for almost the whole duration.\n\nThe episode also reflects worsening relations between Iran and the UK over a range of issues - particularly the continued imprisonment of British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nThe tanker and its cargo are probably worth more than $200m (£160m).\n\nIran is looking for ways to respond to what it sees as illegal and an act of piracy. It has the capability to take over a British ship in the Gulf and would see such a move as proportionate.\n\nOn Friday, a senior Iranian lawmaker said the seizure of tanker was proof the UK \"lacks honour\" and takes orders from the US.\n\nMostafa Kavakebian, who leads the Iran-UK parliamentary friendship group, tweeted that the seizure was \"a form of piracy and illegal hostility towards Iran\".\n\nTensions between the UK and Iran have been exacerbated by the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe\n\nWhite House national security advisor John Bolton said the seizure was \"excellent news\". He added that the US and its allies would continue to prevent regimes in Tehran and Damascus from \"profiting off this illicit trade\".\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the swift action would deny valuable resources to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's \"murderous regime\".\n\nThe Baniyas Refinery, where the Iranian tanker was believed to be taking the oil, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products - a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nThis latest row comes at a time of escalating tensions between the US and Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration - which has pulled out of an international agreement on Tehran's nuclear programme - has reinforced punishing sanctions against Iran.\n\nIts European allies, including the UK, have not followed suit.\n\nNonetheless, there have been growing tensions between the UK and Iran too, after Britain said the Iranian regime was \"almost certainly\" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in June.\n\nThe UK has also been pressing Iran to release British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted for spying, which she denies.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Theresa May has announced plans for a new body to monitor government efforts to tackle \"deep-seated societal injustice\".\n\nThe outgoing prime minister said an Office for Tackling Injustices (OfTI) would use data to \"provide the catalyst\" for better policies.\n\nThe pledge to combat \"burning injustices\" was one she made during her first speech as PM in 2016.\n\nBut Labour said Mrs May had failed to tackle injustices while in office.\n\nThe new body would collect evidence on disparities in areas including socio-economic background, ethnicity, gender, disability and sexual orientation.\n\nDowning Street said it would gather information where there was currently a lack of reliable data, but it would not make policy recommendations.\n\nMrs May said: \"I am proud of what we have achieved to make the UK a more just society.\n\n\"But there is more to be done now and in the years to come, if we are truly to say that this is a country which works for everyone.\"\n\nShe added that policies such as mandatory reporting on the gender pay gap had shown how data could be used to tackle existing cases of injustice.\n\nNumber 10 said the new body would follow the approach taken by the Race Disparity Audit, which analyses how a person's ethnicity impacts how they experience public services.\n\nWhen it first published data in October 2017, it showed disparities in educational attainment, health, employment and treatment by police and courts between ethnicities.\n\nIn response, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said: \"On her first day in office, the prime minister promised to tackle burning injustices, but instead gave us the Windrush scandal.\n\n\"Three failed years later, in her last days, she's decided to set up an office.\n\n\"The only way to tackle burning injustices is the election of a Labour government that will transform our country so it works for the many not, the few.\"\n\nRace equality think tank the Runnymede Trust said it welcomed more data collection and the aim of ensuring future governments focus on tackling injustice.\n\nBut it added: \"Data by itself doesn't create change, which needs more concrete actions and policies to tackle decades of racial inequalities.\"\n\nMrs May's announcement comes as 160,000 eligible party members continue to vote for either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt in the Tory leadership contest, with Mrs May's successor due to be named on 23 July.\n\nIn an interview with the Daily Mail, Mrs May warned that \"too many people in politics\" think being prime minister is all about wielding power.\n\n\"All too often those who see it as a position of power see it as about themselves and not about the people they are serving. There is a real difference,\" she said.\n\nThe two leadership contenders will face one-on-one interviews with Andrew Neil later, which will be broadcast on BBC One at 19:00 BST.\n• None Firms may have to reveal ethnicity pay gap", "Larrison Campbell (R) said she asked to shadow the Republican candidate Robert Foster on a campaign trip\n\nA Republican candidate for Mississippi governor has refused to be interviewed by a female reporter unless she brings a male colleague with her.\n\nLarrison Campbell, 40, said she had asked to shadow Robert Foster on a 15-hour \"ride-a-long\" on his campaign, but was denied because of her sex.\n\nMr Foster said he was acting out of precaution and he did not want to raise any suspicions about his marriage.\n\n\"This is my truck, and in my truck we go by my rules,\" he said on CNN.\n\nDuring the CNN interview with Ms Campbell and Mr Foster on Thursday, the 36-year-old gubernatorial candidate cited his religion and faith, arguing he had made a vow to his wife to not be alone with someone of the opposite sex.\n\nHe cited the late Christian evangelist Billy Graham, who had said he would not spend time alone with any woman who was not his wife, as well as Vice-President Mike Pence, who has said he will not eat alone with a woman other than his wife.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Robert Foster This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I don't trust the perception that the world puts on people when they see things and they don't ask a question, they don't look to find out the truth,\" he said.\n\n\"Perception is a reality in this world, and I don't want to give anybody the opinion that I'm doing something that I should not be doing.\"\n\nMr Foster said following the #MeToo movement, \"men are under attack all the time\".\n\n\"I'm not going to allow myself to be put in a situation with any female where they can make an accusation against me\" without someone else in attendance, he said.\n\nWhen asked if he would allow the 15-hour interview with a man, Mr Foster said he would, adding: \"I stand my ground.\"\n\nMs Campbell, who has interviewed Mr Foster numerous times, called the decision sexist.\n\nShe argued that if she were expected to go by his rules in his truck, he should provide the male chaperone.\n\nMike Pence said in 2002 he \"never eats alone with a woman other than his wife\" Karen\n\nMr Foster said his campaign staff was too small at the time to provide assistance.\n\n\"What you're saying here is that a woman is a sexual object first and a reporter second,\" Campbell told Mr Foster on Thursday.\n\nShe asked Mr Foster how he could tell voters he would be a good governor if he could not be alone in a room with a woman, citing numerous female staff members in the current governor's office.\n\nMr Foster said he could achieve that by leaving the door open or having people in the room next door, but that the 15-hour vehicle ride was a different situation.\n\nThe debate over Mr Foster and Campbell has drawn renewed attention to the sentiment that men are uncomfortable being with women alone.\n\nTwo years ago Mr Pence made headlines after comments he made in 2002 that he \"never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he won't attend events featuring alcohol without her by his side\" resurfaced.\n\nSome argue the practice is a matter of professionalism in the workplace while critics decry it as sexist and unfair to women in professional settings.", "Marks & Spencer has ousted its clothing and home boss, Jill McDonald, who spent two years attempting to turn around the struggling division.\n\nChief executive Steve Rowe will take over from Ms McDonald in the short term.\n\nHe said the firm needed to \"address long-standing issues in our clothing and home supply chain around availability and flow of product\".\n\nMs McDonald had previous senior roles at Halfords and McDonald's.\n\n\"Her lack of skill in clothes buying and supply chain appears to be the problem. But then the problem existed before she joined, didn't it?\" Global Data retail analyst Maureen Hinton tweeted.\n\nMs McDonald joined Marks & Spencer in autumn 2017 as it began a major turnaround plan, which has seen it shut stores and revamp its management.\n\nThe former boss of Halfords had been parachuted into one of the trickiest jobs in retail with no fashion experience.\n\nWe were told she'd been hired for her \"first-class customer knowledge\" and experience in running high-achieving teams. In the end, that wasn't enough.\n\nMarks & Spencer still hasn't fixed the basics when it comes to its all-important clothing business.\n\nAvailability, for instance, is still a big issue. It's clear she hasn't been able to move quickly enough to tackle its long-running problems.\n\nNow chief executive Steve Rowe has taken direct control of this division again until a successor can be found.\n\nDespite the turnaround plan, profits have continued to fall, and Mr Rowe said this week that it had been a \"troubled year\" for the company's vital clothing and home division.\n\nAt the firm's annual general meeting on Tuesday he listed major failures, including not buying enough jeans for a February promotion.\n\n\"That led to us having some of the worst availability in casual trousers I've seen in my life,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he also said clothing ranges had improved in terms of fit, style and value.\n\n\"Further work [is needed] on getting size ratios correct, making sure we reduce the number of lines we're running [and] concentrating on the big lines that we're famous for across the UK,\" he added.\n\nMr Rowe said Marks & Spencer had developed a strong team in clothing, praising Jill Stanton, women's and children's director, and Wes Taylor, the menswear director, who were both hired in 2018.\n\nHowever, he did not mention Ms McDonald's name.\n\nAfter several failed re-launches over the past decade, the 135-year-old M&S is facing challenges to its clothing business from fast-fashion chains such as Zara and H&M.\n\nIn May M&S reported its third drop in annual profit in a row, and a 1.6% fall in clothing and home like-for-like sales. Its shares are down 30% from a year ago.\n\nAnnouncing Ms McDonald's departure from the business, Mr Rowe said she had \"recruited a talented team, improved the quality and style of product and set a clear direction for the business to attract a younger family age customer\".\n\nMs Hinton told the BBC that Marks & Spencer clothing had been losing market share for years, so whoever takes the division on next \"faces a real challenge\".\n\n\"Even those before [Ms McDonald] with a strong clothing background could not attract back shoppers who have deserted it for other retailers and brands that have far more enticing ranges and stores,\" she said.\n\nMarks & Spencer's management knew Ms McDonald had no fashion experience when they hired her, Ms Hinton said.\n\n\"You would have thought there would be the experience and support in the business to make up for her lack in this area,\" Ms Hinton said.\n\n\"But it seems not - which is even more worrying as these are described by Marks & Spencer as longstanding issues,\" she added.", "A mural inside HMP Berwyn, where leaders have aimed for a \"strong rehabilitative culture\"\n\nUrgent attention is needed to manage public protection risks posed by some inmates at the UK's biggest prison, a report has said.\n\nIt follows an inspection which found there was no plan to tackle the causes of violence at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham.\n\nInspectors also found drugs were \"too readily available\" and one in four prisoners told them they developed a drug problem while there.\n\nBut staff were praised as a \"strength\" and education was \"excellent\".\n\nHMP Berwyn opened in January 2017 at a cost of £250m.\n\nThe category C facility has faced issues including staff claiming it was unsafe because of attacks by prisoners, while its first governor was suspended over unpublished allegations made against him.\n\nThere has also been a drugs-related death and a prison officer was jailed for having sex with an inmate.\n\nDesigned to house 2,106 men, the so-called super-prison was holding 1,273 inmates when HM Inspectorate of Prisons visited in March.\n\nThe prison staff were \"a strength\" but their inexperience was having \"a negative impact\"\n\nPeter Clarke, chief inspector of prisons, said opening a new prison was a big challenge.\n\n\"The prison opened with a very clear rehabilitative vision which has faced resistance at times,\" he said.\n\n\"The leadership team are still working hard to find and maintain the right balance between rehabilitation and security, freedom and control, and sanctions and reward.\"\n\n\"Some mistakes have been made and we identify some important weaknesses, but we also acknowledge the great effort that has been made to give this prison a good start.\n\n\"The prison is generally ordered and settled, and… we found Berwyn to be a reasonably respectful place.\"\n\nThere was more to do, though, in the areas of safety, purposeful activity and rehabilitation and release planning, inspectors said.\n\nEach room as a shower, phone and laptop for internal prison activity\n\nInspectors acknowledged there were signs attacks were gradually reducing and work was being done to reduce violence but \"delivery often lacked drive and needed to be implemented more effectively\".\n\nThere was also \"no action plan to tackle the causes of violence and monitor this for its effectiveness in reducing violence\".\n\nThe report added: \"There was inconsistency in the application of rules, some low-level poor behaviour went unchallenged, and staff could struggle to answer even basic questions from prisoners.\"\n\nHowever, education and vocational training was deemed to be \"excellent\" with prisoners who attended making \"effective progress\".\n\nDirector general for Probation and Wales, Amy Rees, said: \"The new governor in place since the inspection is already building on that progress, including through closer working with the police and better searching for illicit drugs and introducing a new model that challenges poor behaviour and reduces violence.\"\n\nHowever, the inspectorate also said staff were \"a strength of the prison\", but needed \"support in delivering the basics consistently\" and staff inexperience was having \"a negative impact on many aspects of prison life.\"\n\nThree quarters of officers had been in service for less than two years and about a third for less than one year.\n\nThis super-prison was meant to be one of Europe's largest. Yet two and a half years on, it still is not all that \"super\".\n\nThe intention was always to fill it gradually, but numbers have had to be capped because they still do not have enough activity places - or staff - to cope with full capacity. Even the chief inspector finds the delays difficult to understand.\n\nPoor behaviour has gone unchallenged by inexperienced staff - three quarters have been in the job less than two years - something their union says is played upon by the experienced prisoners.\n\nThere are positives. Staff are still described as a strength - as too is the education and health care provided (although you would wait 42 weeks for routine dental care).\n\nBut it is hard to ignore the major weaknesses.\n\nPrisoners are developing drug habits; almost half say they are easy to get hold of.\n\nAnd while prisoner-on-prisoner attacks are low, it is a different picture for attacks on staff.\n\nLikewise for the vulnerable. Self harm is comparatively low but those who isolate themselves are being \"completely unsupported\", even experiencing difficulties getting meals.\n\nSetting up a new prison was always going to be a challenge, particularly on the scale of Berwyn.\n\nBut this inspection report does little to comfort those concerned that \"super\" doesn't necessarily mean better.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jade Thomas was left hundreds of pounds out of pocket by a universal credit fraudster\n\nVictims of a Universal Credit scam may still have to repay money fraudulently claimed on their behalf, the government has insisted.\n\nWork and Pensions minister Justin Tomlinson had told MPs his team would \"protect vulnerable people\" who would not be expected to pay back the cash.\n\nBut later his department said its position had not changed and claimants would need to repay some of the money.\n\nThe SNP's welfare spokesman described it as an \"absolute disgrace\".\n\nA BBC investigation has found tens of millions of pounds is believed to have been stolen by criminals exploiting a loophole in the benefits system.\n\nAn estimated 42,000 people may have fallen victim to the scam.\n\nResponding to an urgent question in the Commons on Wednesday, Mr Tomlinson claimed that \"where it is clear that they have been a victim of fraud through no fault of their own, no, we would not expect them to pay it back.\"\n\nBut a spokeswoman from the Department for Work and Pensions later told the BBC that victims of the scam would have to repay any money they'd kept.\n\n\"If someone's details are fraudulently used to claim an advance but they do not themselves receive this payment, we will not recover the money from the claimant,\" she said.\n\n\"[But] if the individual receives some of the advance, we will only seek to recover this amount from them and will pursue the fraudster for any remaining payment.\"\n\nThe SNP's Neil Gray MP tweeted: \"When ministers and the DWP know these people have been ripped off by criminals without their knowledge as they hoped to access hardship funds they desperately need to survive, UK Gov will now plunge them further into debt and destitution. Disgusting.\"\n\nMr Tomlinson described the fraudsters as \"parasites targeting some of the most vulnerable people in society\".\n\nThe frauds represented about 1% of the total 4.4 million claims and are being investigated, he added.\n\nA team of about 120 Department for Work and Pensions staff were working to spot and investigate fraudulent claims, he said.\n\nMr Tomlinson promised \"the full force of the law\" would be used where appropriate.\n\nHe also told MPs that those whose claims for universal credit were found to be fraudulent may be able to return to their old benefits.\n\nThe scam pushed Jade Thomas into rent and council tax arrears\n\nEarlier, Jade Thomas, 31, had told the BBC how she ended up owing more than £1,500 after a loan was arranged for her by a fraudster.\n\nAfter the DWP paid over the money into her bank account, she had to pay the fraudster £1,000 for setting it up - but was still liable for the full £1,500 amount.\n\nOne official said more than a third of claims in one job centre are currently suspected of being bogus, while £100,000 of fraudulent activity each month was recorded at another branch.\n\nAnother official said the government estimates 10% of the 100,000 or more advances paid monthly are potentially bogus.\n\nMore than 1.5 million people across Britain currently receive benefits through universal credit.\n\nWhen it was introduced in 2013, one of the original goals of universal credit was to save about a billion pounds in fraud and error.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nSerena Williams made light work of Barbora Strycova to reach the Wimbledon final and stand one win away from a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.\n\nThe American was just too powerful for the Czech in a 6-1 6-2 win that set up a final against Romania's Simona Halep.\n\nWilliams, 37, said she tried to \"tap into that younger Serena\" in a dominant display that will make her the oldest Grand Slam women's singles finalist.\n\nShe took just 59 minutes to win and continue her bid for an eighth title.\n\n\"It feels good to be back in the final,\" said Williams, who was runner-up to Angelique Kerber last year and will be appearing in the grass-court showpiece for an 11th time on Saturday.\n• None Halep feels 'mentally stronger' to take on Williams\n\nWilliams proves too much for veteran debutant Strycova\n\nWilliams is aiming to draw level with Australian Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles and also win her first major title since becoming a mum in September 2017.\n\nIn 33-year-old Grand Slam semi-final debutant Strycova, she was facing a player she had met three times before without dropping a set.\n\nAnd she was not going to spoil that record here, establishing breaks in the fourth and sixth games before taking the set with her 44th ace of the championships.\n\nWhile Williams is a firm favourite on Centre Court, the crowd wanted to see more of a match and cheered every half chance, net cord or winner that went Strycova's way.\n\nBut despite the support, the world number 54 seemed lost in the occasion and unable to turn to the serve-and-volley game that had served her so well in the dismantling of British number one Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals.\n\nShe raised her arms ironically in celebration at winning a rare long rally for 0-15 when Williams was serving for the match but soon found herself shaking hands at the net after the American delivered a forehand winner on her first match point.\n\nWilliams said she had thought back earlier that morning to her first Wimbledon triumph in 2002, when she beat her sister Venus in the final, and that it had inspired her.\n\n\"I was trying to tap into those emotions. I was really calm,\" she said. \"[I was] just trying to tap into that younger Serena, trying to tap into how to win basically.\"\n\nWilliams, whose season had been disrupted by injury and illness, teamed up with British former world number one Andy Murray in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon this week.\n\nAnd, as well as providing a crowd-pleasing partnership until their last-16 exit, it turns out it has also helped her singles game.\n\n\"I promise you, when I hit a volley I was like, 'would I have made that if I didn't play doubles?' I don't think so,\" she said.\n\n\"I kept telling you guys I thought the doubles would help me. I really think it did. I don't attack the net that much. I tried to and I want to.\"\n\nWilliams is now into a Grand Slam final for the 13th consecutive year - and that includes being on maternity leave during that time.\n\nShe pulled out of three consecutive tournaments this season because of injury or illness and this is the first major final she will contest this year, having lost in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January and the third round at the French Open.\n\n\"It's good, especially after my year,\" she said.\n\n\"I just needed some matches. I know I'm improving and I just needed to feel good and then I can do what I do best which is play tennis.\"\n\nAt 37 years and 291 days, she will on Saturday overtake Martina Navratilova (37 years 258 days) as the oldest Grand Slam women's finalist in the Open era and remains as motivated as ever.\n\n\"I love what I do, I wake up every morning and I get to be fit and play sport and play in front of crowds like here at Wimbledon - not everyone can do that,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm still pretty good at what I do and it's always an amazing experience.\"\n\nWilliams won the most recent of her Grand Slam titles at the 2017 Australian Open when she was eight weeks pregnant.\n\nShe returned to the Tour in March 2018, saying she had \"almost died\" giving birth to her daughter, and has reached three Grand Slam finals since.\n\nHaving lost in last year's Wimbledon and US Open finals, she will now hope it will be third time lucky on Saturday (14:00 BST).\n\nNine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova on BBC TV: \"The crowd didn't necessarily want Serena to lose. They just wanted to see more of her. Strycova wasn't able to handle the power. How quickly was Serena getting on those balls though? She did her homework and it paid off. She was firing on all cylinders.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam champion Tracy Austin on BBC TV: \"Strycova never felt like she had any time to react. Look at the way Serena was able to manipulate that ball and get it up and down. There was so much consistency. She is locked in.\n\n\"Serena's serve is hard and it's powerful. How can you defend when it's that powerful and near the sidelines? I think the mixed doubles [with Britain's Andy Murray] really helped as well. It brought her intensity up. She had three matches with Andy and we know how intense he is.\"", "December, 1987: A tanker burns in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war\n\nTankers blazing in the Gulf. American warships answering distress calls. Warlike rhetoric sparking fears of a wider conflict.\n\nWe've been here before: 28 years ago, America and Iran came to blows in the same waters. Ships were attacked, crew members killed and injured.\n\nBefore it was over, an Iranian airliner had been shot out of the sky, by mistake.\n\nThe \"tanker war\" was a moment of high international tension at the end of revolutionary Iran's eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq.\n\nThe two sides had been attacking each other's oil facilities since the mid-1980s.\n\nSoon neutral ships were being hit too, as the warring nations tried to exert economic pressure on the other side. Kuwaiti tankers carrying Iraqi oil were especially vulnerable.\n\nThe US, under Ronald Reagan, was reluctant to get involved. But the situation in the Gulf was becoming increasingly dangerous – a fact underlined when an American warship, the USS Stark, was hit by Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi jet – though Iraqi officials later claimed this was accidental.\n\nBy July 1987, re-registered Kuwaiti tankers, flying the US flag, were being escorted through the Gulf by American warships. In time, it became the biggest naval convoy operation since World War II.\n\nOctober 1987: An escort from the USS Guadalcanal watches a tanker in the Persian Gulf\n\nThen, as now, America and Iran were at loggerheads.\n\nIran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, had been calling America \"The Great Satan\" since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.\n\nWashington was still smarting from the humiliation of seeing 52 of its diplomats held hostage in Tehran for 444 days from 1979 – 1981.\n\nSo even though Iran and Iraq were both responsible for the crisis, the tanker war was quickly part of the simmering, long-running feud between Iran and America.\n\nIt's a feud that has never gone away and which has flared once more in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to apply \"maximum pressure\" after walking away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.\n\nOnce again, the waters either side of the Strait of Hormuz have become the arena in which this almost pathological contest plays out.\n\nWhat, if anything, has changed?\n\n\"Both sides have expanded their capabilities,\" says Dr Martin Navias, author of a book on the tanker war.\n\nIran, he says, is more capable than ever of using mines, submarines and fast boats to attack and damage commercial and military shipping.\n\nAnd it's not just a battle at sea: Iran's ability to shoot down a sophisticated American surveillance drone points to another battle, high overhead.\n\nThe US military identified the drone as a US Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk (file photo)\n\nCould the US and Iran start to exchange serious blows?\n\nIf attacks on tankers escalate, we could see another US-led reflagging and escort operation.\n\nOn 24 July 1987, a re-flagged Kuwaiti tanker hit an Iranian mine on the very first convoy mission. The US deployed more forces and more ships. The two sides were now on a collision course.\n\nIn September, American helicopters attacked an Iranian ship after watching it lay mines at night.\n\nIn the months that followed, more tankers, and a US frigate, were hit. American forces responded with ever greater firepower, destroying Revolutionary Guard bases and attacking Iranian warships.\n\nEventually it ended – but not before an American missile cruiser, the USS Vincennes, mistook an Iranian Airbus A300 for an attacking jet and shot it down, killing all 290 passengers and crew on board.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf killing 290\n\nThe official report into the incident said that \"stress, task fixation (and) an unconscious distortion of data may have played a major role\".\n\nThe US navy invested heavily in technology and training to avoid such catastrophic mistakes in the future.\n\nBut Nick Childs, a naval analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says today's environment, with rivals also exchanging angry salvoes on social media, makes for a febrile atmosphere.\n\n\"The information space has changed,\" he says. \"People get jittery. The danger is that each side is misreading the other.\"\n\nDonald Trump and Hassan Rouhani both say they don't want a war. Hardliners, on both sides, are a little more ambiguous.\n\nDr Navias says we're not yet heading for another tanker war.\n\n\"We're not seeing an anti-shipping campaign, but a signalling campaign,\" he says. \"The Iranians are signalling to the Americans that they could escalate.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter?\n\nFor all the drama of those months in 1987 and 1988, very few tankers were actually sunk and shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz was never seriously disrupted.\n\nNow, 30 years on, the US is far less dependent on Middle Eastern oil. Iran has far more to lose, in terms of imports and exports, from a closure of the Strait.\n\nFor now, another tanker war seems unlikely. But the fact that neither side really wants an all-out confrontation doesn't mean it won't happen.\n\nDr Navias says the dangers are real.\n\n\"This kind of environment is pregnant with possibilities.\"", "In his 1973 song Time, David Bowie famously sang of \"Billy Dolls\".\n\nNow, 50 Golden Years after the release of Space Oddity, a few Changes mean it's a case of Barbie Dolls.\n\nToymakers Mattel have announced a new collectable doll inspired by his signature Ziggy Stardust fashion.\n\nDubbed Barbie as Bowie, the doll is dressed as the late singer's glam-rock alter ego, complete with a pair of red platform boots and topped with his fiery-red mullet.\n\nBowie fans will be Dancing In The Street to know the new figure was created in partnership with the 2019 David Bowie Archive.\n\nThough if they're feeling Under Pressure to buy one, they should be advised the price runs to $50 (£40).\n\nSuch is the price of Fame.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Pam Grossman This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Angela Merkel is seen shaking for a third time in a month\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has been seen shaking for a third time in a month.\n\nVideo footage shows Mrs Merkel trembling, shaking back and forth alongside Finland's prime minister during a ceremony in Berlin on Wednesday.\n\nAfter the incident, Mrs Merkel said she was \"very well\" and there was \"no need to worry\".\n\nA government spokesperson said she would continue meetings as planned.\n\nMrs Merkel, 64, was last seen trembling two weeks ago ahead of a trip to Japan for the G20 summit. She told journalists at the summit she was fine.\n\nOn Wednesday, the chancellor gripped her hands as she tried to control her shaking, standing alongside Prime Minister Antti Rinne.\n\nAccording to the Focus website, the shaking affected her whole body and lasted over a minute.\n\nShe was first seen shaking last month during a welcome ceremony in Berlin for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.\n\nIn a press conference on Wednesday, Mrs Merkel said she was \"working through what happened during the military honours with President Zelensky.\"\n\nShe added: \"This process is clearly not finished yet but there is progress and I must live with this for a while but I am very well and you don't need to worry about me.\"\n\nMrs Merkel's spokeswoman, Ulrike Demmer, was questioned by German media as to why the government had not provided any information on her health. Ms Demmer said she had \"nothing to add\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The first incident was attributed to dehydration\n\nThe chancellor's office has repeatedly dismissed concerns about her health.\n\nBut asked by the Focus website what might be wrong this time, leading Bavarian GP Jakob Berger said the chancellor should undergo urgent health checks. \"Her doctors must now press for some research,\" he said.\n\nFollowing her second shaking incident, another health specialist, Dr Christoph Specht, said that the chancellor could have contracted an infection. He said shivering indicated an infection that was flaring up again.\n\nGerman media have reacted with alarm to Mrs Merkel's health scare. \"The health of Angela Merkel is now a political issue,\" an editorial in the Bild newspaper read.\n\nMrs Merkel is now in her fourth term as chancellor, a role she first began in November 2005. She has said she will leave politics when her current term ends in 2021.\n\nShe has been in good health while in office, and even worked from home after a knee operation in 2011. She also suffered a fall while skiing in 2014. Her absences were only brief on those occasions.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA no-deal Brexit would cause the pound to plummet and be worth the same as the dollar, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has said.\n\nThis would be \"devastating\" for Virgin, and force the group to shift investment out of the UK, he said.\n\nSir Richard also criticised the rail franchising system, saying it stifled entrepreneurs.\n\nThe Department for Transport said rail firms \"clearly see an ability to be entrepreneurial\".\n\nBoris Johnson, the frontrunner in the Tory leadership race, has refused to rule out suspending parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.\n\nBut Sir Richard told the BBC that the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal would cause the pound to slump.\n\n\"The pound was at $1.53 when the referendum took place. The pound today it is at $1.22, $1.23, and the pound will collapse to parity [one for one] with the dollar if there is a hard Brexit,\" he said.\n\nThe businessman, whose portfolio includes airlines, financial services and media companies, expects big losses for all his UK interests, saying it would be \"devastating for many Virgin companies\".\n\n\"It obviously is going to result in us spending a lot less money in Britain, and just putting all our energies into other countries\" he added.\n\nSir Richard warned in December that the UK would be left \"near bankrupt\" if there was a hard Brexit.\n\nHe told the BBC at the time that he was \"absolutely certain\" that leaving the EU without a deal would lead to the closure of \"quite a few British businesses\".\n\nVirgin Atlantic, the group's major airline, has, according to Sir Richard, already suffered substantial loses since the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, due to the drop in the pound against the dollar.\n\n\"All our costs are in dollars. Maintenance, plane costs, pretty well every cost is in dollars. And therefore, the bottom line hit of that was £100m a year, say,\" he said.\n\nA hard Brexit would mean airfreight from Europe to the US would just disappear, he says, \"so that would be another £100m just down the drain\".\n\n\"And I can carry on. There's an enormous list when you look at each Virgin company.\"\n\nSterling has had a tough week, falling to its lowest point in two years.\n\nIt dropped below $1.25 after succumbing to political and economic pressures.\n\nVirgin Trains, the franchise that has run on the West Coast Mainline for 22 years, will end in March next year.\n\nAfter a dispute with the Department for Transport over who should bear pension risk, in April, Virgin and its operating partner Stagecoach were disqualified from rebidding to operate on the line.\n\nSir Richard said train companies should contribute to the pension deficit, but shouldn't have an open-ended risk.\n\nHe added: \"I'm very disappointed for everybody who works for Virgin Trains. They've done an extraordinary job over 22 years. Sad that a great company may be coming to an end.\"\n\nHe said he was working on \"open access\" for Virgin Trains on the West Coast Mainline, which would let the firm operate a pared-down service.\n\nSir Richard also said the railway franchising system was \"a real mess\", adding that it was too constrictive.\n\n\"The Department for Transport, in their wisdom, give you massive long lists of dos and don'ts, and it's very difficult to be entrepreneurial, and that's sad,\" he said.\n\nBut an official from the Department for Transport said: \"We are sorry to see Virgin leave the UK rail industry having failed to put forward a compliant bid.\n\n\"Other companies have done so and the remaining bidders in current competitions clearly see an ability to be entrepreneurial on the railways.\n\n\"The recent winning bid on the East Midlands franchise accepted the pensions terms and will deliver significant benefits for passengers, transforming their journeys.\"", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was stabbed to death at her house in Raymead Avenue, Croydon\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of the murders of a pregnant woman and her baby son who died days after being delivered.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months pregnant, was stabbed to death in her home in Croydon on 29 June.\n\nHer son Riley was delivered by paramedics but died on 3 July.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said a 25-year-old man had been arrested and was being held at a central London police station.\n\nHe is the third man to be arrested on suspicion of the murders.\n\nA 37-year-old was released with no further action while a 29-year-old was bailed until a date in August.\n\nMs Fauvrelle's baby was named Riley after he was delivered by paramedics\n\nPolice were called by the London Ambulance Service at 03:30 BST to Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, where Ms Fauvrelle was in cardiac arrest.\n\nDespite the efforts of paramedics, she died at the scene.\n\nMs Fauvrelle's family - including her mother, two brothers, sister and sister's baby son - were all at the home at the time of the attack and were woken by her screams. However, none of them saw her attacker.\n\nHer son was delivered at the scene but died in hospital.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flooding in Dingwall after month's rain falls in a few hours\n\nParts of Dingwall in the Highlands were flooded after more than a month's worth of rain fell in just a few hours on Wednesday evening.\n\nThe town, along with other parts of northern and eastern Scotland, were affected by thundery downpours.\n\nFurther heavy rain has been forecast for Thursday afternoon and evening and a Met Office yellow \"be aware\" warning is in place.\n\nThey are mostly for northern and eastern areas of Scotland, including Caithness and Sutherland, Easter Ross, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Tayside and Edinburgh and Lothians.\n\nBBC Scotland weather presenter Kirsteen Macdonald said the most rainfall recorded in 24 hours on Wednesday was 46mm at Cassley in Sutherland.\n\nShe said Dingwall had a total of almost 47mm over 36-hour period.\n\nA lightning strike is suspected to have caused a power supply fault affecting about 300 properties in the Tomatin area south of Inverness.\n\nScottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has warned of possible disruption to electricity supplies throughout the day on Thursday because of the expected bad weather.\n\nThe energy company said lightning had been recorded around Tomatin and Grantown-on-Spey.\n\nThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said Dingwall in Easter Ross was among the places worst affected by the rain.\n\nVincent Fitzsimons told BBC radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: \"Over a month's worth of rain fell between teatime and nightfall, flooding the high street, while places nearby saw next to nothing.\"\n\nHe urged the public to heed Met Office and Sepa warnings and to follow advice from the emergency services if they encountered flooding.\n\nSSEN said its network was \"standing up\" to weather conditions being experienced in the north of Scotland.\n\nIts engineers hope to have power restored to affected properties in Tomatin by about 16:00.\n\nA spokeswoman said: \"We'd like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank our customers for their patience as our engineers work to restore power as quickly as possible.\n\n\"Our network is currently holding up well to the conditions, and we are well prepared and resourced to respond quickly to any damage as the weather front passes through the country today.\"\n\nClearing up in Dingwall following Wednesday's flooding\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Seumas Milne and Jennie Formby have been accused of interfering in the disciplinary process\n\nLabour's deputy leader Tom Watson has said he \"deplored\" his party's response to claims that some of Jeremy Corbyn's closest allies tried to interfere in disciplinary processes involving allegations of anti-Semitism.\n\nLabour has insisted the claims in Wednesday's Panorama were inaccurate and made by \"disaffected\" former staff.\n\nBut Mr Watson said dismissing the testimony of the staff was \"wrong\".\n\nAnd Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said the leadership was \"directly complicit\".\n\nBut shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the \"serious charges\" were being \"hotly contested\", and the process of dealing with complaints in the party had been \"improved dramatically\".\n\nLabour's disputes team is supposed to operate independently from the party's political structures, including the leader's office.\n\nBBC Panorama spoke to former party officials, who alleged they had to deal with a huge increase in anti-Semitism complaints since Mr Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015.\n\nSome of the staff spoke to the programme despite having signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) when they left.\n\nEight former officials who worked in the team and dealt with anti-Semitism cases claimed to the BBC that:\n\nLabour has rejected claims of interference and described the programme as \"seriously inaccurate\" and \"politically one-sided\".\n\nMr McDonnell - a close ally of Mr Corbyn - said current staff had put in complaints to the BBC about the accusations made in the Panorama programme.\n\n\"I have always said from the very beginning [the process of dealing with complaints] was too slow and not ruthless enough, but it has improved dramatically now,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I think it is important that we listen to what has been said and look ourselves at what is happening, but what we've got now is two groups of staff challenging the accuracy of [the accusations] so we will have to look at that.\"\n\nBut Labour's shadow women and equalities minister Dawn Butler - who is a supporter of Mr Corbyn - said the party \"must acknowledge the deep hurt caused to our Jewish brothers and sisters\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by (((Dawn Butler MP))) This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThree Labour MPs - Ruth Smeeth, Margaret Hodge and Louise Ellman - have written to Mr Corbyn, saying there is \"no justifiable reason for your continuing failure to act\".\n\nThey added: \"The ongoing inaction and tolerance of anti-Semitism has made a mockery of the party's core values of anti-racism and promoting equality. By ignoring this issue, you are turning a blind eye to anti-Jewish racism in the party\".\n\nMr Watson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the party needed new measures to tackle anti-Semitism - including automatic expulsion of members.\n\n\"In the last four years since Jeremy and I were elected leader and deputy leader of the party, there is a growing belief that there is a sickness in our party, that this kind of abuse has been in some way allowed, that there is almost a permissive culture that people can use anti-Jewish racist language... that we have failed to address adequately,\" he said.\n\nAsked if he thought Mr Corbyn had what it takes to fix the party, Mr Watson said: \"Not only do I think he can fix it, I think he is the only one who can fix it.\"\n\nHe added: \"I am not going to turn a blind eye to anti-Jewish racism. I am going to call it out, day in, day out, until action is taken.\n\n\"That might cause great difficulty for my colleagues in the shadow cabinet who are also collectively responsible for this, but until we have dealt with it, until we have actually changed our rules, until we have actually attacked the culture at its root cause, then I am not going to resile.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Tom Watson told Today he no longer has access to anti-Semitism figures\n\nChief Rabbi Mirvis tweeted a statement after Panorama aired, saying the programme \"must be a watershed moment in this agonising saga\".\n\nHe added: \"This is no longer a question of the leadership's inability to deal with the scourge of anti-Semitism, but of its direct complicity in it.\n\n\"The cloud of hatred and acrimony that this creates must be lifted from our politics and from our society.\n\n\"Quite simply, we cannot go on like this.\"\n\nIn May, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) launched a formal investigation to look into whether Labour had \"unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish\".\n\nThe Jewish Labour Movement said on Thursday that more than 30 whistleblowers, including current Labour staff, would submit evidence to the inquiry.\n\nOther MPs and peers in the party also offered their support to the former staff in the Panorama documentary, adding that it showed Labour was failing to effectively tackle anti-Semitism in its ranks.\n\nLabour peer Lord Falconer said the leadership had to \"change gear\" over the issue.\n\nFellow Labour peer Lord Levy, a former party fundraiser under ex-PM Tony Blair and a leading voice in the British Jewish community, said the party should feel ashamed of what was going on.\n\nThe Board of Deputies of British Jews said the Panorama programme added weight to the group's suspicion that the issue of anti-Semitism had been \"treated with disdain\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nLabour has been engulfed in a long-running dispute over anti-Semitism within its ranks, which has led nine MPs and three peers to leave the party.\n\nThe leadership has been accused of failing to get to grips with the problem, with allegations of hundreds of complaints against members remaining unresolved.\n\nBut Labour said it \"completely\" rejected any claims it was anti-Semitic.\n\nIt accused the Panorama programme of being a \"seriously inaccurate, politically one-sided polemic, which breached basic journalistic standards, invented quotes and edited emails to change their meaning\".\n\nThe party said that \"no proper and serious attempt was made to understand our current procedures for dealing with anti-Semitism, which is clearly essential to reach a fair and balanced judgement\".\n\nIt added: \"Since Jennie Formby became general secretary the rate at which anti-Semitism cases have been dealt with has increased more than fourfold.\n\n\"We will build on the improvements to our procedures made under Jennie Formby, and continue to act against this repugnant form of racism.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jewish Labour Party members told the BBC’s Panorama about their experiences of anti-Semitism in the party", "Two communities have expressed an interest in buying some or all of the land\n\nTwo community groups are weighing up bids for a large swathe of land in southern Scotland.\n\nBuccleuch announced its intention earlier this year to sell off about 25,000 acres of its Borders Estate.\n\nIt has now confirmed that two communities have expressed an interest in buying some or all of the land.\n\nIt said it was holding talks with the groups and had decided to \"create a window\" for them to consider their options up until March next year.\n\nBuccleuch had intended to put the land on the market in August but will delay that move\n\nThe area involved stretches from Auchenrivock in the south to Hartsgarth in the north - much of it currently part of the group's farming operations.\n\nBuccleuch, which represents the interests of the Buccleuch family, said the land included a \"small number\" of farm tenancies which would continue under any new ownership along with blocks of forestry.\n\nThe area involved also contains Langholm Moor which has been the site of two major scientific projects into moorland management.\n\nExecutive chairman Benny Higgins said they had opened consultation on 30 May with a view to putting the land on the market in August if there was no registered interest.\n\nLangholm Moor was previously the site of two scientific projects looking at moorland management\n\nHowever, two communities have \"expressed a desire to reflect on whether or not they may wish to bid for some or all of the land that is to be sold\".\n\nMr Higgins said they had now decided to \"create a window\" until the end of March 2020 to allow communities to develop a successful bid.\n\nIf that does not happen, Buccleuch will continue with the planned marketing of the land.\n\nOne of the communities involved has described it as the \"opportunity of a lifetime\".\n\nBarbara Elborn, secretary of Newcastleton and District Community Trust (NDCT), said: \"The south of Scotland has lagged well behind other parts of Scotland in acquiring land for its communities, this is now our time.\n\n\"The challenge this presents us is huge but NDCT, the wider community and our neighbours, will do our utmost to ensure that the time granted to us is used to explore the opportunity this affords us as a community.\"\n\nAndrew Thin, who chairs the Scottish Land Commission, has welcomed the move.\n\nHe said it was a \"great example\" of how landowners could work effectively with communities to make the most of the local land.\n\nHe added: \"It is good to see the possibility of negotiated transfer open up and we encourage both the estate and the communities to make the most of this opportunity.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Visitors will not be allowed to climb Uluru from October\n\nTourists to Australia's Uluru have drawn controversy for seeking to climb the sacred indigenous site in the months ahead of a ban on the practice.\n\nPhotos circulating online show lines of people snaking up Uluru, with some social media users comparing it to recent scenes on Mount Everest.\n\nIt has been criticised as disrespectful to Aboriginal people, who have long asked tourists not to climb.\n\nLocals say some tourists are dumping waste and camping illegally nearby.\n\nIn 2017, the board of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park voted unanimously to end the climb because of the spiritual significance of the site. The ban will come into effect in October.\n\nThe giant red monolith, known previously as Ayers Rock, has seen a rise in visitors since the decision was announced.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rohan Barwick This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGlenn Minett, who photographed crowds on Uluru this week, told the BBC that a nearby campground appeared to be \"bursting at the seams\". He added that several tourists had also been camping in truck stops in the area.\n\n\"There is only one toilet block at the base of Uluru and the drains were blocked,\" he said.\n\nTourism Central Australia chief executive Stephen Schwer told the ABC that an \"influx of drive travel\" had generated increased waste.\n\n\"[Visitors] think they're doing a good thing by free camping along the way; what they are actually doing is trespassing on pastoralist and joint-managed and protected land, and a lot of people don't seem to be getting that message,\" he said.\n\nMany online criticised the climbers for not respecting the wishes of the Anangu people, the custodians of the land.\n\nOne critic, Sally Rugg, tweeted: \"Can you imagine if people started climbing over the Australian War Memorial?\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This year marks 31 years since Uluru was given back to the indigenous people\n\nSigns at the beginning of the climb request people abstain from going up as a mark of respect.\n\n\"It is an extremely important place, not a playground or theme park like Disneyland,\" board chairman and Anangu man Sammy Wilson said in 2017, when the ban was announced.\n\nParks Australia said the park received 70,000 more visitors in 2018 than it had the previous year. Statistics for recent months are not yet available.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn pay tribute to Sir Kim Darroch's service\n\nSir Kim Darroch has resigned as UK ambassador to the US, as a row over leaked emails critical of President Trump's administration escalates.\n\nTheresa May said Sir Kim's departure was \"a matter of deep regret\" after the ambassador said it was \"impossible\" for him to continue.\n\nTory leadership candidate Boris Johnson has faced strong criticism for failing to fully support him.\n\nPresident Trump said on Monday that the US would not deal with Sir Kim.\n\nThe US president had branded him \"a very stupid guy\" after confidential emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nIn a letter to the Foreign Office, Sir Kim said he wanted to end speculation about his position: \"The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.\"\n\nHis resignation has prompted widespread support for Sir Kim as well as criticism of Tory frontrunner Boris Johnson.\n\nAccording to some Whitehall sources, Sir Kim decided to resign after Mr Johnson refused to support him during the Tory leadership debate on Tuesday night, said BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale.\n\nMr Johnson was asked repeatedly by fellow leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt whether he would keep Sir Kim in post if he became prime minister, but refused to answer.\n\nIt is understood Mr Johnson spoke to Sir Kim on the phone on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nSources close to Mr Johnson said that he praised Sir Kim's dedication and hard work and claimed the conversation was warm and cordial.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US\n\nFollowing Sir Kim's resignation, Mr Johnson said he was \"a superb diplomat\" and whoever was responsible for the leak \"has done a grave disservice to our civil servants\".\n\nAsked why he was not more supportive of Sir Kim, he said it was \"wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena\".\n\nEurope Minister Sir Alan Duncan - who backs Mr Hunt in the leadership contest - said it was \"contemptible negligence\" of Mr Johnson not to support Sir Kim.\n\n\"He's basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under a bus to serve his own personal interests,\" he said.\n\nHowever, Sir Michael Fallon - a supporter of Mr Johnson - told BBC Newsnight Sir Kim's position became untenable \"long before the debate on Tuesday night\" and he understands the ambassador did not watch it.\n\nThe backlash against Mr Johnson was \"a shabby attempt to politicise\" the affair and the leadership contender had \"made it clear he supports all our diplomats\", he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Sir Alan Duncan says Boris Johnson has \"thrown our top diplomat under a bus\"\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mr Johnson wanted a \"sweetheart trade deal\" with the US and his lack of support for Sir Kim \"shows he won't stand up to Donald Trump\".\n\nTory MP and chairman of the Commons' foreign affairs committee Tom Tugendhat said in a tweet: \"Leaders stand up for their men. They encourage them to try and defend them when they fail.\"\n\nFellow Tory leadership candidate and Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt told the BBC Sir Kim was \"doing his job\" and his resignation was \"a black day for British diplomacy\".\n\nMrs May said Sir Kim had had the full backing of the cabinet and he was owed an \"enormous debt of gratitude\" for his \"lifetime of service\" to the UK.\n\nPublic servants should be able to give \"full and frank advice\", she added.\n\nSo was it Boris Johnson what done it? Was the failure of the former foreign secretary to defend Sir Kim in last night's Tory leadership debate the crucial factor in the ambassador's decision to resign?\n\nWithout Sir Kim speaking publicly on the subject, we are reliant on others to speak for him.\n\nAnd certainly, according to well-placed sources in Whitehall, Mr Johnson's decision to avoid criticising President Trump and his lack of support for Sir Kim was said to be the straw that broke the camel's back.\n\nIf you are an embattled diplomat under fire from your host country, you need cover from London. And if that is lacking from the man tipped to be your next boss, you realise the writing is on the wall.\n\nCertainly, there is genuine anger across Westminster and Whitehall at Mr Johnson's refusal six times last night to come to the aid of our man in Washington.\n\nMr Johnson's supporters have offered varying counter theories. Some have accused Mr Hunt's supporters of politicising the resignation.\n\nOthers have insisted that the decision had been made before the debate, once Mr Trump declared he would no longer deal with Sir Kim.\n\nRealising they were on the receiving end of potentially damaging criticism, Mr Johnson's aides also let it be known that he called Sir Kim this afternoon and praised his dedication and hard work.\n\nThe problem is that few in Westminster were giving much credence to these defences.\n\nIn the House of Commons, Theresa May pointedly urged MPs to \"reflect on the importance of defending our values and principles, particularly when they are under pressure\".\n\nIt was not hard to decipher what she was talking about.\n\nHead of the diplomatic service Sir Simon McDonald said it was the first time in his career that a head of state had refused to work with a British ambassador.\n\nHe described the leak as \"malicious\" and told Sir Kim: \"You are the best of us.\"\n\nRepublican Senator Lindsey Graham - a supporter of President Trump - said Sir Kim had done \"an outstanding job\" as ambassador and his resignation was \"a chilling moment\".\n\n\"Ambassadors need to be able to talk to their governments without fear of being compromised,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson pictured with Sir Kim in 2017 while he was in Washington DC as foreign secretary\n\nIn a letter to Sir Kim, Cabinet Secretary and civil service head Sir Mark Sedwill said that while he understood his reasons for resigning it was \"a matter of enormous regret that you were put in this position after a shocking betrayal of trust\".\n\nCabinet Office Minister David Lidington said he was \"enraged\" by the situation and morale in the senior ranks of the civil service had taken \"a very heavy blow\".\n\nFormer head of the civil service Lord O'Donnell told the BBC Sir Kim's successor could be chosen within two weeks - while Mrs May is still prime minister.\n\nPresident Trump could well wake up this morning thinking he has the power to veto who the UK has as its ambassador.\n\nIt wasn't his more colourful remarks on Twitter that really ended Sir Kim's time, but Mr Trump's public announcement that he would no longer work with him.\n\nThe effects of that were felt immediately. There was a banquet that Sir Kim was immediately dis-invited from. Next, he couldn't attend an event with minister Liam Fox.\n\nIt was clear he was being frozen out and for an ambassador access is everything. Without it, it's impossible to do the job.\n\nMore broadly, it's like this... There's never been parity in the special relationship between the UK and US - it's never been a relationship of equals but right now it seems particularly lopsided.\n\nThe US knows that Britain is fairly isolated right now internationally and needs the US more than ever. Donald Trump has wielded that power mercilessly in this row.\n\nIn the emails leaked to the Mail on Sunday, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true.\n\nThe government has opened an internal inquiry into the publication of the memos and police have been urged to open a criminal investigation.\n\nDowning Street confirmed there had been some \"initial discussions\" with police regarding the leak and if there was concern about criminal activity they would become involved \"more formally\".\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said it was \"deeply worrying\" diplomatic cables had ended up in the public domain.", "Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as British Ambassador to the United States. Here is the full text of his letter to Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:\n\n\"Since the leak of official documents from this Embassy there has been a great deal of speculation surrounding my position and the duration of my remaining term as ambassador. I want to put an end to that speculation. The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like.\n\n\"Although my posting is not due to end until the end of this year, I believe in the current circumstances the responsible course is to allow the appointment of a new ambassador.\n\n\"I am grateful to all those in the UK and the US, who have offered their support during this difficult few days. This has brought home to me the depth of friendship and close ties between our two countries. I have been deeply touched.\n\n\"I am also grateful to all those with whom I have worked over the last four decades, particularly my team here in the US. The professionalism and integrity of the British civil service is the envy of the world. I will leave it full of confidence that its values remain in safe hands.\"\n\n\"On behalf of the Diplomatic Service, I accept your resignation with deep personal regret.\n\n\"Over the last few difficult days you have behaved as you have always behaved over a long and distinguished career, with dignity, professionalism and class. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and whole of the public service have stood with you: you were the target of a malicious leak; you were simply doing your job. I understand your wish to relieve the pressure on your family and your colleagues at the Embassy; I admire the fact that you think more of others than yourself. You demonstrate the essence of the values of British public service.\n\n\"I want to stress my deep appreciation for all you have done over the last four decades. In a series of demanding roles - including National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative to the European Union - you have loyally served the government of the day without fear or favour. We have been lucky to have you as a friend and colleague. You are the best of us.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'CHA robbed me of my ability to carry my child'\n\nA US couple are suing a fertility clinic, saying the company implanted their embryo into a different woman.\n\nThe woman gave birth to twins in March, only for DNA tests to allegedly show the babies were not related to her or even to each other.\n\nAnni and Ashot Manukyan have now taken custody of one of the children.\n\nBoth the Manukyans in California and the unnamed couple in New York who gave birth to the babies are suing CHA Fertility Center.\n\nThe company has not yet commented on the lawsuits.\n\n\"CHA robbed me of my ability to carry my own child, my baby boy,\" Anni Manukyan told a press conference. \"Who wants to meet their child in a lobby of a hotel?\"\n\nThe second baby boy allegedly comes from the egg and sperm of a third, unrelated couple. Court filings reportedly say the birth couple ceded custody of the child, and that the clinic has made contact with his biological parents - although they have not come forward publicly.\n\nThe New York couple - identified only as AP and YZ in the lawsuit to protect them from \"embarrassment and humiliation\" - gave birth to two boys who were not of Asian descent, as they are.\n\nEarlier signs during the course of the pregnancy also suggested something was wrong. Scans showed they were giving birth to boys, despite doctors saying they had used female embryos.\n\nThe unnamed New York couple said they turned to IVF after years of trying to have children\n\nMs and Mr Manukyan had unsuccessfully gone through IVF in August 2018 using an embryo they thought was theirs. The pair say they were then asked to take a DNA test after the birth of the twins in March.\n\nTheir lawsuit says the couple then discovered \"much to their horror\" that their son had been \"implanted into a stranger that later became his birth mother\".\n\nThe couple then had to fight in the courts to reclaim their child, after the birth couple gave him up.\n\n\"What about the woman, you know? What is she going through right now?\" Ms Manukyan told broadcaster CBS News. \"Thank God we got our child back but she ended up with nothing.\"\n\nThe California lawsuit alleges negligence and emotional distress, as well as claiming CHA Fertility broke a state law preventing the use of embryos for any purpose other than that consented to by the provider.\n\nConviction on that charge could reportedly carry a prison sentence of between three and five years.\n\nYou may also be interested in:", "Spaceport 1 has been proposed for a site in North Uist\n\nPlans to launch satellites into space from a site in North Uist threaten a \"pristine section of wild Atlantic coastline\", say conservationists.\n\nLocal authority Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is working with Ministry of Defence contractor QinetiQ and others on the project planned for Scolpaig.\n\nThe comhairle says the site would help boost the isles' economy and could create up to 70 jobs.\n\nThe campaigners said the land would be lost to concrete structures and have also raised concerns about the potential impact on St Kilda.\n\nSt Kilda lies about 40 miles (64km) west of North Uist, the nearest inhabited place to the archipelago.\n\nThe conservation group is calling on islanders to send written objections to the local authority.\n\nThe comhairle said it was aware of the concerns, but also of support for the project within the local community.\n\nPublic information meetings on the plans are due to be held in mid-August.\n\nA council spokesman said: \"The planning application has been lodged with the comhairle and will be determined in the usual public way, with the opportunity being given for all interested parties to make representations.\n\n\"The planning process itself is inherently consultative, as it gives the requisite levels of detail of the proposed development, and invites comments on them.\n\n\"The application will be determined in the same way, and using the same professional standards, as any other planning application.\"\n\nThe comhairle has agreed to invest about £1m to purchase the land needed and test launches could be carried out later this year.\n\nQinetiQ, which operates the nearby Ministry of Defence Hebrides Rocket Range, is a partner in the project.\n\nHighlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and consultancy Commercial Space Technologies are also involved.\n\nIn March, three companies were appointed to work on the design of the spaceport proposed for land on the Melness Crofters Estate in Sutherland.\n\nLike the North Uist project, the site would be used for vertical launches of small satellites.\n\nHIE is heading up the £17,5m Space Hub Sutherland project.\n\nUnst, Scotland's most northerly island, has been proposed as the location for the Shetland spaceport.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I couldn't believe it was 166 weeks'\n\nA County Antrim woman who was told she would have to wait 166 weeks to see an orthopaedic consultant has said she is shocked and distressed.\n\nSandra Condon, who is a nurse, said she is in chronic pain.\n\nMrs Condon said she could not believe that she would have to wait more than three years to be seen \"and then potentially three to four years after that for surgery\".\n\n\"I honestly had to ask the girl to repeat that,\" she said.\n\nHer comments come after a report from the Nuffield Trust, an independent think tank, said that Northern Ireland's political deadlock and a \"top-down approach\" are frustrating efforts to help sick people.\n\nA patient in Northern Ireland is nearly 50 times as likely to be waiting over a year for care than one in Wales, the next worst performer, according to the report.\n\nThe worsening waiting list situation is further underlined in South Eastern Health Trust figures, seen by BBC News NI.\n\nThey show that children who may have a life-threatening allergy are being expected to wait 232 weeks to see a consultant.\n\nMeanwhile, the BMA in NI said it was are concerned that doctors are starting to refuse to work beyond their contracted hours.\n\nIt is because of unexpected tax bills following new pension rules in 2016.\n\nDr Alan Stout, the chairman of the BMA's GP Committee, said: \"In Northern Ireland we are very reliant - particularly with the waiting lists as they are - on consultants doing extra shifts and trying to clear the back-log, also across the health service on GPs doing out of hours shifts.\n\n\"So something that stops people doing that is going to have an inevitable consequence on those waiting times.\"\n\nA Department of Health spokesperson said they were closely monitoring the situation.\n\n\"Concerns about potential impacts on service provision have been raised with us by trusts and the BMA.\n\n\"Taxation - including pension taxation - is a reserved matter and decisions on tax relief on pension contributions are taken by the Treasury.\n\n\"Department of Health officials are in close contact with counterparts in England and Wales on this issue. \"\n\nThe Department of Health in England said it wanted to make NHS pensions more flexible for senior clinicians.\n\nThe spokesperson also said important progress had been made in transforming health and social care services in spite of political and budgetary uncertainty.\n\nThe hard-hitting Nuffield Trust report included information from clinicians and health service leaders from both inside and outside Northern Ireland.\n\nOn leadership, it highlights a culture of \"tight command and control at the heart of the system\", with contributors suggesting a top-down approach does not allow for change.\n\nIt said the \"political deadlock and culture of centralisation\" are \"impending reform\".\n\nIt's been three years since the Bengoa review, which outlined how to improve Northern Ireland's health service.\n\nPace of change has been slow despite all political parties at Stormont signing up to the transformation of how services are delivered.\n\nThe Department of Health insisted much work was going on behind the scenes and that \"significant investment\" is required to address the waiting list backlog.\n\n\"The department cannot spend money it does not have,\" it said.\n\nThe report's co-author and Nuffield Trust policy analyst Mark Dayan said officials are committed to change but \"to keep on pushing from the top risks making things worse\".\n\nProf Deirdre Heenan, the report's co-author, said the waiting lists were a \"national scandal\"\n\nMr Dayan said that without elected leaders \"things grind to a halt because officials don't have the legitimacy to make tough calls\".\n\nCo-author Prof Deirdre Heenan said the \"spiralling waiting lists in Northern Ireland represent a major breach of public trust in the NHS\".\n\nShe told the BBC that the waiting list figures are a \"national scandal\".\n\nPeople like Mrs Condon say they are forgotten about.\n\n\"We don't have Stormont sitting at the moment so who is taking this forward? Who is fighting for the people who need to be seen?\" she asked.\n\nCommenting on Mrs Condon's treatment, the Belfast Health Trust said that in most cases patients are seen in chronological order in terms of urgency but that if a specialist deems a referral \"clinically urgent\", then patients will be seen within 10 weeks.\n\nIt said \"demand to see a shoulder surgeon greatly outweighs\" the trust's capacity but that it had hired a specialist physiotherapist to run \"clinics with shoulder surgeons\" to increase capacity.\n\n\"We would like to take this opportunity to apologise again to the significant and growing numbers of patients who remain on the current waiting lists,\" it added.\n\nGrainne Doran, from the Royal College of GPs, said people are becoming accustomed to lengthy lists.\n\n\"We now need to step back and say we need to urgently get rid of the long lists and work out how we can stop them happening again,\" she added.\n\nLong waits are causing more people to go private, with demand so high that it has pushed two of Northern Ireland's private hospitals into the top 20 busiest in the UK for dealing with joint surgery.\n\nKingsbridge Private Hospital is 9th while the Ulster Independent Clinic is 16th, in the National Joint Registry's list of over 200 private hospitals.", "Retailers should remove plastic-backed fridges and freezers from sale, according to a consumer group, as new, tougher manufacturing rules come in.\n\nThe testing standard has changed, making the manufacture of plastic-backed appliances far less likely.\n\nNow Which? wants to see such products still on sale removed from the shelves as it said they posed a fire risk.\n\nBut the manufacturers' trade body said it was \"misleading to infer they are dangerous\".\n\n\"It is disappointing that the public is being unnecessarily alarmed by a routine safety upgrade and there is no reason that the existing stock should not be sold,\" said Sian Lewis, acting chief executive of the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances (AMDEA).\n\nThe previous British Standard requires refrigeration appliances to pass a glow wire test to assess their fire resistance. This involves putting a hot wire through a sample of the fridge or freezer backing material to determine if it catches alight.\n\nUnder the new standard a product will be required to withstand a naked flame for 30 seconds.\n\nIn previous testing of metal and aluminium laminate-backed fridges, none caught alight after the 30-second test. The London Fire Brigade also said that fire developed on plastic-backed appliances much quicker.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Is your fridge or freezer a fire risk?\n\nBecause of the fridge-freezer's height - usually about 1.8m - a fire starts some way above the ground and can draw in oxygen more easily.\n\nIt burns fast, the heat is extreme, so other parts of the kitchen soon reach ignition temperature and the fire quickly spreads.\n\nThat smoke can knock someone unconscious in seconds.\n\nThe source of the Grenfell Tower fire was thought to be a fridge-freezer with plastic-backing in a fourth-floor flat. A subsequent investigation found the appliance carried a low fire risk, but the results of the fire were catastrophic. A public inquiry into the disaster is ongoing.\n\nAlthough fires remain rare, Which? wants remaining plastic-backed appliances to be removed from sale.\n\n\"These fire-risk products have been banned in the US for years, so new standards that will ensure they can no longer be manufactured for sale in the UK are long overdue,\" said Natalie Hitchins, from Which?.\n\n\"But it is deeply concerning that retailers may continue to sell these potentially dangerous models for many months to get rid of existing stock.\"\n\nHowever, trade body AMDEA said safety standards were reviewed and regularly revised when technology allowed it.\n\n\"From today all products manufactured will meet the new standard. However it is disingenuous to infer that products previously made to the former standard are banned and misleading to infer they are dangerous,\" acting chief executive Ms Lewis said.\n\n\"There are an estimated 50.6 million fridges and freezers in use in our homes. Many of these appliances are surprisingly old, yet domestic fires started by fridges are very rare.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Business said: \"Public safety is always our highest priority, and the law places a strict responsibility on manufacturers to make sure fridge freezers are safe before they are put on sale.\n\n\"The UK government and leading experts have driven the development of this new standard and we support manufacturers in ensuring the highest product safety.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The school closure is 'quite shocking and worrying'\n\nA school has been forced to close after concerns about the possible risk of a landslide from quarry spoil.\n\nA \"medium\" risk has been identified to Godre'r Graig Primary School near Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot, parents have been told.\n\nResidents in nearby Pantteg moved out of their terraced homes in 2017 due to concerns over landslips.\n\nWork to relocate to a single school site by September is under way and the summer holiday was brought forward.\n\nTeachers at the small village school were told on Thursday afternoon and children were given letters to take home to parents.\n\nCouncil leader Rob Jones said when he became aware of the risk his first thoughts were about an incident involving another school which ended in tragedy.\n\nIn 1966, the Aberfan disaster claimed 144 lives, including 116 children, when a coal tip slid down the mountainside, engulfing a school and the village.\n\nPlans were drawn up in 2017 to consider merging Godre'r Graig primary with three others to create a new super school\n\nHe said the hillside around Godre'r Graig was known locally as a \"moving mountain\" which had been an issue for more than a century.\n\nAnd over the years a number of homes have had to be demolished in the Pantteg and Godre'r Graig areas.\n\nThe letter to parents said the closure decision had been taken based on concerns arising from a geological survey.\n\n\"Further investigative work is needed and, as a precautionary measure, the school will close early for summer,\" it said.\n\n\"We will be keeping parents informed of developments and arrangements made to relocate all pupils and staff on to an alternative single site ready for September.\"\n\nCopy of the letter sent to parents\n\nMr Jones said he convened an emergency meeting with staff on Wednesday to discuss the report and a decision was then taken to shut the school and to extend the holidays by a further week.\n\n\"All the actions we have taken in this area are in order to protect and save life and when we are talking about children in a school, even low risk to me is too high a risk,\" he said.\n\n\"But I have got to stress that these are preliminary findings and even with preliminary findings, I'm not prepared to take any risk where children are concerned.\n\n\"I think anyone will draw comparisons to, shall I say, schools that have been involved in this type of disaster previously and the potential of a disaster taking place here, and that was my first thought,\" he said.\n\nDuring the last school inspection in 2017 there were 158 pupils, from nursery school age up to 11.\n\nPlans were drawn up in 2017 to consider merging Godre'r Graig primary with three others to create a new super school.\n\nResidents were forced out of 11 homes in 2017 due to safety concerns\n\nThe first big landslip in years happened in Pantteg in 2012\n\nThousands of tonnes of rock, soil and trees slipped down the hillside near houses on Cyfyng Road, in 2012, before further landslides caused some gardens to drop away in 2017.\n\nResidents of 11 terraced homes were then issued with a prohibition order requiring them to move.\n\nBut one man ended up in court after returning to carry out repairs to his home.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland surged into their first World Cup final for 27 years with a sensational eight-wicket demolition of Australia at Edgbaston.\n\nThe hosts will have the chance to lift the trophy for the first time when they meet New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday.\n\nA first win in a World Cup knockout match since 1992 was secured over the defending champions on a day that will live long in the memory, justifiably alongside anything from the 2005 Ashes or the 2010-11 tour of Australia.\n\nIt was built on a riotous opening seven overs, when Australia were reduced to 14-3 by the new-ball brilliance of Chris Woakes and Jofra Archer.\n\nSteve Smith, so often England's nemesis, held Australia together with 85, helping them to a total of 223 that at least gave them something to bowl at.\n\nBut home nerves over the menacing presence of Mitchell Starc were allayed by a prolific opening partnership between Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow, who added 124 for the first wicket.\n\nRoy crashed 85 before Joe Root and Eoin Morgan took England to their target with 17.5 overs to spare.\n\nThe ease of England's progression to the final was such a contrast to the group-stage defeat by Australia that left them on the brink of elimination.\n\nSince then they have beaten India, New Zealand and turned in this, their best performance of the tournament to date.\n\nThey will start the final, which will be shown as free-to-air on Channel 4, as firm favourites to be crowned world champions.\n• None 'Souped-up, fire-breathing, chest-beating England can go all the way'\n\nUntil Saturday's final round of group games, England were set to play India in this match.\n\nAlthough they would never admit it, the opportunity to play their oldest enemies at a ground where Australia have no win of any kind since 2001 and England had won their previous 10 matches was absolutely perfect.\n\nThe toss seemed like a huge boost for Aaron Finch's men - batting first has been a big advantage in the tournament - but that was to discount the carnage that would follow.\n\nEdgbaston exploded with noise as Finch, David Warner and Peter Handscomb were removed, cheers that were matched in volume by the boos for Warner and Smith.\n\nAlthough Smith ensured what the crowd knew could have been a tricky chase - they cheered as Roy defended Starc's first over - Roy injected belief with an outrageous flick for six off the left-armer.\n\nAs it became clearer that England were strolling, the party moved through the gears.\n\nStarc was serenaded with the song that tortured Mitchell Johnson, and the Hollies Stand howled as Smith was launched for three consecutive sixes by Roy.\n\nBy the end, as the rain fell, the whole of Edgbaston was telling the world that cricket is coming home.\n• None Relive the best clips and reaction to England's victory\n\nMagnificent England peaking at the right time\n\nThis was a complete display by England, who were magnificent with the ball, sharp in the field and dominant with the bat.\n\nWoakes (3-20) and Archer (2-32) nipped the new ball around on a full length. Archer trapped Finch lbw with his first ball, Woakes got one to climb that Warner fended to first slip, then bowled Handscomb through the gate.\n\nArcher also left Alex Carey needing stitches from a blow to the chin, but the left-hander recovered to make 46 in a stand of 103 with Smith.\n\nAt 117-3, the game was delicately poised, before Carey needlessly holed out off Adil Rashid, who removed Marcus Stoinis in the same over and later had Pat Cummins caught at slip in a lovely spell of 3-54.\n\nSmith remained through it all, only to be run out by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler's direct hit that somehow went between the batsman's legs - an action symptomatic of a day when everything went right for England.\n\nAfter the dangerous Starc's early overs were negotiated, Roy cut loose with fearsome power - the third of his sixes off Smith was a monstrous hit into the top tier of the stand.\n\nAlthough Bairstow was trapped leg before by Starc for 34 and an angry Roy was wrongly adjudged to have hooked Pat Cummins behind, Root and Morgan were untroubled in an unbroken stand of 79.\n\nAfter the match, Roy was fined 30% of his match fee and given two demerit points for showing dissent at his dismissal.\n\nGiven their team for this tournament only really came together at the last minute, it is to Australia's credit that they made the semi-finals with such ease.\n\nBut here they were ambushed by England and now must regroup before the Ashes begin on this ground on 1 August.\n\nAs his team-mates crumbled around him, Smith stood tall, blocking out the abuse to accumulate with his trademark fidgety efficiency.\n\nIndeed, had Carey hung around, England's task could have been difficult but, after he departed, wickets fell with regularity.\n\nWhen Smith was beaten by Buttler's throw to become the eighth man out, he shook his head all the way to the pavilion, unable to conceal his disappointment.\n\nTo stand any chance, Australia needed early wickets and when they failed to materialise, they were powerless to prevent Roy's awesome hitting.\n\n'I'm speechless, it was an incredible performance'\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"This final is a huge opportunity for us.\n\n\"Looking back to where we were in 2015 compared to now it's such a dramatic improvement and everyone in the dressing room deserves a huge amount of credit.\n\n\"Making the most of it would be brilliant but getting to the final alone is awesome.\"\n\nMan of the match Chris Woakes, who took 3-20 in eight overs: \"I'm pretty speechless. It was an incredible performance from the whole team.\n\n\"It started with the bowling performance and then the way they knocked that off was outstanding.\n\n\"There were some nerves around this morning but that's natural going into a semi-final.\n\n\"The way we produced the goods just showed how good we are and where we are at as a team.\"\n\nFormer England captain Alastair Cook on Test Match Special: \"I can't believe I have just watched that.\n\n\"You always think there will be a twist in the tail but there was no twist. England were so good.\"\n\nEx-England captain Michael Vaughan on TMS: \"England are so big and strong, they might do this to New Zealand on Sunday.\"\n\nAustralia captain Aaron Finch: \"We were totally outplayed today. The way they set the tone with the ball in those first 10 overs was a huge part in the game.\n\n\"You always want to win the trophy but there have been a lot of positives\n\n\"A lot of hard work has gone in from a lot of people. I'm proud of how the group has progressed but this still hurts.\"", "Apple has disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch, because of a flaw that let users eavesdrop on other people's iPhones.\n\nThe Walkie-Talkie app let two people who had accepted an invitation send and receive short audio messages.\n\nBut Apple said it had been \"made aware\" of a flaw that \"could allow somebody to listen through another customer's iPhone without consent\".\n\nIt has disabled the feature and apologised for the inconvenience.\n\nHowever, Apple said it was not aware of the Walkie-Talkie bug being exploited by anybody in the real world.\n\nIt said \"specific conditions and sequences of events\" would be required to exploit the bug.\n\nApple found a similar \"eavesdropping\" flaw in its FaceTime video-calling app back in January.\n\nIn some cases, callers could activate the microphone on a target iPhone even if the recipient did not answer their call.\n\nIt issued a software update to fix the flaw.\n\nIn a separate issue, video-conferencing platform Zoom has addressed a flaw that let attackers access webcams without permission.\n\nResearcher Jonathan Leitschuh found a bug that let attackers initiate video calls and access a target's webcam.\n\nZoom initially described the issue as low priority.\n\nBut on Tuesday, it issued an update to address the problem.\n\n\"We appreciate the hard work of the security researcher in identifying security concerns on our platform,\" it said in a statement.", "The chief executive and co-founder of Norwegian Air Shuttle, Bjørn Kjos, has stepped down after 17 years in charge at the airline.\n\nUnder the leadership of Mr Kjos, aged 72, Norwegian Air developed from a small domestic airline into Europe's third biggest low-cost carrier.\n\nIt also broke into the transatlantic market with low fares.\n\nHowever, the firm has struggled to make profits and has also been hit by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max plane.\n\nNorwegian has 18 of the aircraft and on Thursday said that it did not expect them to return to service until October, later than its previous estimate of August.\n\nThe airline said the grounding could cost as much as 700m Norwegian kroner (£65m; $82m) this year, and could also undo its plan to return to profitability.\n\nThe 737 Max fleet of jets was grounded after two crashes, the first a Lion Air flight which crashed into the sea off Jakarta last year, and the second an Ethiopian Airlines' flight which crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa in March. In total 346 people were killed.\n\nNorwegian's low fares have allowed it to grow rapidly. Last year it launched 35 new routes, carried more than 37 million passengers and added 2,000 staff.\n\nIts big innovation has been to operate low-cost long-haul flights between the UK and the US, which it started in 2014. It now flies to 12 US destinations from London's Gatwick airport.\n\nIt has become the biggest international carrier to serve the New York City area, carrying more passengers there than British Airways, Air Canada or Lufthansa, according to figures from the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.\n\nHowever, that growth has come at the expense of profits.\n\nThe airline lost 1.45bn kroner last year, which it blamed on fuel costs, tough competition and issues with engines on its Dreamliner aircraft.\n\nIn March, to shore up its finances, Norwegian raised 1.3bn kroner through a share sale and also sold some aircraft.\n\nMr Kjos, a former fighter pilot, has pledged to slow the airline's growth and focus on profitability this year.\n\nHe said that strategy was reflected in the company's second-quarter results, released earlier on Thursday, which show a net profit of 82.8m kroner.\n\n\"Norwegian's Q2 results show that we are delivering on our strategy of moving from growth to profitability,\" he said.\n\n\"Despite operational issues outside of our control, like the grounding of our 737 Max fleet, we are delivering the highest second quarter operating revenue in the history of Norwegian.\"\n\nBjørn Kjos was one of the founders of the company. As the man in the pilot's seat since 2002, he was also the driving force behind its expansion from a tiny regional carrier to become a major player in Europe's low-cost market. He also led the move into the long-haul market, using a new generation of efficient aircraft such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to offer cheap flights to the US, South America and even Thailand.\n\nThere was no shortage of passengers, but all of this growth came at a cost. The airline has billions of dollars' worth of debt and, over the past couple of years, has racked up hefty losses. In March, it was forced to sell new shares in order to raise hundreds of millions of pounds in new funding. It's also had to cut routes and sell some planes.\n\nThe signs are that this radical action is starting to take effect, giving Mr Kjos the chance to bow out on a positive note. A new leader can now be appointed to guide the company, as it attempts to turn market share into sustainable profits. It won't be easy. As the likes of Monarch, Flybe and Air Berlin have shown, the low-cost market is a harsh environment, where only the fittest survive.\n\nOf course, there is another option. A new chief executive might be more willing than Mr Kjos to consider a takeover approach - from British Airways' parent IAG, for example. But let's not forget that the outgoing chief executive will remain a powerful influence within the company, both through the shareholding of his company, HBK Holding, but also through his new role as an adviser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSeven people, including six tourists, have been killed in a violent storm that swept across a region of northern Greece on Wednesday night.\n\nGale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki.\n\nA Czech couple died when their caravan was blown away, and two Romanians and two Russians also died. A seventh body was later found in the sea.\n\nOfficials say at least 100 others were injured, with 23 people hospitalised.\n\nA state of emergency has been declared, with dozens of rescue workers dispatched to help.\n\nA local photographer and storm chaser caught the dramatic lightning on a 150-second long exposure\n\nCharalambos Steriadis, head of civil protection in northern Greece, described the storm as an \"unprecedented phenomenon\".\n\nIt followed a spell of very hot weather in Greece with temperatures soaring to 37C (98F) over the past two days.\n\nWinds of more than 60mph (100km/h) were recorded in the region, Reuters news agency reports.\n\nImages and video posted on social media show trees toppled, cars overturned and buildings damaged.\n\nEmily Kishtoo, from Surrey in the UK, was at a beach party with her family when the storm hit on Wednesday night.\n\n\"It literally came out of nowhere,\" she told the BBC. \"The lights cut out on the beach that we were in - it was chaos.\n\n\"People running, screaming and just trying to basically get off the beach.\"\n\nThe damaged caravan of two elderly Czech tourists who died\n\nAnother British tourist, Holly Ellis, said windows were broken and trees downed in her hotel at Portes Beach\n\nShe says staff at the resort where she was staying with her children, aged three and five, directed the family to a bar area - which then began to flood.\n\n\"We've got two young children, there were lots of children crying, obviously very upset, very, very scared.\"\n\nElectricity access at the resort has been intermittent since, she said, with no running water on Thursday morning.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Matt Taylor looks at the development of the violent storms across eastern Europe.\n\nWitnesses say the worst of the freak storm lasted only about 20 minutes.\n\nThe Romanian woman and her child were killed when the roof of a restaurant collapsed at Nea Plagia, officials say, while the Russian man and his son were killed by a falling tree near their hotel in the seaside resort of Potidea.\n\nA seventh body was later found in the sea on Thursday. Formal identification is yet to take place, but a 62-year-old Greek fisherman was reported missing in the area.\n\nThose injured are mostly tourists, officials say.\n\n\"It is the first time in my 25-year career that I have lived through something like this,\" said Athansios Kaltsas, director of the Nea Moudania Medical Centre which treated many of the injured.\n\n\"It was so abrupt, so sudden.\"\n\nThe country's newly elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis cancelled his schedule and is being briefed on the situation, officials say.\n\nDefence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos was quoted as saying the army was ready to clear debris and would offer generators - amid reports up to 80% of the area lost its power.\n\nThis is the latest in a series of other extreme weather events across Europe in recent weeks. A heat-wave brought record June temperatures to several countries.\n\nGolf ball-sized hail has been reported in parts of the south of France and Italy and there were forest fires in Sicily on Wednesday, including in popular beach resort areas.", "Record numbers of 18-year-olds in England have applied for a place at university, figures from Ucas reveal.\n\nThe admissions service statistics show 236,350 school leavers - 40% in total - had applied by this year's deadline of 30 June - 3,970 more than in 2018.\n\nThis comes as a government review recommended cutting tuition fees in England from £9,250 to £7,500.\n\nHowever, the number of 18-year-olds in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland applying for degree places has fallen.\n\nIn Northern Ireland, where 47% of 18-year-olds applied, there were 530 fewer applications from school leavers.\n\nThere were 610 fewer application in Scotland, where 33% of youngsters put in an application for university.\n\nIn Wales, where 33% of school leavers applied, there were 220 fewer applications than last year.\n\nAcross the UK as a whole, 275,520 young people have applied to university this year - up from 272,910 at the same point in 2018, but down from 278,130 in 2017.\n\nThe figures also show that there are record numbers of black, Asian and mixed race 18-year-old applicants, while the number of white applicants continues to fall.\n\nDespite uncertainty over Brexit, the number of applicants, across all age groups, from the European Union has risen by 540 from 50,120 in 2018 to 50,660 this year.\n\nThe Ucas figures also show a record number of applicants from outside the EU applying to UK universities - 81,340 students have applied to study in the UK, an increase of 8%.\n\nUcas chief executive Clare Marchant said the global appeal of UK higher education had \"never been clearer\".\n\n\"With clearing now open, there's plenty of choice for everyone at the end of the year. The post-qualification application route is available as a plan A for many, with over 17,500 using it to apply with results in hand last year.\n\n\"There are opportunities for a new direction on over 30,000 courses at ucas.com, for anyone who's already applied and now wants to change their mind, as we've streamlined the process for those reconsidering their original choices.\"\n\nAlistair Jarvis, chief executive of Universities UK, said it was \"very good news\" that 18-year-olds in England were more likely than ever before to apply to university.\n\n\"Employer demand for graduates continues to rise - educating more people of all ages at university will grow the economy faster, by increasing productivity, competitiveness, and innovation. Growing the number of graduates will enhance social mobility.\n\n\"Our universities have a well-deserved global reputation for high-quality teaching, learning and research, delivered by talented staff, while students report rising levels of satisfaction with their courses.\"\n\nEngland's universities minister Chris Skidmore said it was \"fantastic\" to see record rates of 18-year-olds applying to university, \"along with increasing numbers of applications from international students too\".\n\n\"These figures show we are making good progress in our ambition to open up world-leading higher education to anyone who has the potential to benefit from it, and I'm confident that we can go even further.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Bright Horizons Nursery is believed to be based inside the David Lloyd centre\n\nA 10-month-old boy has died after choking on food at an Edinburgh nursery.\n\nThe incident happened on Tuesday at the Bright Horizons Nursery in Corstorphine.\n\nThe boy was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh for treatment, but died the following day.\n\nA Police Scotland spokesman said: \"The death is being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious, and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.\"\n\nThe nursery said it was \"devastated\" by the news and was co-operating fully with the authorities\n\nA spokesman said: \"Our thoughts are with the family at this time.\n\n\"The safety and wellbeing of the children in our care is our absolute priority. The nursery will be closed whilst we support our staff and families.\n\n\"In the meantime we have arranged for our families to be offered alternative care at neighbouring nurseries.\"\n\nThe nursery has been closed in the meantime\n\nRobert Aldridge, whose council ward covers the Gyle, said: \"My sympathies go out to the baby's parents and to all the parents at the nursery as this must be a terrible shock to them all.\n\n\"There must be a full investigation into the circumstances so we can make sure there is no repeat of this ever happening again in the future.\n\n\"It is awful what the parents must be going through.\n\n\"Staff must be devastated. I'm sure they must be feeling absolutely awful.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "An artist's impression of a Vega rocket carrying a satellite into space\n\nA European Vega rocket has been lost shortly after blast off, the commercial space company Arianespace says.\n\nIt is the first time in 15 launches that a Vega rocket has failed.\n\nThe rocket had been carrying a military satellite for the United Arab Emirates when it took off from the European spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday evening.\n\nIt is believed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean north of the space centre.\n\nLuce Fabreguettes, Arianespace's executive vice president of missions, said a \"major anomaly\" had occurred about two minutes after liftoff at the time of the second stage ignition.\n\n\"On behalf of Arianespace I wish to express our deepest apologies to our customers for the loss of their payload,\" he said.\n\n\"From the first flight data analysis, we will get in the coming hours more precise information, and we will communicate to everybody at the soonest.\"\n\nVega's failure is a reminder that you can never relax in the rocket business. The vehicle had had 14 straight successes before Wednesday night, but then something caught everyone out. Vega uses solid fuels in its lower stages. These rocket segments are normally very reliable. Once ignited, they just burn until they exhaust themselves.\n\nSo, a key question facing the board of inquiry will be whether Vega's second-stage simply failed to light. The vehicle's burning first-stage appears as a bright white dot in the flight video. When it shuts down, there is nothing. Just darkness in the night sky.\n\nSpace officials will move swiftly to get Vega back in service. It's an integral part of a rocket operation that guarantees Europe's access to space. Vega is about to be upgraded to use a first-stage that will also be deployed as the strap-on booster for the next-generation, heavy-lift Ariane rocket. The dual-use, and the economies of scale that come from it, should benefit both vehicles in what is an increasingly competitive market.\n\nIn the same vein, Vega's 16th scheduled flight is supposed to be a demonstration designed to show the rocket can launch 42 satellites on one mission. To remain competitive, Europe's rockets must be able to lift every type of satellite payload into every conceivable type of orbit.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"This vehicle is run on kerosene and liquid oxygen... bring those two together and you light them, it's a fairly combustible mix\", reports Jonathan Amos\n\nThe reason for the failure was not immediately known. The flight had been postponed twice because of adverse weather conditions.\n\nThe rocket had been carrying a satellite known as FalconEye1 - the first of two that will make up the UAE's FalconEye satellite system.\n\nVega, which made its maiden flight in 2012, was developed to allow European countries to launch small satellites into space.\n\nFrench-based Arianespace markets the four-stage Vega rocket system which was jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.", "Firefighters spent more than 15 hours tackling a blaze at Warner Bros studios.\n\nCrews were called to the site in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, at 23:29 BST on Wednesday.\n\nThe fire service said the set involved was not being used at the time and there had been no reported injuries.\n\nAll eight Harry Potter films as well as other movies including James Bond, Fast and Furious and the Mission Impossible franchises have filmed at the studios.\n\nThe fire service confirmed shortly before 15:00 on Thursday the fire was out, although some crews remain at the scene.\n\nA spokesman for Warner Bros said the fire had occurred on a sound stage being used for the television production Avenue 5, but all productions were able to continue working.\n\nAvenue 5 is an HBO space tourism comedy by The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci.\n\nHe thanked the firefighters who have \"been working tirelessly throughout the night\" and sent his \"thoughts to the residents in the area who were disturbed by the night's events\".\n\nOriginally 15 crews were sent to the scene but that later rose to 18\n\nOne of the fire engines could be seen parked by the perimeter of the studio site\n\nMark Hancock, who lives nearby, said: \"My house is only about 200m away from the perimeter fence and we have a clear line of sight over gardens so we managed to see it out one of our windows.\n\n\"The smoke went high into the air, and as I watched, the smoke appeared to get thicker, so much so that we could see the flashing lights of the fire engines reflecting off the thick smoke.\n\n\"It was still going strong at about 1am and when I woke up this morning it was still smouldering.\"\n\nHe added there was a \"strong smell and taste of smoke in the air\".\n\nAs the studio is a closed set no-one can get close to the scene.\n\nThe studio backs on to a housing estate from where you can smell a faint burning odour.\n\nA woman who lives there told me she was woken up by a strong smell at about midnight and her dog was barking and \"he never barks\".\n\n\"The smell was so strong I thought it was coming from the house,\" she said.\n\nAnother resident said she spoke to a firefighter this morning who told her it was \"a significant fire\".\n\nAll eight films in the Harry Potter franchise were shot at the facility near Watford\n\nA Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman confirmed 15 crews were sent to the scene when the fire broke out. That later increased to 18.\n\nHe said an aerial ladder was used as well as 12 sets of breathing apparatus.\n\nPolice also had to close off Bridge Road in Leavesden to allow the fire service to run a hose from the nearby canal to the site of the fire at its height.\n\nJames Bond and the Mission Impossible franchises have also been shot at the vast studios\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has demanded that the party publishes its submission to an inquiry into anti-Semitism allegations.\n\nIn a letter to Labour's general secretary, he said the response to the UK's equality watchdog had been \"withheld\" from the party's executive.\n\nIn reply, Jenny Formby said she had offered Mr Watson the chance to view the document.\n\nShe accused Mr Watson of \"traducing\" her reputation.\n\nEarlier, Mr Watson also criticised the way the party responded to claims on the BBC's Panorama about its handling of anti-Semitism cases.\n\nSpeaking to the programme, which aired on Wednesday, ex-party officials claimed senior Labour figures had interfered in the disciplinary process of dealing with accusations of anti-Semitism.\n\nLabour has insisted the claims were inaccurate and made by \"disaffected\" former staff.\n\nMr Watson said the party's response had failed those who spoke to the programme and \"breached all common standards of decency\".\n\n\"The way that they have been smeared, including by Labour spokespeople, is deplorable,\" he wrote.\n\nBut in her own letter, Ms Formby said Mr Watson had tried to \"denigrate\" progress within the party over handling anti-Semitism allegations.\n\nShe acknowledged that anti-Semitism was a \"real problem\" within Labour, but said the speed of processing cases has increased by more than four-fold since she became general secretary.\n\n\"By choosing to ignore the steps taken by this party, and commenting so uncritically about the Panorama programme, you are complicit in creating a perception that anti-Semitism is more prevalent in the Labour Party than wider society,\" she added.\n\n\"I did watch the Panorama programme, and I was very concerned to hear for the first time the distress suffered by some of our former staff members. To be clear, we were not made aware of these issues at the time.\"\n\nIn his letter, Mr Watson said Ms Formby had \"insisted\" members of the shadow cabinet should not have the right to see the EHRC submission, but added: \"I disagree.\"\n\n\"Only sunlight can disinfect Labour of anti-Semitism now,\" he wrote.\n\nBut shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, a close ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, tweeted that Mr Watson knew \"perfectly well that he cannot make 'demands' of Jennie Formby\".\n\nShe added that he was \"very wrong to imply that she is dealing with this matter with anything less than her usual professionalism\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Diane Abbott This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe EHRC launched a formal investigation in May into whether Labour had \"unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish\".\n\nThe Jewish Labour Movement said on Thursday that more than 30 whistleblowers, including current Labour staff, would submit evidence to the inquiry.\n\nLabour's disputes team is supposed to operate independently from the party's political structures, including the leader's office.\n\nBBC Panorama spoke to former party officials, who alleged they had to deal with a huge increase in anti-Semitism complaints since Mr Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015.\n\nSome of the staff spoke to the programme despite having signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) when they left.\n\nEight former officials who worked in the team and dealt with anti-Semitism cases claimed to the BBC that:\n\nLabour has rejected claims of interference and described the programme as \"seriously inaccurate\" and \"politically one-sided\".\n\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell - a close ally of Mr Corbyn - said current staff had put in complaints to the BBC about the accusations made in the Panorama programme.\n\n\"I have always said from the very beginning [the process of dealing with complaints] was too slow and not ruthless enough, but it has improved dramatically now,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I think it is important that we listen to what has been said and look ourselves at what is happening, but what we've got now is two groups of staff challenging the accuracy of [the accusations] so we will have to look at that.\"\n\nBut Labour's shadow women and equalities minister Dawn Butler - who is a supporter of Mr Corbyn - said the party \"must acknowledge the deep hurt caused to our Jewish brothers and sisters\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour has been engulfed in a long-running dispute over anti-Semitism within its ranks, which has led nine MPs and three peers to leave the party.\n\nThe leadership has been accused of failing to get to grips with the problem, with allegations of hundreds of complaints against members remaining unresolved.\n\nBut Labour said it \"completely\" rejected any claims it was anti-Semitic.\n\nIt accused the Panorama programme of being a \"seriously inaccurate, politically one-sided polemic, which breached basic journalistic standards, invented quotes and edited emails to change their meaning\".\n\nThe party said that \"no proper and serious attempt was made to understand our current procedures for dealing with anti-Semitism, which is clearly essential to reach a fair and balanced judgement\".\n\nIt added: \"We will build on the improvements to our procedures made under Jennie Formby, and continue to act against this repugnant form of racism.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anthony Grainger's partner Gail Hadfield-Grainger said his death \"could and should have been prevented\"\n\nA police force was to blame for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, a public inquiry has concluded.\n\nAnthony Grainger, 36, was in a stolen car when he was shot in the chest in Cheshire in March 2012.\n\nA judge said the shooting was legally justified, but criticised senior officers at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for a \"catastrophic series of failings and errors\".\n\nThe force said it believed Mr Grainger was planning an armed robbery.\n\nBut Judge Thomas Teague QC said an operation targeting Mr Grainger had been organised and planned \"incompetently\".\n\nSenior officers \"failed to authorise, plan or conduct the firearms operation in such a way as to minimise recourse to the use of lethal force\", the judge said.\n\nMr Grainger's partner Gail Hadfield-Grainger said \"it has taken seven years but some justice has been done for Anthony\" and the inquiry had shown his death \"could and should have been prevented\".\n\nShe said the report highlighted \"a litany of catastrophic failures\".\n\nMr Grainger's mother Marina Schofield said his \"devastated\" family had \"gone through hell to find out the true facts of what happened that night\".\n\nShe also called for \"lessons to be learned\", adding: \"We only hope that this outcome serves as a lesson for GMP so that others do not have to go through what we have suffered.\"\n\nMr Grainger was shot dead in Cheshire in 2012\n\nMr Grainger, from Bolton, was shot through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth on 3 March.\n\nThe inquiry was told no firearms were found either on Mr Grainger or in the car.\n\nThe officer who shot him told the inquiry at Liverpool Crown Court in 2017 he fired as he thought Mr Grainger had reached down to pick up a firearm.\n\nThe judge said the officer, referred to in court as Q9, had not acted unlawfully because he \"honestly but mistakenly believed Mr Grainger was reaching for a gun\".\n\nHe jumped to that wrong conclusion because of the \"misleading way his superiors had briefed him beforehand\", according to Judge Teague.\n\nGMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said he would like to \"personally apologise\" to Mr Grainger's family for the \"significant organisational failings of GMP that have led the inquiry to conclude that GMP are to blame for the death of Anthony Grainger\".\n\nHe said the \"intention of GMP through the Operation Shire investigation was to protect the public from harm and our failings have led to Anthony Grainger's death and caused unimaginable harm to his family\".\n\nMr Hopkins said steps had already been taken to improve the safety of firearms operations since the death, but said the force would now study the report and discuss what action should be taken with the police watchdog.\n\nMr Grainger was shot dead in a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth\n\nThe inquiry was told Mr Grainger and one of his passengers, David Totton, had been the subject of a GMP operation - Operation Shire - for some weeks, which was investigating their suspected involvement in commercial robberies.\n\nBut Judge Teague said there was no intelligence to suggest the men were armed or had access to firearms on 3 March.\n\nThe judge said if firearms commanders had planned, briefed and conducted the deployment competently, Q9 \"would have been less likely to misinterpret Mr Grainger's actions and might not have shot him\".", "There is no evidence the publication of the email in which Sir Kim Darroch criticised President Trump's administration was due to a hack, a Foreign Office minister has said.\n\nSir Kim stepped down as ambassador to the US on Wednesday, saying it was \"impossible\" for him to continue.\n\nSir Alan Duncan told the Commons he had not ruled out a hack - but said there was currently no evidence of one.\n\nHe added Sir Kim still had something to offer and could be given a new role.\n\n\"We do not, at the moment, have any evidence that this was a hack so our focus is on finding someone within the system who has released illicitly these communications,\" Sir Alan said.\n\nPrior to Sir Kim's resignation, President Trump said that the US would no longer deal with Sir Kim.\n\nThe US president had branded him \"a very stupid guy\" after confidential emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nSir Alan Duncan said the inquiry into the affair was focused on a leak, rather than a hack\n\nSir Alan also failed to rule out Prime Minister Theresa May appointing a new US ambassador before she leaves office on 23 July.\n\nShadow foreign office minister Liz McInnes had asked if the Foreign Office would ensure a new ambassador to the US was appointed before the new prime minister takes office \"so we still have at least one UK representative willing to speak truth to power in Washington\".\n\nAnswering her question, Sir Alan said: \"The next ambassador will be appointed in the usual way by the prime minister on the foreign secretary's recommendation, with the approval of Her Majesty The Queen.\"\n\nSir Alan added Sir Kim \"quite rightly\" received the full support of Mrs May and the \"entire Cabinet\" prior to his resignation - and that the government \"profoundly regrets\" the ambassador's decision to step down.\n\n\"It is an outrage that a selection of his very professional reports back to London should have been leaked,\" Sir Alan continued.\n\n\"In an act of selfless duty, Sir Kim made the decision to resign in order to relieve the pressure on his family and colleagues and to protect the UK-US relationship.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn pay tribute to Sir Kim Darroch's service\n\nSir Kim's resignation prompted widespread support for him - as well as criticism of Tory frontrunner Boris Johnson.\n\nAccording to some Whitehall sources, Sir Kim decided to resign after Mr Johnson refused to support him during the Tory leadership debate on Tuesday night, said BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale.\n\nMr Johnson was asked repeatedly by fellow leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt whether he would keep Sir Kim in post if he became prime minister, but refused to answer.\n\nFollowing Sir Kim's resignation, Mr Johnson said he was \"a superb diplomat\" and whoever was responsible for the leak \"has done a grave disservice to our civil servants\".\n\nAsked why he was not more supportive of Sir Kim, he said it was \"wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena\".\n• None UK ambassador to US resigns in Trump leaks row", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This movie shows A68's progress from January 2018 to July 2019\n\nIt's two years since the monster block of ice known as A68 broke free from Antarctica.\n\nSatellites show the world's biggest berg has spun around in the waters of the Weddell Sea and is now moving north along the White Continent's peninsula.\n\nFor a while, it seemed like the 160km-long frozen mass had become stuck on a section of shallow seafloor. A68 was in danger of becoming the world's biggest \"ice island\".\n\nBut it's since picked up the pace.\n\n\"For an object weighing around one trillion tonnes, Iceberg A68 appears to be quite nimble,\" says Prof Adrian Luckman.\n\n\"Following a year of staying close to its parent ice shelf, in mid-2018 A68 became caught in the Weddell Gyre, a clockwise ocean current, which spun it through 270 degrees and carried it 250km north,\" he told BBC News.\n\n\"The iceberg is 160km in length yet only 200m thick - a similar ratio to a credit card - so it is surprising how little damage it has sustained in its journey so far.\"\n\nA68 calved from the edge of the Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. Swansea University's Prof Luckman has followed its progress ever since, using Europe's Sentinel-1 satellites.\n\nThere are two of these spacecraft and they fly over the berg every few days.\n\nThe satellites are equipped with radar sensors that are able to see the Earth's surface, regardless of the weather and light conditions. Currently, the Antarctic is in the grip of winter darkness.\n\nAlthough A68 has broadly held together, it has lost some sizeable chunks of ice. A segment fell off one end soon after the berg was born. This was even large enough to be given its own designation - A68b.\n\nMeasuring roughly 13km by 5km, this daughter block is now about 110km further north along the peninsula.\n\nLike most icebergs from the Weddell Sea sector of the continent, A68a and b will eventually be ejected into the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which will throw them towards the South Atlantic on a path that has become known as \"iceberg alley\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThis is the same movement of water - and accompanying winds - that the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton exploited in 1916 to make his escape from Antarctica following the loss of his ship, the Endurance, in crushing sea-ice.\n\nShackleton aimed for South Georgia, and it's at this island that you will frequently see big tabular icebergs sitting offshore. The blocks' deep keels mean they have a tendency to get pinned on the British Overseas Territory's shallow continental shelf.\n\nIs this A68's ultimate fate, to anchor off South Georgia and melt away in its \"iceberg graveyard\"?\n\nBig icebergs will often get caught in the shallow waters around South Georgia\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "Denise Nickerson, the former child actress who played Violet Beauregarde in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died aged 62.\n\nNickerson's family announced the news in a Facebook post that read: \"She's gone.\"\n\nIn earlier updates on social media, her family said she had pneumonia and had experienced several seizures.\n\nNickerson - who was cast opposite Gene Wilder at the age of 13 - had previously survived a stroke in 2018.\n\nOn Tuesday, her family made a GoFundMe page to help cover her medical costs. Prior to her death, they said she had been given morphine \"to keep her pain free and slow her breathing\".\n\nThey wrote: \"She has random and semi-frequent seizures, but their intensity has grown far less severe as the day has progressed. Things have been relatively quiet and peaceful all day.\n\n\"We've had visitors to share fond memories, say their goodbyes, lift our spirits, and support us. We've taken turns resting, and crying, and coping, and back again.\"\n\nNickerson (far left) was cast in the movie when she was 13\n\nBorn in New York City in 1957, Nickerson's first TV roles were on the gothic US soap opera Dark Shadows as Amy Jennings and Nora Collins.\n\nIn 1971, she was cast in composer John Barry's ill-fated musical Lolita, My Love before landing her signature role as gum-chewing brat Violet Beauregarde in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.\n\nIn the hit movie, her character loses out on winning the factory after she is unable to resist a chewing gum meal that turns her into a giant blueberry.\n\nFollowing Wilder's death in 2016, Nickerson said: \"He was such a kind, tender-hearted man. And for him to put up with us, my God what patience he must've needed for five of us running around.\"\n\nIn a statement to Fox News, actress Julie Dawn Cole, who played the spoilt Veruca Salt said: \"It is dreadfully sad.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Julie Dawn Cole This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Denise has been like a sister to me and we were very close. She had a massive stroke last July and never really recovered. Paris [Themmen] (who played Mike Teevee) and I went to visit her in September. It was a very sad visit as she couldn't verbally communicate. But we sang songs - 'Willy Wonka' of course! And that made her smile and laugh.\"\n\nNickerson's other roles included Liza Walton on the CBS soap Search for Tomorrow; in The Man Who Could Talk to Kids, opposite Peter Boyle; and in beauty pageant satire Smile.\n\nShe went into semi-retirement as an actress at the age of 21, acting sporadically and working in doctors' offices as a receptionist and an accountant.\n\nNickerson was married twice. Her first marriage to Rick Keller ended with his death from a brain aneurysm in 1983. She had a son Josh with her second husband Mark Willard, whom she divorced in 1998.", "Dust from car brakes and tyres will still pollute city air even when the vehicle fleet has gone all-electric, a report has warned.\n\nFragments of microplastics from tyres, road surfaces and brakes will also flow into rivers, and ultimately into the sea, government advisers say.\n\nMinisters say they want to pass standards to improve tyres and brakes.\n\nBut critics say they need to go further by developing policies to lure people out of private cars.\n\nThe government’s Air Quality Expert Group said particles from brake wear, tyre wear and road surface wear directly contribute to well over half of particle pollution from road transport.\n\nThey warn: \"No legislation is currently in place specifically to limit or reduce [these] particles.\n\n\"So while legislation has driven down emissions of particles from exhausts, the non-exhaust proportion of road traffic emissions has increased.\"\n\nThey say the percentage of pollutants will get proportionally higher as vehicle exhausts are cleaned up more.\n\nEnvironment Minister Thérèse Coffey said : “The documents published today make clear that it is not just fumes from car exhaust pipes that have a detrimental impact on human health but also the tiny particles that are released from their brakes and tyres.\n\n\"Emissions from car exhausts have been decreasing through development of cleaner technologies - and there is now a need for the car industry to find innovative ways to address the challenges of air pollution from other sources\".\n\nMike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, said: “The industry is committed to improving air quality and has already all but eliminated particulate matter from tailpipe emissions.\n\n\"Brake, tyre and road wear is a recognised challenge as emissions from these sources are not easy to measure.\"\n\nThe document chimes with a recent report warning that electric cars won’t offer a complete solution to mobility.\n\nIt said even self-driving electric cars would produce pollution and congest the roads.\n\nThe key was to reduce the use of cars by getting people on to less-polluting forms of transport, said Prof Jillian Anable, one of the authors of the report.\n\nShe said: \"For many years ministers have adopted the principle of trying to meet demand by increasing road space. They need to reduce demand instead.\"\n\nThe UK transport department said it was spending £6bn on buses, walking and cycling – and £50bn on roads.\n\nSupporters of electric cars say the report may be flawed because when you lift your throttle foot in an electric vehicle, the car slows itself and there is less need to brake.", "Gale-force winds, heavy rain and hailstorms lashed Halkidiki, near the city of Thessaloniki, late on Wednesday, officials say.\n\nA state of emergency was declared and more than 100 rescue workers deployed.\n\nFootage of the storm was filmed as some people took shelter in a bar.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet at Wimbledon for the first time since the 2008 final after both advanced to the semi-finals.\n\nFederer beat Kei Nishikori 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 for his 100th match win at the All England Club, while Nadal beat Sam Querrey 7-5 6-2 6-2.\n\nIn 2008, Nadal won 9-7 in the fifth set against Federer in a rain-affected final that spanned nearly seven hours.\n\nTogether, they have won 10 Wimbledon titles between them.\n\nFour-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will face Roberto Bautisa Agut in Friday's other semi-final.\n\nIt is the first time for 12 years that Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have all made the last four.\n• None Rafael Nadal & Roger Federer's 2008 final - what made it so special?\n\n\"We have a lot of information on Rafa, as does he on us,\" said eight-time champion Federer, who in beating Japanese eighth seed Nishikori became the first player in history to win 100 men's singles matches at a single Grand Slam event.\n\n\"So you can dive into the tactics like mad for two days, or you say 'it's grass court tennis so I'm going to come out and play my tennis'.\n\n\"People always hype it up. It was a joy to play against Rafa on his court at the French Open and [I'm] very excited to play him here.\"\n\nSpaniard Nadal said: \"It's great. It's difficult to imagine again being in that situation.\n\n\"I'm excited to play against Roger again here at Wimbledon.\"\n\nNishikori defeated Swiss great Federer in straight sets in their most recent meeting at the ATP Finals in 2018 but had been beaten by the 20-time Grand Slam champion in seven of their 10 previous matches.\n\nYet few in the Centre Court crowd knew how to react when Federer was broken in the very first game, before going 2-0 down as Nishikori held serve, and only just clinching the third game as Nishikori scuppered three break points.\n\nIn an error-strewn first set, in which Federer double-faulted on three occasions and hit 12 unforced errors, it was Nishikori who looked most at home despite his opponent's previous success on the Wimbledon grass, almost breaking Federer again at 3-1 up before the remainder of the set went with serve.\n\nThe second set, however, proved the polar opposite to the first, with Federer breaking Nishikori early to help him to a 3-0 lead.\n\nHe went on to serve to love twice before breaking Nishikori once more and seeing out the set in just 23 minutes.\n\nFederer missed break point in the opening game of a topsy-turvy third set but eventually took a game from Nishikori's grasp to go 4-3 up, although he needed four break points to do so.\n\nAfter wrapping up the third set on his second set point, Federer had five opportunities to break Nishikori in the fourth but it was not until 4-4 that he was able to do so.\n\nAnd, in stylish fashion, he sealed the win to love with an ace - his 12th of the match - to book his spot in a 13th semi-final at Wimbledon.\n\nTwenty-five days short of his 38th birthday, Federer becomes the oldest man to make a Grand Slam semi-final since Jimmy Connors in 1991 who, at 39 years and six days, reached the last four at the US Open.\n\nIn total, Federer has reached 45 Grand Slam men's singles semi-finals, nine ahead of Wimbledon defending champion Novak Djokovic, who also advanced to the last four on Wednesday.\n\nNadal keeps his side of the bargain\n\nAt the same time Federer was in action on Centre Court, Nadal was keeping his side of the bargain on Court One.\n\nThe 18-time Grand Slam champion had gone an early break up against big-serving American Querrey but faltered to drop serve for 5-5 despite having four set points before that.\n\nBut he re-established his advantage in the very next game and then fended off three break points to avoid a tie-break.\n\nThe cheers from Centre Court celebrating Federer's victory could be heard on Court One and just a few seconds later there were matching celebrations when Nadal took the second set with a volley at the net.\n\nThe Spaniard apologised to Querrey for that winning shot, having been standing very close to the American at the time, when either the racquet or the ball was in danger of crashing into him.\n\nWhile Querrey continued to bombard Nadal with aces - notching a total of 22 - the Spaniard sped through the third set and a forehand winner wrapped up the victory that put him into his seventh Wimbledon semi-final.\n\nNadal's win means there are two Spaniards in the Wimbledon men's semi-finals for the first time after compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut beat Argentina's Guido Pella to set up a meeting with world number one Djokovic.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "All 189 people on board the Lion Air flight were killed in October last year\n\nRelatives of people killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia last year have been cheated out of compensation, their lawyers say.\n\nLawyers told the BBC that many families were persuaded to sign forms preventing them from taking legal action.\n\nBBC Panorama has discovered that other relatives signed similar agreements after two other crashes, stopping them from suing Boeing in the US courts.\n\nBoeing has declined to comment on the agreements.\n\nAll 189 passengers and crew died when the Boeing 737 Max crashed into the sea just 13 minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on 29 October 2018.\n\nWithin weeks, relatives were offered compensation by insurance lawyers.\n\nMerdian Agustin says she was pressured to sign documents\n\nTo access the money, families had to sign agreements that would prevent them from taking legal action against Boeing or the airline, Lion Air.\n\nMerdian Agustin's husband, Eka, was killed in the crash. She says the insurance lawyers tried to pressure her into signing away her rights.\n\n\"They give me some document to sign. The document said you can have the money but you can't sue Lion Air. You can't sue Boeing.\n\n\"They said you should sign this. You should move forward. In one hour or two hours you will get the money and you will continue life, but I don't want it. It's not about the money. It's about my husband's life\", she said.\n\nMs Agustin did not sign, but it is believed around 50 families did. They will get compensation of just under £74,000 ($92,000) each.\n\nThe payouts are controversial because under Indonesian law the families are automatically entitled to £71,000 compensation.\n\nSanjiv Singh, an American lawyer representing some of the families, told the BBC relatives had been pressured into signing away their legal rights.\n\n\"The families who signed the release and discharge [documents] have been cheated out of compensation, they've been preyed upon by insurance companies and by the counsel for those insurance companies, and ultimately, to the benefit of Boeing\" he said.\n\nHe added that families were potentially entitled to millions of dollars in compensation.\n\nThis is not the first time that Boeing has benefited from controversial release and discharge documents.\n\nIn 2005, a Boeing 737 crashed into a residential area in Indonesia, killing 149 people. Families signed agreements which prevented them from suing Boeing in the US courts. Similar agreements were signed after a 737 crash that killed 102 passengers and crew in 2007.\n\nOne unnamed insurance lawyer was involved on all three occasions.\n\nMr Singh says this raises serious questions about whether Boeing was involved in the more recent Lion Air agreements.\n\n\"I think that makes it implausible that Boeing, at the very least, didn't know that the releases were being collected. I think it raises a very significant question as to whether they co-ordinated it.\"\n\nPanorama asked Boeing if it knew about the agreements or had any communication with the insurance lawyers who helped organise them.\n\nBoeing did not answer any of the questions posed by the Panorama programme, instead releasing a statement which said: \"Boeing truly regrets the loss of life and will continue to work with communities, customers and the aviation industry to help with the healing process.\n\n\"The insurers for Boeing are in discussions with other insurers around the world, as is typical and customary in circumstances such as these.\"\n\nThe lead insurer for both Lion Air and Boeing is the British insurance firm Global Aerospace.\n\nSanjiv Singh, a lawyer for the families, says they are entitled to large sums of money\n\nGlobal Aerospace disputed the allegations but declined to comment on the specifics because of client confidentiality.\n\nIt said: \"It is common for aviation insurers to have insured more than one party that is involved in some way in an accident.\n\n\"Global Aerospace, in accordance with industry best practice, strictly divides responsibility for the handling of different clients to ensure that they are each represented separately and that no inappropriate sharing of information takes place in the handling of any claims that may occur.\"\n\nThe company said it was standard practice when settling claims to release the airline and plane manufacturers from future claims.\n\nOn 3 July, Boeing announced it would provide $100m to help communities and families affected by the two recent 737 Max accidents. The second was in Ethiopia in April, when 157 people died.\n\nLawyers for the families say they have not been given details about how that money would be used.", "The DUP's Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says a vote by MPs to legalise same-sex marriage and liberalise Northern Ireland's abortion law has \"breached the devolution settlement\".\n\nBut Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy says the government has a responsibility to deliver rights in Stormont's absence.", "Facebook will be challenged on whether its current practices respect EU citizens' right to privacy\n\nFacebook's method of transferring data from the EU to the US for business purposes is being challenged again in court.\n\nThe Irish data protection commissioner is arguing that the legal mechanism for these transfers does not sufficiently protect EU citizens' right to privacy.\n\nThe concern is such transfers could be subject to mass surveillance by US intelligence agencies.\n\nFacebook said data protection safeguards were in place.\n\nThe challenge was prompted by privacy activist Max Schrems, who had previously taken Facebook to court over the so-called Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement.\n\nHe has been tweeting from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg, revealing that he thinks it could take until \"the end of the year\" for the case to be resolved.\n\nA ruling against Facebook could potentially undermine the basis on which many businesses send data across the Atlantic - particularly technology giants that rely on cloud computing and communications technology.\n\nCurrently, the social network transfers vast amounts of personal data about EU users to servers in the US - everything from people's names to information about their activity online.\n\nIn 2013, documents published by ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden suggested Facebook was a target of \"Prism\", a US National Security Agency's mass surveillance programme.\n\nThe alternative legal framework Facebook has used since is called \"standard contractual clauses\" (SCCs).\n\nBut the Irish data protection commissioner has suggested that SCCs are not fit for purpose given the possibility of intelligence agency surveillance.\n\nShould the CJEU decide that SCCs are indeed problematic, the ruling would have huge ramifications for Facebook and other businesses, said legal expert Orla Lynskey, at the London School of Economics.\n\n\"That would have a very significant impact for companies,\" she told BBC News.\n\n\"The big question is, when assessing whether or not data can go to third countries [outside the EU], should we be taking into consideration potential access by intelligence or law enforcement agencies?\"\n\nJack Gilbert, associate general counsel for Facebook, said the social network was \"grateful\" for the consideration of the CJEU.\n\n\"Standard contractual clauses provide important safeguards to ensure that Europeans' data are protected once transferred overseas,\" he said.\n\n\"SCCs have been designed and endorsed by the European Commission and enable thousands of Europeans to do business worldwide.\"", "The Bank of England says the UK banking system is still resilient to the financial impact of a worst-case disorderly Brexit.\n\nThe comment came in its regular health check on the banks, the Financial Stability Report.\n\nThe Bank said \"the perceived likelihood of no-deal Brexit has increased since the start of the year\".\n\nIt said that \"material risks\" of economic disruption from such a scenario remain.\n\nHowever, there had been \"some improvement in the preparedness of the UK economy for no-deal Brexit\".\n\nSince last year, UK banks have been forced to hold back more capital, and demonstrate easy access to £1 trillion in funding (liquidity).\n\nThe Bank says that such a buffer would allow the banking system to continue to lend into the economy, even if the UK were shut out of international markets for three months.\n\nThis worst-case scenario stress test involves the economy shrinking by 4.7%, unemployment more than doubling to 9.5% and property prices falling by 33%.\n\nThe Bank's key Financial Policy Committee went further than it has before by saying that the banking system would also be resilient to a disorderly Brexit occurring at the same time as a global trade war involving 25% tariffs on US-China trade, all global inputs and a 30% drop in the US stock market.\n\n\"Even if a protectionist-drive global slowdown were to spill over to the UK at the same time as a worst-case disorderly Brexit, the core UK banking system would be strong enough to absorb, rather than amplify, the resulting economic shocks and continue to serve UK households and businesses,\" it said.\n\nThe Bank did say, though, that the impact of rising expectations of no-deal was already being seen in \"much weaker\" levels of investment in markets dependent on foreign investors - for example, commercial property.\n\nIn the first quarter of this year, investment in commercial property was less than two-fifths (38%) of average levels in the past two years.\n\nFor high-risk corporate borrowing (leveraged loans), it was a less than a fifth of the levels seen in 2017 and 2018. Commercial real estate prices are falling again now.\n\nThe Bank also said it would be reviewing the macro-economic vulnerabilities of the economy on funding from \"open-ended\" funds, recently in the news after the problems with redemptions in Neil Woodford's fund.\n\nThe Bank is also beginning work to assess the impact on financial sector of climate change risks.", "Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly have previously voted five times on whether or not to introduce same-sex marriage\n\nThere are two ways to read what just happened in parliament.\n\nThe first, how many campaigners see it, is that this is a watershed moment towards legalising same-sex marriage and liberalising abortion laws in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe other take is that this is the biggest step yet by Westminster when it comes to implementing direct rule in NI.\n\nThat's something that might cause more than a rumbling of worry when it comes to the current talks process at Stormont.\n\nThe socially conservative Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) voted against both of the divisive amendments, arguing parliament was overstepping the mark and the matters should remain devolved.\n\nMPs critical of that logic said there hasn't been a functioning government in Northern Ireland since 2017 - and they now had a duty to back a law change.\n\nIt bears repeating that the amendments are subject to one big caveat.\n\nThey will only take effect if Stormont is not restored by 21 October (the next obligatory date by which the NI secretary must call an assembly election).\n\nSo could we see a fast breakthrough by the Stormont parties, to take back control of the issues?\n\nLabour MP Conor McGinn tabled the amendment that sought to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, if devolution is not restored\n\nSome believe Tuesday's developments could rather serve to hold back the process and affect the political mood music.\n\nAny final agreement on a deal has to come between the DUP and Sinn Féin, who are diametrically opposed on a number of sticking points, including same-sex marriage.\n\nSinn Féin has previously campaigned for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe party might now think restoring the assembly could remove the chance of same-sex marriage becoming legal in NI any time soon - and could potentially put it at odds with many Sinn Féin voters.\n\nWhen it comes to the DUP, one theory is that the party would privately like Westminster to pass legislation on the issue and remove it from the negotiations.\n\nIt's faced criticism for calling for Northern Ireland to remain fully aligned with Great Britain after Brexit, while defending Northern Ireland being unique on other issues - citing the power of devolution.\n\nAs the only main political party in NI to remain opposed to same-sex marriage, to allow it to progress through Westminster could get the DUP out of a tricky spot.\n\nThe DUP voted against the amendments, arguing MPs had hijacked the process of devolution\n\nBut what the party remains aware of, is what all this could mean for other issues that should be under control of the assembly, which could now end up before Parliament at some point.\n\nThe two big parties will have some thinking to do in the coming days about their next moves.\n\nMeanwhile, supporters of the latest parliamentary antics have the deputy speaker's office to thank.\n\nFew had anticipated that the amendments would even be selected for debate, given how much controversy they had the potential to stir up.\n\nIt's perhaps a nod to the overarching power of politics - that it can bring about change on issues many people feel strongly about, one way or the other - and a reminder of what has been missing from politics at Stormont for two and a half years now.", "In Myanmar’s Rakhine state, hundreds of new houses have been handed over to families displaced by the violence of the Rohingya crisis in 2017. But none of the homes were for the Muslim minority group.\n\nAlmost two years on, there’s no sign the 700,000 Rohingyas who fled across the border to Bangladesh will be returning soon. Myanmar continues to deny its troops carried out ethnic cleansing and genocide.\n\nThe BBC's Myanmar correspondent Nick Beake has gained rare access to the affected part of Rakhine.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The sub was filmed by Norway's Institute of Marine Research\n\nNorway has found a radiation level 800,000 times higher than normal at the wreck of a Russian navy submarine.\n\nThe Komsomolets sank in the Norwegian Sea in 1989 after a fire on board killed 42 sailors.\n\nA sample showed radioactive caesium leaking from a ventilation pipe, but researchers said it was \"not alarming\", as the Arctic water quickly diluted it.\n\nThe Soviet-era sub is also deep down, at 1,680m (5,512ft), and there are few fish in the area, they added.\n\nFor the first time a Norwegian remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) examined and filmed the Komsomolets on 7 July, revealing severe damage.\n\nThe submarine is also known as K-278 in Russia, and it sank carrying two nuclear torpedoes with plutonium warheads.\n\nIts front section has six torpedo tubes, and the sub could also launch Granit cruise missiles.\n\nThis appears to be part of the auxiliary diesel system, revealed by the ROV\n\nThe news comes just over a week after fire swept through a Russian nuclear-powered submersible in the Barents Sea, killing 14 naval officers.\n\nThe survivors managed to get the mini-sub back to its Arctic base.\n\nNorway's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) says the pressurised water reactor powering K-278 in April 1989 shut down quickly when the fire broke out in another compartment.\n\nTwenty-seven sailors survived - they were eventually picked up by two Soviet ships.\n\nThe radiation leak found this week came from a pipe near the reactor. It was 800Bq (becquerels) per litre, while the normal level in the Norwegian Sea is about 0.001Bq.\n\nHowever, some other water samples from the wreck did not show elevated levels.\n\nThe 42 sailors who died in the disaster succumbed to toxic fumes or froze in the icy Arctic waters after the K-278 had surfaced briefly.\n\nThe commander managed to send a distress call about an hour after the fire broke out, but he and four others died when their emergency capsule sank. The submarine was doomed when the fire spread, fuelled by compressed air from a damaged pipe, Russia's RIA news agency reported.\n\nThe ROV is shown here collecting samples from inside the titanium hull\n\nRussia has previously examined the wreck with a manned submersible, and found radiation leaking from the same section.\n\nThe Norwegian radiation specialists and marine researchers were accompanied by experts from Russia's Typhoon Research and Production Association.\n\n\"We took water samples from inside this particular duct because the Russians had documented leaks here both in the 1990s and more recently in 2007,\" said Hilde Elise Heldal, the expedition leader. \"So we weren't surprised to find high levels here.\n\n\"The levels we detected were clearly above what is normal in the oceans, but they weren't alarmingly high,\" she said.\n\nNorway and Russia have been monitoring radiation in the area regularly since the disaster, sometimes on joint expeditions.\n\nThe Komsomolets was launched in 1983, was 117m (385ft) long and could dive to a maximum depth of 1,250m. Its maximum speed was 30 knots (56km/h).", "Extinction Rebellion activists unveiled a blue boat on the Strand in London\n\nEnvironmental campaigners are blocking some roads across the UK in protest against \"inaction\" on climate change.\n\nExtinction Rebellion are using five boats to stop traffic in Cardiff, Glasgow, Bristol, Leeds, and London.\n\nThe group, which is calling on the government to declare a climate emergency, said it was beginning a five-day \"summer uprising\".\n\nPolice said road closures could hamper the ability of the emergency services to respond to incidents.\n\nIt comes after Extinction Rebellion staged an 11-day protest in April that brought several parts of London to a standstill.\n\nSome of the 1,000 people arrested during that protest appeared in court this week.\n\nThe five boats unveiled on Monday were each named after an environmental activist and bore the message \"act now\".\n\nA blue boat was placed in front of the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, and protesters practised yoga and meditation in the middle of the road.\n\nTransport for London said several buses had been placed on diversion due to the protest.\n\nExtinction Rebellion climate activists outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London\n\nExtinction Rebellion said the protesters were there \"to demand the legal system take responsibility in this crisis, and ensure the safety of future generations by making ecocide law\".\n\n\"We also stand in solidarity with climate activists around the world who are sacrificing their freedom to fight for climate justice,\" it added.\n\nThe group is calling on the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service to drop cases against those arrested during the April protests.\n\nOutside Cardiff Castle in Wales, a number of Extinction Rebellion members parked a green boat in the street, causing severe delays to bus services.\n\nExtinction Rebellion activists revealed a boat outside Cardiff Castle that said: 'The sixth mass extinction is here'\n\nDemonstrators also set up tents on grass in front of Cardiff City Hall.\n\nStephen Lingwood, 37, from Extinction Rebellion Cardiff, said: \"People are dying right now of climate chaos in places like India. It's only going to get worse.\n\n\"We're at the beginning of the sixth mass extinction and a climate genocide and the government's inaction is, in my view, criminally irresponsible.\"\n\nProtesters set up camp on Bristol Bridge with a pink boat bearing the message \"tell the truth\", as Avon and Somerset Police and traffic management used concrete blocks to close the road to traffic.\n\nChief Inspector Mark Runacres, an area commander at Avon and Somerset Police, said the force had cancelled officers' rest days to make sure it had \"sufficient resources\" during the protest.\n\n\"Any unplanned and lengthy road closure could impact on the ability of emergency services to respond to incidents,\" he said.\n\n\"We... are factoring this into our plans so we can continue to keep the public safe,\"\n\nHe added officers would be \"robust\" in dealing with any anti-social behaviour and disorder.\n\nTrongate in Glasgow was closed to all eastbound traffic\n\nCampaigners in Glasgow blocked Trongate at the intersection of Gallowgate and High Street with a 25ft purple boat.\n\nOne message on the vessel said: \"The future you fear is already here\".\n\nGlasgow City Council said Trongate was closed to all eastbound traffic between Albion Street and High Street.\n\nThe local authority urged road users to consider taking other routes and said there could be congestion on surrounding streets.\n\nMeanwhile, on Victoria Bridge in the centre of Leeds, activists unveiled a yellow boat.\n\nOne demonstrator, Alex Evans, 43, said: \"My eldest child is nine years old and for each of those nine years I've watched her future get steadily worse while everyone waits for everyone else to do something on climate change.\n\n\"Now we're out of time and we can see climate breakdown all around us. Enough's enough: it's time to act now.\"\n\nExtinction Rebellion says the UK must act immediately to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025.\n\nThe government announced in June it would commit to reaching net zero emissions by 2050.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland beat New Zealand to win the men's World Cup for the first time after one of the most amazing games of cricket ever played was tied twice.\n\nIn an emotional and electric atmosphere at Lord's, both sides scored 241 in their 50 overs and were level on 15 when they batted for an extra over apiece.\n\nIt meant England were crowned world champions by virtue of having scored more boundary fours and sixes - 26 to New Zealand's 17 - in the entire match.\n\nThat it even got to that stage was astonishing in itself and came as a result of a barely believable conclusion at the home of cricket - the first tie in a World Cup final.\n\nEngland required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and then benefited when a throw from the deep hit his bat and was deflected for four overthrows.\n\nHe could not get the two needed from the last ball - Mark Wood was run out coming back for the second - but ended 84 not out and joined Jos Buttler for the super over.\n\nIn glorious evening sunshine, they were roared on by a febrile crowd that belted out Sweet Caroline in the change of innings.\n\nWhen New Zealand replied, Jimmy Neesham hit Jofra Archer's second ball for six, then scrambled to leave Martin Guptill needing two from the last delivery.\n\nAs Jason Roy's throw came in from deep mid-wicket, a diving Guptill was short when Buttler removed the bails, sending England and the whole of Lord's into delirious celebration.\n• None The champagne super over - a very English way to win a World Cup\n\nEngland were all but out of the game at 86-4, squeezed by New Zealand's skilful bowling, sharp fielding and smart tactics.\n\nGradually, they were dragged back into contention by Stokes and Buttler through patience, calmness and a little fortune.\n\nButtler was the more fluent, scooping and driving, but when he was caught at deep point for 59, England still needed 46 from 31 balls.\n\nIt was at this point that Stokes, the man who was hit for four sixes in the final over in England's 2016 World T20 final defeat and was cleared of affray 11 months ago, took control.\n\nAfter Liam Plunkett was held at long-off in Neesham's 49th over, Trent Boult carried the ball over the boundary for a Stokes six before Archer was bowled.\n\nThat left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune.\n\nDiving for his ground to complete a second run, Stokes' bat was inadvertently struck by the throw and deflected the ball for four overthrows to make six in total.\n\nWith three runs needed from two balls, Adil Rashid was run out coming back for a second. When Wood suffered the same fate from the final ball, the match was tied.\n\nThe drama of the finale was at odds with almost all of the match, which was an attritional affair on a tricky surface.\n\nNew Zealand stuck doggedly to a plan that centred on batting patience. Henry Nicholls' 55, and 47 from Tom Latham, held things together in the face of some probing England bowling.\n\nThe value of the Black Caps' pragmatism in reaching 241-8 was shown when England came to bat.\n\nMatt Henry had Roy caught behind, the miserly Colin de Grandhomme ensured Joe Root suffered a similar fate, Lockie Ferguson got Jonny Bairstow to play on, then took a wonderful catch to hold Eoin Morgan at deep point.\n\nEngland were floored, then came Stokes, the tie, the super over, and an unforgettable conclusion.\n\nIt can be argued that in just getting to the final, and therefore ensuring that it would be broadcast on free-to-air television, England had already given cricket in the UK an invaluable boost.\n\nBut those who did watch witnessed the greatest World Cup final of all-time and one of the most memorable moments in British sporting history.\n\nAs spectators streamed from St John's Wood station on Sunday morning, they were greeted by drummers, jugglers and dancers on roller skates.\n\nInside the ground, they saw parachutists land on the Nursery Ground before the spine-tingling spectacle of the national anthems.\n\nThat, though, was nothing compared to the emotion of the final hour, one of the most dramatic passages of sport you could ever wish to see.\n\nThe explosion of noise when England sealed victory was deafening and as the trophy was lifted, the crowd rightly sang that cricket was coming home.\n\nThis was the day that English cricket had been building to for four years, going back to when England were dumped out of the last World Cup in the first round.\n\nOff the field, a renewed focus was placed on one-day cricket through the vision of former director of cricket Andrew Strauss.\n\nOn it, captain Morgan and coach Trevor Bayliss gave the players a new freedom and they responded with some spectacular performances, particularly with the bat.\n\nThey began the World Cup as favourites and the number one ranked side, but at one stage found themselves one defeat from elimination.\n\nMorgan's men reversed their fortunes and swept into the final with three successive victories, including a memorable semi-final demolition of Australia.\n\nIn the final, the rollercoaster continued, only for the heroics of Stokes to leave England as worthy champions, matching the achievement of the England women's team on the same ground two years ago.\n\nAnd Morgan, the architect of it all, joined immortals Bobby Moore and Martin Johnson as men to have lifted a World Cup for England.\n\n'Written in the stars for Stokes' - reaction\n\nEngland batsman Joe Root: \"Wow! It's hard to sum it up. What a day, what a tournament. Everyone has done everything asked of them. We have performed under pressure.\n\n\"It was almost written in the stars for Ben Stokes. He's had such a tough time. I'm so proud of him and pleased for him and his family.\"\n\nEngland bowler Jofra Archer: \"I was pretty sure I was going to bowl it [the super over]. My heart is still racing! It's the biggest thing I've ever won. A great bunch of fellas, a really good family to me.\"\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"There wasn't a lot in that game. I'd like to commiserate Kane Williamson and his team. The fight they show is worth aspiring to, the example they set is commendable to all. It was a hard, hard game where people found it hard to score.\n\n\"This has been a four-year journey, we have developed a lot. We find it hard to play on wickets like that and today was about getting over the line. Sport is tough at times. I was being cooled down by Liam Plunkett, which is not a good sign! I was up and down like a yo-yo.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib: \"I'm dealing with the biggest bully I've ever had to deal with\"\n\nThe ongoing row between US President Donald Trump and four non-white Democratic congresswomen has continued to escalate following a controversial campaign rally.\n\nDuring a speech in North Carolina, Mr Trump took aim at Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley as well as Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born lawmaker who he focused much of his criticism on.\n\nHis rhetoric prompted a chant of \"send her back\" from his supporters, which Mr Trump on Thursday claimed he disagreed with.\n\nThe rally fallout follows debate over a series of vitriolic tweets and statements by the president that have been widely condemned as racist.\n\nAll the women are US citizens. So what else do we know of the lawmakers known as \"the Squad\"?\n\nAll four were elected to the House of Representatives in last November's mid-term elections, each making history as a result.\n\nKnown to be progressive, they have clashed in recent weeks with the more pragmatic Speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi - divisions with racial overtones that Mr Trump has tried to exploit with his tweets.\n\nMs Omar speaks at a news conference in Washington DC in June\n\nFirst-term congresswoman Ilhan Omar won a Minnesota seat in the House of Representatives last November, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the US.\n\nHer family first came to the US as refugees from Somalia, settling in Minneapolis in 1997 after fleeing the country's civil war. She became a citizen in 2000.\n\nThe 37-year-old mother of three is one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to the US Congress.\n\nBefore her election to Congress, she served in Minnesota's state legislature, making her the then highest elected Somali-American public official in the US.\n\nMs Omar's precedent-setting tenure has earned both adoration and criticism.\n\nShortly after her election, she drew praise for fighting to change a 181-year ban on headwear in the House, allowing her to wear a hijab for her oath of office.\n\nBut Ms Omar has also faced repeated accusations of anti-Semitism.\n\nShe was forced to apologise for a series of tweets in February that suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) was buying influence for pro-Israel policies.\n\nLawmakers on both sides of the aisle said the tweets stoked anti-Semitic tropes about Jews and money.\n\nMs Omar later released a statement \"unequivocally\" apologising for her tweets.\n\n\"Anti-Semitism is real and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes,\" Ms Omar wrote.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ilhan Omar on her journey to becoming the first Somali-American lawmaker in the US\n\nShe came under fire from conservatives again in April for comments on 9/11 that Democrats said were taken out of context.\n\nA clip of Ms Omar apparently describing 9/11 as \"some people did something\" began circulating online, and the president tweeted a video showing footage of the terrorist attacks spliced with Ms Omar's speech.\n\nThe quote was from a speech Ms Omar gave to a civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), in March. The comments in Mr Trump's video were taken from a point she made about the treatment of US Muslims in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks:\n\n\"For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I'm tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it. Cair was founded after 9/11 because they recognised that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.\"\n\nIn recent weeks, Mr Trump has focused his attacks on Ms Omar saying she \"hates Israel\" and \"hates Jews\", and suggesting she supports the jihadist group al-Qaeda.\n\nUS media reported that Mr Trump's accusations probably reference a 2013 interview where Ms Omar was discussing a college terrorism class.\n\nShe did not praise al-Quaeda in the interview. Ms Omar remarked that a professor said the names of terrorist groups with a different kind of \"intensity\" compared with the tone he used when he said \"America\" or \"England\".\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez and Ms Tlaib at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing\n\nAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, often referred to as AOC, made waves in the Democratic Party last June when she defeated political veteran and establishment favourite Joe Crowley in their party's primary in a new York district.\n\nThe 29-year-old went on to beat Republican candidate Anthony Pappas in the November mid-terms, becoming the youngest ever US congresswoman.\n\nThe freshman lawmaker was born in the Bronx, New York to parents of Puerto Rican descent. She has a degree in economics and international relations from Boston University, and worked as a community organiser, educator and bartender before deciding to run for office.\n\nSince her election, the self-described democratic socialist has become a lightning rod for the political right.\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez has not shied away from the spotlight, frequently taking to social media to hit back at Republicans, members of the media and other critics on a range of issues including immigration, poverty and race.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on detained migrants: 'The women were told to drink out of a toilet bowl'\n\nShe has earned a reputation for her impassioned testimonies at congressional hearings, which are often re-circulated among her nearly five million Twitter followers.\n\nShe has been particularly vocal in her push for environmental policy, serving as one of the sponsors of the Green New Deal resolution, which calls upon the US to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions along with other goals.\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez has also been outspoken in her criticism of the president, saying there is \"no question\" that Mr Trump is racist.\n\nAnd she recently accused Ms Pelosi of \"singling out\" new congresswomen of colour following a number of clashes over their policy stances.\n\nSocial media savvy, Ms Ocasio-Cortez inadvertently coined the term \"the squad\" after suggesting they hashtag a photoshoot image of the four of them #squadgoals.\n\nMs Tlaib and Ms Omar talk before Mr Trump's second State of the Union address\n\nMuch like the other congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib's election this November made history.\n\nThe Michigan Democrat is the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ms Tlaib is the daughter of Palestinian immigrant parents. Her grandmother still lives in the West Bank.\n\nShe was sworn into office wearing a traditional Palestinian garment stitched by her mother.\n\nMs Tlaib also joined Ms Omar as one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to serve in Congress.\n\nThe eldest of 14 siblings, Ms Tlaib became the first member of her family to graduate from high school, and then from college and law school.\n\nSince assuming office, Ms Tlaib has been an outspoken critic of the president. She courted controversy when she used explicit language when calling for the president's impeachment.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rashida Tlaib This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Tlaib was unapologetic about the furore incited by her remark, tweeting that she would \"always speak truth to power\".\n\nAfter his twitter storm, she said Mr Trump was \"biggest bully I've ever had to deal with in my lifetime\", and said his attacks were a \"distraction\" from her job of representing people in her congressional district.\n\nCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley, 45, is the first African-American woman to be elected to the US Congress from Massachusetts.\n\nBorn in Cincinnati and raised in Ohio, Ms Pressley is the only child of a single mother.\n\nAfter attending Boston University, she served as a senior aide to Congressman Joseph P Kennedy II, and worked for Senator John Kerry for 13 years.\n\nHer own political career began in 2009 when she waged a successful bid for a seat on Boston City Council, becoming the first woman of colour elected to the council in its 100-year history.\n\nSimilar to Ms Ocasio-Cortez, Ms Pressley's election to the US Congress involved a major political upset: she unseated 10-term Democratic congressman Michael Capuano in their party's primary.\n\nSince assuming office in January, Ms Pressley has been a vocal advocate of abortion rights, pushing to repeal an amendment that prevents Medicaid from covering abortions for low-income Americans.\n\nA survivor of sexual violence, Ms Pressley has also spoken up for better protections for assault victims, writing on her website that \"the people closest to the pain should be closest to the power\".\n\nShe said she could not call Mr Trump the president, only the \"occupant\" of the White House.\n\n\"He does not embody the principles, the responsibility, the grace, the integrity of a true president,\" she told CBS.", "Test captain Joe Root says England are halfway to reaching the cricket \"pinnacle\" of winning a World Cup and Ashes double.\n\nEngland beat New Zealand in a dramatic final at Lord's on Sunday to lift the World Cup for the first time.\n\nThey now aim to regain the Ashes during a \"massive\" series with Australia, which begins at Edgbaston on 1 August.\n\n\"It's what we set out to do two or three years ago and we're halfway there,\" said batsman Root, 28.\n\nEngland beat Australia at Edgbaston last Thursday to reach their first World Cup final since 1992 and return to Birmingham to begin their bid for a fifth straight home series victory in the Ashes.\n\n\"We couldn't be in a better place really, having achieved what we've achieved here,\" said Root. \"This will give the guys confidence and we've talked about taking that forward into a series like that.\n\n\"The way we played against Australia in that semi-final at Edgbaston... the guys who were involved relished it and will want a bit more: the feeling of euphoria we felt at that ground and yesterday.\n\n\"To potentially be able to experience all that again is very exciting. Ashes cricket always has a different edge to it so that in itself will get everyone going.\"\n\n\"It's always so special,\" added the Yorkshire batsman. \"The atmosphere, the way it builds up and the way the guys get excited about it, it's like no other series in Test cricket.\n\n\"It's something I'm really looking forward to and it'll be massive, especially on the back of this. It'll make it even bigger.\"\n\nEngland's victory on Sunday has been compared with their Ashes success of 2005, when they won the series for the first time since 1986-87.\n\n\"I was 14 watching that 2005 series and that was hugely inspiring for me,\" said Root. \"Hopefully we can do something similar for the next generation.\n\n\"As a team we've talked about leaving the game in a better place when we finish. The way we've gone about things in this World Cup, hopefully it's done that and the next generation want to go on and emulate what we've achieved.\"\n• None All the best reaction from Monday's World Cup celebrations", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inventor Franky Zapata got the parade off to a flying start\n\nPolice in Paris have fired tear gas at protesters near the Champs-Elysées shortly after France's annual Bastille Day military parade.\n\nEarlier, yellow-vest protesters booed President Emmanuel Macron as he was driven down the boulevard.\n\nPolice said they had detained more than 150 people, including two yellow vest leaders accused of staging an unauthorised demonstration.\n\nThe parade also saw a French inventor zoom past on a futuristic flyboard.\n\nFranky Zapata - a former world jet ski champion - soared above the avenue and the assembled dignitaries.\n\nMore than 4,000 members of the armed forces marched down the avenue in a tradition that dates back to the years following World War One.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel was among the foreign leaders present for the event, while German, Spanish and British aircraft took part in the fly-past.\n\nMr Macron announced on Saturday that France would set up a new space defence command in September - following similar moves by the US, China and Russia.\n\nHe said that the command would help to \"better protect our satellites, including in an active way\".\n\nThere had been calls on social media for so-called yellow-vest protesters to use the national day celebrations to renew their demonstrations against President Macron.\n\nBefore the shocked gaze of tourists and other onlookers, groups of protesters - some masked - dragged metal crowd-control barriers into the centre of the Champs-Elysées to form barricades, and set fire to bins.\n\nRiot police who had been deployed en masse were ready for trouble and dispersed the initial demonstrations with tear gas and baton charges, but pockets of trouble continued flaring up.\n\nIt's reminiscent of some of the yellow-vest disturbances from a few months ago - though it's hard to say how many of today's protesters are far-left activists or opportunist trouble-makers.", "The 1,000 ft tower was planned for 20 Bury Street, beside the Gherkin tower\n\nLondon's Mayor has advised planners to reject proposals for a new skyscraper.\n\nIn April, the City of London Corporation (CLC) approved the 1,000ft (305m) Tulip tower proposed for Bury Street, beside the Gherkin tower.\n\nBut Sadiq Khan said a number of concerns raised in a London Review Panel report meant it would harm the skyline and had few public benefits.\n\nThose behind the project said they were \"disappointed\" and have a right to appeal the mayor's decision.\n\nMr Khan advised CLC planners to reject permission on the basis of reasons outlined by the panel, which included:\n\nA restaurant and sky bar was proposed as well as a floor for education facilities\n\nThe proposed skyscraper would have been the second tallest in London after the Shard\n\nThe London Review Panel concluded The Tulip \"does not represent world class architecture, it lacks sufficient quality and quantity of public open space, and its social and environmental sustainability do not match the ambition of its height and impact on London's skyline\".\n\nA spokesperson for the mayor said Mr Khan had \"a number of serious concerns with this application and having studied it in detail has refused permission for a scheme that he believes would result in very limited public benefit\".\n\nThe Foster + Partners-designed tower was to be built at 20 Bury Street.\n\nThe CLC Planning and Transportation Committee had supported the plan by 18 votes to seven after conditions were imposed such as restricting ticket sales during peak hours.\n\nGondolas would have allowed visitors to ride along an eight-minute loop outside the tower\n\nResponding to the mayor's recommendation, architects Foster + Partners and developers J Safra said: \"The Tulip Project team are disappointed by the Mayor of London's decision to direct refusal of planning permission.\n\n\"We will now take time to consider potential next steps for The Tulip Project.\"\n\nThe applicants have the right to appeal directly to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government within six months if the CLC goes ahead and refuses planning permission.\n\nThe government department may also step in and direct the CLC to hold off a refusal for a period it specifies.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "After US President Donald Trump told four US congresswomen of colour to \"go back\" to the countries \"from which they came\", some Americans have been sharing their own experiences of hearing that kind of language.\n\nOne BBC reader said the incident was reminiscent of an experience on a London bus in 1975 when a white woman accusingly said \"you foreigners, why don't you go back to your country?\"\n\n\"Yes, we were foreign students, we felt petrified, yes, we immediately got off the bus on the next stop,\" said the reader, who did not wish to have their name used.\n\n\"Racism is ugly, ignorance and hurtful, and unfortunately it is everywhere,\" they continued.\n\nIn a three-tweet thread on Sunday, Mr Trump accused the four Democrats of \"viciously\" criticising him and the US.\n\nThree of them on Friday spoke out about conditions in a migrant detention centre they had visited, describing alleged mistreatment happening \"under American flags\".\n\nAlthough the president did not name them, it was clear he was referring to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, who were born in the US, and Ilhan Omar, who came to the US as a refugee aged 12.\n\nHis remarks have sparked condemnation in the US and abroad. UK Prime Minister Theresa May said they were \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nLots of other BBC readers have been telling us about their experiences, in the US and elsewhere.\n\nLarry Christopher Bates writes from Bloomington, Indiana, that he has been told to \"go back to Africa\" so many times and at such an early age that he cannot recall the first occasion.\n\nMr Bates, who was born in Indiana, calls it \"one of the first lines of insult from white nationalists\".\n\nIain Tyson says that when he was stopped while driving by a Los Angeles police officer, the officer heard his British accent and - using an expletive - told him to go \"back to where you came from\".\n\nHe said that during his travels in the US, he has frequently been told: \"If you don't like it, why don't you go back to where you came from?\"\n\nJuan Oliveros Müller, who is a Venezuelan living abroad in Estonia for the past seven years, said that when he went to renew his legal residency ID, he was told by an officer to \"go back home since I'm a mañana person' (tomorrow person)\".\n\nMukhtar Barde of Illinois said that when \"white Americans\" tell him to go home, he reminds them that Native Americans were the first people in North America.\n\n\"You would be surprised how many of the same white men then start telling me that they are part Native Americans and belong here.\"\n\nMoroccan Abdel Tazi, who has been living in the UK for the past five years, said that when he took a driving test, the instructor began every sentence with \"in this country...\"\n\n\"At one point, I took a wrong turn and he started shouting at me 'I don't know where you're from, but this is wrong!! Can you not tell your right from your left in your country? You should probably go back'.\n\n\"Without saying anything, I stopped the car, got out and got a taxi home. I was upset for the rest of that day.\"\n\nLittlebird Arzabal says her family are indigenous and have been living in New Mexico since before it became a US state.\n\n\"The white kids would yell at us to go back to Mexico. They had someplace to go back to, we didn't,\" she says.\n\nA reader in Western Australia who did not want her name used said that as an Australian Aboriginal, she has been \"told from a very young age & too many times to count, 'go back to where you came from'.\"\n\n\"This poor effort by perpetrators to condemn me because of the colour of my skin should only be considered laughable, and I will not allow my mind, body, heart or soul to be infiltrated negatively.\"\n\nIf she gives any answer at all, it's sometimes \"ditto with a smile\".\n\nJacqueline, who is mixed race and was born in London in 1954, wrote that she was \"regularly told to go back home throughout my childhood and adolescence\".\n\nShe said that by the 1980s, people had mostly stopped saying it to her, until three months ago in a Manchester shopping centre when a man said \"go home\" as he passed her.\n\n\"It's been at least 35 years since anyone said this to me. I consider this to be one of the effects of the [Brexit] leave vote, which has legitimised overt racism in the UK.\"\n\nKim Read, a dual UK/US citizen, says she is frequently told to leave the country if she \"doesn't like America the way it is\".\n\n\"I vote and pay taxes but cannot have an opinion on healthcare or student debt because of my accent.\"\n\n\"I would wager that a significant portion of minorities have been told to 'go home' or 'go back to their country' at least once in their lives, said a reader who identifies as first-generation American of Korean descent living in New York City.\n\nPeople in New York City - one of the most diverse places in the world, \"viewed me as a non-traditional American or 'technically American' only because I was born in America,\" writes the reader.\n\n\"This always perplexed me since, except for a small percentage of Americans, most ended up here after someone from their family emigrated here and at one point their people were the minorities being told to 'go home'.\"\n\nTweeting from Kansas City, Victor Hwang wrote that he has been told to \"go back to where you came from\" his whole life.\n\nHe said it makes him \"sad\" that \"99% of Americans don't fully appreciate how special this nation is\".\n\n\"I'm the son of immigrants, a woman who escaped communism, a father who pulled himself up from nothing.\n\n\"I get this nation in a way that many people never will. I love America and everything it means for the world. And I belong here.\"\n\nNeera Tanden of the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress said that 2016 was the first time that people on Twitter began telling her \"to go back to India\" and sent her photos of poverty in India.\n\n\"I was born here. But they saw me as less American because I am brown. Now Trump parrots them. That is what we fight.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Neera Tanden This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDr Michael Cornfield, an associate professor of political management at George Washington University who studies political rhetoric, says \"exclusionary\" words like these date back to before America's founding and have arisen at different points various immigrants groups arrived in waves.\n\nIn the early 20th Century, Italians, Irish, Poles and others were villainised by politicians amid concerns about economic stagnation.\n\nIn the 1910s, President Woodrow Wilson \"was an open segregationist that wanted the races kept separate,\" says Mr Cornfield.\n\nBut in the Vietnam era, as politicians became more vulnerable on a national level to charges of racism, the calls for expulsion were normally based on differences in political opinion, rather than race.\n\n\"America, love it or leave it,\" was a popular bumper sticker, and a phrase spoken by many lawmakers.\n\nThe slogan, he says, \"was a test of loyalty to the flag and to the nation\" but was typically \"not racial.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Why we want Americans to talk more openly about race'\n\nHe has consistently rejected the accusation that he is racist and on Monday he accused the four congresswomen themselves of stoking racial division.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLater he told reporters that he had no regrets about his comments and many people agreed with him.\n\n\"These are people that hate our country. They hate it, I think, with a passion. If you're not happy here, you can leave,\" he added.\n\n\"So all I'm saying is if they want to leave, they can leave.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nVideos of grandparents' euphoric reactions to England's Cricket World Cup win have captured the mood of the momentous occasion on social media.\n\nGwen Stanbrook said the triumph was lost on her. But the video of her 80-year-old grandmother's joyous celebration went viral on Twitter.\n\n\"I don't really care about cricket,\" said Gwen, 20, from West Sussex. \"But my grandma is really, really into it...so we kind of knew what was going to happen and I decided to video her reaction. My grandma was understandably overwhelmed.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Sami This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I love how much she loves cricket and this country. She always has the best reactions, that's why I knew that I should record her,\" said Samiya.\n\n\"I'm not so into cricket but whenever England is playing very well I will watch it with my grandparents. I had to keep asking my granddad what certain words meant, but I really enjoyed the match.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Sam Hutchinson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSam Hutchinson, 16, from Cumbria captured his grandfather Harry Hutchinson jumping for joy.\n\n\"He's been waiting all his life for England to do this,\" said Sam. \"I'm not really into cricket but a game like the final yesterday I certainly don't mind.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Natasha Douglas This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNatasha Douglas, 23, from Sheffield tweeted: \"Ok my dad has lost it\" with a video of her father Tim Douglas running around the garden.\n\nShe said: \"I thought his reaction was hilarious, after he had been nervously pacing around the house all day during the game, I thought he might burst with excitement!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Aditya Ramani This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, Aditya Ramani in Melbourne, Australia kept across the Cricket World Cup and Wimbledon Final at his cousin's wedding.\n\nThe once in a lifetime win also inspired readers to share thoughts of cricket-loving family members who were no longer with them.\n\nPaul, from Kent, texted BBC Sport: \"I've just watched the video of the grandma. My granddad was a massive cricket fan, and I like to think he was looking down watching yesterday too. I've got a bit of dust in me eye...\"\n\nAnother reader, who did not send their name, texted: \"Tomorrow it will be 16 years since we said goodbye to our cricket loving dad. He actually passed away whilst watching England playing cricket on TV.\n\n\"To my dad I want to say two things: You never saw an England team like this and... Dad - I was there!!!\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV footage shows Sidali Mohamed coming face to face with his killer\n\nA boy has been jailed for life after being convicted of murdering a student outside a college in Birmingham.\n\nLouai Ali, 17, was found guilty of fatally stabbing Sidali Mohamed outside the gates of Joseph Chamberlain College in Highgate on 13 February.\n\nDuring the trial, Ali said the 10in zombie knife used to kill Sidali, 16, was bought for £50 through Instagram.\n\nAli was also convicted of wounding with intent and unlawful wounding and jailed for a minimum of 19 years.\n\nDuring evidence, it was heard that Ali went to the college armed with the knife after his friend and cousin had been encountering issues with a group of boys.\n\nSentencing Ali, Judge Mark Wall QC said the teenager \"habitually carried knives\" and at the time of the murder had been on bail for a previous offence.\n\nThe court heard Ali and a friend \"chased a lone man\" and cornered Russell Molloy in December.\n\nJudge Mark Wall QC said Louai Ali \"did not have a particularly easy upbringing\"\n\nMr Molloy was stabbed through his arm - although the prosecution said it was not Ali who injured the victim.\n\nThe judge described the murder weapon as fearsome\n\nSpeaking about Sidali's murder, Judge Wall said: \"You deliberately went to his college armed with a fearsome knife with intent of stabbing him.\n\n\"It had a long blade which was split in two. It was a weapon which was obviously, potentially lethal.\n\n\"You bought it because in your words 'It looked cool.'\"\n\nJudge Wall had previously lifted reporting restrictions, which normally ban the media from naming defendants aged under 18, in the interests of \"open justice\".\n\nHe said it was in the public interest to identify Ali due to the serious nature of the offences.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "On a grey Sunday evening the sun came out at Lord's and the golden hour came.\n\nWhen you love sport, you understand how it can take you to places little else can. You could watch it all your life and never quite fathom what happened between 6.30 and 7.30pm in two sun-kissed rectangles of grass seven or so miles apart across England's capital city.\n\nA World Cup final that might just be the greatest game of cricket in history, a Wimbledon men's final longer than any that has come before.\n\nBecause this was summer's sporting day of days, they stepped hand in hand. You couldn't watch and you couldn't look away. You hated it and you loved it and you lost yourself completely to it.\n\nNo-one had ever seen Lord's like this, a beautiful sedate museum turned into a cavorting mess. No-one had really seen cricket like this.\n\nThere is a line often brought out when sport does these sorts of things - you couldn't write this - and a hoary riposte: haven't you seen Star Wars, or read Harry Potter?\n\nOn a day when sometimes nothing appeared to make sense, both these contradictory positions became true. You couldn't write it, because it was a plotline too twisted to make dramatic sense, too confusing, too remote from what has gone before.\n\nWe're OK with spaceships and child wizards because they have been imagined before. Plenty had dreamed of England winning the World Cup. That's where logic waved farewell.\n\nA match that ended in a tie to produce a tie-breaker that also ended in a tie. A final over that contained a six that was a six and also contained a six that wasn't a six at all but actually a two and a four, which meant the final over wasn't the final over any more either.\n\nWhen you try to navigate your way through those 60 hallucinogenic minutes you keep coming up against these impossible riddles: New Zealand's Martin Guptill facing the first ball of the match and the last one too; a tournament that England's men had never won before won with a winning margin that wasn't even a winning margin.\n\nSeven weeks of cricket and it came down to the final dusty half-metre at the spiritual home of the sport. A final that for so long was slow-motion cricket ending at a pace that took the breath from your lungs and the strength from your legs. Cricket that was a throwback to 20 years ago suddenly leaping into the unknown.\n\nIt was unprecedented and it was also a very English way to win a World Cup.\n\nExtra time at Wembley in 1966, extra time in Sydney in 2003. A champagne super over in London, that strange comforting familiarity of feeling absolutely awful watching England do something you had always hoped they might.\n\nEoin Morgan's men were supposed to be rompers in this tournament. They were the demolition men who took on big totals and danced across the finish line.\n\nYou knew deep down it was never going to be easy. It never is with England. You just didn't know it was going to be this hard.\n\nThere were scoring rates from the late 1990s and an innings perfectly pitched to that fragile, panicked era of England one-day batting, as if the cavalier swordsmen of the current team had been replaced by a cricketing historical re-enactment society.\n\nRomp? It was like a four-hour penalty shootout, at least until it became a shootout, at which point England's final over felt like a lifetime and then produced one more for each side that took another half-hour.\n\nPanic on the posh streets of London, panic in the living-rooms of the nation.\n\nAs the contest swung one way then the other and then back again, Lord's was awash with pacers - men and women walking, hopping, striding purposely to nowhere at all. As Ben Stokes dragged England to the brink, into the abyss and then out again, a country had long forgotten that watching sport is supposed to be fun.\n\nAll the while, horrible sums. 100 needed from 88. 80 from 66.\n\n65 off 48, people standing up to cheer a wide.\n\nIt was 44 from 26 as the final hour began. Men in crisp cotton shirts and chinos swigging pink champagne direct from the bottle. 39 off 24, 34 needed off the last three overs, 24 off two.\n\nThe 50th over began at 6.55. 15 runs required. Two balls later, 15 needed from four, and then, in two balls and four minutes, came 12 impossible runs.\n\nAt 7pm, England needed two to win. Mark Wood was run out by a mile, and so the final act began: a World Cup into its first ever super over at the same time as a Wimbledon final went into its first ever fifth-set tie-breaker.\n\nBoth teams thought they had it won and lost in the tumult of the final 12 balls, just as both Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer could feel the Wimbledon trophy in their hands.\n\nAt some distant forgotten point in the afternoon the hero was going to be Liam Plunkett until it was Colin de Grandhomme, at least until Jos Buttler took over, and then the super over began and it was suddenly Stokes until it was Buttler, except it was then Jimmy Neesham and then Jofra Archer and then Jason Roy and Buttler all over again.\n\nYou realised as that final throw came in from Roy to his wicketkeeper to leave Guptill and New Zealand that tiny, vast distance short that you were lucky to have seen it and that cricket was lucky to have conjured it.\n\nFourteen long years since the last live England game on free-to-air television, a day for the converted to testify, a chance for a whole new generation to feel the unique horrors and joys of watching England play cricket.\n\nYou felt like putting an arm around the new devotees in the giddy aftermath. It's not always like this. But it can do exactly this to you.\n\nIt was awful for New Zealand, fancied by no-one, so close to pulling off one of the great upsets with a brand of cricket that felt archaic until it made perfect sense. It was no sort of compensation for the brilliant Kane Williamson to be awarded man of the tournament.\n\nBut it was wonderful for England, four years on from their humiliation in Adelaide at the last World Cup, and it was redemption for all those who have followed them and hoped and suffered along the way.\n\nSo much happened in the golden hour that you struggle to hold on to discrete images. But there is one England supporters will never forget: 11 men in pale blue, chasing wild circles on the green Lord's outfield as the stumps lay splattered and Guptill knelt beside them, the ancient pavilion dancing, the shadows stretching, the World Cup - after 44 long years - finally won.", "A legal action taken by MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis is behind the tool\n\nScammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts.\n\nThe feature came about after Martin Lewis, founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, sued over his name and photo being used on fake Facebook adverts.\n\nIn return for dropping the legal action, Facebook agreed to donate £3m to set up an anti-scam programme.\n\nThat money has been handed over to Citizens Advice to build a new service to help victims of online fraudsters.\n\nThe charity has set up a telephone helpline for any type of online scam - not just ones involving fake ads. Face-to-face consultations will even be offered to serious cases - where someone falls into debt or mortgage arrears, for example.\n\nCitizens Advice says it expects to help 20,000 people in the first year of the new service, and warned anyone can be scammed.\n\nThere is no typical profile of victims, the charity said, and scams are becoming more and more sophisticated. Some common red flags include:\n\nInside Facebook, a specially-trained team has been set up to investigate adverts reported through the new tool.\n\nFrom Tuesday, Facebook users in the UK should be able to click the three dots in the top corner of every advert to see more options. On top of the usual ones, there will now be the option to \"send a detailed scam report\" after choosing to \"report ad\" and selecting \"misleading or scam ad\" as the reason.\n\n\"Scam ads are an industry-wide problem caused by criminals and have no place on Facebook,\" said the company's vice-president for Northern Europe, Steve Hatch.\n\nA few years after her husband of 30 years died, Amanda - not her real name - joined an online dating site at the urging of a friend.\n\nAfter a while, she started exchanging emails with someone who seemed interesting. A few weeks later, \"he asked if I could send him some money\", she said.\n\n\"He had not been paid and needed to travel back home from Ireland. I never thought much of it and transferred him the money.\"\n\nThe pair continued to build up \"a nice friendship over the months\" - and he asked for some money on a few other occasions.\n\nBut something did not feel right - and Amanda decided not to message him any more.\n\nA few weeks later she got a new message from the dating site – with the same picture, but a different name and location.\n\n\"That's when I realised that the person I had been speaking to was probably not the one on the picture,\" Amanda said.\n\nOver the course of a few months, she had transferred around £2,500 to whoever was really on the other end of those emails.\n\n\"I think that maybe some of the men join the site knowing that there will be women like me who genuinely want a friendship and use that and take advantage of our loss,\" she said.\n\nThe tool - and the dedicated team to examine the reports - are unique to the UK as a result of the lawsuit taken by Mr Lewis.\n\nThe journalist and TV presenter took the legal action against Facebook after a series of ads ran with his face and name, claiming he backed questionable investment schemes.\n\nHis website recommends what it believes are the best-value financial products for different purposes. Mr Lewis claimed the fake adverts on Facebook damaged his reputation.\n\nHis defamation case, he said, was \"bizarrely the only law I could find to try to make big tech firms understand the damage their negligent behaviour has caused\".\n\nThe faked ads implied Mr Lewis backed some of the schemes being advertised\n\n\"Millions of people know a scam when they see it, and millions of others don't. So now, I'd ask all who recognise them to use the new Facebook reporting tool, to help protect those who don't,\" he said.\n\nIf you or someone you know has been scammed, Citizens Advice recommends you:", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan says he \"never allowed\" himself to imagine lifting the World Cup before his side's astonishing victory over New Zealand in a thrilling final at Lord's.\n\nThe game went to a super over after both sides scored 241 from 50 overs.\n\n\"I've said incredible 50 times since lifting the trophy,\" Morgan told Test Match Special.\n\n\"The planning, hard work, dedication, commitment and the little bit of luck really did get us over the line.\"\n\nMorgan said he was \"very thankful\" that - despite England's three defeats in the group stage - \"people believed because we believed\".\n\nBut he added: \"I'd never allow myself to imagine winning the World Cup. Cynical me!\"\n• None Relive the best reaction and highlights from Lord's\n\nBen Stokes, man of the match in the final, said: \"So much hard work has gone in, this is what we aspire to be.\n\n\"I don't think there will ever be a better game in cricket than that.\n\n\"There was no chance I wasn't going to be there at the end. Those are the sorts of moments you live for as a professional cricketer.\"\n\nAll-rounder Stokes scored 84 with grit and determination on a tricky pitch to anchor England, and his composure in both the final over and the super over helped claim a historic win.\n\nVictory brought a sense of redemption for Stokes - in the World Twenty20 final four years ago he was hit for four sixes by Carlos Brathwaite as West Indies beat England in the final over.\n\nMorgan described Stokes as \"super human\", adding: \"He really carried the team and our batting line-up.\"\n\n'I encouraged them to laugh, smile and enjoy'\n\nThis was an astonishing day in front of a packed crowd, who stayed long after the final ball had been bowled.\n\nIn a see-sawing match, England slipped to 86-4 and struggled to find boundaries in the middle order.\n\nBut a 110-run partnership between Stokes and Jos Buttler dragged the hosts back into contention before a dramatic finale resulted in the scores being tied and England winning because they had scored more boundaries during the match.\n\nWhen asked what he told his team as they huddled before the super over, Morgan said: \"I encouraged them to smile, laugh and enjoy because it was such a ridiculous situation.\n• None Quiz: How well do you know England's winners?\n\n\"It was a matter of trying to put smiles on the guys' faces to release a bit of tension and they responded brilliantly to that.\"\n\n\"I can't believe what's happened in the last hour,\" bowler Chris Woakes told Test Match Special.\n\n\"I thought it was gone. I am lost for words. World champions, I can't get my head around it.\"\n\nFor England, this was the culmination of four years of completely overhauling their one-day game after they were humiliated in 2015.\n\nThe victory was the culmination of four years of work in completely overhauling their one-day game after humiliation in 2015, when they were knocked out in the group stage.\n\nThe Queen - head of state for both nations - said: \"Prince Philip and I send our warmest congratulations to the England men's cricket team after such a thrilling victory in today's World Cup final.\n\n\"I also extend my commiserations to the runners-up New Zealand, who competed so admirably in today's contest and throughout the tournament.\"\n\n'In 10 years we'll see kids playing cricket in the street'\n\n\"This is exactly what cricket needed,\" ex-England captain Michael Vaughan said. \"This is the moment that, in five, 10 years time, we'll see kids playing cricket in the street [as a result].\n\n\"We've had great days in Test cricket - but this is another level. This is something I've never experienced.\"\n\nThe game was watched by a sold out-crowd at Lord's who lived every ball, and was also shown on free-to-air TV on Channel 4, as well as Sky.\n\n\"The best final I've ever seen, the best game I've ever seen,\" said England all-rounder Moeen Ali.\n\n\"This has changed cricket in our country.\"\n\n'Win or lose, today will not define me' - reaction\n\nEngland bowler Jofra Archer, who was entrusted with defending 15 runs in the super over: \"'Stokesy' came over and told me, win or lose, today will not define me as a player.\n\n\"The boys did so well to give us 15, I am so grateful they gave us the opportunity to compete.\"\n\nEngland all-rounder Ben Stokes: \"I don't know what it is about finals that produce moments like that. It's incredible. Amazing.\n\n\"I hope we have inspired people to want to do this in the future.\"\n\nEngland bowler Liam Plunkett: \"It's not sunk in - I've had a sip of champagne, which is my first drink for five months.\n\n\"Everyone got to watch the game on TV - I hope they get a buzz for cricket like the 2005 Ashes.\"\n\nEngland coach Trevor Bayliss: \"These guys have put in so much hard work and it's come to fruition. A lot of people behind the scenes have done a fantastic job and this feels fantastic.\n\n\"I tried to be as calm as I can but I was very nervous on the inside - let me tell you.\"", "The network suffered an outage on Friday due to what has been described as a \"technical incident related to its ground infrastructure\".\n\nEngineers worked around the clock over the weekend but there is no update yet on when the service will resume.\n\nThe problem means all receivers, such as the latest smartphone models, will not be picking up any useable timing or positional information.\n\nThese devices will be relying instead on the data coming from the American Global Positioning System (GPS).\n\nAnd depending on the sat-nav chip they have installed, cell phones and other devices might also be making connections with the Russian (Glonass) and Chinese (Beidou) networks.\n\nGalileo is still in a roll-out, or pilot phase, meaning it would not yet be expected to lead critical applications.\n\n\"People should remember that we are still in the 'initial services' phase; we're not in full operation yet,\" a spokesperson for the European GNSS Agency (GSA) told BBC News.\n\n\"This is something that can happen while we build the robustness into the system. We have recovery and monitoring actions, and we are implementing them, and we are working 24/7 to fix this as soon as possible.\"\n\nThe GSA issued a notification on Thursday warning users that Galileo's signals might become unreliable. An update was then sent out at 01:50 Central European Time on Friday to say that the service was out of use until further notice.\n\nThe search and rescue function on Galileo satellites that picks up the distress beacon messages from those at sea or up high mountains is said to be unaffected by the outage.\n\nGalileo is a multi-billion-euro project of the European Union and the European Space Agency. The EU owns the system, and Esa acts as the technical and procurement agent.\n\nThere are currently 22 operational satellites in orbit (another two are in space but in testing), with a further 12 under construction with industry. In addition to the spacecraft, Galileo relies on a complex ground infrastructure to control the network and monitor its performance.\n\nEurope's alternative to GPS went \"live\" with initial services in December 2016 after 17 years of development. The European Commission promotes Galileo as more than just a back-up service; it is touted also as being more accurate and more robust.\n\nAn outage across the entire network is therefore a matter of significant concern and no little embarrassment.\n\nSince its launch in 1978, GPS has become integral to the functioning of all modern economies.\n\nUsage goes far beyond just finding one's way through an unfamiliar city. The system's timing function has now become ubiquitous in many fields, including in the synchronisation of global financial transactions, telecommunications and energy networks.\n\nJonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Inside Iran: Iranians on Trump and the nuclear deal\n\nAs tensions rise between Iran, the US and its allies, the BBC has been given rare access to Iran.\n\nIranians remain furious that US President Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal last year and has imposed crushing sanctions on the country.\n\nBBC correspondent Martin Patience, along with cameraman Nik Millard and producer Cara Swift, have been in Tehran and the holy city of Qom, talking to Iranians about the escalating crisis.\n\nWhile in country, recording access was controlled - as with all foreign media the team was accompanied by a government representative at all times.\n\nThe hills provide respite from the heat and the pollution that choke Tehran\n\nEven in the sweltering summer months, you can still see snow on the towering peaks of the Alborz mountains that form the stunning backdrop to the Iranian capital.\n\nTehran's wealthiest suburbs cling to the slopes, which provide respite from the heat and the pollution that choke this city of almost nine million people.\n\nAt the weekends, many Iranians - young and old - take to the trails with their rucksacks and hiking sticks to leave the city behind them. But even up in the clean mountain air there is no escape from the US sanctions.\n\n\"Who's not suffering?\" asks one man rhetorically. As if to make the point, he shows me his climbing clip, hanging from his belt. It now cost four times what it did a year ago.\n\nDonald Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran last year after he unilaterally pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.\n\nThe US president said the previous deal was too generous to Iran and gave the country a free hand to develop ballistic missiles and meddle in the Middle East.\n\nMr Trump wants to use \"maximum pressure\" to force Iran back to the negotiating table. Many fear it could lead to conflict.\n\nIran is furious. It feels betrayed by the US and abandoned by European countries that still support the deal - the UK, France and Germany.\n\nAmerica's decision has strengthened the hardliners here who say that Washington should never have been trusted in the first place. That mistrust of the US (and the UK) runs deep in Iran, after both countries orchestrated a coup that ousted Iran's democratically elected prime minister in 1953.\n\nHadi (right) says the US sanctions have united Iranian liberals and conservatives\n\n\"We Iranians have a very long history, and we're always standing up against difficulties,\" says Hadi, who runs one of the small cafes that offer refreshments to passing hikers.\n\nHis cafe is half-built, there is a tarpaulin for a roof, but he invites me inside for tea and fruits - cherries, apricots and watermelon.\n\nHadi says that the Americans thought the sanctions would lead to rioting and the Iranian government would have no choice but to compromise.\n\nBut he says the sanctions have done the exact opposite uniting both liberals and conservatives across the country.\n\n\"We have national unity here, and the more difficult the situation the more united the people become.\"\n\nAway from the mountains and down below in the hazy fog of Tehran's sprawling southern suburbs is where sanctions are being felt hardest.\n\nIt is a maze of narrow alleyways and homes piled on top of each other. This is where Iran's working classes live.\n\nThey were already on the margins before sanctions but the past year has tipped many of them over the edge.\n\nFood prices have more than doubled and because the economy is slumping many are struggling to find work and make ends meet.\n\n\"I'm not sure what Donald Trump gains by hurting us,\" said Zohreh Farzaneh, a mother-of-three who folds clothes for living. She makes about $2 (£1.60) a day.\n\nShe says the sanctions have plunged her family into poverty and that she can no longer afford meat for family or an inhaler for her asthma.\n\nShe's sending her 11-year-old son to a charity so that he can get at least one decent meal a day. The humiliation that she feels at having to ask for help pains her.\n\n\"We thank god that we have a piece of bread and cheese to eat,\" she told me. \"At least we have peace in Iran - there's no war.\"\n\nEvery Iranian I spoke to on this 10-day trip believed it was unlikely there would be a war with the United States, despite tensions escalating after the US blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and Iran shot down of a US surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nIran's former Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholislam said that was because it war was in neither country's interest.\n\n\"There is not going to be a war. Of course, it's possible somebody will make a mistake. But we do not want a war.\n\n\"And I believe that Mr Trump understands a war is not in his favour because a war against us means dead American soldiers - and he is not ready to make a funeral in Washington DC,\" Mr Sheikholislam said.\n\nHiking is a popular pastime for many Iranians\n\nBack on the mountain, I keep pushing higher up the trail, passing a stream gushing with crystal clear water.\n\nI met a young woman, Nasim, who was hiking with a group of friends.\n\nI asked her what she thought of President Trump. She laughed. She raised her hands, palms turned upwards, gesturing that she didn't know what to say.\n\nBut then what she said surprised me.\n\n\"Maybe it would even be better for us if a war happens,\" she said.\n\nI asked: Why would someone want war?\n\n\"It might actually lead to a change in our ruling system. It might lead to a better situation. But if it's going to lead to a civil war then no, it's not going to be good at all,\" she replied.\n\nIn 2009, people like Nasim, took to the streets in protest after the disputed re-election of then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.\n\nIt was dubbed the \"Green Revolution\", after the colour used by one of the defeated opposition presidential candidates, Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been held under house arrest since then.\n\nThe authorities cracked down hard on the mass protests and insist there is no powerful opposition movement in Iran.\n\nBut this is a country of many political opinions.\n\nYou have the hardline religious conservatives, as well as liberals - and probably a majority of Iranians who just want to keep their heads down. It's these divisions that President Trump believes he can exploit.\n\nMake no mistake, it's the hardliners who run this country.\n\nBut when Iran is confronted by America, most Iranians, conservative or liberal, will put their country first.", "Liam Fox wants to recruit a new generation of professional negotiators for trade talks\n\nA new generation of UK trade negotiators is to be recruited in an open-access scheme launched by International Trade Secretary Liam Fox.\n\nIt follows warnings of a shortage of experienced UK trade negotiators during the Brexit process.\n\nThe training scheme is open to applicants from all backgrounds and levels of qualifications - with the first recruits ready in two years.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats dismissed it as a \"last-minute scramble\".\n\nLabour's Barry Gardiner said \"only now is the secretary of state realising that the UK needs trained negotiation staff\".\n\nAt a launch event at the Harris Westminster Sixth Form school in London, the international trade secretary said being a professional negotiator was a \"career option that hasn't really existed for two generations\" - as deal-making has been carried out by the European Union.\n\nThe training project, with an initial 12 places, is meant to begin filling the gap, to provide enough home-grown professional negotiators for trade talks for the Brexit process and beyond.\n\nMr Fox rejected the suggestion that this recruitment drive should have happened earlier - saying his department has been expanding and building capacity.\n\nHe said the new recruits would learn the practical skills of international trade talks, including spending time abroad, and would be paid about £30,000 while training.\n\n\"Young people can actually see what global trade looks like, that it's not a cold negotiating room, it's how we get market access, how we are helping exporters to get into markets,\" said Mr Fox.\n\n\"There is no substitute for international experience.\"\n\nA project at the London sixth form created a simulation of a trading negotiation\n\nMr Fox said he wanted to \"broaden the base\" of those seeing trade negotiations as a career, with no limits or qualifications required for anyone wanting to apply.\n\n\"I think the wider we cast the net the better,\" he said, launching a project separate from conventional graduate recruitment schemes.\n\nMr Fox said it was open to \"as many of those youngsters who have the aptitude, the enthusiasm and who've got the intuition to make a success of it\".\n\nTwo years ago the international trade secretary had claimed that negotiations for a free trade agreement with the European Union \"should be one of the easiest in human history\".\n\nBut he now describes trade negotiations as a \"complicated business\" - and says the recruits will be given the intensive training they need.\n\nRecruits will get two years of training in trade talks, including an overseas posting\n\nThe department's chief trade negotiation adviser, Crawford Falconer, said he wanted to \"demystify\" the process of trade negotiations and \"get rid of the jargon\".\n\nShadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner said it was \"another case of too little, too late\" and a \"complete failure in office to prepare the UK for what happens next\".\n\nTom Brake, the Liberal Democrat spokesman on international trade, said those who might be hired as negotiators were being \"set an impossible task\".\n\nHe said that Mr Fox had \"failed to secure the substantial post-Brexit trade deals he promised\" - and the UK was at risk of missing out on the EU's trade agreements with Japan and Canada.\n• None 'We have no trade negotiators' - Letwin", "The coins dated between 153BC and AD61\n\nA hoard of Roman coins found in a field may have been hidden there during the Boudiccan revolt, an expert has said.\n\nThe trove of 60 denarii, dating between 153BC and AD60-61, was found in a field near Cookley, in Suffolk, by a metal detectorist.\n\nDr Anna Booth, who examined the find, said there \"might be a link with the Boudiccan revolt\" and the coins.\n\nQueen Boudicca led the Iceni tribe against the Romans in AD61 which led to the destruction of Colchester.\n\nMost of the coins dated from the Republic era, pre-27BC, but there were also denarii minted during the reigns of emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Nero.\n\nBoudicca led her Iceni tribe in a revolt against the Romans\n\nDr Booth said: \"This hoard is interesting because the latest coin dated to the reign of Nero in AD60-61. The final coin is often an indication of when a hoard is likely to have been deposited.\n\n\"There might be a link with the Boudiccan revolt which took place in AD61 in this region.\"\n\nShe added: \"It was quite a tumultuous time in East Anglia.\n\n\"There does seem to be a slight increase in hoarding in this period. It is a stretch of the imagination, we are not 100% sure, but in this region it is tempting to say this is because of what was happening in this period.\"\n\nThousands died during Boudicca's revolt across East Anglia after she united local tribes against the Roman rulers.\n\nColchester, then the capital of Roman Britain, London and St Albans were all destroyed before she was defeated.\n\nThe coins may have been buried to hide them during the Boudiccan revolt, an expert said\n\nThe find, from August 2018, was made up of 58 solid silver coins, two of which were silver-plated copies.\n\nSenior coroner Nigel Parsley declared it to be treasure at an inquest in Ipswich.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, a major transport hub.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) said the case could be a \"game-changer\" given the city's population of more than two million.\n\nBut the WHO expressed confidence in plans to deal with the diagnosis.\n\nDR Congo's health ministry said a pastor tested positive after arriving in the city by bus on Sunday.\n\nMore than 1,600 people have died since the Ebola outbreak began in eastern DR Congo a year ago - the second biggest outbreak ever.\n\nThe WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said an emergency meeting is being convened.\n\n\"We are confident in the measures we have put in place and hope that we will see no further transmission of Ebola in Goma. Nevertheless, we cannot be too careful,\" he said.\n\nThe health ministry said in a statement that there was a low risk of the disease spreading. It said everyone else on the bus - a driver and 18 other passengers - had been tracked down and they would be vaccinated on Monday.\n\n\"Because of the speed with which the patient has been identified and isolated, as well as the identification of all passengers from Butembo [where the bus came from], the risk of spreading to the rest of the city of Goma remains low,\" the statement said.\n\nSome 3,000 health workers in the city have already been vaccinated.\n\nThe pastor travelled 200 km (125 miles) to Goma by bus from Butembo, where he had been with people with Ebola.\n\nGoma is a major commercial and cultural hub on DR Congo's border with Rwanda, with transport links to the wider region.\n\nRwanda said it was on high alert to deal with Ebola.\n\nIts health minister, Diane Gashumba, rushed to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi after the Goma case was confirmed.\n\nShe urged people to \"think twice before crossing to where there is a disease\".\n\nPeople walk freely between Gisenyi and Goma, heightening concerns in Rwanda that Ebola could spread to Rwanda.\n\nFear of the deadly Ebola virus - which sees patients suffer gruesome symptoms and rules out customary burial rites - is a big challenge for health workers in DR Congo battling to contain the spread.\n\n\"People are still afraid to come to health clinics if they are experiencing Ebola symptoms,\" said the International Rescue Committee's Ebola emergency response director, Tariq Riebl.\n\nDecades of conflict in eastern DR Congo have led to widespread mistrust of the authorities and this also has an impact on the disease spreading, according to authors of a recent report.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some simple techniques can help prevent spread of Ebola\n\nThe current outbreak in eastern DR Congo began in 2018 and is the 10th to hit the country since 1976, when the virus was first discovered.\n\nIt is dwarfed by the West African epidemic of 2014-16, which affected 28,616 people mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. About 11,310 people died in what was the largest outbreak of the virus ever recorded.\n\nEbola infects humans through close contact with infected animals, including chimpanzees, fruit bats and forest antelope.\n\nIt can then spread rapidly, through contact with even small amounts of bodily fluid of those infected - or indirectly through contact with contaminated environments.\n\nSince the beginning of the current Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo, the WHO has on three occasions opted not to declare it a global health emergency.\n\nBut the UK last week called on the global health body to formally call it an emergency - a technical definition - that would make it easier to raise money internationally.", "As MPs and peers call for an overhaul of laws surrounding whistleblowing, a former private school teacher explains why she took the difficult decision to speak out.\n\n\"We both lost our jobs, it was absolutely horrendous,\" says Katherine. \"I was completely clueless and didn't even know I was a whistle-blower.\"\n\nShe and her husband had taught at a boarding school in the south of England for more than two decades until they were forced out for exposing what she calls \"systematic exam malpractice\".\n\nTeachers had been completing assessed coursework for students, allowing them to continue working past exam time, and encouraging them to \"tinker\" with their papers until the marking date, she said.\n\n\"Morally I knew it was right,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"They're a leading school and I thought it was unfair on other students, especially when we had more resources.\"\n\nKatherine, not her real name, is one of more than 400 people who gave evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing detailing cases including child sex abuse, financial fraud, bullying, unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment.\n\nThe parliamentary group is calling for an \"urgent radical overhaul\" of whistleblowing law as they say it is failing to adequately protect victims who come forward.\n\nThe Public Interest Disclosure Act was established in 1998 but the group say the law is now \"no longer fit for purpose\" as it is too complicated and does not protect all citizens.\n\nStephen Kerr, the Conservative MP for Stirling who chairs the group, said whistle-blowers must be \"treasured\" as they are the \"first line of defence against crime, corruption and cover-up\".\n\nHis group wants an Office for the Whistleblower created to independently investigate complaints, crackdown on corrupt companies and individuals by issuing penalties, and to support people who speak out by offering counselling, free legal advice and job protection.\n\nIt also wants the definition of whistleblowing to be revised to include \"any harmful violation of integrity and ethics, even when not criminal or illegal\" and for protection to be extended to people such as foster-carers, volunteers, councillors, and members of the clergy and army who are currently excluded.\n\nKatherine told MPs she was \"discouraged\" from making a formal complaint under the schools' whistleblowing procedure and, when she flagged the malpractice with the relevant exam board, she was told that only disclosures to watchdog Ofqual were protected by law.\n\nShe and her husband have remained anonymous as they were both \"threatened\" into signing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in exchange for compensation for losing their jobs.\n\nHer NDA, seen by BBC News, asks her to waive her rights to making a protected whistleblowing disclosure and to cease further contact with charity, school and child safety regulators.\n\n\"We had no choice because we had to support our kids and had no income,\" she said. \"It's been devastating for all of us... I felt suicidal and my husband later took a new job miles and miles away, splitting up the family.\"\n\nKatherine said that if it had been mandatory for the school to investigate her complaint or raise it with an independent body, rather than \"brush it under the carpet\", and she had received better legal advice and aid, she would not have felt so \"alone and unprotected\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anahid Kassabian said she felt \"bullied\" out of her job when she got cancer - and she broke her NDA to encourage others to speak out\n\nAnd earlier this year Anahid Kassabian, a former music professor at Liverpool university, broke her NDA during a BBC investigation to speak out about alleged disability discrimination.\n\nOnly 3% of the 1,369 employment tribunal cases brought between 2017 and 2018 were successful, government figures show.\n\nThe All Party Parliamentary Group said that too often whistle-blowers were faced with either \"inaction or retaliation\" with more than three-quarters of people who gave evidence saying they had faced bullying, demotions, pay reductions, suspensions or forced dismissals for speaking out.\n\nThe group was set up last summer in the wake of the Gosport Memorial Hospital scandal.\n\n\"Not a week goes by when whistleblowing is not making headlines around the world exposing one major tragedy or scandal after another... Cambridge Analytica or the Rotherham grooming gangs,\" they said.\n\nJust last week ex-Labour party staff broke their NDAs as part of a BBC Panorama investigation to whistleblow on senior figures they claim interfered in the disciplinary process of anti-Semitism cases.\n\nGeorgina Halford-Hall, chief executive of the support network WhistleblowersUK, said people who spoke out were being \"priced out of justice\".\n\nA former whistleblower, she had helped to expose allegations of systematic abuse, bullying and self-harm at her son's boarding school.\n\n\"I would advise anyone thinking of whistleblowing to keep a record of all conversations and supporting paperwork and emails, to use a confidential reporting line if possible, and if the issue is a crime, not to delay reporting it to the police,\" she said.\n\nUnder the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, whistleblowing is an employee raising a concern about an alleged wrongdoing including corrupt, illegal or unethical behaviours in a public or private sector organisation.\n\nIt must be in the \"public interest\" to reveal the information, which means it must affect others and not be for private gain.\n\nA confidentiality or \"gagging clause\" in a settlement agreement, sometimes called an \"NDA\", is \"unenforceable\" if you are a whistleblower.\n\nAs a whistleblower you should not be treated unfairly or lose your job for speaking out.\n\nThe act must \"tend to show past, present or likely future wrongdoing\" - including criminal offences, failure to comply with legal obligations, miscarriages of justice, endangering people's health, damaging the environment or covering up any form of wrongdoing.\n\nA government spokesman said: \"Sunlight is the best disinfectant and the government believes whistle-blowers must be able to come forward with wrongdoing, without fear of recrimination.\n\n\"Over recent years we have improved the whistleblowing framework, including providing new guidance on how workers can make disclosures while retaining their employment protections.\"", "In 2015, Iran agreed a long-term deal on its nuclear programme with a group of world powers known as the P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany.\n\nIt came after years of tension over Iran's alleged efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran insisted that its nuclear programme was entirely peaceful, but the international community did not believe that.\n\nUnder the accord, Iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.\n\nHere is what was meant to happen according to the plan, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).\n\nIran's uranium stockpile will be reduced by 98% to 300kg for 15 years\n\nUranium can have nuclear-related uses once it has been refined, or enriched. This is achieved by increasing the content of its most fissile isotopes, U-235, through the use of centrifuges - machines which spin at supersonic speeds.\n\nLow-enriched uranium, which typically has a 3-5% concentration of U-235, can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Highly enriched uranium has a purity of 20% or more and is used in research reactors. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched or more.\n\nIn July 2015, Iran had two uranium enrichment plants - Natanz and Fordo - and was operating almost 20,000 centrifuges.\n\nUnder the JCPOA, the country was limited to installing no more than 5,060 of the oldest and least efficient centrifuges at Natanz until 2026 - 10 years after the deal's \"implementation day\" in January 2016.\n\nIran's stockpile of enriched uranium was also reduced by 98% to 300kg (660lbs), a figure that must not be exceeded until 2031. It must also keep the stockpile's level of enrichment at 3.67%.\n\nIn addition, research and development must take place only at Natanz and be limited until 2024.\n\nNo enrichment is permitted at Fordo until 2031, and the underground facility must be converted into a nuclear, physics and technology centre. The 1,044 centrifuges left at the site are allowed to produce radioisotopes for use in medicine, agriculture, industry and science.\n\nIran is redesigning the Arak reactor so it cannot produce any weapons-grade plutonium\n\nIran had been building a heavy-water nuclear facility near the town of Arak. Spent fuel from a heavy-water reactor contains plutonium suitable for a nuclear bomb.\n\nWorld powers had originally wanted Arak dismantled because of the potential military use. Under an interim nuclear deal in 2013, Iran agreed not to commission or fuel the reactor.\n\nUnder the JCPOA, Iran said it would redesign the reactor so it could not produce any weapons-grade plutonium, and that all spent fuel would be sent out of the country as long as the modified reactor existed.\n\nIran must also not build additional heavy-water reactors or accumulate any excess heavy water until 2031.\n\nIran is required to allow IAEA inspectors to access any site they deem suspicious\n\nAt the time of the agreement, then-US President Barack Obama's administration expressed confidence that the JCPOA would prevent Iran from building a nuclear programme in secret. Iran, it said, had committed to \"extraordinary and robust monitoring, verification, and inspection\".\n\nInspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global nuclear watchdog, were tasked with continuously monitoring Iran's declared nuclear sites and verifying that no fissile material is moved covertly to a secret location to build a bomb.\n\nIran also agreed to implement the Additional Protocol to their IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which allows inspectors to access any site anywhere in the country they deem suspicious.\n\nUntil 2031, Iran will have 24 days to comply with any IAEA access request. If it refuses, an eight-member Joint Commission - including Iran - will rule on the issue. It can decide on punitive steps, including the reimposition of sanctions. A majority vote by the commission suffices.\n\nA UN ban on the import of ballistic missile technology will remain in place for up to eight years\n\nBefore July 2015, Iran had enough enriched uranium and centrifuges to create eight to 10 bombs, according to the then Obama administration.\n\nUS experts estimated at the time that if Iran had decided to rush to make a bomb, it would take two to three months until it had enough 90%-enriched uranium to build a nuclear weapon - the so-called \"break-out time\".\n\nThe Obama administration said the JCPOA would remove the key elements Iran would need to create a bomb and increase its break-out time to one year or more.\n\nIran also agreed not to engage in activities, including research and development, which could contribute to the development of a nuclear bomb.\n\nIn December 2015, the IAEA's board of governors voted to end its decade-long investigation into the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear programme.\n\nThe agency's then-director-general, Yukiya Amano, said the report concluded that until 2003 Iran had conducted \"a co-ordinated effort\" on \"a range of activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device\". Iran continued with some activities until 2009, but after that there were \"no credible indications\" of weapons development, he added.\n\nIran also agreed to the continuation of a UN ban on its imports and exports of conventional arms until 2020. Restrictions on its import of ballistic missile technology will remain in place until 2023.\n\nThe nuclear deal allowed Iran to sell crude oil again on the international market\n\nSanctions previously imposed by the UN, US and EU in an attempt to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment crippled its economy, costing the country more than $160bn (£119bn) in oil revenue from 2012 to 2016 alone.\n\nUnder the deal, all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran were lifted and the country was able to resume selling oil on international markets and using the global financial system for trade. It also gained access to more than $100bn in assets frozen overseas.\n\nHowever, in May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump abandoned the JCPOA, calling it \"defective at its core\". He reinstated all US sanctions on Iran that November as part of a \"maximum pressure\" campaign to compel the country to negotiate a replacement that would also curb its ballistic missile programme and its involvement in regional conflicts.\n\nBut Iran refused and saw its economy plunge into recession and the value of its currency fall to record lows, which in turn caused inflation to soar to the highest level in decades.\n\nWhen the sanctions were tightened in 2019, Iran began breaching the deal's restrictions, arguing that the JCPOA allowed one party to \"cease performing its commitments... in whole or in part\" in the event of \"significant non-performance\" by others.\n\nBy November 2021, Iran had amassed a stockpile of enriched uranium that was many times larger than permitted, including at least 17.7kg (39lb) of material enriched to 60% purity - just below the level needed for a bomb. It had also resumed enrichment activity at Fordo; installed more centrifuges, and of a more advanced type, than allowed; and taken steps in the production of enriched uranium metal, which is a key material in nuclear weapons.\n\nIran had also significantly curtailed access for international inspectors by ceasing implementation of the Additional Protocol of its IAEA Safeguards Agreement.\n\nTalks to save the JCPOA and bring Iran back into compliance began in May 2021, after Joe Biden succeeded Mr Trump as US president. He says the US will rejoin and lift the sanctions if Iran reverses its breaches. His Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, says the US must make the first move.\n\nIf the negotiations were to fail and Iran was confirmed to have violated the deal, all UN sanctions would automatically \"snap back\" in place for 10 years, with the possibility of a five-year extension.", "Scott Walker's family said they were struggling to come to terms with his death\n\nThe family of a cyclist killed in a hit and run have appealed to the driver to \"search your conscience\".\n\nScott Walker, 43, died after being found seriously injured on a road in Fife last Monday evening.\n\nPolice say they now know he was the victim of a hit and run as he cycled from Elie to St Monans on the A917.\n\nThey want to trace the driver of a silver Vauxhall Astra five-door hatchback which was seen in the East Neuk of Fife at the time of the crash.\n\nMr Walker's family said they were struggling to come to terms with his death.\n\nIn a statement issued through Police Scotland, they said the father-of-one was a \"much-loved\" son, brother and uncle who would never get to see his \"amazing little girl\" grow up.\n\n\"We want to appeal to the driver involved to please search your conscience and come forward,\" the family added.\n\n\"Help us understand the circumstances and allow us to start grieving properly.\n\n\"We know you may have panicked and didn't know what to do, but for all of us including you, please do the right thing and speak to the police.\"\n\nPolice Scotland issued a photograph of the type of car they believe was involved in the fatal crash\n\nPolice initially said they were keeping an \"open mind\" about the collision, but they are now confident Mr Walker was the victim of a hit and run.\n\nLike Mr Walker's family, Det Ch Insp John Anderson appealed directly to the driver involved in the crash.\n\n\"Please search your conscience and contact officers so that we can establish the full circumstances surrounding how Mr Walker came to sustain his injuries that ultimately cost him his life,\" he said.\n\n\"An accident this may well have been, however, the longer this goes on without you contacting the police of your own accord then the more difficult it is to understand your actions afterwards.\"\n\nAs part of their inquiry, detectives and road policing officers will return to the scene of the collision on Monday evening - a week after it happened - to speak to drivers using the route.\n\nThey are trying to trace the Vauxhall Astra suspected to have been involved in the fatal collision.\n\nDet Ch Insp Anderson said they know it travelled from Elie before the incident and after the collision it continued along the A917 to St Monans.\n\nHe wants to speak all owners of silver five-door Astra hatchbacks in the East Neuk to eliminate them from inquiries.\n\nAnd if anyone knows of such a car being used in the area, they should also contact the force - even if they do not suspect it was involved.\n\nHe said: \"I firmly believe that the answers lie in the local community of the East Neuk of Fife. Does a friend, neighbour, or someone you know drive a silver Vauxhall Astra?\n\n\"Would this have been driving in the area between Elie and St Monan's last Monday night? It may not appear damaged or indeed you may not have seen it since. Has someone confided in you about what happened?\n\n\"If you have any information regarding what happened or a vehicle matching this description, please come forward and contact officers.\"‎\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Vueling Airlines is the least punctual major airline flying from airports in the UK, new research shows.\n\nThe Spanish carrier's UK departures were delayed by an average of 31 minutes last year, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data by the PA news agency.\n\nThomas Cook also performed poorly, with average delays of 24 minutes, followed by Wizz Air on 23 minutes.\n\nVueling said it had been \"hugely affected\" by strikes in France.\n\nThe research, which covered more than 40 airlines flying from UK airports, found the average delay across all flights was 16 minutes.\n\nOther poor performers included Norwegian Air UK, a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, and Eurowings, both of which had average delays of 22 minutes.\n\nCathay Pacific Airways was the most punctual carrier, although its flights still typically took off eight minutes behind schedule.\n\nAirline passengers faced chaos last summer as French air traffic controllers staged a series of strikes.\n\nVueling, which serves UK airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick and Edinburgh, said its flights in and out of Barcelona had been hit by action in Marseille.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Flight delay compensation: When can you claim?\n\n\"During these strikes, Vueling flights to and from Barcelona and the UK could not fly straight across France but instead flew south of the Pyrenees and into the Atlantic, before looping back towards Britain,\" a spokesman said.\n\n\"The location of Vueling's [Barcelona] hub close to Marseille means it has been particularly badly affected.\"\n\nThe carrier, which is owned by International Airlines Group - which also owns British Airways - also saw its own pilots walk out in May, leading to hundreds of cancellations.\n\nUnder EU rules, airline passengers are only entitled to compensation if they arrive at their destination more than three hours late.\n\nHowever, consumer magazine Which? said flight delays could leave holidaymakers \"hundreds of pounds out of pocket because of missed connections, transfers and fines for picking up their hire car late\".\n\nTim Alderslade, chief executive of trade body Airlines UK, which represents UK-registered carriers, said too many flights are affected by the country's \"antiquated airspace\".\n\nHe added: \"We support government in its efforts to introduce much-needed modernisation so we can continue to safely and effectively accommodate the ever rising demand for air travel.\"", "Shiels was a TV actor and artistic director at the Theatre Upstairs in Dublin\n\nIrish actor Karl Shiels, who starred as Robbie Quinn in TV soap opera Fair City, has died at the age of 47.\n\nShiels, who was most recently seen in Fair City on Sunday, had been in the RTE One soap since 2014.\n\nHe had other roles in TV and film including Batman Begins, Peaky Blinders, Veronica Guerin and The Tudors.\n\nHe was nominated for best actor at the Irish Film and Television Academy's TV awards in 2016.\n\nHis theatre credits included Henry IV part one at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin and Enda Walsh's Penelope for the Druid Theatre Company.\n\nThe news was confirmed by his agent Lisa Richards. \"We are deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of our client and friend Karl Shiels yesterday,\" she said in a statement.\n\n\"Karl was a uniquely talented individual, simultaneously intense, light-hearted, funny, sharp-witted, outspoken and intensely powerful... Karl was a remarkable force in Irish theatre.\n\n\"Our hearts are broken but today our thoughts are with his partner Laura and his family, his children and their mother Dearbhla and his many close friends.\"\n\nHis Fair City colleagues and figures from the theatre world also paid tribute.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by RTÉ This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Abbey Theatre This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nShiels was also artistic director of the Theatre Upstairs in Dublin, and starred in plays at prestigious UK theatres including the Royal Court and the Bush theatre.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Prof Matheson said the evidence was strong for the decriminalisation of drugs\n\nA new drugs tsar has been appointed by the Scottish government to advise on policies to tackle the rising number of drugs deaths.\n\nProf Catriona Matheson's appointment comes ahead of the publication of new figures, which are expected to show drug deaths topped 1,000 last year.\n\nShe will chair a new taskforce, announced by ministers in March, to examine Scotland's drugs laws.\n\nDrug legislation is currently reserved to Westminster.\n\nThe taskforce will examine the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act and consider if elements of it could be devolved to allow medically-supervised drug consumption rooms - so-called \"fix rooms\".\n\nThe rooms would allow addicts to administer their own illegal drugs under medical supervision to curb street injecting.\n\nHowever, the UK Home Office has refused Scottish government moves to relax the current regulations and allow the consumption rooms to be created.\n\nThere were 934 drug-related deaths registered in Scotland in 2017, up 66 (8%) on the previous year, and more than double the UK average.\n\nThe toll was the highest level since current records began in 1996 and more than double the 445 deaths in 2007.\n\nProf Matheson, of the University of Stirling, is a trustee of the Society for the Study of Addiction and convener of the Drugs Research Network Scotland.\n\nShe told BBC radio's Good Morning Scotland programme a \"non-judgemental approach\" was needed to tackle drug misuse and there was strong evidence for decriminalisation.\n\nShe said: \"Although previous drug strategies were well-meaning, sometimes they have been based on a criminal justice-type basis.\n\n\"What is very welcome is that now we have a new strategy based around public health that takes a public health and human rights approach and that is what we need.\"\n\nShe added: \"Decriminalisation, the evidence is strong for that across the world. There is a number of countries that have gone down that route and decriminalisation is really about not putting this group of marginalised drug users into prison and filling our prisons up with people who have problem drug-use because that further marginalises them and makes their recovery all the more difficult.\"", "Used cooking oil from Asia is being imported into Europe to make biodiesel\n\nImports of a \"green fuel\" source may be inadvertently increasing deforestation and the demand for new palm oil, a study says.\n\nExperts say there has been a recent boom in the amount of used cooking oil imported into the UK from Asia.\n\nThis waste oil is the basis for biodiesel, which produces far less CO2 than fossil fuels in cars.\n\nBut this report is concerned that the used oil is being replaced across Asia with palm oil from deforested areas.\n\nCutting carbon emissions from transport has proved very difficult for governments all over the world. Many have given incentives to speed up the replacement of fossil-based petrol and diesel with fuels made from crops such as soya or rapeseed.\n\nThese growing plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and so liquid fuel made from these sources, while not carbon-neutral, is a big improvement on simply burning regular petrol or diesel.\n\nIn this light, used cooking (UCO) oil has become a key ingredient of biodiesel in the UK and the rest of Europe. Between 2011 and 2016 there was a 360% increase in use of used cooking oil as the basis for biodiesel.\n\nBecause UCO is classed as a waste product within the EU, UK fuel producers are given double carbon credits for using it in their fuels. This has sparked a boom in demand for used cooking oil that is so great it is being met in part with imports from Asia.\n\nIn the UK, the most common feedstock source of biodiesel between April and December 2018 was Chinese UCO, totalling 93 million litres. In the same period, used cooking oil from UK sources was used to produce 76 million litres of of fuel.\n\nNow a new study, from international bioeconomy consultants NNFCC, suggests that these imports may inadvertently be making climate change worse by increasing deforestation and the demand for palm oil.\n\nThe problem arises because used cooking oil in some parts of Asia is not classed as a waste product and is considered safe for consumption by animals.\n\nThe report's authors are concerned that since it is more profitable to sell Asian UCO to Europe for fuel rather than feed it to animals, it is likely being replaced by virgin palm oil which is cheaper to buy.\n\n\"Although correlation does not necessarily equate to causation, the available evidence indicates that palm oil imports into China are increasing, in line with their increasing exports of used cooking oils,\" the report states.\n\nBetween 2016 and 2018, palm oil imports into China rose by 1 million tonnes, an increase of more than 20%.\n\n\"As soon as that point is reached where you can sell used cooking oil for more than you can buy palm oil, it's a no brainer,\" said Dr Jeremy Tomkinson who co-authored the report for NNFCC.\n\n\"What you are going to do if you're in Asia, you're going to sell as much UCO as you can to the EU and buy palm oil and pocket the difference.\"\n\nDemand for palm oil has led to large-scale deforestation and the loss of natural habitats across Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Between 2010 and 2015, Indonesia alone lost 3 million hectares of forest to continued expansion of palm oil cultivation.\n\nEach hectare of forest that's converted to palm oil releases large amounts of carbon dioxide, equivalent to 530 people flying economy class from Geneva to New York according to a recent study.\n\nMost of the used cooking oil that's already imported is made from palm. But it's the extra demand from Europe, say the authors, that is likely to be fuelling deforestation.\n\n\"It's irrelevant if the virgin palm is going into the biodiesel or into the animals,\" said Dr Tomkinson.\n\n\"If we weren't pulling that resource out of the market, no new resource would be falling into it.\"\n\nThe UK government rejects the idea that imports are increasing demand for palm oil. The Department for Transport says that there is no evidence showing a causative link between policies on waste-derived biofuels and increased use of virgin oils.\n\nThe department argues that they have worked hard to ensure that such indirect effects do not happen.\n\n\"Biofuels are a key way of achieving the emission reductions the UK needs and we have long been at the forefront of action to address the indirect effects of their production, including pushing the EU to address the impact of land use change,\" a spokesperson said.\n\n\"Last year alone biofuels reduced CO2 emissions by 2.7 million tonnes - the equivalent of taking around 1.2 million cars off the road.\"\n\nOne of the key elements that's making used cooking oil so valuable is the fact that producers in the EU are given double the number of carbon credits for using the waste material. While the EU allows all countries to \"double count\" carbon credits for UCO, the UK is one of the few countries to put this into practice.\n\nPalm oil imports into China have boomed in the past two years\n\nOil importers say the \"double counting\" is vital in preventing even more palm oil from entering the European market.\n\n\"Biodiesel made from waste oil is more expensive to produce; it has higher production costs,\" said Angel Alvarez Alberdi from the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association.\n\n\"If we don't have a policy incentive of double counting then under normal market conditions you will have the cheapest available option and that is conventional palm based biodiesel that would still be able to reach the EU.\"\n\nHowever, the report authors say that the policy has other dangers, not just because it may be driving up demand for palm oil in Asia but because it may also be stymieing development among other alternative fuel producers, such as ethanol in the UK.\n\nThe authors want the government to review the practice and perhaps end the double credit for imported oil\n\nPalm oil has been linked to increased deforestation in parts of Indonesia\n\n\"If it comes from outside of the EU don't let it double count unless you put in increased levels of scrutiny to verify it's not having an impact on land use,\" said Dr Tomkinson from NNFCC.\n\n\"If you don't do that then you only get a single credit for that used cooking oil.\"\n\nEnvironmental groups are also concerned about the potential impact that UK and EU imports of UCO are having.\n\n\"Making biodiesel from imported UCO is no longer the environmental good it was once perceived to be,\" said Greg Archer, UK director of the environmental group Transport and Environment.\n\n\"There are real concerns some of these oils may not be genuinely 'used' or they may be indirectly causing deforestation. Governments need to scrutinise the source of UCO far more closely and require organisations certifying biofuel feedstocks to undertake far more rigorous and extensive checks.\"", "Ms Ardern said she was \"incredibly proud\" of her nation's performance in the Cricket World Cup\n\nNew Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joked that she has been \"traumatised\" by her country's Cricket World Cup defeat after they lost a nail-biting final to England.\n\nBut she told news outlet RNZ that she was \"incredibly proud\" of the team.\n\nOn social media many said New Zealand's Black Caps had lost the game but \"won our hearts\".\n\nNew Zealand lost on a technical boundary rule, giving England their first ever Cricket World Cup title.\n\n\"I think probably like a lot of New Zealanders I'm still feeling quite traumatised by that match,\" Ms Ardern told Radio New Zealand.\n\n\"But regardless of that final outcome I just feel incredibly proud of the Black Caps, and I hope every New Zealander does because they played remarkable cricket.\"\n\nIn an Instagram post, Ms Ardern sent her congratulations to England, adding: \"I think as a nation we all aged a year in that super over.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by jacindaardern This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEven the Royal Family's Twitter account quoted the Queen as saying \"New Zealand... competed so admirably throughout the tournament\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHe also apologised to New Zealand fans, saying he was \"sorry we couldn't deliver what you so badly wanted\".\n\nHis teammate Ross Taylor posted a picture with his smiling daughter and grief-stricken young son, writing, \"the mixture of emotions after a game like that!\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post 2 by rossltaylor3 This article contains content provided by Instagram. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Ardern told local media discussions were under way about the best way to welcome the players back home.\n\n\"They'll be getting a heroes' welcome,\" she said. \"They deserve it\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "Jacquie (far right) and her sisters Kayleigh and Emma\n\nA woman from Fife has told how her father, mother, two sisters and brother all died because of drugs.\n\nJacquie said losing her parents and siblings \"was like a fire ripping through my family\".\n\nShe was speaking ahead of new figures showing that the number of people who died of drugs in Scotland in 2018 reached more than 1,187, the highest since records began.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland's The Nine: \"It is scary how quick it can take a grip and devastate a family.\n\n\"I feel my life has been ruined.\n\n\"People could say that has been my fault, I understand that with the drug side. I can't help the fact that I have lost all my family to the drugs. And it is hard.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jacquie: \"We are still a family, we are not animals, monsters, or whatever people would call a family of heroin users.\"\n\nJacquie, who began taking heroin at the age of 17 and is now trying to kick the habit, said she could not remember a time when the family wasn't affected by drugs.\n\nShe is the last remaining member of her immediate family - who all lived and died in the Fife town of Glenrothes.\n\nThe first family death came in 2005, when Jacquie's father Thomas died at a property in Glenrothes. He was 40 and his death was attributed to \"adverse effects of heroin\".\n\nTwo years later, in 2007, the first of Jacquie's sisters, Kayleigh, died of a morphine overdose at the age of 21.\n\nTheir mother Margaret, who was hooked on painkillers and had dabbled with heroin, died in 2010, due to \"adverse effects of opiates\". She was 44.\n\nIn May 2018, after a suicide attempt, Jacquie's 37-year-old brother Colin was found dead at a house in Glenrothes as a result of \"multi-drug intoxication\".\n\nAnd then five months later, second sister Emma died aged 29 after taking a cocktail of methadone and diazepam.\n\nJacquie, whom BBC Scotland is not fully naming, continued: \"I would like to think in my head that they would've been able to kick the habit.\n\n\"But in reality, no. My dad was only on it four years and he committed suicide with heroin. My mum was just the same - she started with Tramadol and it led to her taking lines here and there.\"\n\nJacquie's mother Margaret [left], who died in 2010, with Jacquie's sister Kayleigh, who died in 2007\n\nJacquie said her own battle with addiction started in high school where dabbling with alcohol and cannabis escalated to harder drugs.\n\nShe began taking heroin at the age of 17, when she was receiving NHS treatment for alcohol abuse, and her longest period of sobriety was seven years in her mid-20s.\n\n\"I took a mixture of everything really,\" she said.\n\n\"I would take diazepam, any downer really, any sleeping tablets or suppressant.\n\n\"I would have sleeping tablets from the doctor like Zopiclone. It would help with the buzz, to block out everything that was going on in life. With losing all my family, I couldn't cope.\"\n\nJacquie's brother Colin, 37, died in Glenrothes last year as a result of “multi-drug intoxication”.\n\nJacquie told BBC Scotland how she has struggled to cope after losing her brother and sister in quick succession last year.\n\n\"My brother died in May and I'd only just been speaking to him again for five weeks,\" she explained.\n\n\"We'd agreed that me, him and Emma would all go to bereavement counselling to work through everything we'd lost.\n\n\"We would do it, the three of us, so that it would help us bond that brother-and-sister relationship that I desperately wanted and obviously they did as well.\n\n\"I got the phone call from Emma at three in the morning. The police had chapped her up to say that Colin had passed away. She was distraught, devastated, screaming down the phone.\n\n\"I just spent that day with Emma. She was an absolute mess. Then six months down the line, Emma was gone.\n\n\"I've never been right since. I've never been right from any of them but Emma was the worst by far.\"\n\nJacquie's father Thomas who died in 2005, aged 40, due to the \"adverse effects of heroin\"\n\nJacquie said drug abuse and its affect on different generations of families largely remains a taboo subject but she wanted to speak out to show people what it is like to live with the impact of the problem.\n\nShe said: \"Even if I can help one more family, then I have done good.\n\n\"I just want people to see that we are still a family. We are not animals, monsters or whatever people would call a family of heroin users.\"\n\nOn her own addiction problems, the 34-year-old, who has been on methadone for 15 years, said she was \"100% ready to be clean and stay that way\" but acknowledged the path ahead for her was difficult.\n\nJacquie's other sister, Emma, who died from a drugs overdose last year\n\nIf you've been affected by issues explored in this article, BBC Action Line has links to helpful resources including information about drugs , emotional distress and bereavement.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nChina's economy grew at its slowest pace since the early 1990s in the second quarter, official figures showed.\n\nIn the three months to June, the economy grew 6.2% from a year earlier. The result was in line with forecasts.\n\nChina has moved to stimulate its economy this year by boosting spending and delivering tax cuts.\n\nThe country is also fighting a trade war with the US which has hurt businesses and weighed on growth.\n\nThe data released on Monday showed China's economic growth rate slowed from 6.4% in the first three months of the year.\n\nUS President Donald Trump tweeted that US trade tariffs were having \"a major effect\" on the Chinese economy.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChina's national statistics bureau said the figures pointed to a \"complex environment\" both at home and abroad.\n\nIt said the economy had \"performed within the reasonable range\" in the first half of 2019, but that it faced \"new downward pressure\".\n\nThe figures do show some impact from the trade conflict with the US. Growth has probably slowed a little more than it would have done had China been facing a more tranquil international commercial environment. The longer-term picture, though, is one of an economy continuing a reasonably orderly and intended slowdown in growth.\n\nThe average growth rate over the three decades to 2010 was 10%. The Chinese leadership - and every economist I have ever heard expressing a view on this - did not regard that as sustainable for the long term. The aim was to see the economy less dependent on investment and exports and an increased role for spending by consumers.\n\nThere has been some progress, though the rates of saving and investment remain very high. There are dangers, however, notably the high level of company debt. The authorities encouraged strong credit growth in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. That has helped prevent a more rapid and potentially disruptive slowdown, but at the price of creating additional financial risks.\n\nWhile China-watchers advise caution with Beijing's official gross domestic product numbers, the data is seen as a useful indicator of the country's growth trajectory.\n\nOther data showed some signs of improvement in the world's second-largest economy.\n\nIndustrial production rose 6.3% in June from a year earlier, while retail sales rose 9.8% year-on-year - both above forecasts in Reuters polls.\n\nSlowing growth in China has raised concerns about the potential knock-on effect on the global economy.\n\nEarlier this year Beijing announced plans to boost spending and cut billions of dollars in taxes in an effort to support the economy.\n\nIt has also moved to provide a liquidity boost by reducing the amount of cash banks must hold in reserve.\n\nEdward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda, said the latest economic data \"shows the slowdown remains intact and markets should expect further stimulus\" from China's central bank later this year.\n\nThe US-led trade war is another factor weighing on growth.\n\n\"The trade war is having a huge impact on the Chinese economy, and with no end sight as trade negotiations struggle for meaningful progress, we are probably not near the bottom for China's economy,\" he said.\n\nWhile both sides agreed to resume trade talks at a recent G20 summit in Japan, they have already placed tariffs on billions of dollars worth of one another's goods, hurting businesses and casting a shadow over the world economy.", "Iran insists that it is not seeking to overturn the nuclear deal\n\nIt has taken just a little over a year since the Trump administration abandoned the international nuclear deal with Iran, known as the JCPOA, for Tehran itself to challenge the agreement.\n\nIts decision to intentionally breach the 300kg ceiling for the stock of low-enriched uranium that it can hold is but the first step of several that it is threatening.\n\nHowever, Tehran insists it is not seeking to overturn the nuclear deal itself. It just wants to be treated fairly under its terms.\n\nIran's case is that it has, all along, abided by the terms of the agreement. And Iran's \"good behaviour\" has been independently verified by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).\n\nBut now Iran is saying enough is enough. It has stuck to its side of the bargain but the Americans have not only walked away from the deal, they have re-imposed sanctions and are trying to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to trade with Tehran.\n\nThis policy of \"maximum pressure\" is acknowledged by the Trump administration. Its goal, its spokesmen insist, is to force Iran to the table to negotiate what in US terms would be a \"better\" deal.\n\nBut Mr Trump's critics argue that what his administration wants is more capitulation rather than negotiation. There is a strong whiff of regime change about some of Mr Trump's key advisers.\n\nIran - if you accept that it was behind recent attacks in the Gulf as the Americans insist - has already sought to push back against US pressure. It has many ways of doing so.\n\nAnd the fear is that the potential breakdown of the nuclear deal will not only encourage Iran to resume worrying nuclear activities, but it may also risk some kind of conflict in the Gulf, intentional or otherwise.\n\nSo the stakes surrounding the nuclear deal are huge. And this is going to condition many countries' responses to what is happening. There are already differences between Washington and its key European allies - Britain, France and Germany - who remain strong supporters of the nuclear deal and want to see it continue.\n\nCertainly they worry about many of Iran's regional activities and they share the Trump administration's concerns about Iran's active missile programmes.\n\nBut they believe that the JCPOA, whatever faults it may have had, contained one essential benefit.\n\nIt took the nuclear issue out of the game at least for the immediate future. It \"kicked the can down the road\". It did not resolve the disputes over Iran's past activities or place permanent restrictions on what it could do in this field. But it averted a crisis.\n\nRemember, before the deal was agreed in 2015, there were real fears of a possible US or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear infrastructure.\n\nBritain, France and Germany remain strong supporters of the nuclear deal\n\nIran is making a point. It says that breaching the low-enriched uranium threshold is not in contravention of the JCPOA deal.\n\nIndeed its text, at Iran's insistence, does contain wording to the effect that if others breach the deal's terms then Iran will feel able to do the same. That of course may not be how the other signatories see things. They may argue you are either in the agreement or - like the United States - you choose to leave it.\n\nIran's pressure tactic is intended to push the Europeans in particular to do more to relieve the US economic pressure that is building up. The EU has developed a special payments system - dubbed in Euro-speak INSTEX - to try to help facilitate trade in humanitarian supplies, which in any case are not covered by the sanctions. Deals here have been made more difficult because of many banks' reluctance to risk US action.\n\nBut INSTEX will not help with the key sectors of Iran's economy that are suffering the greatest pain, like the oil industry. Most independent experts say that INSTEX has been slow to get going and is unlikely to make a significant difference. It is largely about the Europeans sending diplomatic signals to Tehran.\n\nBut this may no longer be enough. At the end of the day it is, after all, individual companies that must decide to trade with Iran, not governments And if they have business in the US they are going to be wary of trading with Tehran.\n\nRussia and China are also deeply uneasy about the US position and would prefer the nuclear deal to remain in place. So the US does not have many friends here beyond Saudi Arabia and Israel, which have their own issues with Tehran.\n\nPresident Hassan Rouhani stressed that Iran was not pulling out of the nuclear deal\n\nThe next high stakes moment may come in just under a week when Iran is threatening to take further actions to breach the terms of the agreement. It has suggested that one of these might be to increase the level of enrichment from the current 3.67% to around 20%.\n\nThis will be a much bigger drama. Uranium enrichment is all about stripping away atoms of one type of uranium to boost the concentration of another type, or isotope, which can power a nuclear chain reaction.\n\nIf you take this enrichment to a 20% level you are in fact about 90% of the way to having material suitable for a bomb. There are many other things Iran could do to up the stakes but taking enrichment levels to 20% would send alarm bells around the world and would make it very difficult for the Europeans to keep supporting the nuclear deal.\n\nThe JCPOA has long been described as being on life-support. So a serious shock to the system could sweep it away with uncertain consequences. That spark could come from the Iranians effectively overturning it themselves or it could come from the Middle East, where Iran or its proxy forces and the US military operate, sometimes in close proximity.\n\nThe Syrian front too is a factor. Israel is engaged there in an air campaign against the Iranian military build-up in the country.\n\nThere have been some unusually intense Israeli air attacks recently near Homs and Damascus. Anything that goes wrong, any increase in tension could feed back into the nuclear debate and vice-versa.\n\nIran clearly believes the pressure can be relieved in some way. But it may be mistaken. President Trump is doing everything he can to ensure the JCPOA's demise.\n\nThe Iran nuclear deal is facing its most fundamental challenge yet and what Iran does over the next week or so could well seal its fate.\n• None What would a US-Iran conflict look like?", "Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib were giving evidence to the House Oversight Committee following their visit to detention facilities on the southern border.\n\nJust a few hours later, Vice President Mike Pence was touring a facility and reviewed the conditions there.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland's director of cricket Ashley Giles says he is unconcerned at claims England were given an extra run in their World Cup win over New Zealand.\n\nA fielder's throw hit Ben Stokes' bat as he dived to complete a second run in the final over and went for four.\n\nEngland were given six runs but Stokes and Adil Rashid had not crossed when the throw was released, so the law appears to say that was one too many.\n\nAsked whether it mattered to him, Giles said: \"Not really.\"\n\nHe added: \"You could argue the last ball that [Trent] Boult bowled was a full toss on leg stump and if Stokes' hadn't just been looking for two he probably would've banged it out of the ground anyway.\n\n\"We are world champions; we have got the trophy and we intend to keep it.\"\n• None Make a film of the match and send it to schoolchildren - Boycott\n\nRetired Australian umpire Simon Taufel, who was named the International Cricket Council's Umpire of the Year on five successive occasions from 2004 to 2008, called the award of the extra run a \"clear mistake\".\n\nThe ICC said umpires took decisions on the field based on their interpretation of the rules and that it did not comment on them.\n\nStokes went on to help England match New Zealand's total of 241 before they won one of the most amazing games of cricket ever played following an additional 'super over'.\n\nBoth teams ended the extra over with 15 runs but England were crowned champions by virtue of having scored more boundary fours and sixes - 26 to New Zealand's 17 - in the entire match.\n\nNew Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls brushed off the decision as part of the sport.\n\n\"It doesn't mean anything to us now. It's the game; things happen,\" he told BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\n\"Sometimes you get the rub of the green. England had a great tournament, they have been the dominant team for the last four years so they deserve to win it.\"\n\nWhat does the law say?\n\nIf the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be:\n• None any runs for penalties awarded to either side;\n• None the allowance for the boundary; and\n• None the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.\n\nThere is some potential for ambiguity in the law, because \"act\" could be interpreted as the moment the ball deflected off Stokes' bat. However, there is no reference to the batsman's actions elsewhere in the law.", "Police were called to reports of a fight\n\nSeveral people were injured when a car was driven into them on a road during a fight in London on Saturday night.\n\nFive men have been arrested on suspicion of affray after the crash in Lombard Road, Battersea, at about 23:15 BST.\n\nOne man in his 20s suffered a broken leg while another had head injuries from the crash, the Met Police said.\n\nTwo other people were taken to hospital treatment and \"a number of others\" were treated for injuries at the scene.\n\nPolice are looking for the driver of the car, who \"fled the scene\" before officers arrived.\n\nPolice said the driver of the car fled the scene\n\nIt is understood the altercation began after a group of people left a nearby hotel, and police are not treating the crash as terrorism-related.\n\nAmbulance crews were also called to the scene.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV images recorded Eric Michels and Gerald Matovu shopping together at Sainsbury's\n\nA serial killer's drug dealer who targeted victims through gay dating apps has been found guilty of murdering a businessman with an overdose of GHB.\n\nAn Old Bailey jury convicted Gerald Matovu, 26, of killing Eric Michels, 54, who was found dead at his south-west London home on 18 August.\n\nThe court heard the pair met in central London through the Grindr app before taking a cab back to Mr Michel's house.\n\nPort was given a whole-life term for the murders of four young men he poisoned with lethal doses of the substance and raped after meeting them on Grindr.\n\nGerald Matovu was found guilty of a string of offences, including murder, following a trial\n\nMatovu, of Southwark, south London, and his co-defendant Brandon Dunbar, 24, of Forest Gate, east London, were convicted of a string of charges including administering a noxious substance, assault by penetration and theft.\n\nProsecutor Jonathan Rees QC said the charges related to 12 gay men who met one or both of the defendants for the purposes of sex, but ended up as victims.\n\nThe court heard Mr Michels, an executive at energy company SSE, met Matovu in the early hours of 17 August.\n\nThe pair went back to the businessman's home in Chessington, where he was given a fatal dose of GHB, a drug used in so-called chemsex but also linked to instances of date-rape.\n\nWhile his victim was incapacitated, Matovu took photos of Mr Michels' bank cards, driving licence and various passwords.\n\nBrandon Dunbar admitted using Mr Michels' card and taking £300 from his account\n\nThat evening Mr Michels' 14-year-old daughter sent him a text but received no response, the court heard.\n\nAfter a follow-up message the next day, she received the \"totally uncharacteristic\" response of: \"Hello hun im a little busy talk soon\".\n\nThat led her to calling her father's phone, but after an unknown male answered and hung up when she said who was calling, she and her mother went to Mr Michels' home and found him motionless in bed.\n\nEric Michels was found dead at his home by his daughter in Chessington in August 2018\n\nAn empty syringe without a needle attached, which contained DNA from both Matovu and Mr Michels and traces of GHB, was found on the floor beside the bed.\n\nMatovu denied administering the drug to his victim, claiming he had taken it of his own will.\n\nAs the guilty verdict was returned on Matovu's murder charge, Mr Michels' family shouted \"yes - rest of your life in prison\".\n\nMr Michels had three children with his ex-wife, from whom he divorced in 2010 after coming out as gay.\n\nHe had once trained as an actor and still made occasional film appearances, including in the James Bond film Skyfall.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eric Michels' sons said their father was \"a person who just loved life\"\n\nDet Insp Mark Richards, said Matovu and Dunbar had \"a well-rehearsed plan to take advantage of men they met through Grindr to steal their property\".\n\n\"This was their overwhelming motive, rather than sexual assault. Matovu described himself in evidence as a hustler, a liar and a thief - apt words\", he said.\n\n\"Their method in the majority of cases was to drug their victim with enough GBL [which is converted into GBH in the body] to render them unconscious so they could then search their homes, selecting items of interest and photographing bank cards and personal documents for subsequent fraudulent use.\n\n\"They did this at their leisure, sometimes spending hours at an address.\n\n\"But Mr Michels was different - Matovu gave him a fatal dose of GBL.\n\n\"Despicably, while Mr Michels lay dead or dying, Matovu raided his address of many of his belongings, leaving his devastated family to find his body the following day.\"\n\nGerald Matovu and Brandon Dunbar were caught on CCTV using Eric Michels' bank details\n\nMatovu was also convicted of six counts of administering a noxious substance, seven thefts, six counts of having articles for fraud, assault by penetration, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possessing the drug GBL.\n\nDunbar was found guilty of three counts of administering a noxious substance, five thefts, six counts of having articles for fraud, two frauds, assault by penetration, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and dishonestly retaining wrongful credit.\n\nThe pair were remanded in custody for sentencing on 5 September.\n• None The link between a Grindr murderer and a serial killer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Selwyn Francis died after choking on a piece of meat, an inquest at Ruthin County Hall heard\n\nA man choked to death on a piece of meat about five months after his brother died in exactly the same way.\n\nAn inquest has been opened into the death of Selwyn Francis, 68, who choked on food at a restaurant in Flintshire and died in hospital two days later.\n\nHe died a day after an inquest heard his brother Gwyn Francis had died after choking on a piece of steak at a pub.\n\nTheir brother Kenneth Francis had said he and his two brothers ate quickly without chewing their food properly.\n\nAt a hearing in Ruthin on Monday, assistant coroner Elizabeth Dudley-Jones heard Selwyn Francis had choked on food at a restaurant in the Flint area on 2 July.\n\nHe was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital but died on 4 July.\n\nHis brother Gwyn Francis, 62, of Flint, was taken to hospital on 29 January after choking on his meal at the Mill Tavern in the town, but died on 6 February.\n\nKenneth Francis told the inquest into Gwyn's death that Selwyn had choked on a piece of steak at the same pub 18 months earlier but the obstruction had been cleared by someone performing the Heimlich manoeuvre.\n\n\"I said it should be a warning to us all,\" Kenneth Francis had told the earlier inquest.\n\nMs Dudley-Jones said the provisional cause of Selwyn Francis' death was hypoxic brain injury following a cardiac arrest.\n\nThe inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.", "Shares in Mike Ashley's Sport Direct have fallen sharply after it delayed its results, citing uncertainty about trading its House of Fraser chain.\n\nThe company, whose results were due on Thursday, added the delay was also due to its auditor, Grant Thornton, facing increased scrutiny of its work for Sports Direct.\n\nSports Direct also indicated that it may not achieve its profits forecast.\n\nThe firm's results will now be released between 26 July and 23 August.\n\nIn December, when Sports Direct published its half-year results, it said that, excluding House of Fraser, operating profits were expected to grow by between 5% and 15%.\n\nBut in its latest update, the company said: \"There are a number of key areas to conclude on which could materially affect the guidance given in Sports Direct announcement of 13 December\".\n\nAround that time, Mr Ashley had described trading as \"unbelievably bad\".\n\nTrading has continued to be difficult for retailers. The British Retail Consortium said on Monday that there had been a \"summer slump\", with footfall on High Streets in June dropping 2.9%.\n\nNews of the delay in Sports Direct's results sent its shares down 15% at one stage to a seven-year low, although they ended the day almost 10% lower.\n\nMike Ashley owns huge swathes of the High Street, although not all through Sports Direct in which he owns a 62% stake.\n\nAs well as buying House of Fraser for £90m last year - saying he wanted to turn it into the \"Harrods of the High Street\" - he has also bought Evans Cycles and owns several sportswear brands, the upmarket clothing outlets Flannels and Cruise, as well as lingerie firm Agent Provocateur.\n\nHis expansion efforts continued on Monday when Sports Direct also announced it was close to taking control of Game Digital.\n\nBut his ambitions are not always achieved. Earlier this year, he had tried to have himself installed as chief executive of Debenhams, but instead had his stake in the chain wiped out when the retailer was rescued by its lenders.\n\nGoals Soccer Centres, the five-a-side football operator in which Sports Direct has an 18% stake, has had accounting issues and issued profits warnings.\n\nAnalysts at the stockbroker Peel Hunt are concerned the acquisition spree is putting too much pressure on management.\n\n\"Let's be clear: we think Mike Ashley is a genius when it comes to sports retail. No doubt about it,\" they say in a research note.\n\n\"However, to make an analogy, he's trying to coach the England football team whilst running the netball, the tennis and the chess team as well.\n\n\"Unfortunately for him, his key lieutenants are starting to jump ship: Karen Byers, who has been instrumental in the growth of the core business, has left and that is another savage blow,\" they added.\n\nCameron Olsen, company secretary, who worked for Mike Ashley for 15 years, is also leaving, according to reports.\n\n\"House of Fraser is clearly in a degree of disarray, it would appear that the finance department is under-staffed to cope with the array of acquisitions, and we are also concerned about the direction of the core business,\" the Peel Hunt analysts said.\n\nIndependent retail analyst Nick Bubb described the announcement from Sports Direct about the delay to its results as \"devastating\".\n\n\"The company hasn't updated the City since its interims in December and House of Fraser is clearly a disaster area, so this is a serious situation,\" he said.\n\nAs well as citing the \"complexities of integration into the company of House of Fraser\", as one the factors behind the delay to its results, Sports Direct also pointed to \"increased regulatory scrutiny of auditors\".\n\nSports Direct said that other companies' audits were also taking longer, and Mr Bubb noted that Superdry has delayed its results earlier this month due to complexities in the figures.\n\nThe accounting regulator, the Financial Reporting Council, had looked into Grant Thornton's audit of Sports Direct's 2018 results as part of its annual review process.\n\nThe regulator found that, overall, 50% of Grant Thornton's audits were below the acceptable standard.\n\n\"These factors have led to a need for the company to compile more information than in previous years,\" Sports Direct said.\n\n\"Sports Direct would note that its core principles in regards to its financial statement are be conservative, consistent and simple,\" it added.", "The life and achievements of Alan Turing - the mathematician, codebreaker, computer pioneer, artificial intelligence theoretician, and gay/cultural icon - are being celebrated to mark what would have been his 100th birthday on 23 June.\n\nTo mark the occasion the BBC has commissioned a series of essays to run across the week, starting with this overview of Turing's legacy by Vint Cerf.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Rory Cellan-Jones gets a sneak preview of an exhibition dedicated to the life of work of scientists and computer pioneer Alan Turing.\n\nI've worked in computing, and more specifically computer networking, nearly all my life. It's an industry in a constant state of innovation, always pushing beyond the limits of current capability.\n\nIt is sometimes said that \"broadband\" is whatever network speed you don't have, yet!\n\nThings we take for granted today were, not that long ago, huge technological breakthroughs.\n\nAlthough I've been lucky enough in my career to be involved in the development of the internet, I've never lost sight of the role played by my predecessors, without whose pioneering labour, so much would not have been accomplished.\n\nTuring studied mathematics at King's College, Cambridge before obtaining a PhD from Princeton University in the US\n\nThis year, in the centenary of his birth, there is one man in particular who is deservedly the focus of attention: Alan Turing.\n\nTuring was born into a world that was very different, culturally and technologically, yet his contribution has never been more important.\n\nHis is a story of astounding highs and devastating lows. A story of a genius whose mathematical insights helped save thousands of lives, yet who was unable to save himself from social condemnation, with tragic results. Ultimately though, it's a story of a legacy that laid the foundations for the modern computer age.\n\nIn 1936, while at King's College, Cambridge, Turing published a seminal paper On Computable Numbers which introduced two key concepts - \"algorithms\" and \"computing machines\" - that continue to play a central role in our industry today.\n\nHe is remembered most vividly for his work on cryptanalysis at Bletchley Park during World War II, developing in 1940 the so-called electro-mechanical Bombe used to determine the correct rotor and plugboard settings of the German Enigma encryptor to decrypt intercepted messages.\n\nIt would be hard to overstate the importance of this work for the Allies in their conduct of the war.\n\nAfter the war, Turing worked on the design of of the Automatic Computing Engine (Ace) at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and in 1946, he delivered a paper on the design of a stored program computer.\n\nHis work was contemporary with another giant in computer science, John von Neumann, who worked on the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (Edvac).\n\nAce and Edvac were binary machines and both broke new conceptual ground with the notion of a program stored in memory that drove the operation of the machine.\n\nStoring a program in the computer's memory meant that the program could alter itself, opening up remarkable new computing vistas.\n\nThe bombe decryption machine - based on Turing's designs - was used to work out the daily settings of the German's Enigma machine in World War II\n\nRemarkably, the Ace designs found their way into the Bendix Corporation's G-15 computer by way of Harry Huskey who had spent 1947 working on the Ace project at NPL.\n\nThe first Bendix G-15 ran in 1954, the year that Alan Turing tragically died.\n\nIn 1949, Turing became the deputy director of the Computing Laboratory at the University of Manchester where he focused on the software needed to drive the Manchester Mark 1 stored program computer. In 1950, he published a paper entitled Computing Machinery and Intelligence, in which he explored the notion of artificial intelligence.\n\nIn this paper, he posed the so-called Turing Test in which an artificial intelligence would be judged intelligent if another human could not tell the difference between the responses of a human and the artificially intelligent machine.\n\nWhile this too-short and incomplete summary does not do justice to Alan Turing's immense contributions to the birth of computer science and computing, it has great personal resonance for me.\n\nAs it happens, I share the same birth date with Turing - mine is June 23 1943, when his code cracking was at a peak.\n\nEven more coincidental, the first computer I ever got to programme was a Bendix G-15 at UCLA that my best friend, Stephen Crocker, was able to obtain access to in 1960 when we were both in our teens.\n\nThe Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) calls its highest award the Alan M Turing Award which includes a $250,000 (£160,000) prize that is partly subsidised by Google.\n\nMy colleague Robert Kahn and I were so honoured in 2004 with this recognition for our work on the internet.\n\nTuring's legacy continues to evolve, astonish, challenge and excite. His insights and fearless approach to daunting problems set benchmarks for decades to come.\n\nHis clarity of thought and creative genius infused those with whom he worked. His conceptual notions, such as the Universal Turing Machine, provided the basis for serious analysis of computability and decidability.\n\nHis practical realisations of computing engines, special systems like the bombe and general purpose ones such as Ace, shed bright light on the feasibility of purposeful computing and lit the way towards the computing rich environment we find in the 21st Century.\n\nHad he lived to see 2012, one wonders what his thoughts might be and what new ideas he would challenge us to think about.\n\nAs my own journey into computing and networking continues to unfold, I find myself wondering and wishing that Turing were still around to consult.\n\nWhen plans to build Turing's Ace leaked the press dubbed the proposed computer a \"giant brain\"\n\nHis fresh way of articulating problems would surely cast new light on solutions.\n\nIn addition to working towards higher speeds and more parallelism in computing and communications, I have spent some serious time thinking about and helping to formulate methods for communication across the long distances of the solar system.\n\nMy colleagues and I have had to re-think the basic communication paradigms for large scale networking owing to the slow nature of light speed propagation (eg 20 minutes one way from Earth to Mars) and disruption caused by planetary motion.\n\nThe problems only get worse when thinking about interstellar communication. Yet, these ideas must inevitably be confronted and solved as the human race continues its drive to expand beyond the planet of our origin.\n\nMortality is an affliction that limits our ability to explore our galaxy. Turing's ideas for artificial intelligence make one wonder whether the legacy of the human race will be intelligent robots that might be maintained in perpetuity to serve as our surrogates in a migration to the stars.\n\nTuring is a hero to so many Google engineers, and we are deeply gratified to help commemorate and preserve his legacy.\n\nLast year Google helped Bletchley Park raise funds to purchase Turing's papers so they could be preserved for public display in their museum.\n\nLondon's Science Museum will host an exhibition exploring Turing's life until June 2013\n\nMore recently, we've funded and collaborated with the London Science Museum as they put together their stunning new exhibition \"Codebreaker: celebrating the life and legacy of Alan Turing\".\n\nThey've gathered an amazing collection of artefacts - including items loaned by GCHQ, the government intelligence agency, that have never before been on public display. But the most impressive part isn't the items on show, but the way they're woven together to tell a story not just of his scientific achievements, but of the man himself.\n\nIt illuminates Turing, the man, and explains what he contributed in a profoundly moving way that anyone can understand.\n\nI hope it will help make Turing a hero and household name beyond the technical community that reveres his memory.\n\nIndeed, 2012 has been dubbed the \"Alan Turing year\" by the scientific community, with a series of events and lectures taking place all over the world. I'm personally taking part in several.\n\nTo celebrate his birthday (and mine!) I will be speaking at the Turing Centenary Conference in Manchester about his legacy in the networked world. I hope you'll join me - whether in person, or in spirit - in commemorating the life and work of this truly remarkable genius.\n\nVint Cerf is a computer scientist who co-designed the TCP/IP protocols used to create the internet's underlying architecture. He was later dubbed one of the \"founding fathers of the internet\". In 2005 he joined Google to help the search giant develop its network systems, and continues to serve as its chief internet evangelist.", "There will never be another finish to a World Cup final like that.\n\nFor England to win it, in front of a full house at Lord's in that incredible atmosphere, on free-to-air TV, with a massive audience on the radio and online, could not have been any better.\n\nIf that doesn't show people what an amazing sport cricket is and entice them to get into the game, I'm not sure what will.\n\nIt was the most ridiculous game of cricket, tied twice. You can debate the fairness of winning on the amount of boundaries scored, and you have to have some sympathy for New Zealand. How would we feel about that system if England had lost?\n\nBut, if the objective of this summer was to sell the game, maybe if England had lost we would still feel the final was something that would put cricket right up there as a sport everyone should get involved in.\n\nEverything that was wanted to be achieved was achieved, and so much more on top. Now cricket has an amazing platform from which to build.\n\nI don't think the England and Wales Cricket Board, and those of us who love cricket, can have asked for anything more.\n\nThere were times when I thought England had lost. In fact, until that flukey throw glanced off Ben Stokes' bat and went for four overthrows, they were second-favourites.\n\nThat was a massive slice of fortune, one that makes you think someone was looking down on England.\n\nThe curious thing is, had it not gone for four, it wouldn't have given them an advantage, because Stokes wasn't going to run. But, once it hit the rope, that was that.\n\nIt was such a strange thing to happen at such a crucial moment and ultimately saved them.\n\nThat is not to underestimate the role Stokes played in England's salvation.\n\nThis is a man who conceded four successive sixes in the final over of the 2016 World T20 final defeat and a year ago was standing trial for affray.\n\nUnderneath all of that, he has always been a fantastic cricketer, one helped through it all by the support of a wonderful family.\n\nIn the company of Jos Buttler, he turned things around - the pair of them using all of their one-day experience and nous.\n\nSome may talk about redemption, but to me, that's not the point. Stokes was merely doing his job, albeit doing it very, very well.\n\nWhile it was Stokes at Lord's, the planning that went in to that day was led by Andrew Strauss, Trevor Bayliss and Eoin Morgan.\n\nMorgan, the captain, is an extraordinary man. He has changed so much from the player that first came into the England team, one who was quite difficult to talk to, especially when it came to his Irish background.\n\nHe has matured beyond all recognition into an engaging, calm and thoughtful leader. I have so much admiration for him.\n\nFour years ago, the captaincy was thrust upon him on the eve of a World Cup that turned out to be a truly dismal tournament for England.\n\nTo turn things around, he put himself on the line with a new way of playing and by backing the players he wanted.\n\nNot only that, he recognised just how big this World Cup was for the game as a whole. He showed incredible humility and I am so, so pleased that he has become the first England captain to get his hands on the trophy.\n\nAlong with Bayliss, they have created an environment for the players to thrive.\n\nBayliss was hired to win the World Cup and that is what he has done. Outwardly he is unflappable, setting the tone in a dressing room where players are encouraged to take risks.\n\nThere was one shot that Buttler played on Sunday, a scoop over his shoulder, that left me wondering how he had the courage to do it.\n\nIf he had missed it, and had his middle stump blown out, there are some circumstances where he would have been castigated.\n\nNot in this England team, and that is a mentality that comes from Bayliss allowing the players to express themselves without fear of failure.\n\nBayliss' appointment, being aligned with the former assistant coach Paul Farbrace, was part of the vision of Strauss, the ex-director of cricket who presided over England's new attitude to one-day cricket.\n\nIt was Strauss and ECB chairman Colin Graves who earmarked this World Cup, putting new emphasis on the 50-over game and bringing the white-ball players in line with those who play in Tests.\n\nAnyone who was in Adelaide four years ago to see England dumped out by Bangladesh will know what a remarkable transformation they have been through. The majority of that came on Strauss' watch and I am delighted he was at Lord's to see the end result.\n\nStrauss was working for Sky, who can take great credit for making the game available on free-to-air television.\n\nSky do their thing, and that is great, but now they have probably secured subscribers of the future.\n\nNot only that, but cricket will have new players and supporters, because the game could not have advertised itself any better.\n\nWas it better than 2005, the unforgettable Ashes? That series will always be right up there, but to be there while Morgan did a lap of honour, watched by 29,000 people swept away by the occasion, was about as special as it gets.\n\nIt really was a perfect day.\n• None The champagne super over - a very English way to win a World Cup", "A Punch magazine tribute to Mary Seacole in 1857 (left) and a London statue of British-Indian agent Noor Inayat Khan\n\nComedian Sanjeev Bhaskar and presenter Sandi Toksvig are among those calling for a historic figure from a black and ethnic minority background (BAME) to feature on the new £50 note.\n\nThe Bank of England last month asked the public to nominate a British scientist to feature on the note.\n\nCampaigners say the chosen figure should recognise \"the contribution of ethnic minorities\" to British culture.\n\nCrimean War nurse Mary Seacole is among their suggested candidates.\n\nAnother is wartime secret agent Noor Inayat Khan, the first female radio operator sent into Nazi-occupied France.\n\nMore than 200 people, including Lord Victor Adebowale and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, signed the letter published in the Sunday Times.\n\n\"We do not lack candidates, and arguably their achievements were the greater for having been made at a time when many careers and were effectively closed to them, whether through colonial rules, racism, or the legacy of slavery,\" it states.\n\nGreat British Bake Off and QI presentter Sandi Toksvig is one of the faces behind the campaign\n\nThe letter also points out that \"no-one from an ethnic minority has yet featured on a banknote\" despite BAME communities representing \"14% of the British population\".\n\n\"Changing this would send a message that the contribution of ethnic minorities to Britain's history, culture and economy is recognised and valued,\" it reads.\n\n\"What better representation of 'global Britain' could there be?\"\n\nLate last month the Bank said it had received 174,112 nominations for the £50 portrait in less than four weeks.\n\nIt released a list of more than 800 eligible nominees, including Seacole along with computing pioneers Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace, telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell and Stephen Hawking.\n\nTo be eligible, the individual must be real, deceased and have contributed to any field of science in the UK.\n\nThe final full list is yet to be released; nominations closed on Friday.\n\nStephen Hawking and Ada Lovelace are being considered\n\nWanda Wyporska, the Equality Trust executive director, said it was time \"our black heroes and heroines\" were recognised for their contribution to British society.\n\n\"Now more than ever, we need to celebrate the rich diversity of UK society: representation on bank notes is a great way to do this,\" she said.\n\nSteam engine pioneers James Watt and Matthew Boulton appear on the current £50, issued in 2011.\n\nSpace scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, author and genetics expert Emily Grossman, and theoretical and particle physicist Simon Singh are among those responsible for drawing up a shortlist.\n\nThe final choice will be made by Bank of England governor Mark Carney in 2019.", "Police escort far-right protesters in the east German town of Chemnitz\n\nPolice in Germany have removed nearly 200 black crosses put up by far-right activists in the east of the country.\n\nThe spray-painted wooden crosses commemorating German people allegedly killed by foreigners were fixed to road signs or planted at the roadside.\n\nPolice are now investigating suspected incitement to racial hatred.\n\nOfficials say there is no evidence for far-right claims that foreigners have killed thousands of Germans since 1990, when Germany was reunified.\n\nThe black crosses began appearing in Germany in 2014, before a big influx of migrants to the country took place in 2015.\n\nA number of crosses have since been put up every July in the years since.\n\nThe crosses put up this year appeared in the north-eastern federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They bore xenophobic slogans such as \"migration kills\", \"stop the death of the people\" and \"we don't forget German victims of foreigners\".\n\nMany appeared in impoverished areas. Local media quoted intelligence reports as saying that the far-right scene in the region was well organised and networked.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by NDR MV This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The victim died in hospital after being found with a \"number of stab wounds\"\n\nA teenager has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in London.\n\nThe 19-year-old man is in custody after the 22-year-old victim was found with a \"number of stab wounds\" in Greenwich on Wednesday, police said.\n\nDespite \"extensive efforts of medical staff\" to save the victim's life, he died about six hours after being found in Tellson Avenue at about 14:45 BST.\n\nThe Met said the suspect was arrested at an address in Lambeth on Sunday.\n\nIt is believed the 22-year-old victim was attacked in an alleyway\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Cash use is falling, with predictions that fewer than one in 10 transactions will be completed with notes and coins in 10 years' time.\n\nTen years ago, cash was used in six out of 10 payments, but it has been overtaken in popularity by debit cards, driven by the use of contactless technology.\n\nA review of payments, published by banking trade body UK Finance on Thursday, said cash was here to stay, but would play a less important role in the future.\n\nThe most recent figures show cash payments are still common, but declining - down 16% from 2017 to 2018, while debit card use is rising.\n\nContactless payments on debit cards were once used primarily by young adults, but older consumers have adopted the technology, with some of the biggest rises in the last year among pensioners.\n\nThe use of contactless was given a massive leg-up a few years ago, when it was adopted by the London Underground. Now, however, other regions have caught up with - or overtaken - London in terms of the proportion of adults who make contactless payments.\n\nTheories about the lower take-up in the North West of England include an ageing population in coastal towns sticking with cash, plus the lack of digital access owing to a lack of connectivity in areas such as the Lake District.\n\nOverall, this means that debit cards are used more than any other form of payments in our monthly outgoings, but cash is far from dead.", "Watch the moment that Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's Martin Guptill to win England the World Cup.\n\nFOLLOW REACTION: England beat New Zealand to win first World Cup title\n\nWATCH MORE: Wood run out off the last ball as World Cup final ends in a tie\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "Boris Johnson (l) and Jeremy Hunt (r) made the comments during a head-to-head debate run by The Sun newspaper\n\nBoth candidates to be the UK's next PM have condemned tweets by Donald Trump which called on four Democratic congresswomen of colour to \"go back\".\n\nDuring a head-to-head debate run by The Sun, Jeremy Hunt called the remarks \"totally offensive\", while Boris Johnson said they were \"unacceptable\".\n\nBut neither would go as far as branding the US president's comments racist.\n\nMr Trump said the women \"originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe\".\n\nHe faced a backlash for the series of tweets on Sunday aimed at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley - who were all born in the US - and Ilhan Omar - who went to the US as a child refugee when she was 12.\n\nHis remarks were widely condemned as racist, and as having gone beyond previous statements and actions by the president that drew allegations of racism.\n\nBut Mr Trump doubled down on his comments on Monday, accusing the congresswomen of \"hating our country\".\n\nEarlier, he also launched another Twitter tirade, calling on the women themselves to apologise.\n\nAll the women called the president racist and were backed by members of the Democratic Party.\n\nAsked about the tweets during the debate, Mr Hunt - who is married to a Chinese woman - said he would be \"utterly appalled\" if someone said the same thing to their three children, who were born in the UK.\n\n\"It is totally un-British to do that, so I hope that would never happen,\" he added.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"If you are the leader of a great, multi-racial, multi-cultural society, you simply cannot use that kind of language about sending people back to where they came from.\n\n\"That went out decades and decades ago and thank heavens for that.\"\n\nHe also echoed comments made by outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May, who earlier called the tweets \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Rashida Tlaib (centre) and Ayanna Pressley (right) accused the president of racism\n\nBut asked by The Sun's political editor, Tom Newton-Dunn, if they thought the comments were racist, neither candidate would say.\n\nMr Hunt said: \"Look, I'm foreign secretary, this is a president of a country which happens to be our closest ally, and so it is not going to help the situation to use that kind of language about the president of the United States.\n\n\"I can understand how many people in this country would want politicians like me to use those words and would feel that sentiment, but...I hope I have made absolutely clear how totally offensive it is to me that people are still saying that kind of thing.\"\n\nMr Johnson said: \"I simply can't understand how a leader of that country can come to say it.\"\n\nPressed again, he added: \"You can take from what I said what I think about President Trump's words.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe candidates were also questioned about the possibility of a future trade deal with the US.\n\nMr Hunt said whenever he had met with the US president and his administration, they had \"stressed how enthusiastic\" they were to do a deal.\n\nBut he admitted that Mr Trump would be a \"very tough and crude\" negotiator.\n\nMr Johnson agreed, calling the administration \"ruthless\" and saying the country would put \"tough conditions\" on any agreement with the UK.\n\nBut he added that this did not mean it was \"impossible to do a good deal\".", "At the Made in America showcase, the president responded to questions about the meaning behind his weekend tweets, which some critics say were racist toward four Democratic members of Congress.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nEngland have beaten New Zealand in a thrilling final at Lord's to win the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup. Who are England's newest world champions?\n\nThe England squad is made up of 15 new world champions, but they have come from all around the globe.\n\nCaptain Eoin Morgan was born in Dublin, Jofra Archer in Barbados and Jason Roy in South Africa.\n\nMan of the match Ben Stokes was born in New Zealand but moved to Cockermouth in Cumbria when he was 12 when his father Gerard was made head coach at Workington Town rugby league club.\n\nThe young Stokes turned out for Cockermouth Cricket Club and is well-remembered there.\n\nJohn Grainger from the club said Stokes' success had been an inspiration.\n\nMore than 2,500 people turned out to see England's hero when he visited the club two years ago, and Mr Grainger said: \"He was almost the Pied Piper of Cockermouth.\"\n\nBen Stokes and Joe Root are two of England's 15 new world champions\n\nSpeaking from his home in New Zealand, Stokes' dad joked he was \"probably the most hated father in New Zealand\" while his mum Deb said she was \"numb\" and \"hiding under my blanket\" during the game.\n\nMr Stokes said both teams did their nations proud and the game is \"already in the annals of folklore as the best game of one-day cricket ever played\".\n\nHe said: \"When we were watching it, it was an incredible feeling to have your son out there doing what he does and then getting right down to the last ball.\n\n\"He was very emotional [after the game]. He doesn't usually show that, but it was a special day for us as a family.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMrs Stokes said: \"At the end of the game I just cried my eyes out.\n\n\"[Stokes] was absolutely beaming. I think he was a little bit gobsmacked. He actually said 'I still can't believe this'. It was great.\n\n\"We'll probably catch up with him in two or three days for a proper talk.\"\n\nBen Stokes hit an unbeaten 84 before the match went to the super over\n\nWicketkeeper Jos Buttler, who completed the match-winning run out, comes from the opposite end of England - Somerset.\n\nHis mother Pat watched her son from the Tavern Stand at Lord's and said there was some confusion in the final moments surrounding the super over.\n\n\"When the scores were level we thought we might have won,\" she said.\n\n\"Everybody stood around looking and thinking 'have we won, because we beat them in the group stages?'\n\n\"But it wasn't to be and we had to do it all again.\n\n\"We still didn't know we'd won until Jos set off on his victory charge.\"\n\nMs Buttler said she was able to celebrate with her son in the Long Room at Lord's and on the pitch after the game but is yet to speak to him the day after he became a world champion.\n\n\"I'm told he's still asleep,\" she said.\n\nJos Buttler celebrated with his family after removing the bails for the match-winning run out\n\nMeanwhile, celebrations were also under way in Sheffield, home city of Joe Root.\n\nCrowds cheered on the batsman at Sheffield Collegiate Cricket Club, where the 28-year-old made his cricketing debut.\n\nJosh Varley, first-team captain, said: \"The atmosphere was fantastic. I can't put into words how amazing it was.\"\n\nChris Stewart, who taught Root at school, remembers the batsman as a \"lovely, really well-grounded lad\".\n\nMr Stewart, a teacher at Dore Primary School, said: \"He was sensible, conscientious, a brilliant artist and obviously a tremendous sportsman.\"\n\nReflecting on Sunday's win, he said: \"Nothing will surpass it. It was absolutely tremendous.\"\n\n\"It was brilliant for the whole country and hopefully it's going to bring some children on and inspire the next generation of cricketers,\" he added.\n\nHis wife Katie Stewart, who is captain of the collegiate's women's cricket team, said: \"I feel really humbled and privileged to have a connection here.\"\n\nAdil Rashid was born in Bradford, Jos Buttler in Taunton and Moeen Ali in Birmingham\n\nMeanwhile, Royal Mail is releasing special commemorative stamps and repainting post boxes gold and white at each ground which hosted a game in both the men's and women's world cups, both tournaments having been won by England.\n\nAnd T20 clubs said they have noticed an increase in ticket sales.\n\nA spokesman for Sussex Cricket Club said: \"It's been really good to have cricket in the public eye for two months and then England winning it.\"\n\nHe said their first game of the season against rivals Surrey on 26 July is \"effectively a sell out\" while there has also been a rise in the number of season tickets sold.\n\nThe Durham Jets said it was too soon to say if the world cup has had an impact but a spokesman said it was expected to have some affect.\n\nHe also said the number of children going to games has increased although that could be due to other initiatives as well as the world cup.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I have to pick an item every eight seconds, or 332 per hour, for a 10-hour day'\n\nThousands of workers in Amazon sites around the world are staging protests about pay and conditions as the online retailer begins its annual sale.\n\nOn Monday, Amazon starts offering discounts to its Prime service members.\n\nUnions say that 2,000 workers are on strike in Germany, while in the US, workers in a Minnesota centre reportedly plan a six-hour stoppage. In the UK, week-long protests are planned.\n\nWilliam Stolz, a picker at a warehouse in the Shakopee warehouse in Minnesota, told the BBC that workers wanted \"safe, reliable jobs\" from Amazon.\n\nHe says he has to pick an item about every eight seconds, or 332 per hour, for a 10 hour day.\n\n\"The speeds that we have to work are very physically and mentally exhausting, in some cases leading to injuries,\" he said.\n\n\"Basically we just want them to treat us with respect as human beings and not treat us like machines,\" he said.\n\nPrime Day begins on Monday, but actually lasts 48 hours. The Seattle-based retailer, founded by Jeff Bezos, says new deals will launch as often as every five minutes \"giving shoppers plenty of reasons to come back again and again\".\n\nOne of the most valuable public companies in the world - making Mr Bezos the world's richest man - Amazon rang up total sales of $235bn (£188bn) of online sales last year.\n\nIn Germany, where Amazon employs 20,000 people, labour union Verdi said more than 2,000 workers at seven sites had gone on strike under the logo \"no more discount on our incomes\".\n\n\"While Amazon fuels bargain hunting on Prime Day with hefty discounts, employees are being deprived of a living wage,\" said Orhan Akman, retail specialist at Verdi.\n\nIn the UK, GMB union officials handed leaflets to workers arriving at the site in Peterborough in the East Midlands, and in the coming days protests are expected at other sites such as Swansea and Rugeley, in the West Midlands.\n\nMick Rix, GMB national officer, said: \"Amazon workers want Jeff Bezos to know they are people not robots. It's prime time for Amazon to get round the table with GMB and discuss ways to make the workplaces safer and to give their workers and independence voice\".\n\nUnions say that 2,000 workers are on strike in Germany\n\nWhile the GMB was not calling on shoppers to boycott Amazon, he said customers could act.\n\n\"We're not calling for economic damage for Amazon,\" he said. \"What we're asking for is for people to be aware. Leave feed back on Amazon\".\n\nIn response, Amazon said it \"provided great employment opportunities with excellent pay\".\n\nIt encouraged people to compare its operations in Shakopee with other employees in the area.\n\nIn the UK, where it employs 29,500 people, a spokesperson said the company offered industry-leading pay starting at £9.50 per hour and was the \"employer of choice for thousands of people across the UK\".\n\nIt said its German operations offered wages \"at the upper end of what is paid in comparable jobs\" and it was \"seeing very limited participation [in strikes] across Germany with zero operational impact and therefore no impact on customer deliveries\".\n\nIn total, Amazon has a global workforce of 630,000, with 300,000 in the US.", "The man tasked with working out how to improve UK railways says a \"Fat Controller\" type figure, independent from government, should be in charge of day-to-day operations.\n\nThe former boss of British Airways, Keith Williams, said government involvement should be limited to overall policy and budget decisions.\n\nBut he said the Department for Transport should not manage the system.\n\nHis review of the rail system will be published this autumn.\n\nThe Fat Controller is a fictional character who manages the railways in Thomas the Tank Engine, the children's television series based on The Railway Series books.\n\nMr Williams said he also believed that, in the future, rail franchises should be underpinned by punctuality and other performance-related targets.\n\nThe government launched the review after passengers in northern and southern England experienced chaos over several weeks last summer following the introduction of a new timetable.\n\nBy December, punctuality across the country had dropped to a 13-year low.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Somebody needs to be accountable to the public'\n\nIn a BBC interview Mr Williams insisted the interests of passengers would shape every aspect of his work and that the creation of an individual or organisation with oversight of the entire rail system would be \"key for regaining public trust.\"\n\n\"Someone needs to be accountable to the public,\" he said.\n\nHe is still to decide on what relationship the individual or organisation would have with government but he said Network Rail, the public company managing rail infrastructure, should not take on an overall managerial role.\n\nThe idea has echoes of the Strategic Rail Authority, a body which, from 2001 to 2006, provided \"strategic direction\" for the industry.\n\nMr Williams had already said that the current rail franchising model was finished, but he has now indicated that a franchise should last longer than the current average of seven to eight years.\n\nHe argues that if train companies were in charge of networks for more time they would have more incentive to invest.\n\nAs things stand, under a franchise agreement, a train company will make a series of commitments to the government which have to be delivered.\n\nAccording to Mr Williams, a franchise should no longer be about \"how many ticketing offices there are in a station\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future?\n\nHis team is looking into how franchises could focus instead on performance targets such as punctuality and whether or not services have the correct number of carriages - something which continues to be a problem for passengers in the north of England.\n\nThe rail review also looks set to recommend an overhaul of the complicated rail ticketing system, which has not been reformed since the mid-90s.\n\n\"Pay-as-you-go across regions and cities has been difficult to implement because of the fares system that exists today,\" said Mr Williams.\n\nHe said a national system should be created to allow more third-party companies like thetrainline.com to improve the way people buy tickets.\n\nMick Cash, general secretary of rail union RMT, said it had warned that \"Keith Williams had been hand-picked by Chris Grayling and the Tories to try and get them off the hook over the privatised chaos on our railways\".\n\nHe added: \"RMT also warned that Keith Williams would side 100% with his big-business mates and duck the issue of public ownership of the railways - the option supported by over two-thirds of the British people.\n\n\"He has and after months of deliberation has come up with the classic cop-out of another unaccountable quango.\"", "With schools breaking up for the summer holidays, there are fears about a rise in violence\n\nNew figures from Mayor of London Sadiq Khan show what he says is a clear link between poverty in the capital and the rise in serious youth violence.\n\nThe data shows that the poorest areas of London are most likely to experience the highest levels of serious crime among youngsters.\n\nThe data comes amid fears that the end of the school year could see a rise in knife crime across major cities.\n\nMr Khan says he is funding 43 summer projects for vulnerable youngsters.\n\nHe is also appealing to the government for more cash.\n\nLondon has experienced a rise in killings since 2012 - and 2018 was the worst year on record for the city for a decade.\n\nThe study for the mayor's office shows that the poorer an area of the city is, the higher the rates of youth violence are likely to be.\n\nRichmond upon Thames has the lowest level of youth violence in the capital - and it is also the least deprived borough in the city, based on official figures.\n\nTower Hamlets in east London is one of the poorest areas in England - and the data shows it has now one of the highest rates of youth violence in the capital.\n\nOther official statistics, such as rates of adolescent mental health, teenage pregnancies and domestic abuse, also reveal a correlation between serious youth violence and the poorest areas of London.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said in March there was \"some link\" between falling police numbers and a rise in violence crime.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC, Mr Khan said: \"There are still some who say that to acknowledge this link between poverty, deprivation and crime is somehow to excuse criminality and to let the criminals off the hook. I say this is dangerous rubbish.\n\n\"There's never any excuse for criminality. But we have to face the reality that for some young people growing up today, violence has become normalised.\n\n\"And - with hope at rock bottom... turning to crime and gangs has become an all too easy route to satisfy the lure of gaining respect and money - however misguided this is.\"\n\nWith schools breaking up for the summer holidays, Mr Khan said he was putting £360,000 into 43 projects intended to work with 3,500 young people who are at risk of getting involved in crime.\n\nHalf of the summer projects are in neighbourhoods which are in the top 10% for rates of serious youth violence.\n\n\"It's time for the government to acknowledge that this is a national problem that requires an urgent national solution. No more scratching around the edges. We need a proper national strategy,\" said Mr Khan.\n\nThe government confirmed at the weekend it wants to create a new \"public health duty\" to legally compel schools and other bodies to spot and act on the signs of serious violence.\n\nThe children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said the change was not enough on its own and called on the next prime minister to ensure preventative services had the \"right resources\".\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May, who has pledged £100m for police in the worst-hit areas, is meeting youngsters on Monday to hear about their experiences of serious violence.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland's World Cup-winning cricket team have met Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street.\n\nBoth England and New Zealand scored 241 runs from their 50 overs in Sunday's final at Lord's, before Eoin Morgan's side won after a dramatic super over.\n\nThe victory meant England won the World Cup for the first time after losing in the finals of the 1979, 1987 and 1992 competitions.\n\nMay and Morgan were pictured sharing a joke before they posed with the trophy.\n\nCricket fan May was at Lord's on Sunday and tweeted 'well done' to the team after their victory.\n\nAnother former Prime Minister, Sir John Major, who is an honorary life vice-president of Surrey County Cricket Club, was also at the reception at Downing Street.\n• None The champagne super over - a very English way to win a World Cup\n• None England halfway to 'pinnacle' of World Cup-Ashes double, says Root\n\n\"You have helped the nation fall in love with cricket once again,\" May told the England players.\n\n\"The final was not just cricket at its best but sport at its best - courage, character, sportsmanship, drama, incredible skill and even the odd slice of luck - all combining to create a real thriller, one of the great sporting spectacles of our time.\n\n\"It was a fitting end to what has been a great tournament - and I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in once again making our country a sporting showcase for the world.\"\n\nFind out how to get into cricket with our inclusive guide.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nTennis fans must \"wake up to the greatness\" of Novak Djokovic after he won his 16th Grand Slam, says his former coach Boris Becker.\n\nSerbia's Djokovic, 32, won his fifth Wimbledon title by beating Centre Court favourite Roger Federer in a classic.\n\nVictory in the longest ever Wimbledon singles final moved him closer to Federer's men's record of 20 major triumphs. Rafael Nadal, with 18, separates the pair.\n\nDjokovic struggled to win over a pro-Federer crowd, who clapped some of his misses and jeered him at one point during a tense final set.\n\n\"It triggered him to fight in the fifth set,\" said Becker, who coached Djokovic between 2013 and 2016.\n\n\"He got a bit riled and gave some stares to people in the crowd but that's how he works, that's how he ticks.\n\n\"There comes a point when you get frustrated, but I thought he handled himself well and was mentally well prepared.\"\n\nSwiss second seed Federer, 37, was aiming for a record-extending ninth men's singles title at the All England Club, which would have matched Martina Navratilova's all-time leading tally.\n\nFederer is the darling of the Centre Court crowd and was backed by the majority of the 15,000 fans in what became an increasingly partisan atmosphere.\n\nThat was most apparent when Djokovic was booed when he went over to chair umpire Damian Steiner to discuss what he felt was a late Hawk-Eye challenge from Federer.\n\n\"Federer is the greatest of all-time here and has the right to get that love, but on the other side you have to respect a four-time champion a little bit more,\" said Becker, a three-time winner at SW19.\n\n\"I hope next year, if they played again, it would be more even.\n\n\"He came into the party that was the Roger and Rafa party and he became the party pooper.\n\n\"Now, after 16 majors, people have got to wake up to the greatness of Novak Djokovic.\"\n\n'Djokovic wants to be the greatest'\n\nDjokovic retained his Wimbledon title by fighting off two championship points before beating Federer with a record four hours 57 minutes on the clock.\n\nAnd Becker believes the world number one will not rest until he has surpassed Federer and Nadal.\n\n\"Novak is not quite happy yet,\" the German said. \"He's one of the greatest of all of time but he wants to be the greatest of all time.\n\n\"He should be more than proud to have achieved 16 majors. If you told him that 15 years ago he would have said 'I don't believe you' and he would have taken one or two.\"\n\nDjokovic's triumph means he has now won four of the past five Grand Slam titles and, being almost six years younger than Federer, could add plenty more barring a loss of form or fitness.\n\nHis pursuit of Federer and Nadal is made more remarkable by the fact he won his first major in 2008 - when Federer had claimed 13 and Nadal five - and only added a second three years later.\n\n\"Honestly I think he can overtake them, but I wouldn't like to say that for sure,\" said Becker. \"The race is on.\n\n\"This endless talk of who will be the most successful will continue as long as all three of them are playing.\n\n\"I don't see the end of the road for any of the three. I believe all of them will win more Grand Slams.\n\n\"Novak's work ethic is 24/7 and he actually admitted at the end that Federer - still reaching Grand Slam finals at the age of 37 - inspired him.\"\n\nTim Henman, a former British number one and three-time Wimbledon semi-finalist, also believes Djokovic's hunger will only increase.\n\n\"This victory will motivate him to keep putting in the hard work and winning more titles. Federer and Nadal are very much in his sights,\" he added.\n\n\"He's a year younger than Nadal and five younger than Federer - we all know he fancies overtaking those two.\"\n\n'Sometimes it is lost Djokovic is one of the greatest grass-courters'\n\nDjokovic's fifth Wimbledon win, in addition to triumphs in 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2018, saw him move alongside Swedish great Bjorn Borg in terms of Open era victories.\n\nOnly Federer (eight) and Pete Sampras (seven) have won more since the sport became open to professional players in 1968.\n\n\"I think because of Federer winning eight, it is sometimes lost that Djokovic is one of the greatest grass-court players in history,\" Henman said.\n\n\"He's up to five and you wouldn't put it past him winning more titles in future.\"\n\n'This will sting Federer' - but he can win more Slams\n\nFederer, who turns 38 next month, was bidding to become the oldest Grand Slam men's singles champion in the Open era and missed two opportunities for the title at 8-7 in the decider before going on to lose about 45 minutes later.\n\n\"There's no doubt Federer will be massively disappointed,\" Henman said.\n\n\"In terms of disappointments in his career this will be right up there. To have two match points and against one of his biggest rivals on his favourite court - it will hurt.\n\n\"I know he's good at controlling his emotions, but this will sting for a long, long time.\"\n\nBecker does not think Federer has seen his last chance of Wimbledon glory disappear, however.\n\n\"I think he can go from strength to strength. I was very impressed with his fitness and his quality of play against Nadal and Federer,\" he added.\n\n\"I don't see him slowing down yet.\"", "Watch the moment Eoin Morgan and England lift the Cricket World Cup trophy after a dramatic sudden-death super over against New Zealand at Lord's.\n\nWATCH MORE: The moment England won the World Cup\n\nREAD MORE: England win their first men's Cricket World Cup in dramatic finale\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Some of the protesters have glued themselves around the boat\n\nClimate protesters have blocked a key city centre road in Cardiff, with commuters warned to expect disruption.\n\nA number of members of Extinction Rebellion are outside Cardiff Castle and have parked a green boat in the middle of the street.\n\nThe group want to raise awareness about climate change but there have been calls for them to end the protest.\n\nMotorists have been warned to avoid the city centre as police expect disruption to last into the evening on Monday.\n\nCardiff Bus said it experienced severe delays to services and commuters also faced delays during the morning rush hour.\n\nPolice have closed the road to vehicles from the junction with Queen Street to Westgate Street.\n\nA boat has been placed in the middle of the busy road\n\nCardiff is one of \"five centres of disruption\" planned by the group, with others due to take place in Leeds, Glasgow, London and Bristol during the \"five-day national campaign\" of protests.\n\n\"We want to achieve some serious changes by the government, we are hoping to raise awareness, get people talking about it,\" said Livvy, one of the protesters.\n\n\"If you weigh it up against the disruption down the line, this is nothing compared to what will happen if we do nothing.\n\n\"We are going to hold this site as long as we can. We fully intend for it to remain peaceful for the duration, we don't want any aggression or violence.\"\n\nExtinction Rebellion Wales said the Cardiff protest was aimed at highlighting the need for the Welsh Government to \"dramatically accelerate its actions in tackling the climate crisis and ecological emergency\".\n\nStaci Sylvan, 40, from the group, said: \"In Carmarthen, where I live, we suffered a massive flood last October, we have never seen anything like it before.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Cardiff bus This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Out of a population of about 10,000, 100 were displaced or made homeless. Some of these people have been rehomed, but some still have no home.\n\n\"This has affected people on low incomes the most as there are no more houses available for them. Also there are some businesses who have not yet managed to reopen, maybe they never will.\n\n\"To me this is an issue about my children's future but also about equality, it is always the poorest people who suffer most from climate-related disasters.\n\n\"I want the government to do something about it now, not wait for more disasters and more people to suffer.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A local worker said the protest had affected business and would not win support for their cause\n\nProtester Liz Shaw, 28, from Pembrokeshire, said: \"I don't feel like I'm putting myself or others at risk. I got up at 4.30am today to be here.\n\n\"I got involved after the April rebellion because I felt people didn't realise the urgency of climate change. We have only got 12 years left.\"\n\n\"I quit my job as a shop assistant at Bangor University in April. My heart wasn't in my shop job. But I felt so helpless about the climate crisis,\" she said.\n\n\"We're planning on camping here till Wednesday, maybe longer.\"\n\nProtestors have set up camp on grounds next to City Hall\n\nRowena, 33, from Oswestry, who has glued herself to the boat, said: \"I feel very privileged to be able to give up my freedom for the cause.\"\n\nThe protest has been supported by Bishop of Llandaff, the Right Reverend June Osborne, who said: \"We support peaceful protests that raise awareness of the need to act now, to find the political will to protect the interests of future generations.\"\n\nBut South Wales Central AM, Andrew RT Davies, said protesters were taking the wrong approach.\n\n\"Tackling climate change is a hugely important issue and one which the majority of the public is fully behind,\" he said.\n\n\"However, the one sure way to lose hearts and minds in such a battle is to disrupt hardworking people on their morning commute, which is what's happened in Cardiff today.\n\nBakery shop worker Ana Mitchell says staff have to carry heavy boxes around the city centre\n\n\"I hope these protesters will now do the right thing and bring this disruption to an end.\"\n\nAna Mitchell, a barista and shop assistant at Portuguese bakery Nata and Co on Castle Street, said: \"The road being shut affects our trade.\n\n\"We have to take boxes of fresh food to our two other shops around Cardiff. We had to walk to the Hilton hotel and back with them.\n\n\"It is affecting us and the other shops.\"\n\nIn a statement, South Wales Police said it would do \"everything we can to minimise disruption\" during the \"five-day national campaign\" of protests.\n\n\"But we appreciate that it only requires a relatively small number of protestors to cause issues in the city centre,\" it added.\n\n\"We are aware of delays to public transport across the city and we are liaising closely with Cardiff council.\"", "Labour peers want to investigate claims senior figures in the party interfered in the disciplinary process of dealing with anti-Semitism complaints.\n\nThey said accounts of staff in a BBC Panorama programme were \"powerful and shaming\", but the party's response had been \"heartbreaking\".\n\nThey said it was now time to \"rebuild confidence\" in Labour's processes.\n\nBBC political correspondent Iain Watson said shadow cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss the issue of anti-Semitism.\n\nIt was announced at a meeting of Labour MPs, where further concerns about the issue were raised - although leader Jeremy Corbyn did not attend.\n\nOur correspondent said there was strong support at the parliamentary party for those former members of Labour's staff who had spoken to the BBC about their concerns.\n\nThe letter from the peers comes as Labour staff also condemned the party's response in a motion to their union.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen the documentary aired, a Labour spokesman said the former employees who had talked to the BBC were \"disaffected\", and included some officials \"who have always opposed Jeremy Corbyn's leadership\".\n\nBut in a motion to the GMB, staff said whistleblowers should \"be commended and supported, never attacked\", and called for the party to apologise to them.\n\nOver 200 current and former staff also wrote to Mr Corbyn to say the party had treated whistleblowers in an \"appalling and hypocritical\" way, and that the \"moral responsibility\" for the anti-Semitism crisis lay with Mr Corbyn.\n\nThe Labour leader visited the party's headquarters in London on Monday to talk to staff - but did not give a full speech.\n\nOne of his local councillors in the Borough of Islington has also resigned from the party over the row.\n\nGary Poole, who represents the St Mary's Ward in Mr Corbyn's constituency, said he \"cannot in good conscience remain a member of a political party that has singularly failed to adequately address the scourge of anti-Semitism\".\n\nSorry, we're having trouble displaying this content. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe four peers who signed the letter to Mr Corbyn - Baroness Angela Smith, Lord Toby Harris, Baroness Dianne Hayter and Lord Tommy McAvoy - wrote it after three other peers resigned from the Labour Party because of anti-Semitism claims.\n\nLord Triesman, general secretary of the party between 2001 and 2004, accused Mr Corbyn of anti-Semitism and said the party was no longer \"a safe environment\" for Jewish people.\n\nThe four peers said it was \"deeply saddening, but not surprising\" that their colleagues had resigned due to the \"toxic and endemic problem [the party] has failed to eradicate\".\n\nThey also criticised the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) by the party so former staff would not speak about their experiences - especially as the party had openly campaigned against them in other situations.\n\nThey said a minimum of five steps needed to take place internally:\n\nThey wrote: \"The purpose of these proposals is to ensure the Labour Party can regain the trust of its members, supporters and the wider public.\n\n\"Without full openness, this is a cancer that will continue to grow - and, in hurting us, it will most hurt those that need a Labour government.\"\n\nOur correspondent said the BBC has been told there will be a concerted push to make the system more independent at a meeting of Labour's ruling national executive next week.", "One of these men will be the next prime minister\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt are taking part in the second and final head-to-head debate of the Conservative leadership campaign.\n\nThey are facing 90 minutes of questions from Sun newspaper readers.\n\nThe event started at 19.00 BST and is being streamed live on the newspaper's website and broadcast on Talk Radio.\n\nThe result of the contest to succeed Theresa May as prime minister will be announced on 23 July, with the winner taking office a day later.\n\nVoting in the postal ballot to choose the next Tory leader began about 10 days ago.\n\nIt is estimated that well over half of the 160,000 or so Conservative Party members eligible to take part have already returned their ballot papers.\n\nIn Monday's debate, billed by the newspaper as The Final Showdown, the two men were questioned about their strategies for delivering Brexit, and their policies on domestic issues such as crime, tax and health will also come under scrutiny.\n\nForeign Secretary Mr Hunt, and his predecessor in the role Mr Johnson, are also being pressed on their foreign policy record, including their relationship with US President Donald Trump.\n\nIn the run-up to the debate, the pair have been urged to condemn recent remarks directed at four US Democratic congresswomen by Mr Trump telling them to \"go back\".\n\nNo 10 has said the comments were \"completely unacceptable\" while Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader, said the two candidates needed to say so publicly.\n\nDuring a live debate on ITV last week, the two men clashed over Mr Trump's attacks on the UK's top diplomat in the US - which led to his subsequent resignation.\n\nAfter days of criticism, Mr Johnson conceded on Friday that he should have been stronger in his support for Sir Kim Darroch after diplomatic cables in which the diplomat described the White House as clumsy and inept were leaked to a newspaper.\n\nSky News abandoned plans for a one-on-one TV debate after Mr Johnson declined to take part while the BBC decided not to proceed with a special edition of Question Time featuring the two politicians after Mr Johnson's team expressed concerns about the format.\n\nThe last of 16 UK-wide hustings, in which the two men have faced questions from Conservative Party members, takes place in London on Wednesday.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Floods cause death and destruction in north India\n\nMore than three million people have been displaced across north and north-eastern India amid monsoon rain that has cost lives and destroyed homes.\n\nStorms and floods have ripped through areas of Nepal, Bangladesh and India, killing more than 130 people.\n\nAt least 67 people lost their lives in Nepal in torrential rains, police there said on Monday.\n\nThirty people were reported missing while 38 were injured, Nepalese police added.\n\nHeavy rains also caused deaths in Bangladesh, including in overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps. More bad weather is expected in the coming days.\n\nThe Brahmaputra River, which flows through India, Bangladesh and China, burst its banks, swamping more than 1,800 villages in India's north-east Assam state, Reuters reported on Monday.\n\nAlmost 2 million have been displaced in the northern Indian state of Bihar due to rising flood waters, the government said. More than 1.7 million people in Assam fled their homes.\n\nAt least 29 people died in Bangladesh in the past week, including 18 hit by lightning and seven who drowned when their boat sank in the Bay of Bengal.\n\nA man carries his belongings towards dry ground in Kathmandu\n\nCox's Bazar in Bangladesh - where more than a million Rohingya refugees are encamped after fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar - has been hit by at least 58.5cm (23 inches) of rain this month, according to the country's meteorological department on Sunday.\n\nHundreds of landslides since April have killed at least 10 people in the camps, including two Rohingya children in the past week.\n\nThe monsoon season lasts from June to September and wreaks havoc across South Asia every year. More than 1,200 people died in the region amid storms and landslides last year, when India's Kerala faced its worst floods in nearly a century.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nA few months ago the World Cup wasn't even on the radar of England's new bowling star Jofra Archer. The Barbados-born paceman wasn't eligible to play.\n\nBut on Sunday, the 24-year-old found himself charged with the responsibility of bowling a super over in the World Cup final for England against New Zealand at Lord's.\n\nYet he might just have predicted it all. In true Nostradamus style.\n\nThe bowler's old tweets seemed to foresee the dramatic events we witnessed on Sunday - as England won after the most thrilling climax - with spooky accuracy.\n\nFirst of all, he knew that one day he would be part of the England side way back in early 2014, when he was just 18 years old....\n\nHe also knew that, one day, England would send the nation into a nervous frenzy as the drama unfolded at Lord's...\n\nWe know how you feel, Jofra!\n\nA year later, the then 19-year-old even knew what was coming - predicting a super over.\n\nA six-week World Cup came down to this.\n\nNew Zealand had to score 16 from six balls to win the tournament. Did Jofra know that all along? This tweet from 2013 is again uncanny...\n\nPlaying in just his 14th international match, Archer was the one chosen by England captain Eoin Morgan to bowl the crucial six balls.\n\nArcher looked calm and composed while the rest of us were shaking, too nervous to function normally.\n\nAgain, it was one of the bowler's old tweets that told it best...\n\nEngland sent out Stokes and Buttler to bat. Lord's roared in anticipation.\n\nThe duo stayed calm. They hit two boundaries on their way to posting 15-0 from their six balls.\n\nThe drama had everyone gripped. Cricket was gaining new fans. For others it was too much...\n\nAfter all that had gone before, the final over was never going to be easy.\n\nA wide from Archer increased the English doubts and made the Kiwis believe. Then a huge six from batsman Jimmy Neesham. Was it going to be agony for England?\n\nBut Archer wasn't done yet and neither were England. He corrected his lines.\n\nNew Zealand needed two to win from the final ball. One run would not be enough for them.\n\nArcher bowled full. Batsman Martin Guptill pushed into the deep. Lord's held its breath. The batsmen turned for the second run. This is it. Here comes the throw. GONE!\n\nEven the most experienced of players, and cricket lovers who thought they had seen it all before, did not know what to do.\n\nLaugh, cheer or cry? Maybe all three at once.\n\nFor New Zealand, though, it was the agony of defeat in one of the most painful ways possible.\n\nAgain, Archer had predicted - in 2014 - how the Blackcaps would feel....\n• None Report and highlights: England beat New Zealand to win World Cup for the first time\n• None The champagne super over - a very English way to win a World Cup\n\nLet's rewind - how did we get to the super over?\n\nIt was the most incredible finish cricket - perhaps all sport - has ever seen. And it concluded a match that had absolutely everything.\n\nIt had us all gripped, nervously watching through our hands or from behind sofas with hearts thumping in our chests.\n\nNerves were jangling throughout the day as England edged closer and closer to their target of 242, which looked so distant when England slipped to 86-4.\n\nA truly remarkable ending took its first twist when, in the penultimate over, key England batsman Stokes was caught on the boundary by Trent Boult - but there was a 'catch'.\n\nBoult had inadvertently stepped on the boundary rope when grasping the ball. That meant, rather than Stokes having to slump back to the famous Lord's pavilion, six more runs were added to England's total and Stokes survived.\n\n'My heart is jumping out of my chest'\n\nEngland needed 15 from the final over to win. For Stokes, this was his chance of redemption. He has had difficult times on and off the field in recent years.\n\nIn 2016 he was the bowler hit for four sixes by Carlos Brathwaite in the final over of the World Twenty20 final as West Indies beat England. Sunday's final also came 11 months to the day since he was cleared of affray in court.\n\nFrom the third ball of the final over, the all-rounder sent Lord's into delirium. He swept fast bowler Boult into the stands for six more. England needed nine from three balls.\n\nStokes then flicked two into the deep. It didn't look like being enough but as the throw came in, the ball hit the bat of the diving Stokes and deflected to the boundary.\n\nIt was the strangest of six runs, unlike any Lord's had seen. Unlike anything cricket had ever seen.\n\nPerhaps, BBC Sport reader Adam summed it up best...\n\nBut despite those runs, two run-outs came next.\n\nNobody could believe it. After 100 overs, the teams could not be separated. The match was tied. A super over - the best of six balls - was needed to decide who would take home the trophy.\n\nWhile journalists up and down the land checked the specific rules, fans drew parallels with some of English sport's other nail-biting moments.\n\nAt the same time, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were battling it out in a final-set tie-break across London. The way both events built to simultaneous crescendos was impressive.\n\nIt was as if the sporting gods - and Archer - had planned it all along.", "Head teachers should have had more support as demonstrations took place, Sara Khan said\n\nThe government was \"too slow to respond\" to \"mob\" protests over LGBT teaching outside Birmingham schools, according to the woman tasked with challenging extremism.\n\nSara Khan told the BBC's Panorama more support should have been given to head teachers dealing with demonstrations.\n\nMs Khan was appointed by the home secretary to lead the Commission for Countering Extremism.\n\nShe said the Department for Education \"could have done so much more\".\n\n\"I think they were too slow to respond,\" said Ms Khan.\n\n\"There's a lot of confusion about what's actually being taught and I think the DfE could have played a very important role in clarifying to parents this is what's actually being taught, not the misinformation that we're seeing out there.\"\n\nProtests began at Parkfield Community School, where most pupils are Muslim, in February. Parents called for an end to the use of story books featuring same sex couples, as part of a programme teaching about equality.\n\nProtesters chanted \"Our children, our choice\", arguing their religion did not accept homosexuality.\n\nWeeks later, the school suspended its \"No Outsiders\" programme, to consult with parents.\n\nProtests were also held at Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham. Campaigners said homosexuality was morally wrong and it was inappropriate to teach young children about same-sex relationships.\n\nThe schools, however, said they were teaching children about diversity in society and all the groups covered by the Equality Act.\n\nFrom September 2020, it will be compulsory to teach relationships education for primary-age pupils and relationships and sex education (RSE) for secondary-age pupils.\n\nOne of the books that forms part of the equality programme in some schools\n\nThe government says it wants primary schools to teach children about same sex relationships but, as with the rest of the curriculum, it would be up to them to decide when it was \"age appropriate\".\n\nThe guidance for schools also says teaching should be \"with respect to the backgrounds and beliefs of pupils and parents\".\n\nThe government has said parents should be consulted about what was taught, but they would not have a veto.\n\nEducation Secretary Damian Hinds told the BBC: \"We want children to grow up understanding that some people are different, some relationships are different from what they may have experienced, but all are valuable.\n\n\"We trust individual schools, individual head teachers, to know their cohorts of children, and to determine how and when to address what can be obviously sensitive subjects.\"\n\nPanorama has learned Parkfield Community School believed it was getting a very different message, and that it felt under pressure from the Department for Education to suspend its equality programme to get the school out of the news.\n\nDamian Hinds says the government trusts schools how to approach LGBT issues\n\nA letter seen by the programme from the school to a DfE official suggested: \"The DfE would like us to stop our teaching of equality to make this issue disappear.\"\n\nIt also quoted a department official saying: \"Our top priority is that Parkfield School is no longer on national news.\"\n\nThe DfE said it did not accept pressure was applied to stop teaching about equality at Parkfield. It said any suggestion the dispute should be kept out of the media was not intended to silence the school but to bring an end to the protests and encourage consultation.\n\nThe National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said the suspension of the programme made the situation worse.\n\n\"It gave an impression, it gave almost licence, to people in communities that actually if they turned up outside of a school with loud hailers and protest that other schools would back down too,\" said Rob Kelsall, national secretary of the NAHT.\n\n\"I think that was a fatal mistake.\"\n\nOther schools were also seeing a push back from parents and campaigners, he added.\n\n\"We're seeing cases being referred almost on a weekly basis now… over 70 schools where these issues have been raised directly.\n\n\"Letters being sent to school leaders asking the school to stop teaching relationship education, threats to withdraw their children, through to organised rallies and events.\"\n\nHuman rights and LGBT activist Peter Tatchell said he thought the protesters were \"declaring war on LGBT kids\".\n\n\"They're saying that these children should not get love and support and advice in their school,\" he said.\n\nPauline Gallagher hopes Catholic Family Voice can work with the Muslim protesters\n\nPanorama has spoken to other religious groups around the country which said they had been energised by the protests in Birmingham and were looking to build campaigns of their own.\n\nPauline Gallagher lives just outside Glasgow and has set up a group called Catholic Family Voice.\n\nShe has been impressed by the protesters in Birmingham, and said she hoped to join forces with those involved.\n\n\"The Muslim community in Birmingham are total stars as far as we are concerned and they are trailblazers,\" she said. \"We are encouraged by what we see. I would say we're excited.\"\n\nOther groups have been taking their message directly to the school gates. Susan Mason has been actively leafleting schools.\n\n\"I'm aiming to disrupt essentially,\" she said. \"I'm not wanting riots and protests outside schools, but either the parents need to be satisfied or the school will need to change what it's doing.\"\n\nJudith Nemeth runs The Values Foundation, set up last year to promote the views of faith and traditional family values in education.\n\n\"There's no way that people of faith will teach it's OK to be gay,\" she said. \"They won't because the bible tells us it isn't OK to be gay.\n\n\"But that doesn't mean that we are intolerant of people who do follow that lifestyle. Nobody's being judgemental here, nobody's being homophobic.\"\n\nSex Education: The LGBT Debate in Schools - Panorama, will be broadcast on BBC One on Monday 15 July at 20:30 BST\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nThe two biggest moments in English cricket history happened 14 years apart in London and were broadcast live free-to-air on Channel 4.\n\nThat is where the comparisons end.\n\nOne England team played in whites, the other pale blue.\n\nIn the 2005 Ashes, the underdogs overcame perhaps the greatest team to have ever played Test cricket. Come the 2019 World Cup, England were the world's number one side and overwhelming favourites.\n\nA glorious sunny Sunday at Lord's ended by Jos Buttler demolishing the stumps, as opposed to bad light at The Oval when the umpires delicately flicked off the bails.\n\nAnd so, rightly, the celebrations that followed those two great victories have followed the same pattern of contrast.\n\nThe unforgettable parade through London, ending in players swaying on a stage in Trafalgar Square was right for the time.\n\nEveryone connected with English cricket had been put through Ashes-shaped emotional turmoil not only in that summer, but in the previous 18 years of failing to win the urn.\n\nWhen the wait is that long, and when eras of Ashes pain and terrestrial TV coverage were ending, a boozy knees-up with everyone invited was the perfect way to celebrate.\n\nAndrew Flintoff's star was enhanced as much by his efforts in the bar as on the field. Matthew Hoggard insulted Prime Minister Tony Blair. Kevin Pietersen dated Caprice.\n\nThere will be no dating of models this time around, mostly because all the class of 2019 are family men.\n\nThere will be no parade, not yet anyway. At The Oval on Monday, the celebrations were more intimate and focused on the next generation.\n\nThat was entirely in keeping with the mood of the World Cup win. If 2005 was an end, 2019 may be a beginning.\n\nThe England players were actually guests at this party. Children were scheduled to play cricket here regardless.\n• None The champagne super over - a very English way to win a World Cup\n\nWhen the magic at Lord's unfolded as it did, this presented the perfect opportunity for England to connect with the youngsters they hope to inspire.\n\nFamilies bustled in from Oval tube station. If they were expecting to be kept waiting by an England team hampered by the excesses of its celebrations, they were wrong.\n\nEngland were actually early, gathering in the home dressing room as fans and photographers strained to get a view.\n\nWhen they emerged, down the stairs and each with a medal around their neck, they were announced individually to cheers that gradually increased in volume.\n\nThey walked through a tunnel of flag-wavers and high-fived the children that gathered around. When Eoin Morgan appeared last, holding the trophy, he was engulfed by youngsters wanting to touch the silverware.\n\nAs camera crews buzzed around, trying to grab a word, the players split off to address groups of children individually. If the idea was that they would play some cricket, it went out of the window in favour of adulation and autograph hunting.\n\nJofra Archer nursed a cup of coffee. James Vince's shades were never removed. Ben Stokes held on to a bottle of water as if his life depended on it and mumbled that he had \"felt better\".\n\nThese delicate dispositions were a nod to 2005, but it seems unlikely that anyone will do something nasty in a plant pot when the team visits Downing Street later on Monday.\n\nAs more and more gathered around, jostling for position, looking for a selfie or signature on a shirt, the decision was taken to clear the field and for the players to briefly go back to the dressing room. One member of ECB staff said it was for the safety of the excited children.\n\nNaturally, that led to disappointment. One mother had to explain to her son that the World Cup had \"gone back in\", while another lad, autographs on his turqoise AllStars shirt complained that he \"wanted to find Ben Stokes\".\n\nAs The Oval regrouped, Jason Roy vaulted a rail between the dressing rooms and pavilion like a man with a perfectly working hamstring.\n\nPhotographs were taken, players with newspaper columns were taken to one side, fans were asked to return to the stands.\n\nWhen the players re-emerged, they strolled the outfield on a mini lap of honour. Liam Plunkett clapped his hands and asked for noise, Stokes stopped other players from heading back to the dressing room to make sure that all parts of the crowd were acknowledged.\n\nThe Oval wasn't full - far from it - but there were still plenty there wanting to celebrate with their new heroes.\n\nAs journalists began to drift away, the players were left with a small group of fans underneath Archbishop Tenison's School.\n\nThe children leaned over the wall that separated the stand from outfield and the trophy was walked along, allowing everyone to get a feel for the biggest prize in one-day cricket.\n\nAnd then it was all done. No open-top bus was needed. No traffic was stopped. There wasn't a drop of booze in sight.\n• None Make a film of the match and send it to schoolchildren - Boycott", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The manta ray was helped by divers after being seen in distress last week\n\nWhen Freckles the manta ray approached divers Jake Wilton and Monty Halls in Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef, they were shocked to see fishing hooks embedded under her right eye.\n\nMore surprising was that she stopped near them, appearing to ask for help.\n\nJake dived down several times, each time swimming up close and removing the hooks from her skin. Freckles waited patiently for him to finish.\n\nJake has since checked in on Freckles and told BBC News that she's doing well, and may even have recognised him.\n\n\"I went down for a dive [to check up on her] and she stopped and hung around for about 30 seconds above me - it was pretty wild,\" he said. \"They have self-awareness and can recognise individual manta rays, so she could have recognised me.\"\n\nFreckles - so-named because of a unique pattern of freckles on her belly - is thought to be about 30 years old, making her a venerable old lady in manta ray years.\n\nJake says it's likely she had been skimming the sea bed to scoop up plankton when the discarded hooks, used in recreational fishing, got caught near her eye.\n\nThe manta ray is called Freckles because of the unique markings on her belly\n\nIt's a common problem in Coral Bay, he says, although he adds that \"this is the first time we've had one actually approach us and try and get [the hooks] out\".\n\n\"It's all purely accidental, but a lot of the reefs out in the bay are areas where manta rays visit to be cleaned by little wrasse [fish], to keep them healthy,\" he explains. \"People fish on those cleaning stations, and then accidentally hook the manta rays.\"\n\nBoats are another big danger for manta rays in the area - most of the injuries the divers see are caused by boat propellers.\n\nJake says he and his colleagues are trying to push for areas of protection on the reef, \"to at least give [the manta rays] some safe spots\".\n\n\"All of the residential manta rays, who were already established here before tourism, are coming to the end of their lifespan,\" he says.\n\n\"So the biggest worry now is, when these guys go, the new manta rays that are coming in... are they going to call this place home, or are they going to come here and think, 'Oh this isn't a very good place to get cleaned, there are too many boats, too many tourists'?\"\n\nManta rays aren't dangerous - in fact, they're widely considered gentle giants of the sea. Jake adds that they're extremely intelligent, and that they have great memories.\n\n\"Over their life they'll have certain areas that they visit at certain times of the year, and they remember those spots and have relationships with other manta rays,\" he says.\n\n\"That's why it's so important to protect those areas, because they have to return to them.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nForest fires raging across Sweden as far north as the Arctic Circle have prompted authorities to ask for international assistance.\n\nOn Wednesday afternoon, 44 fires were burning from Lapland in the far north to the southern island of Gotland.\n\nHot weather and persistent drought are the main causes, and the national weather service has issued fire warnings for almost the entire country.\n\nItaly and Norway have both dispatched firefighting aircraft to help.\n\nSweden said Italy had sent 13 people in two Canadair CL-415 \"waterbombers\", each of which can carry 6,000 litres of water at a time.\n\nNorway's national broadcaster NRK, meanwhile, reported that 10 helicopters had been despatched to aid its neighbour - six on Tuesday and another four on Wednesday - despite the risk of similar fire outbreaks in Norway itself.\n\nThe wildfires have raged in parts for days and without a break in the hot dry weather they have shown little sign of stopping.\n\nMany people have been evacuated from their homes in Sweden, while others have been told to shut off all ventilation to keep smoke outside.\n\nFire chief Britta Ramberg told Swedish media the fire in Jämtland was \"the largest and spreading the fastest\". Official advisories said that this blaze grew from 1,600 hectares to 3,000 on Tuesday alone, and that firefighters had been unable to contain it.\n\nMany firefighters were being recalled from holiday to join the operation.\n\nAbove Karbole, where fires have burned since the weekend, smoke blotted out the sun\n\nNine important public warnings have also been issued - a record number - as temperatures have hovered near or exceeded 30C for an extended period.\n\n\"The last time we saw wildfires of this calibre was 12 years ago,\" a rescue officer in the popular winter tourist town of Jokkmokk told AFP.\n\nSos Alarm, the emergency number operator in Sweden, said its services were stretched because of the fires.\n\nIt said it was also getting higher numbers of calls from people enjoying the long sunny spell who had run into trouble while swimming, boating or biking.\n\nStockholm Fire Department shared this picture, showing the location of each of the fires across the country as of 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Wednesday:\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.", "Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga walked 35 metres off the ground in front of hundreds of people in Montmartre, Paris.", "Police released CCTV images of three men they want to speak to about the attack\n\nA three-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop.\n\nThe boy was \"deliberately attacked\" at Home Bargains in Worcester at 14:15 BST on Saturday, West Mercia Police said.\n\nHe has since been discharged from hospital after being treated for serious burns to his arm and face.\n\nA 39-year-old man from Wolverhampton has been arrested in connection with the attack at Shrub Hill Retail Park, Tallow Hill.\n\nThe boy was discharged from hospital on Sunday afternoon, though the \"long-term implications of his injuries are unknown\" Ch Supt Mark Travis said.\n\nThe boy was \"out with his young family\" when \"acid or a corrosive substance\" was either \"thrown at or sprayed towards him\" in what the officer described as a \"very rare\", \"deliberate attack\".\n\nThe city's MP said it was \"horrific\", while the city council leader described it as \"pure evil\".\n\n\"The three men in the photo may have information vital to our investigation,\" Ch Supt Travis said.\n\n\"I am sure someone will recognise them and I would urge anyone with information to contact us as a matter of urgency.\"\n\nPolice said the three men may have \"vital information\"\n\n\"The incident will rightly shock the local community and I would like to reassure local people that we are carrying out a thorough investigation to identify those responsible,\" Ch Supt Travis added.\n\nThe motive for the attack is so far \"unclear\", he said.\n\nOfficers said they were working to determine what the substance involved was and exactly what happened.\n\nThe 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, and remains in police custody.\n\nRobin Walker, MP for Worcester, described it as \"horrific\".\n\n\"The shock will be universal. Anyone conducting such an attack on a small child is just appalling,\" he said.\n\nOfficers said they were working to determine what the substance involved was and exactly what happened at the store\n\n\"It's an issue which rightly there has been a lot of concern in Parliament [about] and a move to toughen sentences for any kind of acid attack,\" he added.\n\n\"But particularly the nature of this being a small child is very concerning indeed.\n\n\"At this stage the key thing is for the police to act quickly and see if they can track down the perpetrator and understand what's behind it, because it is an unthinkable thing to happen.\"\n\nA Home Bargains spokesperson said: \"Our thoughts are with this young child and his family at this very difficult time.\"\n\nCh Supt Travis said: \"I would like to praise the staff in store and emergency services who provided fantastic care and as a result that has mitigated the impact on the little boy.\"\n\nWorcester City Council leader Marc Bayliss said it was \"absolutely pure evil\".\n\n\"Worcester is not that sort of place. We are a quintessential small English city,\" he said.\n\n\"I have never heard of an acid attack in Worcester, so this is absolutely not something we have any experience of.\"\n\nHe urged anyone with information to come forward, saying: \"Think if this was a member of your family, an innocent child, a three-year-old probably scarred or damaged for life by this.\n\n\"We need to bring the perpetrators to justice and quickly.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 950,000 antidepressants have been prescribed to children since April 2015\n\nThe number of antidepressants prescribed to children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has risen over the past three years, figures obtained by BBC's File on 4 reveal.\n\nIn England, there was a 15% rise. Scotland saw a 10% increase. And in Northern Ireland the number rose by 6%.\n\nIn total, there were 950,000 prescriptions issued between April 2015 and March 2018.\n\nExperts have linked the rise to waits for specialist mental health services.\n\nAntidepressants should prescribed to children only under close supervision.\n\nNHS England, NHS Scotland and the Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland all say they are committed to improving child mental health services.\n\nNHS Wales was unable to provide prescription figures because it does not hold the data requested.\n\nThe figures were obtained by Freedom of Information requests and relate to a group of powerful antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).\n\nThe total number of prescriptions rose from 290,393 in 2015-16 to 330,616 in 2017-18.\n\nThe steepest increase was seen in the youngest patients, those aged 12 and under, where the number of prescriptions rose on average by 24%, from 14,500 to almost 18,000.\n\nMental health charity Young Minds links increases in antidepressant prescriptions to the length of Camhs waiting times\n\nDr Bernadka Dubicka, who chairs the child and adolescent faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said: \"Currently only one in four children and young people are treated for their mental health problems.\n\n\"The fact that prescriptions for antidepressants are rising could reflect a slow but steady move towards treating everyone who is unwell.\n\n\"But the importance of giving children access to psychological therapies cannot be overstated.\n\n\"What we don't know from today's data is why these antidepressants are being prescribed, and how.\n\n\"It is vital that they are being used judiciously, monitored carefully, and the risks and benefits of taking them are assessed in each individual case.\"\n\nThe mental health charity Young Minds says waiting times for specialist child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) have been increasing too, making it difficult for families to get support.\n\nMarc Bush, chief policy advisor at Young Minds, said: \"The government recently suggested that the average waiting time for general access to Camhs is around 12 weeks, which is a long time to be in distress.\n\n\"And that is why front-line professionals are turning to prescription pads, because they're thinking, 'I'm seeing someone in front of me in crisis with a level of distress I don't want to leave them with - how do I offer them some kind of alleviation from that?'\"\n\nIn rare cases, antidepressants can trigger thoughts of suicide and self-harm in children.\n\nAnd the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has clear guidelines:\n\nHowever, File on 4 has heard concerns these guidelines are not always followed.\n\nReece Burrowes, 17, killed himself soon after being prescribed the antidepressant Sertraline\n\nReece Burrowes, 17, was found dead in a park in south-east London on 6 December 2015, days after being prescribed an antidepressant called Sertraline by his GPs.\n\nAlthough the inquest into Reece's death recorded a verdict of death by suicide and no blame was assigned to Reece's doctors or Sertraline, File on 4 has been told several of the NICE prescribing guidelines were not followed by doctors.\n\nReece's stepfather, Simon Banks, said: \"There are NICE guidelines, which you know in theory they should follow, but I know one of the concerns is that their thinking, 'If I do refer them to Camhs, there's potentially a waiting list.'\n\n\"From what we've gone through, our view would be don't give the medication, and wait.\n\n\"But I can imagine it's a very difficult call for the doctor to make.\"\n\nDr Shruti Garg, a Camhs consultant at the Manchester Foundation NHS Trust, said problems with young people transitioning out of Camhs services could also be leading to increases in prescription rates.\n\n\"Camhs services across most parts of the country cover only up to the age of 16 - adult mental health services start at 18, so there is a gap for the provision of services across these services.\"\n\nThe Department of Health in England told the BBC it had pledged £1.7bn to transform Camhs.\n\nThis, it said, would help to provide greater access to a wider range of therapies, although there would still be patients who would benefit from antidepressants.\n\nIn Scotland, Minister for Mental Health Clare Haughey said young people's mental health was a priority and £5m has been invested to create a taskforce to improve Camhs services.\n\nThe Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland said the vast majority of referrals accepted into Camhs were seen within nine weeks and it was currently planning to spend an extra £1m on Camhs projects.\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by mental health issues, you can access resources online via BBC Action Line.\n\nFile on 4: Counting the Cost: Anti-depressant Use in Children is on BBC Radio 4 at 20:00 BST on 24 July.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The bank will house its technology, functions and operations teams at the new hub\n\nBarclays has unveiled plans to create up to 2,500 jobs at a new hub in Glasgow, in a major boost to Scotland's financial services sector.\n\nThe bank will house its technology, functions and operations teams at a campus at the planned Buchanan Wharf development on the banks of the Clyde.\n\nBarclays said it would \"play a pivotal role\" in its \"long-term strategic priorities\".\n\nThe move would double Barclays' current workforce in Scotland.\n\nBarclays has agreed to purchase the campus development from Drum Property Group and is currently finalising the design of the new facility as part of the wider Buchanan Wharf development.\n\nThe bank's existing Scottish operations are expected to start transferring to the new campus from 2021.\n\nBarclays says up to 5,000 staff will be based at the new Buchanan Wharf campus\n\nScottish Enterprise has agreed to provide a grant of £12.75m towards the project.\n\nThe offer requires that at least 42% of the new jobs are of \"high value\", with at least 341 posts made available for disadvantaged workers or those who have a disability.\n\nThe development will make the bank one of Glasgow's largest commercial employers.\n\nPaul Compton, chief operating officer at Barclays, said: \"The Glasgow campus, alongside others in Whippany, New Jersey, and Pune, India, is part of a global strategy to create world-class facilities for our functions, technology and operations teams.\n\n\"This new campus at Buchanan Wharf is a flagship project for the bank, which builds on Barclays' long history in Scotland and clearly demonstrates our commitment to supporting the UK economy.\"\n\nScotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said the project would be \"transformational for Glasgow\".\n\n\"This is fantastic news for Glasgow. This is the kind of investment that will create lots of jobs ... but it is also the kind of investment that will be transformational for this part of the city.\n\n\"It is likely to act as a magnet for other investment that will see the regeneration of a part of Glasgow that has long needed it.\"\n\nShe added: \"The new campus will strengthen Glasgow's financial services sector and shows Scotland continues to be a highly attractive location for inward investment.\n\n\"I am particularly pleased that as part of this investment, Barclays has committed to employing local people who often face barriers into work, including those with disabilities and young people.\"\n\nHow the site in Tradeston looks at the moment\n\nPaul Lewis, from Scottish Enterprise, said: \"This investment establishes Glasgow as a key global site for Barclays, providing a platform for growth whilst also securing existing operations in Scotland.\n\n\"It will breathe new life into a part of the city with huge potential and bring significant new jobs, including employment specifically for disadvantaged workers.\"\n\nBuchanan Wharf is a major mixed-use scheme currently being developed by Drum Property Group.\n\nDrum managing director Graeme Bone said the project was \"setting a new benchmark for large scale development across Scotland\"\n\nHe added: \"Our development will be one of Scotland's largest single-site construction projects, bringing together over a million square feet of prime Grade A office space with residential accommodation, and an exciting mix of amenities and landscaped public spaces.\"\n\nThe prospect of up to 2,500 more Barclays jobs in Glasgow is very good news for the city in several ways, but it should also be treated with some caution:\n\nBut two words of caution: the numbers are \"up to 2,500 jobs\". And as some of them are being relocated from London and possibly elsewhere, Glasgow will still have to fight and make its case if that potential number is to be reached.\n\nThe other: banking is changing very fast, and the pace is about to pick up. Many jobs are vulnerable to being replaced by technological advances.\n\nWhile some of those will be developed by Barclays' workforce in Glasgow, those working in the sector can't afford to be complacent. Expect continuing employment churn.", "Last updated on .From the section Golf\n\n-8 -6 -5 -4 T Finau (US), M Kuchar (US), J Spieth (US)\n\nFrancesco Molinari has become the first Italian to win a major, holding off a pack of star names to claim The Open Championship at Carnoustie.\n\nMolinari produced a two-under final round of 69 in windy conditions on the Scottish links to finish eight under.\n\nHe finished two ahead of four players, including home favourites Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy, tied on six under.\n\nTiger Woods finished five under after leading midway through the round, with Jordan Spieth on four under.\n\nMolinari, 35, emerged from a six-way tie for the lead, when all the players were either on the back nine or in the clubhouse, to lift the Claret Jug.\n\nThe Europe Ryder Cup player started the final day three shots adrift of overnight leaders Spieth, Kevin Kisner and Xander Schauffele, but maintained composure while his rivals all dropped shots in a thrilling battle for the lead.\n\n\"It is absolutely amazing,\" Molinari said. \"I think it will take a long time to sink in. It has been a great week.\n\n\"The course bit me a few times in the first two days, but to go bogey-free around this track at the weekend is incredible.\"\n• None The Cut podcast: Day four review - The Italian Job\n• None Rory McIlroy has 'no regrets' after tie for second\n\nMolinari, ranked 15th in the world, had been tipped by a number of experts before the tournament as a player to watch at Carnoustie - and he proved them right with an assured display over the four days.\n\nDespite a modest Open record, he had been backed on the strength of a fine few months that saw him claim the PGA Championship at Wentworth - his biggest win on the European Tour - and his maiden PGA Tour victory at the Quicken Loans Classic.\n\nSteady opening rounds of 70 and 72 took him into the weekend, before a stunning 65 on Saturday propelled him into contention.\n\nMolinari stressed the importance of making pars on Sunday in an interview after his third round, and he fulfilled his target by beginning with 13 pars in succession in testing conditions.\n\nThat steady sequence was ended with a birdie on the par-five 14th, before a glorious approach on the 18th allowed him to pick up another shot.\n\nAfter finishing his round, Molinari looked anxious as he waited in the scorer's cabin, watching nearest remaining challenger Schauffele bogey the 17th.\n\nThe 24-year-old American needed to eagle the last hole to force a play-off, but his approach landed short, allowing Molinari to celebrate with his caddie and wife.\n\nWoods back among the world's best\n\nWoods is a global star who has transcended the sport since he won his first major at the 1997 Masters aged 21.\n\nThirteen more majors followed over the next 11 years as the American looked on course to break Jack Nicklaus' tally of 18 major victories - a record that has stood since 1986.\n\nBut his career derailed when a series of personal scandals were followed by a serious back injury, leaving many questioning whether he would ever return to anywhere near his best.\n\nRanked 650th at the start of the year, Woods has answered that positively with his lowest 72-hole total at a major since the 2012 Open.\n\nWoods' surge was accompanied by fervent support on the Scottish links, with a buzz of excitement following the 42-year-old around the course and on social media. His challenge helped attract a record Carnoustie crowd of 172,000 attend over the week.\n\nTwo birdies on the front nine on Sunday, coupled with dropped shots for Spieth and Schauffele, helped him take the outright lead of a major for the first time since his peak years.\n\nBut a double bogey at the 11th derailed his bid for a first major since the 2008 US Open and, although a birdie on the 14th briefly reignited his hopes, he had to settle for a share of sixth place after signing for a level-par 71.\n\nEngland's Rose and Northern Ireland's McIlroy were rated as the leading home hopes going into the 147th Championship and still had outside chances when they stepped onto the first tee on Sunday.\n\nRose only just made the cut by sinking a birdie on the 18th in Friday's second round, but a career-best round at a major of 64 on Saturday gave him hope of a first Open title.\n\nMeanwhile, McIlroy started the day a shot better off at five under as he aimed to claim his first major since the 2014 PGA Championship.\n\nBoth players appeared to have lost their chances of threatening the top of the leaderboard until they each made an eagle at the par-five 14th - Carnoustie's easiest hole - to move back into the reckoning.\n\nRose also birdied the last to finish on six under, a score that was matched by McIlroy shortly afterwards with pars on the final four holes.\n\nA play-off looked their best hope of an unlikely success - until Molinari also took advantage of the 14th to take control.\n• None Amateur Sam Locke to consider future after 'a week I'll never forget'\n\nAnother Englishman, Tommy Fleetwood, moved to six under with a birdie on the first, only to drop four shots in three holes before the turn and end up three under for the tournament with a two-over 73.\n\nFleetwood finished two shots adrift of compatriot Eddie Pepperell, who shot a 67 - the lowest round of the final day - to earn his best finish at a major.\n\nPepperell, 27, was set to commentate for BBC Radio 5 live before claiming a late qualification spot, going on to finish in sixth place and earning prize money of £287,000.\n\nDefending champion Spieth was looking to become the first man since Padraig Harrington in 2008 to win back-to-back Open titles - which he also achieved on Royal Birkdale and Carnoustie.\n\nThe 24-year-old American was the favourite to reclaim the Claret Jug going into the final round, holding a share of the lead at nine under with Schauffele.\n\nBoth players dropped three shots between the fifth and seventh holes, though, dealing a major blow to their chances of victory.\n\nSpieth dropped two more shots on the back nine to card a five-over 76, while Schauffele signed for a three-over 74.\n\n\"We were in the strangest spots possible on the golf course, where we didn't think we would be,\" said Schauffele.\n\n\"Every time I looked up at the leaderboard, there's four, five, six guys in the lead, and five, six guys one back.\n\n\"I figured looking at the board isn't going to do me any good and I was just happy to claw my way back in a little bit.\"\n\n'Hottest player on the planet!' - golfers react to Molinari's win", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Channel 4 Dispatches presenter Datshiane Navanayagam was made homeless as a child and again as a working adult.\n\nMore than half of families living in temporary accommodation in England are in employment \"working every hour they can\", says housing charity Shelter.\n\nIts analysis suggests 55% of families (33,000) living in temporary digs were also working in 2017 - up 73% on 2013.\n\nThe charity blames a mix of expensive private rents, a housing benefit freeze and a chronic lack of social housing.\n\nThe government said it was investing £1.2bn to support homeless people.\n\nTemporary accommodation is the property offered to people by local authorities after they have been declared without a permanent home.\n\n\"The link between an income and a job, which used to be enough to secure a home, is just completely breaking down in the housing market,\" Greg Beales, Shelter's director of policy, told BBC Breakfast.\n\nChief executive Polly Neate said it was disgraceful that families were forced to experience homelessness despite working \"every hour they can\".\n\n\"In many cases, these are parents who work all day or night before returning to a cramped hostel or B&B where their whole family is forced to share a room,\" she added.\n\n\"A room with no space for normal family life like cooking, playing or doing homework.\n\n\"We cannot allow struggling families to slip through the cracks created by our housing crisis - the government must urgently come up with a new plan for social housing that delivers the genuinely affordable homes we desperately need.\"\n\nBased on Shelter's research, Channel 4 Dispatches has created a programme looking at homelessness in working people.\n\nPresenter Datshiane Navanayagam has experienced homelessness herself - as a child and then again as a working adult.\n\n\"The basic reason why anyone goes to work, is because they think that should at least afford them somewhere to live and when that's not happening, you're in a very frightening situation, \"she told BBC Breakfast.\n\nMary and her children lived in three temporary homes in two years\n\nOne mother of three, Mary Smith, who lives in temporary accommodation with her sons in Watford, described how she struggled to hold on to her job in a shoe shop because of her housing situation.\n\nShe said: \"Sometimes I even think that I don't want to wake up in the morning, but I do.\n\n\"I get on with it because I have other people relying on me.\"\n\nShe added: \"Letting my colleagues know at work what's happening is very hard.\n\n\"Luckily I have an understanding manager now, but I nearly lost my job when I first became homeless because the transport links from my hostel were so bad.\n\n\"We've lived in three different places in two years, and it's been really tough on the children.\"\n\nThe charity's analysts arrived at the 33,000 figure by combining Department for Work and Pensions statistics on the number of families known to be in work but homeless, official data on homelessness from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and housing benefit data.\n\nA MHCLG spokesman said its Homelessness Reduction Act would ensure more struggling people are provided with support.\n\nHe said: \"Councils have a duty to provide suitable temporary accommodation to those who need it, and families with children get priority.\n\n\"So families can get a permanent home, we are investing £9bn in affordable properties, including £2bn for social rent housing.\"\n• None Households in temporary housing up by 6%\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Millions of \"just about managing\" families are no better off today than those in 2003, new research from the Resolution Foundation indicates.\n\nThe remarkable income stagnation for so many reveals that the economy has been failing to generate income for people over many years despite record levels of people in work.\n\nIn 2003, households on the lower half of incomes typically earnt £14,900.\n\nIn 2016/17 that figure had fallen to £14,800, the research shows.\n\nBoth figures are adjusted for inflation and housing costs.\n\nThere are over eight million low and middle income households, just under half of which have children.\n\nAnd it is not just poorer households which have been facing a pay squeeze.\n\nOn average, incomes for all households in 2017/18 increased by just 0.9%, the lowest rise for four years and less than half the average between 1994 and 2007, just before the financial crisis.\n\nFor the poorest third of households, incomes actually fell by up to £150 in the last year.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation report said that surveys revealed that over 40% of low to middle income families feel they would be unable to save £10 a month and over 35% would be unable to afford a holiday for one week with their children.\n\n\"We appear to have a picture of generalised stagnation for many, with lower income households actually going backwards,\" the Resolution Foundation's Living Standards Audit says.\n\n\"The apparent falling away of the bottom from the middle in 2017/18 represents a disturbing new development.\n\n\"This pattern has clear implications for poverty - captured by the number of people living in households with incomes below 60% of the median [the middle figure of a set of income figures ranked from high to low].\n\n\"There are good odds that 2017/18 delivered a notable increase [in poverty].\n\n\"Relative child poverty may have risen to its highest rate in at least 15 years, despite high levels of employment.\"\n\n\"Child poverty\" is calculated by the number of under-16s living in a household that earns less than 60% of the average income.\n\nThe big questions are why the income stagnation has happened and what can be done about it.\n\nOn the \"why\", research by the Foundation - which was set up to look at the problem of low incomes - reveals that the economy has struggled to create wealth for people in work.\n\nAlthough employment rates are high, which is good for those in work, many of the jobs are lower paid.\n\nThat's because people who are moving from unemployment into employment, such as single parents, tend to take jobs towards the lower end of income levels.\n\nOnce in jobs there is also a lack of \"progression\" into higher paid jobs.\n\nProductivity levels for the whole economy - the ability to create more value for every hour somebody works - have also been poor since the financial crisis.\n\nRather than investing in new innovations - such as computer technology or robots which could increase the amount people produce - firms have been holding onto cash to get them through the tougher economic conditions.\n\nWhat are called \"non-wage costs\" have also increased.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The former prime minister says there's a 'real risk' of a rise in child poverty in the UK.\n\nBusinesses now have to pay more into employees' pensions and, for larger firms, have to pay costs such as the apprenticeship levy to encourage better standards of training.\n\nManagers have also been criticised for being too conservative about taking on new ways of working.\n\nBenefit cuts since 2010 also affect lower income households far more than those on higher incomes.\n\nPut those factors alongside the poor economic growth the UK has been experiencing, along with many other developed Western economies, since 2008 and the reasons behind the living standards problem become clearer.\n\nImproving productivity is key to helping people out of poverty\n\nWhen it comes to solutions, the key is productivity.\n\nEconomists argue that once in work, people should be encouraged to apply for promotions, increasing their skill levels and their pay.\n\nFirms should be encouraged to invest in innovations to make their firms more efficient and better able to create wealth for every hour worked.\n\nBetter economic growth, which leads to higher incomes, is reliant on a number of factors - certainty about the future (in relatively low supply at present because of the Brexit process); global growth (Britain is an exporting nation so the better growth is elsewhere, the better for the UK); and investment in better and higher-value skilled jobs (which means focusing on education and skills and making managers better at exploiting opportunities that are available).\n\nWithout a firm focus on such issues, the Resolution Foundation report reveals that, over the next decade, it is likely that \"just about managing\" families are likely to remain just that.", "Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has questioned the UK's decision to abandon its \"principled opposition\" to the death penalty in the case of two Islamic State suspects.\n\nSpeaking in the House of Commons, she said it was not possible to be a \"little bit in favour\" of the death penalty.\n\nSecurity Minister Ben Wallace defended the government's approach, saying it took a \"rare decision\" in this case to ensure the suspects face a trial.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Three politicians give their view on a Brexit \"no deal\"\n\nA deal with the EU can be reached by October but the UK is preparing for the possibility of no deal, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has said.\n\nHe said he would return to Brussels for talks on Thursday and strain \"every sinew\" to get \"the best deal\".\n\nBut the government had plans in place in case talks did not end well, he told the BBC.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said there must be a \"serious stepping up of negotiations\" to avoid no deal.\n\nThe UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, but the two sides have yet to agree how trade will work between the UK and the EU afterwards.\n\nTheresa May hopes the government's plan, detailed recently in the Brexit White Paper, will allow the two sides to reach a deal on relations by the autumn.\n\nDowning Street said on Sunday that cabinet ministers would be promoting the plan across Europe over the summer.\n\nTheresa May would \"take the lead\" by meeting the Austrian chancellor, Czech prime minister and Estonian prime minister next week.\n\nMrs May said: \"We must step up the pace of negotiations and get on to deliver a good deal that will bring greater prosperity and security to both British and European citizens.\n\n\"We both know the clock is ticking - let's get on with it.\"\n\nMr Raab told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show if the \"energy, ambition and pragmatism\" the UK brought to negotiations was reciprocated, a deal would be done in October.\n\nHe noted that 80% of the withdrawal agreement was already settled.\n\nAnd he said it was \"useful\" that EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier had raised questions about the prime minister's blueprint for the UK's future trading relationship with the EU.\n\n\"The fact Michel Barnier is not blowing it out of the water but asking questions is a good, positive sign - that's what we negotiate on.\"\n\nBut he said preparations such as hiring extra border staff were being made because \"any responsible government\" would make sure plans were in place in case negotiations failed.\n\nTechnical notices would be released for businesses and citizens affected during the summer to be \"very clear about what they should do and what we are doing on their behalf\" he added.\n\nAsked about European Commission comments that there were no arrangements in place for UK and EU expats in the event of no deal, Mr Raab said: \"Well, I think that's a rather irresponsible thing to be coming from the other side.\n\n\"We ought to be trying to reassure citizens on the continent and also here.\n\n\"There is obviously an attempt to try and ramp up the pressure.\"\n\nWe've heard it often enough: \"No deal is better than a bad deal\".\n\nBut for EU negotiators to believe the UK would walk away without agreement, the government has to be seen to be taking that option seriously.\n\nAnd so we are told about \"planning\" and \"technical notices\" to prepare for a \"clean break\" Brexit.\n\nReports of food stockpiles and a motorway becoming a lorry park are dismissed as \"unhelpful snippets\" but contingency plans will be made nonetheless.\n\nBoth sides agree a deal needs to be reached by October, and negotiations are likely to go down to the wire.\n\nSo even if a deal appears to be in sight, expect the talk of the UK leaving the EU without one to continue.\n\nHe added that the prospect of people being removed from the UK was \"far-fetched and fanciful\" and said it would be \"frankly irrational\" for the EU to go for the \"worst case scenario\" of no deal.\n\nBut the UK had to be prepared with things like allocating money, preparing treaty relations, and hiring extra border staff \"so that Britain can thrive, whatever happens,\" he said.\n\nLabour leader Mr Corbyn, on a visit to the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Dorset, said it seemed the priority was preparation for no deal.\n\nHe added that would be \"very bad\", as \"we then go onto World Trade Organization tariff rates that would hit the manufacturing industry and hit the food processing industry, and hit an awful lot of things in Britain very rapidly\".\n\n\"There has to be a serious stepping-up of negotiations to reach an agreement on customs and on trade.\"\n\nEarlier, Mr Raab suggested to the Sunday Telegraph that he was still persuading other cabinet ministers that the government's \"pragmatic\" strategy for leaving the EU was the \"best plan\" and that the UK could refuse to pay its so-called divorce bill, a payment from the UK to the EU estimated to be about £39bn, if it does not get a trade deal.\n\nTheresa May's proposal for a future trade relationship with the EU sparked two cabinet resignations, including Mr Raab's predecessor David Davis.\n\nThe White Paper proposes close ties in some areas, such as the trade in goods, but will end free movement and the jurisdiction of the European Court, and allow the UK to strike trade deals with other nations.\n\nCritics at Westminster say it is an unworkable compromise which would leave the UK being governed by the EU in many areas, but with no say in its rules.\n\nAnd EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier questioned on Friday whether UK plans for a common rulebook for goods and agri-foods were practical and said the EU would not run the risk of weakening its single market.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Davis, whose resignation from Mrs May's top team was followed by that of former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, told the Sunday Express the government should \"start again\" on withdrawal plans.", "Bob Higgins denied all the charges involving 24 complainants, most of whom were Southampton and Peterborough Utd trainees\n\nA former Southampton football club youth coach has been found guilty of indecently assaulting a young trainee.\n\nBob Higgins, 65, was found not guilty of another count of the same offence.\n\nThe jury at Winchester Crown Court did not reach verdicts on 48 other counts of the same charge and was dismissed.\n\nThe prosecution said it would seek a retrial. Higgins denied all the charges involving 24 complainants, most of whom were Southampton and Peterborough trainees.\n\nThe allegations related to a period between 1971 and 1996 when Mr Higgins coached at Southampton and later at Peterborough United.\n\nThe jury was discharged after deliberating for a total of 25 hours and 25 minutes, at the conclusion of a trial which lasted eight weeks.\n\nHiggins was found guilty by a majority of 10 to two of indecently assaulting one teenage boy in a car in the 1980s.\n\nHe was found not guilty of indecently assaulting another teenage boy. Neither youngster can be named.\n\nA retrial on the remaining charges would be likely to be be held next year.\n\nHiggins showed no emotion as the jury returned its verdicts. He was granted bail on condition he surrenders his passport.\n\nThe judge rejected a defence application for reporting restrictions to be imposed in advance of a retrial.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Full-fibre broadband should be fitted as standard in all new homes, the government has said.\n\nThe proposal comes as part of a new national telecoms strategy drawn up by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).\n\nUnder its targets, all of the UK will have full-fibre broadband coverage by 2033, replacing the copper wire network that currently delivers the service.\n\nIt proposes legislation to encourage more private infrastructure investment.\n\nEarlier this month, research was published indicating that the UK has slipped from 31st to 35th place in the global broadband league tables, behind 25 other European countries.\n\nThe data was collected by M-Lab, a partnership between Google Open Source Research and Princeton University's PlantLab, and the results compiled by UK broadband comparison site Cable.\n\nGovernment statistics suggest only 4% of UK premises have a full-fibre link - compared to 79% in Spain and 95% in Portugal.\n\n\"We want everyone in the UK to benefit from world-class connectivity, no matter where they live, work or travel,\" said DCMS Secretary Jeremy Wright.\n\n\"This radical new blueprint for the future of telecommunications in this country will increase competition and investment in full-fibre broadband, create more commercial opportunities and make it easier and cheaper to roll out infrastructure for 5G.\"\n\nThe DCMS said its plans would \"drive competition and commercial investment in full-fibre networks across as much of the UK as possible\".\n\nHowever, it acknowledged that in some parts of the country, it was unlikely that the market could deliver by itself.\n\nThe strategy also aims to boost access to 5G mobile services\n\nAs a result, the government would support investment in the most difficult-to-reach areas.\n\n\"We have already identified around £200m within the existing Superfast broadband programme that can further the delivery of full-fibre networks immediately,\" it added.\n\nThe chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, Sir John Armitt, welcomed the government's review, which he said echoed his commission's own recommendations.\n\n\"As well as broadband, this plan will also leave the UK well-placed to introduce the latest 5G mobile technology,\" he added.\n\nIn a statement, UK infrastructure provider Openreach said it was \"encouraged by the Government's plan to promote competition, tackle red tape and bust the barriers to investment.\"\n\nHowever, it said, the economics of cabling up the UK were \"challenging\" for all parties involved. It suggested a review of business rates could help get things moving.\n\nAndrew Ferguson, editor of the Think Broadband site, said the strategy turned visions of full-fibre coverage into \"slightly firmer targets\".\n\nHowever, he added, there was one \"very important caveat\" to the strategy which might slow the take up of full-fibre in the UK.\n\nIn nations such as Spain, he said, full-fibre was the first decent broadband people were offered which meant people enthusiastically signed up.\n\n\"Getting the UK to upgrade to full-fibre if they are getting decent speeds from a VDSL2 or cable broadband connection may be harder,\" he said, adding that how the packages were priced would be a factor in adoption.\n\nFitting full-fibre often means engineers have to visit homes to connect them up\n\nDana Tobak, head of full-fibre ISP Hyperoptic, said \"education\" would be an important part of the conversion process as installing the technology in homes and business typically involved more work than existing methods that rely on both copper and fibre.\n\n\"We do have to appreciate the physical and work element of full-fibre and we have found that consumers do not yet quite understand that,\" she said.\n\nHowever, she added, the opportunities for novel uses that full-fibre offered would make it an easier sell to many people.\n\n\"It's not just about how fast we can download a movie,\" said Ms Tobak. \"That's just a function of how we use it today.\n\n\"This commitment from the government will get people building the applications of tomorrow,\" she said. \"It will fundamentally change lives as we get used to it.\"", "Armed police were guarding the scene outside the hotel\n\nSix people have been arrested after a woman had her neck slashed in a hotel.\n\nPolice said the victim managed to flag down officers outside Beetham Tower on Deansgate, Manchester, at about 11:10 BST.\n\nFour men, a woman and a teenage girl have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.\n\nThe victim was taken to hospital with lacerations to her neck but later discharged, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.\n\nCordons are in place outside the Hilton, where three marked police cars remain.\n\nDet Insp Patrick Goodrich said: \"Thankfully the woman's injuries were less serious than first thought, but we could easily have been dealing with her death - the thought is terrifying.\"\n\nGMP also said the attack is not believed to be related to terrorism or thought to be a random act. Armed officers are no longer at the scene.\n\nThe hotel is located in the Beetham Tower\n\nThe four arrested men are aged 20, 24, 26 and 26, the woman is 20 and the teenage girl is 17.\n\nThey are all in custody for questioning and inquiries are ongoing, police said.\n\nA section of pavement opposite the hotel outside the 340 Deansgate office building has also been blocked off.\n\nAnthony Hilton, 32, who works in a nearby letting agents, told the Press Association: \"There must have been 15 undercover and normal police cars out in the street.\n\n\"Police were running to and fro from the car park and the Hilton hotel.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Hilton said a \"serious incident\" took place at the hotel.\n\n\"The matter is now in the hands of the Greater Manchester Police and we are co-operating fully as they conduct their investigation,\" she said.\n\nMedical equipment was seen on the floor opposite the hotel\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "A graphic novel has made it onto the Man Booker longlist for the first time.\n\nSabrina by Nick Drnaso tells the story of a girl who goes missing, leaving behind a videotape with clues about her disappearance.\n\nChicago-born Drnaso, who is 29, won an LA Times book prize with his first collection Beverly.\n\n\"Given the changing shape of fiction, it was only a matter of time before a graphic novel was included,\" the judges said.\n\nThis year's Man Booker Prize longlist consists of six writers from the UK, three from the US, two from Ireland and two from Canada.\n\nThe eligibility rules were changed in 2013 to allow international authors to be nominated, as long as their book was written in English and published in the UK.\n\nThe longlist for the £50,000 prize will be whittled down to six in September before the final winner is announced on Tuesday 16 October.\n\nMichael Ondaatje latest novel Warlight is about two orphans in post-war Britain\n\nThe list also includes Michael Ondaatje's latest novel, Warlight.\n\nOndaatje's epic romance The English Patient shared the 1992 Booker prize with Barry Unsworth's 18th Century slave tale Sacred Hunger.\n\nTwo weeks ago, The English Patient won the Golden Man Booker Prize at a festival to mark the literary award's 50th anniversary.\n\nAll 51 previous winners were considered by a panel of judges, who whittled them down to one from each decade.\n\nThe Man Booker Prize has been running since 1969 and is one of the most prestigious awards in literature.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Last updated on .From the section European Football\n\nGermany's football association (DFB) has \"emphatically rejected\" allegations of racism from Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, but says it could have done more to protect him from abuse.\n\nOzil, 29, said he no longer wants to play for Germany, citing \"racism and disrespect\" within German football.\n\nThe midfielder says he received hate mail and threats, and was blamed for Germany's disappointing World Cup.\n\nThe DFB said it \"regrets the departure of Mesut Ozil from the national team\".\n\nIt added in a statement: \"We emphatically reject the DFB being linked to racism. The DFB has been very involved in integration work in Germany for many years.\"\n\nOzil was criticised by the DFB and in the German media after being photographed with controversial Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan at an event in London in May.\n\nHe received more criticism after Germany were knocked out of the World Cup in the group stage.\n\nThe DFB conceded it had not handled the matter well, adding: \"It is regrettable that Mesut Ozil felt that he had not been sufficiently protected as a target of racist slogans.\"\n\nIt stressed its commitment to equality, saying: \"The DFB stands for diversity, from the representatives at the top to the boundless, day-to-day dedication of people at the base.\"\n\nWhat is the background?\n\nOzil, a third-generation Turkish-German, was born in Gelsenkirchen and was a key member of his country's 2014 World Cup-winning side.\n\nA month before Germany defended their title, Ozil met Erdogan, along with fellow Germany international Ilkay Gundogan, a Manchester City player who is also of Turkish descent. Ozil says he and Gundogan talked about football with the president.\n\nAfterwards, photographs were released by Turkey's governing AK Party in the build-up to elections in the country, which Erdogan won.\n\nMany German politicians questioned Ozil and Gundogan's loyalty to German democratic values. Germany has previously criticised the Turkish leader's crackdown on political dissent following a failed coup.\n\nThe players met the German FA president to explain the image, though Ozil had not issued a public statement on the matter until Sunday.\n\nHe said Erdogan had also met the Queen and Prime Minister Theresa May while in England, and said he would have been \"disrespecting his ancestors' roots\" had he not posed for photographs with the Turkish president.\n\n\"It wasn't about politics or elections, it was about me respecting the highest office of my family's country,\" he added.\n\nOzil has 92 caps and has been voted the national team's player of the year by fans five times since 2011.\n\nHe said his recent treatment made him \"no longer want to wear the German national team shirt\".\n\n\"I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose,\" he said.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel \"respects\" his decision as he has done much for the national side, her spokesperson said on Monday.\n\nAnti-discrimination charity Kick It Out said the \"racist treatment\" Ozil has faced in Germany since his country's World Cup exit was \"disgraceful\".\n\nSeveral fellow footballers have come out in support of the Arsenal player.\n\nAmong them is club-mate Hector Bellerin, who said: \"Surreal that someone who has done so much for his country on and off the pitch has been treated with such disrespect. Well done Mesut for standing up to this behaviour.\"\n\nGermany is home to about three million people of Turkish descent - a point regularly raised in political debate in the country, where immigration and the rise of far-right parties are key issues for many.\n\nIn his statement, Ozil questions why other dual-heritage team-mates have not been subjected to the same treatment.\n\n\"Is it because it is Turkey? Is it because I'm a Muslim? I think here lays an important issue,\" he said.\n\nGerman newspapers have criticised Ozil's decision to quit the national team.\n\nThe popular tabloid Bild said despite Ozil's appeals for respect for the highest office of his family's country, he \"ignores that Erdogan stands against the values of his German and Turkish homelands\".\n\nIt noted the footballer failed to mention in his \"yammer Facebook post\" that Erdogan is \"transforming the freedom-loving, religiously moderate Turkey into an Islamist dictatorship\" and \"has almost extinguished free media and freedom of expression\".\n\nFrankfurter Allgemeine argued Ozil's resignation has left behind a \"pile of shards\", adding his \"sweeping blow\" will immerse the German FA in crisis.\n\n\"In many ways, Ozil has overshot the target,\" the daily said, describing Ozil's attacks on the media as \"absurd\" and \"outrageous\".\n\nDie Welt commented that the commitment in wearing a German football shirt means \"more than a good game\".\n\n\"National players are role models, especially for young people with migration background,\" it said.\n\n\"Germany has to formulate its expectations clearly, and every athlete wandering between cultures has to decide whether he can or wants to do that. Those who accept the German passport and put on the national jersey must know what that means for them. The Ozil case made that clear,\" the paper added.\n\n\"An extremely accomplished footballer provides a perfectly reasonable explanation for meeting with President Erdogan. But imagine the pressure under which he felt compelled to make this statement. What a pity for those who claim to be tolerant and multiculturalist,\" presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said.\n\n\"I congratulate Mesut Ozil who scored the most beautiful goal against the virus of fascism by leaving the German national team,\" Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said.\n\n\"We wholeheartedly support the honourable stance that our brother Mesut Ozil maintained,\" Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoglu said.\n\nOzil's decision was breaking news across Turkish media outlets on Sunday, and continued to be a major story on Monday.\n\nSeveral channels, including the pro-government A Haber news channel, featured commentary about his move in their morning bulletins.\n\nMeanwhile, pro-government newspapers harshly criticised Germany on their front pages on Monday, accusing the country of \"fascism\".\n\n\"Harsh response from Ozil against racism\", said Sabah, while Milliyet went with: \"Red card for racism.\"", "Shagufta Khan was the director of Best Meet and Greet Ltd\n\nA woman has admitted misleading Gatwick holidaymakers who paid for their cars to be stored securely, when instead they were left in fields and public car parks.\n\nShagufta Khan, 42, was the director of Best Meet and Greet Ltd, which West Sussex County Council's Trading Standards team investigated after complaints.\n\nAt Hove Crown Court Mrs Khan admitted engaging in unfair and misleading commercial practice.\n\nShe will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nCars were kept in fields, not in a secure place as advertised\n\nThe court heard the company's website contained cheap short-term offers which pushed customers to book quickly, and it had false testimonies from \"satisfied\" customers.\n\nMrs Khan, of Stace Way, Crawley, also \"misled customers on the characteristics of their car parking\", by claiming vehicles would be securely guarded at all times, when actually they were stored in public car parks and muddy fields.\n\nThe court heard it was \"not likely\" Mrs Khan was the person with ultimate control over the company, and there was a strong chance other people were involved.\n\nCars were brought back filthy after being kept with Best Meet and Greet Ltd\n\nBest Meet and Greet is one of various firms which has been investigated by Trading Standards for similar reasons, including Gatwick First Parking and London Parking Gatwick.\n\nKaren Aldous used the service, and when she returned from her holiday Best Meet and Greet were unable to find the vehicle. After four-and-a-half hours it was returned, but it was dented and covered in mud.\n\nShe said: \"The repairs have been estimated at around £700, and I think Best Meet and Greet should cover the cost of those repairs.\"\n\nThe company website claimed the facility was manned and guarded 24/7\n\nAfter the conviction Richard Sargeant, Trading Standards team manager, said: \"We think this is very serious; customers are being defrauded.\n\n\"This company was making statements on their website and they were false. Consumers paid good money for their cars to be securely parked, but they weren't - they were parked unprofessionally in a field.\"\n\nA Gatwick spokesperson said: \"Gatwick Airport strongly recommends passengers use official on-airport parking, or companies registered with Gatwick's approved off-airport parking operators scheme.\n\n\"While we sympathise with all affected passengers, it is important to stress that Gatwick has no relationship with the parking operator involved in this trial.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paramedic 'horrified' to learn boy could be acid attack victim\n\nThree men have been arrested after a three-year-old was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack.\n\nThe boy was in a pushchair when he was \"deliberately attacked\" at Home Bargains in Worcester at 14:15 BST on Saturday.\n\nWest Mercia Police said the men, aged 22, 25 and 26, were arrested in London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.\n\nParamedic Nick Carson, who treated the boy, told the BBC it was \"horrific\".\n\nDoctors discharged the toddler from hospital on Sunday afternoon.\n\nHe was treated for serious burns to his arm and face and the \"long-term implications\" of his injuries are unknown, the force said.\n\nCh Supt Mark Travis said the motive for the attack is so far \"unclear\".\n\nFour people have been arrested in total and police have appealed for witnesses\n\nIn an exclusive interview, the paramedic said the liquid used in the attack was \"pink in colour, had quite a strong smell - not a bleach or acidy type smell\".\n\nMr Carson said the toddler was distressed to begin with, but calmed down very quickly once he was treated. The mother, he said, was \"concerned but not panicking\".\n\nThe three arrested men were detained at an address in Walthamstow, the Metropolitan Police said.\n\nA 39-year-old man from Wolverhampton arrested on Sunday on suspicion of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm remains in police custody.\n\n\"Acid or a corrosive substance\" was either \"thrown at or sprayed towards\" the boy when he was with his family at Shrub Hill Retail Park, in Tallow Hill, police said.\n\nCh Supt Travis said the family is receiving specialist medical and police support.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Community shock in Worcester over 'acid' attack on boy\n\n\"We are hoping the injuries won't be life changing. They are serious and at the moment it's just that little bit too soon to say, but things look positive.\n\n\"Everything that can be done to provide support is being done, support for the family has been great.\n\n\"I absolutely understand the community will be concerned, these are life changing incidents, this is something that lasts forever and we need to send a message that this is unacceptable.\"\n\nHe said the force was keeping \"an open mind as to the circumstances of the incident\" and was still \"appealing for anyone with information to come forward\".\n\nThe boy was with his mother at the time, and staff and shoppers tried to help before paramedics arrived.\n\nPolice rejected any link between the attack and a protest by The English Defence League which took place in the centre of Worcester on Saturday, against plans to build a mosque in the city.\n\nCh Supt Travis said: \"We have looked at all the possible links and at the moment there is nothing to suggest there is any link between the activity on Saturday with the protests and this particular incident.\"\n\nBev Sidhu said the experience was \"unnerving\"\n\nBev Sidhu, who was in the area at the time, said: \"The supervisor from Home Bargains came and said, 'Look, there was a hazardous acid used on someone'.\n\n\"But that's all they let us know until the next day, but obviously it was just unnerving really, because it was just confusion.\"\n\nA Home Bargains spokesman said: \"Our thoughts are with this young child and his family at this very difficult time.\"\n\nWest Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed it was called to the scene and liaised with the Hazardous Area Response Team for specialist advice.\n\nThey treated the boy at the shop before he was taken to hospital.\n\nRobin Walker, MP for Worcester, described the attack as \"horrific\".\n\n\"The shock will be universal. Anyone conducting such an attack on a small child is just appalling,\" he said.\n\nThe boy has been discharged from hospital after being treated for burns to his arm and face\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Children cool themselves using water jets at a park in Tokyo\n\nTemperatures in Japan have hit a record high, with officials issuing a fresh warning to stay safe.\n\nJapan has for days been in the grip of a deadly heatwave, although the numbers reported killed vary widely from 15 to as high as 40.\n\nOn Monday, the thermometer peaked at 41.1C (106F) in Kumagaya, near Tokyo, breaking the previous national record of 41C from 2013.\n\nMore than a dozen cities have seen temperatures of about 40C.\n\nJapan's disaster management agency urged people to stay in air-conditioned spaces, drink water and rest to prevent heat exhaustion.\n\n\"People in areas where temperatures are as high as 35 degrees or higher should be extremely careful\" to avoid heatstroke, a meteorological agency official told news agency AFP.\n\n\"And even at lower temperatures, the heat can be dangerous for small children and elderly people, and depending on the environment and activities you are doing,\" the official warned.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn Yokohama, a city south of Tokyo, people took part in an event known as uchimizu, or \"water ceremony\" - pouring or sprinkling cold water on to the hot pavements in an attempt to cool them.\n\nPeople fill wooden buckets with water before pouring it over pavements in an attempt to cool the streets\n\nAlready this summer, more than 10,000 people have been taken to hospital as a result of the heat, according to the country's Kyodo news agency.\n\nOn Monday, a number of senior citizens died as a result of the intense heat in prefectures surrounding Tokyo, according to the local authorities.\n\nA day earlier, the Tokyo Fire Department dispatched ambulances some 3,125 times within the capital, the largest figure for a day since it began emergency services in 1936, as heatstroke and exhaustion contributed to emergency calls, AFP reports.\n\nTokyo's governor, Yuriko Koike, said the recent heatwave was \"exactly like living in a sauna\".\n\nMore than a dozen cities have seen temperatures of about 40C\n\nThe previous high was the 41C recorded in the western prefecture of Kochi in August 2013, the Japan Meteorological Agency says.\n\nThe current heatwave being the hottest on record has raised some concerns about the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.\n\nOlympic officials and Tokyo's local government have been discussing measures from solar-blocking paint on roads to mobile misting stations to tackle the heat.\n\nMs Koike said the concerns were not just for the athletes participating in the games, but for spectators \"who are cheering on the road\".\n\n\"Countermeasures against heat is one of the major pillars for the success of the 2020 Olympics,\" she told reporters at a press conference on Monday.", "Your yoghurt carton might be buried in landfill\n\nYou try to be virtuous, wiping the curdling yoghurt off a plastic pot, then putting it in the recycling bin.\n\nPerhaps you envisage the pot eventually re-incarnated as a frisbee or maybe even a plastic bench.\n\nBut don’t rest easy. Your pot might get burned or buried in landfill, and you’d never know.\n\nThe National Audit Office (NAO) says over half of the packaging reported as recycled is actually being sent abroad to be processed.\n\nAs a result, it says, the government has little idea of whether the recyclables are getting turned into new products, buried in landfill or burned.\n\nWhile an illusion of success has been created by the UK’s system for recycling packaging, the NAO says, the reality may be quite different.\n\nThe UK is said to have increased recycling from under a third in 1998 to nearly two thirds last year, easily beating the EU target.\n\nBut the NAO says most of the recorded increase in recycling has been due to the UK exporting its waste problem.\n\nMichael Gove, the Environment Secretary, is already on record saying the UK has got to stop exporting its dirt.\n\nReducing waste and using resources better, as well as tackling packaging waste is key to that.\n\nThe environment department Defra estimates that UK packaging recycling rates have increased from 31% in 1998 to 64% in 2017. That beats the EU target of 55%.\n\nBut since 2002 the quantity of packaging waste exported has increased six-fold, whilst the quantity recycled in the UK has remained the same.\n\nWhat’s more, the figures don’t take into account the risk of undetected fraud and error.\n\nThe NAO says there’s nothing to prove that packaging sent for recycling actually gets recycled.\n\nNor does Defra have evidence that the system has done what it’s supposed to have done by encouraging companies to minimise their use of packaging or make it easy to recycle.\n\nThe NAO's report found only 25% of the firms most likely to misbehave over re-processing or exporting waste are inspected, while just 40% of planned compliance visits were actually carried out.\n\nAn Environment Agency spokesperson, said \"where we find any evidence of fraud or error in data reported to us, we remove that information from the overall packaging recycling data and calculations\".\n\nBut Amyas Morse, the head of the NAO, said \"a tighter grip on packaging recycling is needed\".\n\n“Twenty years ago, the government set up a complex system to subsidise packaging recycling, which appears to have evolved into a comfortable way of meeting targets without addressing the fundamental issues.\n\n“The government should have a much better understanding of the difference this system makes and a better handle on the risks associated with so much packaging waste being recycled overseas.\"\n\nCurrently large firms handling over 50 tonnes of packaging a year need to show they have recycled a certain amount of packaging.\n\nThey do this by paying for a credit note - a Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) - from a recycling firm to contribute to improving recycling.\n\nUK consumers use around 13 billion plastic drinks bottles a year but more than three billion are not recycled\n\nDefra says the scheme raised £50m in 2016. The cash was to be used for \"capacity building\" in the recycling system through increasing collection and processing of recyclables.\n\nBut critics say the scheme is so opaque it is hard to tell exactly how the money is spent.\n\nLocal councils, which have to run waste collection and litter services, complain they don’t see a penny of it.\n\nA government spokesman says that scheme has increased recycling rates \"significantly\".\n\n“However, there is much more to do. We don’t recycle enough waste, and we export too much of it.\n\n“That’s why we have already committed to overhaul the system, and we will set out our reforms in the Resources and Waste Strategy later this year.”", "A trial of new scanners at Heathrow Airport could mean passengers will not have to remove liquids from their hand luggage.\n\nThe machines take a 3D X-ray, allowing security staff to check items without requiring them to be removed from bags, and can detect explosives.\n\nThe worldwide rules began in 2006 after a terror plot was stopped by UK police.\n\nThe Department for Transport said a \"small number\" of trials was set to last between six and 12 months.\n\nA DfT spokesperson said: \"The UK has some of the strictest security measures in the world, and we are leading the way in using new technology to improve security screening and provide a better experience for passengers.\n\n\"If successful, this could lead in future to passengers no longer needing to remove items from hand luggage for screening.\"\n\nThe DfT added: \"We continue to work closely with our international counterparts to harness the latest advances in technology.\"\n\nThe new computerised tomography (CT) scanners have also reportedly been tested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport and John F Kennedy airport in New York. It comes five years after the European Commission said it hoped the restrictions across Europe could be ended through \"technological screening\".\n\nThe current rules specify that containers of liquid must hold no more than 100ml and fit in a small transparent, resealable plastic bag, which needs to be removed from hand luggage during pre-flight security checks.\n\nThey were introduced amid fears transatlantic flights could be brought down by terrorists hiding liquid explosives in small drink bottles.\n\nBut it has resulted in longer security checks, and has coincided with the rise in travel on low-cost airlines where many passengers only carry hand luggage.\n\nSecurity policy for all UK airports is set by the DfT.\n\nThe DfT said the new technology allows baggage screeners \"to use 3D imagery to look at objects from all angles\".\n\nIt said while the the trials take place, the rules remain the same and passengers should expect to remove items if requested during the security screening purposes.\n\nA Heathrow spokeswoman confirmed the airport was \"looking at new technologies that can both improve the passenger experience and strengthen our security\".", "\"He told me that there was a hit list, and that there were people willing to finance it being carried out.\"\n\n\"I agreed of course… If you refuse a request like this you probably end up dead.\"\n\nThe broad-smiling, blond-bearded, would-be killer - Oleksiy Tsymbaliuk - is sitting next to me in my car.\n\nTsymbaliuk, a former Orthodox priest, is the unlikely starting point for the extraordinary tale of how the Ukrainian security service says it faked a murder in order to stop a murder. In doing so, it tried to expose what it says is Russia's involvement in the killing of political opponents.\n\n\"I am Arkady Babchenko's assassin,\" says Tsymbaliuk (pictured below) with a laugh as we shake hands.\n\nAt the end of May 2018, news of the murder of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko sent a shiver around the world.\n\nBabchenko was an outspoken critic of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, so it was not a huge surprise when his body was found face down in a pool of blood in Ukraine's capital, Kiev.\n\nWith the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the UK city of Salisbury fresh in people's minds, the case was quickly seized on as another possible case of Russian aggression.\n\nWithin hours it had been raised at the United Nations Security Council.\n\nBut all was not as it first seemed.\n\nTwenty hours after he \"died\", Arkady Babchenko (pictured below) was unveiled at a press conference - tired, apologetic and very much alive.\n\nThe entire murder had been staged by Ukraine's security service, the SBU, as part of a highly controversial attempt to expose what it says is Russia's role in political assassinations.\n\nNow, for the BBC's Panorama and Our World TV programmes, and Assignment on World Service Radio, I have pieced together the most complete account yet of how and why this incredible hoax was carried out.\n\nIf it wasn't for Oleksiy Tsymbaliuk, Arkady Babchenko would almost certainly be dead.\n\nA brief flick through the pictures on Tsymbaliuk's Facebook profile provides a crash course in a life already well lived.\n\nThere are pictures of him wearing flowing golden robes - when he was an Orthodox priest.\n\nOthers show him in military outfits and holding guns - when he was a volunteer for right-wing groups in war-torn eastern Ukraine. For the past four years a mix of volunteers and the regular army have been fighting rebels backed by Russia.\n\nIn early April 2018, Tsymbaliuk was approached by an old contact from eastern Ukraine. A weapons manufacturer called Borys Herman (pictured below).\n\n\"I was asked by Herman to kill some people, mostly Russians.\n\n\"He told me that they're working against Ukraine, they're our enemies, they must be bumped off, and a group of people have allocated a budget to carry this out.\n\n\"I agreed, of course,\" he says with a chuckle.\n\nTsymbaliuk thinks Borys Herman chose him because he thought he could be easily manipulated, and he was soon receiving information about the first target.\n\nIn fact, Tsymbaliuk had immediately reached out to Ukraine's security service the SBU.\n\n\"We got the information and began to work with Mr Tsymbaliuk,\" Vasyl Hrytsak the head of the SBU told me.\n\nHrytsak said the SBU was already aware of Herman's activities and considered him to be a conduit of funds for pro-Russian activity inside Ukraine.\n\n\"We told him [Tsymbaliuk] how to behave in such a situation and how to act to gain more information about the crime.\"\n\nFrom then on, Tsymbaliuk recorded all his interactions with Herman.\n\n\"I named the price at $30,000 (£22,600) and Borys Herman said he'd add $10,000 (£7,500) to pay for his beers,\" Tsymbaliuk says with a smile.\n\nThe first tranche of money was delivered in a car outside a shopping centre. Guided by his minders at the SBU, Tsymbaliuk filmed the meeting with a secret camera.\n\nIn the footage, which has been released publicly, the two men's voices can be heard discussing how to count the money.\n\nWith the first instalment paid, the SBU decided it was time to contact the target, Arkady Babchenko, and start making plans to stage the murder.\n\n\"We received information that there were several units in Ukraine. And that this killing [of Babchenko] was just a test run for other assassinations,\" says SBU chief Hrytsak (pictured below).\n\n\"Only by staging this crime could we get the list of targets which we knew existed.\n\n\"We had to know more about who was involved in preparing and commissioning this terrible crime.\"\n\nA meeting was quickly arranged between Arkady Babchenko and the SBU - where he was given documents and played recordings of Herman and Tsymbaliuk talking.\n\nIt's worth briefly dwelling on the Russian journalist's back story and why people might have wanted him dead.\n\nIn the 1990s, Babchenko was a conscript in the Russian army. He fought in Chechnya and then became a war correspondent in Georgia and later Ukraine.\n\nHaving seen at first hand Russia's involvement in eastern Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea, his coverage and criticism of President Vladimir Putin - pictured below at his 2018 inauguration ceremony - became evermore acute.\n\n\"A little dictator who lives completely in his own world. He wants to be like Napoleon, collecting together all Russian lands.\"\n\nBy early 2017, Babhenko's views and social media posts had made him too many enemies and he was receiving death threats.\n\nAlong with his family, he fled Russia. He moved to the Czech Republic, Israel and eventually Ukraine.\n\nThere an old friend from Moscow, fellow Russian exile Aider Muzhdabaev (pictured below), offered him a job hosting a show on the Crimean TV channel ATR.\n\n\"Babchenko was calling for a boycott of the football World Cup,\" Muzhdabaev told me in the station's TV studio.\n\n\"He wanted more sanctions put on Russia and was writing that it was impossible to negotiate with Putin's terrorist state.\"\n\nLate one evening in early May, after being briefed by SBU agents on the plot, Babchenko returned home to his wife Olga.\n\nHe immediately went to the fridge and poured her a stiff drink.\n\n\"Before I drank, I turned to him and said, 'What's happened? Tell me.'\"\n\nOlga (pictured below) is speaking to me in a safe house that we've rented for the interview.\n\nIn a soft matter of fact way, she tells me how her husband explained the threat against him and the SBU's plan to fake his death.\n\n\"I wanted to escape, to hide, to grab my husband and child and just run far away. I didn't know where to. Maybe a desert island.\n\n\"I asked: 'What are we going to do?' Arkady, without hesitation, replied that he had made a decision: 'We will catch these reptiles.'\"\n\nFor the next few weeks Babchenko was forced to lay low while the fake murder was prepared. At one point, he had to pretend he had hurt his leg to justify staying inside his apartment.\n\nThen, on 29 May, the all clear was given for the special operation to start.\n\n\"Everything was simple really, there is nothing special to tell. I finished my soup, called a taxi and went to kill Babchenko.\"\n\n\"We had a make-up person who put shadows on my face, as if I'd lost lots of blood. My lips were smeared. Then they poured pigs blood into my mouth.\n\n\"Then, when I pretended to be shot, I fell to my knees and coughed a little to make the blood splatter. The make-up person put a blood clot in my nose with the words, Sorry, but we have to do this'.\n\n\"I said, 'Carry on - this is your work. This is your job, mine is to lie here.'\"\n\n\"My role was to not interfere and concentrate as much as possible on myself and acting the right way.\n\n\"I was thinking about how I should behave so it would be as natural as possible.\"\n\n\"What did I see when I opened the door? I saw a man in a pool of blood. Everything looked very real. The make-up people did a great job.\n\n\"For a moment I thought: 'If this was real it would be awful.' I wished him good health.\"\n\n\"I replied, 'Don't make me laugh because I've been killed. It will crack the blood that has dried.'\"\n\nTsymbaliuk left the apartment. Olga called the police and ambulance.\n\nBabchenko's body was taken away, leaving his close friends to grieve.\n\n\"Aider [Muzhdabaev] arrived first. It hurts to remember how he wept like a child whose mother had just been killed in front of them.\n\n\"I've never seen a man cry so much before. He just howled.\n\n\"I wanted to tell them everything. But I knew I couldn't. This was the hardest part of the whole operation.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the staged murder was carried out\n\nWorried about the possibility they were being watched, the paramedics pretended to treat Babchenko.\n\nThe ambulance then pulled over, he was pronounced dead and taken to the mortuary.\n\nDetails of Babchenko's \"death\" were soon confirmed by a police spokesman and a photo leaked to social media of him lying face-down in a pool of blood.\n\nAider Muzhdabaev - his friend in exile from Moscow and TV station boss - went outside the Babchenko apartment to brief a growing crowd of journalists.\n\n\"It's a huge loss for journalism because he was one of the few individuals who wrote the real truth about Russia and that is why he was killed,\" he told them.\n\n\"It's clear this is a direct, calculated terrorist act made on the orders of the Russian Federation.\"\n\nBabchenko sat up on the slab and came back to life.\n\n\"It was the strangest two-to-three hours of my life. I was sitting in the morgue wrapped in a sheet like Gandhi.\n\n\"I was smoking and watching TV news about what a wonderful guy I was. Next door, a pathologist was sawing a skull, performing an autopsy.\"\n\n\"I envied him at this point because he did not have to talk to anyone.\n\n\"I thought he was probably in a peaceful place at this point and I was stuck in this agony, because at that moment, everyone was concentrating on me.\"\n\nWithin hours it was mentioned at the UN Security Council in New York and countries, including the UK, issued statements expressing their concern.\n\nUkraine's Prime Minister, Volodymyr Groysman, went a step further, blaming his neighbour to the east.\n\n\"I am confident that the Russian totalitarian machine did not forgive him his honesty and principled stance,\" he posted on Facebook.\n\nMeanwhile, the \"hitman\" Tsymbaliuk was informing Herman that the job had been completed.\n\nHe sent him a text using an agreed nickname for the Russian journalist.\n\n\"I wrote to him that: 'The worm has been squashed'. Check the news,\" he says.\n\nSeveral hours later, Herman replied saying he'd drunk too much and was hungover. But plans were made to meet up the next day.\n\nBefore that could happen the security agencies stepped in.\n\n\"We had a plan to wait for longer, to allow things to develop,\" says Vasyl Hrytsak, the head of the SBU.\n\n\"The next day Borys Herman was supposed to pay off Tsymbaliuk for the completed job. But there was lots of noise around the case. All the media was talking about it - so we had to take some steps.\"\n\nWhen information came through that Herman had bought a ticket to fly to Italy, the SBU's agents swooped in and arrested him.\n\nAt 17:00 on 30 May, a tired looking Babchenko was revealed to a packed press conference at SBU headquarters.\n\nTo gasps of astonishment, Vasyl Hrytsak explained to journalists it had all been staged.\n\nAn emotional Babchenko took the microphone to say sorry for misleading people.\n\n\"I've had to bury colleagues. I've had to bury friends. I know the sickening feeling when you bury your own,\" he said.\n\n\"But there was no other way.\"\n\nMobile phone footage from Babchenko's TV channel shows his colleagues cheering and staring open-mouthed at their own coverage of the press conference.\n\n\"I just ran outside and lay on the grass,\" his boss Aider Muzdabhaev told me.\n\n\"I lay there for about one-and-a-half hours looking at the sky. I felt very good.\"\n\nPlenty of Ukrainians saw this as a simple \"win\".\n\nBut not everyone was quite so delighted.\n\nFor some, particularly those observing from abroad, this wasn't a good news story.\n\n\"I think it was infantile. I think it was a disaster for Ukraine,\" said Michael Bociurkiw (pictured below), a global affairs analyst with particular focus on Ukraine.\n\n\"To many people, I think it sounded like Ukraine was taking a page out of the Russian playbook of using fake news to convince people of something.\"\n\nSo what then did Ukraine get out of it? And why was it necessary for it to be taken so far?\n\n\"Even if we just saved the life of Arkady Babchenko it's a success,\" Vasyl Hrytsak says defensively.\n\n\"But thanks to this operation we've also got a list of 47 targets - journalists, activists past and present, citizens of the Russian Federation.\n\n\"We got information about the activities of the Russian special services on our territory.\"\n\nThat list - according to the SBU - was obtained from the phone of Borys Herman when they arrested him the day after the fake assassination.\n\nThe SBU says it was only sent to him from his contact in Russia once the Babchenko death was confirmed, hence justifying the fakery.\n\nThe first man on the list is Babchenko's boss Aider Muzhdabaev. He immediately accepted the offer of round-the-clock state protection.\n\nOthers are much more cynical. They point to the fact that a significant number of those on the hit list are Ukrainian journalists with relatively little to do with Russia.\n\nSonia Koshkin (pictured below) is one of those who has refused protection.\n\nShe believes that the hit-list of 47 is - like the murder - fake, and that 17 names including hers were added to the 30 Russian-linked ones by the Ukrainian security service.\n\n\"Primarily the aim was to scare. Because when a person is scared they change their behaviour,\" says Koshkin.\n\n\"They're nervous. They don't think about what interview to do or what post on FB to leave - they are just thinking about how to stay alive and their security.\"\n\nSo what, I ask her, is going on?\n\n\"I think this story will come to nothing. It's just a big bang to frighten people.\"\n\nThe SBU insists the list it released is the original one.\n\nUkraine says links to Russia's security services have been exposed through a man called Vyacheslav Pivovarnik (pictured below).\n\nA Ukrainian, who according to the SBU now lives in Russia, it's claimed that Pivovarnik was a key player. Providing the orders, hit list and money to Borys Herman.\n\nOn the 15 June it was announced that Pivovarnik had been charged in absentia by Ukraine. The BBC has sought to get his response to the charges, but has not been able to contact him.\n\nThe SBU told me that the morning after Babchenko's fake murder, the following messages talking about making a final payment to the \"assassin\" Tsymbaliuk were exchanged over the messaging platform Signal.\n\n\"Hello to the alcoholic [a reference to Herman's drinking].\"\n\n\"Hi, the Church [a reference to Tsymbaliuk the monk/priest] is asking for a second payment, but I am empty.\"\n\n\"15 [reference to the outstanding balance of $15,000]\"\n\nSo far, no journalist has managed to track down Pivovarnik, so attention has focused on Borys Herman, the alleged middle-man.\n\nGiven the recordings and messages that exist Herman hasn't denied plotting either with Tsymbaliuk or with Pivovarnik.\n\nHis defence is that it was all an act - and that he was also working for Ukraine's security service. He says he specifically chose Tsymbaliuk as the assassin because he was a priest - hence unable to kill.\n\nWhen Herman appeared in court in Kiev, I asked him why we should believe that he didn't want to kill Arkady Babchenko.\n\n\"Because I am not an idiot. Why do I need it? Why do I need it in my situation… to do something so foolish?\n\n\"My job was to get the hit list - and in order to get that I had to make it look like it is happening.\"\n\nSo far, despite my repeated requests both to him and his lawyer, Herman has not been able to provide any firm evidence to prove he was working for Ukraine's security service.\n\nWith Pivovarnik almost certainly remaining in Russia, it appears unlikely that the Russian link to the investigation will ever be fully revealed.\n\nThe BBC approached the Russian government for its response to the Babchenko case and the way Ukraine had handled it.\n\n\"My first feeling was that it's magic, it's great, he's alive,\" Maria Zakharova (pictured below), the foreign ministry spokesperson says, before twisting the knife.\n\n\"But immediately I got another feeling… I mean the Ukrainian officials who were involved in this thing… did they realise what they did?\n\n\"Because now nobody will trust Ukrainians and the Ukrainian government any more in any sort of future cases.\"\n\nAnd what of the fears that Babchenko and other Russian dissidents have - that they are targets in Kiev?\n\n\"This is ridiculous, this is absolutely absurd,\" says Zakharova.\n\n\"Russia as a state has nothing to do with Arkady Babchenko. He's a free man in a free world. He can do whatever he wants.\"\n\nFor those directly involved in the fake murder, life will never be the same again.\n\nTsymbaliuk, the hit-man, seems the least fazed by the experience.\n\nAs we drove around Kiev together he told me he was planning to write a book about his experience.\n\n\"The war in our country is not over,\" he says. \"I'm not going to change anything in my life. I will return to war. To live. To work. To fight.\"\n\nArkady and Olga Babchenko may never feel secure in Ukraine again.\n\n\"I'm worried,\" Olga says. \"I do not feel safe. At the moment, yes, we are in a safe place - but I do not feel safe. One day it will be necessary to venture outside our protected territory. What will happen in the future - we just don't know.\"\n\nArkady Babchenko, himself, still burns with indignation when pushed on the ethics of what he did.\n\n\"I understand where all this criticism comes from. It comes from people who talk hypothetically about morality and ethics and about good and evil.\n\n\"Well guys, I wish you were in my situation. When they come to you and say, 'Someone has paid money to have you killed.' Will you say, 'No, I refuse because my readers will not understand. It will violate the ethical standards of journalism.'\"\n\n\"By doing so people will die - because this network would not have been exposed.\"\n\nWatch The Faked Murder that Fooled the World from Panorama on BBC One at 20:30 on Monday 23 July - or on the BBC iPlayer.\n\nAlso showing on Our World on the BBC News Channel at 04:30 and 21:30 on Saturday 28 July - and 03:30 and 21:30 on Sunday 29 July - or available via the Our World website.", "UK drivers are being urged to test their eyesight after a DVLA survey suggested 50% of motorists were not aware of the minimum standards needed for a licence.\n\nDrivers must be able to read a number plate from 20m (65ft) away.\n\nBut the agency's survey found only half of drivers knew about the eye test and used it to regularly self-check, as they are legally required to do.\n\nThose who do not pass the test should visit an optician, a DVLA doctor said.\n\nLearner drivers must pass the eye test as part of their practical exam - and are then legally obliged to ensure their sight remains good enough to drive thereafter.\n\nThe DVLA's Wyn Parry warned vision can \"naturally deteriorate over time\", adding that regular checks to ensure good eyesight were \"essential for safe driving\".\n\nPerforming the test can be done on any street and only takes \"a couple of seconds\", said Dr Parry.\n\nFive car lengths is said to roughly match the 20m distance, with drivers being encouraged to use the measure to test their vision on the number plates of passing cars.\n\nThere are currently 48 million registered drivers in the UK, according to the DVLA.\n\nLast year, the Association of Optometrists called for those behind the wheel to have compulsory eye tests every 10 years.\n\nOne in three optometrists said they had seen patients who continue to drive with vision below the legal standard, the association said.\n\nDrivers over the age of 70 must actively make a declaration every three years that they are fit to drive - but do not actually have to pass a test.", "Jeremy Hunt has warned that without a \"change in approach from the EU negotiators\", there is now a \"very real risk of a Brexit no deal by accident\".\n\nThe foreign secretary said \"many\" in the EU believed they just had to \"wait long enough and Britain will blink\" but \"that's not going to happen\".\n\nHe warned of \"unintended geopolitical consequences\" with just Vladimir Putin \"rejoicing\" if there was no deal.\n\nGermany's foreign minister says it wants a deal \"not a disorderly Brexit\".\n\nHeiko Maas, who held talks with Mr Hunt in Berlin, said: \"We know that everyone has to make mutual concessions to get this deal.\n\n\"We know that the European Union has its interests, overall interests, so not just individual member-states but EU institutions.\n\n\"And of course Britain doesn't want to unnecessarily complicate framework conditions for economic activity, but also security questions, or our foreign policy cooperation.\n\n\"It becomes more difficult anyway as a non-member of the European Union.\n\n\"So, we've agreed we will prepare bilaterally for the time after Brexit.\"\n\nMr Hunt said a no deal would be \"challenging\" but the UK would still \"thrive economically\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, but the two sides have yet to agree how trade will work afterwards.\n\nMr Hunt's trip to Germany comes at the start of a concerted push by British government ministers to sell the UK's latest Brexit blueprint across the Continent.\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May will meet the Austrian chancellor and Czech and Estonian prime ministers this week, saying both sides know \"the clock is ticking\" on negotiations.\n\nThe EU and the UK want a deal in place by October.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May is asked how she unwinds\n\nSpeaking to workers at a factory in Newcastle, Mrs May said she was working to get a deal that MPs would support when it comes before Parliament - but was also \"stepping up\" government preparations for no deal being reached.\n\nShe was asked about Treasury forecasts of an economic hit to the North East of England after Brexit - in response she said the government wanted \"frictionless\" trade at borders and also promised investment in transport infrastructure and skills.\n\nAnd asked how she unwinds from the \"world's most stressful job\", she said she enjoyed walking, cooking and watching US crime TV series NCIS.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Three politicians give their view on a Brexit \"no deal\"\n\nThe government's plan has been set out in a White Paper which proposes close ties in some areas, such as the trade in goods, but will end free movement of people and the direct jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK.\n\nCritics at Westminster say it is an unworkable compromise, which would leave the UK governed by the EU in many areas, but with no say in its rules.\n\nThe plan sparked two cabinet resignations - former Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.\n\nAfter Parliament rises for the summer recess on Tuesday, Downing Street said the UK negotiating team would be travelling to Brussels while the foreign secretary, chancellor, home secretary, business secretary and the minister for the Cabinet Office will meet counterparts across Europe.\n\nThe EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, questioned on Friday whether UK plans for a common rulebook for goods and agri-foods were practical and said the EU would not run the risk of weakening its single market.\n\nHe questioned whether the plans could work without causing extra bureaucracy and said there were \"practical problems\" about how tariffs would be determined and collected.\n\nNew Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has said a deal could be done by October - but also that making \"no deal\" preparations such as hiring extra border staff was part of being a \"responsible government\".\n\nThe Times has reported that the head of Amazon in the UK, Doug Gurr, warned of potential \"civil unrest\" in the event of \"no deal\" at a meeting with Mr Raab on Friday.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it seemed the government's priority was preparing for no deal, which would be bad for industry.\n\n\"There has to be a serious stepping-up of negotiations to reach an agreement on customs and on trade,\" he said.", "A record number of primary school children are leaving school severely obese, according to new figures from Public Health England.\n\nData for 2016/17 shows one in 25 10 to 11 year olds were severely obese.\n\nThat's more than 22,000 children, and the highest level since records began.\n\nLevels of childhood obesity have remained fairly stable in recent years, but the new analysis shows that severe obesity has been on an upward trend over the last decade.\n\nThe data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for children for the year 2016/17 has detailed the trends in severe obesity for the first time.\n\nDr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said the trends were \"extremely worrying and have been decades in the making - reversing them will not happen overnight.\"\n\nShe said \"bold measures are needed to tackle this threat to our children's health\".\n\nThe Department of Health recently announced the second phase of its childhood obesity plan to help halve childhood obesity by 2030.\n\nAs part of that, sweets and high-fat snacks will be banned from supermarket checkouts, and there will be tighter restrictions on junk food ads on TV.\n\nCaroline Cerny, of the Obesity Health Alliance, said the government's obesity plans need to be \"fully and swiftly implemented\".\n\n\"It's very concerning that the number of children with a weight that is classified as severely obese is now at an all-time high. Children with obesity are five times more likely to have obesity as adults, putting them at risk of diseases including Type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart and liver disease, as well as associated mental health conditions.\"\n\nDr Max Davie, Officer for Health Promotion for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), said although the new data was \"shocking\" it was \"not surprising\".\n\n\"The Government's childhood obesity plan is encouraging but if the policies within it are not quickly enacted, more children are going to face a life that's limited in quality and expectancy\" he said.\n\n\"Obesity is entirely preventable, so this new data should be the springboard the government needs in order to put these policies in place and begin turning around lives.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Bethany Haines said the men should face justice for her father's murder\n\nThey were allegedly members of an Islamic State cell notorious for killing Western hostages and putting their deaths on camera.\n\nWestern media dubbed them \"the Beatles\" because of their British accents.\n\nToday one is dead, killed by a US drone, a second is in prison in Turkey for terrorism, and the last two are in the custody of US allies in war-torn Syria.\n\nThe Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) who are holding them say they have yet to receive a request from any country to hand them over.\n\nVictims' families want Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh to face justice, but the question of where justice might best be served is complex.\n\nUS journalist James Foley was beheaded by IS in 2014 - a crime \"beyond imagination\", his mother Diane told BBC News.\n\nBritish fighters Alexanda Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Syrian Kurdish forces\n\nShe said she would like to see the captured fighters tried in the US.\n\n\"But as long as they're brought to fair trial and detained and justice is served, I would be most grateful,\" she added.\n\nTwo other American hostages, journalist Steve Sotloff and aid worker Peter Kassig (also known as Abdul-Rahman Kassig), were killed by IS too.\n\nThe US defence department said it was \"still considering options\" but a spokesman added: \"Our intention is to hold anyone accountable who commits acts like those they are alleged to have committed.\"\n\nThe US Congress has been deeply opposed to terror suspects being held on US soil. So one option could be to send the suspects to Guantanamo Bay, the US detention camp in Cuba that was set up to hold jihadists captured in the \"war on terror\".\n\nPresident Donald Trump said during the 2016 election campaign he wanted to \"load it up with some bad dudes\". Last month, Mr Trump signed an order keeping the camp open.\n\nHuman rights groups argue the very existence of Guantanamo and internment without trial play into the hands of jihadist recruiters, who portray it as an example of US injustice.\n\nBritish hostages Alan Henning and David Haines, who had gone to Syria for humanitarian reasons, were both killed by IS.\n\nMr Haines's daughter Bethany told BBC Scotland she hoped his killers died a \"slow, painful death\" and said she would want to look Kotey and Elsheikh in the eye if they stood trial.\n\nFrench journalist Nicolas Henin was held hostage by IS for 10 months and believes \"the Beatles\" were among those holding him.\n\nHe told BBC News he wanted Kotey and Elsheikh returned to the UK to face justice.\n\n\"I would like to see them brought back to Britain, just like I would like to see all other European jihadis brought back to their home countries, to be judged fairly in their home country,\" he said.\n\n\"Because the worst thing we can do with a terrorist is to deprive him from his right because then you make the terrorist a victim.\"\n\nHowever, the BBC understands Kotey and Elsheikh, who grew up in west London, have both been stripped of their British citizenship.\n\nA British defence minister, Tobias Ellwood, has called for Kotey and Elsheikh to be tried in an international criminal court.\n\nIt is important that \"terrorists from any origin are transparently and fairly held to account for their actions\", he said.\n\nThe International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, can prosecute suspects for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.\n\nHowever, barring a UN Security Council request, it will prosecute cases only when states are unwilling or unable to do so, and is not intended to replace national criminal systems.\n\nIt has been accused of focusing too much on war crimes in Africa, such as in Darfur and Democratic Republic of Congo.\n\nThe prospect of an international criminal tribunal being set up for Syria, modelled on those for the former Yugoslavia or Rwanda, seems remote.\n\nThe conflict drags on and deep divisions, most notably between the US and Russia, continue to beset the UN Security Council.\n\nAnother country with a potential claim on prosecuting Kotey and Elsheikh is Japan.\n\nIS beheaded two of its citizens, Haruna Yukawa and journalist Kenji Goto.\n\nThe captured IS fighters could just remain in Syria, of course.\n\nHowever, the situation there is fluid as the SDF battles IS remnants, forces loyal to the Syrian government and, increasingly, Turkey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The group known as \"The Beatles\" beheaded IS hostages\n\nLast year, Turkey jailed the third living member of \"the Beatles\", Aine Davis, for seven-and-a-half years for membership of a terrorist organisation.\n\nSpanish journalist Javier Espinosa, who was subjected to mock executions, told BBC News at the time it did not matter where Davis was tried.\n\n\"He should face justice wherever it is,\" he said. \"It doesn't matter if it's in England or Turkey or wherever. He should be in jail forever.\"\n\nThe fourth and most infamous \"Beatle\", Mohammed Emwazi, who appeared in beheading videos, was killed by a drone strike on his car in the IS stronghold of Raqqa in 2016.", "A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States.\n\nThe medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria - caused by the parasite plasmodium vivax - which makes 8.5 million people ill each year.\n\nThis type of malaria is a particular challenge to get rid of as it can remain dormant in the liver for years before reawakening many times.\n\nScientists have described tafenoquine as a \"phenomenal achievement.\"\n\nRegulators around the world will now look at the drug to see if they can recommend it for their populations.\n\nRecurring malaria is the most common type of malaria outside Sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nChildren can be particularly at risk, getting several bouts of malaria from a single bite, missing lots of school and getting weaker each time they get the disease.\n\nAnd infected people can act as unwitting reservoirs of the disease because when the parasite reawakens in their bodies a mosquito can carry that parasite on to someone else.\n\nThis can make it hard to eliminate around the world.\n\nNow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has given the seal of approval to tafenoquine, a drug that can flush the parasite out of its hiding place in the liver and stop people getting it again.\n\nIt can be taken alongside another medicine to treat the immediate infection.\n\nThere is already a medication that can be used to get rid of malaria hiding in the liver called primaquine.\n\nBut unlike the single dose of tafenoquine needed, primaquine often needs to be taken for 14 days.\n\nSome experts are concerned that many people feel better after just a few days and stop taking the pills, allowing the parasite to awaken at a later date.\n\nThe FDA says the drug is effective and approves it for use in the United States but points out that there are important side effects to be aware of.\n\nFor example people with an enzyme problem, called G6PD deficiency, should not take the drug as it can cause severe anaemia.\n\nThe regulator recommends people are tested for the deficiency for this before it is given - which can pose a problem in poorer areas where malaria is common.\n\nThere are also concerns that at higher doses it can be a problem for people with psychiatric illnesses.\n\nBut despite these cautions there is hope the drug, together with bed nets and other precautions, will help reduce the amount of vivax malaria in the world.\n\nProf Ric Price, of Oxford University, told the BBC: \"The ability to get rid of the parasite in the liver with a single dose of tafenoquine is a phenomenal achievement and in my mind it represents one of the most significant advances in malaria treatment in the last 60 years.\"\n\nMeanwhile Dr Hal Barron, president of research and development at GSK, the company that manufactures the drug, said it was a significant milestone for people living with this type of relapsing malaria.\n\n\"Together with our partner, Medicines for Malaria Venture, we believe Krintafel will be an important medicine for patients with malaria and contribute to the ongoing effort to eradicate this disease.\"\n\nTafenonquine has been in existence since the 1970s but working with Medicines for Malaria, GSK has repurposed the drug so that it can be used to get rid of malaria parasites in the liver.\n\nThe next step will be for the drug to be assessed by regulators in countries where this form of malaria is a significant problem.", "Tesco is planning to open a number of stores in a mystery new format.\n\nThe store chain, the country's biggest food retailer, would not comment, but there are strong hints the new-look stores will be aimed at challenging discounters, such as Aldi and Lidl.\n\nA whole range of jobs are on offer at new-format stores in Wandsworth, London, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire and Immingham, Lincolnshire.\n\nReports suggest it could be called Jack's, after Tesco founder Jack Cohen.\n\nThe job adverts, which are headed \"Tesco - New Store Format\" all contain a line saying: \"The new retail format will be operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco.\"\n\nTesco's move comes as retailers face an increasingly competitive environment.\n\nSince their entry into the UK, discount chains Aldi and Lidl have steadily increased their share of the market and now account for 14% of grocery sales.\n\nOn top of that, internet behemoth Amazon has edged slowly but steadily into food retailing.\n\nLast year, Amazon bought upmarket grocer Whole Foods. In the UK, Amazon offers food sales through its Amazon Fresh service, although currently that is still focused on Greater London and parts of the South East.\n\nAldi is one of the discount chains to have made great inroads into the UK's grocery sector\n\nThe established supermarkets have been trying to stay in the game\n\nEarlier this month, Tesco announced it was planning a buying partnership with France's Carrefour - a \"strategic alliance\" whereby the two will try to use their joint buying power to cut costs and offer lower prices to customers. This came after Tesco took over the wholesale giant, Booker.\n\nIn April, Sainsbury's said that it was in advanced talks to buy Asda from US retail giant Walmart.\n\nSome analysts warned any move by Tesco to take on the discounters would need sensitive handling.\n\nThomas Brereton, retail analyst at GlobalData, said: \"The possibility of Tesco opening a discount fascia in a bid to neutralise the growing threat posed by German discounters Aldi and Lidl looks a bold move, but orchestrating the emergence of a new brand without damaging the reputation of the main Tesco image will require pinpoint precision to succeed.\"\n\nThat point was echoed by Mark Dodds, chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing's Food, Drink and Agriculture committee.\n\n\"Getting the branding balance right will be vital if Tesco is to succeed in taking on the discount supermarkets. If the brand is too different it will have a tough job becoming established in the market,\" he said.\n\n\"On the other hand a brand too close to its core runs the risk of cannibalisation of current sales.\"\n\nLast year, Tesco, which employs 440,000 people, reported profits of £1.3bn with sales of £57.5bn.", "Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv against a law denying surrogacy to gay couples and single fathers.\n\nDemonstrators held their gathering in the central Rabin Square, and at one point briefly blocked a major motorway. At least one person was arrested.\n\nIsrael's parliament on Wednesday allowed surrogacy for single women and women unable to bear children.\n\nPreviously, only heterosexual married couples were granted the same rights.\n\nThe legislation also envisaged state funding for surrogacy.\n\n\"We came here today (Sunday) to say to the government 'No more',\" demonstrator Oz Dani in Rabin Square was quoted as saying by Reuters.\n\n\"We want equality and we want equal rights for everyone.\"\n\nSimilar rallies were also held in several other cities, including Jerusalem.\n\nMany protesters said gay couples wanting to have children were being forced to seek surrogate mothers abroad and pay large sums of money.\n\nA number of Israeli companies said they were ready to make financial contributions to help such couples.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously supported the extension of surrogacy rights to gay couples and single men.\n\nBut he voted against this last week, saying that otherwise the entire bill would have been blocked in parliament.", "The 79-year-old woman was praying when a 100kg (220lb) stone fell just a few feet away.", "Ryanair says its profits in the April to June quarter have been hit by higher wage costs as the airline faces strikes by staff over pay and conditions.\n\nIt said higher oil prices and a fall in fares also dented profits, which fell 20% to €319m (£285m).\n\nRyanair is facing more strikes in the next few days. Pilots in Dublin will strike on Tuesday, while cabin crew in Europe will strike later this week.\n\nRyanair also said average fares this summer would be lower than expected.\n\nIt put this down to tough competition, the heatwave in Northern Europe and uncertainty caused by the strikes.\n\nRyanair said staff costs were up by 34% because of a 20% increase in pilot pay, 9% more flight hours and a 3% general pay increase for non-flight staff.\n\nHowever, it said it expected to meet profit forecasts of €1.25bn-€1.35bn for the full year. Shareholders, though, were disappointed, marking the shares down 5% in morning trading.\n\nStaff at the airline are continuing to fight for better pay and conditions. Ireland-based pilots have held two 24-hour walk-outs and are due to hold another one on Tuesday.\n\nIn addition, this coming week will see 300 of its daily 2,400 flights cancelled on Thursday and Friday because of industrial action by cabin crew in Spain, Portugal, Italy and Belgium.\n\nIndustrial action has dogged the company for some months. In December last year it said it would recognise trade unions - reversing its previous policy - in an attempt to avoid strike action over the Christmas period.\n\nBut problems continue, and the airline acknowledged that further disruption was likely.\n\n\"While we continue to actively engage with pilot and cabin crew unions across Europe, we expect further strikes over the peak summer period,\" said chief executive Michael O'Leary.\n\nThe pilots' main concern is over \"seniority lists\", a system used by many airlines to determine a number of things within an airline, including which aircraft type a pilot flies and their schedule.\n\nCabin crew are taking action over a whole host of issues, including pay. Among other things, they are asking for a \"fair living wage\" and employment contracts written in their own language, based on local, rather than Irish, law.\n\nThe airline also said it was concerned about the danger of a hard Brexit, warning that the risk of one was being \"underestimated\".\n\nIt warned UK shareholders they may have to lose their voting rights in the event of a hard Brexit.\n\nRyanair said: \"While there is a view that a 21-month transition agreement from March 2019 to December 2020 will be implemented (and extended), recent events in the UK political sphere have added to this uncertainty, and we believe that the risk of a hard Brexit is being underestimated.\n\n\"It is likely that in the event of a hard Brexit our UK shareholders will be treated as non-EU.\n\n\"We may be forced to restrict the voting rights of all non-EU shareholders in the event of a hard Brexit, to ensure that Ryanair remains majority owned and controlled by EU shareholders.\"", "The new Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab unveiled the White Paper on Thursday\n\nThe government has published its long-awaited Brexit White Paper. The document is 104 pages long and follows last week's Chequers agreement which set out the sort of relationship the UK wants with the EU after Brexit.\n\nThe White Paper is split into four chapters: economic partnership, security, cooperation and institutional arrangements. Most of the debate surrounds the first section, the future economic relationship.\n\nSo here are the key excerpts from the chapter on \"economic partnership\" and what they mean.\n\nThis is a line that emerged in the Chequers statement last Friday, and it is one of the most important in this White Paper.\n\nIt is the UK government's answer to the concerns expressed by businesses that rely on \"just-in-time\" manufacturing supply chains (such as car manufacturers), and to the need to avoid the reimposition of a hard border in Ireland.\n\nThe White Paper proposes a free trade area for goods - but it is very close to single market membership for goods in all but name.\n\nThe suggestion of a common rulebook sounds very collaborative, but it does - in effect - mean the UK agreeing to take on the EU's rules and regulations in all these areas.\n\nIf the UK parliament chose not to sign up to any of those rules, the idea of frictionless trade would begin to fall apart. The other big sensitivity in this section will be the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).\n\nThe White Paper says the role of the ECJ in the UK will come to an end, and it sets out detailed proposals for joint institutional arrangements to police future economic ties.\n\nBut the ECJ is the ultimate legal authority on EU rules with which the UK proposes to harmonise.\n\nThere's more detail here about how the UK proposes to combine bits of its two previous customs proposals, to create an entirely new customs relationship with the EU.\n\nIt would take advantage of new technologies to make trade as frictionless as possible, but it would still involve the UK collecting EU tariffs (taxes on imports) at UK borders on the EU's behalf - something which isn't done anywhere else in the world on any significant scale.\n\nThe White Paper says the UK would also apply its own tariffs, and an independent trade policy, for goods intended for consumption in the UK. In other words, it would still seek to strike its own trade deals around the world, even though it would be bound by EU rules and regulations.\n\nFor once, Brexiteers and the EU appear united - neither thinks the proposal has much chance of working because of its sheer complexity.\n\nUnsurprisingly the UK government disputes that, and says it wants to be at the cutting edge of global customs policy.\n\nBut it's also worth noting that the White Paper says the Facilitated Customs Arrangement (FCA) would have to be phased in - which is code for saying that it wouldn't be ready by the end of the proposed transition period in December 2020.\n\nThe White Paper confirms that the UK will seek active participation in (if not full membership of) the European Aviation Safety Agency, the European Chemicals Agency and the European Medicines Agency.\n\nThe government is keen to address business demands that they only need to go through one approval mechanism to access both markets, in highly regulated parts of the economy.\n\nThe EU has previously ruled out full UK membership of these agencies, and noted that it would have to accept the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice if it were to sign up to their rules and regulations.\n\nThe White Paper accepts that the UK would not have any voting rights in the way the agencies go about their business, and that it would have to make appropriate financial contributions to them.\n\nThis is part of the pragmatic Brexit the government is now advocating, but it is not the resumption of full UK sovereignty that some leading leave campaigners had promised.\n\nThe section on services confirms that the UK is seeking a looser relationship with the EU for roughly 80% of the UK economy.\n\nFinancial and other services will no longer be able to take advantage of passporting, which gives them automatic access to other EU markets (the UK's Financial Conduct Authority says about 5,500 UK financial firms currently have EU passporting rights).\n\nThe government has abandoned plans for a new relationship based on the concept of mutual recognition of financial regulations, partly because it had been so comprehensively rejected by the EU.\n\nBut it is still seeking something more ambitious than the \"equivalence' regime\" that the EU has with most other third countries (part of the problem with that is that it can be withdrawn, by either side, with just 30 days notice). So, the UK argues that the importance of the City of London to the EU's entire financial system means a more ambitious solution needs to be found.\n\nThe trouble with a lot of these proposals though is that the EU will see them as cherry-picking from the four freedoms that underpin the single market. It has already said that the UK cannot have full access to the single market for goods and not services, especially if it is determined to end the free movement of people.\n\nThe White Paper emphasises repeatedly that free movement of people will come to an end.\n\nFull details of a new immigration policy are due to be published in a separate White Paper, which has already been delayed several times.\n\nBut there are hints in this document of what could be to come - it sets out proposals for a mobility framework, which is pretty standard in trade agreements.\n\nIt could - among other things - \"allow citizens to travel freely, without a visa, for tourism and temporary business activity.\"\n\nBut some Brexiteers fear that what will eventually emerge will be free movement under another name, and they are already suspicious that this is just an opening bid from the government.\n\nThe EU will certainly push for further concessions if the UK is to get anything close to the economic relationship it wants.\n\nPart of the problem for the UK is that it is asking the EU to be a little bit more flexible in the way it interprets its rules-based system.\n\nBut that request is being made at a time when the EU thinks its rules are under threat from external sources like President Trump, and internal sources like governments in Italy, Hungary and Poland.", "The 1963 recording with The Konrads features Bowie performing under his birth name David Jones\n\nThe first known studio recording of David Bowie is set for auction after being found in an old bread basket.\n\nThe 1963 demo tape, rejected by Decca, features a 16-year-old Bowie - then known as David Jones - singing I Never Dreamed with first band The Konrads.\n\nThe tape, expected to fetch £10,000, is being sold by the band's drummer David Hadfield, who uncovered it in his loft.\n\nAuctioneer Paul Fairweather described the tape as a \"significant recording, completely unique\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A clip of a 1963 recording, thought to be the first, of a teenage David Bowie singing\n\nHe said it offers new insight into Bowie as a \"fledgling musician who would go on to super stardom.\"\n\nThe recording captures Bowie, later known as one of music's great experimentalists, at a time when he remained unsure of his musical direction.\n\nBowie was The Konrads' saxophonist but it was decided that he should sing lead vocals for the tape.\n\nHadfield said: \"David had no inclination to become a singer at this point, his heart and mind were focused on becoming a world class saxophone player.\n\nBowie went on to become one of the most influential solo artists of all-time\n\n\"Our agent, Eric Easton, who also managed the Rolling Stones, asked us to do a demo so he could try and get us an audition at Decca.\n\n\"We had decided that we would do a couple of guitar instrumentals and one original song.\n\n\"Decca initially turned us down, but when they eventually gave us an audition later that year, vocalist Roger Ferris was the lead voice and David sang backing harmonies.\"\n\nBowie left the band shortly after the audition, which did not get the band signed.\n\nHe would eventually return as a solo artist six years later - changing his name in 1966 once The Monkees' Davy Jones achieved stardom.\n\nSigned to Mercury Records, he released Space Oddity - a stand-out on his self-titled second album - in 1969.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The many faces of David Bowie\n\nHis global breakthrough came with 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.\n\nFollowing this success, Space Oddity was reissued under RCA records in 1975 and went on to become Bowie's first UK number one.\n\nHis ever-changing artistic persona would ultimately reshape attitudes to fashion, gender, music and culture.\n\nThe Brixton-born star died of cancer in January 2016, two days after the release on his 69th birthday of his 25th studio album, Blackstar.\n\nHatfield's newly released recording is part of a trove of memorabilia, including letters, bills, booking forms, photographs and promotional sketches from Bowie's early career.\n\nThe collection is set to go under the hammer at Omega Auctions, in Newton-le-Willows, in September.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ebony Roberts and Jalisa Andrew: \"We suddenly had to find £5,000\"\n\nThere has been a \"significant\" rise in homes being valued at less than what buyers have agreed to pay, the UK's largest mortgage advisers have said.\n\nThese \"down valuations\", by lenders, can mean buyers having to pay thousands of pounds extra, up front, to avoid the sale collapsing.\n\nEstate agents Emoov said it reflected surveyors predicting a financial crash.\n\nUK Finance said lenders, which it represents, were right to ensure property values were realistic.\n\nThe organisation said borrowers also benefited from houses having an \"independent valuation\".\n\nThe mortgage advisers London and Country told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme the number of advisers that felt down valuations had been on the increase \"outweighs\" those that had seen no change.\n\nEmoov, one of the UK's largest digital estate agents, said one in five of its sales now resulted in a down valuation.\n\nTwo years ago, it was fewer than one in 20, it added.\n\nThis is the highest rate since the UK's financial crash in 2008, according to agents from 10 mortgage adviser groups contacted by the Victoria Derbyshire programme.\n\nEmoov's chief executive Russell Quirk said he believed it was the result of surveyors - who carry out the property valuations for the mortgage providers - \"simply covering their backs\".\n\nHe added: \"Surveyors are prophesying a [financial] crash. The system is built to protect them.\"\n\nThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said: \"The market value is based on comparable market evidence, usually a minimum of three sales transactions of similar properties in the local area, and also the professional's knowledge of the local market including supply and demand dynamics.\n\n\"For this reason, it is quite possible that the valuation for the lender - the market value - does not match an asking price for a property that has been set by the seller or agent.\"\n\nEbony Roberts and her fiancee Jalisa Andrews, from Port Talbot in South Wales, have experienced two down valuations while trying to buy their first home together.\n\n\"We got right through to the very end stages of buying a house we had our hearts set on... but then we had a problem when the mortgage valuation came back,\" Ms Roberts said.\n\n\"We had a down valuation of £10,000. The seller would not drop their price, so we lost that house.\"\n\nThen it happened again, on another property.\n\nWorried they would lose that house too, they borrowed £5,000 from family members at short notice.\n\n\"Our broker even said, 'You're having a bad run,'\" explained Ms Andrews.\n\nPhil Broodbank says the surveyor did not look inside his house when valuing it\n\nThose remortgaging their houses after doing renovation work are also among those most affected by down valuations.\n\nPhil Broodbank, from Wirral, bought his house for £180,000 a few years ago and spent up to £25,000 renovating it.\n\nWhen the time came to remortgage, a surveyor valued his house at £200,000 without visiting it in person - in what is known as a \"drive by\".\n\nThis valuation was £20,000 lower than a local estate agent had valued the property.\n\nMr Broodbank blames the surveyors for what happened.\n\n\"They didn't actually take a look at the property. For all they know the inside could be a complete shell.\"\n\nThe surveyor's valuation would have meant Mr Broodbank paying around £50 a month extra on his mortgage over five years, as his interest rates would have been higher.\n\nInstead, he says he lost hundreds of pounds in fees by choosing to go with another bank, who valued his property at £220,000.\n\nUK Finance, which represents the banking industry, said: \"Lenders have a responsibility to ensure that the value of property taken as security on mortgage loans is current and realistic.\n\n\"Although the valuation is carried out for the lender, borrowers also benefit from a realistic independent valuation as it could help them avoid paying over the odds for the property they are buying.\"\n\nWatch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel in the UK.", "North Korea has conducted six underground nuclear tests so far and each one has taken it closer to what decades of international talks have tried to prevent - a nuclear weapon in the hands of one of the world's most unpredictable states.\n\nYears of posturing - and attempts at negotiation by foreign powers - culminated in October 2006 with an announcement by Pyongyang that it had carried out its first nuclear explosion.\n\nLike all tests that would follow, it took place underground, in tunnels dug into a remote mountainous site called Punggye-ri, in the north-east.\n\nAll of the tests have been conducted underground at the Punggye-ri site in the north-east\n\nThe device is assumed to have used plutonium, sourced from the North's nuclear facility at Yongbyon.\n\nInternational observers estimated the blast had an energy discharge of about a kilotonne, less than a tenth of the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.\n\nMany believed this indicated a nuclear \"fizzle\" rather than a fully effective blast.\n\nBut the North said it had joined the nuclear club, and that its bomb would contribute to peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.\n\nThe second test was bigger, with an estimated yield of between two and eight kilotonnes.\n\nNorth Korea said it had achieved a \"higher level in terms of its explosive power and technology\".\n\nThe second test, here applauded by Party officials, was seen as an attempt by the North to prove it could still conduct a test despite political uncertainty\n\nThe nuclear tests are initially detected by the seismic waves they generate\n\nWhile the international consensus was that a nuclear test had happened, no radiation was detected. The ability to contain a nuclear test would in itself be a big advance for the North.\n\nIt also followed hard on the heels of a rocket launch which put a satellite in space, but which was seen as a cover for a missile test.\n\nBoth were seen as an attempt by ailing leader Kim Jong-il to prove the North's nuclear capacity before he died.\n\nIn the early hours of 12 February 2013, unusual seismic activity was again detected around Punggye-ri.\n\nThe North said it had tested \"a miniaturised and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force than previously\".\n\nSatellite images in days before the blast had indicated a test was about to take place\n\nThe reference to \"miniaturised\" stoked fears that Pyongyang was closer to producing a device small enough to fit on a long-range missile.\n\nSpeculation was rife that the test involved a uranium device, though this has never been confirmed beyond doubt.\n\nA successful uranium test would mark a significant leap forward in North Korea's nuclear programme. The North's plutonium stocks are finite, but if it could enrich uranium it could build up a nuclear stockpile.\n\nPlutonium enrichment also has to happen in large, easy-to-spot facilities, whereas uranium enrichment can more easily be carried out in secrecy.\n\nThe first indication was again a report of an \"artificial quake\" in North Korea, registering about magnitude 5.1, close to Punggye-ri.\n\nNorth Korea later announced it had conducted its first successful test of a hydrogen bomb.\n\nH-bombs, also known as thermonuclear warheads, are massively more powerful than atomic bombs, using fusion - the merging of atoms - rather than fission to unleash enormous amounts of energy.\n\nThough again it has never been confirmed, that claim alarmed the international community.\n\nObservations from afar suggested the blast detected was not large enough to have been a full thermonuclear device, but may have involved some nuclear fusion.\n\nAgain, North Korea said the device had been miniaturised.\n\nA few months later, on 9 March, Kim Jong-un announced that North Korea scientists had been able to do what had long been feared, and make a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a warhead.\n\nIt came after days of threats to carry out \"indiscriminate\" attacks on the US and South Korea. But analysts at the time said it was impossible to confirm.\n\nNorth Korea announced its fifth nuclear test in 2016 in September.\n\nEstimates of the explosive yield have varied. South Korea's military said it was about 10 kilotonnes but other experts say initial indications suggest 20 kilotons or more.\n\nThe bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of about 15 kilotonnes.\n\nNearly a year later, on 8 August 2017, information leaked to the Washington Post indicated US intelligence officials believe North Korea's claim that it has the technology to fit its missiles with nuclear warheads.\n\nThe new assessment comes only weeks after North Korea tested what intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), it says were capable of reaching the US mainland.\n\nNorth Korea claimed it has successfully tested what the world has worried about - a miniaturised hydrogen bomb that could be loaded on to a long-range missile.\n\nHours before state media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting what it said was a hydrogen bomb\n\nSeismic readings of 6.3 indicated the test was bigger than any other that has been conducted.\n\nSome early estimates said that the test came in at about 100-150 kilotonnes, potentially 10 times larger than last time.\n\nNorth Korean state media called it a \"perfect success\" and a \"very meaningful step in completing the national nuclear weapons programme\".", "Last updated on .From the section Scottish League Cup\n\nIt was the scoreline that the late, great Eric Morecambe always used to joke about but had never come true - until now.\n\nEast Fife 4 Forfar 5 was the much-loved comedian's idea of the ultimate tongue-twister for anyone trying to read out the football results.\n\nOn Sunday, that result finally happened for the first time in the fixture's history - sort of.\n\nThe Scottish League Cup Group B tie between the sides went to penalties after a 1-1 draw. And the score in the shootout? East Fife 4 Forfar 5.\n\nHad he lived to see that, it would surely have raised a smile from Morecambe, who came up with the score as a jokey greeting whenever he met his friend James Alexander Gordon, the popular announcer who read the classified results on the BBC for 40 years.\n\n\"Eric never called me James,\" Gordon, who died in 2014, once recalled. \"Whenever I saw him over a 20-year period, he would say 'East Fife 4 Forfar 5'. I've got a tape of that.\"\n\nBefore Sunday, there had been two occasions when the scoreline almost occurred. In April 1964, it happened with the wrong team at home - finishing Forfar 5 East Fife 4. And in October 2011, a meeting between the sides ended East Fife 4 Forfar 3.\n\nAnton Dowds claimed the opener on Sunday for East Fife, who had Chris Kane sent off before John Baird equalised.\n\nGroup games go to penalties under the League Cup format. With the shootout score at 4-4, Forfar keeper Marc McCallum saved Daryl Meggatt's kick before Thomas Reilly converted to seal a bonus point for the visitors - and make a little piece of sporting history.\n• None Find out how you can follow the 2018-19 season on BBC Sport\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(4), Forfar Athletic 1(5). Thomas Reilly (Forfar Athletic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.\n• None Penalty saved! Daryll Meggatt (East Fife) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(4), Forfar Athletic 1(4). Dylan Easton (Forfar Athletic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(4), Forfar Athletic 1(3). Anton Dowds (East Fife) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(3), Forfar Athletic 1(3). Ross Meechan (Forfar Athletic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.\n• None Penalty saved! Ross Davidson (East Fife) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(3), Forfar Athletic 1(2). Dale Hilson (Forfar Athletic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(3), Forfar Athletic 1(1). Brett Long (East Fife) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.\n• None Penalty saved! John Baird (Forfar Athletic) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(2), Forfar Athletic 1(1). Aaron Dunsmore (East Fife) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(1), Forfar Athletic 1(1). Andy Munro (Forfar Athletic) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Goal! East Fife 1(1), Forfar Athletic 1. Craig Watson (East Fife) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.\n• None Attempt missed. Patrick Slattery (East Fife) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "The prosecution said Lee Savage was a \"violent sexual predator\"\n\nA \"sexual sadist\" has been jailed for raping three women he met through the internet dating website Plenty of Fish.\n\nLee Savage attacked females from Cumbria, South Tyneside and Dumfries and Galloway between 2015 and earlier this year.\n\nThe 25-year-old, of Skiddaw View, Penrith, originally denied a total of 10 offences of rape and sexual assault but then changed his plea to guilty.\n\nHe was given a life sentence and must serve a minimum of 11 years in jail.\n\nProsecutor Tim Evans told Carlisle Crown Court earlier that Savage was a \"persuasive and manipulative man as well as a violent sexual predator\" who had carried out a \"planned and persistent rape campaign\".\n\nIn a statement, one of his victims said he had \"violated my whole life\".\n\nThe court heard the first rape, in January of 2015, was committed less than four months after Savage was given a community order for sending explicit images to a 13-year-old girl he had befriended on Facebook.\n\nSentencing him for his latest crimes, Judge James Adkin told him: \"You are, in my judgement, a sexual sadist.\"\n\nSavage initially claimed each of the women had consented to sex, but he changed his plea after facing \"overwhelming evidence\", Isla Chilton, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said.\n\nHe must also sign the sex offenders register for life.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nukes, Trump Towers and human rights - what might peace look like between the US and North Korea?\n\nNorth Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country's north-west.\n\nSatellite images of the Sohae station seen by US-based monitoring group 38 North suggest Pyongyang is complying with a promise made to the US in June.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un had vowed to destroy an engine test site, but did not specify which one.\n\nPyongyang has maintained that Sohae is a satellite launch site.\n\nBut US officials suspect that it has been used to test ballistic missiles.\n\nThe satellite imagery appears to show the dismantling of facilities at North Korea's Sohae site\n\nDuring a landmark meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore last month, the two leaders signed a deal to work towards the \"complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula\".\n\nBut the deal was criticised for a lack of details on when or how Pyongyang would renounce its nuclear weapons.\n\nThe apparent dismantling of the Sohae test site comes amid rising questions over North Korea's willingness to stick to the pledges made at the 12 June summit.\n\nEarlier on Monday, President Trump said that he was \"very happy\" with the progress in relations with North Korea, saying that Pyongyang had not launched any missiles or carried out any nuclear tests during the last nine months.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt follows comments from the US president last week that there was \"no time limit\" for North Korea to denuclearise and no need to rush the process.\n\nThose reports indicate that North Korea's only official nuclear enrichment site at Yongbyon is being upgraded, and that the country was stepping up enrichment at other secret sites.\n\nThe reports cannot be independently verified, but have been deemed accurate by respected North Korea watchers.\n\nNorth Korea has carried out a total of six nuclear tests, the most recent of which took place in September last year.\n\nThe North has in the past two years quickly advanced its nuclear programme, and claims that it has developed an intercontinental ballistic missile that is able to reach as far as the continental US.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA small fleet of whaling vessels have caught their first whales in Japan's first commercial hunt in decades, in defiance of international criticism.\n\nThe whaling ships have a permit to catch 227 minke, Bryde's and sei whales this year in Japanese waters.\n\nJapan's last commercial hunt was in 1986, but it has continued whaling for what it says are research purposes.\n\nIt has now withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) so is no longer subject to its rules.\n\nIWC members had agreed to an effective ban on whale hunting, but Japan has long argued it is possible to hunt whales in a sustainable way.\n\nThe fisheries ministry has set a kill cap for the season of 52 minke, 150 Bryde's and 25 sei whales - a total of 227 animals.\n\nLast year's catch quota, under its scientific programme - which Japan said aimed to gather population data - was 333 whales.\n\n\"The resumption of commercial whaling has been an ardent wish for whalers across the country,\" the head of the agency, Shigeto Hase, said at a departure ceremony in northern Kushiro for the small fleet.\n\nHe said the resumption of whaling would ensure \"the culture and way of life will be passed on to the next generation.\"\n\n\"My heart is overflowing with happiness, and I'm deeply moved,\" said Yoshifumi Kai, head of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association. \"People have hunted whales for more than 400 years in my hometown.\"\n\nJapan killed hundreds of whales each year under its research programme\n\n\"I'm a bit nervous but happy that we can start whaling,\" one whaler told AFP news agency before setting sail.\n\n\"I don't think young people know how to cook and eat whale meat any more. I want more people try to taste it at least once.\"\n\nAccording to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, minke and Bryde's whale are not endangered. Sei whale are classified as endangered, but their numbers are increasing.\n\nConservationist groups like Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd remain critical of Japan's resumption of whaling, but say there are no concrete plans for action against the country.\n\n\"This is a sad day for whale protection globally,\" said Nicola Beynon of Humane Society International, accusing Japan of beginning a \"new and shocking era of pirate whaling\".\n\nJapan says whaling is part of its culture\n\nJapan \"is out of step with the international community\", Sam Annesley, executive director at Greenpeace Japan, said in a statement when Tokyo announced its whaling plans last year.\n\nLike other whaling nations, Japan argues hunting and eating whales are part of its culture.\n\nA number of coastal communities in Japan have hunted whales for centuries but consumption only became widespread after World War Two when other food was scarce.\n\nWhales were brought to the brink of extinction by hunting in the 19th and early 20th Century. In 1986, all IWC members agreed to a hunting moratorium to allow whale numbers to recover.\n\nWhaling countries - like Japan, Norway and Iceland - assumed the moratorium would be temporary until everyone could agree on sustainable quotas. Instead it became a quasi-permanent ban.\n\nSince 1987, Japan has killed between 200 and 1,200 whales each year under an exemption to the ban allowing scientific research.\n\nCritics say this was just a cover so Japan could hunt whales for food, as the meat from the whales killed for research usually did end up for sale.\n\nIn 2018, Japan tried one last time to convince the IWC to allow whaling under sustainable quotas, but failed. So it left the body, effective from July 2019.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The plane veered into a hangar before bursting into flames\n\nA light aircraft has crashed into an airport hangar in Texas killing all 10 people on board.\n\nThe plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350 King Air, crashed shortly after take-off at Addison Airport.\n\nIt veered into the hangar before bursting into flames, a local fire department official said.\n\nDarci Neuzil, the airport's deputy director, said it took off around 09:00 local time (15:00 GMT), bound for Florida.\n\nEmergency services were quickly on the scene, around 10 miles (17km) north of Dallas, but there were no survivors. Two crew members and eight passengers were on board.\n\nA family of four was reportedly among those killed. John Paul II High School in Plano, Texas, sent a letter to families on Monday that said one if its students, her brother, mother and stepfather had died in the crash, according to NBC News.\n\nAuthorities have not released the identities of the victims, pending notification of next of kin.\n\nSmoke billows from the hangar where the plane crashed\n\n\"I visited the scene and was briefed by incident command,\" Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted.\n\n\"Please pray for the families who lost loved ones in this tragedy. Team in process of notifying them.\"\n\nVideo footage shows columns of thick black smoke billowing from the hangar. No-one was inside when the aircraft plunged through its roof.\n\nWitnesses who saw the crash told local media that the private plane struggled during take-off and appeared to lose power.\n\n\"It looked like it was clearly reduced power,\" eyewitness David Snell told Texas TV station KDFW.\n\n\"I didn't know if it was on purpose or not, but then, when the plane started to veer to the left, and you could tell it couldn't climb.\n\n\"My friend and I looked at each other and we're like, 'Oh my God. They're going to crash.'\"\n\nNo-one was inside the building when it was hit\n\nThe accident left a gaping hole in the side of the charred building.\n\nUnnamed sources told CBS that the plane suffered engine failure, but this has not been officially confirmed.\n\nBruce Landsberg, NTSB chairman, told US media that the plane had recently changed owners and its tail number was not immediately available.\n• None NYC crash pilot 'did not know where he was'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: \"I am a fit, very healthy, very active person\"\n\nDowning Street has said it would be \"unacceptable and inappropriate\" for any civil servant to claim Jeremy Corbyn was \"too frail\" to become PM.\n\nNo 10 said the cabinet secretary would write to the Labour leader after the party demanded an inquiry into alleged comments by officials to the Times newspaper.\n\nIt is unclear whether Sir Mark Sedwill will order an investigation.\n\nMr Corbyn has said the civil service has a duty to be non-political.\n\nThe Times reported on Saturday that it had been told by two senior civil servants that the 70-year old may have to stand down due to health issues.\n\nThe article drew an angry response from Labour, which denounced the comments as a \"scurrilous\" attempt to undermine the party's efforts to gain power.\n\nAsked about the row, Theresa May's official spokesman said: \"Impartiality is one of the fundamental values of the Civil Service and underpins its ability to effectively serve the government of the day.\n\n\"It would clearly be inappropriate and unacceptable for comments of this sort to have been made or briefed to the press.\"\n\nRaising the issue in the House of Commons, shadow minister Jon Trickett called on ministers to \"root out the miscreants\" in the civil service responsible for the \"undemocratic and unconstitutional\" comments.\n\nBut responding for the government, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd suggested his criticism was premature, given the cabinet secretary had yet to look into the matter.\n\nShe said she had \"complete confidence in the fairness and independence of the civil service\".\n\nCommons Speaker John Bercow said the principle that the civil service was politically neutral was an \"absolutely sacred\" one.\n\nHe added that the Labour leader \"looked perfectly healthy to me\".\n\nMr Corbyn has called it \"a farrago of nonsense\" and \"tittle tattle\".", "The White House press secretary was caught on camera battling to allow US media into the meeting between her boss and the North Korean leader.\n\nStephanie Grisham is seen jostling with North Korean security staff, and a voice can be heard saying \"I need help\".\n\nIt happened outside the room where Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were having a sit-down meeting.\n\nA group of photographers, camera crews and reporters known as the US pool are routinely given close access to the president by his aides to report on his work.", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was stabbed to death in south London in the early hours of Saturday\n\nA heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in south London has been described as \"a beautiful person\" and \"amazingly intelligent\".\n\nTributes have been paid to 26-year-old Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, who was pronounced dead at a house in Raymead Avenue, Croydon, on Saturday.\n\nHer baby was delivered at the scene and is in hospital in a critical condition.\n\nA 29-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder has been bailed until a date in early August, Scotland Yard said.\n\nA 37-year-old man, who was also held on suspicion of murder, has been released under investigation.\n\nThe Met said it was keeping an \"open mind as to motive\" .\n\nMs Fauvrelle's brother paid tribute to her on Facebook.\n\nIn a post, Stephan Alexander Simpson, said: \"Words can't describe the pain we're feeling.\n\n\"You couldn't have been a better sister, and I thank you for always being there for me, helping whenever I needed it.\n\n\"A beautiful person who's life has been taken from her. I'll stay strong, you'll always be in my thoughts, so please keep watching over us.\n\n\"I love you more than you can possibly imagine. Rest in peace Kelly.\"\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Stephan This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nIn a statement, Ms Fauvrelle's colleagues at Croydon Delivery Office, said they were \"devastated\" and \"in shock\" by the death.\n\nDave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, said: \"Kelly leaves behind a baby fighting for their life, a family devastated by the loss and colleagues who are in total shock.\n\n\"The union will do everything possible to help Kelly's family and our members during this period.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Dave Ward This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAaleeah Knowles also paid tribute to Ms Fauvrelle, saying: \"Kelly - I'm devastated to hear what happened to you. You didn't deserve this. You were amazingly intelligent and bright and I'm just devastated.\"\n\nOne Twitter user said: \"I am so sorry to the family of Kelly Mary, no mother nor baby should have to be hurt in anyway let alone this way.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by 💖🍸🍭One To Change🍭🍸💖 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post 2 by 💖🍸🍭One To Change🍭🍸💖\n\nLinda Onar added: \"My heart goes out to the family and friends of Kelly. Just hoping and praying the little one pulls through.\"\n\nMs Fauvrelle was found with stab wounds at a property in Raymead Avenue\n\nMedics fought to save Ms Fauvrelle after being called at about 03:30 BST on Saturday.\n\nA post-mortem examination is due to be held soon, the Met said.\n\nA forensic team was seen arriving on Sunday morning\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said it had been \"a horrible weekend\" where \"four Londoner's have lost their lives\" including \"a young mum\".\n\nElsewhere in the capital, a 54-year-old man died after being assaulted in Brixton and a man believed to be in his late 20s was stabbed to death in Newham.\n\nAn 18-year-old also died after taking himself to hospital with stab wounds following a fight in Walworth.\n\n\"These four families are devastated,\" Mr Khan said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Farage said he was prepared to meet Boris Johnson in the \"de-militarised zone\"\n\nThe Brexit Party has pledged to scrap all interest paid on student tuition fees as it steps up its preparations for a snap general election.\n\nLeader Nigel Farage told a rally in Birmingham rates of up to 6% on loans were \"outrageous\" and \"close to usury\".\n\nThe party suggested it would go further and reimburse graduates for \"historic\" interest payments made on their loans.\n\nThe party also unveiled the first 100 candidates selected to represent the party in the next general election.\n\nIn anticipation of a snap poll this autumn, it said it hoped to have 650 candidates in place by the time the new Conservative leader is chosen at the end of July.\n\nThe Brexit Party, which was launched by Mr Farage three months ago, topped the polls in May's European elections - getting 29 MEPs elected to Brussels.\n\nMr Farage told activists at the Big Vision rally that his party should \"not be ashamed of being called an one-issue party\" by its rivals when that policy was delivering on the biggest democratic vote in the country's history.\n\nHowever, he told supporters that the party must not rest on its laurels after its electoral success and had to develop other policies as well as on Brexit.\n\nEncouraging party members to contribute their ideas, Mr Farage said that instead of a single party conference in September, it would be holding 11 regional rallies.\n\nBy leaving the EU without a deal, axing HS2 and halving the overseas aid budget, Mr Farage claimed the party would free up to £200bn to spend on economic development outside London.\n\nThe party would also demonstrate how \"passionate\" it was about helping young people by reducing the financial burden on graduates leaving university.\n\nMr Farage said the current system in England and Wales, where interest charges begin to build up on loans as soon as a student begins at university and about £6,000 can be owed before a student even graduates, was \"unfair\" and young people deserved better.\n\n\"No wonder so many people in their middle to late 20s who want to buy houses, perhaps start families, feel financially they cannot do it,\" he said.\n\n\"Because they are paying interest rates which in the old days we would have called usury... It is outrageous, it is unfair and it has to end.\n\n\"We will use that £200bn to wipe away the interest on those debts, I suspect to the great relief of millions of young people in this country.\"\n\nEarlier, Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice suggested the party would go further and \"cancel all of the historic interest that has been charged on student loans to date\".\n\n\"It is a serious pledge we are making to young people. We think it will be a much fairer system and the country can afford it.\"\n\nA recent independent review of student finance did not recommend specific changes to interest charges while advocating a lowering in the maximum level of fees to £7,500.\n\nTory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has said any graduate who launches a start-up employing more than 10 people for five years should have all their loan repayments waived.", "Riot police seal off the main roads in Hong Kong Image caption: Riot police seal off the main roads in Hong Kong\n\nWe're now suspending our live coverage of the dramatic and fast changing events which have been taking place in Hong Kong.\n\nLive footage suggests that the situation is calm now, with riot police fully in charge and no sign of demonstrators near the government district.\n\nThis is a dramatic turnaround from only a few hours ago, when crowds stormed and ransacked Hong Kong's parliament.\n\nIt followed weeks of unrest in the city over a controversial extradition law.\n\nYou can still follow all the latest developments on this and other news stories on the BBC News website.", "The leadership of the Church of England needs to better reflect the minorities who make up its congregations, the UK's first black female bishop has said.\n\nCaribbean-born Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin said her appointment should broadcast how diverse the Church was.\n\nShe described being racially abused in the street recently, when a passer-by told her to \"go back to Africa\".\n\nCurrently chaplain to the Queen and Commons speaker, she will become Bishop of Dover in November.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Rev Hudson-Wilkin said: \"It's been a long time coming and we're working at it and we are going to hold them [the Church] to account,\" she said.\n\n\"The reality is minority ethnic membership makes up a significant part of the Church and this must be reflected in its leadership, not just with one person here and another person there.\n\n\"It must begin to filter through so that young people in minority ethnic background growing up within the life of the Church, within the life of this country, can see images of themselves reflected throughout.\"\n\nShe added: \"Visibility is important because if people can see it, then though know they belong.\"\n\nRev Hudson-Wilkin has openly criticised the Church's lack of diversity and has accused it of \"institutional racism\" in the past.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAs with any institution which has worked in a particular way for a long time, it was \"always going to be difficult to see the change that is necessary\", she said.\n\nMeanwhile, the Church of England is asking urge Christians to sign up to a digital charter to help foster a \"positive atmosphere\" online.\n\nThe charter centres on five principles of truth, kindness, welcome, inspiration and togetherness, the Church says.\n\nIt will be launched by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during a visit to Facebook's UK headquarters.\n\nHe said: \"Each time we interact online we have the opportunity either to add to currents of cynicism and abuse or to choose instead to share light and grace.\"\n\nOne of the Church's social media principles is to ensure the safety of children online\n\nIt is also setting rules for people posting on its own social media accounts.\n\nPeople who post inappropriate, unsuitable or offensive comments on national social media accounts run by the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York may be reported or blocked, the guidelines say.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Protesters have stormed Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) building and are occupying the council's chamber.\n\nHundreds of demonstrators forced their way into the building by smashing through doors and steel shutters.\n\nThe group are a breakaway part of a peaceful protest involving hundreds of thousands of people on the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.\n\nIt is the latest in a series of protests against a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China.\n\nThe group of breakaway protesters smashed their way into the LegCo building.\n\nMany were wearing hard hats, face masks and glasses.\n\nImages from inside LegCo show protesters smashing up the chamber building and flying both the union jack and colonial flag.\n\nOnce they entered the chamber, the Hong Kong emblem was spray painted black and a colonial Hong Kong flag was placed on the seat of the legislature's president.\n\nHong Kong is a former British colony and has been part of China since 1997 under a \"one country, two systems\" deal. Pro-democracy events are held every year on the anniversary of the handover.\n\nHowever, the anniversary this year comes in the midst of protests against the extradition bill.\n\nThe Hong Kong emblem in the LegCo building was spray painted black (above).\n\nProtesters also sprayed slogans onto the walls of the chamber building.\n\nPortraits of some legislative council members were damaged and ripped from the walls. The outside walls of the building were also daubed with graffiti.\n\nProtesters then left the building after police warned that they would \"take reasonable force\" to remove them from the area.\n\nTear gas was fired at the protesters who chose to stay in the area.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. German sea captain Carola Rackete is arrested in Lampedusa after migrant rescue in Mediterranean\n\nThe German captain of a charity ship said she disobeyed orders not to dock in Italy because she feared for the lives of the rescued migrants on board.\n\nSea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete apologised to the crew of a patrol boat her vessel trapped against a quayside.\n\nShe denied Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's accusation that she had tried to ram the boat in an \"act of war\".\n\nItaly's government has taken a tough stance to try to clamp down on migrant rescue boats entering Italian waters.\n\nAfter a two week stand-off with Italian authorities, Ms Rackete, 31, refused to obey a military vessel as she navigated towards Italy's Lampedusa island on Wednesday.\n\nShe was arrested on Saturday.\n\nShe said her decision to enter Italian waters was \"not an act of violence\" and that her aim was simply to get \"exhausted and desperate\" people on to dry land.\n\nMr Salvini described Ms Rackete as a \"pirate\" and an \"outlaw\". She is now under house arrest and scheduled to appear in court on Monday. She could face 10 years in prison if convicted.\n\nHer ship had rescued 53 migrants off Libya on 12 June, in an operation organised by the German non-governmental organisation (NGO) Sea-Watch. Italian authorities later removed 13 of the passengers for health reasons.\n\nThe Sea-Watch 3 was carrying 53 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya on 12 June\n\nIn an interview published by Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper on Sunday, Ms Rackete said she had not meant to put anyone in danger and had made an \"error of judgement\" when calculating the position of the police boat that she jutted into.\n\nShe said she had disobeyed orders because some migrants had already started self-harming and she was \"afraid it would lead to suicides\".\n\n\"For days, the crew had taken turns to stay on call, even at night, for fear that someone would throw themselves overboard. For those who cannot swim, that means suicide,\" she said.\n\nSea-Watch spokeswoman Haidi Sadik told the BBC that the migrants were now receiving care on Lampedusa. She insisted that Ms Rackete had followed both maritime and international humanitarian law.\n\n\"When you rescue people at sea you must take them to the nearest safe port,\" Ms Sadik said.\n\nMs Rackete did not dock in Italian waters to make a \"political point\", but to uphold her duty to rescue people, Ms Sadik said.\n\nA crowdfunding appeal set up in support of Ms Rackete following her arrest, and backed by two prominent German television hosts, had raised more than €750,000 (£670,000) by Monday morning.", "In just one week Hong Kong has witnessed two of its largest ever protests, as well its most violent protest in decades. At the forefront of these demonstrations are young people, many barely out of their teens. Why did they get involved - and how did they manage to force the government's hand?\n\n\"We screamed at people to run.\"\n\n\"My parents kicked me out after the protests.\"\n\n\"It was the first time I got tear-gassed - tears were coming uncontrollably out of my eyes.\"\n\n\"I'm afraid to give my real name.\"\n\nThese are not words anybody would have expected to come out of the mouths of Hong Kongers - and certainly not ones aged between 17 and 21.\n\nUntil recently the stereotype of a \"typical\" Hong Kong teen would have been one more interested in studying or making money than political activism or creative thinking.\n\nBut last week saw the streets around Hong Kong's legislature taken over by young people wearing masks, setting up barricades, and throwing gas canisters back at police.\n\nMany of them were even too young to have taken part in the last Hong Kong protest to hold the world's media rapt - the 2014 Umbrella protests, when tens of thousands of people slept in the streets for weeks, demanding democratic elections.\n\nThe 2014 protests - which were also known as the Occupy Central protests - ended without any concessions from the government.\n\nThis time round it has been different.\n\nThe latest demonstrations, against a controversial bill that would allow people in Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China has, strikingly, forced the government to apologise, and pause its plans - effectively shelving them say many analysts.\n\nSo what is different this time round? And what role has this generation of young activists risking tear gas, rubber bullets, and even arrest (let alone their future employment prospects) played?\n\nHong Kong's youth have experienced something of a political awakening in the last two decades - the proportion of registered voters aged 18-35 rose from 58% in 2000, to 70% in 2016.\n\nAnd it's not surprising, when you consider that Hong Kong's political future is an increasingly pressing issue.\n\nThe territory currently enjoys special rights and freedoms due to a handover agreement between the British, who previously colonised Hong Kong, and the Chinese government.\n\nBut in 2047, the agreement enshrining Hong Kong's special status expires - and nobody really knows what will happen then.\n\nFor today's youth, 2047 feels strikingly close - and their protest is driven by this uncertainty, as well as a feeling that the Chinese government is closing in anyway.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protests returned to Hong Kong streets following the suspension of the extradition bill\n\nNo longer certain the system will protect them, they are modifying their protest techniques and learning the art of sophisticated dissent.\n\nEvery single protester I interviewed who had taken part in Wednesday's unauthorised protests asked me to protect their identities - fearing arrest.\n\n\"We kept face masks on at all times during the protest, and afterwards we tried to delete our records on our iPhones and Google Maps,\" says Dan, an 18-year-old student who helped protesters build a barricade with fences.\n\nSome have taken to buying paper train tickets, rather than using their prepaid travel cards - on the basis this could make it harder for the authorities to trace their whereabouts.\n\nMeanwhile, many have become cautious about what they say on public social media - and are only willing to communicate on secure apps with self-destruct functions, such as Telegram.\n\nJackie has been sleeping at university - fearing police could arrest her at home\n\n\"During the Occupy protests, most of us didn't think about protecting ourselves, we used Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp to spread messages. But this year, we see that freedom of speech is getting worse in Hong Kong,\" says Jackie, a 20-year-old student leader.\n\nSeveral people - including students and teachers from Hong Kong's most prestigious institutions - have been arrested, some of them from hospital where they were having injuries treated.\n\nA 22-year-old who was identified as the administrator of a Telegram group sharing information about the protests was also arrested on \"public nuisance\" charges.\n\nJackie fears that, amid all this, student leaders involved in Wednesday's protests may be targeted because of their higher profile.\n\n\"I've been sleeping at my student union office because I'm afraid of being detained if I go home,\" she says.\n\nThis is typical of a more broken relationship with law and order officials, and compared to earlier protests, these activists have diminished faith in police.\n\nOn Thursday, rumours circulated that police intended to search student bedrooms at a dormitory at the University of Hong Kong , where two residents had been arrested the previous day.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAmid the panic, students quickly called local legislators and lawyers, who surrounded the building - although ultimately, no police entered the hall.\n\nDan says police actions during the Occupy protests - where a number of police were jailed for beating up a protester - had also damaged his trust.\n\n\"Before that, I believed police were supposed to be law abiding and help citizens… now, I realise that some police may let their personal emotions get the better of them.\"\n\nThese students and young workers seem more willing to defy public assembly laws, and risk arrest for a cause, than previous generations of protesters.\n\nThey argue they have more to fight for, as they have come of age in a more precarious political environment.\n\nTom, 20, helped manage supplies during Wednesday's protest, and says he's an activist because of \"the era I'm growing up in\".\n\nHis generation grew up experiencing witnessing political rows, such as plans in 2012 to make children take Chinese \"patriotism\" classes, that critics said would \"brainwash\" students and gloss over the Chinese government's human rights abuses.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"I've seen government policies and moves to suppress the freedoms we have grown up with - and it makes me feel strongly that I don't want Hong Kong to lose its core rule of law and freedoms.\"\n\nOther young people have complained about government policies, including the recent introduction of a law punishing those who disrespect the Chinese national anthem, the disqualification of pro-democracy and pro-independence legislators, and the jailing of a pro-independence activist.\n\nThe Occupy protests have left a clear - if complicated - legacy for today's protesters.\n\nMany of Wednesday's protesters were too young to take part in 2014's protests - but see them as both an inspiration and a lesson learned.\n\nBen, 20, says his parents did not let him join the Occupy protests.\n\nBut now, as a university student, he takes a leading role organising protests and legal support for students at risk of arrest.\n\nUniversity students Ben and Tom helped the protesters with supplies and legal advice\n\nHe describes the 2014 protests as a \"failure\" - as the protesters were split over their goals, including what sort of \"universal suffrage\" would be acceptable.\n\nBut this time, there is a crucial difference - because protesters are not demanding more democracy, but fighting to keep what rights Hong Kong currently has.\n\nThere is a greater incentive to stay united, because protesters are \"fighting to make sure we don't lose our existing freedoms\", he says.\n\nThe Occupy protests spurred more young people to get involved in student politics and gave them the confidence to claim the streets as their own.\n\nJackie, who helped run a first-aid station last Wednesday, describes them as her \"political awakening\".\n\n\"Previously I was not that involved in politics - but the movement made me realise how important it is.\"\n\nThey also taught today's youth just how to prepare for standoffs with the police.\n\nOn one university campus, students stockpiled dozens of bags and cardboard boxes of medical supplies, such as inhalers for people affected by tear gas, and saline water to wash away pepper spray.\n\nStudents said many items had also been donated by members of the public.\n\nThis meant that they were a much more effective crowd on the Wednesday when things turned violent.\n\nThey also prepared large amounts of drinking water\n\nWhat do their parents think of all this? It varies.\n\nIngrid, 21, joined Wednesday's protests after she finished work, helping to deliver first aid materials to the frontline.\n\nShe says her parents, who supported the police, kicked her out of the house after she went home - although they let her return a few days later.\n\nMeanwhile, Jackie \"didn't dare\" tell her parents and grandparents about her role organising the protests, but when they saw her on the news they were supportive and asked her to stay safe.\n\nOf course, it would also be a mistake to treat these protests as purely a youth movement.\n\nLeader Carrie Lam also came under pressure from several quarters, including from businesses groups, her church, and her alma mater.\n\nSt Francis Canossian College was among the hundreds of groups to issue a petition against the bill - a significant move in Hong Kong where the top schools are considered highly prestigious, and alumni networks are influential and a source of pride.\n\nOne alumni who signed, 22-year-old Aubrey Tao, said Ms Lam often quoted the school motto, and she hoped to show her that \"as a Franciscan, you shouldn't rule in this way\".\n\nAubrey Tao, who did not attend Wednesday's protest, says the bill rekindled her concern for politics\n\nBut it was the unauthorised, youth-led demonstrators on Wednesday - and their ability to camp out in numbers, organise and force the police hand - which many see as a critical factor in forcing the government to stop and pause.\n\nThe wider population could easily have condemned the students - as they have done with previous protests that turned violent.\n\nBut it seems this time, they felt the police went too far.\n\nDuring clashes, riot police responded with rubber bullets, beanbag shots and 150 canisters of tear gas - more than was used during the entire 79 days of the Umbrella protests.\n\nPolice defended their approach, saying it was necessary to respond to the \"riot\", and that protesters had attacked officers with bricks and iron poles.\n\nSome protesters who spoke to the BBC also confirmed they saw water bottles, or sticks, being thrown at police by others.\n\nNonetheless, the sight of young protesters being pepper sprayed and facing large amounts of tear gas still left many angry at the authorities - and at Ms Lam, who had defended the police.\n\nOrganisers say 6,000 people took part in a \"mother's rally\" on Friday\n\nIn one viral video, a middle aged woman was seen screaming at police officers, reminding them \"you are going to be dads in the future\".\n\nFollowing the clashes, church groups went to join the protesters on the streets, singing \"Hallelujah\" to the police for hours.\n\nAnd thousands of women gathered for a \"mother's rally\", holding placards with slogans such as \"don't shoot our kids\".\n\nAs the public mood intensified, former government officials began to speak out, urging Ms Lam not to rush through the legislation at such a heated time.\n\nEven some pro-Beijing lawmakers and officials started calling for a delay, admitting they had underestimated the public reaction to the bill - a significant response in a legislature where only about half the seats are directly elected by the public, and pro-Beijing groups hold the balance of power.\n\nProtesters have called on Carrie Lam to resign\n\nIt's not clear where Hong Kong goes next - Ms Lam announced on Saturday that the bill would be paused, but even more people took to the streets on Sunday, demanding it be withdrawn entirely.\n\nSome at Sunday's rally were protesting for the first time, saying they had come out to take a stand against police violence, and show their support for the young protesters.\n\nWhat is clear is that the events have changed perceptions of protests in Hong Kong.\n\nJournalists accused the police of being heavy handed to the press - and wore their riot gear at a briefing in protest\n\nTom says the anti-extradition movement \"broke through the past 30 years of protest traditions\".\n\n\"We never would have thought before that singing hymns in front of police for hours, mothers gathering for a protest, or reporters wearing their riot gear in a silent protest, would have worked.\"\n\nIngrid, who says she was tear gassed for the first time in her life on Wednesday, described the experience as agonising.\n\n\"It stung, I couldn't see - and I was in a dress and boots. I didn't know that water reacts with the itchiness - so when I took a shower I actually felt like I was in hell, it was scalding. I never want to hear that popping sound [of a gas canister] again.\"\n\nAnd yet, she said she would keep protesting.\n\n\"My concern for how this city I call home will turn out far outweighs my fears for my personal safety.\"", "The BBC's Danny Vincent reports from inside parliament after protesters broke into the Legislative Council debating chamber.\n\nHundreds have entered the building, spray-painting messages on the walls and carrying supplies for those occupying the premises.", "Five whaling ships set sail from Kushiro in Japan for the country's first commercial hunt since 1986.\n\nThe ships are allowed to catch up to 227 whales in Japanese waters, after it pulled out of an international whaling moratorium.\n\nShigeto Hase, the Director General of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, said many people had been hoping for this moment but conservationist groups like Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd remain critical of Japan's resumption of whaling.", "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump met in Panmunjom, the so-called truce village inside the border zone, where negotiations between South and North Korea have often taken place.\n\nPresident Trump said: \"Stepping across that line was a great honour\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How the European Commission president is chosen\n\nMarathon talks among EU leaders in Brussels have so far failed to produce agreement on a candidate to replace European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The contest is still wide open.\n\nMr Juncker, at the helm of EU business since 2014, is to pass on the baton at the end of October. \"I am glad to see that I am not easy to replace,\" he chuckled in response to the delayed decision.\n\nThe European Council - the EU government leaders - were meeting again on Tuesday with hopes of a breakthrough. Meanwhile, newly-elected MEPs were also meeting in Strasbourg.\n\nThe May European elections left the 28-nation bloc's parliament more fragmented, complicating decision-making.\n\nThe role of Commission president, whose candidacy requires parliamentary approval, proposes new EU laws, enforces the bloc's rules and handles trade deals. So who might run it, based on what we know so far?\n\nFor: A big name in Danish politics, Ms Vestager has spent the past five years as competition commissioner, spearheading EU anti-trust investigations that have ended in big fines for technology giants Google and Apple.\n\nHer battle to protect consumers and make large firms pay earned her the wrath of US President Donald Trump last year, who is reported to have told Mr Juncker following news of the hefty fines: \"Your tax lady, she really hates the US.\"\n\nMs Vestager is certainly causing a buzz and the liberal group, now called Renew Europe, gained ground in the elections, partly thanks to the arrival of President Macron's party.\n\nAgainst: She may struggle to win support from the biggest group in parliament, the centre-right European People's Party. And she risks being dropped if the European Council decides that the \"Spitzenkandidaten\" race of lead candidates cannot work. She is one of three Spitzenkandidaten put forward by the European Parliament - along with Manfred Weber of the centre right and Frans Timmermans of the centre left.\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is quoted as saying that if EPP choice Manfred Weber is ditched, then Mr Timmermans and Ms Vestager are ruled out too.\n\nWhat she says: \"I have worked with breaking monopolies. This is also what voters have been doing. The monopoly of power is broken,\" she declared after the elections that broke the majority of the two big centre-right and centre-left blocs in the European Parliament.\n\nFor: Frans Timmermans has the wind in his sails, having led the Dutch centre-left Labour party to a dramatic, unexpected victory in the European elections, winning 19% of the vote on the back of a pro-European campaign.\n\nThe First Vice-President of the European Commission emerged as front-runner during the marathon talks in Brussels. He helped steer through EU legislation banning plastic straws and negotiated the EU's 2016 deal with Turkey to reduce the flow of migrants.\n\nHe was lampooned by political opponents as Eurocrat \"Hans Brusselmans\"; but the negative message failed and the multi-lingual Labour leader took advantage of his election campaign to push for the Commission presidency.\n\nAgainst: He is disliked in Poland, Hungary and Romania for challenging their governments over rule of law, and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said his candidacy was \"unacceptable for us, it would be a total catastrophe\". Italy has also opposed him.\n\nWhat he says: Warning of the risks of nationalism he said last month: \"People who used to vote for my party and many parties here are now voting for nationalist parties, sometimes even extremist parties. That's our fault,\" he said. He also spoke of Brexit as leaving the UK looking like \"Game of Thrones on steroids\".\n\nHis latest policy proposals for the bloc include a minimum EU-wide rate of corporation tax of 18%, and the implementation of a minimum wage in every member state.\n\nFor: A high-flyer in the EPP, the 46-year-old Bavarian's candidacy has been endorsed by Chancellor Merkel and he has led the EPP since 2014.\n\nAgainst: The EPP lost ground in the elections and Mr Weber, initially a favourite, seems all but out of the race as the liberals and socialists say they will not back him. Critics question his qualifications for the top EU job; he has never held a government post.\n\nAt the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron said all three lead candidate names were \"tested\" and \"there was no majority\". Greece's socialist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared that Mr Weber's candidacy had divided Europe and was \"off the table\".\n\nWhat he says: He has advocated strengthening security across the bloc and protecting the \"European way of life\". In a Twitter post in November, which featured a promotional video, he wrote: \"Here and everywhere else people are asking us to bring Europe back home.\"\n\nHe has promised to appoint a commissioner to oversee a new relationship with Africa to help control migration to Europe, and has said that future trade deals with other countries should include clauses banning child labour.\n\nFor: After the Green surge in the May elections, her group is now the fourth biggest in the European Parliament and environmental issues are at the heart of the EU's agenda for the next five years. In her home country, Germany, the Greens now top the opinion polls.\n\nSka Keller stood as Green \"Spitzenkandidat\" in 2014, and is as focused on the rights of migrants as on the environment.\n\nShe became an MEP in 2009 at the age of 27 and has said that, while she aims to represent everybody, young people in particular need a louder voice in Europe. She has a masters in Islamic Studies, Turkology and Jewish Studies.\n\nAgainst: Up against the other candidates, Ms Keller is likely to struggle to find the support of enough member states. Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary - heavily reliant on coal - are resisting the green ambitions of many EU partners.\n\nWhat she says: Ska Keller wants to tackle climate change but not through banning air travel. \"If trains become cheaper and better, we'll make short-haul flights redundant.\"\n\nFor: He may not be a candidate, but few EU figures have had a profile as dominant as this 68-year-old former French foreign minister, who succeeded in keeping 27 countries on the same page during the bloc's Brexit negotiations with the UK.\n\nHe is admired by President Macron, who said he was \"one of the European leaders that have eminent qualities and can be on the list [of candidates for EU top jobs]\".\n\nAgainst: Once said by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to possess the \"charisma of an oyster\", Mr Barnier is known for choosing his words carefully and has a precise manner when addressing leaders - often with a formidable stare.\n\nHe is also known for backing the legacy of post-war President Charles de Gaulle, who advocated a centralised economy, powerful presidency and independent foreign policy.\n\nWhat he says: \"Now more than ever, we Europeans need collective action in defence of our values and a rules-based international order. This could be Europe's moment, based on a more robust and decisive European Union.\" (January 2019 opinion piece)\n\nFor: The Dutch prime minister is a head of government - a definite advantage in the contest for either the role of Commission chief or European Council president. He is also a liberal, and his group boosted their numbers in the European elections.\n\nThe EU is also anxious about the economic impact of Brexit, and the Netherlands is one of the UK's closest partners, so Mr Rutte could score political points there, as a safe bet for avoiding a collision with the UK. He has warned that Brexit will \"diminish\" the UK's status internationally.\n\nAgainst: He is backing Margrethe Vestager who, as a liberal woman from one of the smaller EU nations, is seen as a strong candidate. He has expressed no interest in getting the Commission president job. There is already a prominent Dutch \"Spitzenkandidat\" and EU veteran in the race - Frans Timmermans.\n\nWhat he says: \"I'm staying in the Netherlands. I already have a top post: prime minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and being a member of the European Council. And I love it.\"\n\nFor: The 63-year-old, a political independent, has served two consecutive terms as Lithuania's president. She served as EU budget commissioner in 2004-2009, so she has plenty of experience of EU business. Her presidential term ends in July - good timing for a move to Brussels.\n\nIn terms of EU efforts to achieve gender and geographical balance, she has the advantage of being a woman from a small, eastern European state. She could be a compromise candidate, as she is not tied to any particular party.\n\nAgainst: She is nicknamed \"Steel Magnolia\" for her tough stance on corruption and relations with Russia. The EU is keeping sanctions against Russia in place, condemning its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. But many EU countries depend on Russian gas, and Ms Grybauskaite's stance is unlikely to ease tensions with the EU's huge neighbour.\n\nWhat she says: \"My climb to political success was no elevator ride, and it has not always been pretty, but I persevered as one of a handful of women in the male-dominated world of politics.\"", "In 2015, Iran agreed a long-term deal on its nuclear programme with a group of world powers known as the P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany.\n\nIt came after years of tension over Iran's alleged efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. Iran insisted that its nuclear programme was entirely peaceful, but the international community did not believe that.\n\nUnder the accord, Iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions.\n\nHere is what was meant to happen according to the plan, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).\n\nIran's uranium stockpile will be reduced by 98% to 300kg for 15 years\n\nUranium can have nuclear-related uses once it has been refined, or enriched. This is achieved by increasing the content of its most fissile isotopes, U-235, through the use of centrifuges - machines which spin at supersonic speeds.\n\nLow-enriched uranium, which typically has a 3-5% concentration of U-235, can be used to produce fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. Highly enriched uranium has a purity of 20% or more and is used in research reactors. Weapons-grade uranium is 90% enriched or more.\n\nIn July 2015, Iran had two uranium enrichment plants - Natanz and Fordo - and was operating almost 20,000 centrifuges.\n\nUnder the JCPOA, the country was limited to installing no more than 5,060 of the oldest and least efficient centrifuges at Natanz until 2026 - 10 years after the deal's \"implementation day\" in January 2016.\n\nIran's stockpile of enriched uranium was also reduced by 98% to 300kg (660lbs), a figure that must not be exceeded until 2031. It must also keep the stockpile's level of enrichment at 3.67%.\n\nIn addition, research and development must take place only at Natanz and be limited until 2024.\n\nNo enrichment is permitted at Fordo until 2031, and the underground facility must be converted into a nuclear, physics and technology centre. The 1,044 centrifuges left at the site are allowed to produce radioisotopes for use in medicine, agriculture, industry and science.\n\nIran is redesigning the Arak reactor so it cannot produce any weapons-grade plutonium\n\nIran had been building a heavy-water nuclear facility near the town of Arak. Spent fuel from a heavy-water reactor contains plutonium suitable for a nuclear bomb.\n\nWorld powers had originally wanted Arak dismantled because of the potential military use. Under an interim nuclear deal in 2013, Iran agreed not to commission or fuel the reactor.\n\nUnder the JCPOA, Iran said it would redesign the reactor so it could not produce any weapons-grade plutonium, and that all spent fuel would be sent out of the country as long as the modified reactor existed.\n\nIran must also not build additional heavy-water reactors or accumulate any excess heavy water until 2031.\n\nIran is required to allow IAEA inspectors to access any site they deem suspicious\n\nAt the time of the agreement, then-US President Barack Obama's administration expressed confidence that the JCPOA would prevent Iran from building a nuclear programme in secret. Iran, it said, had committed to \"extraordinary and robust monitoring, verification, and inspection\".\n\nInspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the global nuclear watchdog, were tasked with continuously monitoring Iran's declared nuclear sites and verifying that no fissile material is moved covertly to a secret location to build a bomb.\n\nIran also agreed to implement the Additional Protocol to their IAEA Safeguards Agreement, which allows inspectors to access any site anywhere in the country they deem suspicious.\n\nUntil 2031, Iran will have 24 days to comply with any IAEA access request. If it refuses, an eight-member Joint Commission - including Iran - will rule on the issue. It can decide on punitive steps, including the reimposition of sanctions. A majority vote by the commission suffices.\n\nA UN ban on the import of ballistic missile technology will remain in place for up to eight years\n\nBefore July 2015, Iran had enough enriched uranium and centrifuges to create eight to 10 bombs, according to the then Obama administration.\n\nUS experts estimated at the time that if Iran had decided to rush to make a bomb, it would take two to three months until it had enough 90%-enriched uranium to build a nuclear weapon - the so-called \"break-out time\".\n\nThe Obama administration said the JCPOA would remove the key elements Iran would need to create a bomb and increase its break-out time to one year or more.\n\nIran also agreed not to engage in activities, including research and development, which could contribute to the development of a nuclear bomb.\n\nIn December 2015, the IAEA's board of governors voted to end its decade-long investigation into the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear programme.\n\nThe agency's then-director-general, Yukiya Amano, said the report concluded that until 2003 Iran had conducted \"a co-ordinated effort\" on \"a range of activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device\". Iran continued with some activities until 2009, but after that there were \"no credible indications\" of weapons development, he added.\n\nIran also agreed to the continuation of a UN ban on its imports and exports of conventional arms until 2020. Restrictions on its import of ballistic missile technology will remain in place until 2023.\n\nThe nuclear deal allowed Iran to sell crude oil again on the international market\n\nSanctions previously imposed by the UN, US and EU in an attempt to force Iran to halt uranium enrichment crippled its economy, costing the country more than $160bn (£119bn) in oil revenue from 2012 to 2016 alone.\n\nUnder the deal, all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran were lifted and the country was able to resume selling oil on international markets and using the global financial system for trade. It also gained access to more than $100bn in assets frozen overseas.\n\nHowever, in May 2018, then-US President Donald Trump abandoned the JCPOA, calling it \"defective at its core\". He reinstated all US sanctions on Iran that November as part of a \"maximum pressure\" campaign to compel the country to negotiate a replacement that would also curb its ballistic missile programme and its involvement in regional conflicts.\n\nBut Iran refused and saw its economy plunge into recession and the value of its currency fall to record lows, which in turn caused inflation to soar to the highest level in decades.\n\nWhen the sanctions were tightened in 2019, Iran began breaching the deal's restrictions, arguing that the JCPOA allowed one party to \"cease performing its commitments... in whole or in part\" in the event of \"significant non-performance\" by others.\n\nBy November 2021, Iran had amassed a stockpile of enriched uranium that was many times larger than permitted, including at least 17.7kg (39lb) of material enriched to 60% purity - just below the level needed for a bomb. It had also resumed enrichment activity at Fordo; installed more centrifuges, and of a more advanced type, than allowed; and taken steps in the production of enriched uranium metal, which is a key material in nuclear weapons.\n\nIran had also significantly curtailed access for international inspectors by ceasing implementation of the Additional Protocol of its IAEA Safeguards Agreement.\n\nTalks to save the JCPOA and bring Iran back into compliance began in May 2021, after Joe Biden succeeded Mr Trump as US president. He says the US will rejoin and lift the sanctions if Iran reverses its breaches. His Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, says the US must make the first move.\n\nIf the negotiations were to fail and Iran was confirmed to have violated the deal, all UN sanctions would automatically \"snap back\" in place for 10 years, with the possibility of a five-year extension.", "New laws should be brought in within six months to protect elections from online interference, MPs have said.\n\nThe Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee said rules around political advertising and campaign funding were wholly inadequate for the digital age.\n\nIt wants stronger checks for online donations, clearer records on digital spending and information about who is behind adverts.\n\nThe government agreed there needed to be \"robust safeguards\".\n\nA spokesman said they had already pledged to hold a consultation on the issues later this year.\n\nThe select committee has issued its plea in a report as a response to the consultation on the government's online harms whitepaper - which closed on Monday.\n\nThe committee said the paper \"has scant focus on electoral interference and online political advertising\" or analysis about foreign players targeting voters, despite its recommendations.\n\nDamian Collins, chair of the DCMS Committee said: \"We know that our electoral laws are not fit for purpose.\n\n\"Political campaigns are fought online, not through the letterbox, and our laws need to be brought up to date with the digital age.\n\n\"We've repeatedly highlighted threats to our electoral system and it's essential that public confidence is restored.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said: \"The government agrees we need robust safeguards against hostile states, foreign lobbyists and shadowy third parties in place for the digital age.\n\n\"We have already pledged to publish a consultation paper on electoral integrity - it is an important convention that the laws affecting political parties should not be changed by governments without proper consultation and discussions with political parties.\"\n\nThe call comes after a row over party funding in the European elections earlier this year.\n\nThe Electoral Commission visited the offices of The Brexit Party to review how it receives funding after it was accused by former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown of receiving a large amount of money via small \"undeclared, untraceable payments\" online.\n\nIt later said the party's funding system left it open to \"a high and on-going risk\" of impermissible donations.\n\nBut the Brexit Party's leader, Nigel Farage, accused Mr Brown of \"a disgusting smear\" and said no rules had been broken.\n\nUnder UK law, donations of £500 or above must be made by a \"permissible donor\" - someone who is listed on the electoral register or a company registered in the UK.\n\nAmounts below that do not have to be declared, but some critics have said there is no way of telling whether those smaller amounts come from British or foreign sources, and therefore the system may be being abused.\n\nOther political parties - including the Conservatives and Labour - also use PayPal to collect donations on their websites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The investiture ceremony took place in Caernarfon Castle\n\nPrince Charles begins his annual summer visit to Wales on Monday, as he marks 50 years since his investiture.\n\nThe prince was 20 when he was crowned in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle.\n\nThe lavish event was watched by a TV audience of millions around the world, but polarised opinion in Wales.\n\nCharles was just nine years old when a recorded message from Queen Elizabeth II announced to an excited crowd at the 1958 Empire Games in Cardiff that she intended making him Prince of Wales.\n\nReporter Brian Hoey, who was working at the games for the BBC, recalled: \"At that moment, there was uproar. The crowd really went crazy.\"\n\nFormer Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan Sir Norman Lloyd Edwards, who went on to know the prince well, also recalled the excitement at Cardiff train station, where he was at the time of the announcement.\n\n\"It didn't have a roof, but if it had had a roof it would have come off,\" he said. \"There was enormous excitement on the platform and in the railway station.\"\n\nAmong the guests invited to the investiture 50 years ago was Sir Nicholas Soames, a lifelong friend of the prince.\n\nCharles was crowned Prince of Wales in front of huge crowds\n\n\"It was one of the greatest days of my life and of course, it was made the more extraordinary because of what was actually happening,\" he said. \"Here was the creation of the Prince of Wales in the most wonderful and moving ceremony in that magnificent castle.\"\n\nStreet parties were held across the country, but it also polarised opinion between those who supported the role and those who believed it was an imposition on the country.\n\nThe investiture was conducted against a backdrop of protests and even bombings.\n\nOne of the bombs, which exploded at council offices in Abergele in the early hours of the day of the investiture, killed the two men it has always been assumed planted it.\n\nFive decades on, there are no major commemorations planned in Caernarfon.\n\nDafydd Iwan said the investiture \"came out of nowhere\" amidst political turmoil\n\nIn the late 1950s, Welsh nationalism was yet to spark into life. Eleven years later, when Charles was crowned, it was a different story.\n\nFor Welsh folk singer and former Plaid Cymru president Dafydd Iwan, it was easy to be cynical about the event, which took place in the castle built by Edward I - the English king who had killed the last Welsh Sovereign Prince of Wales in the 13th Century.\n\n\"The 60s was a period of great change and amidst all the political turmoil came the investiture from nowhere,\" said Mr Iwan.\n\n\"We felt we had to resist that in 1969. We couldn't forget the way the title Prince of Wales had been taken from us, as it were, and given to the heir to the throne.\"\n\nDafydd Iwan's protest song \"Carlo\" became an anthem for the protests and he said he remains opposed to the position of Prince of Wales.\n\nBut Mr Iwan added: \"There's no point in painting him as an evil character.\n\n\"I think he has done some excellent work through the Prince's Trust. I mean, he's done the best of a bad job. He has contributed, yes.\"\n\nSince then, the prince has worked on projects in areas of interest to him; urban regeneration, the environment, architecture, sustainable farming, music and the arts.\n\nHe also set up the Prince's Trust and Prime Cymru, which provide skills support and training to young people and the over-50s in Wales and elsewhere.\n\nIn all, he has set up or become involved with 42 different charities or organisations in Wales.\n\nThe Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall unveiled a plaque to mark the new name for the Second Severn Crossing\n\nAs early as 1970, the prince was making speeches about plastic pollution, telling a conference in Cardiff: \"When you think that each person produces roughly 2lbs of rubbish per day using non-returnable bottles and plastic containers, it is not difficult to imagine the mountains of refuse that we shall have to deal with somehow.\"\n\nHe eventually bought a home in Wales - at Myddfai in Carmarthenshire, the first royal residence in the country for hundreds of years - in 2006.\n\nAnd even now, even though he is the longest-serving Prince of Wales, there are some dissenting voices. When the Second Severn Crossing was renamed the Prince of Wales Bridge, more than 38,000 people signed a petition asking for it to be named after someone else.\n\nBut those close to the prince say he takes his role as the royal representative of Wales very seriously. Sir Norman had regular meetings with Charles in Wales, and says privately he is very passionate about the role.\n\n\"What I learned was that he is a very caring man indeed, and cares for the country, cares for the people,\" said Sir Norman.\n\nThe prince is involved in the ongoing transformation of an oil refinery near Neath into a new village with 4,000 homes using local craftsman and a regional supply network which, he says, is better for the environment. And he uses Welsh firms as suppliers, spreading the name of local producers across the world.\n\nFormer Welsh Secretary, Peter Hain, said he received regular letters from the prince while in government and that he has urged the prince to continue to speak out on issues close to him, even when he becomes king.\n\nIf Charles becomes king, Prince William would be in line to be the next Prince of Wales. Having lived on Anglesey where he worked as an RAF search and rescue pilot, and been a regular and visible supporter of Welsh sport, he already has connections to the country. But are we likely to see another grand ceremony like that at Caernarfon Castle in 1969?\n\nBBC Wales' St David's Day poll earlier this year found the majority of respondents - 61% - were in favour of another investiture.\n\nBut Welsh academic and former international footballer Prof Laura McAllister said she thought that would not be wise.\n\n\"We are in a different environment now where people are less deferential to authority, and particularly towards Royalty, where they feel there are inequalities and privilege being reflected at a time when a lot of people are struggling to make ends meet,\" she said.\n\n\"If there was a decision to hold an investiture for Prince William, I would be incredibly surprised if this didn't prove to be a very, very divisive and significant moment in the political history of Wales.\"\n\nCharles: Prince for Wales? is on Monday, 1 July at 20:30 GMT on BBC One Wales and will also be available on the BBC iPlayer", "Eleven people have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering after a police operation in Belfast.\n\nSix properties were searched across the city on Monday and six men and five women arrested.\n\nPolice said they identified almost £16m which has been deposited to thousands of bank accounts.\n\nThey have linked the money to criminal activity carried out by Chinese organised crime groups.\n\nDet Ch Insp Ian Wilson said: \"During our investigation we identified that a significant volume of suspected criminal cash was being laundered out of the country through a number of bank accounts held here in Northern Ireland.\n\n\"In total, almost £16m has been deposited to thousands of bank accounts across the UK from the accounts since January 2018.\n\n\"We believe that the majority of this money is derived from a range of criminal activity carried out by Chinese organised crime groups.\"\n\nThe six men who have been arrested are aged 35, 41, 44, 48 and 67, while the five women are 32, 34, 36, 38 and 60.\n\nPolice said the operation was supported by the National Crime Agency, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force and is part of UK wide operation, led by the National Economic Crime Centre.\n\n\"Money laundering is often a critical enabler of organised criminality and today's operation is part of a wider ongoing investigation,\" Det Ch Insp Wilson said.\n\n\"We are committed to keeping people safe by robustly pursuing those who are involved in laundering criminally derived money and enabling criminals to access the profits gained from their involvement in a range of illegal activities.\"", "The girl's mother told BBC correspondent Fiona Lamdin her daughter was \"traumatised\" by what had happened\n\nA 10-year-old girl from Bristol was stopped from flying to Djibouti from London because of fears she was at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM).\n\nThe girl was detained by police at an airport on Thursday and is now the subject of an FGM protection order.\n\nHer mother said the family was being \"treated like criminals\" and they had \"done nothing wrong\".\n\nBristol City Council said: \"Where there is concern for the welfare of children and families we will act.\"\n\nNimko Ali said she would rather parents \"felt a little bit offended\" than a child \"be subjected to one of the most horrific forms of child abuse\"\n\nThe girl's mother, who did not want to be identified, spoke to BBC correspondent Fiona Lamdin.\n\nShe said: \"Why do I have to tell them where I am going? Why? We have no freedom of movement. We have done nothing wrong. I'm not going to send my daughter to an unsafe place.\n\n\"I have a sister who is five years younger than me and she hasn't had FGM and she is a mum now, she has daughters and even my nieces they haven't had any FGM so I wasn't even thinking of that.\"\n\nAnti-FGM campaigner Nimko Ali said: \"When it comes to FGM I think the key indicator is that children - girls specifically - are being taken out of school just before the summer holidays because that is the specific time when FGM risk is heightened.\n\n\"I can understand that the family is upset that their holiday plans might have been interrupted but I think the police and the border agency had a legitimate reason in order to stop a child being taken out of the country during term time.\n\n\"Ultimately, I'm actually really grateful and thankful that the police and border agency have put the child's safety above that of community relations and walking on cultural eggshells.\"\n\nA Bristol City Council spokesman said: \"Our commitment continues to be one where we put the safety of children and families first but to do so in an inclusive fashion supported by open dialogue.\n\n\"Agencies remain in communication with the family impacted by this case, and will continue to be so, to explain the action taken and the reasons why.\"\n• None FGM- What is it- - BBC News\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More money is needed to tackle the \"severe risk\" posed by potholes on local roads in England, according to a Commons transport committee report.\n\n\"Most people won't have to go further than the local shops to spot a pothole that poses a risk of injury or damage,\" said Labour MP Lilian Greenwood.\n\nThe Filling the Gap report said a lack of targeted funding was the key issue.\n\nMPs have called on the Treasury to provide a \"front-loaded\" five-year fund to deal with local road maintenance.\n\nCommittee chairwoman Ms Greenwood said \"cash-strapped councils\" were currently being forced to divert money intended to tackle poor roads to fund other, more vital, services.\n\n\"Local authorities are in the invidious position of having to rob Peter to pay Paul,\" she said.\n\n\"Cash-strapped councils are raiding their highways and transport budgets to fund core services.\"\n\nSince 2010, council spending power, including funding from central government and local taxes, has fallen by almost 30%.\n\nWhile main roads and motorways in England, Scotland and Wales are maintained by Highways England, Transport Scotland and the Welsh Government respectively, councils are responsible for the upkeep of local, typically more minor, roads.\n\nPotholes - collapsed areas in the tarmac resulting from the pressure of traffic and bad weather - are a menace for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.\n\nIn his Budget last October, Chancellor Philip Hammond promised an extra £420m for councils in England to deal with \"potholes, repair damaged roads, and invest in keeping bridges open and safe\".\n\nBut the transport committee report states there is still not enough funding - and current funds are not allocated effectively.\n\nThe committee's 10th Report of Session 2017-19 said deteriorating roads can result in greater cost to taxpayers - with quick-fixes often proving more expensive in the long-term.\n\nIt called for a longer-term strategy to allow councils to plan ahead and encourage innovation and collaboration.\n\n\"Now is the time for the department to propose a front-loaded, long-term funding settlement to the Treasury as part of the forthcoming spending review,\" said Ms Greenwood.\n\n\"Almost every journey begins and ends on local roads: the DfT must work with the public and local authorities to make them safe.\"", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland reignited their World Cup campaign with a superb display to defeat India by 31 runs at an electric Edgbaston.\n\nThe hosts bounced back from successive losses to defeat the only unbeaten team left in the tournament and will definitely reach the semi-finals with a win against New Zealand on Wednesday.\n\nJonny Bairstow crunched 111 as he reunited with the fit-again Jason Roy for an opening stand of 160.\n\nRoy made 66 and Ben Stokes added some late impetus with 79 to lift England to 337-7.\n\nAlthough England's bowling was disciplined, there was the fear that India could pull off the highest chase in World Cup history when Virat Kohli was sharing 138 with Rohit Sharma, who went on to complete a century after Kohli departed for 66.\n\nWith 102 needed from the final 10 overs, MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya briefly raised the hopes of the ecstatic India fans, only for England to hold their nerve and restrict India to 306-5.\n\nIf England beat the Black Caps at Chester-le-Street, they will finish second or third in the group and will be in the second semi-final, probably against India or Australia, at Edgbaston on 11 July.\n\nLose, and they will go out if Pakistan beat Bangladesh at Lord's on Friday.\n\nIndia, meanwhile, still need one win from their final two games against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to be certain of a place in the last four.\n\nTop four go through to semi-finals\n\nA shock defeat by Sri Lanka followed by a heavy loss to Australia left England, the pre-tournament favourites, facing an unthinkable early exit if they did not win their final two games.\n\nThe odds against them seemed to be growing. Not only would they have to overcome the impressive Indians at an Edgbaston that would be crammed with away support, but there remained a doubt over Roy, who tore his hamstring just over two weeks ago.\n\nSure enough, in terms of support, Birmingham was more like Bengaluru, a raucous mix of India shirts and flags, with drums and horns creating a constant din.\n\nBut, with their backs against the wall, England were restored to somewhere near their best, not least with an almost faultless display in the field.\n\nThey were helped by winning the toss and choosing to bat first on a good pitch and, more importantly, the return of Roy, who showed no effects of his injury by seamlessly slipping back into his hugely successful partnership with Bairstow.\n\nAnd, even when faced with Kohli and Rohit, then Dhoni and Pandya, England's bowlers did not buckle, to the extent that India's first six did not come until the final over.\n\nFollowing the defeat by Australia, Bairstow responded to criticism of the England team by saying \"people were waiting for us to fail\".\n\nHere, he let his batting do the talking, with a bristling, belligerent and brilliant hundred.\n\nHe needed fortune early on, twice inside-edging past his own stumps, but after that bullied the ball through the leg side - all of his six sixes and seven of his 10 fours came on the on side.\n\nRoy also had luck. He could have been caught down the leg side on 21 off Pandya, only for the appeal to be turned down and India to decide against a review that would have revealed a brush of the glove.\n\nAfter Roy was brilliantly caught at long-on by diving substitute fielder Ravindra Jadeja off the left-arm wrist spin of Kuldeep Yadav, India worked their way back into the game.\n\nIn a 10-over spell, England managed only 25 runs, no boundaries and lost both Bairstow and Eoin Morgan.\n\nBut Stokes, already with two scores of 89 and an 82 not out in the tournament, recaptured the momentum to give England 121 from the final 13 overs.\n\nIndia beaten for the first time\n\nIndia arrived with victories in all five of their completed games and it is to their credit they remained in this contest for so long.\n\nEven after spin pair Kuldeep and Yuzvendra Chahal conceded 160 runs in their combined 20 overs and Mohammad Shami, who claimed five wickets, was punished by Stokes, the chase remained manageable thanks to the nerveless death bowling of Jasprit Bumrah.\n\nAfter KL Rahul was caught and bowled in Chris Woakes' opening spell of five overs for eight runs, which began with three successive maidens, Kohli and Rohit were forced to build with patience.\n\nRohit, dropped at second slip by Joe Root off Jofra Archer on only four, struggled for timing, but Kohli was typically classy with drives and clips off the pads.\n\nJust as England concerns were rising, Kohli sliced to point off Liam Plunkett, who more than justified his recall at the expense of Moeen Ali.\n\nKohli's dismissal sparked Rohit into life before the superb Woakes induced a toe-end to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and followed that up with an astonishing diving catch on the deep square-leg boundary to remove Rishabh Pant.\n\nThe India fans chanted Dhoni's name when he arrived at the crease, however after Pandya holed out to long-on to give Plunkett his third wicket, their hero was reduced to a curious mix of singles and unsuccessful swings, and Edgbaston was emptying before the match was over.\n\nMorgan praises players - what they said\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"We played extremely well. Jason Roy and Bairstow at the top were magnificent to watch. The continuation of partnerships throughout took us to a formidable total.\n\n\"Our bowlers bowled well too. Liam Plunkett has been outstanding for us for four years, absolutely outstanding, particularly in that middle period of the innings.\n\n\"No game in this tournament is easy. Every game has been extremely tough and it will continue to be.\"\n\nIndia captain Virat Kohli: \"Every team has lost a game or two here and there.\n\n\"No-one likes to lose but we have to take it in our stride. We have to accept it.\n\n\"We are still playing good cricket. We will learn from it and move forward.\"", "Michael Barrymore had been suing Essex Police over his arrest following the death of Stuart Lubbock at his home\n\nMichael Barrymore has dropped a compensation claim for being arrested over the death of a man at his home.\n\nBarrymore was investigated following the death of Stuart Lubbock in his swimming pool 18 years ago. He sued Essex Police claiming the arrest had damaged his career.\n\nCourt of Appeal judges concluded the 67-year-old TV presenter would be entitled to only \"nominal\" damages.\n\nMr Lubbock's father Terry said: \"That's brilliant news. I'm raising my arms.\"\n\nMr Lubbock, 74, added: \"I am still determined to get justice for Stuart. He was only 31 when he died. I am determined to hang on to the end for him.\"\n\nMr Lubbock was found dead in the entertainer's swimming pool in March 2001\n\nStuart Lubbock's body was found in the pool in Roydon, Essex, in March 2001 after a party in which drugs and alcohol were taken.\n\nIn 2007 Barrymore was arrested in connection with the death, but was later released without charge, and withdrew from public life.\n\nHis arrest was found to be unlawful because the arresting officer did not have reasonable grounds to suspect Barrymore, a high court judge ruled.\n\nHe said it was \"devastating\" to his career and had valued his claim at more than £2.4m because of lost earnings.\n\nEssex Police argued that he was entitled to only a \"nominal\" payout, and appeal judges ruled in the force's favour.\n\nA spokeswoman said the claim had been discontinued by agreement and it had made no payment to the entertainer.\n\nBarrymore's Essex home became the centre of inquiries into how Stuart Lubbock died\n\nBarrymore - real name Michael Parker - and a lawyer who represented him were not available for comment.\n\nIn a statement Essex Police said: \"At the heart of this case remains the fact that the family of Stuart Lubbock continue to live with the pain of the unanswered questions surrounding his death on March 31 2001.\n\n\"We continue to search for justice for Stuart's family and would ask anyone who has information about his death to call us or Crimestoppers anonymously. It is never too late to do the right thing.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "More than 20,000 people marched through Kilmarnock in protest at the closure\n\n\"It was horrible. You felt sick,\" recalls Ronnie Rankin, of the mass staff meetings at the Johnnie Walker plant in Kilmarnock on 1 July 2009.\n\n\"You couldn't wait to get out of there that morning.\"\n\nThe plan had been kept from all but the most senior managers at Diageo. Those making the announcement did not know if they would keep their jobs.\n\nKevan Knox was a team leader on the bottling line. \"I'd been there 35 years at the time, and my wife for 36 years, and it really was a concern for us, because both of us were losing our jobs potentially. How would we manage with mortgages and cars?\"\n\nAlex Rae worked in spirits supply and blending. \"I thought I'd be there until I retired, because that's how sound it was. The day it was announced, it was out the blue - a bolt of lightning.\"\n\nThe Johnnie Walker brand is stronger than ever\n\nThe announcement - 10 years ago today - came out the blue for the Scottish government as well. First Minister Alex Salmond was furious, and took part in a march of 20,000 people through Kilmarnock, pledging \"we're not going to walk away\". Nor was he going to let the plant's owner, Diageo, walk away.\n\nYet it did. More than 700 jobs went when the plant was finally wound down and closed in 2012. Production moved to Shieldhall, at Braehead on the west side of Glasgow, and to Leven in Fife.\n\nTen years on, Johnnie Walker is striding on stronger than ever. A consultancy, Brand Planet, named it as the 25th most valuable brand in Britain in 2018, worth £3.6bn - the world's biggest whisky brand, the biggest commercial brand in Scotland, and more valuable than Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Morrison's and Marks and Spencer.\n\nBut in its home town, there is nothing left of that red brick plant. On a 10-acre site overlooking Kilmarnock station and the town centre, a large modern building is now home to Ayrshire College.\n\nWorkers at the old site believed their jobs were secure\n\nOn the remaining 23 acres, there is only the pulverised remains of the brick and concrete.\n\nThis summer, diggers move in to start on the Halo Regeneration Project. It has a budget of £65m. Its executive chairwoman, Marie Macklin, who grew up near the plant, talks of 1,500 jobs and £100m of added value to the Scottish economy.\n\n\"This will give our town the belief that they can change the world, the same way that Johnnie Walker did,\" she told me. \"We're at the forefront now of the next industrial revolution\".\n\nThe first building will be an innovation hub for start-up companies and some that have already made a start. Marie Macklin is an investor in such firms.\n\nTo the west, there will be \"live-work\" units - an innovative idea that harks back to the days when artisans lived above the workshop.\n\nMs Macklin says that start-up entrepreneurs go through an intense phase where they might as well be next to their workplace because it's such a demanding and engrossing role.\n\nThere will be manufacturing units, with corprates already interested in occupying them.\n\nTowards the housing estate which brought wider notoriety to Kilmarnock through the BBC Scotland TV series The Scheme - now partly redeveloped - there is to be a \"wave-surf\" leisure centre. All that and more than 200 new homes.\n\nScottish Power has signed up as one of the supporters, making the Halo site a pilot for a green industrial village, featuring electric-powered transport.\n\nNothing remains of the old plant, but new plans are being drawn up to redevelop it\n\nLast month, Barclays made a big commitment to regeneration of the Ayrshire town, when its chief executive visited to announce it would be one of four UK towns to get a special focus to help boost their economic prospects. Bury in Lancashire is the other one so far named, with a seaside town and a rural community to follow.\n\nDiageo remains involved. It handed one part of the site to Ayrshire College for £1, and it puts unemployed people through training there - aimed at jobs pulling pints and pouring drams in the hospitality sector.\n\nThe Halo project got the remainder of the land for another pound. This was on Diageo's condition that it was not merely a commercial development, but one with strong outcomes for the town. The distilling giant has followed through with a £2m investment in Halo.\n\nIt is pouring tens of millions into the Johnnie Walker visitor experience on Edinburgh's Princes Street and at four contrasting Scotch distilleries. That has irritated those in Kilmarnock, who reckon its heritage should have been part of that tourism trail.\n\nNews of the closure was a crushing blow to the town\n\nBut Diageo is in talks - with a more modest budget - to help those who want to mark the 200th anniversary, next year, of John Walker corking his first bottle.\n\nThe company says that 707 people were employed at the Johnnie Walker plant in Kilmarnock when the closure announcement was made. Of those, 194 continued to work with the company after the plant closed. Some 431 took voluntary redundancy packages.\n\nThis process was eased by offering voluntary redundancy terms to older workers at other plants, creating space for those from Kilmarnock. Some moved home from Ayrshire to Fife, to work at Leven.\n\nA much larger number went to work at Shieldhall. But anecdotal evidence suggests that it didn't work as well as hoped. The early and late shifts fitted poorly with a commute of up to an hour, for which public transport wasn't much help.\n\nKevan Knox had to apply for a similar job to the one he was losing at the Hill Street plant, and spent three years being uncertain if that was going to be permanent. His wife Elaine commuted to the Glasgow plant for four months, before giving up. It didn't fit with family life.\n\n\"It was a period of uncertainty,\" recalls Kevan. \"Folk make you promises, but you need to know if you're actually getting a job. So we went through huge stress at that stage.\"\n\nRonnie Rankin was in logistics, and moved to Shieldhall, until Diageo handed the logistics operation to a contractor.\n\nHe now works, along with Kevan Knox, in a similar role at the expanding whisky production operation being run by Loch Lomond Group in Catrine, East Ayrshire.\n\nAlex Rae recalls: \"After 35 years (working), I had to go to the job centre. I'd never been there before. And that's daunting in itself, just to get through the doors.\n\n\"I lasted a month, and didn't go back, just trying to go and get something. It was degrading. You see some sights in there. Sometimes you get tarred with the same brush.\n\n\"Some (of the staff) are very nice. Some don't even look up. It's just 'sign that and away you go'. I'd meet people there and you'd blether and sometimes you'd hear there's a job going here or there, but we were all after the same jobs, and they were never full-time.\"\n\nIt has only been in the past year that Alex Rae has joined his friends in having a full-time and permanent job with Loch Lomond distillers.\n\nSays Kevan Knox: \"There are people we know who didn't get a job and, basically, their whole lifestyle changed. I know of certain folk who don't come out their house any more. They've not been able to find a job, and their whole life spiralled downwards.\n\n\"To be fair to the company, they tried to job-match people, but some couldn't go because of transport or commitments at home.\"\n\nOther companies had to change radically when the supply chain to Kilmarnock fell away. In 2009, one unofficial media spokesman for the area was Marco Sinforiani, whose family has long run a newsagent close to the plant.\n\nWith lower footfall, there was a sense of doom back then. But the shop remains open, having diversified into specialist drinks, notably gins, and specialist pasta. There is footfall from college students.\n\nAlex Milligan was chief reporter at the Kilmarnock Standard newspaper, having joined it in 1971.\n\nTo him, the Johnnie Walker closure was the final blow in a series of closures on which he had reported. Listening to him, it's striking how diverse the Kilmarnock manufacturing base had been, but it now reads like a roll-call of closures: Saxone shoes, Massey Ferguson combine harvesters, Glenfield and Kennedy water valves and fittings.\n\nDiageo's departure was worse than the others, says the veteran journalist - by being so big, the last of the big manufacturing employers, and being so much part of the town's identity.\n\n\"It all started here in a grocer's shop and mushroomed into a major force all around the world. For the company to shut up shop and say 'we're off - cheers', betrayal is probably a word that sums it up.\"\n\nKevan Knox has less harsh feelings: \"I feel let down. I wanted to be with Diageo for life, and that's not happened. Personally, it's cost us. My wife and I didn't get the pensions we wanted. I wanted to see the 40 years out, and was three years out from that. But it gave us a good life.\"\n\nAlex Rae concurs. \"You've got to let bygones be bygones. One door closes, and another opens\".", "Djalili took part in the Rhondda Arts Festival Treorchy\n\nComic Omid Djalili has upset some social media users in Wales with a joke about the Welsh language.\n\nThe comedian posted a picture of a road sign for Nantgaredig and the National Botanic Gardens of Wales, bearing the translation Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol.\n\nNext to that the 53-year-old Londoner tweeted: \"There are worse things than being Welsh, dyslexic & having a terrible stutter. But not many.\"\n\nMarc Jones wrote: \"Disappointing that someone with Iranian heritage reckons it's OK to have a pop at a minority culture.\"\n\nThe Barry Horns said: \"The showbiz class is rammed with upper middle class people who sneer at Wales.\"\n\nThe account later added: \"Imagine the uproar if Rhod Gilbert made a joke about Iranians.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Omid Djalili This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHeledd ap Gwynfor tweeted: \"There are worse things than being English, ignorant & having a terrible sense of bigotory (sic). But not many.\"\n\nDjalili - who starred in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Bond movie The World Is Not Enough - responded to a number of the messages.\n\n\"Good point well made,\" he said to Emyr Gareth, who posted a picture of an English sign featuring the word \"Loughborough\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Omid Djalili This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Any language looks strange when viewed through the prism of another language,\" Mr Gareth tweeted. \"As a Welsh speaker, this sign looks like a cat's walked over the keyboard! Loughborough - seriously?!\"\n\nLouise Barfe issued a \"gentle reminder\" that BBC Radio 4 head of comedy Sioned Wiliam was a Welsh speaker.\n\n\"Going to suggest to Sioned a show with the superb replies,\" Djalili replied.\n\nDjalili retweeted a number of replies to his tweet.\n\nHowever, not everyone was irritated by the joke.\n\nOnlyOneCardiffCity tweeted: \"Message to the far-too-easily-offended-of-Twitter. Learn to take a joke. Embarrassing babies.\"\n\nDjalili's remarks follow a gig he played on Saturday, June 29, at Treorchy's Park and Dare theatre as part of the Rhondda Arts Festival Treorchy.", "Councils have a legal duty to provide a range of services, including waste collection\n\nCouncils in England and Wales have warned they are \"completely in the dark\" about how much money they will get from central government next year.\n\nThe Local Government Association says councils need \"urgent guarantees\" they will get enough to provide key services like child protection and social care.\n\nMore than 90 of its members fear they will run out of money to meet their legal obligations within five years.\n\nMinisters said councils had been given extra funding for vulnerable residents.\n\nThe Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government said total funding for local authorities had gone up by nearly 3% this year to £46.4bn, with an extra £650m to help councils provide care for the elderly.\n\nThe recent cash crisis at Northamptonshire County Council - which is to be scrapped and replaced by two separate new authorities - has highlighted the financial plight facing local government.\n\nAhead of the start of the LGA's annual conference in Bournemouth on Tuesday, council leaders have warned the future financial viability of other local authorities is in doubt.\n\nIncreasing demand on councils for adult social care and children's services meant likely cuts elsewhere, the body - which represents more than 300 councils - warned.\n\nNearly 50 councils have told the organisation they may not be able to fund services they are legally obliged to provide - such as care for the elderly, shelter for homeless people, bin collections and libraries - by 2022-3.\n\nA further 40 or so councils fear they will run out of money to properly fulfil their legal duties by 2024-5.\n\nThe annual funding councils get from government each year has fallen 49% in real terms since 2010.\n\nIn 2016, councils agreed a four-year financial settlement with the government, giving them greater financial freedom in return for shouldering more responsibility for care provision and hitting efficiency targets.\n\nBut hopes many councils would become virtually self-funding by the end of the decade, by allowing them to retain up to 75% of the business rates they charge on High Street shops, have proved optimistic as financial pressure on their core services has grown more acute.\n\nAccording to the LGA, the funding \"gap\" facing local government is set to rise from an estimated £3.1bn next year to £8bn by 2024-5 unless urgent action is taken.\n\nLord Porter, the outgoing chair of the organisation, said the situation was not helped by uncertainty over Brexit and the Conservative leadership.\n\nJames Brokenshire has insisted government is listening to councils' concerns\n\nThe Conservative peer, who will step down this week, said whoever succeeds Theresa May in Downing Street must make the financial sustainability of councils their top priority in the government's Spending Review due in the autumn.\n\n\"Councils would normally have started their budget-setting planning process but remain completely in the dark about how much funding they will have next year,\" he said.\n\n\"Communities relying on the vital local services that make a difference to their lives deserve better.\n\n\"Urgent guarantees are needed that councils will have the funding they need to ensure our vital public services survive the uncertainty ahead.\"\n\nAt the very least, he said ministers must confirm the continuation of key funding programs, such as the Better Care Fund, worth £1.8bn this year.\n\nHe also called again on local authorities to be able to raise council taxes by whatever amount they felt necessary without having to get the consent of residents through a referendum if increases were deemed excessive.\n\nBoth Tory leadership contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, have pledged more money for social care although this could be put in doubt by a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe government is currently consulting on local authorities' changing financial needs and resources, the outcome of which is likely to influence future funding settlements.\n\nCommunities Secretary James Brokenshire has said ministers recognise the financial pressure on councils and have sought to meet their demands for more resources.\n\nThese include £4.3bn in ring-fenced resources for adult social care this year, £100m to end rough sleeping and nearly £60m to help councils prepare for the UK's departure from the EU.\n\nIn a statement, the department said councils had received nearly £200bn over the past four years and their future needs would be considered in the Spending Review.\n\n\"Ultimately councils are responsible for managing their own resources and we are working with local government to develop a funding system for the future,\" it said.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nHead coach Phil Neville says it would be considered a \"failure\" if England do not beat the USA to reach the Women's World Cup final.\n\nThe Lionesses face the defending champions and world number one side in the semi-finals in Lyon on Tuesday - in a game live on BBC One (20:00 BST).\n\nEngland, ranked third, have never gone beyond the last four at a World Cup.\n\n\"Nobody cares who loses a semi-final, it's all about winning,\" said Neville.\n\n\"No-one cares about silver and bronze - it's the gold medal everyone wants.\"\n\nEngland lost out against Japan in 2015 and went on to beat Germany in the third-place play-off to secure the team's best-ever finish.\n\nThey then made the last four at Euro 2017 but lost to hosts and eventual champions the Netherlands.\n\n\"My players now want to win,\" he added. \"If we don't get the right result, we'll feel the disappointment and we'll see that as a failure.\n\n\"That's not me being negative, that's just our expectations, our belief and our confidence.\"\n• None Are England ready to win the World Cup?\n• None 'Something is happening' - Neville dreams of glory\n\n'This time the prize is even bigger'\n\nThree-time champions the USA have lost just once in their last five internationals against England, and won 3-0 in their only World Cup encounter in the 2007 quarter-finals.\n\nBut Neville's side will be boosted by their performance against Jill Ellis' team in the SheBelieves Cup earlier this year, a game which they drew 2-2 on American soil.\n\nEngland came away with the silverware from the invitational event and Neville said: \"The March game was a good game for both teams.\n\n\"We played really well and that game gave us great confidence and belief.\n\n\"We were the ones that stood on that platform and lifted that trophy. When you win something, it gives you the taste of it and this time the prize is even bigger.\"\n\nNeville was asked about the presence of a USA official at England's hotel, reportedly seeing if it was suitable for them if they reach the final, which is also in Lyon.\n\n\"It's not a concern,\" he said. \"The only thing I would say is it's not something that I would want my team ops person doing. It's not something that England would do.\n\n\"But it's their problem. I'm sure that Jill [Ellis] probably wouldn't have been happy with that arrangement.\"\n\n'We are not an arrogant team'\n\nThe USA have never failed to reach the Women's World Cup semis and are four-time finalists - where their only defeat came in a penalty shootout against Japan in 2011.\n\nFollowing their 3-0 group win over Chile in France, when coach Ellis made seven changes, defender Ali Krieger said the Americans had \"the best team in the world, and the second best team in the world\".\n\nWhen asked if those comments showed arrogance within the team, Ellis responded: \"Really it's a comment about ourselves and how she feels.\n\n\"She has the right to say that. It's important that our team has confidence and I don't think in any way this is an arrogant team.\n\n\"This team knows they have to earn everything, that we've got tough opponents still ahead of us and we have to earn the right to advance in this tournament.\"\n\nNeville said his side now have the same attitude as Tuesday's opponents, referencing the USA's quarter-final when they held on to win 2-1 against hosts France.\n\n\"The USA have that ruthless streak,\" he said. \"Their game management in the last few minutes against France was fantastic.\n\n\"They took the ball into the corner and they celebrated like winners and that's what my team have got now.\"\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Childcare in England risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy, unless a £660m funding gap in a free childcare scheme is plugged, MPs are warning.\n\nSevere financial strain has been placed on private and independent nurseries offering the government's flagship free 30-hours scheme, they report.\n\nAnd those operating in poor areas are more likely to be threatened with closure, they say.\n\nThe government said low income families received help with childcare costs.\n\nThe national scheme offers working parents of three and four-year-olds 30 hours of free childcare a week - up from 15 hours in 2017.\n\nBut early years providers have long said the level at which these hours are funded by a government grant has meant operators have had to find other ways of making up the difference.\n\nThe All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Childcare and Early Education heard evidence of a potential reduction in nursery places in deprived areas, while in affluent areas an increase in places looks likely.\n\nThis was highlighted by Nicole Politis, director of the Portico Nursery Group, who told the parliamentary inquiry that she had a number of nurseries in different socio-economic areas.\n\nShe said: \"Three years ago, nurseries in these deprived areas were completely full.\n\n\"Now, those in affluent areas are full, and in deprived areas the numbers of children attending are so low that I'm having to close them.\n\n\"Sadly, some parents cannot afford the additional fees, and this is being exacerbated by the roll-out of Universal Credit.\n\n\"In the end, this means that the [30-hours] scheme is not always reaching the most vulnerable families.\"\n\nThe APPG report said: \"Should this trend continue, we risk facing a situation where only wealthy families are able to access childcare services, leading to significant reductions in educational opportunities for children, as well as more challenges to parents looking to go back into work.\"\n\nAccording to the National Day Nurseries Association, the rate at which early years providers are closing has increased by 66% since the introduction of the scheme, and they are closing fastest in more deprived areas.\n\nTulip Siddiq MP, chairwoman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Childcare and Early Education, said: \"We know that the early years are hugely important to a child's physical and mental development and future life chances.\n\n\"However, there is a significant body of evidence to demonstrate that childcare providers are battling to achieve and maintain financial sustainability, and that government policies are a major cause of this challenge.\"\n\nChildren and Families Minister Nadham Zahawi said there had been a huge increase in the number of children benefitting from 30 hours free childcare.\n\nHe added that this meant parents were spending less on childcare and could work more flexibly.\n• None The All Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and Early Education The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Nominees for the top EU jobs must be a balance of nations and gender, Latvia's PM says.\n\nKrisjanis Karins, a conservative, was speaking before a Brussels summit of EU leaders.\n\nThe leaders are split, especially over a successor to Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.", "George Osborne and his wife Frances are divorcing, with the couple saying they will remain \"good friends\".\n\nThe former chancellor, who is now editor of London's Evening Standard, said the end of their 21-year marriage was sad but had been a mutual decision.\n\nThe couple have two teenage children.\n\nMr Osborne left government in 2016 after the Brexit referendum, but recently endorsed Boris Johnson's Tory leadership bid, prompting speculation of a return to frontline politics.\n\nThe pair met at a friend's house over Sunday lunch, before marrying in 1998.\n\nFrances Osborne, the daughter of former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Howell, is a successful writer.\n\nHer best-selling books include The Bolter, a biography of her great-grandmother, the English aristocrat Idina Sackville.\n\nIn a statement released on Monday, the couple said: \"George and Frances Osborne have sadly decided to divorce after 21 years of marriage.\n\n\"This is a long thought-through and mutual decision. They remain good friends and jointly devoted to their wonderful children.\n\n\"For the sake of their children, they ask that the family's privacy is respected. Neither George nor Frances will be making any comment.\"\n\nAs well as editing the Evening Standard, Mr Osborne, 48, has a number of other jobs, including chairman of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.\n\nHe stood down as MP for Tatton in Cheshire in 2017.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hunt: We must be clear about the facts of no deal\n\nJeremy Hunt has said he would decide by the end of September whether there is a \"realistic chance\" of reaching a new Brexit deal with the EU.\n\nThe Tory leadership contender said he would deliver a provisional \"no-deal Brexit budget\" in early September and then give the EU three weeks.\n\nHe vowed to abandon talks after that if there was no \"immediate prospect\" of progress and move to a no-deal footing.\n\nHis rival Boris Johnson has vowed to leave \"come what may\" by 31 October.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Monday, Mr Johnson said it was important to have a \"hard deadline\" for leaving, adding that previous no-deal preparations had \"sagged back down\" after exit dates were not met.\n\nThe Conservative Party's 160,000 members will begin voting next week and Theresa May's successor is expected to be announced on 23 July.\n\nIf successful, Mr Hunt said he would \"engage\" with fellow EU leaders during August, and task a new negotiating team with producing an \"alternative exit deal\" - including ideas to solve the Irish border issue - to be published by the end of the month.\n\nAt the same time, he said preparations for no deal would continue in earnest, and all leave for civil servants at government departments would be cancelled unless he received guarantees that no-deal planning was \"on time and on track\".\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the timeline Mr Hunt was setting out was very tight - especially given the notice the government's fiscal watchdog, the OBR, usually needs to prepare for a Budget.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe foreign secretary also warned MPs against attempting to block a no-deal Brexit, warning it could make it harder to get a new agreement by giving the EU \"misplaced confidence that we'll give ground\".\n\nHe added that detailed preparation plans for no deal were needed to make it a \"credible threat\" to the EU, and give the UK \"leverage\" in the talks.\n\nIn a direct challenge to his leadership rival, he said the chances of a no-deal Brexit were \"far from\" the million to one odds recently quoted by Boris Johnson, and it would not be possible to deliver it \"on a wing and a prayer\".\n\nA no-deal exit on 31 October remains the default position in UK law after MPs rejected the agreement Theresa May agreed with Brussels three times.\n\nIf that does happen, the UK will automatically begin trading with the EU under the basic World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.\n\nUnder these rules, the tariffs - the taxes on imported and exported goods - will be different to what the UK currently trades under, which means the cost to farmers to export products could change or they could be affected by competition from abroad.\n\nThe National Farmers Union has said British farming will be \"damaged\" if that happens.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Hunt: Who is the Conservative leadership contender?\n\nIn a speech in London, Mr Hunt said a government led by him would cover the costs of the tariffs that would be imposed on the exports of the farming and fishing industries.\n\nHe promised to create a temporary \"no deal relief programme\" - designed to be similar to US President Donald Trump's promise of £16bn for farmers affected by Chinese tariffs.\n\n\"If you're a sheep farmer in Shropshire or a fisherman in Peterhead I have a simple message for you,\" Mr Hunt said.\n\n\"I will mitigate the impact of a no-deal Brexit on you and step in to help smooth those short-term difficulties.\n\n\"If we could do it for the bankers in the financial crisis, we can do it for our fisherman, farmers and small businesses now.\"\n\nFarmers are worried about a no-deal Brexit, and this £6bn pledge comes on top of the undertaking by the government to pay farming subsidies at EU levels until 2022.\n\nBeef and lamb exports, for example, would face 40% tariffs in the case of no deal, and that would be after the EU had approved the UK as an exporter of animal products, which the National Farmers Union (NFU) says could take a minimum of six months.\n\nThe UK exports about £14bn of agri-foods to the EU a year, so Jeremy Hunt's pledge would cover a lot of disruption but not the \"devastation\" that the NFU is warning of.\n\nMeanwhile, he would have to take care that this new regime did not fall foul of WTO rules on either state aid or export subsidies.\n\nMr Johnson also promised to support the rural community after Brexit during a meeting with farmers in Cumbria last week, insisting farmers \"should be assured that we will support the rural community, with price support, efficiency payments, whatever\".\n\nMeanwhile, one of his leading backers, Health Secretary Matt Hancock, told the Times the days of public sector \"pay freezes\" under Theresa May and David Cameron would be over if Mr Johnson was elected.\n\nMr Hancock said: \"People in the public sector need to be properly rewarded for the brilliant job they do.\"\n\n\"Now that there's money available, we need to show the public sector some love,\" he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC political correspondent Chris Mason's guide to the political life of Boris Johnson\n\nBut during a campaign visit in Kent on Monday, Mr Johnson declined to make a detailed pledge on public sector pay, saying only that remuneration should be \"decent\".\n\nHe also defended his spending promises during the campaign so far, insisting he had a \"very carefully costed programme\".\n\nIt does all raise the question - where on earth is the cash for all these pledges going to come from? Have Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt discovered the proverbial \"magic money tree\"?\n\nNo, instead they're looking to dip into the chancellor's back pocket.\n\nPhilip Hammond has suggested he has £26bn of what is called \"headroom\" in his current fiscal forecasts - basically, scope to borrow that much more - and Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt are saying they'd do just that.\n\nTo many Tories this sits at odds with the thrust of Tory thinking.\n\nThe other thing which makes the spending pledges slightly more dubious is that Mr Hammond says, \"Ok, I've got this headroom - but if we come out with no deal then all the money is going to have to be put into propping up the economy and getting us through that.\"\n\nBoth leadership contenders have unveiled plans to cut taxes and spend more, designed to win support for their candidacies, but questions have been raised about how they would pay for the pledges.\n\nEarlier in the campaign, Mr Johnson said he wanted to raise the threshold for the higher rate of income tax, predicting this would stimulate the economy, and increase government revenues.\n\nHe has said he would partially fund some of his plans from \"fiscal headroom\" carved out by current Chancellor Philip Hammond in his current spending plans.\n\nThis amount - estimated at £26.6bn at the spring statement - is an additional amount the UK could borrow without breaking self-imposed limits on government borrowing.\n\nThe figure is based on projections that assume the UK left the European Union with a deal, but Mr Hammond has warned that handling a no-deal exit would absorb that potential cash.\n\n\"Either we leave with no deal or we preserve our future fiscal space - we cannot do both\", he said last month, and on Monday, he reiterated that message.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nSources close to Mr Hunt have also suggested he would use this \"headroom\" to partially fund his pledge to boost defence spending by £15bn over the next five years.\n\nBut economist Paul Johnson, from think thank the Institute for Fiscal Studies, pointed out that the £26.6bn is \"a one-year target so can't fund permanent tax cuts/spending increases\".\n\nSpeaking on Sunday, Mr Johnson said he would be prepared to borrow more to finance \"great objectives\" in his spending plan, whilst keeping \"fiscal responsibility\".\n\nHe told Sky News there was up to £25bn \"available\" in the short term, due to the improved state of the public finances, which \"we intend to use\" on education, policing and broadband rather than reducing the deficit.", "The person is believed to have fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on Sunday afternoon\n\nA suspected stowaway who is believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a flight into Heathrow Airport has been found dead in a London garden.\n\nThe body - believed to be that of a man - was found in Offerton Road, Clapham just before 15:40 BST on Sunday.\n\nPolice said it was thought the individual fell from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi.\n\nA neighbour said the body fell a metre away from a resident who had been sunbathing in the garden.\n\nThe man, who did not want to be named, said he heard a \"whomp\" so he looked out of an upstairs window and saw the body and \"blood all over the walls of the garden\".\n\n\"So I went outside, and it was just then the neighbour came out and he was very shaken,\" he said.\n\nThe neighbour, who asked not to be named, said a plane spotter, who had been following the flight on an plane tracking app from Clapham Common, had seen the body fall.\n\nThe plane spotter had arrived almost at the same time as the police and told them the body had fallen from a Kenyan Airways flight.\n\n\"If it had been two seconds later, he would have landed on the common where there were hundreds of people - my kids were in the garden 15 minutes before [he fell]\", the neighbour added.\n\n\"I spoke to Heathrow. They said this happens once every five years.\"\n\nDescribing the victim, he said: \"One of the reasons his body was so intact was because his body was an ice block.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Where do stowaways hide on planes?\n\nOfferton Road in Clapham, on a bright summer's day, is a tranquil and leafy corner of south-west London.\n\nYou could be forgiven for thinking nothing of any significance had happened here recently.\n\nOther than journalists arriving, there is little activity, with many people presumably out at work.\n\nBut every 30 seconds or so the quiet is punctured by the din of jet engines travelling overhead, indicating the road's position directly underneath a major highway for aircraft, heading for Heathrow from across the globe.\n\nThe Met Police said a post-mortem examination would be carried out in due course and the death was not being treated as suspicious.\n\nKenya Airways said the aircraft was inspected and no damage was reported.\n\nA bag, water and some food were found in the landing gear compartment on the aircraft when it landed.\n\nThe discovery of the stowaway who started his journey from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi has raised questions about the effectiveness of security checks in place there.\n\nThe airport is already under a state of heightened security largely responding to the threat posed by the militant group al-Shabab, based in neighbouring Somalia.\n\nA similar incident took place in 1997 when the body of a young man was found hanging in the nose-wheel bay of a British Airways flight from Nairobi after it landed at Gatwick Airport.\n\nThe Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) says a team has been assembled to investigate how the stowaway got on board the plane.\n\nThe KAA carries out security drills at the airport - most recently in November 2018.\n\nA spokesman for Kenya Airways said: \"The 6,840km (4,250-mile) flight takes eight hours and 50 minutes. It is unfortunate that a person has lost his life by stowing aboard one of our aircraft and we express our condolences.\n\n\"Kenya Airways is working closely with the relevant authorities in Nairobi and London as they fully investigate this case.\"\n\nIt is not the first death of this kind on the Heathrow flight path.\n\nIn June 2015, one man was found dead on the roof of notonthehighstreet.com's headquarters in Richmond, west London, while another was found in a critical condition after they both clung on to a British Airways flight from Johannesburg.\n\nIn August 2012, a man's body was found in the undercarriage bay of a plane at Heathrow after a flight from Cape Town.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Pakistan this autumn, the first royals to travel to the Islamic republic in more than 13 years.\n\nDetails of the trip will be given in \"due course\", Kensington Palace said.\n\nThe last royals to visit Pakistan were the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in 2006.\n\nPrince William's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, travelled to Pakistan several times for charity work during her lifetime.\n\nCharles and Camilla visit the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore in 2006\n\nIn her last visit to the republic in 1997, the Queen sparked controversy when she used an address to parliament in Islamabad to call on Pakistan and India to settle their differences.\n\nThe high commissioner for Pakistan, Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, welcomed Kensington Palace's announcement of an autumn visit, saying: \"The people of Pakistan still cherish and fondly recall the visits of Her Majesty The Queen to Pakistan during 1961 and 1997.\n\n\"The upcoming royal visit is a reflection of the importance the United Kingdom attaches to its relations with Pakistan.\"\n\nHe added the countries \"enjoy historical links which both sides wish to strengthen further\".\n\nThe Queen and the then-President of Pakistan Leghari Farooq in October 1997\n\nDiana, Princess of Wales, at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1997\n\nThere have been a number of security incidents in Pakistan in recent months, including a bombing outside a shrine in Lahore that killed nine people and an attack by armed militants on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar, Balochistan.\n\nThe Foreign Office warns on its website \"terrorists are very likely to try and carry out attacks in Pakistan\".\n\n\"There's a high threat of terrorism, kidnap and sectarian violence throughout the country, including the cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi,\" it says.\n\n\"Foreigners, in particular westerners, may be directly targeted.\n\nIt advises against all travel to a number of areas in Pakistan, including the city of Peshawar, northern and western Balochistan, the Karakoram Highway between Islamabad and Gilgit, and the federally administered tribal areas.\n\nMore than 1.5 million people of Pakistani origin currently live in the UK and 270,000 British nationals visit the country every year.\n\nEarlier this week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they will tour southern Africa in the autumn.", "Frances Hui speaks at a New York rally in support of Hong Kong protesters\n\nThe protests in Hong Kong have heightened tensions between the territory and China, and generated headlines the world over. They have also deepened unease many thousands of miles away - on US campuses.\n\n\"I am from a city owned by a country that I don't belong to.\"\n\nSo began a column written by a 19-year-old Hong Kong student at a university in Boston. The piece, entitled \"I am from Hong Kong, not China\", in a student paper at Emerson College placed its author Frances Hui at the centre of a storm.\n\nSoon after publication in April, well before the protests in Hong Kong erupted, Hui's social media accounts were on fire. She received overwhelming support, including from Joshua Wong , Hong Kong's most prominent student activist who liked Hui's post.\n\nBut the support was joined by a wave of criticism from mainland Chinese students at Emerson.\n\nOne called Hui \"ignorant and arrogant\". Some commented that she and her parents should be ashamed. Another said Hui grew up enjoying electricity and fresh water supplied by the mainland, \"but now you claim you are Hongkonger, not Chinese?\"\n\nThe most striking comment reads: \"Anyone who offends our China will be executed, no matter how far they are.\"\n\nThe sentence is originally from an ancient Chinese history book dated back more than 2,000 years. After being featured prominently in a popular Chinese nationalist action film in 2017, it's now frequently cited by Chinese netizens where they see China is under attack.\n\n\"I had a panic attack when I saw that comment,\" Hui told the BBC.\n\nShe soon noticed some mainland Chinese students stared at her on campus, and some tagged her social media accounts, commenting that she looked \"small and weak\" in person.\n\n\"I felt I was being monitored,\" says Hui. She says many mainland Chinese take it personally when China is criticised, unlike Hong Kong people who often criticise their own government.\n\nSince the 1997 handover, Hong Kong people's growing distrust in the city's government and Beijing has been reflected in multiple large-scale protests, most recently in June when a massive march against a controversial extradition bill took place.\n\nChina promised Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy within the \"one country, two systems\" framework, but many now worry the city's political freedom is tumbling due to Beijing's tightened grip.\n\nThe political tensions have permeated interactions between mainlanders and Hong Kong people, even across the Pacific at American campuses.\n\nThree days after Hui's article was published, three mainland Chinese students at Emerson penned a letter of response in the student newspaper, the Berkley Beacon.\n\nIt is globally and legally agreed that Hong Kong is a part of China, they wrote. The three co-authors turned down the BBC's interview request.\n\nXinyan Fu, one of the three Chinese students, wrote in a public Facebook post that they respect Hui's political views and freedom of speech, but think her article is factually flawed.\n\nFu called for her fellow classmates to refrain from personal attacks, but that did not seem to work. Under Fu's post, one commenter wrote: \"Shame on you.\"\n\nHui says she welcomes rational and respectful debate through the student paper. She insists her article did not argue Hong Kong is not part of China. Instead, it is about her \"Hongkonger\" identity. It's personal and should not be amended by others.\n\nThough Hong Kong is legally Chinese territory, Hong Kong citizens have diverse self-identities.\n\nAccording to a poll conducted by the Public Opinion Programme of The University of Hong Kong in December 2018, 15.1% of Hong Kong people identified as Chinese, in contrast to 40% as Hongkonger. 43.2% of them said they have mixed identity, Hongkonger in China, or Chinese in Hong Kong.\n\nA protester and Umbrella Movement supporter in Hong Kong on 21 June\n\nIn the 18 to 29 age group, merely 4.1% Hong Kong people identified themselves as Chinese, while 59.2% of them said they are Hongkonger, Hui included.\n\nA mainland classmate agrees with her view, yet this person did not voice support publicly, fearing backlash from other mainland students, Hui says. The Chinese student who threatened to \"execute\" Hui was reported to the school, but Hui is unaware of any disciplinary actions taken by the college.\n\nIn a statement provided to the BBC, Emerson College said it is deeply committed to fostering a respectful exchange of diverse viewpoints and perspectives.\n\nInternational students account for 16% among the college's student body, with most of them coming from mainland China and Taiwan.\n\nIn June, when an estimated one million Hong Kong people took to the streets, most American colleges were on summer break. The quarrel between Hui and her mainland Chinese classmates was put on hold.\n\nHui moved her battlefield off campus. She co-organised and attended demonstrations in the US in support of the Hong Kong protesters.\n\nIn a demonstration in New York, she wore a black T-shirt with \"I am a Hongkonger\" written in English and Chinese. \"Protect Hong Kong!\" She led the crowd to chant.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protests returned to Hong Kong streets following the suspension of the extradition bill\n\nFor some Hong Kong students in the US, the anti-extradition protests became an opportunity for open discussions with mainlanders.\n\nKenneth Tsui, a Hong Kong student at Maryland University, lives with a roommate from mainland China who after seeing the protests was asking Tsui questions about it. He and his Chinese classmates are used to debates in American classrooms, Tsui says, therefore even if they fail to convince each other, they usually agree to disagree.\n\nDuring the protests, Kaze Wong, a Hong Kong student at Johns Hopkins University, announced his support through emails and social media. He got a plethora of responses from mainlanders, most of whom wanted to learn about the protesters' perspectives, says Wong.\n\nOne of Wong's mainland Chinese friends at Johns Hopkins, Andre Wang, offered to help spread the word.\n\nA protester at an anti-extradition rally in New York\n\n\"To me, Hong Kong represents hope. It shows me an alternative of ethnic Chinese society. Perhaps one day the mainland can be free like Hong Kong,\" says Wang, who retweeted protest photos on Sina Weibo, an equivalent of Twitter in China. The posts were soon deleted.\n\nWang is supportive of the anti-extradition movement, but he says many Chinese students are indifferent because they were taught to go \"numb\" to politics and just accept what it is.\n\nThe unpleasant exchanges experienced by Hui are hardly unexpected, Kaze Wong says. \"The young generations in Hong Kong and mainland China have very different self-identities.\"\n\nBoth Wong and Kenneth Tsui have friendly interactions with their mainland friends. They frequently share meals, plan grocery trips and work in the labs together. Yet both Wong and Tsui identify themselves as \"Hongkonger\".\n\n\"I always introduce myself as a Hongkonger,\" Wong says, \"If someone says I am from China, I'll go the extra mile to explain 'one country, two systems' to them.\"\n\nHui's column speaks the mind of many young Hong Kong people born in the 1990s or after, Wong says.\n\nProtesters hold up their mobile phones outside the police headquarters in Hong Kong on 21 June\n\nAt the year of handover, they were very young or not yet born. After witnessing first-hand and participating in waves of social movements against Beijing, their Hongkonger identity has grown stronger and stronger, says Wong.\n\nIn June, Wong and Tsui attended an anti-extradition demonstration in Washington DC, one of many gatherings taking place overseas in solidarity with the Hong Kong protesters. Afterwards, participants posed for photos in front of the White House. Wong noticed some, probably from mainland China, quietly walked out of the frame.\n\nEven thousands of miles away in the US, protesting against Beijing can be much too risky for the Chinese.", "The success of Scotland's capital city is obvious but does it spread to all the country?\n\nThe city of Edinburgh is no place to judge the success or otherwise of 20 years of devolved government.\n\nIts transformation is obvious. The streets of Scotland's capital teem with energy. The city centre is a forest of cranes as a vast new mixed-use development replaces the unlovely old concrete of the St James Shopping Centre. This is a prosperous, open city of many languages and a booming economy.\n\nSo I went instead to the corner of Scotland where I grew up, to get a sense of what the Scottish Parliament looks like from there.\n\nI spent my high school years at Stranraer Academy, which was then one of the biggest comprehensive schools in the country. Galloway was - and remains - a fine place to raise a family but it felt, 40 years ago, like a long way from anywhere and very distant indeed from any centre of power.\n\nHas the return of political power from Westminster to Edinburgh changed anything here?\n\nAllan returned to his old school to talk to Stranraer Academy pupils\n\nNot if you ask today's Stranraer Academy school kids. \"We feel like lower class citizens\" one of them told me. \"Edinburgh and Glasgow are the higher class in Scotland\".\n\nI asked whether they got the educational opportunities they wanted. \"They used to teach French, German and Spanish here\", one girl said. \"Now we can only study French and even then there are only two French teachers [for a school with nearly 1,000 pupils]\".\n\nI asked for a show of hands among the dozen or so senior-school kids I was sitting with. How many of you expect to have to leave this area when you turn 18? Every hand except two went up instantly.\n\nPlaces like Stranraer can still feel a long way from the seat of power\n\nForty years after I left here, what you might call peripheral Scotland still feels a long way from the centre political power. The birth of the Scottish Parliament doesn't seem to have done much to narrow the perceived gap.\n\nJames Mitchell, professor of politics at Edinburgh University, says: \"The same argument that was always applied for having a Scottish Parliament - that Scotland was distinct and different - equally applies at the local level.\n\n\"The local authorities and communities are diverse with different interests, different priorities.\n\n\"We stand out in comparative European terms as one of the most centralised places in Europe.\"\n\nScotland's first First Minister Donald Dewar and Presiding Officer Sir David Steel arriving for the opening the new Scottish Parliament on 1 July 1999\n\nScotland's inaugural First Minister Donald Dewar said 20 years ago - at the opening of the country's first parliament in nearly 300 years - that \"this is about more than our politics and our laws - this is about who we are, how we carry ourselves\".\n\nDewar died only 15 months after giving what probably remains the best speech ever delivered in the new parliament. But had he lived, he would scarcely recognise today's political landscape.\n\nHis own party, Labour, is a shadow of its old self. It had won every election in Scotland for nearly half a century. Then, 10 years after it created the Scottish Parliament, Labour collapsed. This year, it came fifth - (yes, fifth)- in the European elections with less than 10% of the popular vote in Scotland.\n\nThe party that fought tooth and nail to oppose the very existence of the parliament - the Conservatives - have paradoxically been revived by it. They - under the leadership of Ruth Davidson - are now the second largest party.\n\nBut it's the SNP whose fortunes have been most radically transformed. Labour adopted devolution in the 1970s and 1980s partly in response to the electoral threat the SNP was beginning to pose. Famously, as the Labour Defence Secretary George Robertson put it, a Scottish Parliament was what would \"kill nationalism stone dead\".\n\nIt is the SNP whose fortunes have been most radically transformed by 20 years of devolution\n\nInstead, the SNP, which won power in 2007 and has held it ever since. It also led Scotland to within five percentage points of independence in the referendum of 2014.\n\nForty years ago, as a first year student at Edinburgh University, I voted for the first time. The occasion was the 1979 devolution referendum. Scotland returned a small majority in favour of a devolved assembly, but the number fell short of the high bar set by the Labour government in London, which required at least 40% of all registered voters to vote in favour. Scotland, then, could not muster sufficient enthusiasm to cross that threshold.\n\nThe 18 years of Conservative government after 1979 changed Scottish public opinion profoundly. The more Mrs Thatcher and, later, John Major ruled out a referendum on devolution, the more popular support for it grew. By 1997 there was a rock solid pro-devolution consensus in Scottish society. Scotland voted for it by a majority of three to one.\n\nThe new Scottish Parliament was seen as a way of bringing power home, says Allan Little\n\nScots saw the new parliament not just as a way of bringing power home but also as a way of blocking policies that had majority support in Westminster but which were unpopular in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament, for example, blocked university tuition fees and it dropped prescription charges. The Scottish government declined to lift the threshold for entering the higher rate income tax bracket when Westminster did that for the rest of the UK.\n\nAre we at a similar crossroads now, another 1979?\n\nThere is certainly a new danger for those who want to keep Scotland in the UK, a danger openly acknowledged by both Ruth Davidson and Gordon Brown, both passionately pro-Union Scots: Brexit.\n\nScotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU but will have to leave anyway.\n\nScotland did not vote for Mrs Thatcher but went through the profound changes she pursued nonetheless. The more Mrs Thatcher set her face against devolution the more the Scots demanded it. The Scottish Parliament grew, in part, out of that experience.\n\nSimilarly, Brexit, rejected by Scotland, has the potential to forge a similar shift in public opinion in Scotland. And each time I hear a contender for the leadership of the Conservative Party declare that they will \"not allow\" another referendum on independence, I hear the distant echo of the 1980s, and sense a further strain on the bonds holding this old Union together.\n\nAllan Little's Children of the Devolution is on BBC Scotland on 2 July at 22:00 and on the iPlayer\n• None Scotland and Britain 'cannot be mistaken for each other'", "US President Donald Trump has met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), an area that divides the two Koreas.\n\nMr Trump became the first sitting US president to step foot in North Korea after crossing the demarcation line.\n\nMr Kim said their meeting was a symbol of their \"excellent\" friendship. Mr Trump said it was a \"great day for the world\".\n\nMr Trump invited Mr Kim to meet him at the DMZ on Twitter. Mr Trump said had the North Korean leader not turned up, \"the press was going to make me look very bad.\"\n\nSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in joined Mr Kim and Mr Trump at the DMZ. Mr Moon said 80m people on the Korean Peninsula had been given hope on denuclearisation and peace.\n\nThe two leaders were only due to meet for a short time, but ended up speaking for around an hour. In a news conference, Mr Trump confirmed that he had invited Mr Kim to the White House but nothing has been formally arranged.\n\nIn South Korea, people watched the meeting on television screens.\n\nWhite House advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were also part of the group visiting the DMZ. Ms Trump described the event as \"surreal\".\n\nAhead of the meeting, Mr Trump and Mr Moon visited a nearby observation post.\n\nMr Trump's business suit was in contrast to his predecessor Barack Obama who wore a bomber jacket and binoculars - and may have been intended to send a different message about the visit.\n\nAfter his talks with Mr Kim, the US president flew by helicopter to address military personnel stationed in South Korea in Osan Air Base, south of Seoul. He told them stepping into North Korea had been \"a historic moment and a very good moment\".", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nFifteen-year-old American qualifier Cori Gauff caused a stunning upset by defeating five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round.\n\nFellow American Williams had won four Grand Slam titles - including two at Wimbledon - before Gauff was born.\n\n\"It's the first time I have ever cried after winning a match,\" said Gauff, who previously said Venus and sister Serena were her \"idols\".\n\n\"I don't know how to explain how I feel.\n\n\"I definitely had to tell myself to stay calm, I had to remind myself that the lines are the same lines, the courts are the same size and after every point I told myself 'stay calm'.\"\n• None Edmund & Watson through to round two\n\nGauff will play Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova - 15 years her senior - in the second round.\n\nWilliams turned professional 10 years before her opponent was born, with Gauff being the youngest player to qualify for the main Wimbledon draw since the Open era began in 1968.\n\nShe previously said the Williams sisters inspired her to first pick up a tennis racquet.\n\n\"Venus told me congratulations and keep going, she said good luck and I told her thanks for everything she did,\" Gauff added.\n\n\"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her - I told her she was so inspiring and I've always wanted to tell her that but I've never had the guts to before.\n\n\"My parents will be super happy, my dad was jumping up every time I won a point. I'm so happy they spent all their time on me and my brothers and making sure we're successful.\n\n\"I never thought this would happen. I'm literally living my dream right now.\n\n\"I'm really happy Wimbledon gave me the chance to play, I never thought I would get this far.\"\n\n'The sky's the limit' - a debut to remember\n\nIn a sharp introduction to the Wimbledon stage, Gauff initially struggled to return Williams' serve but she soon impressed with big serves of her own.\n\nGauff, who won the French Open junior title last year, went a break up on Williams for 3-2 in the first set, proving a solid wall that her veteran opponent simply couldn't break down, hitting only two unforced errors throughout the set.\n\nAfter sealing the set in 35 minutes, she went a break up in the second after Williams double-faulted, only to do the same herself on her own serve as Williams looked to claw back.\n\nShe went on to scupper three match points before Williams created a break point, but she failed to capitalise on the chance as Gauff clinched a memorable win on the fourth time of asking.\n\nIt marks only the second time Williams has been beaten in the first round at Wimbledon since her 1997 debut.\n\nAsked about Gauff's future, Williams said: \"I think the sky's the limit, it really is.\n\n\"She did everything well today. She put the ball in the court, which was much better than I did. She served well, moved well. It was a great match for her.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Boris Johnson's leadership team have promised \"no change\" to how Scottish government funding is calculated if he becomes prime minister.\n\nJeremy Hunt had already pledged to \"maintain\" what's known as the Barnett formula, and had challenged his rival to match his commitment.\n\nAt one point he claimed it amounted to a multi-billion pound \"present\" from English taxpayers to Scotland.\n\nOne Hunt supporter, John Lamont MP, welcomed what he said appeared to be a \"U-turn\" by Mr Johnson.\n\nMr Hunt and Mr Johnson are competing against each other to become the next Conservative leader.\n\nThe Barnett formula is used to share funds across the UK with allocations for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland linked to their populations and any changes in spending in areas such as health and education in England.\n\nIt's controversial because levels of public spending per head are higher in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales than they are in England.\n\nMr Johnson, a former London mayor, has been a persistent critic. In 2014, he said the then prime minister, David Cameron, had made a \"slightly reckless promise\" to retain it.\n\nJeremy Hunt had challenged Mr Johnson to match his commitment\n\nHe had previously described the system as being of \"amazing political antiquity\" and producing \"inequitable outcomes\".\n\nThe SNP were among those expecting Boris Johnson to review funding arrangements for the devolved governments if he became prime minister.\n\nMSP Tom Arthur said: \"With the hard right-wing of the Tory party threatening to axe the Barnett formula and slaughter Scotland's public services it's time to take our future into our own hands.\"\n\nBut Boris Johnson's campaign has indicated that the system will stay the same if he replaces Theresa May in Number 10.\n\nA campaign source said: \"There'll be no change to the Barnett formula if Boris wins the leadership of the Conservative and Unionist Party and becomes prime minister.\n\n\"For the SNP to suggest otherwise shows a hitherto unseen level of desperation and underlines just how much they would fear a Conservative and Unionist Party led by Boris.\"\n\nThe Hunt campaign had also questioned Mr Johnson's commitment to existing funding arrangements.\n\nConservative MP John Lamont MP, who is a prominent supporter of Mr Hunt, said: \"I'm pleased that despite what Mr Johnson has said in the past about reviewing the special funding arrangements for Scotland, he has now apparently u-turned on this policy.\n\n\"Jeremy Hunt has always been clear that he supports the continuation of the Barnett formula, no if, buts or U-turns.\"", "In a tiny room on the edge of a nondescript building complex sits an unlikely participant in Hong Kong's protest movement. Behind his laptop computer, Tony (not his real name) monitors scores of groups on private messaging app Telegram and online forums.\n\nOrganisers say volunteers like Tony are running hundreds of Telegram groups that are powering Hong Kong's protest turned civil disobedience campaign. They claim that more than two million people have taken to the streets in recent weeks to express opposition to a controversial extradition law.\n\nHong Kong has experienced a series of mass rallies against the proposed law, which critics fear could spell an end to its judicial independence. Protestors expect a large turnout on 1 July, the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.\n\nMany of the calls to protest are made anonymously, on message boards and in group chats on encrypted messaging apps.\n\nSome groups have up to 70,000 active subscribers, representing about 1% of Hong Kong's entire population. Many provide updates and first-hand reports relating to the protests, while others act as a crowdsourced lookout for police, warning protestors of nearby activity.\n\nThere are also smaller groups made up of lawyers, first aiders and medics. They provide legal advice and get supplies to protesters on the front lines.\n\nDemonstrators say the online co-ordination of protests offers a convenient and instant way to disseminate information. The chat groups also let participants vote - in real time - to decide the next moves.\n\nVotes are held in anonymous Telegram groups. In this one, 61% voted to \"return\" and 39% said \"police station\"\n\n\"They tend to only work when the choices are few or obvious. They do work when the situation lends itself to a black and white vote,\" Tony explains.\n\nOn the evening of 21 June, close to 4,000 protesters voted in a Telegram group to determine whether the crowd would return home in the evening or continue to protest outside Hong Kong's police headquarters. Only 39% voted to take the protests to the police headquarters - but there was still a six-hour siege of the building. Other apps and services have also helped the protesters organise their activity.\n\nIn public areas, posters and banners advertising forthcoming events are spread over Airdrop, which lets people share files with nearby iPhones and iPads.\n\nThis week, a group of anonymous activists raised more than half a million dollars on a crowdfunding website. They plan to place advertisements in international newspapers calling for Hong Kong's extradition bill to be discussed at the G20 summit. The demonstrators say technology has made this a leaderless protest movement.\n\n\"The deeper cause is a result of the distrust towards the authorities,\" said Prof Edmund Cheng, from Hong Kong Baptist University. \"Many protest leaders in the Umbrella Movement have been prosecuted and imprisoned,\" he said, referring to pro-democracy protests in 2014.\n\nIn April this year, nine leaders of those protests were found guilty of inciting others to cause a public nuisance.\n\n\"There are several potential charges you could be facing if you were to participate with an obvious organised movement or protest,\" says Tony.\n\nMany of Hong Kong's protesters go to great lengths to avoid leaving a digital footprint.\n\n\"We are just using cash, we don't even use ATMs during the protest,\" says Johnny, a 25-year old who has been attending demonstrations with his partner.\n\nHe uses an old mobile phone and fresh Sim card each time he attends a protest.\n\nAnother group administrator - who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals - said some people use multiple accounts to hide their online footprint.\n\n\"Some of us have three or four phones, an iPad, desktops and notebooks. One person can control five or six accounts. People won't know they are the same person and also multiple people use one account,\" they told the BBC.\n\nTony believes that decision-making via group votes could protect individuals from charges. He argues chat group administrators have no affiliation to political parties and have no control over what members post in their groups.\n\n\"The government is not going to arrest every single participant in this movement. It is not feasible to do so,\" he says.\n\nBut he recognises that law enforcement may pursue other avenues.\n\n\"They will pick influential targets or opinion leaders and make an example of them so that they could warn off the other participants.\"\n\nOn 12 June, one administrator of a Telegram group was arrested for allegedly conspiring with others to storm Hong Kong's law-making complex and barricade the surrounding roads.\n\n\"They want to let others know that even if you hide on the internet they may still come to arrest you in your home,\" said Bond Ng, a Hong Kong lawyer who represents several arrested protesters.", "Linthorpe Road is a main through route in the town\n\nIn Middlesbrough, a bag of heroin can cost as little as £5. It is not the only town in England to see problems with the drug and homelessness. BBC Tees reporter Adam Clarkson spent an evening on the streets with people who wanted to tell their stories.\n\n\"You want hardcore? I'll show you hardcore.\"\n\nLongshank is 46 years old. That's not his real name but how he wants to be referred to. He's homeless and has promised to \"show me the ropes\". About five years ago, he found himself sleeping rough. He had struggled with alcohol addiction for years, but said it was the death of his wife that saw his life spiral out of control.\n\n\"She was my partner in crime, the best thing that ever happened to me. I was with her 31 years. It broke my heart,\" he said.\n\nHe's drinking a two-litre bottle of cider when we meet. He drinks at least one every day.\n\n\"I get wrecked just to get numb. I can't face the music,\" he adds, \"But life has to go on.\"\n\nHe describes his life as \"horrendous\".\n\nDiscarded needles and syringes are easy to find\n\nTwo days ago, somebody threw a bucket of urine at him.\n\n\"It was in the middle of Linthorpe Road. I was just sat there. They swilled me. You wouldn't believe it. I've never been so humiliated.\"\n\nWe walk to the same spot when a drunk man, who is known to Longshank, becomes aggressive towards me. Things become heated, but calm down as the man bursts into tears. He says he and his partner recently lost a baby, and are facing the prospect of becoming homeless.\n\nEvidence of drug use can be found in many back streets\n\nI am told that arguments and violence \"come with the territory\".\n\nLongshank then shows me \"the bedroom department\" - a sheltered car park behind a restaurant, where many rough sleepers congregate. This is where I meet a 22-year-old who introduces himself as Little Man. Little Man says he has been using heroin since the age of 12.\n\n\"It's upsetting. I didn't have to go down this route. It breaks my heart, I could do more with my life. There's guaranteed to be a drug dealer within 100ft,\" Little Man says.\n\nThe bins where homeless people sometimes sleep\n\nI watch as Little Man, Longshank and a number of others pass around a bag of heroin. The powder is melted, mixed with vinegar and put into a syringe.\n\nOne man injects himself in his groin.\n\nTom Le Ruez, Middlesbrough Council's drug-related deaths co-ordinator, says mixing vinegar is \"not a particularly good idea\".\n\n\"It isn't advised that people inject at all, but injecting in environments like dark alleys increases the risk that people will damage their veins.\"\n\nA bag of heroin costs as little as £5, I am told. Little Man says it's very easy to find. A member of staff comes out of the back door of the restaurant. She tells me Longshank is \"no bother\", but other people are known to start fires and defecate behind their bins.\n\nPeople on the streets try to find shelter where they can\n\nThree men arrive and ask if anybody wants to buy drugs. The atmosphere becomes tense when they realise I'm a journalist. Longshank says we need to leave, so we go back to Linthorpe Road. Longshank tells me he was given a flat by the local authority, but it was taken off him when he chose to sleep rough instead.\n\n\"I had appointments the next morning at the other side of town. I couldn't walk all that way to walk back again; there's no method in the madness.\"\n\nI ask Longshank if he's using that as an excuse. He tells me it's possible he is.\n\n\"I'd miss all of these guys. It's not all doom and gloom, you know? We have a giggle. The streets are addictive, it is an addiction. It's worse than a drug.\"\n\nIn 2018, the North East saw the second biggest rise in rough sleepers, with a 29% increase. Despite this, the wider region has had the lowest number of rough sleepers in the country since the government began collecting data with an \"annual single-night snapshot\" in 2010. But Tracy Guy from Shelter said the true scale of homelessness in the North East is \"largely hidden from view\" as people are \"trapped in temporary accommodation or sofa-surfing with friends and family\".\n\nLittle Mix, The 1975 and Miley Cyrus performed in the town for Radio 1's Big Weekend\n\nAccording to Middlesbrough Council, there are 11 rough sleepers in the town. That number has risen every year since 2016.\n\nThe town has seen drug-related mental health hospital admissions rise from 16 per 100,000 people in 2013-14 to 43 in 2016-17.\n\nDebbie Cochrane, Middlesbrough Council's homeless lead, says help is offered to them every week.\n\n\"If they say no, that's fine,\" she says, \"but it doesn't mean we're going to stop trying because one week they might say 'I don't want to live like this any more' and that's when they would be welcomed with open arms.\n\n\"That's their life and we're not here to judge. It's not up to us to say 'that's wrong'. If that's how they want to live then that's fine, but the opportunity is there to break away - if that's what they want to do.\"\n\nLongshank and I part ways. I go home, and he continues the cycle of begging, buying drugs and using them.\n\n\"Every day, it's the same\" he says. \"It's like space invaders. It's a game.\"", "The star's set included hits like Spinning Around, Shocked, Confide In Me and I Should Be So Lucky\n\nKylie Minogue blinked back tears as she finally got to play Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage, 14 years after cancer forced her to cancel a headline slot.\n\n\"In 2005 I was meant to be here,\" she told the crowd. \"Circumstances meant that I did not make it.\"\n\nAs fans chanted her name, she became emotional and had to compose herself before describing how she'd eventually watched the 2005 festival from afar.\n\n\"I wished things were different - but life is what it is,\" she said.\n\n\"We're all here in this moment.\"\n\nThe crowd welcomed her back to Worthy Farm with open arms, singing in unison to hits like I Should Be So Lucky, Especially For You and Kids, and cheering as she shot pride-coloured confetti into the air.\n\n\"Do I even need to sing?\" the singer asked during I Should Be So Lucky, her face lit up in a million-watt smile.\n\nThere were guest appearances from Chris Martin on a flamenco-tinged Can't Get You Out Of My Head and Nick Cave, for the gothic murder ballad Wild Rose.\n\nIn an intense, sexually-charged performance, they locked eyes throughout, slowly moving closer until they ended up in each other's arms, Kylie singing the final lines with her head pressed to his chest.\n\nShe later paid tribute to Glastonbury's spiritual godfather, by mashing up Slow with David Bowie's Fashion.\n\nStars held roses aloft as she duetted with Cave\n\nBut it was the pop classics that really got the crowd moving. Who'd have guessed in 1990 that, 29 years later, Better The Devil You Know would eventually become one of Glastonbury's biggest songs?\n\nNot Kylie - who for a long time shunned the bubblegum pop of her early albums. But in recent years, she's embraced the kitsch pleasures of tracks like Locomotion (mixed here with Donna Summer's Bad Girls) and Je Ne Sais Pas Pourqois.\n\nFestival-goers eagerly came along for the ride, although they seemed to know recent hits like All The Lovers better than 90s classics Shocked and Hand On Your Heart.\n\nThey even cheered her costume changes - four in all, from the white flared trouser suit of her opening number, to the shimmering gold dress and vertiginous heels she wore for the encore.\n\n\"Just so you know, I've never seen so many people in my entire life,\" said the star, pausing to survey the fans who'd congregated at the Pyramid Stage.\n\nYou and the rest of us, Kylie.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Kardashian West's new range is due to be launched this month\n\nKim Kardashian West is to change the brand name for her latest fashion line following accusations of cultural appropriation.\n\nSome Japanese people on social media complained that the trademarked brand, Kimono Intimates - a play on her name - disrespected traditional clothing.\n\nKardashian West initially defended the name in The New York Times last week, saying she wouldn't change it.\n\nBut on Tuesday, she said she would be announcing a new name in due course.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by kimkardashian This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe reality show star-turned-designer posted on Instagram: \"I am always listening, learning and growing... When I announced the name of my shapewear line, I did so with the best intentions in mind.\"\n\nKimonos are sometimes passed down through families\n\nShe added: \"After careful thought and consideration, I will be launching my Solutionwear brand under a new name.\"\n\nThe kimono, a loose long-sleeved Japanese robe, dates back to the 16th Century.\n\nAccording to the Victoria & Albert Museum, \"the kimono became the principal item of dress for all classes and sexes in Japan from the 16th Century and is still a symbol of Japanese culture\".\n\nOne Japanese woman, Yuka Ohishi, told the BBC last week: \"We wear kimonos to celebrate health, growth of children, engagements, marriages, graduations, at funerals. It's celebratory wear and passed on in families through the generations.\n\n\"[This] shapewear doesn't even resemble a kimono - she just chose a word that has Kim in it - there's no respect to what the garment actually means in our culture.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The couple met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013\n\nCountdown star Rachel Riley has married former Strictly Come Dancing professional Pasha Kovalev.\n\nRiley posted a picture on Instagram of the pair with the caption: \"Introducing the new Mr and Mrs Kovalev.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rachel Riley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe couple married on Friday, according to records from Clark County, the area of Nevada in the US that includes Las Vegas.\n\nRiley also used Instagram in May to reveal she and her now husband are expecting a baby in December.\n\nRiley, who describes herself as \"a proud maths geek\", and Russian dancer Kovalev, have been together since 2014 after they were partnered in the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing.\n\nEarlier this year, Kovalev announced he was leaving Strictly after eight years on the show.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Rachel and Pasha are having a baby", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe chancellor has called on Tory leadership candidates to \"stop and think\" about their spending promises.\n\nBoth Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have announced a raft of policies during the contest, including cutting taxes and increasing spending on public services.\n\nBut Philip Hammond said they needed to \"be honest\" as the policies \"greatly exceed\" the Treasury's coffers.\n\nHe also said available money would be needed to support the UK economy in the case of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nAsked by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg if the candidates were being honest with the electorate, he said: \"I think they need to be very careful about setting out these ambitions and being clear about the consequences of them.\"\n\nThe warning comes after Mr Hunt said he would decide by the end of September whether there was a \"realistic chance\" of reaching a new deal with the EU were he to become PM.\n\nThe foreign secretary said he would deliver a provisional \"no-deal Brexit budget\" in early September, but abandon talks at the end of the month if there was no \"immediate prospect\" of progress - instead moving to a no-deal footing.\n\nHis rival Boris Johnson has vowed to leave \"come what may\" by 31 October.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Monday, Mr Johnson said it was important to have a \"hard deadline\" for leaving, adding that previous no-deal preparations had \"sagged back down\" after exit dates were not met.\n\nThe Conservative Party's 160,000 members will begin voting next week and Theresa May's successor is expected to be announced on 23 July.\n\nMr Hammond said the Treasury had \"built up fiscal headroom to protect against the cost of a no-deal Brexit\" and that money could be released \"if we have a smooth Brexit with a transition period in an orderly way\".\n\nBut he said the current proposals on the table from Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson would already require increased borrowing beyond the government cap, or spending cuts or tax rises elsewhere - even without a no-deal Brexit-shaped \"hole\" in the public finances.\n\nJeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have been busy spraying around hypothetical cash - whether on defence, on care for the elderly, on schools, for more police, the list goes on.\n\nIt is not politically surprising that they both want to signal they would turn on the spending taps a bit after a long, long period of cuts. But one of their erstwhile colleagues seems to have had enough.\n\nAfter making some carefully crafted warnings in the last couple of weeks, Chancellor Philip Hammond has tried to call a halt, telling the BBC that both of the candidates have to resist the temptation of a bidding war, worrying that the party's reputation is at risk too.\n\nMr Hammond told me the candidates needed to \"stop and think\". And that by his calculation, both of the candidates' plans \"greatly exceeds\" the amount of wriggle room they will inherit from No 11 if they are lucky enough to be the one that moves in next door.\n\nMr Hammond also said the headroom wasn't \"a pot of money sitting in the Treasury\", but a way of borrowing more without breaching government limits.\n\n\"Whether it is a leadership competition or a general election, there is always a temptation to get into a bidding war about spending more and cutting taxes,\" he said.\n\n\"But you can't do both, and if we're not careful, all we end up doing is borrowing more, spending more on interest, instead of on our schools, hospitals and our police, and delivering a bigger burden of debt to our children and grandchildren.\"\n\nHe said the candidates' policies were \"sensible and interesting ideas\", but said the government had \"built up a reputation for fiscal responsibility... and it is very important we don't throw that away\".\n\n\"We have to live within our means and people have to be honest about the consequences of either spending more money or of cutting taxes that will have implications for borrowing or spending elsewhere,\" he added.\n\nCabinet Office Minister David Lidington has also warned the candidates about their spending promises, saying they had to \"raise the money honestly from somewhere\".\n\nThe de-facto deputy prime minister said: \"While in a short term crisis you can ease up on the borrowing, money borrowed has to be repaid by the next generation with interest - so you shouldn't take on extra borrowing lightly, nor should we be wanting to impose more taxes on people already working very hard.\n\nHe said the \"stewardship\" of Mr Hammond meant \"money is available\" to \"cushion the impact\" of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nBut, he added: \"I don't think any of us should pretend that no-deal would be easy even with the most meticulous and thorough planning.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Hunt: Who is the Conservative leadership contender?\n\nMr Hunt has said he wants to negotiate a new deal with the EU and would be building a team to create an \"alternative exit deal\" to be published by the end of August.\n\nHe would then engage with other EU leaders, but keep up preparations at home for a no-deal Brexit.\n\nBut BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the timeline Mr Hunt was setting out was very tight - especially given the notice the government's fiscal watchdog, the OBR, usually needs to prepare for a Budget.\n\nEarlier, one of Mr Johnson's leading backers, Health Secretary Matt Hancock, told the Times the days of public sector \"pay freezes\" under Theresa May and David Cameron would be over if Mr Johnson was elected.\n\nBut during a campaign visit in Kent on Monday, Mr Johnson declined to make a detailed pledge on public sector pay, saying only that remuneration should be \"decent\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC political correspondent Chris Mason's guide to the political life of Boris Johnson\n\nA no-deal exit on 31 October remains the default position in UK law after MPs rejected the deal Mrs May had agreed with Brussels three times.\n\nIf that does happen, the UK will automatically begin trading with the EU under the basic World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.\n\nUnder these rules, the tariffs - the taxes on imported and exported goods - will be different to what the UK currently trades under.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nTop seed Novak Djokovic started his defence of the Wimbledon men's title by beating Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in straight sets as the pair opened up the tournament on Centre Court.\n\nInside the 15,000-seater arena, the 32-year-old Serb was never in serious trouble during a 6-3 7-5 6-3 win.\n\nDjokovic is aiming for a fifth Wimbledon title and a 16th Grand Slam.\n\nThe world number one will play American Denis Kudla, who beat Tunisian Malek Jaziri, in the second round.\n• None Live TV, radio and text from Wimbledon day one\n• None Seeds Zverev and Tsitsipas out on day one\n• None GB's Watson through to the second round\n\nTradition dictates the defending men's champion opens up the play on Centre Court on Monday, with four-time champion Djokovic earning that honour again after beating South Africa's Kevin Anderson on the same court 12 months ago.\n\nAs usual, anticipation crackled in the Centre Court air during the final moments before the players arrived, as those fortunate enough to have tickets for one of the nation's greatest sporting events - and sit in the pleasant SW19 sunshine - waited in excitement.\n\nThe noise ramped up to another level when Djokovic and Kohlschreiber strode out, followed by titters of amazement when the Serb opened with a double fault.\n\nThat led to Djokovic dropping his serve, accompanied by more gasps and murmurs, only for him to immediately break back and take control of the opening set.\n\nWith Goran Ivanisevic, a surprise new addition to Djokovic's coaching team, watching him alongside main coach Marian Vajda, the second set followed a similar pattern.\n\nThe 15-time major champion saw his opening serve taken as he trailed 2-0, instantly breaking back and restoring parity as Kohlschreiber, who beat Djokovic in Indian Wells earlier this year, offered more resistance in a tighter set.\n\nBut the German's level dipped at a crucial moment with some loose shots and allowed Djokovic to break for 6-5 and then serve out for the set.\n\nIn the third, 35-year-old Kohlschreiber again matched an opponent who had beaten him in 10 of their previous 12 encounters, only for Djokovic to find another gear and ruthlessly rattle off the final three games to win in two hours and five minutes.\n\n\"It felt great to be back on Centre Court - it is a sacred court. It has a special place in my heart,\" Djokovic said.\n\n\"Opening rounds are obviously always tricky, especially if you get a quality opponent like Kohlschreiber who has a lot of experience.\n\n\"I know he is capable of playing some quality tennis, especially on grass, he takes the ball early, has a good slice, a quick serve.\n\n\"It was a great test for me. All three sets were close so I worked hard.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Pro-democracy activists stormed the building during a day of protests on the anniversary of Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty to China from Britain.\n\nThe BBC's Nick Beake has been inside to see the damage.", "The S&P 500 index of US stocks has closed at a record high amid signs of progress in US-China trade talks.\n\nThe index closed at 2,964.33, beating 21 June's previous high, with technology stocks driving the rise.\n\nMarket watchers say more optimism around a potential trade deal between the US and China led to the movement.\n\nAnd gold, often seen as a safe asset in times of uncertainty, fell 2% to $1,382 per ounce, the biggest drop since June 2018.\n\nThe Dow Jones closed 0.44% higher at 26,717.43, while the Nasdaq finished 1.1% higher at 8,091.16.\n\nIn Europe, both the UK's FTSE 100 index and Germany's Dax closed 1% higher.\n\n\"We're right back on track,\" US President Donald Trump said after the countries agreed to restart trade talks.\n\n\"Gold tends to do well during times of concern over growth, market volatility or when markets think the powers-that-be are losing control of events,\" said Russ Mould, investment director at stockbroker AJ Bell.\n\n\"A trade deal would deal with all three issues and markets are happy to take the view that a deal is coming. Though it could still be a long time coming, if there is to be one at all.\"\n\nNegotiations between China and the US have dominated market moves for months as positive statements are often followed by extra tariffs, sending stock, currency and commodity markets up and down.\n\nThe latest moves follow a pledge to renew talks between the US and China, an agreement that was reached at the G20 summit in Japan.\n\nUS President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on $300bn of new tariffs on goods and relaxed restrictions on Huawei, while China agreed to make new purchases of US farm equipment.\n\nLast year, the US imposed three rounds of tariffs on more than $250bn worth of Chinese goods. China hit back by imposing tariffs ranging from 5% to 25% on $110bn of US products.\n\nA truce agreed last December collapsed and in May the US raised tariffs on $200bn of Chinese products to 25% from 10%. Again China retaliated with tariff on $60bn of US goods.\n\nThe price of gold is also retreating after gaining 8% in June, with prices exceeding $1,400 per troy ounce.\n\n\"Gold has just had a strong run. Nothing goes up in a straight line,\" said Mr Mould.\n\nWhile it earns no income, like a share or a bond would, gold's indestructible nature and its place in history as a store of value make it attractive to some investors in times of strife.\n\nOther safe-haven assets also declined, including the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc. The dollar rose 0.4% against the yen to 108.26, and advanced 0.7% on the franc to 0.9830 francs.", "Christine and the Queens put on a powerful, theatrical show on The Other Stage\n\nThe Cure might have been headlining the Pyramid Stage, but Glastonbury's final day was all about envelope-pushing pop divas.\n\nBillie Eilish, Janelle Monae and Christine And The Queens played across the site, bringing with them messages of liberation, empowerment and acceptance.\n\nMonae, who headlined the West Holts stage, delivered a potent mix of sex and politics, encouraging the crowd to embrace their sexuality by declaring: \"Say it loud, I'm dirty and proud\".\n\nA field away, Christine and the Queens' Heloise Letissier was also preaching tolerance, pronouncing the Other Stage \"a safe space - because if there's no judgment, then anything can happen\".\n\nBoth artists identify as queer or pansexual - and their placement at the top of the bill felt like an affirmation.\n\n\"I have to say it's quite emotional for me to be here,\" said Letissier, \"because I didn't grow up used to winning. It feels like I'm winning something here and it scares me a little bit.\"\n\nShe revealed that as a child, unsure of how to fit in, she escaped into theatre, where she could dream her own universe into existence.\n\n\"So now, if I want to sing for four minutes and I'm a man, then it's true because I believe it.\n\n\"And that's exactly what I'm going to do,\" she said, launching into iT - a song about how she felt it necessary to adopt masculine characteristics to survive in the music industry.\n\nFor all its political content, Janelle Monae's set felt like a celebration\n\nMonae also discussed her inability to fit in as a \"queer black woman growing up in America\".\n\n\"I almost didn't make it here,\" she said. \"But something told me that we have to spread more love [because] the balance is off.\n\nMonae's set was full of colour and joy, the formerly buttoned-up performer shooting water guns into the audience and letting loose with big, goofy dance moves.\n\nDuring the delirious funk work-out QUEEN she even waggled her tongue like a latter-day Gene Simmons.\n\nLetissier's set was more theatrical, but no less sensual, as she tussled with dancers and ripped open her billowing red shirt.\n\nBut it was her vulnerability as she performed The Walker alone, under a single spotlight that really left an impression.\n\nEarlier on the same stage, teenage newcomer Billie Eilish opened up with her hit single Bad Guy - a song that turns the tables on sexual politics - her every word reflected back by hordes of delirious fans.\n\nThe 17-year-old had been bumped up the bill, having originally been booked for the John Peel Stage, before her career took off at the start of the year.\n\n\"Damn, there's a lot of you,\" she declared, but Eilish was supremely comfortable playing to thousands - even lying flat on her back to sing When I Was Older.\n\nShe was watched from the side of the stage by fashion designer Stella McCartney (who dressed the star in a jumpsuit themed around The Beatles' Yellow Submarine) and festival organiser Emily Eavis, who, on the basis of this performance, could be eyeing Eilish up as a future headliner.\n\nThe one person who wasn't satisfied was Eilish herself. \"There've been a lot of technical issues, which is why I look angry,\" she told the audience before she played Bury A Friend. \"I've been angry the whole show. Thank you for not leaving. You could have.\"\n\nThe line-up of strong female performers on Glastonbury's closing day also included Kylie Minogue, Stefflon Don and Miley Cyrus.\n\nCyrus gave a crowd-pleasing set spliced her own hits with a series of well-judged covers, including Dolly Parton's Jolene, Metallica's Nothing Else Matters, and Amy Winehouse's Back To Black - which she performed with Mark Ronson.\n\nShe also brought out her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, and rapper Lil Nas X to play the viral hit Old Town Road - one of the overall highlights of the festival.\n\nKylie set included hits like Spinning Around, Shocked, Confide In Me and I Should Be So Lucky\n\nImmediately before her, Kylie drew the biggest crowd of the entire weekend for a joyous, emotional set of pure pop.\n\nBut none of this is to denigrate The Cure, whose dreamy, transformative indie pop was the perfect antidote to a weekend of hedonism and heatwaves.\n\nThey drew a massive crowd to the Pyramid Stage and played almost every hit you could ask for, from Pictures Of You, In Between Days and Just Like Heaven.\n\nBut they really pulled out the stops on the thrilling seven-song encore.\n\n\"It's difficult to translate what we do,\" frontman Robert Smith told the crowd as he walked out for the final part of the show, then he stopped himself.\n\n\"Hang on… it isn't that difficult. The next half-hour is Glastonbury.\"\n\nThe Cure played for two-hours in a set that laid to rest the memories of their poorly-received headline slot in 1995\n\nFrom there, they rattled through Lullaby, The Caterpillar, The Walk, Friday I'm In Love, Close To Me and Why Can't I Be You, before finishing on a euphoric Boys Don't Cry.\n\n\"That was good fun,\" said Smith, looking visibly moved. \"Thank you… And see you again.\"\n\nAnd with that, Glastonbury was over for 2019.\n\nThe festival returns next year, when it will mark its 50th anniversary.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was stabbed to death in south London in the early hours of Saturday\n\nA heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed to death has been named as Kelly Mary Fauvrelle.\n\nTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of murdering the 26-year-old, who was pronounced dead at a house in Croydon, south London, early on Saturday.\n\nHer baby was delivered at the scene by paramedics and is in hospital in a critical condition.\n\nPolice said a 29-year-old was in custody and a 37-year-old had been released under investigation.\n\nBoth men were arrested on Saturday. Scotland Yard said it was keeping an \"open mind as to motive\".\n\nDet Ch Insp Mick Norman described it as \"a horrific incident\" and said the force's \"sympathies go out to [the woman's] devastated family\".\n\n\"At the forefront of our inquiries is understanding what exactly has led to these tragic circumstances, and we are doing everything we can to establish the facts.\"\n\nA large crime scene is expected to remain in place for some time, police said\n\nMedics fought to save the mother, who is believed to have been about eight months pregnant, after being called at about 03:30 BST.\n\nAn air ambulance, two ambulance crews and two response cars were sent to the scene by London Ambulance Service.\n\nA cordon is in place around the whole of Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, where the attack happened.\n\nChandra Mutucumarana, who has lived in the street since 1976, said he was \"utterly shocked\" and neighbours were \"upset for her but hopeful for the child\".\n\nChandra Mutucumarana said he was shocked\n\nOne neighbour paid tribute to the victim, describing her as a \"nice girl\", while another said she believed three women lived at the house, along with a small dog.\n\nOne resident, who lives two doors down, said she heard the animal barking when she got up at about 03.30 for prayers and added she was \"shocked and surprised\" to hear about the attack.\n\nForensics teams remain at the house, where officers could be seen swabbing an alleyway running alongside the property, while police officers are on guard at the front.\n\nA post-mortem examination is due to be held.\n\nThe forensic team was seen arriving on Sunday morning\n\nOn Twitter, London mayor Sadiq Khan said: \"Violence against women is endemic in society and devastating murders in the home, like this one, show the scale of the problem we face.\n\n\"My prayers are with this innocent child, and with the mother it has so tragically lost.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nEngland's dreams of reaching their first Women's World Cup final were dashed as Steph Houghton's late penalty was saved in a dramatic semi-final loss to holders the United States.\n\nThe England skipper's 84th-minute spot-kick was held by Alyssa Naeher, shortly before Houghton's fellow centre-back Millie Bright was sent off for a second bookable offence, as the Lionesses exited at the last-four stage for a third major tournament in a row.\n\nWinger Christen Press and striker Alex Morgan scored with headers either side of Ellen White's instinctive equaliser as the USA took a deserved 2-1 lead in a frenetic first half.\n\nA spirited Lionesses side improved after the break and White thought she had equalised with a low strike from Jill Scott's flicked through ball, only to be found to be marginally offside on a video assistant referee (VAR) review.\n\nWhite was then clipped in the area and Phil Neville's side were awarded a penalty after another VAR review.\n\nBut Houghton could not convert from the spot and the wait for a senior England side to reach a first global final since 1966 goes on.\n\nThe USA, who were backed by the majority of the 53,512 crowd in a gripped Stade de Lyon, are through to their third consecutive World Cup final and will now bid for a record fourth title when they face either Sweden or European champions the Netherlands on Sunday.\n\nThose two sides meet on Wednesday, with the losers taking on the Lionesses in Nice in Saturday's third-place play-off.\n\nSo close but yet so far for England\n\nThe Lionesses were the first senior England side to reach the semi-finals of three consecutive major tournaments, after their third-place finish at the 2015 World Cup in Canada and their run to the last four at Euro 2017.\n\nAfter winning the invitational SheBelieves Cup in the USA earlier this year, victories over Scotland, Argentina and Japan saw them top Group D in France, as belief grew that they could win their first major trophy.\n\nConsecutive 3-0 victories over Cameroon and Norway in the knockout stages followed, but Neville's side were unable to play with the same composure on the ball against the confident defending champions.\n\nEngland came under intense pressure in the early stages and may have been slightly relieved to be only 2-1 down at half-time, after the lively Rose Lavelle twice went close for the holders.\n\nEngland had the better of the second 45 minutes and were rewarded with a late chance to level when Becky Sauerbrunn made contact with White's shooting leg when the Manchester City striker was poised to tuck home.\n\nHowever, Houghton's penalty was weak and Naeher saved low to her right - the third spot-kick out of four England have missed in this tournament.\n\nTwo minutes later Bright was dismissed for a second yellow card for a clumsy foul on Morgan.\n\nSome of the devastated England players sank to the ground in despair as the final whistle extended their wait for a first major title.\n\nPre-tournament favourites the USA, who have reached at least the semi-finals of every Women's World Cup, will now contest their fifth final.\n\nAfter narrow 2-1 wins over Spain and hosts France in their past two games, they showed their experience and clever game-management to see out a third consecutive win by the same scoreline.\n\nThey were rampant early on, and led through Press' powerful header, continuing their record of scoring inside the first 12 minutes in all of their games so far in this tournament.\n\nThey had almost netted even earlier, when Lavelle nutmegged Bright in the fourth minute and rounded Demi Stokes, only to see her close-range shot well saved by Carly Telford, who played in goal for England with number one Karen Bardsley out with a knock.\n\nMorgan's sixth goal of this tournament put her level with White again at the top of the standings in the battle for the Golden Boot, after White had turned home Beth Mead's excellent ball from the left to level for England.\n\nHampshire-born coach Jill Ellis' side went through without their star of the previous two matches, winger Megan Rapinoe, who was a surprise late absentee with a hamstring injury.\n\nThroughout this tournament, England head coach Neville - who took charge of the Lionesses in January 2018 - has insisted his side's style is \"non-negotiable\", but he raised eyebrows by tweaking his line-up tactically for Tuesday's semi-final.\n\nRather than playing wide on the right, Lyon winger Nikita Parris was moved to a more central role, playing as a deep striker in something closer to a 4-4-2 formation than the tried-and-trusted 4-2-3-1 that had seen the Lionesses through to the last four.\n\nToni Duggan and Fran Kirby were left out with versatile winger Rachel Daly and Arsenal's Beth Mead coming in to the side to start as wide midfield players. England had a 4-2-4 feel when they were attacking, but Neville's team were frequently overrun in midfield in the first half.\n\nThe introduction of Kirby at number 10 after the break and Parris' switch back out to the wings appeared to propel England back in to the game, as they rallied and saw more of the ball in the USA's half.\n\nUltimately, they remain without a win over the USA in the World Cup, having lost 3-0 in 2007's quarter-finals and being beaten in 10 of their 16 contests overall.\n\nBut the Lionesses have won over millions of new supporters at home, with record television audiences watching their run to the latter stages.\n\nAnd their next major tournament will be on home soil, with 2021's European Championship to be played in England.\n\n'I've moved on from this already' - reaction\n\nEngland boss Phil Neville: \"We'll have to allow 24 to 48 hours for this to sink in and for them to get over this disappointment. Nothing I can say will make them feel better.\n\n\"Elite sport and being on top of the world means that on Saturday in Nice [in the third-place play-off] we have to produce a performance. It will tell me a lot about my players.\n\n\"I've moved on from this already and now I'm looking forward to Saturday's game. I'll see the attitude, commitment of my players. They won't let me down, because they never have.\"\n\nEngland captain Steph Houghton: \"It's hard to put into words. We took one of the best teams in the world all the way. I'm so proud but I'm disappointed with the penalty and the goals we conceded.\n\n\"Ultimately we know that we can beat them and our aim was to win and we didn't do that. I got told today [that I'd be taking any penalty] and I've been practising them a lot and I was confident.\n\n\"I just didn't get a good connection. I'm gutted. I've let the team down. I'm gutted and heartbroken. We were so close but I'm proud of everyone because we gave it everything.\"\n\nUSA boss Jill Ellis: \"I can't even express how proud I am. It was such a great effort from everybody. Everyone stepped up, and that's what this team's about.\n\n\"That was her [Alyssa Naeher's] shining moment. We have one more game. I couldn't be prouder of this group. We have four days this time in between, so that will help.\n\n\"I told them [in a post-match huddle]: 'Stay humble. We've got one more.'\"\n\nEngland off the spot - the stats\n• None USA become the first side to reach three consecutive World Cup finals - they played Japan in 2011 and 2015.\n• None USA set a new World Cup record of 11 successive wins with victory, beating Norway's previous mark of 10 in a row (1995-99).\n• None Steph Houghton is only the second player to miss a penalty in a World Cup semi-final. Both misses have been against USA, also Germany's Celia Sasic in 2015.\n• None England's Millie Bright became the fourth player to be sent off at the World Cup.\n• None Christen Press' opening goal ended England's national record run of 381 minutes without conceding at the tournament.\n• None USA have never lost a World Cup game they have scored first in, winning 36 and drawing four.\n• None Ellen White is only the third player in World Cup history to score in three consecutive knockout games, after Carli Lloyd (2015) and Abby Wambach (2011).\n\nHow has the World Cup inspired you?\n\nWhat impact has the Women's World Cup had on you? Has it inspired someone you know to take up football? Has it sparked an interest in the game you are going to continue into the new season? Let us know here and we will publish the best stories.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.\n• None Carli Lloyd (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Nikita Parris (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Second yellow card to Millie Bright (England) for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Francesca Kirby (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Penalty saved! Stephanie Houghton (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Becky Sauerbrunn (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Delay over. They are ready to continue. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Crowds of people take part in New York Pride march\n\nHundreds of thousands of revellers have thronged the streets of New York for WorldPride, one of the largest LGBT celebrations in the world.\n\nAround 150,000 people took part in the march, 50 years on from the Stonewall riots, with many more watching.\n\nThe riots, after a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, helped to energise the fight for gay equality. This year's march started outside the inn.\n\nIt was billed as the biggest Pride march in history.\n\nLGBT groups held similar marches in other countries to mark the occasion, illustrating the global shift in attitudes towards gay rights.\n\nWorldPride brings together lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people from all over the world to participate in a parade, rally and human rights conference. The event was last held in Lisbon in Portugal in 2017.\n\nThe New York march is the first WorldPride march to be held in the US.\n\nThis year's main parade - around 2.5 miles (4km) long - passed many LGBT landmarks, including the Stonewall National Monument and the New York City Aids memorial.\n\nUp to 150,000 people are expected to take part in the march itself\n\nNew York Mayor Bill DeBlasio was spotted attending the event\n\nNew York Mayor Bill DeBlasio joined the march outside the Stonewall Inn.\n\nA smaller Queer Liberation March and Rally was also held. The organiser, the Reclaim Pride Coalition, says that pride events, including the one in New York, have become too commercialised.\n\nIn a statement, the group said the alternative march was returning \"this event to the people, celebrating our victories and recommitting to fight our current battles\".\n\nThe New York Pride event was due to conclude with the WorldPride closing ceremony featuring performances from musical \"The Prom.\"\n\nSan Francisco, Chicago and Seattle were also hosting their own events.\n\nThis has been a weekend like no other. New York has always been a major destination for LGBT pride festivals - but this weekend's events have been its biggest yet.\n\nThere is a message of inclusion and equality that can be felt across the city, despite the presence of the two duelling pride parades.\n\nThe LGBT community has experienced so much positive change within the past 50 years and today activists are wondering what the next 50 years could bring. However, it is worth remembering that a weekend like this would still not be welcome in several cities in the United States and in many countries across the world.\n\nAmid a sea of rainbow flags - the symbol of the LGBT movement - joyous scenes abounded in New York, with characters as colourful as the costumes.\n\nBut some of those taking part were in a more reflective mood, showing gratitude to those in the LGBT movement whose activism made parades such as this possible.\n\n\"It's hard for us today, but can you even imagine what some of these people went through in the past?,\" Josh Greenblatt, a 25-year-old actor who took part in the march, said.\n\n\"There's no way to thank them other than to express ourselves fully, truly and wholeheartedly, and to lift each other up while we do it.\"\n\nLGBT supporters dance and sing in the street on June 30, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey\n\nAn LGBT rally in the Turkish capital, however, ended with police using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds.\n\nThe Istanbul event had been banned by Turkish authorities for the fifth year running, but several hundred demonstrators showed up anyway.\n\nElsewhere, North Macedonia held its first gay pride march on Saturday, while in Singapore, marchers called for scrapping a law banning gay sex.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Towie's Bobby Norris: People wish cancer on me because I'm gay\n\nMPs have called for \"urgent action\" from the government to fight the rise in online homophobia.\n\nThe Commons debate followed a petition calling for a new law - organised by reality TV star Bobby Norris.\n\nThe Only Way Is Essex cast member said he had been spurred into action by unacceptable abuse directed at him on social media.\n\nThe Home Office has said a range of offences already exist to prosecute hate crimes.\n\nBut it added that it had asked the Law Commission - an independent body that reviews the law in England and Wales - to review whether current hate crime legislation was effective in tackling online and offline abuse.\n\nSpeaking during the debate, Labour's Angela Eagle - who spoke passionately about her own sexuality in Parliament last week - said ministers needed to take steps to tackle the \"growing threat\" and \"increase in violence\" against LGBT people both online and in the real world.\n\nShe said: \"In London, a couple of weeks ago, two gay women were beaten and robbed by five teenagers for refusing to kiss each other on demand.\n\n\"In Southampton, two women kissing in the street were injured by an object thrown at them from a passing car.\n\n\"In Liverpool, two men were stabbed and seriously hurt in a homophobic knife attack and one of those held for the attack was 12 years old.\n\n\"In my view, the government have not reacted firmly enough to prevent this happening. I think our values of respect for diversity in society are now being tested and we must not be found wanting in our defence of them.\"\n\nThe Labour Party's Daniel Zeichner MP, who began the debate, said that laws governing the matter were \"fragmented\" and that politicians had failed to \"get to grips\" with regulation of the social media companies involved.\n\n\"The promotion of this kind of content contributes to an environment where problematic language and ideas are completely normalised, meaning there's a degree of desensitisation,\" he added.\n\n\"We must row back from this and take online homophobia for what its is: hate speech that must not be accepted.\"\n\nEarlier on Monday, Mr Norris said the comments he had received had included, \"I hope you get cancer\" and \"go hang yourself\".\n\n\"I don't think you can ever fully prepare yourself,\" he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme.\n\n\"I hear from some people who don't want to leave their houses because it's got so bad. I've heard of people hurting themselves, unfortunately some people even taking their own lives, it gets that severe.\"\n\nHe added that he thought creating a new law would send out a signal that online abuse linked to a victim's sexual orientation was unacceptable.\n\n\"People feel that little bit more brave when they're sat behind a computer screen or sat on their phone sending messages to people.\n\n\"Some people have specific trolling accounts - sometimes they don't even put a photo on.\n\n\"If we look at how easy it is to set up a social media account, I think people just need to be a little bit more accountable and a little bit more aware of what they are sending.\"\n\nMore than 152,000 people signed Mr Norris's e-petition. That surpassed the 100,000 figure required to have such an appeal considered for debate.\n\nJohn Howell, a Conservative MP, also took part. He described such abuse as being \"utterly cowardly\", since the perpetrators often hid their own identities.\n\nBut he added that it needed to be seen in the context of wider hate crimes, and that MPs should take account of the Law Commission's report due in 2020.\n\n\"The more that we can do to try to keep a check on online [abuse]... and that we take action against it, the healthier we will be,\" he said.\n\n\"This is a very important subject, not just for gay people but for all of us to show our common humanity in this area... and the protection of human rights.\"\n\nLabour's Luke Pollard MP, who is gay, added that more needed to be done to hold the social media companies responsible too.\n\n\"We need to recognise that online hate drives traffic,\" he said.\n\n\"Traffic is the basis of advertising. And advertising is the basis of the economic model for social media companies.\n\n\"So, hate drives profit and we need not to be blind to that.\n\n\"When reporting has been made [the tech firms] need to take that seriously because all too frequently when people report online abuse, it's not actioned by those people at the other end.\"\n\nThe SNP's Martin Docherty-Hughes, who is also a gay MP, added that no political party - including his own - could \"claim a clear conscience on the history of homophobia\".\n\nHe highlighted that the matter was a devolved issue, but that Holyrood was looking at whether it needed to reform its own laws.\n\n\"Crimes against LGBT people in Scotland have risen,\" he remarked.\n\n\"There is no place for complacency and the Scottish government's consultation on hate crime is looking to ensure the legislation is fit for the 21st Century.\"\n\nAccording to a 2017 study commissioned by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights charity Stonewall, one in 10 LGBT people had experienced homophobic, biphobic or transphobic abuse against them personally via the internet in the month prior to being questioned.", "Protesters have been removed from Hong Kong's parliament after an hours-long siege.\n\nPolice fired tear gas into the remaining crowd outside the building as they advanced. Most of the demonstrators had left the building by then, though a few still remained in the central chamber.\n\nHong Kong was marking the 22nd anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule. But as officials raised their glasses in celebration, protesters were rallying on the city's streets.", "Mr Hamm said he sometimes had to kill the prey himself in cases where the animals were badly wounded\n\nA cat flap that automatically bars entry to a pet if it tries to enter with prey in its jaws has been built as a DIY project by an Amazon employee.\n\nBen Hamm used machine-learning software to train a system to recognise when his cat Metric was approaching with a rodent or bird in its mouth.\n\nWhen it detected such an attack, he said, a computer attached to the flap's lock triggered a 15-minute shut-out.\n\nMr Hamm unveiled his invention at an event in Seattle last month.\n\nThe presentation was subsequently brought to light by tech news site The Verge.\n\nMr Hamm used two of Amazon's own tools to achieve his goal:\n\nHe explained that the most time-consuming part of the task had been the need to supply more than 23,000 photos.\n\nEach had to be hand-sorted to determine whether the cat was in view, whether it was coming or going and if it was carrying prey.\n\nMr Hamm had to create a database of thousands of images to train the software\n\nThe process took advantage of a technique called supervised learning, in which a computer is trained to recognise patterns in images or other supplied data via labels given to the examples. The idea is that once the system has enough examples to work off, it can apply the same labels itself to new cases.\n\nOne of the limitations of the technique is that hundreds of thousands or even millions of examples are sometimes needed to make such systems trustworthy.\n\nMr Hamm acknowledged that in this case the results were not 100% accurate.\n\nOver a five-week period, he recalled, Metric was unfairly locked out once. In addition, the cat was also able to gain entry once out of the seven times it had caught a victim.\n\nBut when a software engineer suggested that it might have been easier to teach his cat to change its behaviour rather than train a computer model, Mr Hamm defended his work.\n\n\"Negative reinforcement doesn't work for cats, and I'd challenge you to come up with a way to use rewards to prevent a behaviour that an animal exhibits once every 10 days at 3am!\" he tweeted in response.\n\nThis is far from the only time that machine learning tech has been used to try to help cat owners.\n\nAnother Amazon worker recently revealed he had used a similar set-up to try to prevent his cat from sitting on his living room table.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, developers at Microsoft previously shared details of a smart cat flap they had built that used facial recognition tech to recognise the owner's pet, but block access to other animals.\n\nOne expert told the BBC that the rapid roll-out of cloud-based artificial intelligence tools by the tech giants meant such experiments could now be carried out by increasing numbers of people.\n\n\"Amazon, Google and Microsoft have made it much easier to use AI by providing services like Sagemaker, that need little or no coding skill to use,\" said Martin Garner, from the CCS Insight consultancy.\n\n\"But truly 'democratising AI', so that anyone can use it, is as risky as democratising dentistry - what the world really needs is more properly trained AI engineers.\"\n\nIn particular, there has been concern that image recognition tech is being deployed for use with humans before law-makers have had a chance to properly consider the implications.\n\nAmazon recently faced criticism that it was allowing US police forces to use Rekognition - another of its machine-learning tools - to identify suspects despite concerns that officers did not always follow its best practice guidelines.\n\nAnd the UK's surveillance camera commissioner recently warned that facial recognition could be used to create a \"dystopian society\" in which citizens are regularly tracked whenever they leave their homes.", "Simon Byrne is fifth PSNI chief in the 18 years since Northern Ireland policing was reformed\n\nSimon Byrne has officially taken over as the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on a five-year contract.\n\nThe 56-year-old was appointed after interviews were held five weeks ago.\n\nAt about 13:00 BST on Monday, he succeeded Sir George Hamilton and became the PSNI's fifth chief constable at a Policing Board event in Belfast.\n\nIt involved a short swearing-in ceremony in front of a justice of the peace.\n\n\"I said in my application that this was a unique service with unique challenges and I recognise that,\" said Mr Byrne.\n\n\"I am proud to be sat here with a list of things to do in front of me but, in terms of what's next, it would be remiss of me to be sat here in the shadow of the Belfast Giants and not use an ice hockey analogy.\n\n\"It's not where the puck is now, it's about where it's going next.\n\n\"My immediate plans are to get out and about across the service and communities of Northern Ireland to see for myself what's happening, how the organisation ticks and what's important to the communities that I'm going to police, before sitting down with the team to formulate more formal plans later across the summer.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMr Byrne is arriving at a crucial time for the PSNI on several fronts.\n\nOne of his first calls will be whether to contest a court defeat over back pay involving 3,700 staff, which could cost the organisation £40m.\n\nThis month the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that officers and civilian staff were owed money for a shortfall in pay going back 20 years.\n\nThe PSNI post marks a resumption of Mr Byrne's career, which stretches back more than 35 years.\n\nSir George Hamilton's tenure as chief constable has ended after five years in the role\n\nHis last contract, as chief constable of Cheshire Police, ended in June 2018 while he was fighting a disciplinary case involving complaints of bullying staff.\n\nHe was exonerated and a review found the investigation was \"flawed\" and based on \"flimsy\" allegations.\n\nMr Byrne had the most experience of the four applicants for the £207,000-a-year job, having held high ranks in the Metropolitan, Merseyside and Manchester police forces.\n\nIt is understood temporary accommodation arrangements have been made for him.\n\nIt is not a contractual requirement that the chief constable assumes full-time residency in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, Mr Byrne tweeted on Monday morning that he looked forward to living \"full time in Northern Ireland as an active member of the community\".", "The government is pumping nearly £40m into improving the infrastructure for electric vehicles despite a sharp drop in hybrid car sales.\n\nThe Department for Transport will invest in UK engineering to \"transform\" the network of electric charge points.\n\nWireless charging and \"pop-up\" pavement technology are among the investments being made.\n\nSales of plug-in hybrid vehicles slumped by 50.4% in June after the government scrapped a £2,500 grant.\n\nBut the DfT said it was \"focusing on the cleanest, zero emission models\".\n\nNew UK car registrations for battery electric cars rose by 61.7% to 2,461 in June compared with the same month last year, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).\n\nHowever, the drop in demand for plug-in hybrid cars, which fell from sales of 4,571 vehicles last June to 2,268 vehicles last month, meant that overall the alternatively fuelled vehicle sector shrank for the first time since April 2017.\n\nA DfT spokeswoman said: \"The plug-in car grant has supported the purchase of 180,000 new cars with over £700m, including 100,000 plug-in hybrids.\"\n\nAs well as scrapping the grant for plug-in hybrid models last year, the government also reduced the subsidy for pure electric cars from £4,500 to £3,500.\n\nIt also announced last year that it would end the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040.\n\nSorry, your browser cannot display this map\n\nNevertheless, the government is now investing £37m in a number of projects to make it easier for electric car owners to charge up their vehicles.\n\nThe government's new investment marks the first anniversary of the launch of the government's Road to Zero strategy, which wants \"almost every car and van\" in the UK to be zero emission by 2050.\n\nIt has handed £2.3m to a company called Char.gy, which is developing ways to deploy wireless charging technology on residential streets which would remove the need for trailing cables and additional infrastructure.\n\nUrban Foresight has been awarded £3m to roll out \"pop-up\" chargers which are built into the pavement, which are designed to help drivers without access to off-street parking.\n\nWireless charging for electric vehicles - which means getting rid of cables - could be arriving on a small number of UK streets relatively soon, according to Char.gy, one of the firms that has received development funding from the government.\n\n\"We are mimicking a cable being plugged in\", says Richard Stobart, chief executive of Char.gy, the company behind the project which has been awarded £2.3m by the DfT.\n\nIt works by installing a pad on the underside of an electric car.\n\nOnce that aligns with another pad hidden underneath the road surface, electricity is passed to the car via a process known as induction.\n\nFor now, virtually any fully electric car would have to be modified and fitted with a pad, costing around £1,000.\n\nThat's where the government cash comes in.\n\nUnder the pilot, some people will get the induction pads for free.\n\nOther residents in parts of Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and the London borough of Redbridge, where the scheme is being trialled, will be able to share the use of several car-club cars which will be fitted-out with induction pads.\n\nThis wireless charging project should start running in 2020.\n\nAt present, the UK has a network of more than 24,000 public charging connectors in nearly 9,000 locations, according to figures from the Department for Transport.\n\nJaguar Land Rover recently announced that it would invest millions of pounds in the UK to build a range of electric cars at its Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham.\n\nHowever, its chief executive Professor Ralph Speth criticised the number of charging points for electric cars in the UK.\n\n\"The current charging infrastructure is not really sufficient to cover the country, nor the hotspots of the cities. The government has to govern the process,\" he told the BBC.", "Jack Sargeant (middle) and Bernadette Sargeant at the inquest in November\n\nA former minister who was found dead after being sacked was not apologising over allegations about his behaviour towards women in his farewell note, his wife has told an inquest.\n\nCarl Sargeant, 49, was found hanged at home in Connah's Quay, Flintshire, by his wife Bernadette on 7 November 2017.\n\nShe told the inquest in Ruthin he was apologising for taking his own life.\n\nMr Sargeant was sacked as communities and children minister over claims of inappropriate behaviour towards women.\n\nThe inquest has resumed after being adjourned in November following a legal challenge.\n\nMrs Sargeant told coroner John Gittins the farewell note in which her husband apologised for his actions was referring to his death.\n\nWhen asked whether there was \"another interpretation\" and perhaps he was apologising for wrongdoing, she said it was not the case.\n\nShe said: \"I said 'look Carl, have you done this?' And he said no. I still believe he hasn't done anything.\"\n\nThe court heard Mrs Sargeant woke up at about 10:30 on 7 November and found a note on the door to the utility room, where Mr Sargeant's body was found, saying not to go in but to call the police.\n\nBernadette Sargeant said her husband was \"driven,\" but had a unique ability as a politician to \"connect with anybody\"\n\nHer daughter Lucy tried to perform CPR on her father, but he could not be saved.\n\n\"I can't really describe how I felt... I don't think anybody expects to find somebody... I can't put into words.\" Mrs Sargeant said.\n\nShe told the hearing she had not seen anything like this coming, but: \"I just know the impact of the last few days.\"\n\nHer interpretation of his note was \"Carl was a dad first and a husband. We were his main focus, his family. He never wanted the press to be involved with us as a family.\"\n\nUnder questioning from Cathryn McGahey QC, representing Carwyn Jones, Mrs Sargeant said the former first minister and her husband were colleagues but \"not really friends\" as with other politicians.\n\nShe said he had helped Mr Jones in his bid to become first minister but had felt that it was less easy than previously to speak to him and there were times when he felt he was being \"blocked\" by members of Mr Jones' team.\n\nMs McGahey asked: \"You'd never heard about any incident in which he'd been silly towards other women?\" Mrs Sargeant said she had not.\n\nReferring to the note left, Ms McGahey said: \"The adverse publicity 'because of my acts' [which Mr Sargeant had written in the note] isn't talking about the family losing someone, is it?\"\n\nMrs Sargeant replied that \"to me it was,\" adding she thought he was referring to his death.\n\nMs McGahey made further references to extracts from the note including \"I've let you all down badly\" and \"leaving you with my shit\", adding: \"That's leaving you with what [Mr Sargeant has] done, isn't it?\"\n\nMrs Sargeant repeated she thought her husband was referring to his actions on 7 November.\n\nShe was also asked about an unspecified \"life event\" which had occurred a number of years ago and had affected Mr Sargeant's mental health.\n\nMrs Sargeant agreed that the family had needed to get help from professionals, but added: \"Eventually. Not at the beginning.\"\n\nMs McGahey said this showed the family knew where to access help if they needed it.\n\nMrs Sargeant said it was not easy to find help, particularly for a well-known person, and her husband was not up to it after the sacking because he was \"shell-shocked\" and \"wasn't able to function properly\".\n\nEarlier, Mrs Sargeant told the coroner her husband was called to Cardiff for the reshuffle on 3 November.\n\nAfterwards, he rang her, saying he had been removed from government and suspended from the Labour Party.\n\nMr Sargeant said: \"I've been binned\" and his wife replied: \"That's all right love.\"\n\nHe also mentioned there had been allegations, but strongly denied any wrong-doing, \"both to the first minister and to me, and the children\".\n\nMrs Sargeant said her husband had been \"quiet\" during the phone call. \"Carl's not a quiet person. You could feel, this has come as a total shock to him.\"\n\n\"He had no information. He was desperate for information.\"\n\nAt the time of the allegations the #MeToo campaign about sexual harassment of women was prevalent, and Mr Sargeant felt \"out of his depth\", she said.\n\nMr Sargeant sought legal advice and his wife described him as being \"shell-shocked\" and there was \"no clear definition\" of what he was alleged to have done.\n\nShe said he had no support, adding: \"I think he would have liked to have been offered it.\"\n\nThe inquest is being heard by coroner John Gittins\n\nMrs Sargeant said she and their children Jack and Lucy decided \"it was the right thing to do\" to travel down to his flat in Cardiff, and described Mr Sargeant as appearing \"vastly different\" from that morning.\n\nHe tried on \"numerous occasions\" to contact the Labour Party without success and she said not knowing what the allegations were \"devastated him\".\n\nWhen the couple returned to Connah's Quay on 6 November, Mr Sargeant received a text saying the first minister's wording had changed from \"allegations\" to \"incidents\".\n\nShe said her husband went a \"strange colour\" and shook his head.\n\nA BBC journalist called at the house that evening, which Mrs Sargeant said upset her husband.\n\nHe told her: \"That's my job but this is our home.\"\n\nThe inquest also heard that in 2013, Mrs Sargeant received a letter making allegations about her husband's behaviour around women.\n\n\"I showed it to Carl... we talked about it. I didn't believe it... that was it really,\" she said.\n\nThe coroner asked whether former First Minister Carwyn Jones was aware of some of Mr Sargeant's \"vulnerabilities\" as he had mental health problems, to which she replied yes.\n\nMr Gittins said he had the impression an unspecified \"life event\" acted as a catalyst to make matters worse.\n\n\"There was also a lot of pressure from Carl's job. He was a minister at this point. It took a lot for Carl to actually go to the doctors,\" his wife said.\n\nEventually he started taking anti-depressants and there was an improvement, she said, but his health started to decline between 2012 and 2014, with the main deterioration in the week before he died.\n\nThe inquest was adjourned until Wednesday.\n\nIf you or someone you know is struggling with issues raised by this story, find support through BBC Action Line.", "Dominic Grieve's attempt to block the suspension of Parliament in the autumn will not be put to a vote on Tuesday.\n\nThe pro-Remain Tory MP had been seeking to amend the Northern Ireland Bill to stop a new PM forcing through a no-deal Brexit by proroguing Parliament.\n\nThe former attorney general had said such a move would be \"an end to democracy\".\n\nHowever, as one of his amendments was not selected MPs will not get to vote on it.\n\nThe UK had been due to leave the EU on 29 March, but this date was delayed after MPs repeatedly rejected Theresa May's deal. Currently, the date for exit is 31 October.\n\nIf that date is reached without a deal being agreed on the separation process, then the UK will leave without one.\n\nMPs have consistently voted against this option, but the prime minister could try to get around that by closing Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to Brexit day, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nMr Grieve had tabled an amendment requiring the government to produce regular reports on the situation in Northern Ireland in the autumn.\n\nAlthough this would probably not block the closure of Parliament, it could provide a tool for MPs to block a no-deal Brexit come October.\n\nThe reports on Northern Ireland would have to be debated in Parliament if it was in session, and although the debates themselves might be insignificant, they could provide opportunity for MPs to take control of business.\n\nThis amendment was selected for debate, but a further amendment stating that MPs should be recalled to debate such reports if Parliament is closed was not.\n\nTherefore, the effort to block a no-deal Brexit carries less force.\n\nAn amendment on gay marriage, tabled by Labour's Conor McGinn was approved 383 votes to 73.\n\nThe amendment states that if the devolved assembly in Stormont is not restored by 21 October, then the UK government should legislate for same-sex marriage - with the caveat that a future assembly could overturn or amend the law.\n\nLabour MP Stella Creasy's amendment - arguing that abortion law in Northern Ireland should be reformed to comply with human rights obligations - has also been approved 332 votes to 99.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme earlier, Mr Grieve said: \"The idea that it is constitutionally proper to prorogue Parliament as a device for bringing about a no-deal Brexit is outrageous - I have never come across a more extraordinary suggestion.\"\n\nUnlike his rival Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson - the frontrunner in the Conservative leadership race - has not ruled out suspending Parliament.\n\nHe has said he could not \"envisage the circumstances\" in which he would do so. He has vowed to leave the EU on 31 October \"come what may\".\n\nLord Hague, a supporter of Jeremy Hunt, has opposed proroguing Parliament, arguing: \"It ought to be unthinkable that we could leave the EU by procedure, a procedural ruse.\"\n\nConservative Maria Caulfield attacked Dominic Grieve's tabling of the amendment as \"shameful behaviour\", and accused him of treating the people of Northern Ireland as a \"political football\".\n• None Why there's more to the Northern Ireland bill", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nIf Britain's Johanna Konta finds herself in a third set in Tuesday's Wimbledon quarter-final, she can draw confidence from the fact that on recent form she is likely to pull through.\n\nThe British number one came from behind to beat two-time champion Petra Kvitova to win her 13th of 15 three-setters in 2019 and faces Barbora Strycova next.\n\n\"That's something I can be really proud of,\" the 28-year-old said.\n\n\"It comes with match fitness, as well, with playing a lot of them.\"\n\nKonta will face Strycova on Centre Court after 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams takes on fellow American Alison Riske at 13:00 BST.\n\nThe Briton is one win away from emulating her 2017 feat of reaching the last four and two away from becoming the first British women's singles finalist since Virginia Wade won the title in 1977.\n\n\"The experience that I had in 2017 was a magnificent one. It was something that is incredibly special to me,\" Konta said.\n\n\"Equally how I'm doing so far, I'm just really pleased with the level I'm playing, how I'm competing, how I'm really just trying to find a way in each match that I play.\"\n\nShe has faced Czech world number 54 Strycova just once before, losing in straight sets on a hard court in Tokyo in 2017.\n\n\"She's a very crafty player,\" Konta said. \"She knows how to mix up the game. She knows how to play on this surface.\n\n\"To know... that I have the capability to stay there as long as I need to for however long, even if losing the first set, I know I have every opportunity to get back into the match.\"\n\nI admire Konta's fighting qualities. Everything about her game is very meticulously planned out. To me she is a better player now than when she got to the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2017.\n\nShe is mixing up her serve nicely. The team has looked back on her career and realised that variety is the spice of life and that could help her in the end.\n\nI'm not going to say she's the favourite to win this but she's got a shot at it, for sure.\n\nWilliams faces debutant - and has a Murray debate to settle\n\nIf Konta can beat Strycova, she would face the winner of the match between Williams and Riske, who beat world number one Ashleigh Barty to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final.\n\nWilliams will play two matches in one day on Centre Court, playing her singles quarter-final before returning to action after Konta's match to continue her high-profile mixed doubles partnership with Britain's Andy Murray.\n\nThey face American Raquel Atawo and Frenchman Fabrice Martin in the second round as former world number one Murray continues his comeback following hip surgery.\n\nThey gelled well in their first crowd-pleasing display on Saturday, but they still need to sort out one issue - their nickname.\n\n\"He did tweet Ser-Andy. I was like, 'I like Murena. My vote is still for Murena',\" Williams smiled.\n\nSeventh seed Simona Halep is the highest ranked player left in the women's singles after defeats on Monday for Barty and third seed Karolina Pliskova.\n\nShe faces China's Zhang Shuai, who is ranked 50th in the world but who has posed the Romanian problems in the past, including a stunning upset in the 2016 Australian Open first round.\n\n\"Things are different now,\" Halep said. \"I don't want to think about the past that much. I'm different and I'm feeling different on court. This is what matters.\"\n\nIn the other quarter-final, Ukrainian eighth seed Elina Svitolina takes on Czech world number 68 Karolina Muchova.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Environmental work could include reducing the risk of flooding by restoring floodplain woodlands\n\nFarmers in Wales would be offered money to carry out work which protects and enhances the environment, under new post-Brexit farming proposals.\n\nMinisters had proposed two grant schemes to replace EU funding, but the latest proposal rolls them into one.\n\nWelsh farmers receive subsidies worth about £300m a year from the EU, making up 80% of their income on average.\n\nHowever, it is not known how much money will be available to support agriculture after the UK leaves the EU.\n\nThe Welsh Government is asking people's views on its new plans after an earlier consultation attracted a record-breaking number of responses.\n\nThe Sustainable Farming Scheme will pay for work to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create habitats for wildlife and improve water quality.\n\nFarms will be visited by an adviser who will draw up a contract based on the environmental benefits they agree the farmer is, or could be delivering.\n\nThey will be rewarded for new environmental work - like planting new woodlands - but also for maintaining and enhancing what is already there.\n\nFarmers will also be able to access a range of business support, such as help with skills development or loans for new equipment.\n\nEnvironment and rural affairs minister Lesley Griffiths says the scheme will help pay farmers while protecting the environment\n\nThe scheme will help address challenges in sustainable food production, responding to climate change and increasing biodiversity, according to minister for the environment and rural affairs Lesley Griffiths.\n\n\"We believe future farm support should reflect this and reward farmers who take action to meet these challenges,\" she explained.\n\nMs Griffiths had initially hoped the new funding scheme would be phased in from 2021.\n\nThat aim has been dropped due to ongoing uncertainty around Brexit - which Ms Griffiths described as \"incredibly frustrating\" - but a multi-year transition is still promised.\n\nDairy farmer Abi Reader said uncertainty around Brexit made it difficult to plan for the future\n\nDairy farmer Abi Reader from Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, said it was \"complicated to plan when we don't know what is happening with Brexit\".\n\nShe said the subsidy was a \"safety net\" that helped her business to remain viable.\n\n\"We have high costs of production here because of things like our welfare standards, our environmental standards - which are world leading - and we need that little bit of protection to make sure that we can continue trading,\" she told BBC Radio Wales.\n\nFarmers have until 30 October to respond to the latest consultation, and have been offered the chance to \"co-design\" the final proposals in the autumn.\n\nMore than 12,000 responses were received the last time views were sought on farming after Brexit - a record for the rural affairs department.\n\nReversing a decline in biodiversity is one of the three challenges the Welsh Government says it is trying to address\n\nThe Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW) warned that removing direct support payments based on how much land is farmed could see Welsh farmers disadvantaged compared with their counterparts in the EU.\n\n\"This concern would also relate to competition with farmers in Scotland and Northern Ireland if those countries retain some form of direct support,\" said Glyn Roberts, FUW president.\n\nPlaid Cymru's rural affairs spokesman Llyr Gruffydd said the Welsh Government had been \"stung into a change in tone\" after a \"hostile reaction\" to its earlier consultation.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The couple said they turned to IVF after years of trying to have children\n\nAn Asian couple who tried to conceive through IVF has claimed that a mix-up at a California fertility clinic left them pregnant with the wrong children.\n\nA lawsuit filed by the couple in New York states that the couple was shocked to give birth to two boys who were not of Asian descent, US media reported.\n\nThe lawsuit says DNA tests confirmed the children were not related to the couple and they relinquished custody.\n\nThe fertility clinic has not commented on the allegations.\n\nThe couple - identified in the lawsuit only as AP and YZ to minimise the \"embarrassment and humiliation\" - say they tried for years to get pregnant before spending more than $100,000 (£80,000) on the IVF, or in vitro fertilisation, including medication, laboratory fees, travel and other costs.\n\nIVF is the process of fertilising an egg outside of the woman's body, before returning it to the womb to grow and develop.\n\nThe lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of New York last week, accuses CHA Fertility and two men identified as its co-owners and directors of offences including medical malpractice and intentional infliction of emotional distress.\n\nIt reportedly notes that after giving birth on 30 March, the couple \"was shocked to see that the babies they were told were formed using both of their genetic material did not appear to be\".\n\nThere were earlier signs that things were amiss when a scan revealed they were expecting boys, despite the fact that the doctors had said they did not use male embryos during the treatment.\n\nDoctors reportedly told the couple that the scan was inaccurate, before they went on to have the baby boys in April. In addition to not being related to the couple, the children were not related to each other, according to the lawsuit.\n\nOn its website, CHA Fertility says it delivers the \"highest degree of personalized care...with the utmost sense of duty\".\n\nThe BBC has contacted the company for comment.\n\nLawyers for the couple told the BBC their clients suffered from \"the grossly negligent and reckless conduct of CHA fertility\".\n\n\"Our goal in filing this lawsuit is to obtain compensation for our clients' losses, as well as to ensure that this tragedy never happens again,\" the lawyers said.", "The government's attempts to find a technological solution to its Irish border Brexit problem have run into immediate difficulties with its own business advisers.\n\nThe BBC has obtained internal documents, including the terms of reference which some of its business experts are refusing to sign off on.\n\nThey are concerned the terms could be used to endorse a plan of action in the event of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThey are now asking for alterations.\n\nThe Business and Trade Union Alternative Arrangements Advisory Group - mostly made up of Northern Ireland business leaders - is one of three committees recently appointed by the government to come up with and test ideas for \"alternative arrangements\" to the so-called backstop.\n\nThey have been appointed by the Department for Exiting the European Union to advise on the feasibility of new technologies that could maintain the current free flowing Irish border after Brexit occurs.\n\nThe document says that the \"purpose and objective\" of the group is that \"alternative arrangements should be considered without prejudice to the UK's future customs and regulatory relationship with the EU\".\n\nAt a meeting, members of the committee asked ministers who were present to alter that objective to ensure their conclusions could not be used to endorse a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe document also ruled that the likely response of the Irish government and the European Union to new technological ideas were \"out of scope\".\n\n\"The focus of discussions should not be on the negotiability of proposals,\" the document says.\n\nSome participants at the meeting expressed concerns that there was no concrete commitment in the internal document to abide by the Joint Report - the 2017 agreement by the UK government and EU to avoid a hard border \"including any physical infrastructure or related checks and controls\".\n\nSome dairy farmers are concerned they will have to cull their herds\n\nThe Joint Report is not mentioned directly in the terms of reference nor in the background context paper prepared for all three advisory groups on alternative arrangements.\n\nIt is only referred to in an accompanying presentation, also seen by BBC News, that says the need to comply with international obligations and commitments \"includes considering the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and the 2017 Joint Report\".\n\nA source present at the meeting said that a number of concerns about the government approach to Northern Ireland were articulated at the meeting, including dairy farmers who process over a third of their milk across the border, warning that their herds would have to be culled.\n\nA government spokesperson said: 'We do not recognise this account of what have been a very constructive set of meetings with business leaders and technical experts.\n\n\"As is normal in a first meeting of advisory groups, some general comments were provided on our terms of reference, which we are finalising at present.\"\n\nHowever, both Conservative leadership candidates, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, say they plan to use technology to replace the backstop - an insurance policy that dealt with the Irish border by assuming a period of UK alignment with Europe on most customs and regulations issues, even after Brexit.\n\nThe Irish government and the EU have indicated openness to talk about technological solution, but expressed doubts that they will exist for many years, insisting that the backstop must be part of a negotiated EU exit.", "The pound is heading for two-year lows against the dollar as markets react to continuing Brexit uncertainty and signs that the UK economy is slowing.\n\nThe currency fell sharply after data showed slowing sales at UK retailers and economists forecast a contraction in the economy in the second quarter.\n\nAgainst the dollar, the pound fell below $1.25 and was close to its lowest level since April 2017.\n\nThe pound was also at a six-month low against the euro at just above €1.11.\n\nWith the holiday season getting underway, it means travellers from the UK will getting fewer dollars and euros for their pounds.\n\nSterling has been swayed by uncertainty in the aftermath of the EU referendum, but has been more stable in recent months because of confidence about the UK economy.\n\nHowever, recent economic surveys have suggested that the economy may now be weakening and Jane Foley, head of foreign exchange strategy at Rabobank, said this was being factored into the market.\n\n\"The economic picture is not particularly pretty,\" she said.\n\nThe pound fell 0.5% against the dollar at $1.2455, marking the lowest point for it since April 2017, excluding a brief \"flash fall\" in January this year.\n\nBack in May, the pound had been trading at around $1.27.\n\nLast week, a survey suggested the UK's manufacturing sector contracted at the fastest pace for more than six years.\n\nOn Tuesday, figures from the British Retail Consortium showed average sales growth slowed to 0.6% in the 12 months to June, the weakest reading since its records began in 1995.\n\nMs Foley also cited a survey by Bloomberg which showed that economists are expecting the economy to contract in the second quarter - for the first time since 2012.\n\nAn update on the UK economy is due on Wednesday when growth data for the three-month period to May will be released, and economists polled by Reuters expect growth of 0.1%.\n\nThat would be slower than the 0.5% rate seen in the first quarter of the year.\n\nThe market is also focusing on the Conservative leadership contest. Under Theresa May's premiership, the market had thought the chances of a no-deal were slim, but Ms Foley said that was not the expectation if Boris Johnson wins the leadership battle.\n\n\"That's what the market is worried about,\" she said.\n\nNeil Mellor, currency strategist at Bank of New York Mellon, said that another factor at play was a strengthening in the dollar ahead of testimony by the head of the US central bank. This was helping to push the pound lower.\n\nJerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, testifies to the US Congress on Wednesday. Mr Mellor said he could provide a more hawkish tone - meaning interest rate cuts were less likely - than previously expected.", "Women surrounded the loyalist bonfire in Avoniel as part of a protest on Tuesday\n\nHundreds have gathered outside Avoniel Leisure Centre in east Belfast to protest at a council decision to remove a bonfire from its grounds.\n\nIt came after Belfast City Council said its initial decision to remove bonfire material had not been reversed.\n\nBonfire builders said removing tyres, reducing its size and moving it away from buildings meant there was no need for the council to take action.\n\nA barricade has been erected at the leisure centre gates.\n\nProtesters told BBC News NI they have tried to compromise with authorities but are now determined that the Eleventh night event will go ahead.\n\nTensions have been building ahead of bonfires being lit before the Twelfth of July marches.\n\nBonfires are lit in some Protestant areas in Northern Ireland on 11 July, the night before Orange Order members commemorate the 1690 Battle of the Boyne with parades across Northern Ireland.\n\nSpeaking at the protest, senior Orangeman Rev Mervyn Gibson said that there was \"no need for the tension that has arisen around this bonfire, but sadly we have a republican-dominated council who have failed their first real test at openness and compromise\".\n\nHe said bonfire builders had removed tyres, then reduced the height of the bonfire, but \"no matter what this community did it was not enough to appease those who oppose us\".\n\nHe added: \"I would appeal for calm at this bonfire - do not react, and I know that's going to be difficult, because there's anger here.\"\n\nA barricade of tyres and bins was erected at the gates to Avoniel Leisure Centre\n\nAlso speaking at Tuesday's protest were loyalist Jamie Bryson and Robert Girvin, from a group calling itself the East Belfast Cultural Collective, which represents a number of bonfire builders.\n\nAt Avoniel Leisure Centre, which closed early on Tuesday, the bonfire has been rebuilt after tyres were voluntarily removed.\n\nOrganisers say they have reduced the height of the bonfire to about 20 feet (6m).\n\nIt has also been moved further away from buildings in an attempt to meet council criteria.\n\nThe centre also closed early on Sunday after its entrance was barricaded by men said to have been acting in a \"threatening\" way towards staff.\n\nTranslink said that due to some potential disruption that there would be a diversion for east Belfast Glider services on Tuesday evening.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMeanwhile, in other developments:\n\nIt is estimated there are 80-100 bonfires in Belfast this year, with 35 signed up to an official scheme funded by the city council.\n\n\"Efforts have been ongoing for several months to encourage bonfire builders to be mindful of the need to protect life and property,\" the city council said.\n\nEarlier, Mr Girvin said: \"We promised the young people if they took the tyres out they could have their bonfire.\n\n\"All that was done and still the council says no.\"\n\nHe said he would meet councillors from any party to address concerns over the Avoniel bonfire.\n\nLoyalist graffiti has appeared next to the site at Avoniel threatening contractors alleged to be involved in the removal of bonfire material\n\n\"Have dialogue with us. Tell us exactly what your issue is with this bonfire,\" he said.\n\n\"It follows Northern Ireland Fire Service guidelines. The tyres have been removed. He said complaints about other bonfires had been about \"the potential to damage property, life or the environment\".\n\n\"None of that is here. There's no potential for any of that so why remove the bonfire?\"\n\nSinn Féin councillor Ciaran Beattie insisted the problem was just not the tyres but the height and mass of the bonfires and the threat posed to nearby buildings.\n\nHe insisted the council should still take action at Avoniel.\n\n\"Nothing has changed as far as we are concerned, bar the tyres being removed,\" he said.\n\n\"There is still a dangerous bonfire on that site\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Mervyn Gibson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOn Wednesday, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor George Dorrian, Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) councillor John Kyle and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) councillor Jim Rodgers said they were disappointed by Belfast City Council's decision.\n\n\"[Councillors] chose not to build on the progress made by bonfire builders when they removed the tyres yesterday evening from Avoniel bonfire,\" they said.\n\n\"This year has seen a dramatic improvement in the situation around bonfires throughout Belfast.\n\n\"We have spent months engaging with groups across the city and real progress is being made.\n\n\"We are confident that the community will fully enjoy the celebrations peacefully and respectfully.\"", "Downing Street's response is a classically formal \"thanks, but no thanks\". A stiff brush-off in riposte to the US president's digital tirade, which was extraordinary even by his standards.\n\nWith the current prime minister almost out of the door, and the UK ambassador in Washington leaving too, the remarks are unlikely to change much directly, and this allows Number 10 to try to shrug off the criticism.\n\nLess officially, though, there is real frustration. One senior Tory warned that \"we cannot bow down to this form of lunacy\" where the leader of another country tries to use online swagger to seek revenge on one of the UK's diplomats - not least from one of our most important allies.\n\nThe government, of course, has become rather used to managing the maverick. But this episode makes the choice of the next ambassador to the United States a controversy waiting to happen.\n\nAnd it brings up a crucial foreign policy question for the two men vying to be prime minister, which they could be asked in the leadership debate on Tuesday evening - do they try to tackle Donald Trump, tame him, or merely tolerate him?\n\nLooking the other way, would the next prime minister be blind to the damage that's already being done.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The video was shot on an action camera used by the group\n\nIndian authorities have released a video showing the final moments of a team of climbers whose bodies were recovered in the Himalayas.\n\nThe clip shows four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian slowly making their way up an unnamed peak in sunny weather.\n\nThe group was attempting to climb India's second-highest peak Nanda Devi when contact was lost on 26 May.\n\nSeven bodies were recovered but Briton Martin Moran remains missing.\n\nThe 1 minute 55 second clip released by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Monday shows the eight climbers roped together as they take steps up an unnamed peak.\n\nThe group pictured before they began their ascent in May\n\nThe camera with the footage was found buried in snow near the area where the bodies were eventually recovered in June, media reports said.\n\nAccording to ITBP spokesman Vivek Kumar Pandey, the group's weight could have caused a snow ledge they were on to give away, \"triggering an avalanche\".\n\nThe clip is now being used to help \"analyse what went wrong with their mission\".\n\n\"The GoPro was proved to be like the black box of an aircraft giving an insight into the last few moments of the climbers, ITBP deputy inspector general APS Nambadia said at a press briefing.\n\n\"It was mesmerising for us to see the footage.\"\n\nThe group began their ascent on 13 May, led by experienced British mountain guide Martin Moran whose Scotland-based company, Moran Mountain, has run numerous expeditions in the Indian Himalayas.\n\nHe led a group consisting of: John McLaren, Rupert Whewell and University of York lecturer Richard Payne from the UK; US nationals Anthony Sudekum and Ronald Beimel; Australian Ruth McCance; and Indian guide Chetan Pandey.", "The two contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party, vying to be the UK's next prime minister, have argued over the date the UK will leave the EU.\n\nJeremy Hunt says his worry is the UK is setting a \"fake deadline\" with 31 October.\n\nBoris Johnson says the EU will not take the UK seriously if no-deal is off the table.\n\nThey were both speaking on Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate, the final televised debate of this contest.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nAndy Murray and Serena Williams wowed Wimbledon again as their box office partnership continued with another straight-set win in the mixed doubles.\n\nBritain's Murray, 32, and American Williams, 37, moved into the last 16 with a 7-5 6-3 win over 14th seeds Fabrice Martin and Raquel Atawo.\n\nWilliams produced ruthless returning to win crucial break points in each set.\n\nThey now play top seeds Bruno Soares - the former men's partner of Murray's brother Jamie - and Nicole Melichar.\n\n\"We're in the groove of things so it's feeling good,\" Williams said. \"I'm having a blast, it has been really fun and it's a great atmosphere playing out there with Andy.\"\n\nMurray added: \"She returned brilliantly especially at the end of the first set, and the start of the second, hitting clean winners and making my job easy, but then I was missing mine on break points.\n\n\"We both played well and if she keeps returning like that we'll have a good chance.\n\n\"All matches are great for me, doubles especially, for the reactions and reflexes which has helped me and once I've finished here, hopefully on Sunday, I will get back and start practising some more singles.\"\n• None Murray column: 'Serena was making me laugh out there'\n• None Williams reveals she had therapy following US Open outburst\n\nThe stellar pairing between Britain's three-time Grand Slam singles champion, and a 23-time major winner widely regarded as the sport's greatest female player, has breathed new life into the mixed doubles at the All England Club.\n\nTheir match, again scheduled on Centre Court, was watched by a near-capacity 15,000 crowd who were given plenty of entertainment and responded by providing a crackling atmosphere.\n\nMurray opened the match to excited cheers from the home fans, many who probably thought they would never see him again on the court where he has won two singles titles.\n\nThe Scot, who had serious hip surgery in January, started with a solid service game which was finished by Williams hammering a stinging volley straight at Martin's calf - she quickly held both hands up in apology.\n\nBut it was a sign that the partnership - which Williams said has been christened 'Mur-rena' - meant business in this fun format.\n\nWilliams was back on Centre little over two hours after she beat Alison Riske to reach the semi-finals of the women's singles, yet looked far from fatigued as she turned the match in her team's favour.\n\nWilliams' backhand winner off a 138mph serve set up a fourth break point - this time on Martin's serve and for the set - only for Murray to dump a forehand into the net and the chance to disappear.\n\nMurray's returning game - usually his hallmark - was not quite on the same level as he sent another set point into the net at 6-5.\n\nBut it did not matter as the quality of his partner shone through moments later.\n\nWilliams hit a dipping cross-court winner to set up another chance and then hit almost the same shot to seal the opening set - greeting it with another loud roar and a twirl on the spot.\n\nWilliams continued to dismantle the big-serving Martin at the start of the second set, earning another break point when she reached to successfully convert a forehand winner which left even her pulling a face of shock.\n\nThat proved enough to take the set - and the match - when Murray delivered a clean ace out wide to win the match in one hour and 37 minutes.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "The Fish and The Chip opened two years ago\n\nA fish and chip restaurant has closed down after the owners said they felt \"uncomfortable\" about the environmental impact of their business.\n\nThe Fish and The Chip, in St Nicholas Place, Leicester, was billed as a modern take on traditional fish and chips when it opened in 2017.\n\nHowever, its owners said a recent fishing trip had got them thinking about its green footprint.\n\nThey said they were working on a new food-based venture.\n\nThe Fish and The Chip The building has now been put up for sale\n\nA notice placed in the restaurant's window said: \"Our fishing trip was great but turned out to be a bit of an eye-opener.\n\n\"We saw the impact pollution is having on the oceans and fish stocks and we are not comfortable running a restaurant that has an impact on our environment.\"\n\nThe owners posted a sign explaining their decision to close\n\nThey did not say what form their new venture would take but said it would be based around \"gluten-free, plant-based food\".\n\nOwner Aatkin Anadkat said his main concerns were declining fish numbers around the world and fish eating plastic particles found in the water.\n\nHe said: \"Effectively you're serving your customers that and they're consuming it.\"\n\nThe WWF has described overfishing as one of the most significant drivers of declines in ocean wildlife populations and scientists recently said cod levels in the North Sea had fallen to critical levels.\n\nOwner Aatkin Anadkat said he was worried about serving fish that had eaten plastic particles\n\nMr Anadkat said he also understood some people might suspect the restaurant was actually being closed for business reasons.\n\nHe said: \"There is more than one reason - as with most things - but I've learned along the way that if something doesn't feel good, then you shouldn't do it.\n\n\"We're not going to be opening another site but we're certainly in the plant-based food business and it's a nice place to be.\"\n\nThe Fish and The Chip The Fish and The Chip described itself as \"the modern chippy\" when it opened in 2017\n\nA spokeswoman for The Vegan Society said: \"The number of vegans has quadrupled in the last four years and there are also increasing numbers of consumers looking for a more sustainable and compassionate diet who are keen to try more vegan food.\n\n\"This is the perfect moment for this business to move to being a full-time vegan one.\"\n\nMr Anadkat said he was also concerned about falling fish numbers\n\nMalcolm Hunter, from Friends of the Earth in Leicester, said: \"Halting climate change and protecting biodiversity doesn't necessarily mean that we have to give up eating fish - or meat and dairy entirely - but we do need to substantially reduce our consumption.\n\n\"In addition, we need to ensure what we do eat is produced sustainably.\"\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "MPs have voted by the thinnest of margins for a process that would make it more difficult for a future prime minister to prorogue Parliament.\n\nTory MP Dominic Grieve wanted to amend the Northern Ireland Bill to stop a future PM forcing through a no-deal Brexit by suspending Parliament.\n\nHis amendment - to require ministers to regularly report on the situation in Northern Ireland - passed by one vote.\n\nIt could provide a tool for MPs to block a no-deal Brexit in October.\n\nShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said the approval of Mr Grieve's proposal was a \"tight but important victory\".\n\nHe tweeted that it \"makes it much harder for incoming prime minister to suspend Parliament\".\n\nThe UK had been due to leave the EU on 29 March, but this date was delayed after MPs repeatedly rejected Theresa May's deal. Currently, the date for exit is 31 October.\n\nIf that date is reached without a deal being agreed on the separation process, then the UK will leave without one.\n\nMPs have consistently voted against this option, but the prime minister could try to get around that by closing Parliament - proroguing - in the run-up to Brexit day, denying them an opportunity to block it.\n\nMr Grieve had sought to get MPs' backing for a package of measures he hoped would require Parliament to sit through October in the run up to the UK's departure.\n\nOne amendment, stating that MPs should be recalled to debate reports on Northern Ireland if Parliament is closed, wasn't selected for debate by Speaker John Bercow - although it could be introduced in the Lords later.\n\nThat took some of the force out of Mr Grieve's efforts.\n\nHowever, two other amendments designed to make prorogation harder were put to a vote.\n\nThe first - approved by 294 votes to 293 - requires the government to produce fortnightly reports from October until December on the progress towards restoring the power sharing arrangements in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe second - which would have required the government to schedule debates on those progress reports - was defeated by 293 votes to 289.\n\nWhile the success of that one amendment probably won't block prorogation, it could make it more difficult - especially if the House of Lords subsequently revives Mr Grieve's more forceful attempt to stop Parliament being temporarily suspended.\n\nDuring the debate on Tuesday, Mr Grieve said: \"If the other place (House of Lords) in its wisdom decides to look at the totality of our amendments and decides that the amendment new clause 14 (on preventing prorogation) would add value and places it in, this House will have an opportunity before this Bill goes through in order to consider that and either reject it or accept it.\"\n\nMr Grieve said he did not think democracy would survive Parliament being prorogued to allow for a no-deal Brexit.\n\nHe added: \"Heaven knows, if I've tried to do anything during this Brexit process it's to try to encourage a sound process and to prevent catastrophic cliff edge moments and to enable this House to make reasoned decisions.\"\n\nDuring the debate, Northern Ireland minister John Penrose said the government disagreed with Mr Grieve's suggestion for regular fortnightly reporting, with a vote on each occasion, calling it \"an excessive and unnecessary level of procedure\".\n• None Why there's more to the Northern Ireland bill", "The BBC News app is available for Android and iOS devices\n\nWith the latest news and analysis from our journalists around the world and the unique human stories behind current events, we've got the best of our journalism in one place on the BBC News app.\n\nClick here to download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.\n\nClick here to download the BBC News app from Google Play for Android devices.\n\nWe would like to know what you think of the new app - click here to give us your feedback.\n\nDepending on the contract you have, data charges may apply for accessing the internet on your mobile device.\n\nIf you are not sure about the potential charges, please ask your mobile network provider. You may find some costs are included in your existing price plan or that you can opt for a data package that gives reduced charges for accessing the internet.\n\nThe BBC does not charge you to access mobile content.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nJohanna Konta failed in her bid to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals after an error-strewn display in a straight-set defeat by Czech Barbora Strycova.\n\nThe British number one started strongly, racing to a 4-1 lead, before collapsing to lose 7-6 (7-5) 6-1.\n\nLet down by her previously dominant serve, Konta could not find a way back as - like in June's French Open semis - she crumbled when expectation was high.\n\n\"I did my best, and my best today wasn't good enough,\" Konta, 28, said.\n\n\"Every decision I made, every thought process, every opportunity I gave myself, I have no regrets in doing.\"\n\nStrycova, who has reached her maiden Grand Slam singles semi-final just days after saying this could be her last Wimbledon, will face 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams next.\n\n\"I think this was one of the best matches I have played,\" the 33-year-old said.\n• None 'I don't think you need to pick on me' - Konta responds to 'harsh' questions about defeat\n• None In pictures - Lionesses enjoy day out at Wimbledon\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nKonta came into the match boasting an incredible record of having lost just three of her 47 service games at these championships.\n\nDespite the fact she got an early break, the warning signs that her biggest weapon might not be firing properly were there in the opening game when she had to save a break point.\n\nThe errors began to creep in at 4-2 when she sent two forehands wide and wild backhand long to allow Strycova to get the break back.\n\nIt became a theme as Konta went on to produce 22 unforced errors in that opening set, with the Czech increasing in confidence as she gave Konta a lesson in effective drop shots to take it to a tie-break.\n\nThere Konta could not find a rhythm, sending a forehand into the net to hand the set to the world number world number 54.\n\nKonta is well versed in losing opening sets and winning in a third - with a record of 13 wins from 15 three-setters this year - but this time an early break in the second put a comeback out of reach.\n\nThe game was up for the Briton when she went long with a backhand - summing up everything that was wrong with this performance.\n\n\"I couldn't quite find the level that I needed to make it difficult and challenging for the kind of player she is,\" said Konta, who had lost to Strycova in 2017 in Tokyo in their only other meeting.\n\n\"She's a very difficult player to play on this surface, and in general. She's a very good player. It's just unfortunate I couldn't quite find the level needed to come through.\"\n\nFavourite tag seems to hamper Konta again\n\nKonta had been hoping to emulate her 2017 feat of reaching the last four and getting closer to becoming the first British women's singles finalist since Virginia Wade won the title in 1977.\n\nShe has enjoyed a successful year, reaching the French Open semi-finals and two WTA finals on clay, before transferring her good form on to grass.\n\nHer serve has been the key but against Strycova she won just 51% of her first-serve points.\n\nIn the previous two rounds she came past 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in three sets with accomplished displays but against the unseeded Strycova - where the Briton was now favourite - her game fell apart.\n\nHer mental strength has often been questioned and it will be once again, with this defeat echoing her Roland Garros semi-final loss to another unseeded Czech, Marketa Vondrousova.\n\nKonta, who was bidding to reach a fourth Grand Slam semi-final, denied that the pressure of expectation had got to her and refused to blame tiredness from back-to-back three-set matches.\n\n\"I was obviously nervous going into the match. But good nerves, excitement, anticipation,\" she said. \"I wouldn't say that had anything to do with the level that I played or any difficulty.\n\n\"I think it was a combination of just not finding my level, and her not giving me the opportunity to find my level more than anything.\"\n\nThis was a clever, skilful and tactically astute performance by Barbora Strycova. At the age of 33, she seized the opportunity to reach a first Grand Slam semi-final magnificently.\n\nJohanna Konta, though, was unable to play with anything like the freedom of earlier rounds.\n\nThirty four unforced errors in two sets tells its own story: Strycova's spins and relative lack of pace threw her out of kilter, but nerves and expectations also seemed to play a part.\n\nKonta played brilliantly to win her other Wimbledon quarter-final against Simona Halep two years ago, and also her recent French Open quarter-final with Sloane Stephens.\n\nBut just as in her Roland Garros semi-final with Marketa Vondrousova, Konta was the favourite here - and unable to play to the level she is capable of.", "You might have seen videos of Snowball the cockatoo dancing before.\n\nHe went viral in 2008 dancing to songs by the Backstreet Boys and Michael Jackson.\n\nBut now scientists in the US say his \"remarkably diverse spontaneous movements\" show dancing isn't limited to humans.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Trade union leaders have reached a common position on Brexit following a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nThe bosses of Labour's five-biggest affiliated unions back a referendum on any deal agreed by the Tory government or a no-deal exit from the EU.\n\nThey are calling for voters to be given the option to remain in the EU and expect Labour to formally back remain.\n\nIf Labour wins power in a general election, they want a \"confirmatory vote\" on any new deal negotiated.\n\nHowever, Labour's stance in a referendum campaign in these circumstances would \"depend on the deal negotiated\".\n\nMr Corbyn has faced calls to move policy in a more pro-EU direction.\n\nDeputy leader Tom Watson and other leading figures have called for an unambiguously pro-Remain stance amid criticism that confusion over Labour's message contributed to its poor performance in last month's European parliament elections.\n\nMr Watson welcomed Monday's agreement as a \"step in the right direction\" but said his party should not be supporting any form of Brexit.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Tom Watson This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIn a document seen by the BBC, Unite, Unison, the GMB, CWU and Usdaw appear to have moved towards the position advocated by Mr Watson and others by saying that \"remain\" should be an option on the ballot paper, and Labour should campaign for it.\n\nIn the event of a snap election and a Labour victory, they would expect the new government to negotiate a deal to leave the EU - a position favoured by the Unite union.\n\nHowever the deal should be put to a confirmatory vote - a position favoured by Unison and the GMB - and in this scenario \"remain\" should also be an option on the ballot paper.\n\nMr Corbyn, who pledged to consult the unions before any change in position, has previously said he would be prepared to back a referendum on any Brexit deal put to Parliament.\n\nThe text of the document agreed by Labour's five largest affiliated unions\n\nBut Mr Corbyn has not guaranteed either to campaign for the UK to stay in the EU or confirmed that this would even be an option on the ballot paper.\n\nThe Conservatives said Labour had \"no interest in delivering on the referendum result\" of 2016.\n\n\"Labour promised to respect the Brexit vote, but rerunning the referendum and backing remain would be an attempt to frustrate Brexit and ignore the democratic mandate to deliver it,\" a spokesman said.\n\nThe agreement by the biggest Labour-supporting unions is significant.\n\nThe document sets out two scenarios. In the first, there would be a Conservative negotiated deal - or no deal - which Labour would oppose.\n\nUnder these circumstances, the unions say Labour should press for a referendum - something which in effect reflects Jeremy Corbyn's current position.\n\nBut the unions also say not only should \"remain\" be an option in any referendum, but that the party should also campaign for it.\n\nThis is the position which Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson and others - including the shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer - have been pressing the Labour leader to adopt following the loss of votes to the avowedly Remain parties at the European elections.\n\nSignificantly, voices on the left too, such as the shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis and some supporters of Momentum, have also been pushing in this direction.\n\nIt was thought, though, that the Unite leader Len McCluskey would hold out against campaigning to remain - but he has shifted.\n\nThe second scenario, though, offers some comfort for Mr McCluskey and Labour MPs in Leave areas.\n\nIf there is a snap election, and Labour forms the next government, then the unions would still expect a Brexit deal to be negotiated.\n\nThis deal would be put to the people, but with remain as an alternative.\n\nThat should keep most of the party's Remainers on side, though they will want guarantees (that so far these have been spoken about privately not publicly) they would not be prevented from campaigning against a Labour deal and for remain.\n\nBut other Remainers are more sceptical. They say that Labour should just ditch the idea of attempting to get a Brexit deal at all. And they worry that any election campaign would be dominated by media questions to Labour MPs on whether they would be prepared to vote against any deal negotiated by their own government.\n\nBut the mere fact the unions have made a decision will put fire in the belly of shadow chancellor John McDonnell and some other shadow ministers who have been pushing for Labour to clarify its policy swiftly, before an new Conservative leader is in place.\n\nThe question is whether Labour's shadow cabinet officially follows suit on Tuesday - but a potential obstacle to a shift in position has been removed today and makes a policy change all the more likely.", "Stranger Things' return to Netflix has been massively popular, with the third instalment breaking the streaming service's viewer records.\n\nMore than 40 million households watched the show in its first four days, according to Netflix, with 18 million-plus already having finished all eight episodes.\n\nBird Box topped the company's first list in January.\n\nEighty million people watched the horror-thriller film over four weeks.\n\nUmbrella Academy, about a dysfunctional superhero family, was listed as having 45m viewers within its first month - the most for a series in the first quarter of 2019.\n\nStranger Things 3 has almost achieved that figure in a tenth of the time.\n\nThe figures are for the number of households that have watched the series, which is different to the total number of people who will have actually seen it.\n\nNetflix says it counts a view when someone has watched at least 70% of an episode or film.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Netflix US This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Netflix US\n\nWhen They See Us, Ava DuVernay's drama series about the wrongfully-convicted Central Park Five, was announced as Netflix's most-watched series in the US following its May release.\n\nBut Netflix measured that using a different method - saying it had been the most watched series every day since its premiere - which is different to the Stranger Things \"households\" number.\n\nStranger Things - which follows a group of kids in a fictional 1980s Indiana, with lots of supernatural goings on - has been one of Netflix's most critically and culturally-acclaimed original series since its 2016 release.\n\nIt's helped launch the careers of Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard, and introduced a new audience to Winona Ryder.\n\nWith its numbers seemingly so high, and fans emotional over how the third series ended, don't be surprised if there's still a lot more to come from the town of Hawkins.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Donald Trump has been \"disrespectful\" towards the prime minister and the UK, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.\n\nHis comments come after President Trump called Sir Kim Darroch, the UK ambassador to the US, \"a very stupid guy\" amid a row over leaked emails.\n\nHe went on to criticise Theresa May over Brexit, saying she had ignored his advice and gone her \"own foolish way\".\n\nOn Sunday emails revealed the ambassador had called the Trump administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nMeanwhile, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox's scheduled meeting with the US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the US was cancelled on Tuesday.\n\nMr Hunt responded to Mr Trump's latest outburst by tweeting: \"Friends speak frankly so I will: these comments are disrespectful and wrong to our prime minister and my country.\"\n\nThe Tory leadership hopeful also said he would keep Sir Kim in his post until he retires at Christmas.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US in a TV debate\n\nDuring a televised debate, Boris Johnson, the current Tory leadership frontrunner, was pushed on whether he would keep the ambassador, but said he \"wouldn't be so presumptuous\" as to think he would be in a position to do that.\n\nMr Johnson said he had \"a good relationship\" with the White House and that it was important to have a \"close partnership\" with the US.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Jeremy Hunt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the row was a reminder of the \"tricky and sensitive\" nature of the UK's relationship with the US and the challenge facing the Tory leadership hopefuls in dealing with a president \"who seems to love stirring up controversy\".\n\n\"It's Jeremy Hunt, normally seen as the more cautious of the two, who's speaking much more plainly and directly to Donald Trump on the matter, while Boris Johnson has said only that he's not embarrassed about being close to the White House,\" she said.\n\nFollowing Mr Trump's comments on Monday that the US would \"no longer deal\" with Sir Kim, the US State Department said it would continue \"to deal with any accredited individuals until we get any further guidance from the White House or the president\".\n\n\"We have an incredibly special and strategic relationship with the United Kingdom that has gone on for quite a long time - it's bigger than any individual or government,\" the department added.\n\nA spokesman for Theresa May said that Sir Kim is \"a dutiful, respected government official\" and confirmed there were no plans for Mrs May and Mr Trump to hold a call to discuss relations following the leak.\n\nNumber 10 also confirmed that Sir Kim would not be attending a meeting between Ivanka Trump and the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox in Washington.\n\nThe spokesman said: \"He isn't attending that meeting but he is supporting Liam Fox in other ways on his trip.\"\n\nEarlier on Tuesday Mr Trump tweeted: \"The wacky Ambassador that the U.K. foisted upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy.\n\n\"He should speak to his country, and Prime Minister May, about their failed Brexit negotiation, and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled.\n\n\"I told @theresa_may how to do that deal, but she went her own foolish way-was unable to get it done. A disaster!\n\n\"I don't know the Ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool. Tell him the USA now has the best Economy & Military anywhere in the World, by far...and they are both only getting bigger, better and stronger...Thank you, Mr. President!\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nNumber 10 previously called the leak, reported in the Mail on Sunday, \"unfortunate\" and has begun a formal investigation. It said the UK and US still shared a \"special and enduring\" relationship.\n\nConfidential emails from the UK's ambassador contained a string of criticisms of Mr Trump and his administration, and said the White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and divided under his presidency.\n\nSir Kim, who became ambassador to the US in January 2016 about a year before Mr Trump took office, also questioned whether the White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned that the US president should not be written off.\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true and policy on sensitive issues such as Iran was \"incoherent, chaotic\".", "Instagram believes its new anti-bullying tool, which prompts users to pause and consider what they are saying, could help curb abuse on the platform.\n\nIt will also soon offer the targets of bullying the ability to restrict interactions with users who are causing them distress.\n\nInstagram has been under pressure to deal with its bullying problem after high profile cases, including the suicide of British teenager Molly Russell.\n\nIn a blog post, the firm’s chief executive Adam Mosseri said his firm “could do more” on the issue.\n\n\"We can do more to prevent bullying from happening on Instagram, and we can do more to empower the targets of bullying to stand up for themselves,” Mr Mosseri wrote.\n\n\"These tools are grounded in a deep understanding of how people bully each other and how they respond to bullying on Instagram, but they’re only two steps on a longer path.”\n\nInstagram said it was using artificial intelligence to recognise when text resembles the kind of posts that are most often reported as inappropriate by users.\n\nIn one example, a person types “you are so ugly and stupid”, only to be interrupted with a notice saying: “Are you sure you want to post this? Learn more”.\n\nIf the user taps “learn more”, a notice informs: “We are asking people to rethink comments that seem similar to others that have been reported.”\n\nMolly Russell, 14, took her own life in 2017\n\nThe user can ignore the message and post anyway, but Instagram said in early tests that \"we have found that it encourages some people to undo their comment and share something less hurtful once they have had a chance to reflect.”\n\nThe tool is being rolled out to English-speaking users at first, with plans to eventually make it available globally, Instagram told the BBC.\n\nThe company said it will soon roll out an additional tool, called Restrict, designed to help teens filter abusive comments without resorting to blocking others - a blunt move that could have repercussions in the real world.\n\n\"We’ve heard from young people in our community that they’re reluctant to block, unfollow, or report their bully because it could escalate the situation, especially if they interact with their bully in real life,” Mr Mosseri said.\n\n\"Some of these actions also make it difficult for a target to keep track of their bully’s behaviour.”\n\nOnce a user has been restricted, their comments will appear only to themselves. Crucially, a restricted person will not know they have been restricted.\n\n\"You can choose to make a restricted person’s comments visible to others by approving their comments,” Mr Mosseri explained.\n\n\"Restricted people won’t be able to see when you’re active on Instagram or when you’ve read their direct messages.”\n\nBullying on social media, particularly Instagram, was brought into tragic focus earlier this year.\n\nThe father of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life, said distressing content about depression and suicide on Instagram were partly responsible for his daughter's death.\n\nIn April, the British government published its Online Harms white paper, a policy proposal that sought tighter controls on technology firms. It suggests the creation of an independent regulator to direct ways in which firms should deal with all manner of abuse, including bullying.\n\nThe paper was met with a mixed response, with some questioning its efficacy, and fears it could be overreaching.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Instagram boss Adam Mosseri discussed its anti-bullying plans in an interview in June\n\nAt Facebook’s recent developer conference, Mr Mosseri said a key focus of Instagram - which Facebook owns - is to tackle the bullying issue.\n\n“It’s really encouraging to see that the new feature has been rolled out,” said Alex Holmes, deputy chief executive of the Anti-Bullying at the Diana Award, and a long-time anti-bullying advocate.\n\nThe group has received some funding from Facebook for real-world anti-bullying initiatives in schools. Mr Holmes told the BBC he felt social media firms could still do more to actively teach users about decent behaviour.\n\n\"If you are under 18, you should have to go through awareness building when you sign up,” he said.\n\n\"I think it would be a pretty simple thing, for the first five minutes, to go through. Platforms should be able to make the issue of safety more appealing, more engaging.\"\n\nIf you've been affected by self-harm, eating disorders or emotional distress, help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.\n\nDo you have more information about this or any other technology story? You can reach Dave directly and securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370\n• None 'Instagram can't solve bullying on its own'", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Donald Trump: \"The ambassador has not served the UK well\"\n\nPolice have been urged to open a criminal investigation into the leak of diplomatic emails which described the Trump administration as \"inept\".\n\nTom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, told MPs he made the request in a letter to the Met Police.\n\nThe government has already launched an internal inquiry, saying it \"utterly deplores\" the publication of the memos.\n\nUS President Donald Trump renewed his attack on the UK ambassador, Sir Kim Darroch, whose comments were leaked.\n\nIn a string of tweets about the UK, he said the US \"will no longer deal with him\", as well as making critical comments about Prime Minister Theresa May and her approach to Brexit.\n\nMr Trump's comments come after No 10 said the prime minister had \"full faith\" in the UK ambassador in Washington following the leak.\n\nEmails from the UK's ambassador, leaked to the Mail on Sunday, said Mr Trump's White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and \"divided\".\n\nThe prime minister's spokesman said it was \"the job of ambassadors to provide honest and unvarnished opinions\" but Mrs May \"does not agree with the assessment\".\n\nHe added: \"The leak is absolutely unacceptable and, as you would expect, contact has been made with the Trump administration setting out our view that we believe that it is unacceptable.\"\n\nForeign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan told the House of Commons police could be involved if evidence of wrongdoing over the breach of confidentiality was found.\n\n\"The most important focus is to establish who is responsible for this despicable leak,\" he said.\n\nSir Kim Darroch said the White House is \"uniquely dysfunctional\"\n\nEarlier, Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the BBC the leak was \"unprofessional, unethical and unpatriotic\", adding that whoever released the emails had \"maliciously\" undermined the defence and security relationship with the US.\n\n\"I hope if we can identify the individual, either the full force of internal discipline - or if necessary the law - will be brought to bear because this sort of behaviour has no place in public life,\" he said.\n\nBut Labour's shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Sir Kim had been \"betrayed\" and \"hung out to dry even though his only crime was to tell the truth\".\n\nShe added: \"He told the truth about Donald Trump and that was because it was his job.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJust imagine if every heavily encrypted report to Whitehall from all UK ambassadors overseas was instantly available on your mobile.\n\nThe candour would cease immediately and they'd become ultra-bland and useless as a tool in policy-making.\n\nSo, damage in this case is considerable. There will be a large number of potential suspects.\n\nDiplomatic telegrams are seen by scores, often hundreds of people - ministers and officials - across several departments. That is to ensure grown-up and private conversations can be had based on large amounts of source material.\n\nOf course, there is damage to relations between the UK and the Trump White House too.\n\nMr Trump likes to dish out insults and criticism (remember his frequent belittling of Theresa May over Brexit, and his all out verbal attacks on the mayor of London) but he is pretty thin-skinned when the verbal arrows are aimed at him.\n\nThe one person who is not under suspicion in London is Sir Kim himself. After all, as his current political master, Mr Hunt, has made clear, he was just doing his job.\n\nAs the Foreign Office launched an investigation into the source of the leak to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Trump told reporters in New Jersey: \"We're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well.\n\n\"So I can understand it and I can say things about him but I won't bother.\"\n\nIn the emails, the UK ambassador to Washington said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nSir Kim questioned whether this White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned the US president should not be written off.\n\nDating from 2017 to the present day, the leaked emails said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true and policy on sensitive issues such as Iran was \"incoherent, chaotic\".\n\nAlthough the Mueller investigation later found allegations of conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia were not proven, Sir Kim's emails said \"the worst cannot be ruled out\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt reacts to the UK ambassador's leaked emails about US President Donald Trump\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister and the UK leaves the EU by 31 October, \"people like\" Sir Kim would \"not be around\".\n\nAsked about speculation that he might take on the diplomatic role, Mr Farage said: \"I don't think I'm the right man for the job\", adding that he was \"not a diplomat\".\n\nHowever, he said he \"could be very useful\" when dealing with the US administration.\n\nSir Kim is the British ambassador to the US, which means he represents the Queen and UK government interests in the US.\n\nBorn in South Stanley, County Durham in 1954, he attended Durham University where he read zoology.\n\nDuring a 42-year diplomatic career, he has specialised in national security issues and European Union policy.\n\nIn 2007, Sir Kim served in Brussels as UK permanent representative to the EU.\n\nHe was the prime minister's national security adviser between 2012 and 2015, dealing with issues such as the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, Russian annexation of Crimea, the nuclear threat from Iran and the collapse of government authority in Libya.\n\nHe became ambassador to the US in January 2016, a year before Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.", "MNEK has set up a writing camp dedicated to helping emerging LGBT singer-songwriters.\n\nHe says there isn't enough support on offer to those starting out in the industry and he's \"faced judgement\" because of his sexuality.\n\nThe Grammy winner hopes this camp will help emerging talent find a safe space to work in.\n\nArtists including Olly Alexander and L Devine are taking part in the event.\n\n\"I've been in situations where someone has told me that my video made them uncomfortable,\" MNEK explains to BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\n\"This was a straight man, and I really don't want to have to worry about making him uncomfortable.\n\n\"I should really be worrying about my own comfort and me putting out the best art that I can.\"\n\nThis writing camp, in association with Pride In Music, is offering support to those in a similar position.\n\n\"I wanted to do it because I just know there's a bunch of LGBT writing production talent that I really wanted to get to know each other, and really create a safe space for us to work and create.\"\n\n\"We never really get to do things like this,\" says Ryan Ashley who is a gay artist and part of MNEK's two day camp.\n\n\"I've never personally known there to be an LGBTQ camp of writers. So it's definitely more of a comfortable setting to be in. It's just an enjoyable experience and we get to write songs together.\"\n\nCaitlyn Scarlett is a pansexual artist who is friends with MNEK. She wants to find out what kind of music will come out of a camp completely made of queer people.\n\n\"You would be surprised how little stuff like this happens even though we're in a creative industry,\" says Caitlyn.\n\n\"There's been so many times where we've been in all-straight rooms and obviously that's life, but I think we can look out for ourselves and be kind to ourselves and actually enjoy each others company, and make music and be in safe spaces, says MNEK.\"\n\nRina Sawayama is a singer based in London but originally from Japan. She identifies as bisexual and pansexual, but when she's writing songs she often finds it easier to \"stick to the norm.\"\n\n\"I've had it quite a few times where I've written something and they've asked if we can change it to a boy because it's easier to pitch,\" she says.\n\n\"Sometimes you don't want to be the spanner in the works but actually why don't we make this song about a same-sex relationship.\n\nRyan doesn't think there's enough support from the industry he works in. But he wants to do more for the next generation of emerging LGBT artists.\n\n\"The labels aren't really championing LGBTQ artists yet, but that's the path we're all trying to open up for the people who come after.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "There was a lot of finger pointing, a lot of flailing, and a lot of squabbling between the two powerful politicians locked in the race to become our next prime minister.\n\nBoris Johnson, who has been dreaming of this moment for years through a career of highs, and profound lows, with No 10 nearly in his grasp.\n\nAnd Jeremy Hunt, a politician who has held high office for nearly a decade, but who started this race believing that his bid for the biggest job was a long shot.\n\nThere was, inevitably, the usual sprinkling of attempted jokes from Boris Johnson. After weeks of holding it together he could not quite tame the instinct to jibe.\n\nJeremy Hunt was punctilious and precise in his usual manner.\n\nBut in a curious way they swapped sides too tonight. Hunt trying to provoke, to land spiky points and Mr Johnson trying hard not to offend, whether it was his ally in the White House, or the Democratic Unionists in Northern Ireland.\n\nBoth teams will leave Salford content with their candidates' performance.\n\nThe gaffe prone former foreign secretary avoided slipping on any banana skins, and managing not to commit on some of the more controversial issues before him. And the current foreign secretary managed to land his blows on his opponent.\n\nThere was perhaps though no jaw dropper, no moment that turned this race upside down.\n\nMr Johnson arrived the favourite and leaves in the same position. Mr Hunt turned up keen to show that he is ready to use sharp elbows to scrap and to make himself heard with attacks on his rival that are a contrast to his normal careful style.\n\nTheir respective status as the front runner and challenger may not have changed.\n\nYet while Jeremy Hunt may not, from this performance alone, manage to stop Boris Johnson's journey to No 10, he has at least shown that if he gets there, he is likely to face a very tricky time.\n\nConservative party members have their ballots now, and many will already have voted.\n\nBut there is technically still nearly two weeks for those forms to be filled in and put into the post. While the shouting is over for now, the decision is not yet done.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJeremy Corbyn has challenged the next Tory leader to hold another referendum before taking Britain out of the EU, saying Labour will campaign for Remain.\n\nMr Corbyn says the party will take this position to stop \"no deal or a damaging Tory Brexit\".\n\nBut he does not say what he would do if he won a general election and was placed in charge of the Brexit process.\n\nSome senior members of his team want him to take a pro-Remain stance in all circumstances.\n\nIn an interview with the BBC's John Pienaar, Mr Corbyn said Labour was now the \"party of choice\" when it came to Brexit.\n\nHe said he had done \"what I think a leader should do... an awful lot of listening\" - to party members, unions and the wider Labour movement - before coming to a revised position.\n\nHe said he would \"make a case\" to Parliament in September to get another referendum and in the meantime, Labour will \"do everything we can to take no deal off the table or stop a damaging deal of the sort Hunt or Johnson propose\".\n\nAsked if he had changed his position because of pressure from colleagues, Mr Corbyn said: \"Not a bit of it. I've been listening and I've enjoyed it.\"\n\nMr Corbyn said he could not say what Labour's position would be at a general election, but would decide it \"very quickly\", depending on the circumstances at the time, whenever one was called.\n\nIn a letter to members, he said Labour continued to believe the \"compromise plan\" set out for Brexit during cross-party talks with the government earlier this year was a \"sensible alternative that could bring the country together\".\n\nThis included a customs union, a strong single market relationship and the protection of environmental regulations and rights at work.\n\nMr Corbyn's statement followed a shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning, and a meeting with trade union leaders on Monday.\n\nThe bosses of Labour's five-biggest affiliated unions called for the move the party has made - but also for it to hold a \"confirmatory vote\" on any new deal it negotiated if Labour won a general election.\n\nThe BBC's political correspondent Iain Watson said there was disagreement about the second part of the unions' stance in shadow cabinet, with deputy leader Tom Watson wanting a \"straight Remain stance\", meaning a decision on it was \"kicked down the road\".\n\nThe deputy leader is among leading figures who have argued that confusion over Labour's message on Brexit contributed to its poor performance in the recent European Parliament elections.\n\nMr Watson said he was \"happy\" with the new Brexit position \"up to the election\", but the party had \"yet to cross that bridge\" when it comes to its manifesto for the next election.\n\n\"Our members have been telling us for some time now that they want us to be a Remain party and that they want us to put the new deal to the people,\" he added.\n\n\"We're now going to campaign for that and I'm very proud that the shadow cabinet have now listened to their concerns.\"\n\nShadow Treasury minister Clive Lewis said if a snap election was called, Labour would try to renegotiate the Brexit deal agreed by Theresa May, despite saying it \"very much looks like\" Labour is now the party of Remain.\n\nHe told the BBC's Politics Live: \"If we win that general election, we will come into power, and if we can renegotiate that deal - a Labour deal - we will, because that's what people asked for.\"\n\nSome Labour MPs, including Brexit-backing John Mann and Emma Lewell-Buck, said the party could lose votes in Leave-supporting areas as a result of the policy.\n\nMs Lewell-Buck, who quit her shadow minister role in opposition to a further referendum, said she was \"concerned\" and had a \"heavy heart\" over the decision.\n\n\"But I am also very clear that I am representing my constituents and I will continue to do that no matter what because they are the people who put me where I am,\" she said.\n\nThere's always a \"but\", it seems, when it comes to Labour and Brexit. What the party is saying explicitly is that it'll try to force the new PM to hold another referendum and if that happens it will back Remain. But we don't know what Labour would do in the event of a general election.\n\nThe feeling among some Labour people is, \"If you think it was hard to get here, trying to come to a manifesto position is going to be even harder,\" so they're just not going there yet.\n\nSometimes it feels Labour has been dragged kicking and screaming towards positions on Brexit, but it has at least got to a new one today. The question is whether it'll have to go further at some point.\n\nSome on the Remain wing will be delighted with Jeremy Corbyn's shift, but others will feel there's more to do.\n\nFormer Labour MP Chris Leslie - who left the party to found Remain-backing Change UK - said Mr Corbyn's stance had \"confirmed that if you vote Labour, you'll get Brexit\".\n\nHe said the position \"wasn't good enough\", adding: \"Brexit - whether a Labour Brexit or a Conservative Brexit - will cost people's jobs, put businesses in jeopardy, and diminish Britain in the eyes of our neighbours.\n\n\"Corbyn's refusal to be honest about that fact is a deep betrayal of the people Labour used to represent.\"\n\nThe Liberal Democrat's Brexit spokesperson, Tom Brake, said Labour \"are still a party of Brexit\".\n\nHe added: \"Jeremy Corbyn can pretend all he likes that the Labour Party are finally moving towards backing the Liberal Democrat policy of a People's Vote, but it is clear it is still his intention to negotiate a damaging Brexit deal if he gets the keys to No 10.\"\n\nBut Miriam Mirwitch, chair of Young Labour, welcomed the move, adding: \"This vital shift shows that Labour is a party centred around democracy that has listened to what it's members have wanted for some time: a People's Vote in which Labour campaigns to Remain.\"\n\n28 September 2018 - Labour agrees if a general election cannot be achieved it \"must support all options… including campaigning for a public vote\"\n\nNovember 2018 - Shadow chancellor John McDonnell says Labour will \"inevitably\" back a second referendum if unable to secure general election\n\n6 February 2019 - Mr Corbyn writes a letter to Mrs May seeking five changes to her Brexit policy with no mention of a \"People's Vote\"\n\n25 February 2019 - Labour says it will back a public vote if its proposed Brexit deal is rejected\n\n14 March 2019 - Labour orders its MPs to abstain on an amendment calling for a second referendum\n\n27 March 2019 - The party instructs its MPs to support Margaret Beckett's amendment which calls for a confirmatory public vote on any Brexit deal\n\n30 April 2019 - NEC agrees that the European election manifesto will commit to a further referendum under certain circumstances\n\n9 July 2019 - Labour calls on the next PM to hold a referendum and pledges to campaign for Remain against \"no deal or a damaging Tory Brexit\"", "Primark founder and chairman Arthur Ryan has died after a short illness, the budget fashion chain has announced.\n\nMr Ryan established the High Street retailer as Penneys in 1969 in his hometown of Dublin in Ireland.\n\nFifty years on, the chain has expanded to over 350 stores in 11 countries across Europe and the US.\n\nPrimark chief executive Paul Marchant said 83-year-old Mr Ryan had been \"a true real retail pioneer\" and a \"gifted retailer and a visionary leader\".\n\n\"He innovated and was never complacent, despite many successes. He challenged us all to be the best we can be,\" he said.\n\nMr Ryan ran the company for four decades as chief executive and 10 years ago, he gave up his day-to-day control of the firm to become chairman instead.\n\nBut Mr Marchant said Mr Ryan had remained \"deeply connected\" to the business and had continued to regularly visit stores and walk the shop floor.\n\nThe chain is still known as Penneys in Ireland, but was renamed when it expanded to the UK to avoid legal issues with US department store chain JC Penney, which had trademarked the name.\n\nMr Ryan started the chain after being tasked by the wealthy Weston family to open a discount clothes retailer.\n\nCrowds were handed balloons as they ran into a new Primark store in Birmingham earlier this year\n\nPrimark has expanded rapidly in recent years, continuing to thrive in what has been a tough environment for many of its rivals.\n\nEarlier this year, Primark's parent company Associated British Foods said it expected sales and profit to continue to increase in the first half of the year.\n\nIn April, the chain opened its largest ever store in Birmingham, with the 161,000 sq ft five-floor space covering the entire site of a former shopping centre.\n\nGeorge Weston, chief executive of Associated British Foods, said Mr Ryan would be remembered as \"one of the great giants of retailing\".\n\n\"When my grandfather, Garfield Weston, and uncle, Galen Weston, recruited Arthur to run Penneys in 1969 with only one store in Dublin, they knew they were hiring an exceptional trader.\n\n\"But what three generations of Westons learned over the following decades was that Arthur was also a great leader and business builder, driven every day by a relentless desire to delight his customers.\n\n\"Arthur Ryan made fashion accessible to all and his legacy looms large.\"\n• None Are businesses using Pride without giving back?", "Chinese and Indian ethnic group workers have higher average earnings than their white British counterparts, the first detailed official figures show.\n\nBut the data on the ethnicity pay gap, showed all other ethnic groups have lower wages than white British workers.\n\nThe Office for National Statistics said employees in the Bangladeshi ethnic group have the largest pay gap, earning 20% less than white British employees.\n\nOn average, ethnic minorities earn 3.8% less than white ethnic groups.\n\nThe categories are the official ones used by ONS.\n\nIn 2018, employees from the Chinese ethnic group earned 30.9% more than white British employees.\n\nHugh Stickland, senior ONS analyst, said: \"Overall, employees from certain ethnic groups such as Indian and Chinese, have higher average earnings than their white British counterparts.\n\n\"However, all other ethnic groups have average wages lower than for white British employees, with employees from the Bangladeshi ethnic group having the largest pay gap.\n\n\"However, once characteristics such as education and occupation are taken into account, the pay gap between white British and most other ethnic groups becomes narrower, though significant differences still remain.\"\n\nThe data - based on median gross hourly earnings between 2012 and 2018 - shows that the Chinese ethnicity group is the highest paid, receiving £15.75 an hour in 2018.\n\nThat group is followed by the Indian ethic group - which earns £13.47 an hour - and mixed/multiple ethnicity group, with a £12.33 hourly pay rate.\n\nThe median pay of the white British group was £12.03. The Bangladeshi group had the lowest median hourly pay of £9.60 with the second-lowest paid group being of Pakistani origin at £10 an hour.\n\nThe data comes after a report last year from the Resolution Foundation found black and ethnic minority workers were paid significantly less than their white counterparts.\n\n\"The harsh reality is that even today race still plays a real role in determining pay,\" said Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the TUC.\n\n\"Ministers must take bold action to confront inequality and racism in the labour market. The obvious first step is to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting without delay,\" she said.\n\nThe government has consulted on whether mandatory reporting will help address disparities between the pay and career prospects of minorities.\n\nThe government has already introduced mandatory reporting on the gender pay gap - which stands at 9.6% in favour of men - and the ONS data also shows discrepancies in male and female earnings in the ethnic groups.\n\nThe Chinese and Indian groups, which both have the highest rate of hourly pay, were among those with the biggest gender gaps.\n\nChinese men on average earned 19.1% more than women and Indian men earned 23.2% more than women.\n\nBut women in the Bangladeshi ethnic group earn more than their male counterparts - with a 10.5% gap.\n\nThe ONS said, though, that the sample size for the Bangladeshi group was smaller and susceptible to inaccuracy compared with other ethnic groups.\n\nLondon, which has the highest proportion of its population classified as an ethnic minority group, also has the largest pay gap of 21.7%.\n\nThe ONS found this gap was reversed in other parts of Britain. In the north-east of England, for instance, employees from an ethnic minority group had average earnings that were 6.5% more than the average earnings of white employees.\n\nThe ONS says that where someone is born can have an influence on how much they are paid.\n\n\"By comparing those who were born in the UK and those who were not, it may give us an idea of what sort of effect having a UK education and the higher likelihood of speaking English as a first language may have on those from an ethnic minority background,\" the ONS said.\n\nIt found those in the Bangladeshi ethnic group - who had been born in the UK - earned 8% less than white British employees. But for Bangladeshi employees born outside the UK the gap was 26.8%.\n\nWhen taking other factors into account, such as education, UK-born employees in the Indian and Chinese ethnic groups do not have pay gaps that are \"statistically different\" from the UK-born white British employees, the ONS found.\n\nFor example, almost a third of workers in the Indian ethnic group work in professional roles which means they tend to be higher-paid.", "Writing on the school wall in Senegal: Progress to widening access to education has stalled, says UN report\n\nPromises by world leaders to raise global education standards by 2030 are unlikely to be kept, warns the United Nations' education agency.\n\nUnesco says on current trends, 30% of adults and 20% of young people will still be illiterate in poor countries.\n\nThere are 262 million young people without access to school, with the worst problems in sub-Saharan Africa.\n\nThe UN agency warns that the numbers missing out on education are unlikely to fall much in the next decade.\n\nThe report examines progress towards global targets, the \"sustainable development goals\", which in 2015 the international community committed to achieve by 2030.\n\nThese included promises on education - but after four years, the projections from Unesco show, they are already off track and unlikely to be achieved without a significant change of direction.\n\nAbout 18% of children are without school places - and Unesco's report says on current trends this will have fallen to 14% by the end of the next decade, which will still mean 225 million out of school.\n\nThere had been more progress in the early years of the century, particularly in reducing the number of primary age children who do not even get the first basics of an education.\n\nRefugees in Chad: Conflicts have disrupted the educations of tens of millions\n\nThe out-of-school rate for primary years had fallen from 15% to 9% between 2000 and 2008 - but, the report says, progress then seemed to stall.\n\nThis has been linked to a reduction in overseas aid in the wake of the financial crash.\n\nBut it also reflects the fact there is a hard-to-reach group of children whose chances of going to school have been disrupted by war and violence, being forced to become refugees, corruption and political failure.\n\nThere are inequalities of access - such as barriers to girls and rural families getting an education.\n\nBut the biggest gap is related to poverty - with only 4% of youngsters in low-income families staying on to the end of secondary school.\n\nA classroom in Uganda: The biggest challenges to get all children in school are in sub-Saharan Africa\n\nThe report also highlights practical problems, such as an acute lack of trained teachers.\n\nThe proportion of teachers with at least basic training has fallen in sub-Saharan Africa, so the problem is worse now than at the beginning of the century.\n\nThe growing population has also been a challenge in this region - and 54% of all the children without school are now in sub-Saharan Africa, compared with 41% in 2000.\n\nAcross the world, the Unesco report says, by 2030 about 90% of adults will be literate. But in low-income countries, there will still be 30% of adults who are illiterate.\n\nUnesco also highlights the differences in outcomes between developing countries.\n\nLiberia is among the least likely to provide education for all its children, with many school buildings being damaged by conflict and many teachers leaving the country.\n\nEthiopia has seen an increase in access to schools\n\nBut Ethiopia is seen as making much better progress, investing more than a quarter of its budget on education and raising the numbers of girls in school and female teachers.\n\nNepal and Afghanistan are also seen as making considerable improvements in access to education.\n\nThis is the latest in a series of missed education targets after high-profile international pledges - despite education being seen as important for improving health and prosperity in poorer countries and preventing extremism.\n\nPromises made in 1990 to ensure access to primary education were not achieved by the deadline of 2000.\n\nDespite hardships, Afghanistan is commended for widening access to school\n\nThese were replaced by millennium goals for improving global education, which were missed by the 2015 deadline.\n\nThese were followed by the sustainable development goals set in 2015.\n\nThese promised that all children would be able to complete primary and secondary education by 2030.\n\nBut, the report from Unesco says, after almost a third of the 15-year target has elapsed, the trends suggest these goals are likely to be missed.\n\n\"The world is far off track on achieving international commitments to education,\" the report says.\n\n\"For several years now, no progress has been made on access into primary and secondary education. Only one in two young people complete secondary school.\"", "Robinson was found guilty of interfering with the trial of a sexual grooming gang\n\nEx-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson encouraged \"vigilante action\" against defendants when he filmed them in a Facebook Live, judges have said.\n\nRobinson was found in contempt of court last week over the broadcast, which he made in breach of a reporting ban, outside Leeds Crown Court in May 2018.\n\nExplaining the decision, judge Dame Victoria Sharp said the video could have \"seriously impeded\" justice over a sexual grooming gang's trial.\n\nHis sentencing is expected on Thursday.\n\nIn a written ruling, Dame Victoria - President of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court - gave the reasons why she and Mr Justice Warby had found Robinson guilty.\n\nShe said that the 36-year-old, from Luton, had claimed his intention in making the broadcast was to \"denounce the media\" for their behaviour.\n\nBut the judges found Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, had encouraged others \"to harass a defendant by finding him, knocking on his door, following him, and watching him.\"\n\nThis created \"a real risk that the course of justice would be seriously impeded\", she said.\n\nTommy Robinson told the crowd outside the Old Bailey on Friday that he thought the decision was wrong\n\n\"All of this has to be assessed in the context of the video as a whole, in which the respondent [Stephen Yaxley-Lennon] approves and encourages vigilante action.\"\n\nThe judges were sure his words would have been understood by \"a substantial number of viewers as an incitement to engage in harassment of the defendants\", she added.\n\nDame Victoria said that using the dangers of using \"un-moderated platforms\" on social media were obvious and that Robinson's conduct created a risk that the defendants would be intimidated.\n\nMr Robinson's words during the broadcast \"had a clear tendency to encourage unlawful physical or verbal aggression towards identifiable targets\".\n\n\"Harassment of the kind he was describing could not be justified\", she said.\n\nDame Victoria added that Robinson's Facebook Live could have made the defendants \"feel intimidated\" which risked having a \"significant adverse impact on their ability to participate in the closing stages of the trial.\"\n\n\"That in itself would represent a serious impediment to the course of justice\", she said.\n\nThe judges also rejected Robison's evidence that he had made checks in the court over reporting restrictions as \"not credible\".\n\nThey found that he \"quite deliberately\" reported on the case, which he had told his viewers was the subject of a reporting restriction.\n\nDame Victoria said Robinson's right to freedom of expression \"could not justify an interference with fair trial rights\".\n\nA provisional date of 11 July has been given for Robinson's sentencing hearing.\n\nThe maximum sentence for contempt of court is two years in prison, but it can also be punished with an unlimited fine.", "Nicki Minaj is known for her provocative and highly sexualised performances\n\nRapper Nicki Minaj has cancelled a scheduled performance in Saudi Arabia next week, citing her support for the rights of women and the LGBT community.\n\nHer headline billing at the festival in Jeddah triggered an outcry from critics of the country's human rights record.\n\nOthers questioned how her revealing outfits and explicit lyrics would go over in the ultra-conservative kingdom.\n\nSaudi Arabia has been trying to ease restrictions on entertainment and to encourage growth in its arts sector.\n\nScrutiny of the country's human rights record intensified after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October.\n\nIn March, the kingdom drew further criticism when it put 10 women's rights activists on trial.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Five things Saudi women still can't do\n\n\"After careful reflection I have decided to no longer move forward with my scheduled concert at Jeddah World Fest,\" the singer said in a statement.\n\n\"While I want nothing more than to bring my show to fans in Saudi Arabia, after better educating myself on the issues, I believe it is important for me to make clear my support for the rights of women, the LGBTQ community and freedom of expression.\"\n\nOn Friday, the US-based Human Rights Foundation wrote an open letter to Minaj urging her to withdraw from the 18 July festival.\n\nIt called on her to \"refuse the regime's money\" and use her influence to demand the release of the detained women activists.\n\nLast week some on social media described the singer's decision to perform in Jeddah as hypocritical, contrasting her appearances at gay pride events with Saudi Arabia's stance on gay rights. Homosexuality is banned in Saudi Arabia.\n\nMinaj was not the first performer to cause controversy by accepting an invitation to perform in Saudi Arabia.\n\nEarlier this year, Mariah Carey defied calls from human rights activists to cancel her performance in the kingdom, while last December rapper Nelly came under fire for performing a \"men only\" concert.\n• None With French help, Saudis to embrace opera", "The battleship Markgraf was among those scuttled\n\nFour World War One warships sunk in Scapa Flow in Orkney in 1919 have been sold on eBay for a combined total of £85,000.\n\nThe Markgraf, Karlsruhe, Konig and Kronprinz Wilhelm are scheduled monuments, which recreational divers are not supposed to enter.\n\nThe asking price was over £800,000.\n\nThe three battleships sold for £25,500 each to a Middle Eastern company. The cruiser, Karlsruhe, sold for £8,500 to a private bidder in England.\n\nThe vessels, which were part of the German High Seas fleet, were deliberately scuttled 100 years ago.\n\nThey cannot be removed from the seabed.\n\nWhen the listing first appeared on online auction site eBay, some assumed the advert was a hoax.\n\nBut the seller explained that they had been bought from a defunct salvage company.\n\nDrew Crawford, mediating agent for owner of the wrecks - retired Tayside diving contractor Tommy Clark - said they were not certain as to the long-term intentions of the new owners, and the sale would depend on terms and conditions being met.\n\nHe said: \"We're finalising details of the sale with them.\n\n\"We hope to know more, ultimately, later this week.\n\n\"It's not very often ships or shipwrecks like this come up for sale, especially with the history these vessels have.\n\n\"It's a very rare occurrence and not something you see often at all.\"\n\nThe listing described the ships as \"pre-owned\"\n\nThe fleet had been interned in Scapa Flow after surrendering in the Firth of Forth.\n\nAdmiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the deliberate sinking of his ships in WW1 because he feared either the resumption of hostilities if treaty negotiations in Paris broke down, or the seizing of the fleet by the Allies as war reparations.\n\nDuring the 1920s and 30s a number of the vessels were lifted from the sea bed by commercial contractors, and broken up.\n\nSome historians argue that saved Orkney from the worst effects of the post-war recession.\n\nAnd the presence of the wrecks in Scapa Flow has made the area a destination of choice for divers, keen to see the remains on the sea bed.", "Recreational cannabis is legal in 10 US states\n\nTeenagers are less likely to use cannabis in places where the drug has been legalised, a new study suggests.\n\nResearchers at Montana State University looked at health surveys of US high school pupils between 1993 and 2017.\n\nWhile overall use among US youth went up, the likelihood of teen use declined by nearly 10% in states where recreational use was legalised.\n\nSome 33 states have legalised medical cannabis, while 10 states have also legalised recreational use.\n\nCannabis use remains illegal in all states for people under the age of 18.\n\nLead author of the study Mark Anderson told the Associated Press that the study, published in the medical journal Jama Paediatrics, \"should help to quell some concerns that use among teens will actually go up\".\n\nHis team analysed data on about 1.4 million teenagers in the US, taken from the Youth Risk Behaviour Surveys, an annual national survey carried out by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.\n\nDr Anderson said it was usually harder for teens to buy from licensed dispensaries - where proof of age is required - than from dealers, which could partly explain the drop. Cannabis sold in dispensaries is also often more expensive.\n\nDr Anderson said that the researchers did not find a change after medical cannabis was legalised - only when the drug was legalised for recreational purposes.\n\nIt may be harder for teenagers to buy from licensed dispensaries\n\nThe results echo those of a previous study, published last December, that found cannabis use among teens in Washington dropped after the state legalised the drug in 2012.\n\nBut the results contradicted a 2018 study from Colorado which found that the number of high school pupils who said they used cannabis stayed the same after recreational use was legalised in that state in 2014.\n\nDr Anderson told the US broadcaster CNN that, because most states that have legalised cannabis did so recently, the team would need to continue to track the data and update their findings \"in a few years\".", "The BBC is recognised by audiences in the UK and around the world as a provider of news that you can trust. Our website, like our TV and radio services, strives for journalism that is accurate, impartial, independent and fair.\n\nOur editorial values say: \"The trust that our audience has in all our content underpins everything that we do. We are independent, impartial and honest. We are committed to achieving the highest standards of accuracy and impartiality and strive to avoid knowingly or materially misleading our audiences.\n\n\"Our commitment to impartiality is at the heart of that relationship of trust. In all our output we will treat every subject with an impartiality that reflects the full range of views. We will consider all the relevant facts fairly and with an open mind.\"\n\nResearch shows that, compared to other broadcasters, newspapers and online sites, the BBC is seen as by far the most trusted and impartial news provider in the UK [PDF].\n\nEven so, we know that identifying credible journalism on the internet can be a confusing experience. 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End of twitter post 2 by CROWN OUT NOW 👑\n\nAnd Skin says it's not the first time she's been overlooked.\n\n\"It's one of those things - Beyonce said she was the first black female and I didn't really say anything then.\n\n\"I love Stormzy, it's all come from a place of love, but I did feel like I had to point out that we did it.\"\n\n\"At the end of the day - and I don't want to offend any Keith Flint fans out there - but you could argue Maxim was a frontman of the Prodigy.\n\n\"And they beat us to it in 1997!\"\n\nGoing back even further, there are bands like UB40 who had several black members and headlined in 1983.\n\nTheir lead singer was white, though - so it really comes down to how you define a \"black headliner\".\n\nMaxim from the Prodigy could also claim to be the first black British artist to headline Glastonbury\n\nSkunk Anansie formed in 1994, headlined Glastonbury in 1999, split up in 2001 and reformed in 2008.\n\nBut Skin says when they played Worthy Farm her race was never explicitly mentioned.\n\n\"It wasn't a conversation that was being had whether we were the first or I was the first black woman or anything like that.\"\n\nBut she thinks, under the surface, it was on people's minds.\n\n\"Glastonbury had a certain face at that time and it was white rock artists and not many women either.\n\n\"So there were a lot of articles and newspapers that were asking 'Why Skunk Anansie?', in the same way that, when he did it, people were asking 'Why Jay-Z?'\n\n\"Because there's a black face at the front of the band maybe people thought it wasn't rock enough - that it wasn't the right face for Glastonbury festival.\"\n\nStormzy used his set to talk about everything from politics to knife crime\n\nBut she thinks attitudes have now changed.\n\n\"Twenty years later Stormzy is there and it's just amazing to see,\" she says.\n\n\"To be honest I think 20 years is a bit too long. There could have been many black artists in that 20 years that could have had that slot and absolutely nailed it, from Dizzee Rascal to Goldie.\n\n\"But me and Maxim from the Prodigy are good friends and we're just really proud for this next generation and bigging up Stormzy.\n\n\"None of us want to put even a hint of shade on his amazing success. We're really delighted for him.\"\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Philip Rycroft, who resigned after 18 months as the Brexit boss, told the BBC no deal was \"fraught with risk\"\n\nEveryone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.\n\nPhilip Rycroft, who resigned after 18 months, told the BBC's Panorama no deal was \"fraught with risk\".\n\nAnd NI police said no deal could help recruitment for paramilitary groups.\n\nBoth the candidates in the race to replace Theresa May as prime minister - Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson - have said they would be prepared to leave the EU without a deal.\n\nFormer Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said there was \"no reason at all\" why new negotiations with the EU could not be completed in \"the next three months\".\n\nBut the EU has repeatedly refused to re-open negotiations.\n\nThe UK had been due to leave the EU on 29 March but this date was delayed after MPs repeatedly rejected Mrs May's deal. Currently, Brexit is set to take place on 31 October.\n\nIn a no-deal scenario, the UK would immediately leave the EU with no agreement about the \"divorce\" process, immediately coming out of the single market and customs union and institutions like law enforcement body Europol.\n\nThose against say it would damage the economy, especially industries like farming, and cause widespread disruption, but some politicians insist problems could be quickly overcome.\n\nThe government says it has been preparing for almost three years to minimise that disruption and to provide people and businesses with information they need to get ready.\n\nIn his first broadcast interview since stepping down as permanent secretary at the Brexit department, Mr Rycroft said the planning operation for exiting the EU was \"an unprecedented situation\" and \"the biggest exercise across government over the last few decades\".\n\nHe told Panorama: \"This has been an extraordinary exercise to which the civil service is responding brilliantly well… The planning I think is in good shape, absolutely… but of course what that doesn't mean is that there won't be an impact from Brexit, and particularly a no-deal Brexit, because that is a very major change and it would be a very abrupt change to our major trading relationship.\"\n\n\"The rational outcome over the next few months is to get a deal because that is overwhelmingly in the economic interest of both the EU and the UK.\"\n\nMr Rycroft continued: \"It's not in the UK's interest to have no deal, it's not in the EU's interest to have a no deal.\n\n\"I think everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation. We would be taking a step into the unknown.\"\n\nBut Sir Michael told BBC Radio 4's Today programme said no deal was the \"ultimate fall back\" and needed to be prepared for \"so that our partners are convinced that this is a deadly serious negotiation\".\n\n\"We have got three months to do this with a fresh approach,\" he said. \"We need some alternative arrangements for Northern Ireland - some of that technology is already in place - we need the right to exit the backstop if the negotiations fail, we need some improvements to the political declaration.\n\n\"These aren't the biggest things, but what they do require is some optimism and ambition and above all some energy.\n\n\"We will have a fresh team, a fresh prime minister and there is no reason at all why this can't be done in the next three months.\"\n\nA line of lorries seen in Kent during a trial of how routes from major ferry terminals will cope in case of a no-deal Brexit\n\nIn the event of a no-deal Brexit, additional checks on goods being delivered across the UK-EU border could result in delays on the roads - especially around the Port of Dover in Kent, which handles 17% of the UK's goods trade.\n\nRichard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, said working with the government to prepare for no deal had been \"a frustrating process\". He said: \"We have no clarity of the processes - what's actually going to happen on day one.\"\n\nMr Burnett told Panorama that Transport Secretary Chris Grayling had left him a voicemail expressing his disappointment after the RHA issued a press release following a private briefing.\n\nIn response, Mr Grayling said the haulage industry had been heavily involved in EU preparatory work and would continue to be so.\n\n\"It is obviously disappointing when someone issues a press release on the back of what was a private working group to discuss how we best approach both a deal and a no deal,\" he told the BBC. \"But we have continued to meet and engage with them.\"\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland also told the BBC of its concern at the impact on security of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThere are fears that one could lead to the introduction of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland - a situation Sinn Fein has said would lead to further calls for a referendum on Irish unification.\n\nPSNI Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs told Panorama: \"We know that the New IRA and other groups continue to recruit people and we believe that Brexit provides an opportunity for them to encourage people to recruit.\"\n\nBut he added that, despite their worries, to date the PSNI had not seen \"any upsurge\" in violence or recruitment being driven by Brexit.\n\nMr Mairs also expressed fears price differences on the border could create \"new opportunities\" for criminal gangs, claiming: \"We would see, traditionally, connections between some of those groups and more violent groups.\n\n\"The potential impact of a no deal on the economy in Northern Ireland is significant, and that would, in our view, present potentially significant security concerns.\"\n\nThe handling of Brexit has been the key issue in the Conservative leadership race.\n\nFrontrunner Mr Johnson has said the UK should prepare \"confidently and seriously\" for a no-deal Brexit, but believes the chances of it happening are \"one million to one against\".\n\nHe has said he will try to get a new deal negotiated with the EU, but has promised to leave the EU with or without one on 31 October.\n\nHis rival, Mr Hunt, also wants to change the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Mrs May and thinks this can be achieved by the end of October.\n\nHe has said he is prepared to delay Brexit beyond that date, if there is a prospect of getting a deal. If not, he would be prepared to leave without one but with \"a heavy heart\".\n\nMeanwhile MPs opposed to no deal are seeking ways to block such an outcome. Tory MP and ex-minister Sam Gyimah says there are \"30 plus\" Conservative MPs who would vote to block a no-deal Brexit.", "The family of actor Cameron Boyce has confirmed the Disney star has died at the age of 20.\n\nA spokesperson said he passed away in his sleep after suffering a seizure.\n\nHe made his acting debut in the horror film Mirrors but is best known for roles in Disney's Descendants and the TV show Jessie.\n\nHis death was confirmed on the evening of Saturday 6 July and linked to \"an ongoing medical condition\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by thecameronboyce This article contains content provided by Instagram. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost Cameron,\" a spokesperson said on behalf of his family.\n\n\"He passed away in his sleep due to a seizure which was a result of an ongoing medical condition for which he was being treated.\n\n\"The world is now undoubtedly without one of its brightest lights, but his spirit will live on through the kindness and compassion of all who knew and loved him.\n\n\"We are utterly heartbroken and ask for privacy during this immensely difficult time as we grieve the loss of our precious son and brother.\"\n\nCameron Boyce played the role of Carlos de Vil in Disney's Descendants\n\nCameron Boyce was only nine years old when he appeared in Mirrors. He then went on to play one of Adam Sandler's children in the movie Grown Ups.\n\nHowever it was on the Disney channel show Jessie that he became most well known as the character Luke Ross.\n\nThat led to him playing the part of Carlos de Vil in Descendants, the popular TV movie series which follows the lives of the children of Disney baddies.\n\nTributes have been paid by his fellow actors and fans.\n\nAdam Sandler posted a message on social media saying Cameron Boyce was \"the nicest, most talented, and most decent kid around\".\n\nCameron's Jessie co-star Skai Jackson wrote an emotional tribute to her friend, who she starred alongside for four seasons.\n\n\"Cam, you were one of a kind. My heart will be forever broken,\" she wrote alongside a number of videos featuring him.\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nA Disney Channel spokesman described him as an \"incredibly talented performer\".\n\nThey said: \"From a young age, Cameron Boyce dreamed of sharing his extraordinary artistic talents with the world.\n\n\"As a young man, he was fuelled by a strong desire to make a difference in people's lives through his humanitarian work.\n\n\"He was an incredibly talented performer, a remarkably caring and thoughtful person and, above all else, he was a loving and dedicated son, brother, grandson and friend.\n\n\"We offer our deepest condolences to his family, cast mates and colleagues and join his many millions of fans in grieving his untimely passing. He will be dearly missed.\"\n\nCameron Boyce had shared a black and white photo of himself on Instagram the day before he died.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.\n• None The power of Disney's nostalgia during a pandemic", "Cheryl has spoken about her struggle with anxiety and how she feels about people who post unpleasant messages about her online.\n\n\"They're not OK,\" she tells Katie Thistleton and Cel Spellman on Radio 1's Life Hacks this week.\n\n\"You can't believe people think those things about you, you can't believe people feel those things about you,\" she says.\n\nCheryl, now 36, says she took criticism hardest in her teens and early 20s.\n\nBut now she believes negative comments are more \"a reflection than it is a truth\" and that they say more about the person writing it than her.\n\n\"If someone has the time and the mental capacity to want to go on an article and write a sentence about somebody, you've got to be quite an angry sad person,\" she says.\n\n\"These people don't know you. They have no idea about you as a person or what's really going on.\"\n\nCheryl says the criticism was harder to deal with when she was younger\n\nAnd it's not just the comments people post online that causes concern for the singer - she's also worried about how people put on a \"facade\" of how their life really is on social media.\n\nShe says this is a problem because it's something she used to do herself.\n\n\"I would walk out to a wall of paparazzi and put on a smile but inside I was dying,\" she says.\n\n\"I think what happens then is everyone is looking around like, 'why does everyone seem so good and having a good time in a happy place and I feel rubbish?' And that's not helpful.\n\n\"So if people would just be a bit more open and honest with how they're feeling, I think we could all help each other.\"\n\nDuring the interview, Cheryl also revealed how she had a year of therapy due to her struggle with anxiety after giving birth to her son in 2017.\n\n\"I struggled for so many years with anxiety and in my own head,\" she says.\n\n\"I didn't want that to be happening when I was trying to focus on raising a child.\n\n\"It felt like my responsibilities shifted and my priorities changed and I needed to be settled in my own head to be able to give him the best that I could possibly give him.\"\n\nListen to the full interview on Life Hacks on Sunday, 7 July 2019, on BBC Radio 1.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "A flooding emergency in the Washington DC area left commuters in hazardous conditions. Torrential downpours led to road closures and left drivers stranded as well as dangerous flooding on the underground rail-lines.", "Passengers were stranded at Gatwick and others due to land were redirected\n\nPolice at Gatwick Airport were not prepared for an attack by more than one drone, a senior officer has said.\n\nFlights were suspended for 30 hours after the drone sightings in December, causing chaos for 140,000 passengers.\n\nSussex Police Supt Justin Burtenshaw said its \"drone plan\" had been based \"around a single drone incursion and not a multiple one\".\n\nHe said the airport industry was left \"playing catch up\", but Gatwick's defences were \"now fit for purpose\".\n\n\"We have now got the mitigation technology in place, I wish we had that in December,\" he added.\n\nAnti-drone equipment was deployed by the RAF at Gatwick Airport\n\nSupt Burtenshaw was speaking to Philip Ingram, a former British Army intelligence officer, at the Interpol World conference in Singapore on 3 July.\n\nHe said: \"We had a number of witnesses who saw two drones at the same time, so we're happy that on at least a couple of those occasions there were two drones flying.\"\n\nNo-one has been charged over the disruption, described as a \"sustained\" drone attack.\n\nSupt Burtenshaw said this was a \"reflection of how complex it is\" and was \"certainly not a failing in my officers\".\n\nThe officer also said that \"jamming technology\" - intended to remotely bring down a drone - was \"just not tested\".\n\n\"All this stuff is built for theatre of war. We are introducing something that is great in a desert into an urban environment and saying we are not quite sure what it's going to do,\" he said.\n\n\"I still don't know what effect a jamming technology is going to have on a hospital that is four kilometres away, so we have to be really careful.\"\n\nSupt Burtenshaw said the technology, which was installed in January at a cost of £5m, would only be used if there were \"no aircraft in the sky\".\n\nHe added: \"[It's] not something we would use very quickly.\"\n\nFootage of Supt Burtenshaw being interviewed by Mr Ingram had been uploaded on YouTube, but was removed after a journalist contacted Sussex Police.\n\nThe force said the interview had been carried out \"on the understanding that it would be shared only among those attending the private conference\".\n\nIt added: \"Once the organisers realised their error in broadcasting the interview on YouTube, they removed it.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK's data privacy regulator has said it plans to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2m.\n\nThe penalty relates to a data breach that resulted in about 339 million guests having had their personal details exposed.\n\nThe incident is thought to date back to 2014 but was only discovered in 2018.\n\nIt comes a day after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it planned to fine British Airways £183m over a separate breach.\n\nThe size of both penalties reflects the fact that the watchdog has greater powers as a result of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force last year.\n\nThe Marriott data breach included 30 million guest records belonging to Europeans. It occurred within Starwood - a rival hotel group that Marriott acquired three years ago. The compromised guest reservation system has since been phased out.\n\nMarriott International's president, Arne Sorenson, said: \"We are disappointed with this notice of intent from the ICO, which we will contest. Marriott has been co-operating with the ICO throughout its investigation into the incident, which involved a criminal attack against the Starwood guest reservation database.\n\n\"We deeply regret this incident happened. We take the privacy and security of guest information very seriously and continue to work hard to meet the standard of excellence that our guests expect from Marriott.\"\n\nThe ICO said that Marriott had failed to properly review Starwood's data practices and should have done more to secure its systems.\n\n\"The GDPR makes it clear that organisations must be accountable for the personal data they hold,\" said Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham.\n\n\"This can include carrying out proper due diligence when making a corporate acquisition, and putting in place proper accountability measures to assess not only what personal data has been acquired, but also how it is protected.\"\n\nSecurity company CyberInt's lead researcher Jason Hill said: \"The draconian fines.. are a wake-up call to all organisations, big and small.\"\n\n\"Although this may come as a blow to a company such as BA or Marriott, they are robust enough to weather the storm. A smaller organisation suffering a serious breach could find itself overwhelmed by any penalty which, when combined with the loss of consumer confidence and the associated reputational damage -with devastating consequences for its business.\"", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nBritish number one Johanna Konta reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals with an accomplished display against two-time champion Petra Kvitova.\n\nThe 28-year-old came from a set down to beat the Czech sixth seed 4-6 6-2 6-4.\n\nKonta is one win away from emulating her 2017 feat of reaching the last four and two away from becoming the first British women's singles finalist since Virginia Wade won the title in 1977.\n\nShe will take on Czech world number 54 Barbora Strycova on Tuesday.\n\nWith defeats on Monday for world number one Ashleigh Barty, third seed Karolina Pliskova, and now Kvitova, it leaves seventh seed Simona Halep, eighth seed Elina Svitolina and 11th seed Serena Williams as the highest ranked players left in the women's draw.\n\n\"It was small margins in the end,\" said Konta, who is enjoying deep runs at back-to-back Grand Slams for the first time following last month's French Open semi-final.\n\n\"I'm tremendously grateful to be here and I'm just happy to still be in this event and to be competing against the best players in the world.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nKonta finds another gear after going behind\n\nKonta had come into the match having dropped serve just once in 33 games at the championships and it was unfortunate for her that she picked just the wrong moment for a rare break.\n\nHaving matched Kvitova's power game by game in the opening set, she sent a forehand long to give the Czech set point and then went wide to allow her to convert it.\n\nThe lapse seemed to fire up Konta, who wasted no time in breaking to love in the opening game of the second and then backed it up with a hard-fought hold in a 12-minute game where she was taken to deuce seven times and fended off two break points.\n\nThat was the turning point from which Konta found a new gear, establishing a double break and putting the Czech's serve under consistent pressure - all the more impressive given that this was against a player who had yet to drop a set in the tournament.\n\nKonta had some treatment on her foot, having it sprayed and taped, before serving for the set and claiming it with an ace.\n\nShe continued to dominate the 2011 and 2014 champion in the third with Kvitova - who had been sidelined with an arm injury in the run-up to Wimbledon - unable to serve her way out of trouble.\n\nKonta went a double break up in the third before wobbling with the finishing line in sight when she was serving for the match at 5-2, when she was broken having squandered two match points with first a wide forehand and then a long one.\n\nBut when she got her second chance two games later, she made no mistake and wrapped up victory when Kvitova's forehand whizzed way past the baseline.\n\nAnother Grand Slam, another quarter-final - Konta back on track\n\nKonta was a semi-finalist here two years ago during a run of form that catapulted her to number four in the world rankings.\n\nShe is enjoying a similar upturn this season, having risen from 47th in the world in April to 18th now after her Roland Garros success and two WTA finals on clay in May.\n\nShe has carried the momentum through on to grass, where once again her serve is her key weapon. She has now been broken just three times in 47 games at these championships.\n\nHer form this year has been in marked contrast to last year where she went out in the second round of Wimbledon after a first-round exit at the French Open.\n\nThe upturn has coincided with the hiring of a new coach towards the end of last year - Dimitri Zavialoff, who used to work with three-time Grand Slam singles champion Stan Wawrinka.\n\nUnder the softly spoken Frenchman, Konta's own mood has become calmer and against Kvitova there never seemed to be any doubt in her mind that she could win this match.\n\nShe has also made something of a habit of turning three-set matches into victories, including two in the Fed Cup play-off victory over Kazakhstan in April that seemed to set the tone for her season.\n\nLike in the previous round against Sloane Stephens, where she trailed after the first set, she again showed great mental strength to deliver in front of a delighted Centre Court.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Texas billionaire and political outsider Ross Perot said he had lived the American Dream\n\nTexan billionaire Ross Perot, who in the 1990s twice ran for US president against candidates from the two main parties, has died at the age of 89.\n\nDescribed as idiosyncratic and feisty, he pioneered the computer data industry by founding his own company in 1962.\n\nBut he was best known for running in the 1992 campaign, advocating balanced budgets and calling for an end to the outsourcing of jobs abroad.\n\nPerot took almost a fifth of the popular vote in the three-way race.\n\nThat made him one of the most successful independent candidates in US history, and was believed to have helped Democrat Bill Clinton defeat incumbent George HW Bush.\n\nPerot ran for president again in 1996, after forming the Reform Party.\n\nHe was diagnosed with leukaemia earlier this year.\n\nH Ross Perot was an American original. A self-made billionaire with a penchant for plain-speaking in his clipped north Texas twang, he built a reputation as a savvy technology entrepreneur and spent a small fortune helping US veterans and attempting to free American hostages abroad.\n\nHe was also a political harbinger.\n\nHis 1992 independent presidential bid - the most successful third-party candidacy in eight decades - exposed fault lines in the US political system that would someday result in electoral earthquakes. He capitalised on the thirst of American voters for an outsider who could disrupt two-party government and built a dedicated following with his populist, small-government, anti-trade, anti-globalist rhetoric.\n\nHis unconventional candidacy, announced on a US talk show, straddled the line between entertainment and politics and contributed to the defeat of incumbent Republican President George HW Bush.\n\nAlthough his second presidential bid in 1996 faltered and the Reform Party he founded crumbled once he scaled back his involvement, the ideological themes he built it on would later be adopted by Donald Trump to bring the establishment of the Republican Party as it existed for decades crashing down.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Perot family said in a statement on Tuesday: \"Ross Perot, the ground-breaking businessman and loving husband, brother, father and grandfather, passed away early Tuesday at his home in Dallas, surrounded by his devoted family.\"\n\nReacting to the news, Vice-President Mike Pence said Perot had been \"a great American, a true patriot and a steadfast supporter of our military\".\n\nBill Clinton said: \"Although we were opponents in 1992 and 1996, I respected Ross for his support for our veterans, the business he built, and the passion he brought to his politics.\"\n\nBorn in 1930, during the Great Depression, Perot grew up in poverty. He began his technology career working in sales for IBM, before founding Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962, at the age of 32.\n\nThe company - which was later sold to Hewlett-Packard - made him rich. In the 1980s he set up Perot Systems which was eventually acquired by Dell for $3.9bn.\n\nPerot (centre) gained prominence by running against heavyweights Bill Clinton and George HW Bush\n\nAs an employer, Perot was known for his quirks - particularly his strict dress code. Workers had to wear white shirts and ties, and beards were banned.\n\nWhen two of his employees were jailed in Iran in 1979 over a contract dispute - just before the Islamic Revolution - he financed a private commando rescue in a raid that inspired a book and a film.\n\nHe championed patriotic causes, and in the late 1970s and 1980s claimed that hundreds of missing US soldiers had been left behind and imprisoned after the Vietnam War.\n\nThe 1992 campaign - during which Perot spent $63m (£50m) of his own money - made him a household name. At one point in June that year, he had a lead over both his mainstream rivals. Perot finished a strong third in the November election.\n\nHis second campaign in 1996 was less successful. He did not take part in presidential debates and got just 8% of the vote.", "ASAP Rocky has been detained in Sweden for an extra two weeks on suspicion of assault, Sweden's Prosecution Authority has told Radio 1 Newsbeat.\n\nThe news follows a fight on the street in Stockholm last Sunday.\n\nThe rapper was due to be headlining Wireless festival in London this Sunday, 7 July, but will remain in custody in Stockholm while an investigation takes place.\n\nA festival representative says his \"lawyer's are appealing the decision\".\n\nThe Wireless spokesperson tells Newsbeat: \"We are in touch with his team and as soon as we have any news we will let you know.\"\n\nASAP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, was arrested earlier this week following his appearance at Smash festival in Stockholm.\n\nA video published online appears to show him punching another man in the street.\n\nASAP Rocky could be held by Swedish authorities for even longer\n\nSwedish authorities had until Saturday to decide whether to formally take action and, following a detention hearing in Stockholm, Sweden's Prosecution Authority decided he will remain in custody.\n\nIf the investigation isn't concluded in two weeks' time, they can apply to keep ASAP Rocky for another two weeks.\n\nHis charge has been reduced from aggravated assault to assault.\n\nAnother person arrested with ASAP Rocky on suspicion of aggravated assault has also been detained, while one more is still waiting for their hearing. The third, his bodyguard, who was arrested on suspicion of assault, was released earlier this week.\n\nIn videos posted to ASAP Rocky's Instagram, he and the people he's with repeatedly tell a pair of men to stop following them.\n\nASAP Rocky (left) and Skepta performing Praise Da Lord at Parklife in Manchester last summer\n\nOne of the men accuses the 30-year-old's team of breaking his headphones.\n\nIn the caption for the first video ASAP Rocky writes: \"We don't know these guys and we didn't want trouble. They followed us for four blocks.\"\n\nIn the second, he accuses the man of hitting his security guard \"in the face with headphones\".\n\nAs well as Wireless on Sunday, ASAP Rocky was due to perform at Longitude in Ireland on Friday.\n\nHe's already missed out on Open'er Festival in Poland, where he was scheduled to headline on Thursday, with Stormzy stepping in to replace him.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "That's the end of our live coverage from this evening's TV head-to-head.\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt clashed on a number of key issues and, when asked, each appeared to struggle to praise their rival.\n\nAmong some of those key disputes were:\n• Mr Hunt pressed his rival on whether he would quit if he failed to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October.\n• In response, Mr Johnson said it was clear his rival was \"not absolutely committed\" to the deadline himself, calling him \"defeatist\".\n• The pair also disagreed over whether they might be prepared to suspend Parliament to force through a no-deal exit - so-called prorogation.\n• While Mr Hunt categorically ruled this out, Mr Johnson said he would \"not take anything off the table\".\n• Mr Hunt said he would, if he became PM, not be forced into recalling the Sir Kim Darroch early.\n• Mr Johnson declined to comment on the row, only asking Mr Hunt to rule out \"extending his term out of sympathy\".\n\nA reminder that Tory members have begun voting, with the winner and next PM to be revealed on 23 July.\n\nIt will be the first time a sitting prime minister has been chosen by party members.", "The 3,000-year-old, brown quartzite head of Tutankhamun was part of a statue of the God Amun\n\nEgypt says it will instruct a law firm in the UK to file a civil suit over the sale last week of a Tutankhamun bust.\n\nThe sculpture of the pharaoh was bought for £4.7m ($6m) at Christie's auction house in London, despite Egypt warning it was probably stolen in the 1970s.\n\nAntiquities Minister Khaled al-Enany told the BBC that he would try to repatriate the artefact.\n\nChristie's said all necessary checks were made over the bust's provenance, and that its sale was legal and valid.\n\nIt stated that Germany's Prince Wilhelm von Thurn und Taxis reputedly had it in his collection by the 1960s, and that it was acquired by an Austrian dealer in 1973-4.\n\nThe 3,000-year-old, brown quartzite bust was part of a statue of the God Amun, the most important deity of the New Kingdom, according to Christie's.\n\nThe auction house said the facial features were the same as those of the young pharaoh, who ruled between 1333 and 1323BC.\n\nSimilar representations of Amun, also with Tutankhamun's facial features, were carved for the Temple of Karnak in the city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), it added.\n\nBefore Thursday's auction, at which 32 other Egyptian artefacts were also sold, Christie's said the bust had been \"well published and exhibited in the last 30 years\", and that it had established the recent ownership.\n\nBut the Egyptian embassy in London complained to the UK Foreign Office that the sale was \"inconsistent with relevant international treaties and conventions\".\n\nEgypt's former antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, said the bust appeared to have been \"stolen\" in the 1970s from the Temple of Karnak. \"The owners have given false information,\" he told AFP news agency. \"They have not shown any legal papers to prove its ownership.\"\n\nOn Monday night, the Egyptian National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation (NCAR) expressed its \"deep discontent of the unprofessional way in which the Egyptian artefacts were sold without the provision of the ownership documents and proof that that the artefacts left Egypt in a legitimate manner\".\n\n\"The NCAR also expressed deep bewilderment that the British authorities failed to provide the support expected from it in this regard,\" a statement said.\n\nEgypt's government had called for the auction to be cancelled\n\nThe committee announced that it had decided to instruct a British law firm to file a civil lawsuit over the sale of bust, and that it would also ask Interpol to issue a circular to \"track down the illegal sale of Egyptian artefacts worldwide\".\n\n\"They left us with no other option but to go to court to restore our smuggled antiquities,\" Mr Enany told the BBC.\n\n\"We will leave no stone unturned until we repatriate the Tutankhamun bust and the other 32 pieces sold by Christie's. This is human heritage that should be on public display in its country of origin.\"\n\nThe BBC understands that a number of Egyptian businessmen and civil society groups have pledged to fund the lawsuit.\n\nThe UK has also been asked to prevent the export of Egyptian artefacts before Egyptian authorities have checked ownership documents, Egyptian sources say.\n\nChristie's reiterated on Tuesday that it had \"clearly carried out extensive due diligence\" on the Tutankhamun bust.\n\n\"We recognise historic objects can give rise to complex discussions about the past; our role today is to continue to provide a transparent, legitimate marketplace upholding the highest standards for the transfer of objects from one generation of collectors to the next,\" a statement said.\n\n\"Christie's would not and do not sell any work where there isn't clear title of ownership and a thorough understanding of modern provenance.\"", "Drug-related deaths in Scotland are already at a record high\n\nAs many as 1,200 people may have died from drug abuse in Scotland in 2018, with MPs told this should be a \"wake-up call\" over government policy.\n\nNew figures are to be published in the coming days, with drug-related deaths in Scotland already at a record high.\n\nScottish Public Health Minister Joe Fitzpatrick told MPs that 2018's figure could hit 1,200, describing the problem of drug misuse as an \"emergency\".\n\nHe has set up a taskforce to examine the law and advise ministers on policy.\n\nMr Fitzpatrick also called for more powers to be devolved to Holyrood to deal with the issue, with drugs legislation including the Misuse of Drugs Act currently reserved to Westminster.\n\nThere were 934 drug-related deaths registered in Scotland in 2017, up 8% on the previous year and more than double the UK average.\n\nThis was already the highest level since current records began in 1996 and more than double the figure for 2007, but Mr Fitzpatrick told Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee that worse was to come.\n\nHe told MPs: \"We know that last year over 900 people died of drug overdoses, and this year we are expecting that to be in excess of a thousand. I've heard some figures suggesting that it may be as high as 1,200 when figures are released in the coming days.\n\n\"I hope that is a wake-up call. My ask is that we should work together on this to save lives.\"\n\nJoe Fitzpatrick said the UK and Scottish governments should work together to \"save lives\"\n\nProf Catriona Matheson has been appointed to chair the new drugs taskforce, announced by ministers in March.\n\nHer team will look at potential solutions including the establishment of medically-supervised drug consumption rooms - a move designed to stop drug users injecting in the street or other unsafe locations, but which has been blocked by the UK government.\n\nGlasgow City Council is keen to pilot such a scheme, but the Home Office has refused to support it due to concerns over law enforcement, ethical quandaries and the risk that drug users could travel long distances to use the facilities.\n\nThe taskforce is also to look at the idea of decriminalising drugs altogether, with Mr Fitzpatrick confirming that \"all those sorts of options\" would be considered.\n\nHowever he warned of \"challenges\" around this idea, saying that \"it means different things to different people\", and said the taskforce would \"look at the best evidence from around the world\".\n\nThe minister said his preference was for Holyrood to be given to powers to act, but said he would work constructively with UK counterparts if this was not possible.\n\nHe said: \"I think devolving powers to the Scottish Parliament would be the best way for us to have a more joined up approach in terms of the interface between the health and social care system and the justice systems, but if that's a step too far for the UK government I'm absolutely happy to sit down with them to work out how we can take a public health approach to save lives in Scotland.\"", "With ballots beginning to land on doormats, Conservative Party members will soon choose not only their new leader but the country's next prime minister.\n\nWhen it comes to things such as their age, wealth and where they live, the 160,000 or so paid-up members may not be particularly representative of the rest of the country.\n\nBut what exactly is on their minds? And how do their views compare with those of the population as a whole?\n\nMost people appear to agree that Brexit is crucial.\n\nWhen we asked about it in a survey at the very end of last year, some 60% of all UK voters ranked it the most important issue and 74% of them placed it in the top three.\n\nStill, that's nothing compared with Conservative Party members surveyed, of whom, 75% ranked it first and 88% in the top three.\n\nBut just because voters and Tory members agreed Brexit was important, it does not mean they saw eye-to-eye on the issue.\n\nThis was seen when we asked people how they would vote in a referendum that gave them the choice between remaining in the EU and leaving without a deal.\n\nA stunning 76% of rank and file Conservatives plumped for no deal - an option picked by only 35% of voters as a whole.\n\nThat was partly because only 18% of the Tory party members believed that no deal would cause serious disruption to, say, supplies of foods and medicines, compared with 35% of the voters surveyed who reckoned it would (and a further 21% who weren't too sure).\n\nIf, on the other hand, the UK held another referendum and ended up staying in the EU, most of the Tory members would feel \"betrayed\" (58%), \"angry\" (15%) or \"disappointed\" (6%).\n\nThe figures for voters as a whole were 26% \"betrayed\", 7% \"angry\" and 8% \"disappointed\".\n\nBefore the 2016 Brexit referendum, the economy was often ranked as the most important issue.\n\nBut, right now, unemployment, interest rates and inflation (ie price rises) are all pretty low - which could mean people are currently relatively relaxed.\n\nThat said, neither Jeremy Hunt nor Boris Johnson - the two leadership contenders - can afford to forget about the economy: 36% of voters and 45% of Tory members surveyed placed it in their top three issues.\n\nOnce again, though, there were some significant differences between between the Conservative grassroots attitudes and those of the voting population as a whole.\n\nFor instance, most of the voters (51%) thought government should redistribute income from the rich to the poor, with only one in five (19%) disagreeing.\n\nThe Tory members, however, thought the opposite - a mere 15% favoured redistribution, while 63% opposed the idea.\n\nHowever, that is not to say Conservative Party members care only about tax cuts for the rich.\n\nTrue, a recent survey of the membership suggests most (58%) warmed to Boris Johnson's suggestion the threshold for paying higher-rate tax should be raised to £80,000 a year.\n\nHowever, the same survey also suggests 63% think abolishing the top rate (paid by those earning over £150,000 a year) is the wrong priority.\n\nAnd, perhaps even more importantly, 60% of Tory members think any extra money should be spent on improving public services rather than tax cuts.\n\nTory members and UK voters as a whole both believe other issues, such as immigration and crime, should be priorities for the country, surveys suggest.\n\nBoth groups also broadly agree about the way immigration and crime should be dealt with.\n\nImmigration was placed in the top three by 31% of Conservative Party members surveyed and by 27% of the voters overall.\n\nWe believe, from polling, the public has long wanted to see a reduction in numbers coming in.\n\nA recent survey of Tory members indicated there was only one group of migrants most (51%) of them wanted to see more of - skilled, well-educated people looking for highly paid jobs.\n\nLow-paid, low-skilled workers were deemed particularly unwelcome, as were Muslim migrants.\n\nJust a few weeks before she is due to stand down as prime minister, Theresa May met Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the G20 Summit in Japan\n\nOn crime, just over a quarter (29%) of the members and just under quarter (22%) of the voters named it as one of the three most important issues facing the country.\n\nAgain, both groups had similar views on the matter: 76% of the Tory members said people who broke the law should be given stiffer sentences - something 67% of the voters also agreed with.\n\nThere are, however, other policy areas where the Conservative members and the voting population as a whole held very different views.\n\nDefence, for instance, was placed in the top three most important issues by 29% of the Tory members but only 12% of the voters.\n\nBy way of contrast, benefits and universal credit was placed in the top three by 23% of the voters but only 11% of the Tory members.\n\nSimilarly, education and the environment were low down the list of voter priorities, mentioned as top-three issues by just 15% and 18% respectively.\n\nBut the voters were still twice as likely as the Conservative members to rank them as such.\n\nDame Cheryl Gillan announced that Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt had made it through to the final stage of the leadership contest\n\nThe biggest gap, however, between the general public and the Tory grassroots may be on health.\n\nFor the voters as a whole, it was clearly the second most important issue after Brexit, with 42% of them ranking it in their top-three. Only 19% of Conservative Party members said the same.\n\nIn short, the issues that need to be addressed in order to win over the Conservative grassroots are not necessarily those that will resonate with voters as a whole.\n\nSince Boris Johnson and Hunt are vying to become not just Tory leader but the UK's prime minister, they might want to take note.\n\nThis analysis piece was commissioned by the BBC from experts working for an outside organisation.\n\nTim Bale is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London.", "Russian President Vladimir Putin presents flowers to editor-in-chief of Russian broadcaster RT Margarita Simonyan at an award ceremony in May\n\nRussia's RT and Sputnik news agencies have been banned from attending a conference on media freedom in London for playing an \"active role in spreading disinformation\".\n\nAround 60 ministers and 1,000 reporters and members of civil society are due to attend the event this week.\n\nBut the UK Foreign Office refused accreditation to both RT and Sputnik.\n\nA spokeswoman for the Foreign Office, which organised the conference, said: \"We have not accredited RT or Sputnik because of their active role in spreading disinformation. While it's not possible to accommodate all requests for accreditation, journalists from across the world's media are attending the conference, including from Russia.\"\n\nThe Russian Embassy said it had complained to the Foreign Office over the decision, accusing the UK of a \"months-long smear campaign\" against RT.\n\nRT said in a statement: \"It takes a particular brand of hypocrisy to advocate for freedom of press while banning inconvenient voices and slandering alternative media.\"\n\nSputnik said: \"Our goals are clearly indicated in our charter and spreading disinformation is not one of them.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What's so different about Russia Today?\n\nRT, which is backed by the Russian state and was formerly known as Russia Today, has in recent years increased its coverage of UK and US news, attempting to position itself as an alternative to mainstream media outlets in both countries.\n\nIn December, the channel was found by UK broadcast regulator Ofcom to have committed seven breaches of the UK's broadcasting code during its coverage of the Novichok poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.\n\nOfcom said RT failed to give due weight to a range of voices and called the breaches \"a serious failure of compliance\".\n\nThe Foreign Office said the international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney would attend this week's event as Britain's special envoy on media freedom.\n\nThe conference will also be attended by government ministers, members of the diplomatic community and academics.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUnite leader Len McCluskey has insisted \"there is no panic\" over Labour's Brexit policy and the party should trust leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nHe told the BBC it should not rush to back remaining in the EU and should wait for the party's consultation.\n\nBut shadow chancellor John McDonnell told Sky he was \"a little\" frustrated over the delay in deciding whether to oppose Brexit at the next election.\n\nSpeaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, he said some people were in a \"rush\" to change Labour's position of \"respecting the 2016 referendum and trying to negotiate a deal which would unite the nation\".\n\nHe blamed \"huge mistakes\" by Prime Minister Theresa May, a government \"incapable\" of delivering Brexit and a \"well-funded Remain lobby\" for turning the Brexit debate \"toxic\".\n\nBut he denied that it was time for Labour to support remaining in the European Union.\n\n\"There is no panic, there is no panic to do anything. Let Jeremy Corbyn consult,\" he said.\n\n\"My message to Labour MPs and members is he's done OK so far, let's trust him to consult and see what emerges.\"\n\nMr McCluskey said he wanted to see a general election with a new Labour government negotiating a fresh Brexit deal, which would then be put to a referendum.\n\nAsked what he would choose in a referendum between a no-deal Brexit or remain, he said he would back remaining in the EU.\n\n\"We are absolutely fundamentally opposed to no deal,\" he said.\n\nMr McDonnell told Sky News' Ridge on Sunday that he had been arguing \"we need to move now\" in changing the party position to explicitly campaign for staying in the EU in a future referendum.\n\nHe said he was \"a little bit\" frustrated, but added: \"Jeremy is the type of leader I completely support and think we need now, he's a consensus builder.\"\n\nAsked about a report in the Times that two civil servants had said Mr Corbyn was \"too frail\" to become prime minister, Mr McCluskey said it was \"disgraceful\" and untrue.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Corbyn: \"I am a fit, very healthy, very active person\"\n\nThe union leader said: \"It was fake news, it was lies, it was distortions. Jeremy Corbyn is as fit as a fiddle, he's one of the strongest individuals I've ever met, people 20 years younger can't keep up. There's nothing wrong with Jeremy.\"\n\nHe said he had faith in the civil service's impartiality, but if there was \"any element of truth\" that civil servants had made the comments, there should be an investigation.\n\nJon Trickett, Labour's shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, has written to the head of the civil service, Mark Sedwill, calling for an independent investigation into what he called the apparent breach of civil service neutrality.\n\nHe said: \"It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this has been a totally unwarranted and indeed unconstitutional political intervention with disturbing implications for our democratic system.\"\n\nDo you have any questions about Brexit?\n\nUse this form to ask your question:\n\nIf you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question.", "Lord Turnberg, Lord Triesman and Lord Darzi have resigned the Labour whip\n\nThree peers have left the Labour group in the Lords, accusing the party of anti-Semitism, Newsnight has learned.\n\nLord Triesman, general secretary between 2001 and 2004, accused Jeremy Corbyn of anti-Semitism and said the party was no longer \"a safe environment\" for Jewish people.\n\nLord Darzi, meanwhile, will sit as an independent and Lord Turnberg said he feared \"for the future\" of the party.\n\nLabour said it \"completely rejects these false and offensive claims\".\n\n\"The Labour Party at all levels is implacably opposed to anti-Semitism and is determined to root out this social cancer from our movement and society,\" a party spokeswoman said.\n\nFormer Health Minister Lord Darzi said that as an Armenian descendant of a \"survivor of the Armenian genocide\", he had \"zero tolerance to anti-Semitism,\" adding that his decision to resign the whip \"has not been lightly taken\".\n\nFormer president of the Royal College of Physicians Lord Turnberg told BBC Newsnight that his differences \"lie with the party leadership and machine and not with my very supportive colleagues in the Lords who share my values\".\n\n\"It is not just the policies on foreign affairs... and Brexit vacillation and bypassing parliamentary opinion but the overt anti-Semitism that permeates the party machine that is no longer possible for me to tolerate,\" he said.\n\nLabour said it was taking \"decisive action against anti-Semitism\" and had doubled the number of staff dedicated to dealing with complaints and cases.\n\n\"Our records show that anti-Semitism cases that have gone through the stages of our disciplinary procedures since September 2015 account for about 0.06% of the party's membership,\" the spokeswoman said.\n\n\"This represents a tiny minority - but one anti-Semite is one too many and we will continue to act against this repugnant form of racism.\"\n\nBut, in his resignation letter to Labour's leader in the House of Lords, Baroness Smith, Lord Triesman said Mr Corbyn \"and his circle are anti-Semitic, having never once made the right judgement call about an issue reflecting deep prejudice\".\n\n\"My sad conclusion is that the Labour party is very plainly institutionally anti-Semitic,\" he wrote.\n\nAnti-Semites were \"shielded\", while \"serious party members are thrown out unceremoniously\", he said. \"The experience of life in the party has become sickening.\"\n\nThe remarks represent the strongest personal attack on the Labour leader from within the party since Margaret Hodge reportedly called Mr Corbyn an anti-Semitic racist last year.\n\nLord Triesman told Newsnight the party had been \"a central plank of my political life for over 50 years\".\n\nBut it had now \"slipped into the familiar gutter of so many of the hard left\".\n\n\"It is a painful decision,\" the former trade union leader told Newsnight.\n\n\"I remain completely aligned to the values I've had over all these years but I can no longer take direction from a leadership that is institutionally anti-Semitic.\"\n\nLord Triesman wrote: \"I always said it was worth hanging on to fight so long as there was a prospect of winning.\n\n\"I now don't believe with this leadership there is.\"\n\nHe said hoping \"something will turn up to change it all\" was a \"unicorn delusion\".\n\nThe resignations came as Labour's disputes panel met to discuss the suspension of MP Chris Williamson.\n\nMr Williamson was suspended earlier this year after saying Labour had \"given too much ground\" over anti-Semitism.\n\nIn February, nine MPs quit Labour, some citing the leadership's handling of anti-Semitism as their reason for leaving.\n\nLuciana Berger said she had come to the \"sickening conclusion\" the party had become institutionally anti-Semitic and she was \"embarrassed and ashamed\" to stay.\n\nJoan Ryan claimed Labour's leadership had allowed \"Jews to be abused with impunity\".\n\nAnd Ian Austin said Jeremy Corbyn was \"incapable\" of dealing with anti-Semitism.\n\nIn his letter, Lord Triesman also cited Labour's policy position on Brexit, which he said had \"encouraged xenophobia\", and on defence and Nato, which he called \"worse than ambiguous\".\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two weekdays at 22:30 or on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.\n• None Labour must 'act more quickly' on anti-Semitism", "The head teacher at Chelsea's school said her death will affect the whole community\n\nA 16-year-old girl who is suspected to have taken ecstasy has died after falling ill at a Glasgow flat.\n\nEmergency services were called to the property on Fernbank Street, Springburn, at about 02:30 on Sunday.\n\nChelsea Bruce was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary where she died a short time later. A 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man who also felt unwell were taken to the GRI.\n\nPolice are investigating whether use of MDMA was involved.\n\nA spokeswoman for the force said they were not treating the death as suspicious, but inquiries were continuing.\n\nShe added: \"A report on the circumstances surrounding her death will be reported to the procurator fiscal.\"\n\nLinda Hamilton, head teacher at Springburn Academy where Chelsea was a pupil, said: \"This is devastating news and will affect our whole school community.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with Chelsea's family and friends at this very sad and difficult time.\"", "Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said leaked memos about US President Donald Trump and his administration reflected the \"personal view\" of the UK's ambassador and not that of the government.\n\nMr Hunt, who is running for prime minister, said it was the ambassador's job to give \"frank opinions\" but that they did not reflect the government's position.\n\nThe leaked emails from Sir Kim Darroch described Mr Trump's White House as \"inept\" and \"uniquely dysfunctional\".", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt traded jibes in a feisty debate on ITV\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have clashed on Brexit and UK relations with Donald Trump in a lively and occasionally bad-tempered TV debate.\n\nMr Hunt accused his rival of not being willing to \"put his neck on the line\" by saying he would quit as PM if he did not hit the 31 October deadline.\n\nMr Johnson said he admired his rival's ability \"to change his mind\" so often - a dig at the fact Mr Hunt voted Remain.\n\nMr Johnson declined to condemn Mr Trump for his response to the emails row.\n\nHe refused to confirm whether he would keep the UK's top diplomat in the US, Sir Kim Darroch, in his post until his scheduled retirement in December, after Mr Trump said he was no longer prepared to deal with him.\n\nThe US president has lambasted Sir Kim, and criticised Theresa May, after the diplomat described the White House as \"inept and dysfunctional\" in leaked cables.\n\nWhile stressing the value of the \"special relationship\" with the US, Mr Johnson insisted that only he, as prime minister, would take \"important and politically sensitive\" decisions such as who should represent the UK in the US.\n\nDuring the first head-to-head debate of the leadership campaign, the two clashed over their different Brexit strategies, political styles and why they were best equipped to be prime minister.\n\nThe exchanges were pointed and personal in nature at times, with former Mayor of London Mr Johnson dismissing his opponent's \"managerial\" style of politics and accusing him of flip-flopping on certain issues.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt clashed over future of UK's top diplomat in the US\n\nForeign Secretary Mr Hunt said the UK needed a leader not a \"newspaper columnist\" - a reference to his rival's work for the Daily Telegraph.\n\nHe joked that he admired Mr Johnson's \"ability to answer the question\", adding: \"He puts a smile on your face and you forget what the question was, a great quality for a politician but not necessarily a prime minister.\"\n\nAfter an opening speech from each contender, the foreign secretary immediately went on the attack over Brexit, pressing his rival on whether he would quit Downing Street if he failed to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October.\n\nHe said by failing to answer the question, Mr Johnson - who previously said the deadline was a \"do or die\" issue for him - showed he was motivated by personal ambition not leadership.\n\n\"It is not do or die,\" Mr Hunt said. \"It is Boris in Number 10 that matters.\"\n\nAccusing his rival of not being straight with the electorate, he said: \"Being prime minister is about telling people what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear.\"\n\nMr Johnson, in turn, said it was clear his rival was \"not absolutely committed\" to the deadline himself, branding him \"defeatist\".\n\nHe urged Mr Hunt to guarantee that Brexit would happen by Christmas, adding that the EU would not take a \"papier mache deadline\" seriously.\n\n\"If we are going to have a 31 October deadline, we must stick to it,\" he said. \"The EU will understand we are ready and will give us the deal we need.\n\n\"I don't want to hold out to the EU the prospect that they might encourage my resignation by refusing to agree a deal.\n\n\"I think it is extraordinary we should be telling the British electorate we are willing to kick the can down the road.\n\n\"I would like to know how many more days my opponent would be willing to delay.\"\n\nBoth men have said they would be prepared to leave the EU without a deal, but Mr Johnson has been far more relaxed about the impact that could have.\n\nMr Hunt suggested his rival was \"minimising the risk of a no-deal Brexit\" and \"peddling optimism\", but Mr Johnson said the UK had had a \"bellyful of defeatism\" and the UK could look forward to a bright future outside the EU.\n\nThe pair also disagreed over whether they might be prepared to suspend Parliament to force through a no-deal exit - so-called prorogation.\n\nWhile Mr Hunt categorically ruled this out, Mr Johnson said he would \"not take anything off the table\".\n\nBoth teams will leave Salford content with their candidates' performance.\n\nThe gaffe prone former foreign secretary avoided slipping on any banana skins, and managing not to commit on some of the more controversial issues before him.\n\nAnd the current foreign secretary managed to land his blows on his opponent.\n\nThere was perhaps though no jaw dropper, no moment that turned this race upside down.\n\nMr Johnson arrived the favourite and leaves in the same position. Mr Hunt turned up keen to show that he is ready to use sharp elbows to scrap and to make himself heard with attacks on his rival that are a contrast to his normal careful style.\n\nTheir respective status as the front runner and challenger may not have changed.\n\nYet while Jeremy Hunt may not, from this performance alone, manage to stop Boris Johnson's journey to No 10, he has at least shown that if he gets there, he is likely to face a very tricky time.\n\nOn the escalating diplomatic row with the US, Mr Hunt said the president's criticism of Sir Kim Darroch had been ill-judged and he would, if he became PM, not be forced into recalling the diplomat early.\n\nHe also took issue with Mr Trump for saying the prime minister had failed to listen to his advice and been made to look \"foolish\" over Brexit.\n\n\"His comments about Theresa May were unacceptable and I don't think he should have made them,\" he said, remarks which prompted audience applause.\n\nMr Johnson said the US president had been \"dragged into a British political debate\" not of his making, but did suggest his outburst on Twitter - in which he called Sir Kim a \"pompous fool\" - had \"not necessarily been the right thing to do\".\n\nWhile civil servants must be able to give confidential advice, he declined to comment on Sir Kim's future, only asking Mr Hunt to rule out \"extending his term out of sympathy\".\n\nBoth men have been criticised for making uncosted spending promises and offers of tax cuts during the campaign.\n\nMr Hunt sought to make capital out of Mr Johnson's pledge to give a tax cut to higher earners by raising the threshold at which people pay 40% tax from £50,000 to £80,000.\n\n\"It was a mistake, tax cuts for the rich,\" he said. \"I have spent my life trying to persuade people that we are not the party of the rich.\"\n\nMr Johnson defended what he said was a \"package\" of measures to reduce the tax burden for both low and middle earners and which he said would boost the economy.\n\nThe show, entitled Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate, was hosted by journalist Julie Etchingham in front of a studio audience of 200 people at MediaCityUK in Salford.\n\nIt took place as 160,000 or so party members get the chance to vote by post on who should succeed Theresa May.\n\nThe winner and next PM will be revealed on 23 July - it will be the first time a sitting prime minister has been chosen by party members.", "The government has begun an inquiry into a leak of emails from the UK ambassador in Washington which deemed the Trump administration \"inept\".\n\nIn the messages, Sir Kim Darroch said the White House was \"uniquely dysfunctional\" and \"divided\" under Donald Trump.\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the memos reflected Sir Kim's \"personal view\", not that of the UK government.\n\nPresident Trump said Sir Kim had \"not served the UK well\".\n\nAsked about the leak, he told reporters in New Jersey: \"We're not big fans of that man and he has not served the UK well.\n\n\"So I can understand it and I can say things about him but I won't bother.\"\n\nThe Foreign Office said the leak to the Mail on Sunday was \"mischievous\", but did not deny the accuracy of the memos. A spokesperson confirmed a formal leak investigation would be launched.\n\nIn the emails, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nHe questioned whether this White House \"will ever look competent\" but also warned the US president should not be written off.\n\nThe UK ambassador in Washington says Trump needs \"simple, even blunt\" arguments\n\nMr Hunt - who is fighting to become the next Conservative leader and prime minister - said while it was the UK ambassador's job to give \"frank opinions\", the memos expressed \"a personal view\".\n\n\"It is not the view of the British government, it's not my view,\" he said.\n\n\"We continue to think that under President Trump the US administration is not just highly effective but the best friend of Britain on the international stage.\"\n\nEarlier, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, said whoever was responsible for the leak must be prosecuted.\n\n\"Diplomats must be able to communicate securely with their governments,\" he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.\n\nHowever, he defended Sir Kim, saying the job of the UK's ambassador is \"to represent the interests and wishes of the British people\" and not \"the sensibilities of the United States\".\n\nAlthough Sir Kim said Mr Trump was \"dazzled\" by his state visit to the UK in June, the ambassador warned that his administration will remain self-interested, adding: \"This is still the land of America First.\"\n\nDifferences between the US and the UK on climate change, media freedoms and the death penalty might come to the fore as the countries seek to improve trading relations after Brexit, the memos said.\n\nTo get through to the president, \"you need to make your points simple, even blunt\", he said.\n\nThe leader of the Brexit party, Nigel Farage, has criticised Sir Kim for his comments, branding the ambassador \"totally unsuitable for the job\" and saying the \"sooner he is gone the better\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nHowever, Justice Secretary David Gauke said it was very important that ambassadors gave \"honest and unvarnished advice to their country\".\n\nHe said: \"It is disgraceful that it's been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth, as they see it.\"\n\nIn a message sent last month, Sir Kim branded US policy on Iran as \"incoherent, chaotic\".\n\nMr Trump's publicly stated reason for calling off an airstrike against Tehran with 10 minutes to go - that it would cause 150 casualties - \"doesn't stand up\", Sir Kim said.\n\nInstead, he suggested the president was \"never fully on board\" and did not want to reverse his campaign promise not to involve the US in foreign conflicts.\n\nSir Kim said it was \"unlikely that US policy on Iran is going to become more coherent any time soon\" because \"this is a divided administration\".\n\nThe leaked files date from 2017 to the present day, covering the ambassador's early impressions that media reports of \"vicious infighting and chaos\" in the White House were \"mostly true\".\n\nThey also give an assessment of allegations about collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia, saying \"the worst cannot be ruled out\". The investigation by Robert Mueller has since found those claims were not proven.\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said the views of diplomats were \"not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government. But we pay them to be candid\".\n\nHe said ministers and civil servants would handle this advice \"in the right way\" and ambassadors should be able to offer it confidentially.\n\nThe UK embassy in Washington has \"strong relations\" with the White House and these would continue, despite \"mischievous behaviour\" such as this leak, the spokesman said.", "The safety of the public is being put at risk by thousands of prisoners being released without proper assessments, the government has been told.\n\nPeter Clarke, the chief inspector of prisons, also found suicides had risen by 15% in a year in England and Wales.\n\nIn his 2018-19 annual report, Mr Clarke described the rising number of prisoner suicides and self-harm as a \"scandal\".\n\nHe also found the response to the \"deluge of drugs\" in prisons had been \"too slow\" and \"unsophisticated\".\n\nIn his report, Mr Clarke said thousands of prisoners who were potentially a \"high risk of harm\" to the public were being released \"without proper assessment\".\n\nAn inmate's assessment should be regularly updated, he said, but sometimes there was no document at all or the paperwork was out of date.\n\nHe added that the response to the problem, which had been raised repeatedly, had been \"poor\".\n\nThere were 83 suicides in male prisons in 2018-19, an increase from 72 the previous year, the report said.\n\nMr Clarke said levels of self-harm were \"disturbingly high\", rising in two thirds of the adult male prisons inspected.\n\nHe suggested that it was time for an independent inquiry to tackle the \"scandal\" of people dying in state care in \"preventable circumstances\".\n\nMr Clarke said he would \"never forget\" the squalid conditions he encountered on a visit to Birmingham prison.\n\nHe recalled a blood-stained shower, which was littered with rat droppings.\n\nBirmingham had the worst examples of living conditions, his report said, with cells \"dirty, cramped and overcrowded\".\n\nVulnerable prisoners were found living in squalid cells which were not fit for habitation.\n\n\"Rubbish was left lying around in bags and there were problems with fleas, cockroaches and rodents,\" the report said.\n\nOne prisoner lived in a \"filthy flooded cell\" and the blood of another - who had self-harmed two days earlier - had not been cleaned from the floor.\n\nThe report warned the \"appalling impact\" of illicit drugs in prisons had been underestimated.\n\nMr Clarke said there was a \"reluctance\" to invest in available technology to detect drugs which was a \"great shame\" given their \"destructive impact\".\n\nMr Clarke praised the \"bravery\" of prison staff, saying their work was \"difficult, often dangerous, largely unseen by the public and, as a result, little understood\".\n\nThe Ministry of Justice said it had improved its \"risk assessment and sentencing planning processes\" and high-risk prisoners were subject to \"various strict risk assessments\".\n\nIt also said it had improved the provision of mental health support and trained staff on how to care for inmates at risk of self-harm.\n\nDeborah Coles, director of charity Inquest, said \"self-harm, violence and deaths\" were endemic in the prison system and recommendations were \"systemically ignored\".\n\nShe called for urgent action to reduce the use of prison, redirect resources into community alternatives and \"hold those involved legally accountable for deaths across all state institutions\".", "Lil Nas X has hinted that he is part of the LGBT community with a string of tweets related to his sexuality.\n\n\"Some of y'all already know, some of y'all don't care,\" the Old Town Road singer tweeted.\n\n\"But before this month ends I want y'all to listen closely to c7osure.\"\n\nC7osure (You Like) is a song from his EP 7 that talks about needing to be \"free\" and includes the lyrics \"This is what I gotta do, can't be regretting when I'm old\".\n\nElsewhere the song continues: \"I know, I know, I know it don't feel like it's time / But I look back at this moment, I'll see that I'm fine / I know, I know, I know it don't feel like it's time / I set boundaries for myself, it's time to cross the line.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by nope This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe tweet was posted on 30 June - the last day of this year's Pride Month.\n\nThe singer then posted a second tweet which focused on the artwork for the EP, zooming in on part of the artwork that is a rainbow - the symbol of gay pride.\n\nSome music publications have stated that the 20-year-old's tweets confirm he is gay.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by nope This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLil Nas X also responded to tweets suggesting he had been in relationships with men.\n\nFollowers, including YouTuber James Charles, posted messages of support and pride under his tweets.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by James Charles This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis weekend, Lil Nas X joined Miley Cyrus on stage at Glastonbury to perform Old Town Road at the UK's biggest music festival.\n\nHe revealed afterwards that the appearance was his first time in another country.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by nope This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOld Town Road reached number one in the UK and has spent 12 weeks at the top of the US Billboard 100 this year.\n\nThe song broke weekly streaming records in America when it was re-released as a duet with Billy Ray Cyrus and streamed 143 million times in a single week - beating Drake's previous record of 116.2 million weekly streams for his single In My Feelings in 2018.\n\nLil Nas X's record label says he's got nothing more to add at the moment.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boat's skipper said it had hit a submerged tree, damaging the back of the vessel\n\nTwenty-three people have been rescued from a sinking boat which hit a submerged tree off the Welsh coast.\n\nThe coastguard said it received a mayday message from a small pleasure boat off the coast of Pembrokeshire at about 19:00 BST on Tuesday.\n\nThe vessel was taking on water \"rapidly\" while on a trip off North Bishop island, near Ramsey Island.\n\nTwo other passenger boats, two lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter were involved in the rescue.\n\nThe 21 passengers and two crew are safe and were taken back to St Justinian's, near St Davids, the coastguard said.\n\nSkipper Joanne Ayris, of Thousand Island Expeditions, told BBC Radio Wales's Breakfast programme: \"We were about an hour into the trip when we hit a submerged tree, which managed to find its way into the sand there, which damaged the back of the boat, that quite quickly allowed us to take on quite a bit of water.\n\nThe Gower Ranger was successfully brought back to shore\n\nThe boat was escorted back to shore by the RNLI\n\nTree branch which caused the damage to the Gower Ranger\n\n\"We were lucky everybody stayed calm and [we] got everyone into lifejackets and there were other boats nearby so we were able to calmly transfer passengers across.\n\n\"That's when I made the mayday call and the lifeboats came and helped us out.\"\n\nShe said the vessel's bilge pumps were not coping with the amount of water and three or four people were manually bailing quite a lot of water to keep the level in the boat even.\n\n\"Once the lifeboats arrived, they used their generator to have a more powerful pumping out system.\n\n\"Everybody who came to help and our passengers were incredible, so big thanks to everybody who came out,\" she added.\n\nThe Bishops and Clerks are a series of small islands about three miles (5km) off St Davids Head.\n\nCoastguards had requested St Davids and Fishguard RNLI lifeboats to launch and bring pumps.\n\nA coastguard rescue helicopter from Newquay in Cornwall was also scrambled.\n\nThe two lifeboats provided safety cover while the passengers and crew were evacuated on to one of the other passenger vessels.\n\nRNLI coxswain Dai John, who attended the rescue, said they arrived about 20 minutes after they were called.\n\n\"The other passenger boat had taken all the passengers off it, but the crew were still trying to save the vessel at the time.\n\n\"So we put a couple of our crew and a salvage pump on board to drain as much of the water as we could.\"\n\nBoat owner Cindy Pearce said she had been able to drive the boat to harbour for repairs.", "Renewables may be booming but the Committee on Climate Change says the government isn't moving fast enough\n\nThe UK has been dealt a \"brutal reality check\" on its climate change ambitions, environmentalists have said.\n\nThe government's official climate change advisers warn ministers are failing to cut emissions fast enough, and adapt to rising temperatures.\n\nCommittee on Climate Change chair John Gummer likened them to the hapless characters in 1970s comedy Dad's Army.\n\nThe government said it would soon set out plans to tackle emissions from aviation, heat, energy and transport.\n\nThe prime minister recently announced that the UK would lead the world by cutting almost all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 - so-called net zero.\n\nTheresa May also aspired to the UK hosting a hugely important global climate summit next year.\n\nBut the CCC said that the UK was already stumbling over measures needed to achieve the previous target of an 80% emissions cut.\n\nIts report says new policies must be found to help people lead good lives without fuelling global warming.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How to reduce your carbon footprint when you fly\n\nPolicies are needed to ensure that people living in care homes, hospitals and flats can stay cool in increasingly hot summers.\n\nAnd ministers must show how funds will be found to protect critical infrastructure - like ports - from rising sea levels.\n\nThe committee said unless it delivered on these issues, the government would not have the credibility to host a global climate change summit of world leaders, likely to be held in the UK next year.\n\nDoug Parr from Greenpeace UK said: \"This is a truly brutal reality check on the government's current progress in tackling the climate emergency.\n\n\"It paints the government as a sleeper who's woken up, seen the house is on fire, raised the alarm and gone straight back to sleep\".\n\nThe committee's deputy chairwoman Baroness Brown told BBC News: \"There's an increasing sense of frustration that the government knows what it has to do - but it's just not doing it.\"\n\nThe committee said the government's 2040 goal to eliminate emissions from cars and vans was too late.\n\nNew ways must be found to nudge some drivers into walking, cycling and taking public transport, it believes.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Climate change: Why are governments taking so long to take action?\n\nThere's palpable annoyance from the committee that their recommendations are often ignored.\n\nIn the list of actions needed to meet emission targets, such as improving insulation of buildings and increasing the market share of electric vehicles, the committee found only seven out of 24 goals were on track.\n\nOutside the power and industry sectors, only two indicators were on track.\n\nCommittee chairman Lord Deben, the former agriculture minister John Gummer, said: \"The whole thing is really run by the government like a Dad's Army. We can't go on with this ramshackle system.\"\n\nAt current rates of global emissions cuts, the world may be heading for a temperature rise of more than 3C by the end of this century - but the report says England appears unprepared for even a 2C rise in global temperature.\n\nIt warns that the UK is failing to insulate itself from the knock-on effects of climate change overseas, such as colonisations by new species, changes in the suitability of land for agriculture or forestry, and risks to health from changes in air quality driven by rising temperatures.\n\nThe report says: \"Last June, we advised that 25 headline policy actions were needed for the year ahead. Twelve months later, only one has been delivered by the government in full.\"\n\nIt complains that in some ways the UK is going backwards.\n\nGreen space in parks and gardens cools cities and helps reduce flood risks. But as more homes are crammed into cities, green spaces have shrunk from 63% of urban area in 2001 to 55% in 2018.\n\nHeat magnifies the production of pollutants, so more people are expected to suffer breathing problems.\n\nMeanwhile, the proportion of hard surfaces in towns has risen by 22% since 2001, even though they make floods worse.\n\nThe report says the government's planning should consider the risks that the world may warm by as much as 4C by 2100.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Climate change: How 1.5C could change the world\n\nIt warns that the new net zero target requires an annual rate of emissions reduction that is 50% higher than under the UK's previous target.\n\nIt is 30% higher than what's been achieved on average since 1990 - a period when the UK has benefited from a relatively simple switch from coal to gas for electricity.\n\nThe report says: \"The need for action has rarely been clearer. Our message to government is simple: 'Now, do it.'\"\n\nAs new homes have been built green spaces have shrunk in urban areas over the past 20 years\n\nA government spokesman said the UK had cut emissions faster than any other G7 country and set a strong example for other countries to follow.\n\n\"We know there is more to do - and legislating for net zero will help to drive further action, as well as further measures to protect the environment from extreme weather, including flood protection, tree planting and peat-land management,\" the spokesman added.\n\nShadow business and energy secretary Rebecca Long Bailey said the government efforts were lagging far behind what is required.\n\nShe said the report was a \"remarkable, damning assessment\".\n\nFriends of the Earth's Mike Childs said: \"Theresa May keeps talking about the need for climate action, while giving the green light to fracking and more roads and runways.\n\n\"Reining in the rogue Department for Transport is crucial. Billions of pounds are being squandered on gas-guzzling developments, while trams, trains, buses and cycling are starved of investment.\"\n\nClimate change policy is devolved. Scotland faces slightly tougher targets for emissions cuts than England, and Wales faces a slightly more lax target. Northern Ireland polices are not yet determined.", "It's fair to say Phoebe Waller-Bridge is having an excellent year professionally.\n\nShe's helping to write the next Bond movie, has seen Killing Eve become a huge international success, and had a triumphant final series of Fleabag.\n\nIt was almost universally praised by critics and audiences.\n\nThe only hint of negativity was that it was all... how best to say it? A bit, well... posh.\n\nThe Guardian's reviewer certainly felt the air of wealth and privilege made the show \"a little less lovable\".\n\nPhoebe Waller-Bridge admits that she was \"perfectly set up to have success in the world\".\n\nShe was a guest on the podcast How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, revealing she has never pretended she's \"not from a privileged position\".\n\n\"I really know that I am. I mean, my God.\"\n\nShe went to private schools, lived in a lovely bit of London and had a supportive family and agrees it's \"absolutely, probably true that loads of people don't have the the same opportunities\" as her.\n\n\"If that is where it comes from, then I am really sympathetic to that feeling.\"\n\nBut she is less impressed when people criticise her actual work because she's had a lucky start in life.\n\n\"To criticise a story on the basis of where the author had come from, or how privileged the author is, undermines the story.\n\n\"It's not like my privilege created Fleabag. I created Fleabag, but from a point of place in my life where I was able to sit and write.\"\n\nShe thinks it is largely down to getting the right support.\n\nShe explains: \"I like to think that whatever life I'd lived, wherever I'd been born or brought up, I would still have written if I had been given the encouragement.\n\n\"That's the thing that I care about, encouraging people to do it.\"\n\nIsn't your dad's garden like this?\n\nPhoebe Waller-Bridge also disagrees that the story is \"just for posh girls\".\n\nShe says she was very aware that it was told \"through the prism of a very middle class family\" but says she was \"using them to tell a story that was emotional.\"\n\n\"People were sending me photos of tweets, with one guy saying 'I'm a disabled 42-year-old man living in Hull and I am Fleabag'.\n\nShe didn't have quite so much to say about her latest job - as part of the writing team for the new Bond film.\n\nThere were no plot hints but she's previously said she's trying to make the Bond girls \"feel like real people\".\n\nIn fact, the only thing she did reveal was that she had a \"total freak-out\" about an \"amazing\" 007 water bottle given out to cast and crew.\n\nNot the juiciest Bond gossip but good to know that Q Branch is on the case with cutting out disposable plastic.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Attenborough: 'We cannot be radical enough'\n\nThe naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says that climate change will make parts of Africa uninhabitable.\n\nSpeaking to the Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee, Sir David said we can't be radical enough when tackling the problem.\n\nTough, unpopular actions from the government would be needed, he said.\n\nThese included putting up the price of airline tickets.\n\nPainting a vivid picture for MPs of coral reefs turned \"stark white\" by warming waters, Sir David warned that the world faced a \"serious collapse\" caused by climate change over the next 20-30 years.\n\nThis could make parts of Africa uninhabitable, he said, causing mass migration.\n\n\"Large parts of Africa will become even less inhabitable than they are now,\" he told the committee.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Attenborough: 'To chuck plastic into the ocean is an insult'\n\nHe criticised those governments where voices sceptical about climate science were still clearly heard. And he hoped the electorate in the US and Australia particularly would remember this come election time.\n\nSir David told MPs that everyone would have to play their part in the battle against climate change, and this would involve some tough decisions. He criticised airfares as too cheap, and said that these should rise to discourage flying.\n\nThe public mood was changing, he said. The young, he said, gave him hope that the world would change before irreversible climate change destroyed our world.\n\nDespite the stark nature of his message, Sir David's passion and status seemed to charm the MPs on the committee. The chair described it as the \"most inspiring session\" that they've held.", "Denmark says it plans to regulate popular influencers after an Instagram star posted a suicide note online.\n\nThe influencer, Fie Laursen, posted the note on Instagram, where she has more than 336,000 followers.\n\nIt remained online for two days before her family managed to take it down. The family confirmed in an Instagram post that she was recovering in hospital.\n\nThe minister of children and education said influencers must, as other media, have an \"editorial responsibility\".\n\nMs Laursen's Instagram letter, which drew more than 30,000 likes and 8,000 comments, sparked a debate in Denmark on how to monitor online content from influencers.\n\nMinister of Children and Education Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil told the BBC that the government wanted influencers to have an \"editorial responsibility\" in line with the standards of the \"old press\".\n\nShe said: \"When you reach a certain number of people who are followers of your page then you will have the same responsibility as if you were an editorial person on a newspaper or on old media.\n\nPernille Rosenkrantz-Theil is calling for influencers to be responsible for their online posts\n\n\"So, for instance... the Danish ethical standards for the press is that you do not write about suicide or suicide attempts if it doesn't concern the general public. We want these same standards applied to social media.\"\n\nIf an influencer is found in breach of the rules, their post would be removed. Influencers with a certain number of followers will also be made to have a number of administrators.\n\nMs Rosenkrantz-Theil said: \"In the case with the woman we are debating this on, her parents wanted to delete the posts and weren't able to because nobody else apart from their daughter had access to these accounts. We want you to have responsibility and have a board around you that can take down posts that are inappropriate.\n\n\"We have a society where the mass media of today has changed and the standard of mass media communication has to change and has to apply to the new mass media. It's different media but the same ethics.\"\n\nSarah Louise Christiansen, a popular blogger in Denmark with more than 128,000 followers on Instagram, told the BBC that influencers should be looked at \"in a new way.\"\n\nShe said: \"The whole influencer and blogger thing is still quite new. It's still not accepted as real work and real business and I think because of this there is also a lack of attention in the area. There's a lack of responsibility both for the bloggers but also for all the followers.\n\n\"I have been doing this for 10 years and I wouldn't like to have restrictions on expressing myself but I want to have restrictions so that we can protect the influencers themselves because some of them are very, very young and sometimes they post things that are very bad for the viewers.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri on bullying, self-harm and time limits on the app\n\nMs Christiansen says that you cannot compare blogging to newspapers so you \"have to make a whole new setup\" and analyse the ways to protect both bloggers and followers.\n\nShe said that media regulations \"don't work\" for influencers and there need to be consequences for actions online.\n\n\"This calls for action. Maybe this can be the first step in realising that online behaviour should be recognised.\"", "The organisers of a so-called \"straight pride\" parade in Boston have claimed to be victims of terrorism after receiving envelopes full of glitter.\n\nThree members of Super Happy Fun America called the authorities over envelopes filled with a \"granular substance\".\n\nThe letters prompted a response from the FBI, three fire departments and the bomb squad.\n\nThe FBI is investigating but says there is no threat to public safety.\n\nSuper Happy Fun America's president, John Hugo, told NBC that what happened was \"an act of domestic terrorism\".\n\nSamson Racioppi, another member, said he was \"immediately alarmed\" after shaking the letter and hearing a rattling inside.\n\nRacioppi said he told the other members of the group and discovered that John Hugo and Mark Sahady, the vice president, had received similar letters.\n\nThe FBI is investigating the incident\n\nBomb disposal experts were sent to the Massachusetts towns of Woburn, Salisbury and Malden.\n\nAccording to Lt. Robert Roy of the Salisbury Police Department, the substance in the envelopes was glitter.\n\nBut John Hugo says he wants to \"see this person prosecuted .. even if it's just baby powder\".\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by Associated Press This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. End of youtube video by Associated Press\n\nSo-called glitter bombing - covering someone in glitter- has historically been used as a means of protest against those who oppose LGBT rights.\n\nPoliticians from the Republican Party such as former Presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have been glitter bombed in the past for their anti-LGBT views.\n\nSuper Happy Fun America call themselves \"an advocacy group for straight rights,\" though members of the group have been found to have links to far-right and white nationalist groups.\n\nThe city of Boston approved a permit for the controversial Straight Pride event to be held on August 31, but the event still needs permission from the state police and licensing board.\n\nThe organisers say they are \"inclusive of all, including LGBTQ people\" and the event is just \"about free speech\".\n\n\"It's perfectly natural and normal to celebrate heterosexuality, and the parade is not being held at any expense to the LGBTQ movement,\" said Racioppi.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Daddy Yankee and Rosalía are the most streamed male and female artists of the year to date\n\nThere is no better measure of the world's listening tastes than YouTube.\n\nThe site reaches more than 1.9 billion people every month, more than any other music steaming service, and most of those users are listening to Latin Pop.\n\nSpanish-language songs make up half of YouTube's Top 10 for the year so far, led by Daddy Yankee's Con Calma, with 1.15 billion views.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nAriana Grande's 7 Rings is the only entry sung entirely in English, with K-pop and Bollywood completing the chart.\n\nCatalonian singer Rosalía, who came fifth in the BBC's Sound of 2019 list, had the highest-viewed video by a female artist, with Con Altura - a reggaeton track that samples dialogue from a Dominican TV show.\n\nThe song topped YouTube's music chart for 12 weeks after its release in March, at one point presiding over a top 10 that was 80% Spanish.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 2 by RosaliaVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"This is the new order of things in the increasingly diverse, genre-melding, multilingual world of pop,\" wrote New York Times' pop correspondent Joe Coscarelli in an article dissecting Rosalía's breakout single.\n\n\"Language is no longer a barrier, world rhythms mix and cohere, cross-cultural collaboration is common and hip-hop influence seeps in from all sides.\"\n\nSouth Korea is also an increasingly dominant voice in global pop, with girl group Blackpink racking up 468m views for the arresting, colourful video for Kill This Love [the title is the only English line in the song].\n\nTheir boyband counterpart, BTS, have the eighth most-watched video of the year for their track Boy With Luv.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nHindi singer Dhvani Bhanushali has also scored a major hit with the sweetly-sung Vaaste Song - which was the first Indian track to rack up 50 million views in seven days.\n\nThe 21-year-old singer is signed to T-Series, India's biggest record label, which also runs the world's second-largest YouTube channel.\n\n\"We definitely see that musicians from places outside the US are really writing the handbook on YouTube,\" the site's global head of music, Lyor Cohen, told the BBC. \"I like to say they have a PhD in YouTube.\n\n\"These artists not only have the sound that appeals to music lovers around the world, but they know how to make the platform work for them and maximize global reach. That's the beauty of YouTube - genres crossing borders and artists building fanbases, no matter where they are.\"\n\nSpotify and YouTube are democratising music, added Sebastian Krys - a Grammy award-winner who has worked with Shakira, Luis Fonsi and Gloria Estefan.\n\n\"Before, music was curated by the record industry gatekeepers, who were generally middle class, middle-aged white men. And now it's curated by the masses,\" the Argentine producer told the BBC last year.\n\n\"There is more interest now in what other people and cultures are doing.\"\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video 4 by SamSmithWorldVEVO This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThe highest-charting British artist on YouTube's chart is Sam Smith, whose duet with Normani, Dancing With A Stranger, is the eleventh most-watched music video of the year so far.\n\nFreshly-minted pop star Billie Eilish also made the top 20, with 351m views for her single Bad Guy, putting her in 12th place.\n\nSongs released before 2019 continue to record big numbers on YouTube, too, with Luis Fonsi's Despacito adding 456m views since January, pushing its all-time total to 6.3bn.\n\nThe 2017 song is now the most-watched video on the site by a margin of more than 2bn.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Labour MP Emily Thornberry was taken to hospital after coming off her bicycle in an accident outside Parliament.\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary was involved in a collision with a vehicle in Parliament Square, Westminster, outside the House of Commons on Friday.\n\nThe Islington South and Finsbury MP was taken to hospital in an ambulance.\n\nA spokesperson for Ms Thornberry said she had now been discharged and was \"hugely grateful\" for the support of the paramedics and A&E staff.\n\n\"She will be back to work and back on her bike as soon as possible,\" the spokesperson added.", "CalMac ferries faces rising costs for complications and delays on two new ships, according to the owner of the shipyard where they are being built.\n\nFerguson Marine owner Jim McColl said they were prototypes and more work should have been done on their design before tendering the contract.\n\nHe said talks with Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, which buys and leases the CalMac ships, had been \"frustrating\".\n\nThe £97m order is as much as a year behind schedule.\n\nThe Scottish government, which wholly owns Cmal and CalMac, has described the situation as \"disappointing\".\n\nThe Scottish government has given a £30m loan facility to Ferguson Marine, saying it was to help diversify the yard.\n\nMr McColl told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme the borrowing facility, which has not yet been drawn down, was to help with the rising costs to Ferguson's of handling the Cal-Mac order.\n\nHe said he was pressing for Cmalto accept it will have to pay more for them, due to rising costs and delays.\n\nThe first ferry, Glen Sannox, was launched last November, but is far from complete. It is fuelled by both liquified natural gas and marine oil.\n\nThe ships are needed urgently by Cal-Mac, to meet growing car, van and haulage demand on Hebridean routes, and because the ageing Hebridean fleet is becoming more prone to breakdowns.\n\nMr McColl said: \"We have incurred significantly higher costs in the work we've had to do on these ferries, and we've been engaging with CMAL to discuss these costs.\n\n\"Maybe the best way to put it is that we've been frustrated in these discussions. We've been discussing it for over a year, and we have been funding that, so it's been using a lot of our capital.\n\nThe billionaire businessman added: \"Our view is that these have been genuine changes that have had to be made to the work we've been doing, and they're changes that ought to be incurred by the buyer.\"\n\nMr McColl explained that the ferries were \"prototypes\", requiring Lloyds, the marine insurer and the Coastguard and Maritime Agency to go through new certification for the design being used - adding considerably to the time being taken.\n\n\"They normally work to standard designs or designs that they've got, and they will approve or certify the ferry at every stage,\" he said, adding \"MCA are responsible for the safety and security of the people. So it's all got to be double-checked and rubber-stamped.\n\n\"Dual-fuelled LNG ferries have not been built in the UK. This is a first off for Lloyds and for MCA, so everything we're going through, we have to establish what is the acceptable process for this, and they have to certify it, but we're writing the process for certifying it as we go, and that's delayed things.\n\n\"I believe that perhaps more design development work could have been done prior to the invitation to tender going out, rather than dealing with multiple things that are arising as we got into the build process. But we're working diligently through that.\"\n\nMr McColl also said Ferguson Marine had been extensively refurbished to get it ready it for new Royal Navy and commercial contracts.\n\nThe yard is bidding for contracts to build fishing trawlers and support vessels for offshore energy.\n\nFerguson is also building linkspans - for vehicles to transfer from vessels to quaysides - for Western Ferries operating at Gourock and Dunoon.\n\nAnd there is work fabricating equipment for offshore wind arrays.\n\nMr McColl said three shipbuilding bids should soon reach conclusions, with hopes of winning work from them.\n\nYou can hear the full interview with Jim McColl on Good Morning Scotland, just after 0730.", "A university student's body was found trapped in thick slurry at a building site two days after he vanished on a night out, an inquest heard.\n\nMarcin Porczyk, 18, was \"camouflaged\" in the mix of building materials before he was eventually found by workers near the marina in Swansea in January 2017.\n\nThe business student was almost three times the legal drink-drive limit, Swansea Coroner's Court was told.\n\nHe said Mr Porczyk \"effectively drowned\" after inhaling slurry.\n\nMr Porczyk, whose family moved to Swansea from Poland when he was seven, was captured on CCTV wandering around the Kier Construction site. His body was later found in a 12-inch deep concrete washout area.\n\nHis Swansea University friend Harry Hutchinson said the pair had drunk double vodkas, rum and five Jagerbombs each on the night Mr Porczyk went missing.\n\nHe described him as \"coherent but drunk\" before he suddenly ran off after leaving a bar.\n\nMr Hutchinson said: \"We came down the stairs then he tripped over onto the pavement. He sprang up and ran off.\n\n\"I thought he had run off home. I went back inside.\n\n\"Then I went back to the flat. He wasn't there.\"\n\nFriends raised the alarm when Mr Porczyk failed to return to his student accommodation in the Strand area or respond to messages.\n\nBuilding site workers discovered his body two days later, on 24 January.\n\nDr Nadine Burke, a consultant pathologist, said Mr Porczyk's body was covered in \"muddy, wet slurry\" having fallen down face first before managing to turn onto his back.\n\nShe added the level of alcohol in his system would have led to disorientation and poor co-ordination, and accentuated the effects of hypothermia.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Lyra McKee was observing rioting in Derry when she was shot dead\n\nThe sister of murdered journalist Lyra McKee has said her family's grief is like a living nightmare.\n\nMs McKee was shot dead by a New IRA gunman while observing a riot in Londonderry on 18 April.\n\nNichola Corner told BBC Radio Foyle there were no words to describe what it had been like for the family since her death.\n\nThey felt no closer to knowing who killed the 29-year-old north Belfast woman, she said.\n\n\"It's like living in a nightmare that you just can't wake up from,\" Mrs Corner said.\n\n\"Horrific, to say the least.\"\n\nOn the night of the murder, Mrs Corner said, the family initially believed Ms McKee's injuries were not life-threatening.\n\nPolice were searching for weapons and ammunition in Derry when the violence started on 18 April\n\n\"I got a phone call to say that Lyra had been injured, hit in the head, and police had taken her to hospital,\" she said.\n\n\"I actually thought she'd maybe been hit by a bottle, a brick or some kind of object of that nature.\"\n\nAfter some time spent waiting for more detailed information, Mrs Corner decided to call Lyra's phone, expecting her sister to answer.\n\n\"I said: 'Are you alright wee love? Have you been seen by the doctor yet?'\n\n\"[I was] expecting it to be her, but obviously it wasn't her.\n\nNichola Corner (centre) said she would meet the unidentified gunman at \"any police station on the island of Ireland\"\n\n\"That's when I was told that she was very seriously injured and the emergency personnel were working on her at the hospital and I couldn't understand why.\"\n\nIn a further phone call, Mrs Corner was told her sister had been shot.\n\n\"You can imagine the devastation of hearing that news, that she had been shot in the head,\" she said.\n\n\"My husband had to pull over because I was screaming and couldn't breathe.\"\n\nWhile she was telling her mother and other family members about the shooting, she received another call from a PSNI constable, who told her police would collect the family to bring them to Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.\n\nThe officer told her Lyra had died.\n\n\"I was actually still in my street. Mummy was still in the car. My whole soul just left.\"\n\nLyra McKee gave a TED talk in 2017 about the Orlando gay nightclub shootings the previous year\n\nWhen she eventually saw Lyra, Mrs Corner said \"it didn't register\" that she was dead.\n\n\"She looked just like she was sleeping.\"\n\nThree months on, Mrs Corner said there is \"still part of you that's not quite believing it to be true, because it is so unbelievable\".\n\nMrs Corner has previously offered to meet her sister's killer and support him in \"accepting responsibility for your actions\".\n\nShe again appealed for anyone with information on the killing in Derry's Creggan estate to come forward.\n\nMrs Corner said her family found the media coverage around her late sister's death at times difficult to deal with.\n\n\"My mummy does feel that people have been treating her daughter as public property and she wants to ask people to stop doing that, she wants to reclaim her daughter,\" she said.\n\nTwo men have been charged with rioting in the city on the night that Ms McKee was murdered.\n\nAn 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy, who were arrested in May by detectives investigating Ms McKee's death, were released without charge.", "Brandon Rice died in Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, in the early hours of Wednesday\n\nA teenager who died after falling ill in a house is believed to have taken ecstasy.\n\nBrandon Rice, 17, was taken to hospital after the alarm was raised in Pitreavie Court, Hamilton, in the early hours of Wednesday.\n\nPolice said the death was being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem examination would be carried out.\n\nHis death comes just days after it emerged Scotland has the highest reported drugs death rate in the EU.\n\nOne line of the police inquiry is that Brandon had taken an ecstasy-type substance, BBC Scotland understands. The results of a toxicology report are awaited.\n\nTwo girls, aged 16 and 17, and 16-year-old boy were also taken to Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride, as a precaution.\n\nBrandon was a pupil at Hamilton Grammar School and played for Hamilton Rugby Club.\n\nHead teacher Graeme Sives, said: \"Everyone at the school had a great affinity with Brandon - he was friendly, endearing and charismatic.\n\n\"He was as popular with staff as he was with his fellow students and had just been elected as a prefect for next session.\n\n\"Brandon was a talented sportsman, particularly in rugby and also last month gained a silver medal in track and field at the county sports.\"\n\nMr Sives said the teenager's death will have a profound impact on pupils and staff.\n\nHe added: \"He was a student mentor for the Sportworx training programme having excelled on the course the previous year and had career options in that area as well as ambitions to join the Fire Service.\n\n\"Brandon was a fine young man and is a great loss to our school community.\n\n\"He had contributed so strongly and had so much to offer and his passing will be keenly felt by all of us.\"\n\nEarlier this month a 16-year-old girl suspected to have taken ecstasy fell ill at a flat in the Springburn area of Glasgow.\n\nChelsea Bruce was taken to the city's Glasgow Royal Infirmary but died a short time later.\n\nOn Tuesday official statistics showed the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland soared to 1,187 last year.\n\nThe figure is 27% higher than the previous year, and the highest since records began in 1996.\n\nThey also revealed there were a record 35 ecstasy deaths in 2018, compared to 27 in the previous 12 months.\n\nThere were 64 deaths in the 15-24 category, a 78% increase on the 36 in 2017.\n\nThe statistics published by National Records of Scotland show that nearly three quarters - 72% - of those who died last year were male.\n\nThe vast majority of drug-related deaths - 1,021 - involved heroin, but a large percentage - 792 - had also taken pills such as diazepam and etizolam.\n\nThe 35-44 age group was associated with the most deaths at 442, followed by those aged 45-54 (345).", "Last updated on .From the section African\n\nAlgeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secured a 1-0 win against Senegal in the final in Cairo.\n\nBaghdad Bounedjah's shot took a huge deflection off Salif Sane and looped over goalkeeper Alfred Gomes.\n\nSenegal, who have never won the competition, were awarded a penalty for handball in the second half but it was overturned after a VAR review.\n\nAlgeria closed out the rest of the game to win their first title since 1990.\n• None Quiz: How well do you remember the tournament?\n\nSenegal's players collapsed on the pitch in tears at the final whistle.\n\nLiverpool forward Sadio Mane, who said before the game he would swap his Champions League winners medal for Africa Cup of Nations success, looked disconsolate as Algeria players celebrated around him.\n\n\"Without the players I am nothing,\" said Algeria boss Djamel Belmadi. \"They are the main ones. I suppose the staff played its part in guiding the players but they applied the instructions incredibly well.\"\n\nSenegal, making only their second appearance in the final since 2002, dominated for large periods but struggled to make the most of their possession.\n\nM'Baye Niang was at the centre of two of their best chances as he flashed a fierce drive over the bar just before the break, and rounded keeper Rais M'bolhi early in the second half only to shoot wide from a tight angle.\n\nM'Bolhi also did well to palm over a stinging effort from Youssouf Sabaly.\n\nThe decisive moment for Senegal was the reversal of the decision to award a penalty on the hour mark.\n\nIsmaila Sarr's cross was blasted straight at Adlene Guedioura's arm, referee Neant Alioum pointed to the spot, but, just as the Senegal players started celebrating the decision, he quickly indicated that a VAR review was under way.\n\nAfter watching the replays on the pitch-side monitor, which clearly showed Guedioura's arm being by his side, Alioum reversed the decision.\n\nAlthough the decision was correct, the result was harsh on Senegal, with Algeria managing only one shot on goal.\n\nThe game was billed by many as a battle between Liverpool's Mane and Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez, but both were on the periphery of this encounter.\n\nMahrez's lack of contribution was largely down to Algeria's defensive approach after taking the lead, but Mane will perhaps be disappointed with his input.\n\nHe was clearly the player Algeria fans feared most - every touch of the ball was met with boos - but he showed only glimpses of his pace and danger on the ball, possibly showing the signs of fatigue following a long season for club and country.\n\nIt is 363 days since Mane began pre-season with Liverpool - and he will only have a couple of weeks rest before the new campaign gets under way on 9 August.\n\nAlgeria were very lucky to get their first goal from a deflected shot by Bounedjah. But they made the most of their luck.\n\nTheir defence has been formidable all tournament and as much as Senegal tried to create chances, it was just so difficult for them.\n\nThe Teranga Lions raised their level after half-time and had a great chance that was missed by Niang, one of two players Algeria were giving very close attention - the other, of course, being Mane.\n\nOne goal was enough for Algeria to win a well deserved tournament even though they weren't their best in the final. Senegal were so close this time but they needed luck and more clinical finishing - and they found neither.\n• None Attempt blocked. Salif Sané (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.\n• None Sadio Mané (Senegal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Krépin Diatta (Senegal) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "London's Crossrail project will probably go even further over budget, according to a report by MPs.\n\nCommuters have been \"let down\" by a programme that is well behind schedule, the Public Accounts Committee said.\n\nMPs said they were \"sceptical\" about the Department for Transport's \"ability to oversee major rail projects\".\n\nIn response, the Department for Transport said it had acted \"swiftly and effectively\" when problems at Crossrail became clear.\n\nConstruction on the Crossrail route began in 2009. It is Europe's biggest infrastructure project.\n\nIt has been officially named the Elizabeth Line in honour of the Queen. When completed, it will serve 41 stations, connecting Reading, to the west of London, with Shenfield, to the east.\n\nThe line will make use of some existing track, but involves 26 miles of new tunnels connecting Paddington and Liverpool Street stations to improve rail capacity crossing the capital.\n\nThe project was allocated £14.8bn in 2010, but this has since swollen to £17.6bn.\n\nWhile it was originally expected to start running services throughout the line in December, Crossrail now expects it to open as late as March 2021.\n\nThe Public Accounts Committee also criticised the bonuses paid to bosses, even as the project faltered.\n\nThe chief executive at the time, Andrew Wolstenholme, was paid a bonus of £481,000 for the year to 2016 and £160,000 for the year to 2017.\n\nThe Department for Transport allowed itself few powers to curb bosses' pay following their failings, it said.\n\n\"While the department is now working to learn and apply the lessons from what went wrong with Crossrail, it should acknowledge that this is far from an unfamiliar tale,\" the committee said.\n\n\"We have witnessed cost increases and delays on major rail projects several times over the past few years and the department still does not appear to have got a grip on the problem.\"\n\nA spokesperson for the Department for Transport said: \"The department consistently challenged the leadership of Crossrail Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of TfL [Transport for London] - on the delivery of the project.\n\n\"When problems became clear, the department acted swiftly and effectively, changing the leadership of the board and strengthening governance structures.\n\n\"The new Crossrail Ltd management team has now produced a new plan to open the railway, and the department and TfL will continue to scrutinise progress to ensure this happens as soon as possible.\"\n• None 60 milesDistance of the line from Reading to Heathrow\n\nCrossrail split the work between 36 contractors, creating a large burden of organisational work, the report said.\n\nA spokesperson for Crossrail said: \"The Elizabeth Line is one of the most complex infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the UK and we recognise many of the challenges raised in the Public Accounts Committee report.\n\n\"The new leadership team's plan to complete the Elizabeth Line continues to be kept under careful review. Progress against our plan will become clearer in 2020, once we start to fully test the operational railway and integrate the train and signalling software.\n\n\"We are fully focused on completing the Elizabeth Line and ensuring a safe and reliable passenger service as quickly as possible.\"\n\nThe Elizabeth Line had been due to open in December 2018\n\nAn estimated 200 million passengers will use the new underground line annually, increasing central London rail capacity by 10% - the largest increase since World War Two.\n\nCrossrail says the new line will connect Paddington to Canary Wharf in 17 minutes.\n\nIn May, Crossrail was criticised by the National Audit Office for running late and over budget, suggesting that bosses had clung to an unrealistic opening date.", "Boeing is taking a $4.9bn hit to cover costs related to the global grounding of its 737 Max aircraft.\n\nThe charge is set to wipe out profits when the world's biggest planemaker posts quarterly results next week.\n\nIn a statement, Boeing also said its \"best estimate at this time\" is that the aircraft will return to service in the last three months of this year.\n\nA 737 Max crash in Indonesia in October, and another in Ethiopia in March, killed 346 people in total.\n\nBoeing is facing one of the worst crises in its history after regulators banned its best-selling aircraft from flying after the disasters.\n\nCrash investigators have concentrated their efforts on the aircraft's control system and Boeing has been working with regulators to roll out a software upgrade.\n\nThe manufacturer, facing intense scrutiny over the regulatory clearance for the aircraft to fly, has cut the monthly production rate from 52 to 42 as airlines hold off purchases.\n\nMost of the $4.9bn charge will be used to compensate Boeing's customers for schedule disruptions and delays in aircraft deliveries.\n\nOn Friday, Boeing's share price jumped 4% at the start of trading, a sign that investors seem comfortable with the charge. Analysts knew that Boeing faced a heavy financial cost following the disasters and had been awaiting clarity.\n\nIn April, Boeing halted share buybacks, and said that the grounding of the 737 Max fleet had cost it an additional charge of at least $1bn so far.\n\n$5bn, and very probably counting.\n\nThe money set aside by Boeing is meant to cover compensation for customers who either haven't received their aircraft, or can't use the ones they already have.\n\nAirlines who are waiting for overdue deliveries are having to make alternative arrangements, by cancelling services, leasing aircraft from specialist companies, or by keeping older, less fuel-efficient models in service for longer. All three options come at a cost.\n\nAnd for those who already had Max aircraft in service, there will be financing costs that still have to be paid, even when the planes themselves are not earning their keep. Not to mention the money that needs to be spent on maintaining them while they are on the ground.\n\nAll of this, ultimately, is likely to come back to Boeing. The $5bn figure assumes that the process of approving the Max to go back into service will begin in the autumn. But we have already seen that regulators seem determined to take a very tough line when it comes to ensuring the safety of the aircraft. The schedule could well slip again, and costs rise further.\n\nLet's not forget either that lawsuits filed by relatives of accident victims are mounting up, and this charge does not take them into consideration at all. So the final bill for Boeing may well be a lot higher.\n\nBoeing chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg, said: \"This is a defining moment for Boeing. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the flight crews and passengers who fly on our airplanes.\n\n\"The Max grounding presents significant headwinds and the financial impact recognised this quarter reflects the current challenges and helps to address future financial risks.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Paul Njoroge's family died in the crash in Ethiopia in March, and he gave moving testimony in the US Congress\n\nBoeing said it continues to work with aviation authorities to get the 737 Max back into the air, which it hopes will be in the fourth quarter of 2019.\n\nBut the statement added: \"This assumption reflects the company's best estimate at this time, but actual timing of return to service could differ from this estimate.\"\n\nBoeing also warned that if this timetable slips, and its anticipated resumption of deliveries to customers is delayed, that this \"could result in additional financial impact\".\n\nHowever, in a speech on Thursday, the US transportation secretary appeared less certain that the aircraft would be cleared to fly again this year.\n\nElaine L Chao said the Federal Aviation Administration, \"is following a thorough process, rather than a prescribed timeline... the FAA will lift the aircraft's prohibition order when it is deemed safe to do so.\" She was not referring directly to Boeing's statement.\n\nOn Thursday, Southwest Airlines, the biggest user of the 737 Max, joined its US rivals in cancelling more flights until early November.\n\nThe move also prompted the low-cost carrier to freeze new pilot hiring.", "Zosha Di Castri's latest work looks at humankind's evolving relationship with the moon\n\nThe BBC Proms blasts off on Friday with a musical exploration of the moon.\n\nThe season opens with Zosha Di Castri's latest work Long Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory, which marks the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings.\n\nThe piece examines how humanity has \"looked to the moon over different time periods and different cultures,\" she told BBC News.\n\nIt's not only the composer's Proms debut, but the first time her music has ever been played in the UK.\n\n\"It's a crazy way to begin but I'm very honoured,\" she told BBC News.\n\nThe 1969 moon landings are a running theme in this year's Proms season, with highlights including a Sci-Fi prom featuring scores from films such as Gravity and Alien: Covenant.\n\nElsewhere, Public Service Broadcasting will debut an orchestral arrangement of their 2015 album The Race for Space, which features archive film recordings and vintage electronic instruments.\n\nDi Castri's work was inspired by three pieces of writing - Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi's haunting Alla Luna, in which a man sees his grief reflected in the moon's face; Sappho's The Moon, in which the ancient Greek poet writes about the silvery brightness of the night sky; and a new text by novelist Xiaolu Guo, which reflects both ancient Chinese legends and the recent Chang'e-4 exploration of the far side of the moon.\n\nTheir words are fragmented throughout the piece, while the title, Long Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory, is lifted from Leopardi's verse.\n\n\"I was thinking about how much energy and man-power and resources had gone into exploration of the moon,\" says Di Castri, \"and then it seemed like, once we had achieved that, people kind of forgot about it. There was a noticeable lag in enthusiasm until perhaps just recently.\"\n\nNeil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin (pictured) were the first people to set foot on the moon, on 20 July 1969\n\nResearching the piece left a big impression on the composer, who'd never before considered the monumental human effort behind the moon landings.\n\n\"To be honest, it was something that I took as fact - that we've been to the moon,\" she laughs. \"In the same way that, as a child, you learn that the earth is round and not flat, and you just accept that's the way it is.\n\n\"I always knew that people had been on the moon - but this brought back the sense of awe.\"\n\nListen to Zosha's playlist on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube.\n\nThe classical pieces commonly associated with space travel, like Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra, or Holst's Mars, are typically full of rattling percussion and piercing stabs of brass.\n\nDi Castri says her work has \"moments of bombast\", especially as she depicts the feverish hype of the US-Russia space race. But once Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step out of the lunar module, the atmosphere changes.\n\n\"I like to think of that moment, of walking on the moon and being so far from Earth and experiencing this landscape for the first time as being much more subtle and ethereal,\" she says.\n\n\"I was trying to get into the awe and wonder of what that felt like, so the choir's doing a lot of whispering, atmospheric sounds. The sopranos have a solo and the orchestra and rest of the chorus provides a textured soundscape. Time feels stretched out.\"\n\nThe 34-year-old is one of more than 20 composers commissioned to create new work for the 2019 Proms season, with premieres coming from the likes of Hans Zimmer, Jonathan Dove and Huw Watkins, who is also writing an ode to the moon.\n\nSo would Di Castri be prepared to strap herself into a rocket and swing on a star in real life?\n\n\"Oh my goodness, yes,\" she says. \"But I'd probably be terrified.\"\n\nThe First Night of the Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 19 July. It will be broadcast in full on BBC Radio 3. On television, the first half will be shown live on BBC Two, with the second half on BBC Four.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Scarlett was on a six-month \"trip of a lifetime\" with her family when she died\n\nA man has been jailed for 10 years for killing and sexually assaulting the British teenager Scarlett Keeling in Goa in 2008.\n\nSamson D'Souza was found guilty of \"culpable homicide not amounting to murder\" by an Indian court on Wednesday.\n\nThe court upheld the acquittal of another man, Placido Carvalho.\n\nThe 15-year-old's mother said the 10-year sentence was \"a year less than it's taken us to get this far\".\n\nFiona MacKeown told the BBC she was happy D'Souza had been sentenced to \"rigorous imprisonment\" - meaning he has to work behind bars.\n\n\"I just hope he stays inside for that long,\" she added.\n\nBoth men were previously acquitted by a lower court in 2016 after a prolonged trial, but the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appealed against the verdict.\n\nSamson D'Souza (left) was convicted while Placido Carvalho was acquitted\n\nEarlier this week, D'Souza was found guilty of assault, destruction of evidence and providing narcotics to Scarlett, among other charges.\n\nScarlett's bruised and partially clothed body was found on Anjuna beach in Goa just after dawn on 18 February 2008.\n\nThe 15-year-old from Bideford in Devon was on a six-month \"trip of a lifetime\" to India with her family when she died.\n\nThe family had spent two months at the Goan resort before travelling down the coast to neighbouring Karnataka - but Scarlett was allowed to return to attend a Valentine's Day beach party.\n\nShe was left in the care of 25-year-old tour guide Julio Lobo, Ms MacKeown told media outlets.\n\nScarlett's body was found on Anjuna beach in Goa\n\nPolice in Goa initially concluded her death was accidental but, after a campaign by her family, a second post-mortem examination in March 2008 revealed she had been drugged and sexually assaulted before drowning in seawater.\n\nThe 2016 acquittal of the two men prompted angry statements from Ms MacKeown.\n\nThe verdict also drew widespread criticism in Goa, leading to the CBI filing a petition for a retrial.", "Watch as Zimbabwe netballers celebrate their top-eight finish at the World Cup by dancing their way on to BBC Two's TV coverage while Hazel Irvine is still presenting.\n\nFollow live coverage of the Netball World Cup this weekend on BBC Two, the BBC Sport website & BBC iPlayer.\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "He said he had to check on his 65-year-old mother despite fracturing his hip earlier in the day. When officials told him he couldn't take the stairs to see her, he found another way.", "Iris's mother she said was in an \"ocean of grief\" after her death\n\nThe teenage daughter of financier Ben Goldsmith died when an \"all-terrain type\" vehicle she was driving overturned, an inquest heard.\n\nIris Goldsmith, 15, died on her family's farm near the village of North Brewham, Somerset, on 8 July.\n\nPolice are not treating her death as suspicious, the inquest in Taunton was told.\n\nHer family have released pictures of their \"angel\" following her funeral on Wednesday.\n\nSenior coroner Tony Williams adjourned the inquest, saying he had only limited information about the accident.\n\n\"I understand she was the driver of a left-hand drive all-terrain type vehicle when it turned over for reasons that are yet to be established, and as a result it is believed she suffered fatal injures,\" he said.\n\nIris was identified by her father Ben, the inquest heard\n\nPathologist Dr Edwin Cooper of Yeovil District Hospital confirmed the cause of death was \"not currently ascertained\" and a post-mortem report had yet to be compiled, he added.\n\nA private funeral for Iris was held at St Mary's Church in Barnes, south-west London, on Wednesday afternoon.\n\nThe family has released pictures from the private funeral held on Wednesday\n\nIn a eulogy, Iris' mother, Kate Rothschild, said: \"I can't possibly begin to explain the ocean of grief we find ourselves in or the feeling of being shattered into a thousand un-findable pieces.\n\n\"She was simply spectacular, her light was brighter than any I've ever known.\n\n\"Iris was life-giving and free and fun and wild, but she also worked harder than any girl I've ever known and she cared, she cared so much about living her best life.\n\n\"She had so many plans and dreams and ambitions and she was willing to put everything she had into reaching them.\"\n\nIris was the first child of Mr Goldsmith and his ex-wife Ms Rothschild.\n\nMr Goldsmith is the younger brother of Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith and Jemima Khan.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Organisers described the \"horrific\" crash as a \"nightmare\".\n\nSeventeen people have been injured after two cars crashed at a \"car cruise\" gathering and ploughed into spectators.\n\nThe vehicles collided on Monkswood Way, Stevenage, at about 21:45 BST on Thursday leaving two seriously injured and 15 more hurt.\n\nOne of the event's organisers described the \"horrific\" crash as a \"nightmare\".\n\nHertfordshire Assistant Chief Constable Nathan Briant said the two drivers had been identified and interviewed.\n\nHe said officers were \"continuing to work with partners to fully understand the events\" and the drivers had been \"interviewed as part of the ongoing investigation\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Whilst the events do occur regularly the meeting yesterday evening appeared far larger in nature than previous events, and it is now understood that an organiser had publicised the meeting on social media as a charity event,\" he said.\n\n\"Last night we identified more than 130 witnesses and an investigative team has been formed to ensure each of these is contacted to obtain their statements.\n\n\"We are also aware of a large number of people leaving the area prior to our arrival, among these are likely also to be further witnesses to the collision.\"\n\nPolice, fire and ambulance services all attended the crash\n\nPolice have asked witnesses to send footage of the crash to detectives.\n\nVideo footage shows one car passing another before the two collide and one strikes people standing at the roadside while the other hits spectators in the central reservation.\n\nOne witness said on Twitter: \"I've just witnessed that horrendous crash in Stevenage, no more than 50ft away from me. I'm still trying to process it all.\"\n\nOrganiser Rix Sidhu said it was the first time the Cruise-Herts group had suffered any serious incident in its 17-year history\n\nCruise-Herts planned the event on Thursday where people were due to gather to look at modified cars.\n\nOrganiser Rix Sidhu said he had been organising similar meets for 17 years and the latest was held to raise money for charity.\n\nHe estimated one of the cars that crashed was travelling at 60 or 70mph and then went into the crowd \"at speed\".\n\nMr Sidhu said: \"We held the meet in a car park with a speed bump at the entrance. But unfortunately some people went a bit rogue.\n\nSkidmarks can be seen at a car park near the crash site\n\n\"We try and stop that, we urge people...not to go out on the roads, not to risk injury or anything.\n\n\"But unfortunately, in this age of social media and Snapchat, people want to get footage and post things to their friends, which seems to drive some people to the main road.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn a statement on Facebook he said they would not be organising any more such events.\n\nHe also said the police were aware that the group met every Thursday evening, having attended in the past, and said the two drivers involved in the crash were \"not regulars\".\n\nLast night there were hundreds of people here, but this morning the only sign anything happened is an abundance of skidmarks in the adjacent car park - and police markings on the road at the scene of the accident.\n\nThere are yellow spray-painted markings that seem to indicate where the two cars involved were travelling, the point at which they met - and where they came to rest.\n\nSome of those markings are on the pavement.\n\nI can also see that first aid was given here.\n\nThere are are a few bits of medical paraphernalia left among the rubbish, which is now the only other evidence of how many people were gathered here last night.\n\nThroughout the morning young people have been turning up to collect their vehicles but they have been too upset to talk about what happened.\n\nFellow organiser Dean Summerbee, 34, said people attending had been warned not to race or do wheel spins and burnouts.\n\nHe said: \"It was horrific seeing it last night. It still plays over in my head in slow motion. I literally had to pull my mate out of the way.\n\n\"My thoughts go out to everyone who has been hurt. It's not something I'd like to relive again.\n\n\"I feel sorry for anyone who witnessed it. It was a nightmare last night.\"\n\nThe section of A-road passes a retail park near Stevenage Football Club.\n\nTom Adams, who lives in Welwyn Garden City and arrived shortly after the crash, said he knew the organisers \"dotted all the Is and crossed all the Ts\" and it was \"not just a gathering of hooligans\" but the event had been let down by a \"bunch of boy racers\".\n\nHe added: \"There is a select group of people that have no consideration for other people and unfortunately that has come back to bite us.\"\n\nCiaran O'Connor, 33, was travelling home when he witnessed the crash which he described as \"horrific\".\n\nHertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service crews cut free one person trapped in a vehicle and provided \"trauma care\" to a number of injured people.\n\nStevenage Borough Council leader Sharon Taylor said such events were unauthorised and hard to regulate.\n\nShe said: \"We will do whatever we can to make sure we don't get dreadful incidents like this. [But] it's not an easy thing to regulate.\"\n\nCrowds can be seen watching the cars just before the crash\n\nPolice have placed an appeal poster at the scene, where debris can still be seen on the verge\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The delayed ferries are at the centre of a row between Ferguson Marine and the Scottish government's ferry company\n\nThe shipbuilder with the contract to build two delayed CalMac new ferries has said it will lose £39.5m on the deal.\n\nThe latest accounts for Ferguson Marine show the Inverclyde yard made a loss of £60.1m in 2016.\n\nFerguson Marine claims \"interference and disruption\" from the Scottish government's ferry company is to blame for the losses.\n\nThe firm also wants to renegotiate the terms of its £45m government loan.\n\nOwner Jim McColl - who rescued the yard from administration in 2014 - put £8.5m into Ferguson Marine from one of his other companies, according to the accounts.\n\nThe two dual-fuel ships - which can be powered by liquefied natural gas as well as diesel - will operate on CalMac's Clyde and Hebridean routes.\n\nThey have been ordered by Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL), which buys and leases the CalMac ships on behalf of the Scottish government.\n\nIn its accounts, which were filed over a year late, Ferguson Marine stated: \"The directors believe that post contract award, variations, interference, and disruption caused by the customer have resulted in additional unforeseen costs.\"\n\nBut CMAL rejects this and has previously insisted Ferguson Marine has to stick to the terms of its £97m fixed-price contract.\n\nThe row is set to go to the courts.\n\nThe Ferguson Marine accounts state the contract row and losses \"may cast doubt on the ability to continue as a going concern\" for the yard, but the report also adds the firm- which employs 300 people - is confident that its diversification efforts will pay off.\n\nFerguson Marine has been given access to a total of £45m in Scottish government loans.\n\nThe firm is trying to renegotiate the terms of these loans and the Scottish government has also said it will enter into discussions over extending how much time the Port Glasgow yard has to repay one of the loans.\n\nFerguson Marine's accounts for 2017 were due to be filed in September.\n\nA spokesman for Ferguson Marine said: \"In our latest published accounts, we have provided for identified cost overruns, in line with accepted accounting standards.\n\n\"These cost overruns are a direct result of the unforeseen complexities of building the two prototype, first in class, dual fuel LNG vessels for our client, CMAL. We fully expect to recover the costs identified and are subsequently in discussions with professional claims experts, with the aim of submitting a formal claim to CMAL within the next few weeks.\n\n\"We firmly believe that following a period of remarkable transformation, which has seen significant investment into the yard's facilities and workforce, Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited is now well placed to embark on an exciting phase of sustained growth.\n\n\"Our diversification strategy has unquestionably led to recent project wins, including securing a contract to build a world-first self-propelled air cushioned barge, but has also created a huge pipeline of exciting opportunities in an array of different sectors which we intend to fully capitalise on.\"", "Shaun Greenhalgh sold a fake statue made in his garden shed for £440,000\n\nA fraudster who conned the art world has told museum staff that he regrets duping experts with a fake statue.\n\nBolton Museum paid £440,000 for the Amarna Princess figure, believing it had acquired a 3,300-year-old artefact.\n\nBut the statue of the granddaughter of King Tutankhamun was actually created by prolific forger Shaun Greenhalgh in his garden shed.\n\nGreenhalgh said he felt \"bad\" but stopped short of apologising when he visited the museum for a documentary.\n\nOver a 17-year period, Greenhalgh and his elderly parents sold hundreds of fakes they passed off as the genuine article, earning at least £850,000.\n\nThe scam unravelled when mistakes in Egyptian script were spotted on stonework by experts at the British Museum and Greenhalgh, then 47, was jailed in 2007 at Bolton Crown Court.\n\nExperts were duped into believing the Amarna Princess was a 3,300-year-old artefact\n\nHis visit to Bolton Museum with a team of documentary makers last week was the second time he has returned but the first time he had met staff.\n\nGreenhalgh said he \"felt really bad\" about duping the museum, which he said had inspired his love of art when he visited as a child.\n\nGreenhalgh returned to meet museum staff for the first time for a documentary\n\n\"Everyone's been very nice,\" he said.\n\n\"I was half expecting a dagger in my back.\"\n\nThe visit will feature in a documentary called Made in Bolton, which is being produced by Sunday Times arts editor Waldemar Januszczak.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Amarna Princess was authenticated by auctioneer Christie's and the British Museum before being bought by Bolton Museum, operated by the town's council, in 2003.\n\nThe Greenhalgh family fooled experts from all the great auction houses by claiming they had found or inherited pieces by artists including LS Lowry, Samuel Peploe, Thomas Moran and Barbara Hepworth.\n\nGeorge and Olive Greenhalgh were given suspended sentences.\n\nGreenhalgh said he was inspired to take up art by childhood visits to the museum\n\nBolton Museum first put the fake statue on display in 2011 and it has since become a permanent exhibit.\n\nThe council's deputy leader Martyn Cox said: \"We are glad that Mr Greenhalgh is now putting his extraordinary talents to good honest use.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA strong earthquake has shaken the Greek capital of Athens, knocking out phone networks and power in parts of the city.\n\nThe 5.1 magnitude earthquake had an epicentre about 22km (14 miles) north-west of Athens.\n\nAthenians ran out into the streets as the city shook for 15 seconds.\n\nThere were no reports of serious injuries, but several aftershocks have been felt and two buildings have collapsed.\n\nThe strongest aftershock had a magnitude of 4.3, almost an hour after the initial quake hit at 14:13 (11:13 GMT). Seismologists warn there could be more.\n\nThe earthquake was felt particularly strongly in the centre of Athens, where people stood in the streets after evacuating from tall buildings.\n\nPlaster fell off the walls of the chief prosecutor's office in Athens and cracks appeared in the 170-year-old parliament building.\n\nThere were reports that the fire service, which has received 76 calls according to local media, rescued over a dozen people trapped in elevators following the power outage.\n\nA pregnant tourist visiting the Archaeological Museum was hospitalised after she was accidentally struck by another tourist's elbow as they rushed for the exit.\n\nReports suggest at least three people were hurt by falling plaster.\n\nAn old residence and an empty building have collapsed, Greek media said. Other buildings were also damaged and pieces of marble have fallen from the Agia Irini church into the road.\n\nCrowds gathered in open areas in Athens after the earthquake struck\n\n\"It was a very intense quake. We were terrified,\" a resident called Katerina told AFP. Another woman told local media that it was \"more like an explosion\".\n\n\"We were all very afraid,\" she said.\n\nEfthymios Lekkas, head of the earthquake protection agency, told people to remain calm.\n\n\"There is no reason for concern. The capital's buildings are built to withstand a much stronger earthquake,\" he said.\n\nThe quake was also felt in the southern region of Peloponnese.\n\nSeismologists say the earthquake was around 13km (8 miles) from the surface.\n\nThe earthquake is the first to hit the Greek capital since September 1999 and experts say it was very close to the same epicentre, at Mt Parnitha. That magnitude six quake left 143 people dead and tens of thousands of buildings damaged.\n\nThe crucifix was shaken from the bell tower of the Church of the Pantanassa\n\nThe city lies on several fault lines which cause some earthquakes, although they rarely cause casualties or damage, said Professor Iain Stewart, a geologist at the University of Plymouth.\n\nBefore the earthquake in 1999, the city was considered at low risk – but \"if a place has an earthquake it increases the hazard\" in future, he said.\n\nAn earthquake of magnitude 5.1 like the one on Friday does not cause significant risk of damage, he said, although he expected it to be more noticeable near the epicentre.\n\nOne at magnitude 6.3 or above would cause buildings to collapse, Prof Stewart said.\n\nAthens is built on solid ground, so there is less potential for damage to the Ancient Greek monuments in the city, which date back thousands of years.\n\nHowever, Prof Stewart notes that Ancient Greek settlements were possibly deliberately built on top of seismic fault lines, perhaps to provide access to natural springs. Earthquakes may also have been of cultural significance in Greek antiquity.\n\nThe risk of earthquakes increases the further you go towards the extremities of Greece, Prof Stewart said: particularly on the islands of Crete, Kefalonia and Rhodes.\n\nIn 2017, two people were killed by a 6.7 magnitude quake which hit the island of Kos, a popular tourist destination.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At least two people were killed in the tourist destination of Kos", "Sajid Javid: \"I know what it's like to be told to go back to where I came from...\"\n\nHome Secretary Sajid Javid has condemned \"naked populism\" in the US and described chants made at a Donald Trump rally as \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nMr Trump disavowed chants of \"send her back\" aimed at Democratic congresswoman and US citizen Ilhan Omar.\n\nMr Javid said he was \"deeply concerned\" about polarisation in parts of the US.\n\nIn a speech, he also warned of racism propelling extremist politicians to power around the world.\n\nSpeaking about the chants, Mr Javid said: \"This is going on in the US today. Imagine if people were saying to me \"send him back\".\n\n\"I know how I'd feel but I'd like to think most of society would think that's just completely unacceptable in a modern liberal democracy, to have that kind of situation and not be appalled by it.\"\n\nPublic figures must also \"moderate their language\" as part of a greater effort to tackle extremism, he said, adding that everyone had a \"part to play\" in stopping the spread of poisonous ideologies.\n\nHis words follow the publication of a poll suggesting 52% of respondents had witnessed extremism.\n\nHe said: \"I know what it's like to be told to go back to where I came from, and I don't think they mean Rochdale.\"\n\nThe home secretary's comments come after US President Donald Trump was accused of racism and xenophobia for telling four Democratic Party congresswomen to \"go back\" to the countries they \"originally came from\".\n\nMr Javid noted extremists use immigration \"as a proxy for race\" and exaggerate migrant figures to stoke fear.\n\n\"Anyone can challenge the myths,\" he added. \"So tell your friends, shout it loud and proud: people from minority backgrounds did not steal our jobs, they're not terrorists, that there is no global 'Zionist conspiracy'.\"\n\n\"We must confront the myths about immigration that extremists use to drive divisions,\" Mr Javid, the son of immigrants from Pakistan, told civil society groups, charities and academics in a speech entitled Confronting Extremism Together.\n\nHe called for further integration within society, more help for people to learn English, greater support for communities and a celebration of national identity.\n\nMr Javid said the extremism problem has spread from radicalisation by organisations like the Islamic State group to the far left and right of politics.\n\n\"Public discourse is hardening and becoming less constructive,\" he said.\n\n\"Everyone has a part to play - broadcasters who must not give a platform to extremists; police who must swoop on the worst offenders; public figures who must moderate their language.\"\n\nLabour MP Jess Phillips, who has herself been a target of online abuse, said too many political leaders are using the \"very extreme end of language\".\n\nShe told BBC Radio 4's World At One: \"Whether that's the president of the United States or politicians in our own country, there needs to be a reckoning about the kind of language that we are using and what effect that is having on the ground.\"\n\nMr Javid's speech follows the publication of a poll by the Commission for Countering Extremism - an independent body set up after the Manchester Arena terror attack.\n\nOf almost 3,000 respondents to the survey, more than half said they had witnessed extremism. Of these, 45% said they had seen it online while 39% said they had seen it in their local area.\n\nLead commissioner Sara Khan, who introduced Mr Javid's speech, said the findings \"underline the breadth and severity of the concerns we have in 2019\".\n\nSara Khan told the Today programme extremism exists in different forms\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said a \"range of drivers\" contribute to extremism and extremist ideology.\n\nShe said the forms of extremism varied from far-right extremism to less talked about types such as animal rights activism.\n\n\"Extremism harms everybody in our country. It requires a whole society response,\" she added.\n\nThe survey forms part of a review of the threat and response to extremism in England and Wales.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"She said 'yes'!\". Bill Lindsay offered to take photos for this young couple from Texas on St Andrews West beach. Bill says: \"After six or so photos he asked if I would take one more. He then got down on one one knee and proposed.\" This is 30 seconds later.", "The raids were carried out in 2017\n\nTwo people have been found guilty of animal welfare offences after a raid at what is believed to have been Scotland's largest puppy farm.\n\nScottish SPCA officers and police had swooped on the farm near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, in November 2017.\n\nA total of more than 100 dogs, puppies, rabbits and ferrets, were seized.\n\nFrank James, 54, and Michelle Wood, 30, were on trial charged with causing unnecessary suffering by failing to provide adequate care and treatment.\n\nJames, from Banff, and Wood, from Macduff, were found guilty at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.\n\nFrank James will be sentenced next month\n\nSentence was deferred until next month for reports.\n\nAn undercover investigator for the Scottish SPCA said: \"We believe this was the largest scale puppy farming operation in Scotland.\n\n\"The conditions these dogs were being kept in were absolutely disgraceful.\n\n\"It fell far below the minimum standard in terms of animal welfare and, given the environment and sheer volume of puppies, it was immediately evident these were not being kept as pets and the premises was effectively a battery farm for pups.\n\n\"Our investigation revealed dogs on site were being intensively bred with little to no regard for their welfare.\"\n\nAlmost 90 dogs and puppies were among the animals seized in the operation.\n\nAll of the surviving animals were successfully rehomed.\n\nThe Scottish SPCA had carried out the operation with Police Scotland using warrants obtained under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2006 (Scotland).\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gareth Delbridge (L) and Michael Lewis (R) were hit by a train on on 3 July\n\nTwo rail workers who were killed near Port Talbot had been using a petrol-engined tool and were not aware of the approaching train, early investigations have found.\n\nThe Rail Accidents Investigation Branch (RAIB) said Michael Lewis and Gareth Delbridge were doing scheduled maintenance on the Margam Moors lines which were open to traffic on 3 July.\n\nThe driver sounded his horn and applied the emergency brake.\n\nA third worker was almost struck.\n\nThe RAIB said Mr Lewis, 58, of North Cornelly, and Mr Delbridge, 64, of Kenfig Hill, were working with four others on a set of points, using a petrol-engined tool and at least one of the workers was wearing ear defenders.\n\nCCTV images suggest they did not become aware of the train until it was very close to them, travelling at about 50mph (80km/h).\n\nWorkers on the adjacent line became aware of the train and tried to warn their colleagues as it passed them.\n\nThe RAIB's investigation will identify the sequence of events that led to the accident and consider:\n\nCoroner Colin Phillips has previously adjourned the men's inquests at Swansea Coroner's Court for a review in six months.", "Lucy McHugh was found stabbed to death in woodland at Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre\n\nA lodger who raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl to stop her exposing him as an abuser has been jailed for life.\n\nHe was found guilty of murder and three charges of raping Lucy after a trial at Winchester Crown Court and was ordered to spend at least 33 years in jail.\n\nJudge Mrs Justice May said Lucy had \"unknown promise, cruelly obliterated\" and described Nicholson as \"depraved\".\n\nThe judge told Nicholson: \"This was a pitiless attack on a child following months of sexual exploitation.\n\n\"The prosecution has described it as an execution and I am satisfied this is correct.\n\n\"The combination of [Nicholson's] cold narcissism and hot anger dictated that she had to be put out of the way and he saw to it that this was done.\"\n\nThe trial heard Nicholson first raped Lucy, then aged 12, in May 2017 while living at her home, and on two further occasions over the following week.\n\nMrs Justice May said Lucy had been \"vulnerable, easy prey to someone satisfying his own appetites\".\n\nShe said Nicholson \"encouraged and cynically exploited\" Lucy's \"crush\" on him after he had moved into the family house, and called him \"utterly selfish and depraved\".\n\nNicholson refused to give police his Facebook password after he had deleted messages from Lucy\n\nNicholson had later decided Lucy had \"become a serious object to his comfortable life and there was a real threat of her outing him as a paedophile\".\n\nThe judge said teachers had \"done the right thing\" in raising concerns to social services but no action was taken.\n\nShe added: \"The [social services] team had investigated and had found nothing to concern them. The obvious question is, 'how could social services have arrived at that conclusion, not once but twice?'\".\n\nSouthampton City Council declined to comment due to an ongoing serious case review into the reports made to its social services department. The review is expected to be completed by the end of the year.\n\nNicholson was also found guilty of sexual activity with another girl, aged 14, in 2012.\n\nVictim impact statements from Lucy's mother and father were submitted to the court.\n\nThe court heard Nicholson had previously been detained in 2009 for taking staff and residents of a Southampton children's home hostage, when he was aged 14.\n\nProsecutor William Mousley QC told the court that while he was a resident of the home - under the influence of amphetamines - Nicholson threatened staff with a knife.\n\nHe then locked them and other children in a room, before stealing £1,000 in cash and making off in a staff member's car.\n\nHe was also later convicted of affray and damaging property after he barricaded himself in a room and threatened staff at a young offenders centre.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stephen Nicholson recorded the video after being released from prison in 2012\n\nNicholson recorded a music video in 2012 as part of a music rehabilitation project after being released from prison that year, in which he rapped about turning his life around, having previously not cared about who he hurt.\n\nDefence barrister James Newton-Price QC said Nicholson had a \"difficult\" upbringing, having been placed in a children's home from the age of 13.\n\nJurors heard Nicholson moved into the family home after being invited by long-time friend Richard Elmes, the partner of Lucy's mother Stacey White.\n\nThe trial heard Lucy would later describe Nicholson to friends as her \"boyfriend\".\n\nNicholson told police Lucy sent him a message the night before her murder, saying she was pregnant.\n\nAfter luring her to woodland nearby, he stabbed her 27 times, including 11 in the neck, in what prosecutors described as an \"'execution-style\" murder. It was later found Lucy was not pregnant.\n\nNicholson was linked to the murder via DNA evidence found on clothing discarded in woodland about a mile from the murder scene.\n\nHe was also convicted of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl in 2012, who he had taken to the same woodland where Lucy was found dead years later.\n\nNicholson was cleared of one count of sexual activity with a child which related to Lucy after she had turned 13.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Noel Stanton, founder of the sect, preached about sins of the flesh\n\nHundreds of former members of the Jesus Army are seeking damages for alleged abuse inside the religious sect.\n\nEx-members have told the BBC how children suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse on a \"prolific scale\", with most claims relating to incidents in the 1980s and 1990s.\n\nThe Baptist sect is to close but is the subject of a renewed police inquiry.\n\nThe Jesus Army has apologised to anyone \"who experienced harm in the past\" and urged victims to contact police.\n\nTen people from the Jesus Fellowship Church - later known as the Jesus Army - have been convicted for various sex offences.\n\nLaunched in the manse of a small chapel in Northamptonshire in 1969, the Jesus Army grew quickly in wealth and number.\n\nAt its peak the JFC had more than 2,000 members, hundreds of whom lived together in close-knit communal houses throughout central England.\n\nIt offered homeless or vulnerable people and god-fearing families the promise of \"new creation\" through a devout, all-encompassing way of life.\n\nResidents submitted to an intense regime of work and worship. All of their income was given to a common purse and everything was shared - from underwear to parenting.\n\nChildren could be disciplined by any adult, while youngsters and newcomers were assigned to a male \"shepherd\" to oversee their spiritual development.\n\nThe Jesus Army's brightly coloured buses took members to find new recruits\n\nBy the age of 12 or 13, children were often separated from their parents.\n\nEx-members say it was typical for adults to enter their bedrooms while they undressed, or watch them take a bath.\n\nThe BBC has heard that children as young as three who misbehaved could be stripped from the waist, told to bend over and hold their ankles, and beaten with a rod.\n\nCommunity members lived under the unchallenged authority of the movement's creator, Noel Stanton.\n\nHe was a firebrand who preached daily about sins of the flesh, and cursed wayward members as \"backsliders\" who were going to hell.\n\nMr Stanton founded the JFC on a huge enterprise of shops, businesses and two large farms, generating millions of pounds in annual turnover.\n\nAfter his death in 2009, the church handed allegations of sexual offences against Stanton and others to Northamptonshire Police.\n\nThe BBC can now reveal that 43 people who were active in the church have been linked to reports of historic sexual and physical abuse.\n\nIt is understood further claims have come to light such as rapes, bullying, brainwashing, forced labour, financial bondage and \"barbaric beatings\" of young boys by groups of men.\n\nDetectives have launched a new \"comprehensive\" inquiry into historic abuse by the church and evidence of a cover-up by five former leaders.\n\nHowever, a survivors' group has raised concerns about the level of compensation being proposed by the church. It is now preparing group legal action involving hundreds of claimants.\n\nA spokesman for the JFC insisted a formal redress scheme was being developed \"to provide money and counselling\" to \"those who had suffered poor treatment in the past\".\n\nIt said the scheme had been set up with external stakeholders to ensure everyone was dealt with in a \"transparent and even-handed way\"\n\nNew Creation Hall in Northamptonshire was the birthplace of the JFC\n\n\"I don't remember ever feeling safe as a child, I think people thought God would protect their children,\" says Rose, which is not her real name.\n\nShe is one of a number of alleged victims who have told the BBC about their experiences inside the Jesus Army.\n\nRose was a baby when her family moved to a commune in the 1980s.\n\nShe says the intense regime made it a frightening place to grow up, with \"loud and scary exorcisms\" taking place at every meeting.\n\n\"I remember very strongly as a child a man manifesting next to me, shouting, screaming, retching and being sick on the floor,\" she says.\n\nFervent sessions of worship were held in the evenings with songs, prayer and speaking in tongues, while most weekends were spent on recruitment drives in towns and cities. Followers donned military-style uniforms and drove rainbow-coloured buses.\n\nRose explained that one of the main teachings was \"there is nothing good in you as a person\".\n\n\"Everything in you was the result of sin, and I developed a complete self-loathing because of that message,\" she says.\n\nRose said children were regularly \"disciplined\" by adults, including homeless people and drug addicts picked up off the streets.\n\n\"There was something about public discipline... being whacked in front of a whole congregation of people, that was very humiliating.\"\n\nRose says that when she was 12 years old an older man in her commune began to groom and molest her \"every weekend\".\n\nShe says he used to touch her leg under the dinner table or fondle her breasts while handing her money to get an ice cream.\n\nThe Jesus Centre, former home of the group, in Northampton\n\n\"At the time, I didn't know what was going on,\" she says. \"I hadn't thought or talked about my body and he used that to molest me and continued to do it every weekend.\"\n\nShe knew the situation was \"weird and uncomfortable\" but felt \"he must have had a reason for doing it\".\n\nWhen she was 15 years old, she says another prominent figure in the church led her behind a building and forced her to perform a sex act on him.\n\n\"I knew something had happened that was wrong and felt a lot of shame,\" Rose says, but added that \"women were there to serve. We were always subordinate.\"\n\nIt was typical for women to be seen as temptresses who corrupted male members, former members said.\n\nSo when her abuser told the church what had happened, Rose says she was blamed for it.\n\nShe is now hoping to receive compensation from the church's redress scheme, and is considering going to the police about her alleged abusers.\n\nBen says he was sexually assaulted at the age of six\n\nBen, whose name we have changed, was born into the community in the 1980s.\n\nWhen he was six years old he says he found himself alone in the grounds of his commune with a male worshipper who undressed and sexually assaulted him.\n\n\"My dad's mum used to say how happy and smiley I was, but [after he was abused] I don't remember anyone ever saying that again,\" he says.\n\n\"The memories afterwards are all isolation. I withdrew into myself as a child and I had no friends in particular.\"\n\nBen became distanced from his family and left the church when he was 17 years old.\n\nRecently he discovered his siblings had suffered similar experiences, including one of his brothers who he says was raped during much of his teenage life.\n\n\"I believe that at least five of us have been abused in one way or another,\" he says.\n\n\"I have anger for the church. I have anger because of what they did to my family. Whether they chose to ignore it, or give it to God, they're still culpable for letting it happen.\"\n\n\"There are still some beautiful people in the church with the best intentions,\" Ben adds. \"But everything's been overshadowed by what happened in the houses.\"\n\nBen has been speaking to police about pursuing a criminal investigation against his abuser, but says so far there has been little progress.\n\nPhilippa Muller, far right, during her time in the Jesus Army\n\nPhilippa Muller's family moved from Surrey to the birthplace of the JFC community, New Creation Hall, in Northamptonshire, when she was seven years old.\n\nHer father worked in the local tax office and handed over every penny of his earnings to the church's communal purse.\n\nPhilippa's mother, like most of the other women, was a \"servant\" and spent her time cooking and cleaning to ensure the men of the house could do their \"godly work\".\n\nPhilippa began living with the Jesus Army when she was seven\n\nWomen were encouraged to claim benefits and give them to the church.\n\n\"I grew up with a very negative imprint as to what it was to be a woman,\" Philippa says.\n\nYoung people were urged to recant their sins - real or imagined. They were taught about demonic manifestations and were present during exorcisms.\n\nPhilippa became increasingly isolated. \"You couldn't just go to have a coffee with someone, or go to the cinema. That was all forbidden.\n\n\"We weren't allowed to socialise. We didn't have TVs. Things were censored... bits from the papers were cut out.\"\n\nOne of Philippa's close friends fled the church after she was assaulted by a male elder.\n\nPhilippa became a key witness in the court case - in which the elder was convicted - but says she was \"persecuted\" by the church community which treated her as a traitor and liar.\n\nShe left the church shortly afterwards.\n\nNow on the brink of closure, the Jesus Army is understood to have accrued assets worth £50m. But it leaves a harrowing legacy - and an unsettled future for Philippa and its many other victims.", "It was the Irish flag with a difference that hit the headlines around the world during Euro 2012.\n\nSeven years after it was debuted by Republic of Ireland fans, one of its creators, Richie Tuohy, has tied the knot with German woman Orlagh Eichhol.\n\nAnd the German chancellor even put in an appearance on their wedding day by way of a signed photograph and message to the happy couple during the father of the bride's speech.\n\nIn the letter Mrs Merkel said: \"Marriage, like life itself, is not a comfortable and peaceful state.\n\n\"But a great adventure with many surprises and trials to pass.\"\n\nSpeaking to BBC News NI, Mr Tuohy, 31, said: \"I had this experience in 2012 with my friends and it's great to have it now with my beautiful wife.\"\n\nThe pair met in Dublin in 2012, a few months after the football tournament.\n\nThe flag was auctioned for charity in 2012, but Mr Tuohy was able to borrow if for the day when his father, Tony, insisted the couple brought it to their wedding reception, for a photograph.\n\nThe signed photograph and letter of advice to the newlyweds was engineered by his father-in-law, Jorg, who is from Germany.\n\nOrlagh, who is a teacher, was born in Germany but moved to Doon, in County Limerick, when she was five.\n\nMr Eichhol read out Mrs Merkel's words of wisdom during his father-of-the-bride speech.\n\nHe had contacted Mrs Merkel six months before the wedding in Cappawhite, County Tipperary, and invited her to the couple's big day, but she couldn't make it.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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End of twitter post by The Oscar Knox Fund 💙💛\n\nDuring Euro 2012, which took place in Poland and Ukraine, a little boy from Mallusk, in County Antrim, held up his own version of the flag, which said: \"My ma thinks I'll be in bed early.\"\n\nOscar Knox was in hospital at the time, battling neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer.\n\nAn avid football fan, he had been allowed to stay up late to watch a Republic of Ireland match.\n\nMr Tuohy and his friends behind the original flag - Gerry Nolan, Richie Leahy, Eoin Cantwell and Eoin O'Brien - were so touched by the picture of Oscar that they visited him, and donated their flag to be auctioned off for charity.\n\n\"We watched some YouTube videos this morning of news reports in 2012 and Oscar was in the middle of it,\" Mr Tuohy told BBC News NI.\n\n\"He was such a great and funny boy. We got on great when we visited him and were so sad when he passed away.\n\n\"We are always proud that we did a bit for charity when we were in the news and we will always remember Oscar fondly.\n\n\"We split the money raised with Crumlin Children's Hospital too, and, in another coincidence, Orlagh also worked there for a year, teaching in the school for long term patients. They sent her messages today after seeing us in the papers.\n\n\"It's great to have lovely messages like that coming in.\"", "It is \"not fair and not right\" that some parents have to return to work before their newborn leaves hospital, Theresa May has said as she launched a consultation on parental leave.\n\nUnder government plans, new parents in Britain would get one week of state-funded leave and pay for every week their baby is in hospital.\n\nThe intention is for parents to have more time at home with their newborns.\n\nEvery year around 100,000 babies go into neonatal care after their birth.\n\nThe consultation will also seek views on how parental leave can be changed to \"better reflect our modern society\".\n\nMrs May - who is due to step down as prime minister next week - said she wanted to provide further support for parents dealing with \"the unimaginable stress\" of their babies being taken into neonatal care.\n\n\"Parents have more than enough on their plates without worrying about their parental leave running out and having to return to work before their precious newborn comes home,\" she said.\n\n\"That's not fair and it's not right. So we're also proposing a new neonatal leave and pay entitlement to make this time a bit easier for parents whose babies need to spend a prolonged period in neonatal care.\"\n\nTheresa May discussed her proposals with parents in south London\n\nConcerning parental leave, Mrs May said parenting had changed over the past 40 years \"but too often, it is still mothers, not fathers, who shoulder the burden of childcare\".\n\n\"It is clear that we need to do more and that's why today we have launched a consultation calling for views on how we can improve the current system.\"\n\nAlthough the UK's maternity leave provision is above average among leading economies, its paternity leave is six weeks shorter than the average.\n\nThe government argues changing paternity leave could promote better gender equality in work and at home.\n\nWomen and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt said: \"Fathers should not have to rely on annual and unpaid leave if they want to be involved in the first months of their child's life.\"\n\nThe consultation will also look at requiring firms to publish their leave pay and flexible working policies.", "-8 -7 -6 -5 B Koepka (US), J Spieth (US), A Puttnam (US), D Frittelli (SA)\n\nRory McIlroy agonisingly missed the cut at his home Open as Ireland's Shane Lowry produced a four-under-par 67 to take a share of the lead.\n\nMcIlroy's 79 on Thursday left him eight shots shy of the cut at one over, and he almost achieved his feat but failed to pick up a birdie at the last.\n\nLowry, 32, is on eight under alongside USA's JB Holmes, with England's Tommy Fleetwood and Lee Westwood a shot back.\n\nAnother Englishman, Justin Rose, is on six under after a 67 at Royal Portrush.\n\nWorld number one Brooks Koepka and 2017 Open champion Jordan Spieth are a shot further back on five under, but former winners Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Darren Clarke all missed the cut.\n\nIt is the first time both Woods and Mickelson have gone out of the same major after the first two rounds.\n\nThe crowd following McIlroy around the County Antrim course began to grow in size as he sank birdie after birdie on the inward nine.\n\nBy the 18th the cheer that greeted the 2014 champion was as if he was going for his second title rather than a mission to make the cut.\n\nHowever, his hopes faded with his approach to the green as the wind took the ball down the bank. The following chip landed wide and ended the 30-year-old's hopes of winning a major on home soil.\n\n\"Part of me is very disappointed not to be here for the weekend. I'm emotional but happy with how I played,\" said McIlroy.\n\n\"The support I got out there was incredible and you could see on the back nine, I went with it today and that's what I was planning to do all week.\n\n\"Yesterday gave me a mountain to climb but I dug in and showed good resilience.\n\n\"It's going to hurt for a bit. I've been looking forward to this week for a long time.\n\n\"I didn't play my part but everyone in Northern Ireland came out to watch me and played theirs.\"\n• None Relive live coverage of the Open's second day\n\n'My goodness, have we got a long way to go'\n\nIt has been quite an eventful 12 months for Lowry who has risen to from world number 90 to 33 following victory in Abu Dhabi in January and an eighth place at the US PGA.\n\nHis best performance at a major to date was tied second at the 2016 US Open. However, he is now targeting his first major.\n\n\"I'm obviously going to be thinking about it tonight,\" he said when asked about the prospect of winning the Claret Jug.\n\n\"There's no point in shying away from it. I'm in a great position but, my goodness, have we got a long way to go.\n\n\"As a golfer you have such a long career. I've been 10 years now and it's just a rollercoaster. I think the reason I'm so good mentally now is I know - I think - how to take the downs.\"\n\nClarke, who got the 148th Open under way, will also miss the weekend after he finished on three over. However, Graeme McDowell, born a short distance from the course, managed to sneak through on one over as did last year's champion Francesco Molinari, who carded a 69.\n• None The Cut podcast: It's all about the cut\n\nWoods & Mickelson out but Koepka & Spieth in contention\n\nUnlike McIlroy, three-time winner and current Masters champion Woods never looked like making the cut, and finished on six over.\n\nIt is only the third time in 21 attempts the 15-time major winner has not made the weekend at The Open, and only the 10th time in majors he has missed the cut. Seven of those have come in the past 13 tournaments.\n\nFellow American and 2013 champion Mickelson ended his campaign with a 74 for eight over.\n\nFormer champions Paul Lawrie and Padraig Harrington also missed the cut, as did European Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter. Another former winner, David Duval, ended his sorry campaign on 27 over after he followed Thursday's 91 with a 78.\n\nThe biggest challenge to a European win might come from world number one Koepka and Spieth, who are both on five under.\n\nAmerican Koepka, seeking his fifth major in two years, followed Thursday's 68 with a 69, and compatriot Spieth produced an eagle on the par-five seventh on his way to a 67.\n\nAustralia's Cameron Smith and Justin Harding are among those in contention, on six under.\n\nLowry, along with Westwood, Fleetwood and Rose are Europe's best hopes of stopping a possible American clean-sweep of this year's majors.\n\nFleetwood, last year's US Open runner-up, has gradually improved his final placing at his home major over the past few years.\n\nHe missed the cut in his first three attempts before a tied 27th in 2017 and tied 12th in 2018.\n\nOn Friday, the 28-year-old continued his impressive start to this year's campaign with six birdies en route to a 67.\n\n\"I felt like I was a lot more stress-free,\" said Fleetwood, whose last win was in Abu Dhabi in January 2018.\n\n\"I made two or three good par-saves, but I enjoy the challenge.\"\n\nWestwood, 46, has also yet to win major although he has finished among the top-three places on six occasions, including a second-placed finish at The Open in 2010.\n\nThis year the Worksop player has been aided in his mission by girlfriend Helen Storey, who been working as his caddie at a major tournament for the first time.\n\n\"She's delighted to be caddying at a major because she doesn't have to rake the bunkers and get sand on her trainers,\" said Westwood, who sunk four birdies in an unblemished round of 67.\n\n\"Obviously I get on well with Helen. She doesn't know too much about golf but she knows a lot about the way my mind works, so she keeps me in a good frame of mind, and keeps me focused on the right things at the right times.\"\n\nLast year, Rose finished tied second but only after just making the cut. The 2013 US Open has given himself a better platform from which to challenge for his second major.\n\n\"That weekend would be worth everything if you could put it all together when it counts,\" said Rose, who also recorded a 67.\n\n\"Obviously last year it almost counted. It was great. But it was important for me to have that weekend because it made me believe I could win this tournament.\n\n\"I'm comfortable with how much I expect of myself and that makes it easier tomorrow and the next day.\"\n\n\"We have to give Rory McIlroy credit for what he did in equalling the best round of the day. He made a great effort but all the damage was done on Thursday. The crowd expect so much of him and at least he delivered in his second round.\n\n\"We all want to see the greatest players here at the weekend but there's a new breed of player coming through and you have to play your best at majors. It's disappointing McIlroy and Woods are not here but there's a great leaderboard and so many great players. Just because you have played well in the past doesn't give you the right to be here.\n\n\"Shane Lowry's first 10 holes were amazing but the excitement got a little bit to him in the end and he needs to try to relax and lay out a plan. He then has to stick to it because the last few holes here are very difficult.\n\n\"Lee Westwood is running out of chances to win the Open and would be a very popular winner. He's one of the best players in the world not to have won a major. He has all the qualities - he's so good tee to green but sometimes his putting lets him down. He's putting well this week and there's no reason why he can't be standing there with the trophy on Sunday if he can keep that form going.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA man has admitted killing an Edinburgh shopkeeper by frightening him to death during a drunken rampage.\n\nDavid De Montfalcon died from a heart attack after Alan Rooney entered his shop in Edinburgh's Tollcross in August last year.\n\nThe victim had a history of heart problems and a court heard stress caused by the incident led to his death.\n\nRooney, 35, admitted culpable homicide and will be sentenced at a later date.\n\nDavid De Montfalcon collapsed in his Edinburgh shop after the incident last August\n\nThe High Court in Edinburgh heard Mr De Montfalcon, 64, ran a shop called the Edinburgh Emporium and sold quirky items, art, musical instruments and other collectables.\n\nOn 25 August last year Rooney entered the shop carrying a can of lager or cider and started shouting and swearing.\n\nHe proceeded to smash glass cabinets and damage guitars.\n\nCustomers and American tourists joined Mr de Montfalcon in trying to calm him down and, after five minutes, he left the scene.\n\nMr De Montfalcon appeared shocked and scared by Mr Rooney's behaviour and collapsed after police arrived at the shop.\n\nHe was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary but later died.\n\nPathologists reported that Mr De Montfalcon's heart had been enlarged but he would probably still be alive had the incident not taken place.\n\nProsecutor Alex Prentice QC told the court: \"The Crown accepts that the death was not the intended consequence of the accused's actions but it is clear that the extreme nature of the accused's conduct caused significant stress to Mr De Montfalcon and that led to his death.\n\n\"Had this incident not occurred, there is no indication that Mr De Montfalcon would have died that day.\"\n\nThe judge, Lord Turnbull, told unemployed Rooney: \"You have pled guilty to an offence involving abusive threatening and reckless conduct of a most disgraceful and frightening kind.\"\n\nA guitar was among the damaged items\n\nThe court heard the shopkeeper's wife had submitted a victim impact statement.\n\nLord Turnbull added: \"That statement makes it clear that your conduct has resulted in the devastation of the life of Mr De Montfalcon's family.\n\n\"Their whole life has been altered irretrievably as a consequence of your conduct and the premature death of a much loved father and husband.\n\n\"No sentence which the court can impose will undo the consequences of your behaviour nor can it alleviate the grief and upset suffered by Mr De Montfalcon's wife and family.\"\n\nThe judge said he had to impose a sentence which would reflect \"society's disgust and unwillingness to tolerate frightening and aggressive conduct.\"", "The airport was bought under previous Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones\n\nMillions of pounds of taxpayers' money are being wasted on loss-making Cardiff Airport, a Tory AM has said.\n\nDarren Millar said the airport \"almost looks like a vanity project\" and must start generating cash, or be sold.\n\nThe Welsh Government bought the airport in 2013 for £52m, after a steady drop in passenger numbers.\n\nIt said it took over when \"widespread improvements\" were needed, and Cardiff was now among the fastest growing airports in Europe.\n\nIn addition to the purchase cost, ministers have provided tens of millions of pounds more in loans, now being repaid, grants and further share purchases.\n\nPre-tax losses in the 12 months up to the end of March 2018 were £6.6m, up on the previous two years.\n\nAfter five years of Welsh Government ownership, Clwyd West AM Mr Millar believes the taxpayer is getting a raw deal.\n\n\"It looks like we've had an airport that has been over-priced and is clearly under-performing,\" he said.\n\n\"Tens of millions of pounds worth of taxpayers' money have been wasted by the Welsh Labour government, and on purchasing an airport which almost looks like a vanity project.\"\n\nBut passenger numbers are now rising substantially, albeit from a low base and still below where they have been.\n\nDarren Millar questions the cash spent on an airport \"when schools and hospitals are on their knees\"\n\nThe airport says securing new operators such as Qatar Airways are key to building new business.\n\nIt also says a key performance measure looking at earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) has gone into the black for the first time in eight years.\n\nA significant moment, but some investors remain cautious about placing too much emphasis just on that measure.\n\nJustin Urquhart Stewart, co-founder of Seven Investment Management, said airports were often seen as a \"status symbol\" for cities and countries.\n\n\"Be very careful what you are getting. An airport is a shopping mall with a tarmac attached to it for planes to land on,\" he said.\n\n\"So if you're just depending on planes you are going to need a lot of them going through, and currently in Cardiff not a lot are going through.\"\n\nSimon Calder: \"Cardiff is having a tough old time\"\n\nTravel writer Simon Calder said Cardiff Airport was \"not doing brilliantly\".\n\n\"It's just in the top 20 of UK airports but Southend is challenging fiercely at 21st place,\" he said.\n\n\"Compared with Birmingham, which is about eight times larger, and Bristol, which is six times larger, Cardiff is having a tough old time.\n\n\"Those two airports are taking a lot of the traffic that might otherwise go to Cardiff.\"\n\nBrian Morgan, professor of entrepreneurship at Cardiff Metropolitan University, said passenger numbers at Cardiff Airport were still \"nowhere near\" what they were 15 years ago.\n\nHe said the Welsh Government's decision to scrap plans for an M4 relief road was \"disastrous\" for the airport.\n\n\"The airport needs to expand its catchment area eastwards... but there's a lack of a joined up transport strategy,\" he said.\n\n\"The Welsh Government owns the airport yet have taken a decision to cut off its main route for customers.\"\n\nWhile most politicians agree they want Cardiff Airport to thrive, the big question is whether public ownership is the right way to make it happen and, if it is, how long should taxpayers have to wait to get their cash back.\n\nCardiff Airport chief executive Deb Bowen Rees said: \"Financial performance has continued to improve with a positive EBITDA being achieved for the first time in eight years, alongside an increase in passenger numbers of 9% during that time.\n\n\"Cardiff Airport has been through a period of recovery over the last five years and has invested in developing our facilities and in relationships with airline partners with the key objective of creating a sustainable airport business.\"\n\nShe added: \"In terms of future ownership, we are focused on driving the sustainability of the business to deliver economic value to Wales.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Economy Minister Ken Skates said Mr Millar's comments showed \"a startling lack of business awareness and pride in Wales\".\n\n\"We now have an attractive national airport that is amongst the fastest growing in Europe, with passenger numbers having grown considerably and consistently since we took control in 2013.\n\n\"This is a period which has coincided with the airport playing an instrumental role in Wales' successful delivery of major global events such as the Nato summit and Champions League final and attracting businesses such as Aston Martin to Wales,\" they said.", "Senior Tories seeking to block a no-deal Brexit are examining a radical plan involving the Queen, Newsnight has learned.\n\nHighly placed figures in the rebel group are so concerned that the next prime minister could ignore the will of parliament that they have discussed a scheme to ask the Queen to intervene.\n\nIn a sign of the febrile atmosphere at Westminster, these Conservatives are thinking of holding a vote on a parliamentary device known as a humble address to the Queen.\n\nIf passed, the address would say that if the new prime minister ignored a vote rejecting no deal the Queen would be asked to exercise her right as head of state to travel to the next EU summit. Under their plan she would then request an extension to the Article 50 process.\n\nUnder EU rules, member states are usually represented at meetings of the European Council by a head of state or a head of government. The Queen is the UK's head of state, though it is understood that no European monarch has ever formally represented their country at an EU summit.\n\nA request to the Queen to attend a European summit would be regarded as the most extraordinary political step in her 67-year reign.\n\nIt would probably be regarded as a breach of the unwritten rules surrounding Britain's constitutional monarchy, which say the Queen should be kept out of the political arena.\n\nBut the Tory rebels have discussed examining such a radical step because they have two fears about a Boris Johnson premiership:\n\nOne Tory at the heart of planning to block no deal told Newsnight: \"The problem is, what if Boris is so aggressive to the EU that Macron leads a charge to say just let the UK go? So even if Parliament votes to block no deal it could still happen.\n\n\"One option is a humble address to Her Majesty. You would ask humbly that Her Majesty requests an extension to Article 50. If that went through that would be seen as an instruction to her first minister. But what if the new prime minister refused to enact the humble address?\n\n\"Under EU law only two representatives of a member state can attend and negotiate on behalf of a member state at the European Council: head of government or head of state. So we could simply request that the Queen goes and submits the request for the extension.\"\n\nThe senior Tory told Newsnight that the idea of a humble address to the Queen is being examined seriously.\n\nIt is difficult to imagine the Queen intervening in politics so directly, even if the scheme was attempted.\n\nSo perhaps the eye-catching plan fits into the category of a device to put pressure on the next prime minister, rather than a mechanism to put the Queen on a Eurostar to Brussels.\n\nYou can watch Newsnight on BBC Two weekdays at 22:30 or on iPlayer, subscribe to the programme on YouTube and follow it on Twitter.", "If you do the school run regularly, you'll know it can be a bit of a battle.\n\nOne dad from Shropshire has decided to tackle it head on - collecting his sons in a 1973 Scorpion tank.\n\nBen Kaye bought the vehicle for £8,000 and has spent 14 years lovingly restoring it.\n\nHe and the boys' grandfather surprised children at Weston Lullingfields Primary School.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: \"It starts to look like censorship\"\n\nYouTube has defended its video recommendation algorithms, amid suggestions that the technology serves up increasingly extreme videos.\n\nOn Thursday, a BBC report explored how YouTube had helped the Flat Earth conspiracy theory spread.\n\nBut the company's new managing director for the UK, Ben McOwen Wilson, said YouTube \"does the opposite of taking you down the rabbit hole\".\n\nHe told the BBC that YouTube worked to dispel misinformation and conspiracies.\n\nBut warned that some types of government regulation could start to look like censorship.\n\nYouTube, as well as other internet giants such as Facebook and Twitter, have some big decisions to make. All must decide where they draw the line between freedom of expression, hateful content and misinformation.\n\nAnd the government is watching. It has published a White Paper laying out its plans to regulate online platforms.\n\nIn his first interview since starting his new role, Mr McOwen Wilson spoke about the company's algorithms, its approach to hate speech and what it expects from the UK government's \"online harms\" legislation.\n\nYouTube uses algorithms to recommend more videos for you to watch. These video suggestions appear in the app, down the side of the website and also show up when you get to the end of a video.\n\nBut YouTube has never explained exactly how its algorithms work. Critics say the platform offers up increasingly sensationalist and conspiratorial videos.\n\n\"It's what's great about YouTube. It is what brings you from one small area and actually expands your horizon and does the opposite of taking you down the rabbit hole,\" he says.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Very often it doesn't take you to content that's exactly like the one you've watched before.\"\n\nEven so, Mr McOwen Wilson says YouTube has started adding a sort of \"warning\" label to certain conspiracy topics.\n\n\"If it's misinformation, we provide correct information around that. We work with Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia to provide knowledge panels that come up on the side of the screen. So if you're watching a flat Earth video... we will present to you a link to the facts about that.\"\n\nFacebook used to do something similar with fake news. It would label false stories as \"disputed\" with a red warning label, and offered up other sources of information. But the social network later said this had often entrenched people's pre-existing views and made the problem worse.\n\n\"We haven't found that,\" says Mr McOwen Wilson. He says the platform reduces the spread of content designed to mislead people, and raises up \"authoritative voices\".\n\nHe names BBC News, the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Sun as examples of authoritative sources.\n\nSome conspiracy theories - such as Holocaust denial - have been banned on the platform completely.\n\nIn June, a row erupted between two YouTube video-makers.\n\nVox reporter Carlos Maza posted a video showing all the times that comedian Steven Crowder had mocked him for being gay, or used insulting language attacking his sexual orientation and ethnicity. Mr Crowder said the videos were \"friendly ribbing\".\n\nAfter a series of muddled statements on Twitter, YouTube eventually confirmed that Mr Crowder had not broken its hate speech rules.\n\n\"Was the language used hate speech? Was there incitement against Carlos Maza from the other creator? In that instance, we found that there was not,\" says Mr McOwen Wilson.\n\n\"I think that remains the right policy decision to have made.\"\n\nThat decision disappointed Mr Maza's supporters - and many of YouTube's own staff. More than 100 signed a petition asking for Google to be kicked out of the San Francisco Pride parade.\n\nThe language may not have been \"hate speech\", but critics argue that mocking somebody for being gay crosses a line into bullying.\n\n\"It doesn't currently breach our harassment policies,\" says Mr McOwen Wilson.\n\nBut he adds: \"We are inarguably pro-LGBT. I wouldn't want anyone to judge us only on that. I don't think it invalidates everything else that we've done.\"\n\nHe points out that YouTube has provided a platform for people to express their sexuality in a largely \"supportive environment\".\n\n\"I don't think any of that should be invalidated because of where we have drawn this line on the Maza-Crowder issue.\"\n\nYouTube tells its video-makers that one key to success on the platform is \"watch time\": making sure viewers stick around for longer.\n\nFacebook, on the other hand, has been talking more about \"time well spent\" on the platform. It says it is more important that people have a good time on Facebook.\n\nHow do the two approaches compare?\n\n\"One of the biggest and most positive steps that was taken on the platform, that drove down a huge amount of trashy content, was the shift from 'views' to watch time\", says Mr McOwen Wilson.\n\n\"The best way for an audience to tell us whether they like what they're being served isn't whether they click on it in the first place, but whether they spent any of their time with it.\"\n\nBut does the system encourage video-makers to make longer videos, and draw out simple how-to clips into a 20-minute extravaganza?\n\nMr McOwen Wilson says the videos which are most viewed are those that people watch in their entirety.\n\nAnd he adds: \"Clearly a longer one that is viewed the whole way through by the majority of its audience is more likely to come up.\"\n\nThe UK government is currently weighing up how online platforms such as YouTube could be regulated. In April, Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said the \"era of self-regulation for online companies is over\".\n\n\"The moment you put somebody in charge... there is somebody who is filtering what content goes out,\" warns Mr McOwen Wilson.\n\n\"If they're government-appointed, that begins to look very much like censorship, and we don't launch in markets where that is a risk.\n\n\"I don't think it would be the right answer to have anybody at YouTube - or indeed anywhere else - editorialising all of the content that comes up on to our platform.\"\n\nCulture secretary Jeremy Wright says the era of self-regulation is over\n\nAnd either way, it would be impossible. About 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.\n\nThe summer holidays have started - or are about to start - across the UK for thousands of children.\n\n\"By the time most of them go back to school, there will be more content uploaded to YouTube than has ever been created in the history of television or film globally,\" says Mr McOwen Wilson.\n\nHe suggests a regulator could determine areas where online platforms should have policies, but the platforms themselves should create the policies.\n\n\"The world will be watching where the UK lands on this,\" he says.\n\n\"There are regimes out there who will mirror - in their own ways - the position that they view the UK has taken.\n\n\"There is a risk - and actually a huge opportunity - for the UK to show leadership on what balanced regulation could look like in an open environment.\"", "Public sector net borrowing rose sharply in June because of higher debt interest payments and rising spending on services, figures show.\n\nIt totalled £7.2bn, according to the Office for National Statistics, up from £3.3bn in June 2018.\n\nIt was the highest June borrowing figure since 2015, the ONS said.\n\nAnalysts said the figures would add to the uncertainty surrounding the UK economy in the run-up to Brexit and the imminent change of prime minister.\n\n\"The outlook for fiscal policy was already uncertain because of the extension of Brexit until 31 October, in addition to the imminent change of Conservative leader and prime minister,\" said the EY Item Club.\n\n\"Much will depend on whether the economy can shrug off its current weakness, as well as on Brexit developments. It will also be influenced by any changes to fiscal policy by the new prime minister and chancellor .\"\n\nLast month, the government took in £800m more in tax and National Insurance contributions than a year previously, but debt repayments rose by £2.1bn.\n\nThe ONS said there was \"a notable increase\" in expenditure on goods and services of £1.2bn, while the UK's contribution to the EU increased by £400m compared with June 2018.\n\nIn the three months to June, borrowing was 33% higher than the same period in 2018 at £17.9bn.\n\nPublic sector net debt rose to £1.81 trillion, or 83.1% of gross domestic product (GDP).\n\nThe latest figures, which show public spending running ahead of forecasts, come as concerns grow over the state of the UK economy in the run-up to Brexit.\n\nThe most recent GDP figures showed the economy grew by 0.3% in May after shrinking 0.4% in April.\n\nBut economists say that June's growth figures will have to be strong to avoid contraction in the second quarter.\n\nSamuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said borrowing would probably just stay within the rules set out by the current Chancellor, Philip Hammond.\n\n\"His successor, however, looks highly likely to tear up the existing rules, setting the stage for a giveaway Budget in the autumn and for fiscal policy to materially boost GDP growth next year,\" he added.\n\n\"The Conservatives are desperate to improve their poll rating and public support for austerity has crumbled, so a fiscal boost is coming.\"\n\nOn Thursday, the Office for Budget Responsibility said borrowing could rise by £30bn a year in 2020-21 if the UK leaves the EU without a transition deal on 31 October.\n\nThe OBR was created in 2010 to give independent analysis of the UK's public finances.\n\nIn its first assessment of the economic impact of a no-deal scenario, the OBR used IMF analysis that shows the UK economy could contract by 2% in 2020 before recovering in 2021.", "Donald Trump has told US media \"I like\" Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, and that they're \"friends of mine\".\n\n\"Nigel's had a big victory, he picked up 32% of the vote, starting from nothing,\" he said.", "A teenager has died and three others were taken to hospital after an incident at a house in South Lanarkshire.\n\nThe 17-year-old boy became unwell at the property in Pitreavie Court, Hamilton in the early hours of Wednesday morning.\n\nParamedics treated him at the scene but he died later at Hairmyres Hospital.\n\nPolice said his death was being treated as unexplained and a post mortem examination would be carried out.\n\nTwo girls aged 16 and 17 and 16-year-old boy were also taken to hospital as a precaution.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has said Boris Johnson would do \"a great job\" as UK prime minister and they would have \"a very good relationship\".\n\n\"He's a different kind of a guy but they say I'm a different kind of a guy too,\" Mr Trump told reporters.\n\nOutgoing prime minister Theresa May \"has done a very bad job with Brexit\", he added.\n\nMr Johnson is the frontrunner in the contest to become the next Tory leader and UK prime minister.\n\nHe and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt are the final two candidates, with the winner announced on 23 July and taking office the next day.\n\nPresident Trump said he had spoken to Mr Johnson on Thursday, adding: \"We get along well.\"\n\n\"I like Boris Johnson, I always have,\" he told reporters in the Oval Office in Washington DC.\n\nCommenting on the UK's Brexit negotiations, he said: \"It's a disaster and it shouldn't be that way.\"\n\n\"I think Boris will straighten it out,\" he added.\n\nThe US president has previously said Mr Johnson would be an \"excellent\" choice as Conservative leader.\n\nHe has also been critical of Mrs May's Brexit policy in the past, saying he was surprised by how \"badly\" the negotiations had gone.\n\nSome 160,000 Conservative Party members are voting in a postal ballot to elect the next leader. Ballots must be returned by 17:00 BST on Monday.", "The world premiere for the fifth series of Peaky Blinders has been held in Birmingham ahead of its return to BBC One later this year.\n\nThe latest instalment is set against the turmoil of the 1929 financial crash, with stars Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Paul Anderson returning.\n\nFans can catch up with every series so far on the BBC iPlayer.", "Whether it's almond, soy or coconut it seems more people are ditching cow's milk for the plant-based stuff.\n\nAlmost a quarter of British people are now drinking non-dairy milks, according to market research firm Mintel, who spoke to 2,000 people.\n\nThe biggest users of non-dairy milk are 16-24 year olds - 33% are drinking them. 23% of Brits used plant-based milk alternatives in the three months to February 2019, up from just 19% in 2018.\n\nBut plant-based milks make up just 4% of the milk market, with 96% of milk sales in 2018 being for cow's milk.\n\n\"Concerns around health, ethics and the environment\" are driving sales of plant-based milks, says Emma Clifford, who looks after food and drink research at Mintel.\n\nHealth was the reason why 37% of 16-24 year olds said they'd reduced how much cow's milk they've been drinking in the last 12 months.\n\nThe impact on the environment was also a concern among that group - with 36% saying dairy farming isn't good for the environment.\n\nFewer 16-24 year olds are buying cow's milk - down from 79% in 2018 to 73% in 2019, according to the research.\n\n\"With volume sales of cow's milk already on a downward trend, the fact that more young consumers are turning away from these products does not bode well for this segment's prospects in the long-term,\" Emma Clifford says.\n\nShe also thinks young people should know the \"benefits\" of using cow's milk, and dairy more widely, in terms of health.\n\n\"I went vegan initially for health purposes,\" says Sam Friskey, who co-founded plant-based protein shake brand Fit Deli.\n\nHe thinks the burnout and fatigue he used to suffer at work was largely because of his diet.\n\n\"Having made the shift I then began to understand about animal welfare and the planet.\"\n\nSam says there's \"such an array\" of alternative milks on offer that after trying them, \"you realise you don't have to compromise taste, texture or nutritional values\".\n\nAnd he thinks plant-based milks can act as a \"gateway\" to full veganism - cutting out all animal products from your diet.\n\nLess than three quarters of 16-24s now use standard cow's milk, but it only makes up 4% of the market\n\nDespite the growth in the amount of people drinking plant-based milks, use in cooking and hot drinks remains limited.\n\nOnly 25% use alternative milks in cooking, compared to 42% of cow's milk drinkers.\n\nWhen it comes to hot drinks there is a bigger difference - 42% of plant-based milk drinkers use them in hot drinks, compared to 82% who use cow's milk.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "December, 1987: A tanker burns in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war\n\nTankers blazing in the Gulf. American warships answering distress calls. Warlike rhetoric sparking fears of a wider conflict.\n\nWe've been here before: 28 years ago, America and Iran came to blows in the same waters. Ships were attacked, crew members killed and injured.\n\nBefore it was over, an Iranian airliner had been shot out of the sky, by mistake.\n\nThe \"tanker war\" was a moment of high international tension at the end of revolutionary Iran's eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq.\n\nThe two sides had been attacking each other's oil facilities since the mid-1980s.\n\nSoon neutral ships were being hit too, as the warring nations tried to exert economic pressure on the other side. Kuwaiti tankers carrying Iraqi oil were especially vulnerable.\n\nThe US, under Ronald Reagan, was reluctant to get involved. But the situation in the Gulf was becoming increasingly dangerous – a fact underlined when an American warship, the USS Stark, was hit by Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi jet – though Iraqi officials later claimed this was accidental.\n\nBy July 1987, re-registered Kuwaiti tankers, flying the US flag, were being escorted through the Gulf by American warships. In time, it became the biggest naval convoy operation since World War II.\n\nOctober 1987: An escort from the USS Guadalcanal watches a tanker in the Persian Gulf\n\nThen, as now, America and Iran were at loggerheads.\n\nIran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, had been calling America \"The Great Satan\" since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.\n\nWashington was still smarting from the humiliation of seeing 52 of its diplomats held hostage in Tehran for 444 days from 1979 – 1981.\n\nSo even though Iran and Iraq were both responsible for the crisis, the tanker war was quickly part of the simmering, long-running feud between Iran and America.\n\nIt's a feud that has never gone away and which has flared once more in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to apply \"maximum pressure\" after walking away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.\n\nOnce again, the waters either side of the Strait of Hormuz have become the arena in which this almost pathological contest plays out.\n\nWhat, if anything, has changed?\n\n\"Both sides have expanded their capabilities,\" says Dr Martin Navias, author of a book on the tanker war.\n\nIran, he says, is more capable than ever of using mines, submarines and fast boats to attack and damage commercial and military shipping.\n\nAnd it's not just a battle at sea: Iran's ability to shoot down a sophisticated American surveillance drone points to another battle, high overhead.\n\nThe US military identified the drone as a US Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk (file photo)\n\nCould the US and Iran start to exchange serious blows?\n\nIf attacks on tankers escalate, we could see another US-led reflagging and escort operation.\n\nOn 24 July 1987, a re-flagged Kuwaiti tanker hit an Iranian mine on the very first convoy mission. The US deployed more forces and more ships. The two sides were now on a collision course.\n\nIn September, American helicopters attacked an Iranian ship after watching it lay mines at night.\n\nIn the months that followed, more tankers, and a US frigate, were hit. American forces responded with ever greater firepower, destroying Revolutionary Guard bases and attacking Iranian warships.\n\nEventually it ended – but not before an American missile cruiser, the USS Vincennes, mistook an Iranian Airbus A300 for an attacking jet and shot it down, killing all 290 passengers and crew on board.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf killing 290\n\nThe official report into the incident said that \"stress, task fixation (and) an unconscious distortion of data may have played a major role\".\n\nThe US navy invested heavily in technology and training to avoid such catastrophic mistakes in the future.\n\nBut Nick Childs, a naval analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says today's environment, with rivals also exchanging angry salvoes on social media, makes for a febrile atmosphere.\n\n\"The information space has changed,\" he says. \"People get jittery. The danger is that each side is misreading the other.\"\n\nDonald Trump and Hassan Rouhani both say they don't want a war. Hardliners, on both sides, are a little more ambiguous.\n\nDr Navias says we're not yet heading for another tanker war.\n\n\"We're not seeing an anti-shipping campaign, but a signalling campaign,\" he says. \"The Iranians are signalling to the Americans that they could escalate.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter?\n\nFor all the drama of those months in 1987 and 1988, very few tankers were actually sunk and shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz was never seriously disrupted.\n\nNow, 30 years on, the US is far less dependent on Middle Eastern oil. Iran has far more to lose, in terms of imports and exports, from a closure of the Strait.\n\nFor now, another tanker war seems unlikely. But the fact that neither side really wants an all-out confrontation doesn't mean it won't happen.\n\nDr Navias says the dangers are real.\n\n\"This kind of environment is pregnant with possibilities.\"", "The chairman of the High Speed 2 rail project has reportedly warned that its cost could rise by £30bn.\n\nHS2 chairman Allan Cook has written to the Department for Transport to say the high-speed line cannot be delivered within its £56bn budget, according to the Financial Times.\n\nThe DfT said a review of HS2's costs is continuing.\n\nThe line will connect London, the Midlands and northern England using trains capable of travelling at 250mph.\n\n\"The chairman of HS2 Ltd is conducting detailed work into of the costs and schedule of the project to ensure it delivers benefits to passengers, the economy and represents value for money for the taxpayer,\" the DfT said in a statement.\n\n\"This work is ongoing. We expect Allan Cook to provide his final assessment in due course.\"\n\nThe first segment of the project between London and Birmingham is due to open at the end of 2026, with the second phase to Leeds and Manchester expected to be completed by 2032-33.\n\nAn HS2 spokesperson said: \"We don't comment on leaks or speculation.\n\n\"We have previously noted that our chair, as you would expect, continues to scrutinise the programme, and regularly reports back to the Department [for Transport].\n\n\"We are determined to deliver a railway that rebalances the economy, creates jobs, boosts economic growth and is value for money for taxpayers.\"\n\nMr Cook was appointed to head HS2 in December 2018 after his predecessor, Sir Terry Morgan, resigned as chairman because of delays at the Crossrail project in London which he was also leading.\n\nThere has been no denial that this letter was sent by the chairman of HS2 to the top civil servant at the Department for Transport.\n\nAnd none of my contacts have rubbished the \"potential £30bn overspend\" idea outright.\n\nSources at HS2 and at the DfT insist Allan Cook's review is ongoing and that he has not settled on a final figure.\n\nThat may be true, but there has been a subtle shift of tone in recent months from both HS2 and the government; a creeping acceptance that the project, in its current form, is increasingly unlikely to come in within its £56bn budget.\n\nAnd there has already been plenty of evidence suggesting that the project's original estimates of how much it would cost to purchase land and property along the route were significantly below the true values.\n\nThis leak, which feels at the very least like a case of 'no smoke without fire', comes at a very sensitive time.\n\nTransport Secretary Chris Grayling, who has repeatedly insisted that the project HAS to be delivered within budget, is possibly leaving his post in a matter of days.\n\nBoris Johnson - considered the front-runner to be the UK's next prime minister - is by no means a die-hard fan of the scheme.\n\nAnd Mr Johnson has already nominated a former HS2 executive, Douglas Oakervee, to carry out a separate review of the project if he gets the keys to No 10 next week.\n\n£56bn was already a hefty sum. As a former senior official at the Treasury puts it: \"In terms of value for money it [HS2] scores lower than lots of other projects.\"\n\nAnd the government \"is taking quite a big risk\" by putting so much money into high-speed rail, the source told me.\n\nThat risk looks set to rise.", "Countries across Europe were among those to experience record temperatures in June\n\nThe world experienced its hottest June on record last month, with an average temperature worldwide of 61.6F (16.4C), according to new data.\n\nThe US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the average global temperature was 1.7F warmer than the 20th Century average.\n\nThe heat was most notable in parts of Europe, Russia, Canada and South America, it said.\n\nThe NOAA report was released as the US prepares for a \"dangerous heatwave\".\n\nThe National Weather Service has warned that tens of millions of people will be affected by excessive heat in the coming days, with temperatures expected to reach up to 110F (43.3C).\n\n\"Friday is going to be bad. Saturday is going to be really, really bad,\" New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a video posted on Twitter on Thursday. \"Take it seriously.\"\n\nIn its latest monthly global climate report, the NOAA said the heat in June had brought Antarctic sea ice coverage to a record low.\n\nNine of the 10 hottest Junes on its 1880-2019 record have occurred in the past nine years, it said. Last month beat June 2016 to be named the hottest.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC colleagues from hot countries give their tips for staying cool\n\nNasa and other groups also reached the same conclusion last month.\n\nScientists have warned that record-setting temperatures will continue as a result of climate change.\n\n\"Earth is running a fever that won't break thanks to climate change,\" climatologist Kathie Dello told the Associated Press news agency. \"This won't be the last record warm summer month that we will see.\"", "Schools and colleges in England need a \"multi-billion cash injection\" and a long-term approach to funding, say MPs on the Education Select Committee.\n\nIts report on school funding confirms the concerns of head teachers and teachers' unions who have protested about worsening budget shortages.\n\nThe committee found that schools and colleges \"desperately need\" extra cash.\n\nA Department for Education spokeswoman accepted that schools were facing \"budgeting challenges\".\n\nASCL head teachers' union leader Geoff Barton, said the report was a \"damning indictment of the government's dreadful record\" on school funding.\n\nRobert Halfon, who chairs the committee, said the report showed the need for a \"comprehensive, bottom-up national assessment\" of what it really cost to have an \"education system fit for the 21st Century\".\n\nThe cross-party report says that schools have faced increased financial pressures from rising numbers of pupils and growing demands, such as supporting more pupils with mental health problems.\n\nMPs say funding \"has not kept pace\" and the government needs to put in more cash.\n\n\"The government needs to cover the 8% funding gap currently faced by schools,\" says Mr Halfon, with the report saying this would require a \"£3.8bn uplift\".\n\nFurther education colleges have faced particular problems, says the report, with per student funding falling by 16% in real terms over the past decade for the post-16 age group.\n\nThe MPs say funding for this age group, in sixth forms and colleges, needs a £1bn boost, and the pupil premium, which gives extra support for disadvantaged youngsters, should be extended to 16- to 19-year-olds.\n\nThe committee's report also calls for extra support for pupils with special needs and disabilities, to tackle a \"projected £1.2bn deficit\".\n\nThere have been long-running protests by school leaders over funding shortages - including a protest march by head teachers through Westminster and letters sent to millions of parents.\n\nJules White, the West Sussex head teacher who organised the WorthLess? school funding protest, said \"a cross-party group of MPs have validated what we have been saying all along - namely that our schools and colleges have been crippled by cuts and rising costs\".\n\nTory leadership contender Boris Johnson has promised increased investment in schools - and there have also been claims that the Prime Minister, Theresa May, wants to announce a funding boost for schools before stepping down.\n\nFormer Education Secretary Justine Greening attacked the \"horse-trading\" over school funding, saying it should not be decided by short-term political pressures.\n\nLabour's shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, said spending cuts had \"left schools begging parents for donations just to keep the lights on five days a week and pay for basic supplies like pens and paper\".\n\nA spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: \"While it is accurate to say that school funding is at its highest level, we do recognise that there are budgeting challenges.\n\n\"We are glad to see that school and further education funding is being highlighted as an important issue ahead of the next spending review, where the education secretary will back the sector to have the resources they need.\"", "Drivers caught not wearing a seat belt will face points on their driving licence under plans to increase penalties for motoring offences.\n\nCurrently, motorists in England, Scotland and Wales who do not buckle up are given a £100 fine.\n\nThe Department for Transport has not said how many points may be given.\n\nMore than a quarter (27%) of the 787 car occupants who died in crashes on Britain's roads in 2017 were not wearing a seat belt, figures show.\n\nDrivers can lose their licence if they build up 12 or more points within three years.\n\nThe law is different in Northern Ireland, where failure to wear a seat belt can lead to a £500 fine and three penalty points.\n\nThe new punishment for not wearing a seat belt is one of 74 measures included in the government's Road Safety Action Plan.\n\nUnder the plan, which is published on Friday, new drivers could be banned from travelling at night.\n\nThe government is also considering fitting alcohol sensors to cars driven by people convicted of drinking and driving which will immobilise the vehicle if they are over the legal limit.\n\nTransport Secretary Chris Grayling said the Road Safety Action Plan was a \"key milestone\" that sets out how Britain would try to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on its roads.\n\nThe RAC Foundation said it was \"barely conceivable\" that tens of thousands of drivers and passengers make the decision each day not to belt up.\n\nIt said: \"The direct effect of non-compliance might be felt by the vehicle occupant themselves in the event of a crash, but ultimately the emergency services are left to deal with the roadside consequences and the taxpayer foots the bills.\"", "The founder of the youth-focused pro-Brexit campaign group BeLeave has won his appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed by the elections regulator.\n\nDarren Grimes was punished by the Electoral Commission last year, after being accused of breaching spending rules during the 2016 EU Referendum.\n\nMr Grimes said he was \"relieved\" as the case had \"taken a huge toll\".\n\nHe had maintained that he was \"completely innocent\" of making false declarations.\n\nThe Electoral Commission had taken action in relation to a £675,315 donation from Vote Leave, but Mr Grimes accused it of \"bias\" against Leave supporters.\n\nBut the watchdog insisted its investigation had been \"thorough and fair\" and that it had carried out inquiries into campaigners on both sides of the referendum battle.\n\nLast year, the Electoral Commission found that BeLeave had \"spent more than £675,000 with (Canadian data firm) Aggregate IQ under a common plan with Vote Leave\", which should have been declared by the latter but was not.\n\nThis spending took Vote Leave over its £7m legal spending limit by almost £500,000.\n\nBut Mr Grimes, aged 25 and from County Durham, appealed against the fine after raising the money for legal costs online, citing \"errors of fact, the law and unreasonableness\".\n\nThe court heard that the commission had misinterpreted the law and set a key legal test \"too high\" on whether BeLeave had been correctly registered on official forms.\n\nMr Grimes had said he had intended to register the organisation and not himself as an individual on the forms and his lawyers said the complex and difficult-to-understand forms were completed to the best of his ability.\n\nJudge Marc Dight said that even if BeLeave did not have a formal constitution by January 2016, it was clear it was made up of like-minded people who had an agreement to campaign on Brexit in a certain way.\n\nHe said Mr Grimes had tried to meet his obligations to the commission in filling out the forms, and that his actions were not dishonest or lacking transparency.\n\nResponding to the success of his appeal, at the Mayor's and City of London Court, Mr Grimes tweeted that he was \"delighted and relieved\", adding that the case had \"taken a huge toll on myself and my family\".\n\nIn his statement, he said: \"It's vital that more young people are encouraged to get involved in politics and make their voices heard.\n\n\"I just hope that the punitive actions of the Electoral Commission don't put my generation off engaging in our democracy.\"\n\nHe also criticised the watchdog's handling of the case.\n\n\"The Electoral Commission's case was based on an incorrectly ticked box on an application form - something that it had been aware of for over two years and had not been raised in two previous investigations,\" his statement said.\n\n\"Yet the commission still saw fit to issue an excessive fine and to spend almost half a million in taxpayer cash pursuing me through the courts.\n\n\"This raises serious questions about its conduct both during and after the referendum.\"\n\nThe Electoral Commission said it was \"disappointed\".\n\n\"We will now review the full detail of the judgment before deciding on next steps, including any appeal,\" it said.", "Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are reportedly in line to get a pay rise.\n\nMost members of the armed forces will get a 2.9% rise, teachers and school staff 2.75%, police officers, dentists and consultants 2.5%, senior civil servants 2%, the Times said.\n\nIt is thought the rise will come from existing budgets.\n\nThe Treasury is expected to confirm the increases on Monday, in one of Theresa May's final acts as prime minister.\n\nSenior members of the armed forces will receive a 2% rise.\n\nThe government will be responding to the independent pay review bodies, which recommend pay for many public sector workers.\n\nThe review bodies cover armed forces across the UK; police in England and Wales; school teachers in England, and senior civil servants in England, Scotland and Wales.\n\nDoctors and dentists in England are also included, but GPs are subject to a separate pay deal.\n\nThe NHS pay review body also recommends pay for doctors and dentists in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland - but the devolved administrations will respond to this.\n\nPublic sector pay was frozen for two years in 2010, except for those earning less than £21,000 a year, and after that rises were capped at 1% - below the rate of inflation.\n\nTheresa May continued the cap until last year when she announced austerity was coming to an end.\n\nThe rises do not apply to other public sector staff, such as more junior civil servants and nurses, the Times added. Their pay is dealt with separately.\n\nPaul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, said the proposals were similar to pay rises implemented last year.\n\nHe told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that many of the pay increases were \"only just\" above inflation - which is currently at 2% - and were still slower than average pay rises in the private sector.\n\nBoth public and private sector workers have seen their average pay rising more slowly than prices since 2010.\n\nMr Johnson said it would be \"difficult\" to make the argument that funding would come from existing budgets - and therefore it would mean cuts elsewhere.\n\nHe said budgets for next year had not yet been set and he \"would be surprised\" if they do not increase.\n\nBBC political correspondent Iain Watson said if the money were to come from existing budgets, cuts would have to be made elsewhere to fund the above inflation aspect of the pay increases.\n\n\"That is a big challenge for Theresa May's successor,\" he said. \"Will they say the age of austerity is finished and fully fund them? Or will they say cuts will be have to be made virtually as soon as they take office?\"\n\nAnne, who teaches at a sixth form college, said the news of a pay rise was welcome but was not enough to make up for the impact of nine years of pay being capped.\n\n\"I'm fortunate because I'm not the main breadwinner, but in an area like Surrey, where I live, the cost of housing can be a real struggle for some teachers,\" she said.\n\nIf pay rises had to be funded out of existing budgets Anne said this would be \"catastrophic\" and make the job of teachers even harder at a time of stretched resources and growing class sizes.\n\n\"I am unconvinced that this move will make teaching a more attractive employment prospect,\" she added.\n\n\"There's still a real issue with recruitment. I work in a fairly big department but six of us are over 50, so who is going to replace us?\"\n\nLabour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the government's public sector pay offer was \"insulting\".\n\n\"After years of holding back the pay of our dedicated public sector workers, it is shameful for the government to pay for ending the public sector pay cap with more cuts,\" he added.\n\nGail Cartmail, assistant general secretary of the union Unite, said the pay rise would not \"ease the wage pain of hard-up workers\".\n\nShe added public workers \"will not be fooled\" by Mrs May's attempt to \"curry favour with an austerity-hit workforce\".\n\nInstead, she called for \"a properly funded pay rise which tackled the pay misery of the last nine years\".\n\nRehana Azam, of the GMB union, described the pay rise as \"smoke and mirrors\".\n\n\"All of England's five million public sector workers deserve a proper pay rise after almost a decade of real-terms pay cuts - not just a select few,\" she said.\n\nJoint general secretary of the National Education Union Kevin Courtney said the 2.75% pay increase for teachers was not enough and would see their pay fall further behind pay increases in the wider economy at a time of \"a worsening recruitment and retention crisis\".\n\n\"If the pay rise isn't funded in full this will mean more cuts to our children's education,\" he added.", "A pro-Brexit activist has admitted to public order offences after calling MP Anna Soubry a Nazi outside Parliament.\n\nJames Goddard, 30, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to causing alarm and distress using threatening or abusive language.\n\nHe also admitted one racially aggravated public order offence against a police officer.\n\nGoddard filmed himself shouting abuse at Ms Soubry, who supports another Brexit referendum.\n\nHe claimed the Remain-supporting MP was a \"traitor\" over her stance on the country's vote to leave the EU in 2016.\n\nHis fellow defendant at Westminster Magistrates Court, Brian Phillips, 55, from Kent, also pleaded guilty to causing alarm and distress using threatening or abusive language.\n\nBoth men were released on bail ahead of sentencing on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe court heard Ms Soubry was left \"very shaken\" after her TV interview was interrupted by shouts from protesters on 7 January this year.\n\nVideo footage played in court showed the MP then being surrounded by Goddard, Phillips and others as she made her way into the Palace of Westminster.\n\nAnother video, from December 2018, showed Goddard wearing a hi-vis vest asking Ms Soubry why she called for a second vote on Brexit, and describing her as both a traitor and a Nazi.\n\nMs Soubry, who resigned from the Conservative Party in February and is now leader of the Independent Group for Change, said: \"They have admitted these crimes and accepted that their behaviour on two occasions outside Parliament was wrong and unjustified.\n\n\"Everyone is entitled to go about their lawful business. In a democracy people have a right to peaceful lawful protest.\n\n\"No-one has the right to the intimidation and abuse I suffered at the end of December and early January.\"\n\nGoddard initially faced three charges, including harassment, but new charges were put to the defendants after several hours of legal argument with prosecutors.", "MV Glen Sannox was expected to be ready last summer\n\nNew light has been shed in the mid-winter gloom on one of the disputes between government and business that look likely to be a feature of 2019.\n\nThe big dispute, of course, is over Brexit. It may have eased up for festive holidays, but be sure that the corporate warning klaxons are going to sound loudly as MPs return to Westminster.\n\nThe year ends with a dispute over the insolvent Kaiam electronics plant in Livingston. The departed boss has told MSPs that he had warned Scottish Enterprise well in advance.\n\nHe says the Scottish government agency did not do enough to avoid redundancies on Christmas Eve. That's while acknowledging that a cashflow bailout might not have been the wisest use of public funds.\n\nJust ahead of then, the Lanarkshire company which lost contracts to incinerate NHS body parts and other waste has ceased trading and sacked workers, in very unusual circumstances.\n\nAnd there's the Aberdeen bypass. I've heard from one major contractor that Transport Scotland could struggle to get firms to tender for future contracts, after the way this one has gone.\n\nIn Whitehall, the Carillion collapse was an uncomfortable part of 2018. Another such large contractor Interserve is now the focus of concern, while Keir Group worryingly failed to persuade its investors to back it in a cash call.\n\nThe year has ended with the absurdity of a freight company being contracted by the UK government to break through any cross-Channel Brexit logjams, despite having no ships.\n\nThe default media narratives are either of profiteering business fat cats or of incompetent government ministers/officials. It's possible to have both, or neither. So I won't take sides in relating the facts of the looming legal battle over two Cal Mac ferries being built in Port Glasgow.\n\nThe Scottish government has loaned £30m to the shipyard\n\nThe Ferguson shipyard, where they are under construction, is a fine sight, even through the December dark in Port Glasgow. Decrepit sheds have been fully replaced, and plush new offices have replaced industrial brickwork.\n\nThe signage points to a proud present and a confident future as much as a long past. Hull number 802 looms over the front gate.\n\nThis is destined to be a ferry crossing the Minch between Skye, Harris and North Uist, updating an ageing Cal Mac fleet and expanding its stretched capacity.\n\nThe other ship, Hull 801, the Glen Sannox, is alongside the quay, still far from shipshape for its Arran to Ayrshire crossing, and its delivery delayed.\n\nThis contract is not a happy ship. Despite the appearance of a confident future with the red oxide paint on the hull, there's a lot of red ink in the offices.\n\nThe decisions are now being made in East Kilbride, where the registered office is with Jim McColl's Clyde Blowers. He took the firm out of administration in 2014, in the closing days of the independence referendum, and was hailed as a hero by the SNP government.\n\nFour and a half years later, he has reported a £60m loss.\n\nSome companies can sustain a loss of £60m, particularly as they go through transition. But the figure is particularly alarming for a company which had revenue of only 30% of that loss, or £18m.\n\nJim McColl said the buyer should meet the cost of any changes to the ferry contract\n\nThe accounts for 2016, published just before Christmas (the 2017 accounts were already overdue) explain \"the Kaiser rule\" of 1:3:8 - working on a ship takes eight times longer when it's in the water than it does where the keel is first laid in the engineering shed. It takes three times longer to do the same amount of work on the slipway.\n\nFerguson Marine set out its problems in a lot of detail with the 2016 accounts, almost as if it wants to get its message across very clearly.\n\nOne problem is that this is being built with what it calls a \"prototype\" dual-fuel (diesel and liquified natural gas) engine. The company is proud of being an innovator with hybrid electric-diesel ferries and plans to expand into hydrogen fuel. But innovation comes with risks, and marine certification can be a slow process on a ship where new ideas are being tried out.\n\nFerguson says that its client, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) is responsible for variation, interference and disruption of the project after the contract had been awarded.\n\nFrom July 2017 to July 2018, Jim McColl was trying to get the Scottish government-owned company to agree that it should bear more of the risk of this. It responded with evidence that the contract was clear about the risks being taken on.\n\nIn a series of increasingly tetchy emails, partly exposed through a Freedom of Information request, those negotiations broke down and the dispute is in the hands of Ferguson's lawyers, soon to lodge their case in the Court of Session.\n\nThe new ferries have been commissioned to serve Hebridean routes\n\nYet while Ferguson wants the taxpayer to bear more of the burden of the cost over-run, it's already depending on the taxpayer for working capital.\n\nThe accounts make clear that its finances are in some peril. It can only be considered \"a going concern\" if a number of factors align favourably.\n\nThose Cal Mac orders ought to be flowing already, given the problems of old boats and too little capacity. Being in a legal dispute over these two ships probably isn't going to make relations with CMAL any easier for talks on new contracts.\n\nAnd there's a perverse catch to that taxpayer funding. If Ferguson is successful in legal action against CMAL (which would then require funding from the Scottish government), it seems the contracts for these big loans require that they should be repaid. Some extra millions of ferry funding in: up to £60m in loans out.\n\nA further red light on this. The auditors, at Ernst & Young, are not confident they've got the whole story.\n\nTheir notes with the 2016 account raise a question mark over the decision of directors to write down the value of the assets to zero.\n\nThe auditors cannot see the basis for this assumption, when: \"We have not obtained all the information and explanations that we considered necessary for the purpose of our audit, and we were unable to determine whether adequate accounting records had been kept.\"\n\nThat Freedom of Information release provides insight into the looming legal battle, when Jim McColl's lawyers lodge a claim that the £97m contract price should be raised, with CMAL (the taxpayer) paying a share of the £44m loss on the contract projected by FMEL (£40m of that booked in the 2016 accounts).\n\nThe Scottish government response carries the usual redactions at points when things look like they were about to get interesting.\n\nJim McColl was keen to press his case back in July 2017: \"We are attempting to work through the cost impact areas with CMAL. However, we appear to be coming at this from different mind-sets\".\n\nLast March, in a letter to then transport minister Humza Yousaf, Mr McColl wrote \"We have been trying to engage with CMAL over the past year to discuss the significant cost increases resulting from the unforeseen complexities which have arisen.\"\n\nTwo weeks later, the Clyde Blowers boss was seeking to assert there were \"external circumstances which they [the contracting authorities] could not foresee when they awarded the contract. We believe there have been...\"\n\nOn 1 May this year, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay was reassuring CMAL that, yes, ministers were frustrated at the delays, but they believed CMAL was acting diligently and professionally. It's almost as if someone had suggested otherwise, amid the bits we are not allowed to read.\n\nMr McColl later set out in more detail, \"unforeseen complexities and circumstances which have had a significant impact on the costs of completing the contracts... which would justify a price increase\".\n\nAnd then we get to the most interesting bit - a robust response, from Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd to Ferguson Marine Engineering: \"The contract into which you willingly entered was for a 'design and build'.\n\n\"During the tender process, FMEL put together a bid that was extremely detailed and held out to be competent to deliver, which we accepted leading to the contract signing,\" wrote CMAL.\n\n\"These two vessels are neither innovative or highly complex as you continually report. There are many dual fuel and LNG vessels currently in operation and many more currently under construction as succinctly pointed out by [redacted]...\"\n\nThat's where the public information ends and the legal battle begins.\n\nIt could get messy. To recap, Ferguson needs the taxpayer money to meet part of the contract overrun. It also needs big taxpayer loans to remain solvent beyond the end of January. It then needs further Cal Mac contracts.\n\nBut if it's in such a messy dispute with Ferguson, and possibly for some time, CMAL is not well placed to sign new contracts. Nor is the Scottish government.\n\nBut the Scottish government is under pressure to build more Cal Mac vessels. Ferguson Marine looks like the only Scottish shipbuilder capable of constructing them.\n\nThe Scottish government would lose very significant loan funds if FMEL goes bust. And the FMEL directors' assertion (not backed up by auditors) that the assets are worthless will help focus the government's mind on that potential loss.\n\nMinisters would also lose politically if an acknowledged strategic industrial asset is allowed to fail.\n\nAnd as Jim McColl is the main figure on the other side of this dispute, he's not someone who can be easily portrayed as a fly-by-night profiteer. He's got some significant business heft.\n\nSo what to do? Well, for me, it's an easy win among new year predictions. I'd say that this is one to watch.", "Some tweets called for the release of drill rap artist Digga D\n\nThe Metropolitan Police's website has been hit by hackers who posted a series of bizarre messages.\n\nA series of tweets were sent from the force's verified account, which has more than a million followers, including one about rapper Digga D.\n\nA stream of unusual emails were also sent from the force's press bureau at about 23:30 BST on Friday.\n\nScotland Yard confirmed its website had \"been subject to unauthorised access\".\n\nFollowing the incident, US President Donald Trump renewed his attack on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, in a tweet quoting right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins.\n\nMs Hopkins said \"they have lost control of London streets\" and \"apparently they lost control of their twitter account too\", while Mr Trump added: \"With the incompetent Mayor of London, you will never have safe streets!\".\n\nThe Mayor's office has declined to comment on Mr Trump's tweet.\n\nThe force said it used an online provider called MyNewsDesk to issue news releases and said \"unauthorised messages\" appeared on its website, Twitter account and in emails sent to subscribers.\n\nThe Met's account has more than a million followers\n\nThe tweets, which have been deleted, contained offensive language and mentioned the names of several people.\n\nThe posts also linked to press releases about the rapper and an apparent missing child.\n\nBBC home affairs producer Daniel De Simone tweeted that the hack was a \"serious issue\" and added: \"The press and public relies on comms from the Met during emergencies such as terror attacks.\"\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was working to establish exactly what happened.\n\n\"We have begun making changes to our access arrangements to MyNewsDesk,\" he added.\n\n\"At this stage, we are confident the only security issue relates to access to our MyNewsDesk account.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ministers have pledged to put an end to the use of so-called \"poor doors\" in housing developments in England.\n\nThe separate entrances for social housing tenants living in new builds \"stigmatise\" and divide them from private residents, the government said.\n\nCommunities Secretary James Brokenshire said he had been \"appalled\" by the examples of segregation he had seen.\n\nUnder the new measures, planning guidance is to be toughened in a bid to create more inclusive developments.\n\nDevelopers are often required to build social or affordable housing units in private developments as a condition of being granted planning permission.\n\nBut in some cases, social housing tenants have been excluded from using some facilities, and made to use different entrances from those which give access to privately owned homes.\n\nIn March, one development in south London was reported by the Guardian to have blocked children living in social housing from using a communal playground.\n\nThe BBC also visited a London apartment block in 2015 where there were separate entrances for private and social housing tenants.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan promised during his election campaign in 2015 to ban the practice, describing it as an \"appalling form of social segregation\".\n\n\"Poor doors segregate people who are living side by side, they drive a wedge between our communities,\" he said at the time.\n\nAs part of new measures, the government said a new design manual will set expectations for the inclusivity of future developments and help ensure planning decisions promote social interaction in communities.\n\nThe measures come as a survey commissioned by the government to mark 100 years of social housing found older people were less likely to feel comfortable about living close to council and housing association properties.\n\nAccording to the survey, 38% of over-65s reported feeling comfortable, compared with 53% of 18 to 25-year-olds.", "More than a year after its slipway launch, work continues on Glen Sannox\n\nThe Scottish government is drawing up plans to nationalise Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde.\n\nThat option is the increasingly likely outcome of a dispute over the building of two west coast ferries for CalMac.\n\nThe BBC has learned of \"fraught\" negotiations over a bill that is now understood to be nearly double the original £97m contract price.\n\nTycoon Jim McColl, who rescued the yard from collapse five years ago, stands to lose tens of millions of pounds.\n\nThat is far removed from the heroic status he was given by SNP ministers when he stepped in to save the totemic shipyard in Port Glasgow - the only commercial yard left on the lower Clyde.\n\nThat was only days before the referendum on Scottish independence, and was partly brokered by Alex Salmond as first minister.\n\nDerek Mackay, the finance and economy secretary, is now handling the talks with Clyde Blowers, Mr McColl's holding company.\n\nThat takes the dispute out the hands of Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) - the government-owned firm that placed the orders and owns CalMac's fleet.\n\nThe official comment from the Scottish government was: \"The Scottish government, Ferguson's and CMAL are focussed on the completion of the current ferry contracts and securing a vibrant future for the yard. We continue to work together to achieve that.\"\n\nPrivately, the government is determined to ensure the yard remains open. Its current workforce is about 350.\n\nWhen Ferguson shipyard went bust in the summer of 2014, a white knight stepped forward in the shape of self-made billionaire Jim McColl.\n\nMassive investment swiftly followed; old buildings were demolished to make way for state-of-the-art fabrication facilities and the skilled workforce rose five-fold in one of Scotland's most deprived areas.\n\nThe following year the yard received a major boost when it won a £97m contract to build two dual-fuel ferries for CalMac.\n\nBut neither ferry has yet to be delivered, Ferguson is losing millions on the deal - and one of the most prominent business figures to support Scottish independence ahead of the 2014 referendum is now locked in a bitter dispute with the Scottish government.\n\nBut ministers are not giving ground on the fixed price contract agreed between Ferguson Marine and CMAL.\n\nIt is claimed that doing so would bring legal action by other bidders that failed to win the contract.\n\nThe dispute on the contract was reviewed by a senior lawyer, whose report is being kept confidential.\n\nIt is understood to be more favourable to CMAL than to Ferguson's position, but the review's scope and caveats leave the contractual dispute open to protracted legal action.\n\nThe Scottish government's position is that Ferguson and Clyde Blowers should pay the additional costs, of about £90m. It is claimed that ministers then want the yard to continue as a successful business.\n\nIf not, then a sale of the assets could be agreed, with the price set independently.\n\nThe other option is insolvency. From there, issuers of £25m in bonds would have a first claim on the company's assets, but the Scottish government also has security over assets.\n\nThat is because the Scottish government has loaned Ferguson £45m over the past five years, in a series of decisions which have provoked controversy at Holyrood.\n\nSources at Ferguson believe the Scottish government wants to nationalise the yard, in a political project linked to public ownership of rail and other transport operators.\n\nThe yard would then become solely focused on a programme of replacement ships for CalMac, which are well behind schedule.\n\nThe shipyard, beside Newark Castle, has had major investment under Jim McColl's ownership\n\nThe winner of the franchise for the passenger service linking Orkney and Shetland to the Scottish mainland is due to be announced in the next few weeks, pitting state-owned Cal-Mac against Serco, the incumbent operator.\n\nHowever, further nationalisation would also put the SNP government under pressure over the cost of sustaining loss-making enterprises, already including Prestwick Airport and BiFab, which has mothballed fabrication yards in Fife and another in Lewis.\n\nA spokesman for Ferguson Marine Engineering said: \"We continue to engage with both the Scottish government and CMAL, and remain fully committed to securing the long-term future of the yard.\"", "Teachers are expected to be among those getting a pay rise after five years of a cap on increases\n\nA million public sector workers are to receive their biggest pay rise in nearly 10 years, the government says.\n\nIt includes 2.9% extra this year for the armed forces, 2.75% for prison officers and up to 3.5% for teachers.\n\nPolice will see a 2% rise, the same increase seen by GPs and dentists.\n\nThe move confirms the scrapping of the 1% pay cap last year and follows campaigns by unions for higher wage rises.\n\nThe government said the increases were affordable within its spending plans. Individual departments are having to fund the pay rises, rather than the money coming from the Treasury.\n\nThe pay rises for doctors and dentists only apply to England, while the pay rises for prison officers, teachers, and police officers apply to England and Wales.\n\nThe armed forces pay offer is for the whole of the UK.\n\nIn June the bulk of NHS staff in Scotland were offered a 9% pay rise spread across three years.\n\nA 3% pay offer to teachers in Scotland was rejected by the unions earlier in the year.\n\nComparing public and private sector pay is tricky because public sector workers are on average better qualified and many lower-paid jobs such as cleaning and security have been outsourced from the public sector to the private.\n\nIf you look at what has happened to growth in pay since 2010, private sector pay has been growing faster, due to the effect of two years of public sector pay freezes starting in 2011, followed by 1% caps.\n\nBut both public and private sector workers have seen their average pay rising more slowly than prices.\n\nThe comparison between public and private sector pay also ignores pension provision, which tends to be better in the public sector, and bonus payments, which are more common in the private sector but excluded from these average earnings figures.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: \"By increasing the pay levels, albeit by less than the rate of inflation, that can only be paid for by cuts within the public services.\n\n\"And so, if it's local authorities or anybody else, they're going to have to pay for it by either removing their balances, which they shouldn't be doing, or by cutting services further.\"\n\nThe cost of scrapping the 1% cap is estimated at £4bn.\n\nThe move has been seen as a bid to boost staff recruitment and retention as well as improve morale in the public sector.\n\nUnions have been arguing for pay rises closer to 5% to make up for the austerity measures introduced by David Cameron's government eight years ago.\n\nChief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss said the announcement was \"fantastic news just before the summer for a million workers right across the public sector\".\n\nShe said: \"We hugely value the work that people do, whether it's teachers, soldiers or police officers.\"\n\nBut Prospect union deputy general secretary Garry Graham said: \"Today's pay deals for the armed forces, prison workers and teachers are welcome but confirm what we have long suspected, this government have put civil servants firmly at the back of the queue on public sector pay.\n\n\"Instead of playing cynical divide-and-rule games with overworked and underpaid public sector workers, the government should be committing to above-inflation pay rises for all public servants, with no group left behind.\"", "Karina Canellakis took up the baton after being encouraged by Sir Simon Rattle\n\nKarina Canellakis has made history, as the first woman to conduct the First Night of the BBC Proms.\n\nThe US musician led the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers in a stirring and dramatic programme culminating in Leoš Janáček's utterly unique Glagolitic Mass.\n\nThe landmark performance came just two years after Cannellakis's conducting debut at the Proms.\n\n\"I'm honoured - and I'm very sweaty,\" she said after leaving stage.\n\nThe 38-year-old New Yorker started her career as a violinist after graduating from the Julliard School.\n\nThe seeds of her conducting career were sown at the BBC Proms in 2008, as she performed Mahler's emotional 6th Symphony as part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.\n\n\"I was playing second violin, and I played my heart out,\" she told BBC Radio 3, \"and I remember just looking up and thinking I had never seen the ceiling so far away.\"\n\nBut it was British conductor Sir Simon Rattle who finally convinced her to swap the violin for the baton.\n\n\"He told me: 'You may not see many people that look like you up there, but I really think you could do this,'\" she told the bachtrack website earlier this year.\n\n\"That was the thing that changed my pattern of thinking and gave me a little bit of a push towards... making music without the instrument in my hand, which in the beginning was quite terrifying.\"\n\nOn Friday night's evidence, she has ably grown into the role.\n\nHer opening night kicked off with a complex, layered new work by Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri.\n\nLong Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory was commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and explored everything from the dark, brooding exploration of space to man's first weightless steps on the lunar surface.\n\nKarina Canellakis embraces composer Zosha Di Castri after premiering her new work\n\nDi Castri managed to convey the eerie loneliness of that first moonwalk in a section where the orchestra rubbed together paper bags, blew compressed air into milk bottles, and scraped tuning keys across harp strings, while a lone oboe represented the awestruck wonder of astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.\n\nThe chorus, meanwhile, sang an evocative text by Chinese-British author Xiaolu Guo: \"We stepped out and bounced, skipped, swang wide, set the flag on the silent lunar surface.\"\n\nResearching the piece left a major impression on the composer, who had never before considered the monumental human effort behind the Moon landings.\n\n\"To be honest, it was something that I took as fact - that we've been to the Moon,\" she said. \"This brought back the sense of awe.\"\n\nThe first half concluded with a lovingly-shaped rendition of Dvořák's The Golden Spinning Wheel, receiving its first-ever performance at the Proms.\n\nZocha Di Castri's piece is the first of many Proms to mark the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings\n\nPart two was devoted to Janáček's elemental Glagolitic Mass - one of the greatest 20th Century choral works.\n\nA setting of a ninth-century liturgical text, it is essentially the atheist composer's hymn to nature.\n\n\"Always the scent of the moist forest - that was the incense,\" said the Czech musician. \"I felt a cathedral grow before me in the vast expanse of the hills and the vault of the sky\".\n\n\"It is as much pagan ritual as it is a mass,\" acknowledged Canellakis ahead of the concert, \"and it switches drastically from one section to another.\"\n\nUnder her watch, the BBC Symphony Orchestra expertly navigated the shifting celestial and confrontational tones, while organist Peter Holder deservedly received an ovation after untangling the labyrinthine solo.\n\nMezzo-Soprano Jennifer Johnston described the Glagolitic Mass as having a \"filmic quality\"\n\nSoloists including tenor Ladislav Elgr and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston were crisp and clear - despite being unclear on how the text should sound.\n\n\"Glagolitic was the precedent to the Cyrillic alphabet [and] the result is we don't really know how it's meant to be pronounced,\" she explained to BBC Radio 3.\n\n\"It's our best guess, along with academics who've given us some guidance.\"\n\nThe piece also highlighted a theme of the 2019 Proms season, which is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Wood. The Proms founder-conductor presided over the premiere of the Glagolitic Mass at the Queen's Hall in 1930.\n\nThe modern-day Proms, of course, are based in the Royal Albert Hall - where more than 1,000 of Friday's concert-goers were \"Prommers\", who had queued all day in the rain to snap up \"on the day\" tickets for just £6.\n\nFor Canellakis, it is those concert-goers who give the festival its unique flavour.\n\n\"I love the enthusiasm of the audience here,\" she said. \"It's not an eight-year-old whose grandma drags him to the opera and he falls asleep in the back row.\n\n\"These people have waited for hours to get tickets and many of them are standing through the whole performance - and you feel that, as a performer.\"\n\nThe conductor, who has played the Proms every year since taking up the baton, is guaranteed to be back - and could conceivably follow in the footsteps of Marin Alsop, who in 2013 became the first woman to helm the festival's iconic closing night.\n\nThe 2019 season continues until 14 September, with highlights including a sci-fi Prom, the premiere of a new work by Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood, and performances from cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and \"the Queen of African music\" Angelique Kidjo.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Sea Watch Foundation monitors dolphins coming to the north-east of England coast\n\nPolice are investigating after reports of the mammals being tormented in the River Tyne between North and South Shields.\n\nAndrea Blunt was filming the dolphins and could see the riders coming, but \"couldn't do anything about it\".\n\n\"They went straight over the top of where the last dolphin had breached the water, which was quite distressing to see,\" she said.\n\n\"I don't know what the jet skiers could see but, to us, they were very visible.\"\n\nWater scooters were filmed riding over the point where a dolphin had just dipped under the water\n\nMartin Kitching, the regional co-ordinator for the Sea Watch Foundation, which tracks dolphins, said he was \"disturbed, concerned, angry that anybody would actually be that reckless when they know there are dolphins in the river\".\n\nNorthumbria Police has warned river users to be \"vigilant and respectful\" around marine life.\n\n\"It is illegal to harass, feed, chase and touch marine mammals in the wild,\" acting marine Sgt Paul Spedding said.\n\n\"Anyone found to be in breach of any laws will be prosecuted.\"\n\nAndrea Blunt, who filmed what happened, said she felt \"helpless\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Alek Sigley in transit in Beijing after his release from North Korea this week\n\nNorth Korea says an Australian student who had been detained for several days before being released had been \"spying\" for news outlets.\n\nAlek Sigley, 29, was reported missing in late June, but was freed on Thursday after Swedish officials in Pyongyang met the North Korean government.\n\nNK News, one of the websites to publish his writing, has rejected Pyongyang's claims that he spied for them.\n\nIt said his columns only \"presented an apolitical view of life in Pyongyang\".\n\nMr Sigley, a fluent Korean speaker, had been living in Pyongyang while studying a Master's at Kim Il-sung university and running a tourism business.\n\nMr Sigley has not commented on why he detained. Following his release, he flew to Japan, where his wife lives.\n\nOn Saturday, North Korea's state-run news agency KCNA said that Mr Sigley had \"on numerous occasions transferred information, including photographs and analysis, that he gathered while travelling to every corner of Pyongyang using his status as an international student\".\n\nHe had done this \"upon request by anti-DPRK [North Korea] news outlets such as NK news\", KCNA added.\n\nThe government decided to deport him on humanitarian grounds after he \"honestly admitted that he had been spying... and repeatedly asked for our forgiveness for infringing on our sovereignty\", it said.\n\nNorth Korea often accuses foreigners detained in its country of espionage or \"hostile acts\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The North Korean spy who wants to go home\n\nIn a statement, NK News, a website specialising in North Korean news and analysis, said it appreciated \"the DPRK's decision to promptly release Sigley on humanitarian grounds\".\n\nIt said it had published six articles from Mr Sigley which showed \"vignettes of ordinary daily life in the capital\".\n\n\"The six articles Alek published represent the full extent of his work with us and the idea that those columns, published transparently under his name between January and April 2019, are 'anti-state' in nature is a misrepresentation which we reject.\"\n\nMr Sidley had published an essay titled: \"From Perth to Pyongyang: my life as an Aussie student at Kim Il Sung University\", as well as articles about North Korean fashion, apps, and restaurants.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows the scale of the damage to Florida plaza\n\nA large explosion has ripped through a shopping and dining plaza in the US city of Plantation, Florida.\n\nLocal police say that about 22 people have been injured and are being treated at hospitals in the city, but none are in a critical condition.\n\n\"At this time we don't have any fatalities,\" Sergeant Jessica Ryan told reporters shortly after the blast.\n\nVideos on social media show people evacuating a nearby gym amid scattered debris and dozens of damaged vehicles.\n\nPolice have asked people to avoid the area while they continue to investigate. Search dogs are also at the scene.\n\nJoel Gordon, battalion chief for Plantation Fire, said they had not yet confirmed the cause and source of the explosion but ruptured gas lines were found in the rubble.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe explosion was reported at about 11:30 local time (15:30 GMT) on Saturday, officials say.\n\nLocal residents have told local news channel WPLG they felt and heard the blast several miles away from the scene.\n\nPlantation is in Broward County, just outside of Fort Lauderdale.\n\nThe plaza where the explosion happened contains a number of restaurants and businesses.", "Fifty years on from the Stonewall uprising in New York, London Pride 2019 was just as colourful as ever.\n\nOrganisers say up to 1.5 million people took to the streets for the parade, which started at Portland Place.\n\nThe parade went across Oxford Circus and down Regent Street before arriving at Whitehall via Trafalgar Square.\n\nOne man from Uganda spoke about how getting to this day \"meant the world\".", "A senior police officer who led the investigation into the biggest modern day slavery network in the UK has appealed to the public to help \"spot the signs\" of someone being held as a slave.\n\nDet Ch Insp Nick Dale spent four years leading the inquiry into the gang who tricked vulnerable people from Poland into travelling to the UK with the promise of work and a better life.\n\nPolice believe more than 400 victims were made to work for little or no pay and held in squalid conditions.\n\nEight traffickers, who police say are members and associates of two Polish crime families, have been jailed during two trials which can only now be reported after a judge lifted an order banning reporting.", "The sculptor called on BP to put half its profits towards renewable energy research\n\nSculptor Sir Antony Gormley has joined calls for London's National Portrait Gallery to end its sponsorship with BP.\n\nBP has sponsored the gallery's annual Portrait Award for 30 years, but the oil company has faced growing criticism over its environmental stance.\n\nSir Antony said BP was \"using culture to make us all feel this is a company that cares about the future of mankind, but it very clearly doesn't\".\n\nThe gallery said BP's support for the award means public admission is free.\n\nIt added that government funding only made up a third of its income, so it has to work with corporate partners.\n\nSir Antony is one of almost 80 artists - including five winners of the Turner Prize - to write the letter demanding an end to BP's sponsorship.\n\nIn the letter to Nicholas Cullinan, director of the gallery, the artists state that BP's ongoing sponsorship \"is lending credence to the company's misleading assurance that it's doing all it can, and so we, as artists, feel we must speak up\".\n\n\"We believe that, today, the loss of BP as a source of funding is a cost worth bearing, until the company changes course and enables future generations to make art in a world that resembles our own,\" the letter continues.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Antony said: \"Art is about giving a platform for sustainable futures... [it is] very clear that this is not a part of BPs remit\".\n\nSir Antony is best known for his Angel of the North sculpture in Gateshead\n\n\"We are in a crisis,\" he said, adding he would like to see the energy giant put half its profits towards renewable energy research,\n\n\"We are all immersed in a fossil fuel culture, we are all culpable. But there are a few organisations and governments that can do something about it.\"\n\nThe letter calls on the gallery not to renew its contract with BP when it expires in 2022 and, in the immediate future, to remove the BP representative from the award's judging panel.\n\nPeter Mather, head of BP in Europe, told the Today programme last week that the company was trying to help both the art world and the environment.\n\nHe said BP's 70,000 employees did not get up each day \"with the intention of destroying the planet\".\n\nHe added that BP was \"extremely proud\" of what it did in the arts, as well as what it contributed to the UK economy.\n\n\"We are focusing very much on reducing our own emissions. We are also improving - i.e. lowering - the carbon footprint of the produce that we supply.\"\n\nIt comes after artist and judge of this year's Portrait Award by BP Gary Hume said it was time to look elsewhere for sponsorship.\n\nHe said: \"BP could continue to support the National Portrait Gallery without putting their name anywhere, it could be an anonymous gift.\n\n\"Without the institutions such as BP making a concerted effort... we haven't got a chance.\"", "The App delivers the BBC's global, national and regional news coverage - on-demand - via an internet connection.\n\nThe design enables quick and simple discovery of video and text content - aligned with BBC News's coverage on web and mobile devices.\n\nNavigation around the app is done using the arrow keys and the enter and back keys on your remote control.\n\nVideo content on demand on your connected TV\n\nThe app is available on connected TVs from Sony, Samsung, LG and more. It is also available on major television platforms including YouView, and Virgin TiVo - along with a range of streaming devices, including Amazon Fire TV and Now TV. The app can be found either in the device/platform's app store, or via the Red Button on connected televisions.\n\nThe BBC works with platforms and device manufacturers continually to ensure availability on as many devices and platforms as possible. Existing users of the BBC News app will be upgraded to the new version automatically.", "Helen McCourt vanished on her way home from work in 1988\n\nA woman whose daughter's killer has never revealed what happened to her body has welcomed plans to change the law regarding parole.\n\nHelen McCourt was abducted and murdered in 1988 by Ian Simms. Marie McCourt has always opposed his release from prison.\n\nHelen's Law would place \"greater consideration on failure to disclose the location of a victim's remains\", said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).\n\nMrs McCourt, of St Helens, said it felt \"like a big weight has been lifted\".\n\nShe has been pushing for a change in the law to deny killers parole if they will not reveal where victims' remains are.\n\nShe said being denied a funeral for her daughter caused \"unimaginable suffering\" but if the law is changed \"at least Helen's death will help other families\".\n\nHer 22-year-old daughter vanished just yards from her home in February 1988.\n\nMarie McCourt has said being denied a funeral for her daughter had caused \"unimaginable suffering\"\n\nPub landlord Simms has never revealed the location of her remains, maintaining he is innocent despite DNA evidence.\n\nHe was convicted of murder after blood and an earring, identical to one Helen had, were found in the boot of his car.\n\nHe was jailed for life in 1989 and told he would have to serve at least 16 years before he could be considered for parole.\n\nIn March, Mrs McCourt spoke of her anger that Simms had been allowed out of prison on temporary release.\n\nMrs McCourt and her MP Conor McGinn, who represents St Helens North, met with Justice Secretary David Gauke to \"explore options\" on Wednesday.\n\nA MoJ spokesperson said: \"Not knowing the whereabouts of a loved one causes tremendous additional pain, and we have immense sympathy with Helen McCourt's family.\n\n\"The justice secretary recently held a positive meeting with Marie McCourt and her MP, and we look forward to working with them on this important issue.\"\n\nMr McGinn said: \"If the law is implemented before Ian Simms is released, it could apply to him.\n\n\"We want Helen's law for all victims and families and I will vociferously oppose the release of Ian Simms.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The sculpture was carved out of a tree trunk with a chainsaw\n\nA tongue-in-cheek statue of US First Lady Melania Trump has appeared on the outskirts of her Slovenian hometown.\n\nUS artist Brad Downey hired a local chainsaw artisan, Ales Zupevc, to carve the likeness out of a tree trunk outside the town of Sevnica.\n\nThe result was a wooden rendering of Mrs Trump dressed in a blue coat with a club-like hand gesturing to the sky.\n\nSome residents described it as \"a disgrace\", a \"Smurfette\", saying \"it doesn't look anything like Melania\".\n\nDowney told Reuters news agency he wanted to \"have a dialogue\" with the US political situation.\n\nThe artist has an exhibition in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana until late August. The gallery reportedly suggested the statue \"might only be a slapstick prank\" in a leaflet.\n\nSevnica has become a tourist magnet ever since Donald Trump was elected US president in 2016, and Ms Trump - a famous former resident - became the first lady.\n\nAs visitors search for an insight into Mrs Trump's early years, residents have brought out ranges of Melania-branded merchandise including slippers, cake, and Trump-like burgers with fly-away cheese \"hair\".\n\nWhile for some, the new sculpture is a step too far, Katarina, 66, told AFP news agency it was a \"good idea\" to have the artwork, adding: \"Melania is a Slovenian hero, she's made it to the top in the US.\"", "Port, now 44, from Barking in east London, was sentenced to a full life term in November 2016\n\nNone of the officers investigated for potential misconduct in the initial response to serial killer Stephen Port in east London will be disciplined, the police watchdog has said.\n\nBut the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) said its inquiry had identified \"systemic failings\" within the Metropolitan Police.\n\nNine officers will be required to improve their standards, it added.\n\nThe families of Port's victims have given an undertaking not to comment.\n\nA spokeswoman said this was a condition demanded by the IOPC when they handed the families the final report - which is not due to be published until after the inquests for Port's four young victims.\n\nA friend of one of the men, who repeatedly raised concerns with the police, said he was angry about the IOPC announcement.\n\nThere is currently no start date for the inquests - despite being ordered in November 2017.\n\nPort, 44, from Barking, was sentenced to a full life term in 2016 after being convicted of murdering four young men at his flat.\n\nOfficers investigating the deaths ignored or dismissed evidence linking them to Port.\n\nThe watchdog told the BBC: \"While we agreed none of the officers involved in these investigations may have breached professional standards justifying disciplinary proceedings, we will be making a number of recommendations to the Metropolitan Police to address some of the systemic failings our investigation identified.\n\n\"We have advised the families of Stephen Port's victims and the officers involved that the performance of nine officers fell below the standard required.\n\n\"They will now be required to improve their performance.\"\n\nA preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey heard the inquests would focus on the \"adequacy of the police investigation\".\n\nThe announcement means none of the 17 Met officers investigated have been referred for misconduct proceedings by the IOPC.\n\nThe Met made a referral to the watchdog in October 2015 after identifying concerns regarding the initial investigations into the men's deaths.\n\nTen officers were served with misconduct notices and a further seven with gross misconduct notices.\n\nMisconduct is when an officer fails to follow expected standards of professional behaviour. Gross misconduct is when a breach is so serious it could justify dismissal.\n\nThe IOPC inquiry related to the investigative work undertaken, how evidence was examined, and how similarities between the cases were considered.\n\nThe 17, ranging in rank from constable to inspector, were largely local officers from Barking and Dagenham. None worked on the later successful murder inquiry.\n\nLast year the BBC revealed that all but one of them gave 'no comment' interviews to the IOPC.\n\nHe met his victims online, including through the dating app Grindr, before luring them to his flat where they were drugged and raped.\n\nThe men were given fatal overdoses of date-rape drug GHB.\n\nEvidence heard at trial, and uncovered by a BBC investigation, showed there were a series of chances to catch Port sooner.\n\nAnthony Walgate (L) and Gabriel Kovari (R) were Port's first victims\n\nThe first victim, Anthony Walgate, was found outside Port's flat and the other three either in or next to a nearby churchyard.\n\nPort was jailed for his initial lies about the first death, but police accepted his subsequent excuses and did not treat the case as homicide.\n\nPolice did not examine a computer seized from Port, which would have revealed his interest in drugging and raping young men.\n\nWhile on bail, before being charged, Port killed twice more.\n\nPort falsely linked his second and third victims together to cover up his crimes.\n\nA fake suicide note found in Daniel Whitworth's hand, which had been written by Port, said he accidentally killed Gabriel Kovari and was taking his own life in response.\n\nIn fact, the two victims did not know one another.\n\nDaniel Whitworth (L) and Jack Taylor (R) were also killed by Port\n\nPolice accepted the note at face value and treated the deaths as non-suspicious, despite concerns raised by people close to both men.\n\nThe note was in Port's handwriting and bore traces of his DNA, as did items found with the bodies of Mr Kovari and Mr Whitworth.\n\nDetectives did not trace the man referred to in the note as the \"guy I was with last night\", which would have led them to the killer.\n\nPort murdered Jack Taylor after serving a short prison sentence, but police did not treat the death as suspicious for several weeks, despite the urging of the Taylor family, who investigated the case themselves and realised the other deaths were linked.\n\nMr Kovari's former flatmate John Pape had earlier come to same conclusion about his friend, which he pointed out to the Met in a series of emails and during an inquest.\n\nPort used a fake Facebook profile to spread lies about the deaths, including in direct correspondence with Mr Kovari's ex-boyfriend, but police did not investigate the account despite it being sent to them.\n\nThe case was solved after being passed from local teams in Barking and Dagenham to specialist homicide detectives.\n\nSenior Met figures apologised to the families after the trial.\n\nWhen a judge, Lord Justice Holroydehe, quashed the original inquests findings for two of the victims, he said it seemed \"surprising that the initial police investigation revealed so little of the full picture and appears to have led quite quickly to a conclusion that there was no evidence of any crime having been committed by any person still living\".\n\nMr Pape said the IOPC announcement made his \"blood boil\".\n\nHe told the BBC it \"contrasted with the basic facts of that disturbingly incompetent initial investigation\", adding: \"Given the open goal they were given, it makes me wonder what the point of the IOPC is.\"\n\nMr Pape said he was \"not clamouring for individual officers to be harshly punished\" but was concerned about the consequences for the LGBTQ community and their families, of \"institutionalised incompetence and prejudice within an unaccountable police force\".\n\nHe added: \"The police mishandling of the Port murders echo their previous failings in other serial killings of young gay men.\n\n\"I want to know the Met recognise their failures and will finally learn from them.\"\n\nScotland Yard did not respond to a request for comment about the IOPC statement.", "The man was unable to move after suffering a fall in his basement\n\nA man who spent six days trapped in his basement without food or water has been rescued after his concerned colleagues came to his aid.\n\nThe man, aged in his 50s, was unable to move after falling in his home in Windsor Road, Liverpool.\n\nHis colleagues at HM Revenue & Customs visited his house twice and alerted police on Thursday when they heard someone shouting inside.\n\nPolice found him and he was taken to hospital for observations.\n\nIt is understood the man is now recovering from a fractured shoulder.\n\nA spokesman for HMRC said if someone who lives on their own fails to turn up to work then it is policy to send someone round to check.\n\n\"We're very happy that our colleague has been found and wish him a speedy recovery.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Charlie Adlard was named the UK's comics laureate in 2016\n\nThe comics artist behind The Walking Dead series is to be celebrated in an exhibition opening in his home town.\n\nCharlie Adlard, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, has drawn the Walking Dead comics since 2004 and has also worked on The X-Files and Mars Attacks.\n\nHe was named the UK's comics laureate in 2016 and Drawn of the Dead will be his first exhibition in Shrewsbury.\n\nMr Adlard's \"dystopian vision\" will be displayed at the town's museum and art gallery until November.\n\nThe Walking Dead, which Adlard has drawn since 2004, has since become a major TV drama\n\nThe comics will be displayed alongside Mr Adlard's original sketches\n\nMr Adlard has appeared in the TV version of the comics twice\n\nThe Walking Dead series was turned into a popular TV show which has just run into its 10th season.\n\nMr Adlard told the BBC he had appeared in the TV series twice as a zombie extra.\n\n\"You couldn't see me, but I just really wanted the experience,\" he said.\n\nThe exhibition will showcase more than 80 artworks\n\nAlthough his work has been on show around the world, this will be Mr Adlard's first exhibition closer to home\n\nThe exhibition is going to be an \"immersive\" experience, Mr Adlard said\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The BBC News app is available for Android and iOS devices\n\nWith the latest news and analysis from our journalists around the world and the unique human stories behind current events, we've got the best of our journalism in one place on the BBC News app.\n\nClick here to download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.\n\nClick here to download the BBC News app from Google Play for Android devices.\n\nWe would like to know what you think of the new app - click here to give us your feedback.\n\nDepending on the contract you have, data charges may apply for accessing the internet on your mobile device.\n\nIf you are not sure about the potential charges, please ask your mobile network provider. You may find some costs are included in your existing price plan or that you can opt for a data package that gives reduced charges for accessing the internet.\n\nThe BBC does not charge you to access mobile content.", "Please use your device horizontally in order to use this experience!", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nEngland had to settle for fourth place at the Women's World Cup after a frustrating loss to Sweden in an eventful third-place play-off.\n\nA sloppy start in Nice ultimately saw the Lionesses miss out on bronze, four years after winning a medal at the competition for the first time.\n\nKosovare Asllani and Sofia Jakobsson's goals saw Sweden take full advantage of a disjointed first-half England display, before Fran Kirby's well-taken strike put Phil Neville's side back in the game.\n\nThe Lionesses then saw an Ellen White equaliser ruled out for handball after a pitchside video review by the referee, before having the better of the second half, but they could not prevent Sweden securing a top-three finish for a fourth time.\n\nThe 2003 runners-up, who were beaten by the Netherlands on Wednesday, were grateful to defender Nilla Fischer in the latter stages for her superb headed block on the line to keep out Lucy Bronze's goalbound effort.\n\nFor England, who lost to the holders the United States in a gripping semi-final on Tuesday, a fourth-place finish represents their second-best Women's World Cup, after they were third in Canada four years ago.\n• None Tournament ratings - which players impressed and who under-performed?\n• None How the players rated in England's defeat by Sweden\n\nWhite misses out on Golden Boot after further VAR misery\n\nOnly two senior England teams have done better than finish fourth at a global tournament - the men of 1966 and the women of 2015 - with Neville's side matching the men's World Cup achievements of 1990 and 2018.\n\nTheir play improved once Chelsea's Kirby - who produced her best performance of these finals - had cut inside and halved the deficit with a good finish off the inside of the post.\n\nWith the Lionesses in the ascendancy, England's leading scorer White thought she had equalised soon afterwards. But her neat finish was ruled out after the video assistant referee officials spotted that her arm had made contact with the ball as she controlled it before using her strength to swivel and slot in low past Hedvig Lindahl.\n\nHad she scored without the handball offence, the 30-year-old would have moved to the top of the goal standings in the race for the Golden Boot, before Sunday's final between the USA and the Netherlands.\n\nIt was the second straight game in which White saw a would-be equaliser for 2-2 ruled out after a VAR review, having been found to be fractionally offside after placing home against the USA on Tuesday.\n\nThe Manchester City striker had chances for further goals on Saturday, but her one-on-one effort was saved by former Chelsea goalkeeper Lindahl moments before half-time, and she saw another shot blocked wide in the 81st minute.\n\nAnother 'nearly' tournament for England\n\nEngland had been hoping to win a bronze medal for a second consecutive Women's World Cup, but started poorly in defence.\n\nFormer Manchester City midfielder Asllani capitalised when Alex Greenwood's soft clearance from Fridolina Rolfo's cross fell straight to her; Carly Telford got a hand to her shot but could not keep it out.\n\nEngland were then fortunate not to concede again when Jakobsson got in behind Greenwood and struck the post, but the Montpellier forward netted soon afterwards with a curling effort after finding space on the left.\n\nAfter that Swedish spell, the remaining three-quarters of the match saw the Lionesses look far more like the side that had impressed with back-to-back 3-0 victories to reach the last four.\n\nThis England team have won the support of millions back home - with 11.7m watching the BBC for the dramatic loss to the USA - but when they look back on this summer, they may feel disappointed.\n\nEngland have won five of their seven games during the month-long tournament in France, enjoying victories over Scotland, Argentina, Japan, Cameroon and Norway, before two 2-1 losses in the testing final week of the competition.\n\nThere were many, many positives though - including the fact that their results secured Great Britain a qualification spot for next summer's Olympics.\n\nThere is reason for the Lionesses to be optimistic for their next major tournament - the 2021 European Championship, which will be held in England.\n\nThose competitions will be played without England legend Karen Carney, who announced on Friday that she would be retiring from football after this tournament.\n\nThe 31-year-old was brought on as a substitute with 15 minutes remaining in Nice and showed plenty of classy touches that were typical of her impressive career, which including a European title with Arsenal's quadruple-winning side of 2007.\n\n'Part of me is glad we didn't win' - what they said\n\nEngland boss Phil Neville, speaking to BBC One: \"I think maybe there was carry-over from the semi-final - the emotion. The two goals sparked us into life and I don't think I have seen us play better than we did after those first 20 minutes. We gave it our best shot, we fell short and we just have to make sure next time we are better.\n\n\"Well done to Sweden but it is a nonsense game. We were probably showing in those first 20 minutes the disappointment we felt from the USA game. We came here to win it, not finish fourth.\n\n\"The players came here and delivered everything I wanted - the style of play. This is sport. We have to come back in four years' time and be better. There are many champions who have had to suffer before coming back. We go home, we dissect and we breathe and then we get back on that horse again.\"\n\nEngland midfielder Karen Carney speaking to BBC Sport: \"It was tough. We've given everything and part of me is glad we haven't won it.\n\n\"If we want to go and win the Olympics and the Euros, we have to have a fire in the belly. We have to dig deeper.\n\n\"We should not be afraid to say that we want to win the gold medal. No disrespect to Sweden or this game, but I'm kind of glad we didn't win.\"\n\nNo VAR delight for White - the stats\n• None England have lost back-to-back games at the Women's World Cup for the first time.\n• None Sweden have won all three of their bronze-medal matches at the Women's World Cup, also beating Germany in 1991 and France in 2011.\n• None England were 0-2 behind after just 22 minutes against Sweden, the earliest they've ever been two goals down in a Women's World Cup match.\n• None Kosovare Asllani's opener was her third goal at the 2019 Women's World Cup - the most by a Sweden player at a single edition of the tournament since 2011 (Lisa Dahlkvist, three).\n• None Karen Carney's substitute appearance was her 144th and final game for England - only Fara Williams (170) has played more for the Lionesses.\n• None There have been five goals awarded and subsequently overturned by VAR at the 2019 Women's World Cup. Two of them were scored by England's Ellen White in their last two matches.\n• None Jade Moore (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt missed. Alex Greenwood (England) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rachel Daly with a cross.\n• None Attempt saved. Julia Zigiotti Olme (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.\n• None Attempt saved. Karen Carney (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jill Scott.\n• None Attempt blocked. Lucy Bronze (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Attempt saved. Sofia Jakobsson (Sweden) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stina Blackstenius.\n• None Rachel Daly (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Jade Moore (England) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.\n• None Attempt blocked. Ellen White (England) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jodie Taylor. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Boris Johnson visited Barry ahead of the hustings in Cardiff\n\nThere should be a \"strong Conservative influence\" over how cash replacing EU aid is spent, Boris Johnson has told a Tory leadership hustings in Cardiff.\n\nThe contest's frontrunner said he would match the cash Wales gets from EU funds - but suggested ministers in London should have a say in how it was used.\n\nEU economic aid is currently administered by the Welsh Government in Cardiff.\n\nUnder EU structural funds Wales would have received more than £5bn by 2020.\n\nMr Johnson's rival, Jeremy Hunt, told the event at the All Nations Centre he would ensure that \"Wales will not lose out\" on the replacement to the funds.\n\nMeanwhile Mr Johnson said the Welsh Government's decision to cancel the M4 Relief Road needed to be \"reversed\".\n\nThe leadership candidates took it in turns to take questions from party members at the event, held on Saturday night.\n\nThe UK government has promised a Shared Prosperity Fund as a replacement for EU structural funds, but has been criticised for delays in revealing how the scheme would work.\n\nTory AM Nick Ramsay has said the replacement of EU cash should not lead to a rowing back of devolution, echoing concerns raised by Welsh Labour ministers.\n\nJeremy Hunt said he would make sure \"Wales does not lose out\" on the replacement to EU funds\n\nMr Johnson said he would match Welsh EU cash. \"There will be the full allocation of funds for Wales,\" he said.\n\n\"I think there may be some question about how exactly that money is dispensed, or by whom,\" he added.\n\n\"I would want to make sure that there was a strong Conservative influence on the expenditure of that £350m [per year], or whatever the sum is, to ensure that it delivered taxpayer value.\"\n\nMr Hunt, asked what he would do, said: \"Of course we're going to make sure that all parts of the United Kingdom benefit from those additional funds.\n\n\"It may be that one pot of money is less but another pot of money will be better.\n\n\"We will make sure, and I will make sure as prime minister, that Wales does not lose out.\"\n\nBoris Johnson showed us what supporters and detractors see in him.\n\nFrom the reception he got, it's obvious he connects with party members and can make Brexit supporters feel good about themselves.\n\nBut there was a slip-up where he called Chris Davies, battling to regain his seat as a Tory MP in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, Paul.\n\nThat's why Jeremy Hunt's supporters say, of the two candidates, their man is the one who sweats the details.\n\nWales will have received more than £5bn in structural funds by 2020, under EU spending plans\n\nJeremy Hunt told the hustings that he will \"completely\" trust the result of the leadership election, after it emerged some members have received more than one ballot.\n\n\"I completely trust our Conservative Party members,\" he said.\n\nIn his opening speech, Mr Johnson attacked the cancellation of the M4 Relief Road project.\n\n\"We need to reverse the chaotic decision of the Welsh Labour Government,\" he said.\n\nMr Johnson said the Welsh Government had \"squandered £114m on a study\" - referring to the amount spent on the project up to the point it was cancelled.\n\nWhen asked later what he would do about the scheme, he said he would urge Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford to \"reconsider\".\n\nMr Hunt said it was \"disappointing\" that rail electrification, which is stopping at Cardiff, was not going all the way to Swansea.\n\nHe said he was \"pro-infrastructure projects here in Wales\".\n\n\"I think that we need to be thinking, not just about the next five years, but about the next 25 years when we do these projects,\" he said.\n\nThe foreign secretary said he was \"against constantly chopping and changing what the constitutional settlement is\" on devolution.\n\nHe said \"constitutional stability\" was needed in the UK.", "Pride always brings up mixed emotions for me. Ten years ago, as a young teen still in the closet, I remember being desperate to hide my sexuality at any cost. I got good at swerving questions about who I fancied and even told my mates how uncomfortable I was with flamboyant, celebrity gays like Graham Norton and Alan Carr, in a naïve attempt to deflect attention from myself. “I don’t have a problem with gay people but why do they have to shove it down our throats?” I'd say, my words making me flinch inwardly.\n\nSo the thought of actually attending a Pride parade, let alone being open about my sexuality and getting a boyfriend was, well, terrifying. Since then, though, I’ve come out to friends and family, I’ve been in same-sex relationships and I’ve taken part in annual Pride events. Pride has become a global movement over the last 49 years, ever since the first parade in New York City to mark the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots. And events take place all across the UK, from London Pride - when more than one million people descended on the capital earlier this month - to Black Pride - an outing in Hackney celebrating LGBT people of African, Asian, Arab and Caribbean heritage. Over the summer, meanwhile, Pride-goers in Brighton will be able to dance to Kylie, while the Spice Girls' Mel C will take the stage in Bristol - and attendees of Belfast Pride will be bringing a particularly political message, as the only part of the United Kingdom that hasn't yet legalised same-sex marriage.\n\nBut while plenty of people head to Pride events to celebrate, recent news events - including the shocking attacks on a lesbian couple on a London bus and on two gay men in Liverpool, the protests in Birmingham against LGBT education and the reports of rising hate crime against transgender people in England and Wales – show why Pride is still so important for the community as it tries to protect itself and shift public attitudes.\n\nThis gloomy cloud - along with the creeping feeling that the “merch-ification” of Pride is getting out of hand - isn’t where we hoped we’d be in 2019. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots - the ceremonial beginning of the LGBT rights movement - and the 10-year anniversary of Grindr, one of several dating apps which, many experts say, has sparked a revolution in the way the LGBT community connects.\n\nSo have things actually changed for LGBT people over the last 10 years? Is it easier now to be out and proud - and to fall in love - or has the supposed social change just been superficial?\n\nTechnology has driven significant change in the LGBT community.\n\n“Online dating and hook-up apps have been an absolute win for the LGBT community,” relationship expert Dr Darcy Sterling tells BBC Three. “We no longer have to rely on ‘gaydar’ to identify gay people in a straight world. We can experiment sexually before we come out, which means that more people are able to explore their sexuality, whereas before our only option was to go to a gay bar.”\n\nApps like Grindr - often used for hook-ups - and relative newcomer Chappy, aimed at gay men looking for longer-term relationships - have been around since I started dating and, in many ways, it’s hard to imagine life without them.\n\nIn 2019, there is a wide range of apps for the LGBT community, while Tinder has just launched an \"orientation\" feature which allows users to select up to three sexual orientation labels they identify with. Along with Instagram - the perfect place for posting thirst traps and flirting via DM - these platforms are often the easiest way to meet potential partners.\n\nLooks like this post is no longer available from its original source. It might've been taken down or had its privacy settings changed.\n\nAlthough recent statistics on the UK LGBT dating scene are limited, research suggests that same-sex couples in the US overwhelmingly meet online, even more so than their straight peers. One recent US study suggests that nearly two-thirds of LGBT couples meet online.\n\n“I’ve found that apps are a great way to meet new and like-minded people outside my own network of friends,” says 25-year-old Oli, a sexual technology researcher. “The small dating pool in queer circles tends to mean that everyone's hooked up with everyone's ex.”\n\nBut while dating apps have made it easier to meet people, now it seems the novelty might be wearing off. “We’re absolutely starting to see dating app fatigue,” says Dr Sterling. “People will always overindulge in things that feel good - particularly when we can’t see the negative consequences.”\n\nFox, a trans activist in their 20s, has friends who’ve found love on dating apps but thinks they’re not right for everyone. “I gave Tinder a go but it didn’t work for me,” Fox says. “In the end, I got bored of swiping left - I’d rather meet my next partner in real life.”\n\nAnother important shift has been the demise of gay bars and LGBT spaces. In just over a decade, from 2006 to 2017, the number of bars, clubs and pubs for LGBT people in London dropped from 125 to 53, a net loss of 58% of venues - compared to a drop of 44% in UK nightclubs in a similar period and a 25% drop in British pubs from 2001 to 2016.\n\nSome have pointed the finger at apps, with people increasingly arranging meet-ups online, rather than looking for a partner while out and about. I’ve certainly spent plenty of late nights dancing (badly) at some of London’s gayest venues but the truth is, there are more people to connect with online than IRL.\n\nGentrification and rising rents have also been blamed for the shuttering of gay spaces, from The Black Cap in Camden - fondly remembered as the \"Palladium of Drag\" - to Soho’s lesbian Candy Bar. And now, there are concerns for the future of Birmingham’s Gay Village.\n\nThere also appears to be a growing interest in daytime, booze-free meet-ups.\n\n“LGBT people have often been through a difficult journey. Forging connections around shared interests rather than just relying on apps can help with self-acceptance,” says Matthew Todd, author of Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement. “I co-run a gay and bisexual men’s discussion group. We provide a space for people to interact away from apps and bars, sometimes for the first time.”\n\nRoughly 20 years ago, the world slowly started learning about a new trend in gay sex: chemsex. The phenomenon, which sees men who have sex with men taking drugs to enhance their sexual performance and pleasure, really took off with the advent of gay dating apps, according to drug charity Addaction.\n\nIn fact, a 2014 survey of more than 1,000 gay men in three south London boroughs, found one in five respondents had engaged in chemsex in the past five years, and one in 10 had done so in the past four weeks. And earlier this year, a Global Drug Survey report of 22,000 people worldwide, found people in the UK were more likely to combine drugs with sex than those in the US, Canada, Australia or Europe - and that gay men were 1.6 times as likely as heterosexual men to have used drugs to specifically enhance sexual pleasure in the past year.\n\nAnd while some have wondered whether there’s been an element of moral panic in reporting on chemsex, it’s hard to deny that a problem persists. Log in to Grindr and if you know what you're looking for, you'll find profiles sprinkled with this drug-based, in-app language, such as the capital letter T (meth’s street name Tina).\n\nGrindr has taken steps to address the buying, selling and promoting of drugs on its platform and encourages users to report suspicious activities. “While we are constantly improving upon this process, it is important to remember that Grindr is an open platform,” a spokesperson told NBC News last August.\n\n“Most gay and bisexual men don’t take drugs but it’s impossible to deny that there’s a serious drug problem in our community,” says Matthew.\n\nLike almost everyone who’s ever used a dating app, I’ve certainly felt pressure to lose weight, to be more muscular and to find my most flattering thirst trap angles. There’s nothing like scrolling through profile after profile of ripped, perfectly toned bodies to send you racing to the gym in a sweaty, self-conscious panic.\n\nFor LGBT people, the pressure to conform to body image standards can be particularly intense, with one survey of 5,000 readers of a gay magazine suggesting that 84% of respondents felt under intense pressure to have a good body. And we know that eating disorders disproportionately affect some segments of the community.\n\n“Hook-up apps have certainly made the problem of objectification worse,” says Matthew. “In the past, we didn’t have so many images to judge ourselves or others by. Now it can feel like there’s a never-ending search for the perfect body.”\n\nRacism within the LGBT community is another issue that is starting to be talked about more openly. Recent research by the charity Stonewall highlighted the scale of the problem, with half of the BAME LGBT people surveyed saying they’ve faced discrimination or poor treatment from the wider community. The situation is even worse for black LGBT people, with 61% saying they’d experienced discrimination from others.\n\nIn particular, some Grindr users have been accused of racist behaviour on the platform and last year the company launched a campaign, Kindr, encouraging its users to be nicer to each other.\n\nYusuf, 29, knows too well how pervasive racism can be in the LGBT dating scene.\n\n“Being South Asian, I’ve had my fair share of incidents on dating apps, mainly racist slurs from white gay men whose messages I hadn’t answered.\n\n“Other times I’d get the opposite reaction - white guys would message me solely because they had a fetish for brown guys. I met up with one guy and within the first five minutes he told me that he was a self-confessed 'curry muncher'. The date didn’t last very long after that.”\n\nSo what, if anything, can be done?\n\n“Racism in the queer community didn't come about because of apps - it's always been there,” says Yusuf. “ I think it's unfair to pass the blame on to dating apps and expect them to come up with a one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, we should be asking white gay men why they think it's still ok to call a queer person of colour a racial slur? Until we know that, I don't think much is going to change.”\n\nThe situation for trans people is very different than 10 years ago, too. But despite increased visibility and media representation, prejudice and hostility are still rife.\n\nThese tensions translate to the dating sphere with trans people reportedly finding themselves either facing abuse or fetishisation. Transgender model and activist Kenny, 25, says that this forms the backdrop to his dating life. “It can be hard to find people who are genuinely interested in me, rather than just me being trans,” he says. “I’ve also had men who are struggling with their sexuality tell me they’re ‘willing to date me because I’m somewhere in the middle', because I present to the world as male. It’s so offensive.”\n\nThere are also reports of trans users suddenly finding themselves blocked on online platforms. Kenny says he knows a lot of trans people this has happened to and that they suspect that transphobic users are behind it. “When I started using apps, I put that I was trans prominently in my bio because I thought it would be easier than my account getting blocked or deactivated every other day,” he says.\n\nHannah, who works as a computer programmer, says she was permanently banned from a dating app in July 2018 “due to a violation of community guidelines” and although she isn’t completely sure it was because she is transgender, she thinks it might have played a role - especially after chatting with friends who have been through a similar experience.\n\n“I am a regular person seeking to meet other people, for regular relationships, and the fact that I am not straight or cisgender should have nothing to do with that,” Hannah wrote in her complaint to the app, seen by BBC Three.\n\nIn response to similar claims made in an article for Vice about trans people banned from Tinder, a spokesperson said: “We stand behind our pledge to make sure no one is ever removed from Tinder simply because of their gender. Tinder has made a firm commitment to inclusivity, and in November 2016, we rolled out our More Genders update in an effort to further demonstrate to our users that everyone is welcome on the app.\"\n\nLGBT Brits - apart from those in Northern Ireland - also have another path to navigate when they hit someone up for a date these days: the prospect that it could end with you both walking down the aisle. The legalisation of same-sex marriage in England, Wales and Scotland in 2014 - along with roughly 20 other countries between 2009 and 2019 - has seen tens of thousands of same-sex couples getting hitched.\n\nSo does this focus on #weddinggoals represent a break with the priorities of the past for the LGBT community and an embrace of tradition?\n\nDr Sterling, who married her wife in the US in 2009, recognises that same-sex marriage could be viewed as injecting an element of conservatism into queer culture.\n\n“I know some activists don’t love the direction that gay marriage resulted in,” she says. “They envisioned the gay movement as a sexual liberation that would change the way we define family and love. They see marriage as a social construct that’s opposed to its protest spirit.”\n\nBut for Dr Sterling the decision was simple. “I didn’t marry my wife out of a wish to adhere to heterosexual norms or make a public commitment to monogamy. I married her because I love her,” she says.\n\nFinding love isn’t easy for anyone but the pressures LGBT people face can make it even more of a minefield. Personally, I’ve been shouted at for holding hands and kissing in public - a horrible thing to go through but nothing compared to the abuse and violence others face on a regular basis. That - coupled with the years of painful repression that comes from spending your formative years hiding your true self - means it can be tough to form and navigate relationships.\n\nFrom tech to same-sex marriage, things are obviously very different compared with 10 years ago but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re always easier. LGBT relationships will, no doubt, continue to be messy and complicated but let’s hope that in another 10 years we’ll at least be able to live and love as ourselves - fully and without fear.", "The display marks events such as the large festival taking place in London\n\nLego builders say they have created the \"smallest Pride parade\" as events take place around the world.\n\nThe model in Birmingham uses more than 1.5 million Lego pieces to depict crowds in the city cheering on floats with themes including the Wizard of Oz.\n\nMichelle Thompson who made the display at the Legoland Discovery Centre said she hoped to create the real event's \"enthusiastic spirit of togetherness\".\n\nThose taking part will celebrate 50 years since the Stonewall uprising in New York, which changed the face of the gay rights movement.\n\nMs Thompson said: \"I have really enjoyed working on this model, as I think it brings to life exactly what Pride is about - people from across the world coming together to celebrate love, friendship and happiness.\"\n\nThe display, which includes 78 figures, is at Arena Birmingham.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Up to 1.5 million people have been on the streets of London for the Pride parade, organisers said.\n\nStarting at Portland Place, the parade went across Oxford Circus and down Regent Street before arriving at Whitehall via Trafalgar Square.\n\nThis year's event celebrated 50 years since the first Stonewall uprising in New York.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said he hoped it would be the biggest Pride event to have been held in London.\n\nMore than 30,000 people from 600 groups, organisations and businesses were taking part in the event, which this year has a theme of Pride Jubilee.\n\nThe Red Arrows carried out a flypast at 13:25 BST.\n\nSinger Sam Smith was seen having fun at the parade\n\nOrganisers said they expected 1.5 million people to attend this year's event and although it is hard to say whether that estimate is accurate, all the streets are rammed full of partygoers.\n\nAlthough the focal point of Pride in London is the main parade that runs from Oxford Street straight down to Whitehall, the celebrations have spread out right across central London, creating a real festival vibe.\n\nOn the streets of Soho, there is standing room only as friends congregate and chat while the sound systems blare music out.\n\nJust down the road in Trafalgar Square, revellers wearing an array of colourful outfits are taking turns to parade down a mini catwalk - a pink carpet thrown down on the road.\n\nAt a nearby traffic light, a drag artist wearing an outfit fit for a Disney princess graciously posed for endless photos with tourists, while other revellers were decked out in their finest and most colourful outfits.\n\nThe parade was due to finish at 17:00, however from the look and sound of things it will be a long time before the celebration dies down.\n\nDon Pepper, who was at London's first pride event said it was very different then.\n\n\"There was no dressing up, there was no drag - it was just everyone dressed normally,\" he said, adding that there were probably about 1,000 people marching then.\n\n\"There was abuse from cars whereas now people cheer you on, but then they would tell you to disappear.\n\n\"There wasn't any entertainment afterwards, we just sat down and had a picnic and that was it.\"\n\nUpdate 2nd October 2019: This article has been amended to make clear that estimated attendance figures came from organisers.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Iran insists that it is not seeking to overturn the nuclear deal\n\nIt has taken just a little over a year since the Trump administration abandoned the international nuclear deal with Iran, known as the JCPOA, for Tehran itself to challenge the agreement.\n\nIts decision to intentionally breach the 300kg ceiling for the stock of low-enriched uranium that it can hold is but the first step of several that it is threatening.\n\nHowever, Tehran insists it is not seeking to overturn the nuclear deal itself. It just wants to be treated fairly under its terms.\n\nIran's case is that it has, all along, abided by the terms of the agreement. And Iran's \"good behaviour\" has been independently verified by the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).\n\nBut now Iran is saying enough is enough. It has stuck to its side of the bargain but the Americans have not only walked away from the deal, they have re-imposed sanctions and are trying to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to trade with Tehran.\n\nThis policy of \"maximum pressure\" is acknowledged by the Trump administration. Its goal, its spokesmen insist, is to force Iran to the table to negotiate what in US terms would be a \"better\" deal.\n\nBut Mr Trump's critics argue that what his administration wants is more capitulation rather than negotiation. There is a strong whiff of regime change about some of Mr Trump's key advisers.\n\nIran - if you accept that it was behind recent attacks in the Gulf as the Americans insist - has already sought to push back against US pressure. It has many ways of doing so.\n\nAnd the fear is that the potential breakdown of the nuclear deal will not only encourage Iran to resume worrying nuclear activities, but it may also risk some kind of conflict in the Gulf, intentional or otherwise.\n\nSo the stakes surrounding the nuclear deal are huge. And this is going to condition many countries' responses to what is happening. There are already differences between Washington and its key European allies - Britain, France and Germany - who remain strong supporters of the nuclear deal and want to see it continue.\n\nCertainly they worry about many of Iran's regional activities and they share the Trump administration's concerns about Iran's active missile programmes.\n\nBut they believe that the JCPOA, whatever faults it may have had, contained one essential benefit.\n\nIt took the nuclear issue out of the game at least for the immediate future. It \"kicked the can down the road\". It did not resolve the disputes over Iran's past activities or place permanent restrictions on what it could do in this field. But it averted a crisis.\n\nRemember, before the deal was agreed in 2015, there were real fears of a possible US or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear infrastructure.\n\nBritain, France and Germany remain strong supporters of the nuclear deal\n\nIran is making a point. It says that breaching the low-enriched uranium threshold is not in contravention of the JCPOA deal.\n\nIndeed its text, at Iran's insistence, does contain wording to the effect that if others breach the deal's terms then Iran will feel able to do the same. That of course may not be how the other signatories see things. They may argue you are either in the agreement or - like the United States - you choose to leave it.\n\nIran's pressure tactic is intended to push the Europeans in particular to do more to relieve the US economic pressure that is building up. The EU has developed a special payments system - dubbed in Euro-speak INSTEX - to try to help facilitate trade in humanitarian supplies, which in any case are not covered by the sanctions. Deals here have been made more difficult because of many banks' reluctance to risk US action.\n\nBut INSTEX will not help with the key sectors of Iran's economy that are suffering the greatest pain, like the oil industry. Most independent experts say that INSTEX has been slow to get going and is unlikely to make a significant difference. It is largely about the Europeans sending diplomatic signals to Tehran.\n\nBut this may no longer be enough. At the end of the day it is, after all, individual companies that must decide to trade with Iran, not governments And if they have business in the US they are going to be wary of trading with Tehran.\n\nRussia and China are also deeply uneasy about the US position and would prefer the nuclear deal to remain in place. So the US does not have many friends here beyond Saudi Arabia and Israel, which have their own issues with Tehran.\n\nPresident Hassan Rouhani stressed that Iran was not pulling out of the nuclear deal\n\nThe next high stakes moment may come in just under a week when Iran is threatening to take further actions to breach the terms of the agreement. It has suggested that one of these might be to increase the level of enrichment from the current 3.67% to around 20%.\n\nThis will be a much bigger drama. Uranium enrichment is all about stripping away atoms of one type of uranium to boost the concentration of another type, or isotope, which can power a nuclear chain reaction.\n\nIf you take this enrichment to a 20% level you are in fact about 90% of the way to having material suitable for a bomb. There are many other things Iran could do to up the stakes but taking enrichment levels to 20% would send alarm bells around the world and would make it very difficult for the Europeans to keep supporting the nuclear deal.\n\nThe JCPOA has long been described as being on life-support. So a serious shock to the system could sweep it away with uncertain consequences. That spark could come from the Iranians effectively overturning it themselves or it could come from the Middle East, where Iran or its proxy forces and the US military operate, sometimes in close proximity.\n\nThe Syrian front too is a factor. Israel is engaged there in an air campaign against the Iranian military build-up in the country.\n\nThere have been some unusually intense Israeli air attacks recently near Homs and Damascus. Anything that goes wrong, any increase in tension could feed back into the nuclear debate and vice-versa.\n\nIran clearly believes the pressure can be relieved in some way. But it may be mistaken. President Trump is doing everything he can to ensure the JCPOA's demise.\n\nThe Iran nuclear deal is facing its most fundamental challenge yet and what Iran does over the next week or so could well seal its fate.\n• None What would a US-Iran conflict look like?", "The BBC is recognised by audiences in the UK and around the world as a provider of news that you can trust. Our website, like our TV and radio services, strives for journalism that is accurate, impartial, independent and fair.\n\nOur editorial values say: \"The trust that our audience has in all our content underpins everything that we do. We are independent, impartial and honest. We are committed to achieving the highest standards of accuracy and impartiality and strive to avoid knowingly or materially misleading our audiences.\n\n\"Our commitment to impartiality is at the heart of that relationship of trust. In all our output we will treat every subject with an impartiality that reflects the full range of views. 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Video, 00:00:53Liz Truss: I'm not desperate to get back into No 10", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nAmerican 15-year-old Coco Gauff saved two match points in another astonishing display to extend her dream Wimbledon run into the last 16.\n\nA packed Centre Court, enchanted by the teen who knocked out five-time champion Venus Williams, saw her beat Slovenian Polona Hercog 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-5.\n\nAfter double-faulting to hand Hercog the first set, Gauff was staring at defeat at 5-2 in the second.\n\nBut she pulled back to force a tie-break and snatched another famous win.\n\n\"I always knew I could come back whatever the score was,\" Gauff, who will face Romanian former world number one Simona Halep next, told BBC television.\n\n\"The crowd was amazing. Even when I was down match point they were still cheering me on.\"\n• None How day five at Wimbledon unfolded\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nFrom the moment she arrived in London, Gauff has been doing things her way - and in style.\n\nFirst, she was the youngest player to qualify for Wimbledon in the Open era, then she became the youngest player to reach the last 32 since 1991.\n\nAfter stunning one of her idols Williams 6-4 6-4 in the first round, and then proving it was no fluke with another straight-set win over former Wimbledon semi-finalist Magdalena Rybarikova, Gauff became the story of the championships.\n\nSuch was the interest in her that this third-round match - which on paper was a qualifier against an unseeded player - ended up on Centre Court, one of the sport's biggest stages.\n\nAnd it more than justified the decision.\n\nTrailing by a double break in the second set, Gauff was heading for the exit door. Facing two match points, she had one foot out of it.\n\nBut if there was any doubt over the mental strength of this youngster, she answered it - saving one match point with a bold, line-kissing winner, before Hercog double-faulted on the other.\n\nShe must have sensed it was going to be her day when a lucky net cord in the tie-break edged her ahead - and she held her nerve in a who-will-blink-first rally on set point, then unleashed the forehand winner that drew her level.\n\nGauff beat her chest in celebration, her mum dared to look up, and the Centre Court crowd rose to their feet with a roar.\n\nA nervy third set followed, with Gauff eventually carving out a match point after two hours 45 minutes, completing the remarkable turnaround when Hercog hit long.\n\nShe dropped her racquet and jumped up and down with her arms in the air, then put her hands behind her head in disbelief. Her mum danced with joy and the 14,000-strong crowd leapt to their feet in stunned admiration.\n\nHer exploits this week led to 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer introducing himself to her and Rafael Nadal watching her train, while her mobile phone was - in her words - \"banging\".\n\nIt will not stop now either.\n\nOnly eligible to play 10 tournaments at professional level between her 15th and 16th birthdays, Gauff seems to have chosen wisely.\n\nEven if she loses to 2018 French Open champion Halep in the next round on Monday, the teenager will take home prize money of £176,000.\n\nHer career earnings until now were £60,000.\n\n\"I can't buy a car because I can't drive,\" she said. \"Maybe I'm going to buy some hoodies.\"\n\nHer Wimbledon run so far will lift Gauff into the world's top 200, up from 313 at the start of the tournament.\n\nIf she can negotiate her way past potential opponents, such as third seed Karolina Pliskova, 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams or world number one Ashleigh Barty, she would rise even higher.\n\nAnd, whisper it quietly at this stage, no 15-year-old has ever won a Grand Slam singles title. On this showing, it is not something that would faze this one.\n\nIt was so dramatic. What an occasion.\n\nTo get to the second week in your first major is absolutely incredible. The concentration and focus from both ladies was incredible.\n\nIt was almost sweeter the way she was able to come back from two match points. To come back form such a huge deficit, to be able to change her game, and to keep her wits about her.\n\nEveryone will remember it.", "\n• Keeping the rise in global average temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius will avoid the worst impacts of climate change, scientists say. That’s compared with ‘pre-industrial’ times. The world has already warmed about 1C since then.\n• The original target for limiting the rise in global average temperature. Recent research points to 1.5 degrees being a far safer limit.\n• The current likely rise in average global temperature by the year 2100 if countries keep their promises to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, which are driving climate change.\n• A prediction of the likely rise in average temperature by 2100 if no further action is taken. This would see major sea-level rise, with many coastal areas becoming uninhabitable, as well as regular severe heatwaves and massive disruption to agriculture.\n• An action that helps cope with the effects of climate change - for example building houses on stilts to protect from flooding, constructing barriers to hold back rising sea levels or growing crops which can survive high temperatures and drought.\n• Stands for 'Anthropogenic Global Warming', which means the rise in temperatures caused by human activity like the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil. This produces carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases, which trap heat in the atmosphere and cause the planet to become warmer. This is in addition to changes in the climate which happen because of natural processes.\n• The Arctic Ocean freezes in winter and much of it then thaws in summer, and the area thawing has increased by 40% over the past few decades. The Arctic region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet.\n• Attribution is the process by which scientists try to explain whether climate change has made a particular weather event - like a heatwave - more likely.\n• The average temperature of the world is calculated with the help of temperature readings taken from weather stations, satellites and ships and buoys at sea. Currently it stands at 14.9C.\n• Stands for 'Bio Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage'. It's the name for a system in which crops are grown (which draws in carbon dioxide from the air) and when they are burned to make electricity, carbon emissions are captured and then stored. Scientists see this is a key way to keep the lights on while not adding to global warming, but the technology is in its infancy.\n• A fuel derived from renewable, biological sources, including crops such as maize, palm oil and sugar cane, and some forms of agricultural waste.\n• Biomass is plant or animal material used to produce energy or as raw materials for other products. The simplest example is cow dung; another is compressed wood pellets, which are now used in some power stations.\n• Carbon is a chemical element which is sometimes described as a building block for all life on Earth because it is found in most plant and animal life. It is also found in fuels like petrol, coal and natural gas, and when burned, is emitted as a gas called carbon dioxide.\n• The trapping and removal of carbon dioxide gas from the air. The gas can then be reused, or injected into deep underground reservoirs. Carbon capture is sometimes referred to as geological sequestration. The technology is currently in its infancy.\n• Carbon dioxide is a gas in the Earth's atmosphere. It occurs naturally and is also a by-product of human activities such as burning fossil fuels. It is the principal greenhouse gas produced by human activity.\n• The amount of carbon emitted by an individual or organisation in a given period of time, or the amount of carbon emitted during the manufacture of a product.\n• A process where there is no net release of carbon dioxide (CO2). For example, growing biomass takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, while burning it releases the gas again. The process would be carbon neutral if the amount taken out and the amount released were identical. A company or country can also achieve carbon neutrality by means of carbon offsetting. The phrase 'net zero' has the same meaning.\n• Carbon offsetting is most commonly used in relation to air travel. It allows passengers to pay extra to help compensate for the carbon emissions produced from their flight. The money is then invested in environmental projects - like planting trees or installing solar panels - which reduce the carbon dioxide in the air by the same amount. Some activists have criticised carbon offsetting as an excuse to continue polluting, arguing that it does little to change behaviour.\n• Anything which absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits. In nature, the main carbon sinks are rainforests, oceans and soil.\n• Stands for ‘Carbon Capture and Utilisation’. This consists of using technology to draw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into products like biofuels and plastics.\n• A pattern of change affecting global or regional climate, as measured by average temperature and rainfall, and how often extreme weather events like heatwaves or heavy rains happen. This variation may be caused by both natural processes and by humans. Global warming is an informal term used to describe climate change caused by humans.\n• Climate models are computer simulations of how the atmosphere, oceans, land, plants and ice behave under various levels of greenhouse gases. This helps scientists come up with projections for what Earth will be like as global warming continues. The models do not produce exact predictions, but instead suggest ranges of possible outcomes.\n• Climate negotiations take place every year as the United Nations brings governments together to discuss action to stop climate change. The goal is usually a collective agreement to reduce carbon emissions by certain dates. The latest of these is the Paris Agreement of 2015 which set the targets of limiting warming to 2C or 1.5C if possible. Negotiations are always difficult because many countries are heavily dependent on fossil fuels and worry about the effects of any change on their economies.\n• Means carbon dioxide, a naturally occurring gas which is also a major product of human activity such as burning fossil fuels. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means more heat is retained, causing the planet to warm up.\n• Stands for 'Conference of the Parties'. It is the name for the annual UN negotiations on climate change under what is called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (see UNFCCC). The aim is to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate.\n• A UN climate summit was held in Copenhagen in 2009 which descended into acrimony and ended with countries only agreeing a non-binding accord that climate change was \"one of the greatest challenges of the present day\". The event is widely regarded as one of the least productive since climate negotiations began.\n• Coral bleaching refers the change in colour of coral reefs when the ocean temperature rises above a certain level, forcing the corals to eject the algae they normally co-exist with - this turns them white. Coral can recover if the water cools, but lasting damage can be done if it remains too hot.\n• The clearing of forests to make way for farming such as soy crops to feed livestock or palm oil for consumer products. This releases significant levels of carbon dioxide as trees are burned.\n• Climate deniers believe that climate change is only taking place because of natural processes and that human activity has no role. They dispute the work of many thousands of experts around the world, whose research has been peer-reviewed and published and is based on research stretching back more than a century.\n• Emissions are any release of gases such as carbon dioxide which cause global warming, a major cause of climate change. They can be small scale in the form of exhaust from a car or methane from a cow, or larger-scale such as those from coal-burning power stations and heavy industries.\n• Extreme weather is any type of unusual, severe or unseasonal weather. Examples could be major heat waves, with temperature records broken, extended droughts as well as cold spells and heavier than usual rainfall. Scientists predict that extreme weather will become more common as the world becomes warmer.\n• In a feedback loop, rising temperatures change the environment in ways that affect the rate of warming. Feedback loops can add to the rate of warming or reduce it. As the Arctic sea-ice melts, the surface changes from being a bright reflective white to a darker blue or green, which allows more of the Sun’s rays to be absorbed. So less ice means more warming and more melting.\n• Fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas were formed when tiny plants and animals flourished in the ancient past, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere, before dying and being crushed over millions of years. When burned, they release carbon dioxide.\n• Geo-engineering is any technology which could be used to halt or even reverse climate change. Examples range from extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it underground, to more far-fetched ideas such as deploying vast mirrors in space to deflect the Sun's rays. Some scientists say geo-engineering may prove essential because not enough is being done to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Others warn that the technologies are unproven and could have unforeseen consequences.\n• Usually a reference to temperature averaged across the entire planet.\n• The steady rise in global average temperature in recent decades, which experts say is mostly caused by human-produced greenhouse gas emissions. The long-term trend continues upwards with 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 being the warmest years on record.\n• Green energy, sometimes called renewable energy, is generated from natural, replenishable sources. Examples are wind and solar power as well as biomass, made from compressed wood pellets.\n• Natural and human-produced gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and warm the surface. The Kyoto Protocol restricts emissions of six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, perfluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, and sulphur hexafluoride.\n• The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows up the east coast of the United States and across the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists believe Europe would be significantly cooler without it. There is a fear that the stream could be disrupted if rising temperatures melt more polar ice, bringing an influx of freshwater.\n• A hydrocarbon is a substance consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. The major fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas - are hydrocarbons and as such, are the main source of emissions linked to climate change.\n• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific body established by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization. Its role is to examine and assess the latest scientific research into climate change. Its report in 2018 warned that the rise in global temperatures should be limited to 1.5C to avoid dangerous impacts.\n• A jetstream is a narrow band of fast-flowing air at high altitude which acts as major influence on the weather. Jetstreams could be disrupted by warming in polar regions, and this may make extreme weather like Europe’s hot summer of 2018 more common.\n• A set of rules agreed at Kyoto in Japan in 1997, in which 84 developed countries agreed to reduce their combined emissions by 5.2% of their level in 1990.\n• A term used to describe people who believe that climate change is real, and being driven by human activity, but that its effects will not be as bad as predicted by scientists.\n• Methane is a gas which traps about 30 times more heat than carbon dioxide. It is produced by human activity from agriculture – cows emit large amounts – as well as waste dumps and leaks from coal mining. Methane is also emitted naturally from wetlands, termites and wildfires. One big concern is that carbon held in frozen ground in arctic regions will be released as methane as temperatures rise and the ground thaws. This could cause extra, unpredictable global warming.\n• Action that will reduce human-driven climate change. This includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by switching to renewable power, or capturing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere by planting forests.\n• A term used to describe any process where there is no net release of carbon dioxide (CO2). For example, growing biomass takes CO2 out of the atmosphere, while burning it releases the gas again. The process would be net zero if the amount taken out and the amount released were identical. A company or country can also achieve net zero by means of carbon offsetting. Net zero processes or manufactured items are sometimes also describbed as being 'carbon neutral'.\n• The ocean absorbs approximately a quarter of human produced carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, which helps to reduce the effect of climate change. However, when the CO2 dissolves in seawater, carbonic acid is formed. Carbon emissions from industry in the last 200 years have already begun to alter the chemistry of the world’s oceans. If this trend continues, marine creatures will find it harder to build their shells and skeletal structures, and coral reefs will be killed off. This would have serious consequences for people who rely on them as fishing grounds.\n• The ozone layer is part of Earth's high atmosphere which contains a large concentration of gas molecules comprising three oxygen atoms called ozone. Ozone helps filter out harmful ultraviolet light from the Sun, which can increase the risk of skin cancer. In the 1980s and 1990s, industrial gases called chlorofluorocarbons (or CFCs) were banned because they damaged the ozone layer. These gases are also potent greenhouse gases, contributing to global warming.\n• An abbreviation for 'parts per million', used to describe the concentration of a gas such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested in 2007 that the world should aim to stabilise greenhouse gas levels at 450 ppm CO2 equivalent in order to avert dangerous climate change. Some scientists, and many of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, argue that the safe upper limit is 350ppm. Modern levels of CO2 broke through 400ppm (at the Mauna Loa Laboratory in Hawaii) in 2013, and continue to climb at about 2-3ppm per year.\n• Scientists use a baseline with which to compare the modern rise in temperatures on Earth. The baseline often quoted is 1850-1900, and global temperatures have risen by about 1C since then. The reality, of course, is that industry actually got going much earlier, but there is nonetheless a perceptible uptick in the levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by 1850-1900 and the period is deemed therefore to be a useful marker.\n• Normally refers to energy sources such as biomass (such as wood and biogas), the flow of water, geothermal (heat from within the earth), wind, and solar.\n• Describes how the climate change may suddenly change after passing a 'tipping point', making it even harder to stop or reverse. In 2018, the IPCC said that global emissions must be reduced by 45% by 2030, and to net zero by 2050 to have 50% chance of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C this century.\n• Sea-ice is found in polar regions. It grows in extent and thickness in autumn and winter, and melts in spring and summer. The amount of sea-ice in the Arctic is seen as a key indicator of climate trends because the region is warming faster than most other locations on Earth. The smallest ever extent (in the satellite era) of Arctic sea-ice was recorded in September 2012. The 3.41 million square kilometers was 44% below the 1981-2010 average.\n• Rising sea levels are predicted to be one of the most drastic impacts of climate change. In this context, there are two main causes for sea-level rise: (1) the expansion of seawater as the oceans warm; and (2) the run-off into the ocean of water from melting ice sheet and glaciers. Current sea levels are about 20cm higher on average than they were in 1900. Year on year, sea levels are presently going up by just over 3mm.\n• Sustainability means consuming the planet's resources at a rate at which they can be replenished. It's sometimes known as 'sustainable development'. Types of renewable energy such as solar or wind power are described as sustainable, while using wood from managed forests where trees are replanted according to how many are cut down is another example.\n• Describes how the climate may suddenly change after passing a ‘tipping point’, making it even harder to stop or reverse. Scientists say it is urgent that policy-makers halve global carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 or risk triggering changes that could be irreversible.\n• Stands for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This is an international treaty, signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, which stated that countries should work to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to avoid dangerous climate change.", "The Caernarfon Show has been taking place since the late 19th Century\n\nConcerns about equine flu has led organisers to cancel an annual agricultural show.\n\nThe Caernarfon Show was due to take place this weekend at Wern Ddu Fields, but a number of exhibitors pulled out due fears for horses' health.\n\nEarlier in the week five animals from Bwlchgwyn in Wrexham tested positive for the highly contagious disease.\n\nChairman of the show Peter Rutherford said it was \"an incredibly difficult thing to do\".\n\n\"This show's a very old show, we've been running since about 1882\".\n\nPeter Rutherford said it would have been \"irresponsible\" to go ahead with the show\n\n\"You feel that weight of responsibility, we felt it could easily spread and we have competitors coming in from other parts of the UK.\n\n\"It was not an easy decision to make given all the preparation gone on over the last year or so.\"\n\nThe event involves horse shows and displays, sheep competitions, dog displays and trade stands.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio Wales, Mr Rutherford, who has been involved with the show for 20 years, said: \"It [equine flu] can spread very quickly between animals and horses, there was the outbreak with the racehorses.\n\n\"There are various strains, you can't inoculate against them all... in very young and very old horses, it can prove fatal.\n\n\"It would have been very irresponsible for us to consider running it given the circumstances.\"\n\nHe said it was \"quite soul-destroying\", given the weather was meant to be \"perfect\".\n\nFive horses have recently tested positive for the flu\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Crusaders on the verge of 'special' history", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Who are the people who will choose the next prime minister?\n\nConservative Party members have begun voting for their new leader as Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt continue to make their pitches for the top job.\n\nThe party's 160,000 or so members have started receiving their ballot papers to choose the next prime minister.\n\nAt a hustings in County Durham, Mr Johnson announced that as prime minister he would launch a review into setting up free ports across the UK.\n\nAnd Mr Hunt has won the backing of former prime minister Sir John Major.\n\nSir John, who opposes Brexit, said he could not vote for someone who had \"misled the country\" and the UK needed a \"serious leader for serious times\".\n\nThe winner of the contest is to be announced on 23 July and will take over from Theresa May a day later.\n\nThe two candidates have been facing questions from members in Darlington before travelling to an evening event in Perth, Scotland.\n\nAs they did so, Conservative members - including many MPs - posted messages on social media of their ballot papers.\n\nSupporters of Mr Johnson, the former Mayor of London and foreign secretary, urged people to return their papers as soon as possible.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Nadine Dorries This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by James Cleverly MP This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe first, and as yet, only confirmed head-to-head TV debate between the two men, will take place on Tuesday 9 July.\n\nSetting out his plans to bring more jobs and investment to the North East, Mr Johnson signalled his backing for free ports - small free-trade zones, sometimes called special economic zones, in which the normal tax and tariff rules of the country in which they are based do not apply.\n\nBoris Johnson was in Darlington for his latest hustings\n\nThe ex-foreign secretary said they would be \"an excellent way to boost businesses and trade in regions that Westminster has neglected to pay attention to for far too long\".\n\nMr Johnson dismissed claims that Downing Street sought to withhold sensitive information from him. He told activists he was \"extremely dubious about the provenance of the story\", claiming it was \"not true\".\n\nWhen asked to give a time in his political life when he had set aside self-interest for the benefit of the country, he replied it was \"obviously possible to make more money by not being a full-time politician\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Britain's next prime minister: what young Tories made of Hunt and Johnson\n\nHe also said becoming prime minister would mean he might be unable to complete a book he has been writing.\n\n\"I will be depriving myself of the joy of completing that work on Shakespeare as fast as I would like,\" he said.\n\nAt the same event, Mr Hunt was asked for the last time he had let someone down.\n\n\"I fear I'm letting down Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe every single day she remains in jail,\" he replied.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe British-Iranian woman was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.\n\nMr Hunt, who also promised to undertake a review of spirits duty to help the \"Scotch whisky boom\", has won the endorsement of one of the Conservatives' two living ex-prime ministers.\n\nSir John Major told the BBC's Hardtalk show \"we need a serious leader for serious times\".\n\n\"I cannot vote for someone who is part of the Brexit campaign that misled the country so I will offer my vote for Jeremy Hunt,\" he said.\n\nAsked if he trusted Mr Johnson he said, \"I don't know him very well but I do find that many of the things that have been said by Boris Johnson and by many others to be in conflict with reality as I understand it.\".", "Two men - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - are competing to take over from Theresa May as the next leader of the Conservative Party and the UK's next prime minister. They've been out and about trying to win the votes of party members who will decide on the winner. With less than three weeks to go until the result, what's been happening over the past seven days of campaigning?\n\nOver the course of a week, the candidates clocked up hundreds of miles to address party members at six hustings from Exeter to Carlisle.\n\nOn Tuesday, the would-be leaders spoke to party members in Belfast who were keen to grill them on their plans for the Irish border.\n\nThere are only about 500 members of the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland, but they have a disproportionate significance when it comes to Brexit.\n\nThat's because after Brexit, the 310-mile border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will become the only land border between the UK and the European Union.\n\nTo try to put a fiendishly complicated issue in the simplest terms possible...\n\nEU rules say there must be checks at its borders with non-EU countries.\n\nBut, with the shadow of decades of violent conflict around the Irish border at the forefront of their minds, all sides agree that no visible border can be reinstated.\n\nConservative MPs have repeatedly rejected the Irish backstop - the insurance policy which would keep the UK aligned to the EU's rules and halt the need for a border if no other solution is found.\n\nThe BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg says both candidates have been taking what could be described as a \"cross-your-fingers\" approach to this puzzle.\n\nMr Hunt told party members in Belfast the backstop would have to \"change or it has to go\", if he becomes prime minister.\n\nMr Johnson said he would solve the border issue, \"where it belongs\", ie after the UK has left the EU when the two negotiate a future trade deal.\n\nMaking good on either of those promises will be a challenge.\n\nThe EU has said it is not willing to agree a deal without a backstop and so far, there has been no sign it will agree to a time limit - the main change hoped for by many Tory MPs.\n\nOn Wednesday, Boris Johnson moved away from Brexit to more domestic concerns.\n\nNewspaper headlines called them \"sin taxes\" and suggested Boris Johnson wanted to get rid of them. It was quickly assumed that this included taxes on cigarettes and alcohol, but in reality it seemed Mr Johnson was mostly talking about taxes on sugary food and drinks.\n\nA levy on certain sugary drinks is already in force and ministers have been working away at extending this to milkshakes.\n\nMr Johnson said he would suspend the progress of any further taxes until the evidence had been looked at again because he claims such taxes target the less well-off.\n\nBut Jeremy Hunt - who used to be health secretary - described his plans as \"confused\".\n\nThe sugar tax on certain drinks has proved successful insofar as it has driven many manufacturers to change their recipes. The government claims 45,000,000kg of sugar has been taken out.\n\nThose that haven't reduced their products' sugar content, like Coca-Cola, are paying more tax which is being funnelled into school sport and breakfast clubs.\n\nA sum of £26bn - that's the pot of money the candidates have said they'll use to fund their plans to shake up the tax system, at the cost of at least £10bn.\n\nThe government sets itself rules for how much it can borrow and it currently has £26bn of \"fiscal headroom\" before it hits that ceiling - more money to play with than originally expected.\n\nThis extra money has been set aside by the chancellor for no-deal Brexit planning.\n\nBoth candidates say they will use this money in part to fund tax cuts instead.\n\nMr Johnson said he would raise the threshold for the higher rate of income tax to £80,000 at a cost of about £10bn.\n\nThe independent think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says the move would affect less than a tenth of the population, with well-off pensioners standing to benefit the most.\n\nEver keen to stress his entrepreneurial background, Mr Hunt focused his tax promises on businesses. He pledged to lower the rates companies have to pay on their profits, taking about £14bn off their bills, which would then have to be made up somewhere else.\n\nCutting corporation tax can sometimes lead to more tax take in the long run though.\n\nThe £26bn can only be spent once so it can't fund pledges to increase spending or cut taxes each year.\n\nThe pair have also made several announcements about increasing spending on public services.\n\nIn total, the IFS says Mr Hunt's tax and spending plans would cost between £37-£65bn including extra money for fishing, farming and defence.\n\nA similar calculation isn't available for Mr Johnson but he's promised to give the public sector a pay rise, hire 20,000 extra police officers and increase funding for schools.\n\nOn Monday, Chancellor Phillip Hammond warned the candidates to \"be honest\" as the policies \"greatly exceed\" the money available to them.\n\nRead more: Do Tory leadership tax plans add up?\n\nJeremy Hunt visited Chawton House, in Hampshire, which once belonged to Jane Austen's brother, to address Conservative members.\n\nLeading a country means grappling with risk and Mr Hunt showed himself willing to engage with this as he took up a slightly precarious perch on a chair to answer questions.\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Johnson spent time at the Thames Valley Police training centre and tried his hand with a battering ram.\n\nCampaigns are all about photo opportunities, but Mr Hunt had earlier enjoyed an unintentional moment in the spotlight.\n\nThe helicopter to pick him up from the hustings in Carlisle interrupted Boris Johnson as he answered a question about tackling climate change.\n\nMr Johnson joked it was a \"national scandal\" that the pair hadn't shared a ride, having initially thought the chopper was his and pledging to \"plant a shrubbery\" to offset it.\n\nAnd Mr Hunt wasn't alone in finding that the cameras can pick up more than planned.\n\nOn Sunday, Sky journalist Sophy Ridge asked Mr Johnson about his socks after he appeared to wear the same pair several days in a row.\n\nThey featured an image of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal who was \"ruthless in dealing with enemies\" and described himself as \"king of the world\", according to the British Museum.\n\nHis team told newspapers that Mr Johnson owned several pairs of the socks.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe singer and composer was known best as a pioneer of the bossa nova genre, which found international popularity in the 1960s.\n\nReports say Gilberto died at home in Rio de Janeiro after a period of illness. His son confirmed the news of his death in a Saturday Facebook post.\n\n\"His fight was noble, he tried to maintain dignity,\" Marcelo Gilberto said.\n\nBorn in the north-east state of Bahia in 1931, Gilberto began singing aged 18.\n\nHis release of the record Chega de Saudade in the late 1950s was considered a game-changer for Brazilian music.\n\nGilberto's style - mixing traditional and modern musical influences - inspired bossa nova, or new trend, music and many other artists after him.\n\nIn 1964, he famously collaborated with America saxophone player Stan Getz. Their album sold millions of copies and won international praise, including a US Grammy for Album of the year.\n\nJoão Gilberto introduced bossa nova to the world in 1958: he created a new beat, with his unique guitar style, mixing traditional samba music with modern jazz influences.\n\nHis music depicted a period of huge optimism in Brazil: an urban, industrialised country that was building a new capital and dreaming of better times.\n\nHis versions of songs like Quiet Nights and The Girl from Ipanema became standards in world music.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Piper Perabo This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFor the past decade, João Gilberto lived alone in Rio, struggling with mental health and financial issues.\n\nBernardo Araujo, a music journalist for Brazilian newspaper Globo, told AFP news agency last year his influence was \"incalculable\".\n\n\"He was the principal voice of the best known Brazilian style in the world and a revolutionary without even really meaning to be,\" Araujo said.\n\nThe influential musician had not been seen in public for several years.\n\nThe cause of his death has not yet been officially announced.", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nJohanna Konta is the only Briton left in the Wimbledon singles after staging a determined comeback against American Sloane Stephens to reach the last 16.\n\nThe 2017 semi-finalist had trailed by a set and was under pressure on her serve before regrouping to win 3-6 6-4 6-1.\n\nCompatriot Dan Evans had many chances against Portugal's Joao Sousa but lost 4-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-4 in an epic battle.\n\nFellow Briton Harriet Dart was earlier overwhelmed 6-1 6-1 by Australian world number one Ashleigh Barty.\n\nKonta will face Czech 2011 and 2014 champion Petra Kvitova for a place in the quarter-finals on Monday.\n\n\"I just kept plugging away more than anything,\" Konta told BBC television.\n\n\"I was fully prepared to not be coming back in that second set because she really was playing well. I was really pleased I could keep battling, I was pleased I could mix things up and I did a good job in getting her out of that zone.\"\n\nKonta had dominated Stephens in a 6-1 6-4 victory in the French Open quarter-finals last month, playing some of the best tennis of her career.\n\nBut the 28-year-old struggled to find her rhythm and became frustrated with herself at times against the 26-year-old American on Court One.\n\nAfter losing the first set when she netted a backhand, Konta found herself under increasing pressure on her serve in the second.\n\nShe showed glimpses of the mental negativity that has hampered her in the past, shooting glances at her coach Dimitri Zavialoff and berating herself for her wayward shots.\n\nBut she then translated that into fighting spirit in the fifth game of the second set when she was taken to deuce six times and saved three break points before eventually holding.\n\nThat proved to be the start of a comeback as she went on to break the American in the 10th game to take the set and force a decider.\n\nFrom then on she did not look back - the overcooked forehands found the lines and the head-shaking at changeovers became fist pumps as she won five games in a row from late in the second set to surge ahead in the third.\n\nAnd her victory was complete when Stephens hit long with just over two hours on the clock.\n\n\"I'm really pleased that I've been able to make it to the second week in two successive Grand Slams. I've never been able to do that before,\" Konta said.\n\nEvans had prepared for his third-round match by having a one-hour hitting session with 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer on Friday and he started well with a break in the opening game.\n\nHe continued to put Sousa's serve under pressure, carving out but failing to convert four other break points, and dominated to take the first set.\n\nHe went a break up early in the next two sets but both times allowed the Portuguese to get back into the sets with some excellent net play. Evans double-faulted to gift the second set to Sousa and then hit wide to hand over the third.\n\nEvans again broke early in the fourth and let the advantage slip but this time he clawed his way back from brink when Sousa was one game from victory, delivering a cross-court forehand winner that sent the Court One crowd to their feet.\n\nWith the light fading, the new roof was closed on the court for the fifth set, and Evans once again went a break up but let that slip in the next game.\n\nHe went match point down on his own service game and with the clock ticking just past four hours, he netted to send Sousa into a last-16 encounter with 18-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal.\n\n\"It is a hard one to take,\" Evans, 29, said. \"It's just disappointing to lose such a tight one.\"\n\nHe was keen to keep perspective, having enjoyed a successful grass-court season with two titles, and when asked how long it would take for him to get over the defeat he replied bluntly: \"About 45 minutes.\n\n\"It is not the end of the world. It just hurts but what can I do? Feeling sorry for myself isn't going to help.\"\n\nDart exits with her head held high after a tournament that marked her first back-to-back wins at tour level.\n\nThe world number 182 had said beforehand that the match against French Open champion Barty would provide her with a good measure of where her tennis was at.\n\nHaving lost 6-0 6-0 to Maria Sharapova in her last match against a high-profile player on a Grand Slam main show court at January's Australian Open, she can be comforted by the fact she got herself on the scoreboard in the 53-minute defeat by Barty.\n\nThe Australian - who has been beaten by only one player outside the world's top 10 this year - dropped just three points on serve in the first set, moving a double break up before the world number 182 was finally able to hold.\n\nDart went a double break down at the start of the second set before showing signs of her form of previous rounds, reaching four break points before allowing Barty to hold.\n\n\"It's a good learning curve for me,\" she said. \"She played great. She didn't let me in the match at all.\n\n\"It's a tough lesson to learn. It's been a great tournament for me. I should take a lot of positives from it.\"\n\nBarty, who is the first Australian to reach the women's singles fourth round at Wimbledon since 2010, said the young Briton had a bright future.\n\n\"Harriet is going to have a fantastic career. I know she will play out on Centre Court again soon,\" said the Australian, who will play American Alison Riske in the fourth round.", "The fire authority says the Liverpool Echo Arena fire will have an impact on the service for 'years to come'\n\nCuts to the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service have \"compromised\" the way it responds to emergencies, a new report has said.\n\nMerseyside Fire and Rescue Authority said it \"reluctantly accepted\" that, to make savings, it had to cut immediate overnight fire cover at six stations.\n\nIts Service Delivery Plan for 2018-2019 also stated the authority faces \"significant\" grant cuts up to 2019/20.\n\nThe Home Office said the authority had enough resources.\n\nThe report said stations in the Crosby and Eccleston areas will be fully staffed during a 12-hour day shift but at night crews will be at home, available to return to work within 30 minutes.\n\nIt added the response to an emergency will be provided \"within our standard of 10 minutes from stations that are fully staffed at night.\"\n\nAlso affected are St Helens, Newton-le-Willows, Wallasey and Liverpool City fire stations.\n\nThe Fire Brigades Union says Merseyside Fire Service did 'not have the resources' to deal with the Liverpool Echo Arena Fire\n\nThe authority said cutting night cover was \"a better option than closing fire stations\".\n\nBut it added: \"There is no doubt that the scale of the cuts we have been required to make is now beginning to compromise the way we respond to emergency incidents.\"\n\nThe Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the cuts were a \"step too far\".\n\nIt said it was deeply concerned about Eccleston where only one fire appliance coves the areas of Eccleston, St Helens and Newton le Willows from 22:00 to 08:30.\n\nThe union said it did not believe the service had the resources to cope with a Grenfell-type incident adding the effects \"could be catastrophic\".\n\nThe FBU said the fire which gutted the Liverpool Echo Arena car park on New Year's Eve confirmed its concerns, adding the service did not have the necessary resources to deal with an incident which was a \"much smaller scale than Grenfell Tower.\"\n\nThe fire authority said the Grenfell disaster resulted in \"significant attention being placed on legislative fire safety\" while the outcomes of the Echo Arena fire \"will impact\" on the service in years to come.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service will receive a core spending power of £60.1 million in 2018-19 - an increase of 0.9% compared with 2017/18.\n\n\"In March 2017, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service held £31.9 million of non-ringfenced reserves, which is equivalent to 62% of their net expenditure.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Sir John Sawers ran the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, from 2009-2014\n\nThe UK is going through a \"political nervous breakdown\", a former intelligence chief has told the BBC.\n\nSir John Sawers said the UK could have a prime minister who does \"not have the standing that we have become used to in our top leadership\" - a criticism of the two Tory leadership contenders.\n\nThe former MI6 boss was also critical of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nBoris Johnson ally Iain Duncan Smith countered Sir John's remarks, saying \"democracy may well frighten him\".\n\nSir John's intervention comes as Jeremy Hunt and Mr Johnson battle it out to be the next leader of the Conservative Party.\n\nIt also follows an article in the Times newspaper, quoting unnamed senior civil servants, which suggested Mr Corbyn was \"too frail\" to become prime minister, \"physically or mentally\".\n\nSir John said \"we will have to wait and see\" whether the next Conservative Party leader can develop the skills needed to be prime minister\n\nSpeaking on the Today programme, he said: \"We are going through a political nervous breakdown here in the UK.\n\n\"We have potential prime ministers being elected by the Conservative Party now, [and] in the shape of the leader of the opposition, who do not have the standing that we have become used to in our top leadership.\n\n\"Whether people can develop that when they become prime minister, we will have to wait and see, in terms of the candidates for the Conservative leadership.\"\n\nSir John's comments come after reports Downing Street tried to withhold sensitive intelligence from Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary.\n\nIt is understood there were concerns about Mr Johnson's ability to keep information confidential.\n\nThe Tory leadership frontrunner said the reports were \"not true\".\n\nIn the surprisingly frank exchange, Sir John said there were concerns in Whitehall about the direction the country is heading.\n\n\"I think there is a lot of anxiety as we leave the European Union, we take a huge risk to our international standing, to the strength of the British economy.\"\n\nHe said former prime minister David Cameron had been \"unwise\" to call the EU referendum in 2016, adding that it had left the country \"badly divided\" and the UK's standing in the world \"severely diminished\".\n\nSir John Sawers' views on Brexit are well-known. He's warned in the past that leaving the EU would make the UK less safe.\n\nHis intervention will have little impact on the outcome of the Conservative leadership race. Most Tory members are pro-Brexit and many will likely dismiss his opinions as more 'project fear'.\n\nBoth leadership contenders say they'd be prepared to take the UK out of the EU, deal or no deal, on Halloween.\n\nHowever if the views of the former head of MI6 are reflected in the upper echelons of the current civil service, it suggests the new prime minister won't just face resistance in Parliament, but in Whitehall too.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for an inquiry into alleged comments made by senior civil servants, claiming he was \"too frail\" to become prime minister\n\nAs well as the two would-be Tory leaders, Sir John questioned whether Jeremy Corbyn is of sufficient standing to become PM.\n\nThe Labour leader's had his own recent run-in with the civil service, after officials reportedly questioned his health and fitness to lead the country.\n\nNo matter who's in power, it seems relations between politicians and civil servants are becoming increasingly strained.\n\n\"It is not surprising that the people who have devoted themselves to serving the interests of this country are concerned about the direction in which the country is going.\"\n\nBefore the 2016 referendum Sir John said leaving the EU would make the UK \"less safe\" because it would be shut out of decisions on the \"crucial\" issue of data sharing.\n\n\"Actually I think he might be going through a political nervous breakdown,\" he told the Today programme.\n\n\"The reality is that the expression of democracy may well frighten him slightly.\"\n\nMr Corbyn's office said it would not be commenting on Sir John's remarks.", "Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nA man accused of inventing a VIP paedophile ring has said he lied about possessing indecent images of children.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, is on trial over claims he was a victim of an alleged paedophile network made up of high-profile figures from politics, the military and intelligence agencies.\n\nMr Beech, from Gloucester, claims the group sexually abused and murdered three boys in the 1970s and 1980s.\n\nHe denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nMr Beech's allegations led to a £2m Scotland Yard inquiry that ended without any arrests or charges.\n\nAmong the people he accused were former prime minister Sir Edward Heath and former home secretary Lord Brittan.\n\nWhen Northumbria Police raided Mr Beech's home, they found images of serious child sexual abuse on his computers, and that he had videoed a child urinating.\n\nHe was charged with five counts of making indecent images of children and one of voyeurism, and was due to appear in court last July.\n\nDuring his trial at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday, Mr Beech was asked why he initially denied the separate charges involving child abuse images, only to admit the offences when he was about to face an earlier trial.\n\nHe replied: \"Because I was totally ashamed of what I had done. I couldn't admit it to myself. I was in denial.\"\n\nThe court heard that while he was under investigation he went to Sweden, where he used different names.\n\nHe said he wanted to \"get away from Beech, especially after the press intrusion\", and one of the names he opted for was a family name.\n\nHowever, he could not explain why he also used another name, saying, \"I don't know what possessed me\".\n\nHe described his decision not to return to the UK to face a court hearing as \"a stupid mistake.\"\n\nHe was extradited from Sweden to Britain after he was found following a search by law enforcement agencies.\n\nHe also told the court he met Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson in 2014 or 2015, after the MP asked to see him following his allegations.\n\nDuring the trial, he refused to fully identify another alleged victim - a childhood friend he called John - who he said could corroborate his claims.\n\nHe told the court he would not reveal his surname because he did not have his permission to do so.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police attempted to contact John - who Mr Beech previously gave the pseudonym Fred - with Mr Beech agreeing to act as a go-between.\n\nOne of the charges Mr Beech faces relates to setting up a fake email account to pass on false information to the police allegedly from John.\n\nMr Beech said John considered coming forward but was concerned about how it would affect him, so never spoke to detectives. He said he has had no contact with John since September 2015.\n\nThe prosecution has claimed Mr Beech - identified in earlier media reports as \"Nick\" - is a fantasist.", "Monkstown is one of the most deprived areas in County Antrim.\n\nThe number of people with a degree or higher qualification is 8.4% lower than the Northern Ireland average.\n\nBut a local boxing club is helping young people fight back against the statistics.\n\nMonkstown Boxing Club received almost £600,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund for their #INYOURCORNER project.\n\nThe five-year project is designed to improve the health, well-being and increase the employability of young people in the area.\n\nREAD MORE: Find out how to get into boxing with the BBC Get Inspired guide.", "Stevie Wonder, pictured at a show earlier this year, reassured fans he was \"all good\"\n\nStevie Wonder will have a kidney transplant later this year, he has announced.\n\nThe singer told the crowd about his medical condition as he finished his set at British Summer Time Hyde Park.\n\nHe said he had found a donor and would perform three more shows before the operation in September, saying: \"I'm all good, I'm all good.\"\n\nFans greeted the news with a loud, supportive cheer, applauding the 69-year-old singer as he left the stage.\n\nHe had just finished playing the song Superstition when he told the crowd he wanted to prevent \"rumours\" spreading about his health.\n\n\"I'm all good, I'm all good, all good, I have a donor and it's all good,\" he said.\n\n\"I want you to know, I came here to give you my love and thank you for your love. I love you and God bless you.\"\n\nThe NHS says the most common reason for needing a transplant is kidney failure or end-stage chronic kidney disease.\n\nIt is possible to donate a kidney while still alive as people only need one kidney to survive.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Aleem Maqbool This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWonder's support act at Saturday's gig was his friend Lionel Richie.\n\nIn 2017 Wonder paid tribute to the former Commodores front man by covering Easy at his Kennedy Centre Honours ceremony.\n\nRichie later remarked: \"I got into the business because I wanted to be like Stevie Wonder, so for all of a sudden for Stevie to be singing my song, it was surreal.\"", "Kevin Spacey faces six allegations of sexual assault in the UK\n\nActor Kevin Spacey has been questioned in the US by the Metropolitan Police over sex assault allegations in the UK, according to Variety magazine.\n\nVariety said Scotland Yard detectives travelled to the US in May to interview the Oscar-winner under caution.\n\nHe faces six allegations of sexual assault in the UK between 1996 and 2013. Police said he was voluntarily interviewed - he was not arrested.\n\nSpacey faces a number of sexual assault allegations, which he denies.\n\nWhile the Metropolitan Police did not name Spacey, a spokeswoman said: \"In May 2019, a man was voluntarily interviewed under caution in America, by officers from the Met's Complex Case Team.\n\n\"He was not arrested. Inquiries are ongoing.\"\n\nSpacey, 59, was artistic director at London's The Old Vic theatre between 2004 and 2015.\n\nThe latest development emerged a day after a man who claimed Spacey groped him in the US in 2016 dropped his civil case.\n\nThe unnamed man had been seeking unspecified damages over Spacey's alleged \"explicit sexual behaviour\" at a Nantucket bar.\n\nSpacey still faces a criminal charge in the US and pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in January.\n\nOverall, Spacey has faced allegations of sexual assault from more than 30 men.\n\nThe first allegation came from the actor Anthony Rapp in November 2017.\n\nMr Rapp claimed Spacey had made sexual advances to him in 1986 when he was 14 years old and Spacey was 26.\n\nMr Spacey claimed to have no memory of the events, but publicly apologised. He has since issued an \"absolute\" denial of the other allegations that later emerged.", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nAndy Murray and Serena Williams began their blockbuster partnership with a confident win in the Wimbledon mixed doubles on a buzzing Centre Court.\n\nBritain's Murray and American Williams eased to a 6-4 6-1 win over unseeded Andreas Mies and Alexa Guarachi.\n\nThe high-profile pair had too much quality for their battling opponents and will meet 14th seeds Fabrice Martin and Raquel Atawo in the second round.\n\nBut several hours later, there were contrasting emotions for the Scot - the three-time Grand Slam singles champion - as he and 23-time major winner Williams breezed past their German-Chilean opponents in one hour and 16 minutes.\n\n\"After losing earlier in the men's doubles, all the energy is the focused now on the mix,\" Murray, 32, said. \"We played well, returned well and served well - it is a great start.\"\n\nWilliams, 37, added: \"I think it worked out well, We had never played together, so it is always a learning curve. We wanted to start fast and we take it very seriously.\"\n\nThe tantalising partnership between two of the sport's most recognisable stars has been one of the main talking points at Wimbledon since it was first mooted last week and then finally confirmed on Tuesday.\n\nAnticipation was bubbling around the grounds all day - particularly on Centre Court, where many ticket holders felt confident they were going to see Murray and Williams in tandem.\n\nThat was despite the match not being assigned to a court, and not to be played before 17:30 BST, as Wimbledon organisers waited until the picture became clearer on the main show courts before deciding where to put one of the most anticipated mixed doubles matches in years.\n\nQuick victories for Ashleigh Barty, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer on Centre left the path clear and when their impending arrival was announced, shortly after the Swiss beat France's Lucas Pouille in straight sets, the 15,000-seater arena broke out into manic cheers.\n\nMore followed when they strode out into a court together where they have enjoyed some of the finest moments of their career and the party atmosphere continued throughout a win wrapped up in fading light about 20:30 BST.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone\n\nCan Ser-Andy go all the way?\n\nFor two-time Wimbledon singles champion Murray, the high-profile partnership represents another chance to win a title at SW19, this time less than six months after having hip surgery.\n\nAs well as being two of the leading singles players of their generation, both have rich doubles pedigree and gelled together seamlessly as they thrashed unseeded pair Mies and Guarachi.\n\nWilliams won the Wimbledon mixed doubles in 1998, and has claimed six women's titles partnering older sister Venus, while Murray has also enjoyed success in the format, notably alongside his brother Jamie as they helped Britain win the 2015 Davis Cup.\n\nDespite only hitting together for the first time 24 hours earlier, the ease with which they quickly gained an understanding was an ominous sign for the rest of the field.\n\nTypically strong serving from Williams complemented Murray's returning game, while both players pounced around the net and produced some sharp volleying skills.\n\nWhile there were plenty of fun moments - notably when Williams broke into laughter as she scrambled on the floor trying to get up at the net - there was a steeliness which was to be expected by two of the game's most dogged players.\n\nA break in the opening game of the match was enough to take the first set, meaning 10 other missed chances were inconsequential, before they took four of their seven opportunities in a clinical second set.\n\n\"We're obviously here to do well, but have fun at the same time,\" Williams added.\n\nLaughing about her slip, she added: \"I was going to get back up. I saw a ball coming towards me, so I just kind of went back down. Then I couldn't get back up after that.\n\n\"So I decided to just stay down and let Andy do all the running.\"\n\nChanda Rubin, American former world number six, on BBC TV:\n\nAndy and Serena had a nice presence out there. You could see as the match went on they worked better and better together.\n\nThey started figuring each other out more, the shots each other liked to hit, complementing each other.\n\nIn the end they played some high quality tennis, served well, returns were firing and some nice moves at the net.\n\nMurray and Herbert fail to build on promising start\n\nMurray, 32, made a triumphant return when he and Herbert earned a men's doubles comeback win over Romania's Marius Copil and France's Ugo Humbert, recovering from a slow start to enthral a boisterous Court One on Thursday by winning in four sets.\n\nBut this time the mood on a packed court two, one of the smaller show courts at the All England Club, faltered as Murray and Herbert's second-round match swung in the opposite direction against Croatian sixth seeds Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor.\n\nThe partnership failed to ignite in the same way that Murray's triumphant pairing with Spain's Feliciano Lopez did at Queen's, with an almost innate understanding between doubles specialists Mektic and Skugor proving too much as they won 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2 6-3.\n\nInitially it looked as if it could be another positive outcome for Murray and Herbert, who edged an even first set after a crisp cross-court backhand winner from Murray swung the tie-break in their favour.\n\nBut 28-year-old Herbert, who has won all four Grand Slam doubles titles after success with his previous partner Nicolas Mahut, continued to struggle with his returning game in the second set and then crucially saw his serve taken for their opponents to level.\n\nFrom that point Mektic and Skugor took control as Murray and Herbert's service game waned, the Croatians breaking three more times in the next two sets to reach the third round.", "Gordon Brown will call on Labour to automatically expel members for anti-Semitism if evidence is \"irrefutable\".\n\nIn a speech in London, Labour's former prime minister will also call for an independent appeals process to keep it separate from \"Labour's hierarchy\".\n\nHe will suggest appointing a minister to tackle the issue.\n\nMr Brown will say: \"To fail to act against the abuses we have witnessed runs counter to the very principles of the Labour Party we joined.\"\n\nHis call comes after more accusations of anti-Semitism against senior members of Labour.\n\nPoliticsHome reported that Jules Rutherford, who is due to start as Labour's head of membership on Monday, shared a video on Twitter claiming anti-Semitism allegations within the the party were \"smears against the party leader\" Jeremy Corbyn.\n\nA Labour spokesperson told the news website: \"We do not comment on staffing matters.\"\n\nMr Brown will make his remarks while delivering the Isaiah Berlin Lecture in Hampstead on Sunday, calling for the changes to be made at Labour's party conference in September.\n\nHe will say the party cannot be \"less demanding and less immediate\" in its actions, especially when it already automatically expels people for other reasons - such as admitting to voting for other parties.\n\nHe is expected to say: \"To the Jewish community, we promised 'never again'. We promised that the crimes of hatred, discrimination and persecution would never recur. We promised we would offer support and protection.\n\n\"But at a time when attacks on Jewish schools have risen 100%, attacks on or near Jewish synagogues 400% and attacks are carried out on social media thousands of times over, we have not lived up to that promise.\"\n\nMr Brown said the party owed the Jewish community \"an unqualified apology\", but it would only be \"a starting point in rebuilding trust\", calling for a broad strategy, including better education in schools and stronger laws against racism in all its forms.\n\n\"We cannot go on ignoring the consequences of the upsurge in hate and hate speech, all too often in the form of sinister, anonymous and untraceable internet trolling,\" he will add.\n\n\"Opposing anti-Semitism and every manifestation of racism goes to the heart of who we are and what we stand for as Labour. It's about the moral soul of a party, whose most basic goal is a commitment to equality for all - not just for some who suffer oppression - but everyone.\"\n\nThe internal Labour row over anti-Semitism has being going on for nearly three years.\n\nHere is a guide to what has been going on.", "Not all foods are equal - some of Wales' best known food and drink are protected by the EU\n\nWelsh food producers have \"major concerns\" their brands will not be safeguarded under a no-deal Brexit.\n\nSome of Wales' best known food and drinks - including Welsh lamb, laverbread and Caerphilly cheese - are protected by the EU's Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status.\n\nHowever, the UK government has warned there are no guarantees that will continue after leaving the EU.\n\nOne Welsh levy body said 20 years of work \"could be lost\" without a deal.\n\nWhen it comes to food produce, it is all about making a name and whether it's Champagne, Parma ham or Cornish pasties, those names are protected.\n\nGaining PGI status is highly sought after and can take years to attain. It took close to 11 years for the Melton Mowbray pork pie to be officially recognised.\n\nThe scheme gives legal protection against imitation, enhanced profile and the chance to get a premium price.\n\nThe PGI scheme enables farmers to gain a premium price for specialist produce\n\nIt also aims to offer consumers confidence in what they are buying.\n\nSo there is growing concern at what will happen after Brexit - particularly if there is no-deal.\n\nHalen Mon Anglesey Sea Salt said winning EU protection had been \"very influential\" in its exports.\n\n\"It's recognised as a symbol of quality in the EU, especially by our markets in Italy and Spain, but also in places like Japan and the USA,\" said co-founder Alison Lea-Wilson.\n\n\"We are concerned about what will happen after Brexit because no one seems to know what will or might happen.\n\n\"We know our brand has been imitated before and, as a small business, would find it very hard to defend an action, particularly overseas.\"\n\nA report commissioned by the Welsh Government in 2015 found that Welsh lamb exports had increased \"significantly\" after gaining PGI status.\n\nEU protected Welsh produce varies from wine and cider to meat and fruit\n\nAccording to research for the EU, those designated products were sold at a price 2.23 times higher than products without such trademarks.\n\nIt also said that the total sales of PGIs in 2010 was €54.3bn (£48.7bn).\n\n\"Having that status is central to everything we have been doing for Welsh lamb and beef for the last 20 years,\" said Owen Roberts of Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).\n\n\"It provides gravitas and means products are recognised around the world as being up there with Champagne and Parma ham.\n\n\"We've based our entire marketing strategy on having that designation, to show quality and traceability, and there's a danger of all that investment being undermined.\"\n\nPuffin Produce Ltd said gaining protected status for Pembrokeshire Earlies had provided \"significant economic and social\" benefits across the county.\n\nThe UK government said it anticipated that the EU PGI schemes would continue to protect all current UK PGIs after the UK leaves the EU.\n\nHowever, it has warned companies to prepare to re-apply in the case of a no-deal and it could also affect new products applying.\n\nThe UK government is also proposing a separate UK scheme following departure from EU that will \"broadly mirror\" the current system.\n\nThere has already been disagreement over the logo to be used, the worth of a new unrecognised scheme and the expense of potentially having to produce separate packaging for the UK and EU markets.\n\nThe Denbigh plum - Wales' only native plum fruit - was the latest Welsh product to gain protected status\n\nWelsh producers have said they do not want to be \"subsumed\" by a UK brand.\n\n\"Our research shows consumers respond far more positively to a Welsh flag than a British flag,\" said Dr Roberts.\n\n\"Having a UK logo defeats the object of recognising something distinctly Welsh, or Scottish or specific to a region in England.\"\n\nThere has also yet to be any guarantee given that current EU funding for PGI products would be replaced under a UK scheme.\n\nThe Welsh Government said it was working with producers to move into a new scheme once the terms of Brexit hadbeen agreed.\n\nA spokesman said: \"There is already a precedent in place where countries outside of the EU can access the protected status scheme, such as Colombian coffee, which is protected in the EU market.\n\n\"If the UK left without a deal there is no reason why existing Welsh products should not retain their current GI status and any potential new products could seek protection as a third country after we leave.\"\n\nThe UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it recognised the \"crucial role that GIs play in protecting the provenance and heritage of some of our best-loved food and drink products, from Anglesey sea salt to traditional Welsh Caerphilly\".\n\n\"The UK is ready to launch its own GI schemes at the point at which EU rules cease to apply in the UK.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump claims army 'took over airports' in 1775\n\nUS President Donald Trump has blamed a teleprompter going \"kaput\" for a glaring anachronism in his Independence Day speech.\n\nHe told crowds on 4 July the Continental Army \"took over the airports\" during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s.\n\nObservers quickly pointed out there was no air travel in 18th Century America.\n\nExplaining away the slip-up on Friday, Mr Trump also said it was hard to read the teleprompter in the rain.\n\nDuring his \"Salute to America\" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday, he was talking about the year 1775 when he said: \"Our army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do.\"\n\nCritics pointed out the rebels could not have seized airports more than a century before the first powered flight - credited to the Wright brothers in 1903 - took off.\n\nIn the same sentence, Mr Trump also appeared to date a battle at Fort McHenry to the American Revolution, when it unfolded decades later during the War of 1812.\n\nTwitter users had some fun with the garble, using the hashtag #RevolutionaryWarAirports.\n\nOutside the White House on Friday, Mr Trump said: \"I guess the rain knocked out the teleprompter.\n\n\"I knew the speech very well so I was able to do it without a teleprompter but the teleprompter did go out and it was actually hard to look at anyway because there was rain all over it but despite the rain it was just a fantastic evening.\"\n\nThe president spoke to reporters as he departed with First Lady Melania Trump for the weekend to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The Salute to America event featured military flyovers and fireworks\n\nBefore winning the White House, Mr Trump used to criticise ex-President Barack Obama for relying on an autocue.\n\nThe president's Independence Day celebration saw military tanks transported into the nation's capital and a flyover by the Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team.\n\nHis critics had pilloried the event as inappropriately partisan and a misuse of public funds.\n\nBut Mr Trump surprised some by steering clear of overt partisanship in his speech, instead celebrating patriotic themes and US history including civil rights.\n\nBefore a cheering crowd on the steps of the monument to Civil War era-president Abraham Lincoln, he said the story of America was \"the greatest political journey in human history\".\n\nHe was the first president in nearly seven decades to address a crowd at the National Mall on the Fourth of July.\n• None Trump hails US military in 4th of July address", "Six of the men police are seeking information about\n\nPolice investigating disorder at an FA Cup match between Millwall and Everton have released images of 16 men they want to speak to.\n\nThe Met said there was \"widespread\" disorder before, during and after the fourth-round clash on 26 January, and 15 arrests had already been made.\n\nOne man suffered a \"life-changing\" injury after being slashed across the face during the violence.\n\nPolice have appealed for help to find the men, thought to be Everton fans.\n\nDet Sgt Matt Simpson labelled the disorder \"some of the worst football violence we have witnessed for a very long time\", which caused \"chaos on the streets\".\n\n\"We are now working closely with Merseyside Police to identify the individuals in these images, who we believe to be Everton fans,\" he said.\n\n\"The public have undoubtedly helped us bring many wanted offenders to justice in the past, and we hope they can continue to assist us in this investigation by identifying those pictured.\"\n\nTen people have also been interviewed under caution and all of those who were arrested have been released under investigation.\n\nThere was a strong police presence at the game, which Millwall won 3-2\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "If you are an à la mode celebrity working in the creative industries it is entirely possible you will receive a tantalising note from the Manchester International Festival (MIF) asking, \"is there something unique you'd like to do that we can help make happen?\"\n\nIt is a licence-to-roam invitation that proved irresistible in previous editions to Marina Abramović (The Life and Death of Marina Abramović ), Damon Albarn (Monkey: Journey to the West), and Björk (Biophilia). Their shows were typical of the biennial festival, tending towards the experimental and experiential.\n\nBjörk performing at the Manchester International Festival in 2015\n\nThis year the actor Idris Elba took the bait.\n\nHe'd been thinking of turning his 2014 album mi Mandela into a theatrical piece; the MIF 2019 solicitation was the tipping point: a play called Tree is the outcome (acted by others, not Elba).\n\nIt tells the story of Kaelo, a mixed-raced London lad (Alfred Enoch) who goes to South Africa to scatter his mother's ashes. He stays with his tough-as-teak Afrikaner granny (Sinéad Cusack) who faces losing her farm through new land reform laws. He is clueless; she knows more than she's letting on.\n\nAnd so we have a young man seen as a black Englishman and an old white African woman at the heart of a play that engages with the complex subjects of race, belonging, family and change with conspicuous intelligence and originality.\n\nSinéad Cusack stars as wealthy and resentful South African, Elzebe, with Alfred Enoch, who plays her grandson Kaelo\n\nTree is precisely the sort of show for which MIF was created. It is a play given the freedom to be different; to challenge convention.\n\nThe informal vibe in Manchester's Upper Campfield Market Hall where it is presented before a run at the Young Vic in London at the end of the month, felt more like a gig rather than a traditional hush-hush, straight-laced, po-faced proscenium arch affair.\n\nYou are invited to dance on stage before and after the show, while during it the actors walk through the audience who are standing throughout (you can sit, but all you'll see is the back of people's legs).\n\nIdris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah say they wanted to create a piece of physical theatre that included the audience in the storytelling\n\nThere is one major problem, though.\n\nThe writing is not very good. At best it is prosaic, at worse, plain bad.\n\nThere is not a memorable phrase in the piece, the jokes are corny, and too many of the script lines leave a very able acting ensemble looking wooden and awkward.\n\nTellingly perhaps, there isn't a writer listed in the credits. Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah are named as the show's creators - a claim contested by Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley who say many of the ideas in it are theirs (ironically, disputes over ownership of property rights are a central narrative element of the play).\n\nIdris Elba says the songs in his album mi Mandela represent a personal journey inspired by his role as Nelson Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom\n\nIdris Elba with director Kwame Kwei-Armah, who was inspired by mi Mandela to \"create a story about the ambition to heal\"\n\nMaybe transforming an album into a dramatic event with atmosphere and movement was the creative focus. It does that well.\n\nBut the story is told with words and they do not appear to have been given the same level of love and attention. The net effect is the intricate, nuanced plot that structures the piece is reduced to an occasionally bland 95-minute fable told by characters about whom we are not always made to care enough.\n\nA play without a playwright is like a garden without flowers: a pleasant enough escape, but bereft of beauty and character.\n\nIn most cases, that would be that.\n\nBut this is MIF, and MIF is different.\n\nIt is not a festival seeking perfection, its aim is to encourage risk-taking; to push those with whom it collaborates to go beyond their comfort zone and attempt something fresh.\n\nIt is a festival for the creatively courageous.\n\nTree is a fine example of that spirit of adventure.\n\nA tense moment between Elzebe (Sinéad Cusack) and Ofentse (Joan Iyiola), who plays Kaelo's half-sister\n\nIt is not perfect, few shows at MIF are when they premiere - most have a rawness to them.\n\nBut it is well worth seeing. Particularly if you like your theatre loud, fearless, and funky and don't mind a few rough edges.", "The victim was found with gunshot wounds in Harrow Road, Wembley\n\nA man in his 30s has been shot dead in north-west London.\n\nThe victim was found with gunshot wounds in Harrow Road, Wembley, at about 20:00 BST on Friday.\n\nHe was taken to hospital but pronounced dead a short time later.\n\nScotland Yard said the man's next of kin had been informed, and a post-mortem examination would be carried out. No-one has been arrested and a crime scene remains in place.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Caoimhin Cassidy Crossan's body was found inside a burning car in Londonderry last month\n\nThe family of an 18-year-old whose body was found inside a burning car have said they are angry that his \"so-called friends\" have not come forward with information about his death.\n\nCaoimhin Cassidy Crossan died in Londonderry on 1 June after the vehicle crashed into a lamp post.\n\nHis great-uncle, Charles Tierney, said those who attended the funeral have not helped with the police investigation.\n\n\"They haven't come forward, they aren't friends,\" Mr Tierney said.\n\n\"If they had a conscience, they will come forward.\n\n\"We don't want young people to go to prison. We just want to know what happened.\"\n\nA post mortem examination revealed Mr Cassidy had not been seriously injured in the crash and died after the car caught fire on Fairview Road.\n\nThe police said the car, a Mazda 6, was stolen from a house in Oakfield Crescent earlier in the day.\n\nMr Tierney said people who have been posting on social media the names of people who they believe were involved are \"disrupting the investigation\".\n\n\"If people think they know who is involved, just come forward.\"\n\nThe teenager's body was found inside this car in the Galliagh area of Derry\n\nDet Insp Michael Winters said police believed Mr Cassidy was not travelling alone in the vehicle.\n\n\"We've received a report of two males running away from where the vehicle came to a final halt,\" he said.\n\n\"We've also been made aware of sightings of a male, possibly injured, walking on the Buncrana Road, past the Skeoge Link Road, towards the border a short time later.\n\n\"If you can cast your mind back and remember anything about Caoimhin's movements, or the red Mazda 6 car, please get in touch.\"", "Parm Sandhu has begun legal action against the Met\n\nOne of Britain's most senior female Asian police officers has accused the Metropolitan Police of discrimination.\n\nParm Sandhu has begun legal action claiming she was denied promotion and work opportunities on the basis of her race and gender, BBC News has learned.\n\nThe temporary chief superintendent was investigated over allegations she breached police honours rules, but was cleared of gross misconduct last month.\n\nThe Met said it was \"inappropriate\" to comment on the discrimination claim.\n\nThe first hearing in her case is due to take place at an employment tribunal next week.\n\nMs Sandhu, who is of Indian heritage, is one of a very small number of female Asian police officers at senior levels across England and Wales.\n\nLast year, there were six Asian chief superintendents and three officers at a higher rank; most of them were male.\n\nThe 54-year-old, who joined the Met in 1989, claims she would have progressed faster and further had she not been discriminated against over many years.\n\nMs Sandhu is being backed by the Metropolitan Black Police Association, which says it is concerned about the lack of senior female ethnic minority officers.\n\nMick Creedon, the former chief constable of Derbyshire Police, who acted as her mentor and submitted a statement to the misconduct inquiry, has also offered support.\n\nScotland Yard confirmed an employment tribunal case had been brought by a senior officer and involved allegations of \"racial and gender discrimination\".\n\nThe force said: \"At this early stage, we are unable to comment further around defending the claim.\"\n\nFriends of Ms Sandhu said she began the legal action \"reluctantly\" after the force started an investigation into allegations she had encouraged colleagues to support her nomination for a Queen's Police Medal (QPM).\n\nThe QPM, which was introduced in 1954, is awarded twice a year in the Queen's Birthday and New Year Lists and is given to serving police officers in the UK in recognition of distinguished service or outstanding courage in the line of duty.\n\nOfficers are not expected to nominate themselves and are not meant to contribute to or know about the process.\n\nIn June 2018, Ms Sandhu was officially informed that she was under investigation for alleged \"gross misconduct\" which, if proven, could have led to her dismissal. She was placed on restrictive duties.\n\nBut last month the inquiry concluded she had \"no case to answer\" and would face no further action.\n\nRestrictions on her duties at work have been lifted.\n\nThe Police Superintendents Association, which supported Ms Sandhu during the investigation, said it was \"deeply disappointed\" it had gone on for 12 months.\n\nTwo other officers - a detective superintendent and an inspector - who were investigated for misconduct were also cleared.\n\nScotland Yard said: \"The Met's Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) began an investigation into the conduct of three officers following an allegation they breached guidelines relating to the UK honours nomination process.\n\n\"The investigation concluded in June 2019 and found there was no case to answer for gross misconduct or misconduct in relation to any of the officers.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "BBC newsreader Kate Williams has revealed she has a rare form of cancer.\n\nWilliams, who works for BBC Radio 5 Live, said she was diagnosed with cystic peritoneal mesothelioma in 2017.\n\nFollowing surgery later that year, she said her first annual scan showed no evidence of disease, although there was a chance of reoccurrence.\n\nShe told 5 Live's You, Me and The Big C podcast she was only aware of three others in the UK who have the cancer, which affects the abdominal cavity.\n\nThe abdominal cavity is the large space in the body bound by the abdominal walls, diaphragm and pelvis.\n\nWilliams, who is married with two children, said: \"If you look at the medical literature, they often quote 153 cases in the world.\n\n\"And in the UK I know of three other people, mainly through a Facebook group that I joined.\n\n\"If you look at mesothelioma it's not a nice one to look at. It's very aggressive, malignant, quite often caused by asbestos.\"\n\nHaving a rare disease was \"really lonely\", she said.\n\n\"It's also quite traumatic because every time [I see a new doctor] I have to explain it,\" she added.\n\nDescribing her course of surgery, she said: \"It's called MOAS - mother of all surgeries.\n\n\"They took out the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, greater omentum, lesser omentum, pelvic peritoneum, another bit of my peritoneum.\"\n\nShe added: \"I keep saying I'm lucky or it wasn't too bad - my surgery was only about six hours.\n\n\"People say 'oh six hours' but some patients who have this, it's 12 to 14 hours.\"\n\nWilliams said she still had problems with her bowels and stomach as well as weak bones following the surgery and will continue to have annual scans for the foreseeable future - although her first scan in November showed no evidence of disease.\n\n\"They never say you are all clear. Because there's so few of us that have it, the stats are you can have up to 70% reoccurrence,\" she said.\n\nMany people offered their support on social media, including former 5 Live presenter Shelagh Fogarty, who tweeted Williams to say she was sending her \"tons of love\" after what she had been through.\n\nYou, Me and The Big C - a podcast about living with cancer - was originally co-hosted by BBC presenter Rachael Bland, who died last year from cancer.\n\nShe presented the podcast with Lauren Mahon and Deborah James, who have also had cancer. They vowed to continue making the podcast after her death.\n\nListen to the full interview with Kate Williams on BBC Sounds here.", "The multi-millionaire was accused of assaulting and harassing two women employees\n\nA senior British establishment figure was given anonymity after accusations of sexual harassment and assault in an employment case, it has been reported.\n\nThe Times reported that one woman said she was groped at his country house and another that she was sexually assaulted in his private office.\n\nThe women signed \"gagging orders\" in return for large payouts.\n\nIt means the man, who denies the claims, cannot be named and his identity was concealed in court papers.\n\nThe Times said it had been fighting for a year to be allowed to name the multi-millionaire businessman, who is described by the paper as having extensive connections in British politics and society.\n\nIt says it has published the story - with the businessman's name replaced by black bars in the print edition - to highlight the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) to silence alleged victims of sexual misconduct.\n\nThe government has previously said it will bring in legal measures to ensure that NDAs do not prevent people from reporting crimes, harassment or discrimination.\n\nAnd MPs on the Commons' Women and Equalities Committee have called for a ban on the use of NDAs, saying they are used to \"cover up unlawful and criminal behaviour\".\n\nA spokesman for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said while many organisations used NDAs legitimately, \"the misuse of these agreements to intimidate and silence victims\" was \"completely unacceptable\".\n\n\"We are currently consulting on the best way to tighten the laws around NDAs, ensuring workers are clear on their rights and making it clear in law that victims cannot be prevented from speaking to the police or reporting a crime regardless of any NDA,\" he said.", "Helen McCourt disappeared near her home in Billinge on 9 February 1988\n\nMPs have voted in favour of a new \"Helen's Law\" to deny killers parole if they will not reveal where victims' remains are.\n\nThey gave early support for a bill after a debate and there will be now be second reading before it is made law.\n\nIan Simms was convicted of the murder of Helen McCourt, 22, in Billinge, Merseyside, in 1988, but has never said where her body is.\n\nHer mother Marie McCourt said she had lived a 30-year \"nightmare\".\n\nThe \"Helen's Law\" bill has received the backing of 340,000 people.\n\nMrs McCourt said: \"To take a life is bad enough, but to then hide the body and refuse to disclose where it can be found is an act of pure evil.\"\n\nMarie McCourt has campaigned for killers not to be released unless they reveal where bodies are hidden", "This page explains how the BBC can keep you in touch with the latest news. We offer emails and breaking news alerts via the BBC News website, the BBC News app and Twitter.\n\nSign up here to receive a range of BBC News editorial newsletters delivered straight to your inbox throughout the week. These are email updates on the latest news, insights and topics across BBC News.\n\nWhenever you come to the BBC News website on a tablet or computer, you'll get notified of the latest breaking news in the 'breaking news banner' which automatically appears at the bottom of your browser window.\n\nThe banner will disappear when you click on it, dismiss it or visit another page.\n\nPush notifications are available to users of smartphones and tablets who download the BBC News app, allowing you to receive breaking news alerts. When a push notification is received it will pop up on your screen similar to a text message, regardless of whether or not the app is open at the time. Depending on your settings the alert may also be accompanied by a sound. 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To subscribe login or register with Twitter and then follow @BBCBreaking.", "There was a high police presence at the game, which Millwall won 3-2, following the violence\n\nA man was slashed across the face during a mass brawl before Millwall and Everton's FA Cup fourth round clash.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said it believed the violence involved groups of rival fans.\n\nTrouble flared at 16:42 GMT on Saturday in the Hawkstone Road area of Southwark, near Millwall's home ground, The Den.\n\nThe Met said a \"large group of males\" was fighting and a man in his 20s suffered a slash wound to the face.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A man was slashed across the face and bricks were thrown\n\nHe was taken to a south London hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.\n\nVideos of the brawl have been watched more than a million times online.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDet Insp Darren Young, of the South Central Command Unit, said: \"The behaviour of those involved in this incident is nothing short of disgraceful and those involved can be certain we will be working to identify them.\n\n\"We are aware of the video circulating online, which has quite rightly elicited shock and disgust.\"\n\nThe FA said it was not investigating the violence because it happened outside the football ground.\n\nHowever, it said it was investigating reports of \"a discriminatory song\" being sung by Millwall fans at the match.\n\nMillwall FC said they were \"extremely disappointed\" by a video which allegedly showed some fans singing racist chants.\n\nThe club said they would \"work with all relevant authorities during investigations into the matter and look to identify individuals involved\".\n\n\"Anyone identified and guilty of such abuse will be banned from The Den for life,\" the club said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Noel Conway was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2014\n\nA terminally ill man has lost a legal battle at the UK's highest court over his right to die.\n\nNoel Conway, 68, suffers from motor neurone disease and only has movement in his right hand, head and neck.\n\nThe former lecturer from Shrewsbury lost a challenge at the Court of Appeal in June after his case was rejected by the High Court.\n\nSupreme Court judges rejected his bid to appeal against the ruling, as his chance of success was \"not sufficient\".\n\nIt means Mr Conway's case cannot proceed any further.\n\nIn a joint statement the judges, Lady Hale, Lord Reed and Lord Kerr, said they had reached their decision \"not without some reluctance\".\n\nMr Conway, who was too ill to attend the hearing in London, said it is \"barbaric\" that he must choose between \"unacceptable options\" to end his life.\n\nMr Conway said his only option is to remove his ventilator, which he relies on 23-hours a day\n\nHe said the ruling was \"extremely disappointing\", adding it is \"downright cruel\" to be refused a right to die.\n\n\"The only option I currently have is to remove my ventilator and effectively suffocate to death under sedation,\" he said. \"To me this is not acceptable.\"\n\nInstead, he wants medical assistance to die when he has less than six months to live, while he still has the mental capacity to make a \"voluntary, clear, settled and informed\" choice.\n\nNoel Conway wants control of his death, and for a doctor to prescribe him a lethal dose of drugs to take once he is deemed to have less than six months to live.\n\nBut section 2 of the 1961 Suicide Act makes this illegal and punishable by up to 14 years in prison.\n\nMr Conway argued the current law is an unjustifiable interference with the right to respect for private life under the European Convention on Human Rights.\n\nThe three Supreme Court judges said it was open to them to declare the current law was incompatible with the convention, and leave it to Parliament to decide what to do about it.\n\nBut the judges will have taken into consideration the overwhelming vote by MPs three years ago, to reject proposals to allow assisted dying.\n\nUltimately, while judges are there to interpret the law, it is only Parliament which can make them.\n\n\"No-one doubts that the issue is of transcendent public importance,\" the judges said.\n\n\"It touches us all... we all have to contemplate our own death.\"\n\nHowever, the court ruled Mr Conway's chances of a successful appeal were not sufficient \"to justify our giving him permission to pursue it, with all that that would entail for him, for his family, for those on all sides of this multi-faceted debate, for the general public and for this court\".\n\nDignity in Dying, which supports Mr Conway, said it will now \"turn our attention back to parliament\".\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "At 19:57 on , SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a fire classified as Persons Reported Fire in Myddle, Shrewsbury.\n\n4 fire appliances were mobilised from Baschurch, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Wem. Operations and Fire Investigation officers were in attendance.\n\nCrews used the following equipment to tackle the fire:\n\nAlso at the scene of the incident were: the Land Ambulance Service and the Police.\n\nFire in kitchen of domestic property. One female casualty rescued by fire service from first floor bedroom using a 9metre ladder.\n\nThe stop message was received at\n\nIssued by Fire Control at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Telephone 01743 260290. Please check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for other announcements.", "The BBC News app is available for Android and iOS devices\n\nWith the latest news and analysis from our journalists around the world and the unique human stories behind current events, we've got the best of our journalism in one place on the BBC News app.\n\nClick here to download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.\n\nClick here to download the BBC News app from Google Play for Android devices.\n\nWe would like to know what you think of the new app - click here to give us your feedback.\n\nDepending on the contract you have, data charges may apply for accessing the internet on your mobile device.\n\nIf you are not sure about the potential charges, please ask your mobile network provider. You may find some costs are included in your existing price plan or that you can opt for a data package that gives reduced charges for accessing the internet.\n\nThe BBC does not charge you to access mobile content.", "Two photographs from the day, taken by fashion photographer Chris Allerton, were released on Saturday\n\nThe son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a private ceremony.\n\nArchie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was baptised in front of close family and friends in the private chapel at Windsor Castle on Saturday.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended but were not thought to have their children with them.\n\nThe Queen did not attend due to a prior engagement.\n\nPrince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall were reported to have arrived at the ceremony by helicopter and Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, also attended.\n\nA full list of the 25 guests has not been made public, but Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale - the sisters of Prince Harry's mother, the late Diana, Princess of Wales - were pictured in an official photograph taken at the christening.\n\nA Royal Communications spokesperson said: \"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to share the happiness of this day, and would like to thank everyone around the world for their ongoing support.\n\n\"They feel so fortunate to have enjoyed this special moment with family and Archie's godparents.\"\n\nThe royal couple opted to exclude the press and the public from the day and chose not to reveal the names of Archie's godparents.\n\nInstead of having press photographers, fashion photographer Chris Allerton - who took their wedding photos - captured the special moment, with two pictures released to the public and posted on the couple's Instagram account.\n\nMr Allerton said he was \"honoured\" to take the official photographs and \"be part of such a joyous occasion\".\n\nMeghan's mother, Doria Ragland, and Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale, the sisters of Diana, Princess of Wales, were among the guests (back row, left to right)\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan did follow some royal traditions, however.\n\nArchie wore a handmade replica of the royal christening robe which was made for Queen Victoria's eldest daughter.\n\nDevoted royal fans gathered outside Windsor Castle despite the christening being a private service\n\nOne royal superfan dressed their dog in a christening gown to celebrate the occasion\n\nThe robe, which has been worn by royal infants on the occasion of their christening for the last 11 years, was made by Angela Kelly, dressmaker to the Queen.\n\nThe ornate Lily Font, commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for the baptism of their first child Victoria, Princess Royal, in 1841, was also used - as was water from the River Jordan.\n\nMembers of the St George's Chapel Choir performed at the ceremony.\n\nThose hoping for more than a glimpse of the royal christening today will have been disappointed.\n\nThere was no television coverage, nor have press photographers been invited.\n\nNormally a list of godparents would be released, but this time, says the palace, in keeping with the wishes of those chosen by Harry and Meghan, their names will be kept private.\n\nIt all points to a very different royal event, part of the continuing desire by the Duke and Duchess to raise their son Archie out of the spotlight.\n\nComing so swiftly after the revelation that almost £2.5m of taxpayers' money was spent renovating a property for Harry and Meghan - it has led to questions about visibility.\n\nThe previous understandings about public access to royal events appear to have been abandoned by a couple determined to do things their own way.", "The university wants to transform its main campus on Mold Road\n\nA university has urged Wrexham council to support a £60m college revamp after key parts of the plan were rejected.\n\nGlyndwr University won backing for seven out of nine planning applications related to its Campus 2025 project but lost bids for housing on surplus land.\n\nVice-chancellor Prof Maria Hinfelaar said it was \"incredibly disappointing\", claiming the sale of land for housing was needed to help fund the project.\n\nCouncil chief Ian Bancroft said each proposal was assessed on its merits.\n\nThe university wanted to sell grazing land in New Broughton and Rhosnesni, complete with planning approval for 200 homes.\n\nBut Wrexham's planning committee rejected the housing proposals on Monday after highways officers warned of a \"significant\" increase in traffic and residents objected to the loss of open space.\n\nHighways officers said building houses on surplus land would add to traffic queues\n\nThe seven projects that were given the go-ahead would enable the university to demolish and revamp learning facilities at the Plas Coch campus on Mold Road, as well an arts college on Regent Street.\n\nMore than 700 rooms for students and key workers would also be created, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.\n\nHowever, Prof Hinfelaar warned if the plans could not be funded, talented young people would be lost to north Wales.\n\n\"If our facilities are not good enough, then these students have plenty of alternative choices at universities the length and breadth of the UK,\" she said.\n\nThe vice-chancellor added that the university was \"well placed\" to lodge an appeal against the refusal of the housing plans, and urged the council to think again.\n\n\"Put simply, it is unsatisfactory to grant approval of proposals that cost significant money and then turn down proposals which help to fund them - especially if these fit in well with wider plans for the area,\" she wrote.\n\n\"This should have been a win-win, but that opportunity has been wasted - for now.\"\n\nMr Bancroft said: \"Whilst we fully appreciate the disappointment that Glyndwr University must be feeling over the refusal of their planning applications we have to be clear that each application was considered separately and determined on its own planning merits.\n\n\"We are very supportive of the Campus 2025 ambitions of Glyndwr University but we cannot let that support affect or influence the independent planning process that applicants have to go through.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some Conservative members have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the next party leader and prime minister, the BBC has learned.\n\nOne party insider estimated that more than a thousand voters could be affected.\n\nMembers are warned that voting twice will mean they are expelled, the Conservatives said.\n\nMeanwhile, Boris Johnson has unveiled his crime policy, while Jeremy Hunt said cuts on policing had gone too far.\n\nBallot papers have been dispatched to around 160,000 Conservative Party members around the country to choose between Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt as the next leader - and the next prime minister.\n\nThe vote closes on 22 July, with the result announced the following day.\n\nBBC Radio 4's Today Programme has learned that some members have received two ballot papers, in some cases because members live and work in different constituencies and may have joined local Conservative Associations in both areas.\n\nPeople who have changed their name, after marriage for example, may also have been affected.\n\nThe BBC has seen duplicate ballot papers which have been issued to the same person at the same address.\n\nThe Conservative Party and the independent body hired to scrutinise the running of the leadership election were both unable to say how many ballot papers had been sent in error.\n\n\"The ballot holds clear instructions that members voting more than once will be expelled,\" the party said.\n\nSir Patrick McLoughlin, who is chairing Mr Hunt's leadership campaign, admitted that he receives two ballot papers as he is on two separate registers.\n\n\"It doesn't mean I vote twice, I don't,\" he told the Today programme.\n\nAsked whether the duplicate ballots need to be more heavily policed, he said: \"It's right there on the ballot paper saying you must only vote on one occasion and I expect people to do that.\"\n\nMr Johnson's campaign chairman Iain Duncan Smith said he believed the Conservative Party chairman had \"already been asked to look carefully at how they sift\" ballots.\n\nSpeaking at a hustings in Cardiff on Saturday evening, Mr Hunt urged party members who have received more than one ballot paper to only vote once.\n\n\"I know that they won't vote twice, however tempting it might be to back Hunt twice, I'm asking them not to because we want this to be an absolutely fair election.\n\n\"Of course I'm going to trust the result,\" he added.\n\nIn most elections, voting more than once would be illegal, but the leadership contest is only governed by the Conservative Party's internal rules. The Electoral Commission, the independent body which oversees UK elections to ensure their integrity, has no role in the leadership contest.\n\nAs they seek to win support from the party's members nationwide, both candidates addressed the Young Conservatives Conference in Nottingham earlier on Saturday.\n\nIt came after Mr Johnson set out his plan to reduce crime in the Daily Mail, saying he would permanently restore stop and search powers nationwide.\n\nStop and search powers were restricted by Theresa May when she was home secretary in 2014. The powers have already been restored in seven areas with high knife crime on a trial basis.\n\nMr Johnson promised a \"relentless focus\" on knife crime and criticised the 2014 measures brought in by Mrs May.\n\nBoris Johnson tells the conference in Nottingham he wants to champion the environment\n\nMr Johnson also plans to end the early release of violent offenders and address the causes of crime with a review of youth centre provision.\n\nSpeaking to the Today programme, Mr Duncan Smith - an ally of Mr Johnson - said police needed to be given \"the capabilities to do their job\", as well as there being an increase in police numbers.\n\nWhen asked how Mr Johnson intended on funding 20,000 extra police officers, he said: \"We've had to put the economy right from the terrible Labour crash that took place in 2007, but we are very much now back on track.\"\n\nBut Labour's shadow policing minister Louise Haigh dismissed Mr Johnson's policies as \"meaningless\" branding them \"cheap headline-grabbing measures\".\n\nAt the Nottingham hustings, Mr Johnson said the Tories should be presenting itself as a party that is \"committed to social justice\".\n\nHe said that would also mean \"championing the environment\", with measures to promote cleaner air, protect wildlife and reduce the amount of plastic being used.\n\n\"Our modern Conservative agenda is not only right for the economy, it's deeply progressive,\" he said.\n\nJeremy Hunt says he thinks he can match Mr Johnson's pledge on police recruitment\n\nMr Hunt told the conference that government cuts had gone too far on social care and policing.\n\n\"I have been clear that we do have some headroom in our national finances that would allow us to find extra funding for those public services,\" he said.\n\nHe added that he \"thought he could\" match Mr Johnson's plan to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers.\n\nMr Johnson remains the frontrunner in the contest, with a recent YouGov poll of Tory members suggesting almost three-quarters of Conservatives back him.\n\nBut Sir Patrick said a \"broad brush of people right across the whole party\" have come out to support Mr Hunt.\n\nHe added that the foreign secretary was not wedded to leaving the EU by the \"magical deadline\" of 31 October, which he says is a \"do or die\" issue for frontrunner Mr Johnson.\n\nHe said Mr Hunt's \"10 point plan very clearly\" set out his plan for leaving the EU.\n\nSir Patrick said: \"By the end of September he would decide, along with the Cabinet... whether we move forward with no deal or whether there was a chance of getting a deal\".", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nCoco Gauff is hopeful she might get an invitation to a Beyonce concert as the 15-year-old's remarkable story at Wimbledon continued with a third-round victory over Polona Hercog.\n\nThe American, who received a wildcard for qualifying, has become the star attraction of these championships following her stunning opening round win over five-time champion Venus Williams, then a second-round win over Magdalena Rybarikova.\n\nSlovenian world number 60 Hercog gave the teenager her stiffest test, as Gauff lost her first set and faced two match points.\n• None How day five at Wimbledon unfolded\n\nHowever, she survived and eventually secured a 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-5, a minimum pay day of £176,000 and a fourth-round match against former number one Simona Halep.\n\nIn the post-match news conference, Gauff was as excited about meeting one of her music idols as the progress she had made.\n\nShe said: \"Ms Tina Knowles, Beyonce's mum, posted me on Instagram and I was screaming! I hope Beyonce saw that, I hope she told Beyonce about me because I would love to go to her concert.\"\n\nAnd regarding the prize money, she added: \"I can't buy a car because I can't drive. I hate spending money.\n\nI didn't tell Mum, but she's going to go viral. She's going to be a meme and I'm going to retweet it\n\n\"I love wearing hoodies, my mum actually banned me from buying them for two months as I kept getting them delivered to the house.\"\n\nHer parents, father Corey and mother Candi, were present to watch their daughter wow the Wimbledon crowd once again .\n\nGauff explained the influence both have had on her career.\n\n\"My mum changed my mindset on how I look at things and my dad is the reason I dream so big,\" she continued. \"It's a good mix. They definitely work together well to tell me the right things.\n\n\"My mum doesn't like to play the coach role as my dad is my coach, so she plays the mother role.\"\n\n\"I look at my dad mostly. I didn't tell mum, but she's going to go viral. She's going to be a meme and I'm going to retweet it.\"\n\nGauff's epic contest forced the postponement of the mixed doubles match involving Andy Murray and Serena Williams.\n\n\"I don't think I've seen anyone arrive in a greater flash at their first major,\" she told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I have a feeling Coco Gauff will transcend the game. She wants it, she lives it already. She was born to do this.\"\n\nMartina Hingis was 16 when she won the 1997 Wimbledon singles title after winning the Australian Open earlier that year. She won the mixed doubles (which Gauff has entered with Britain's Jay Clarke) aged 15. Boris Becker won Wimbledon at the age of 17 in 1985, beating Kevin Curran to become the youngest ever Grand Slam champion at the time. Maria Sharapova won the 2004 edition of Wimbledon aged 17, beating the legend that is Serena Williams. Nick Kyrgios became the first Wimbledon debutant to reach the quarter-finals in 10 years when he upset Rafael Nadal in the fourth round in 2014.\n\nNavratilova, who won her first Wimbledon title aged 21, does think Gauff's next match against former world number one Halep will be a \"a mountain too tall to climb\".\n\n\"Against Halep it will be tricky - the pressure is all on her as a big favourite, but the crowd will be going nuts for Gauff which will be hard for the Romanian to handle.\"\n\nJohn McEnroe, the three-time men's singles winner, also believes Halep will edge it but added that the world number seven's game might suit her compatriot.\n\n\"Halep has not had a great year and looks tight on this surface,\" he told BBC's Today at Wimbledon. \"I would obviously pick the Romanian to win but I'm not going to bet a whole lot on that one.\n\n\"I think Halep will be easier because she hits a solid ball. This was an awkward opponent today.\"\n\nHe added: \"It's better that Coco Gauff doesn't win it this year, for her sake, long-term. We want her to be out there for 15-20 years.\"\n\nAs for Gauff, she said she was taking it \"one tournament at a time\".\n\n\"I watch Halep a lot - I've never hit with her so I don't know how the ball will feel when I play but I'm familiar with how she plays from watching her,\" said the student, who is being nurtured by Serena Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou.\n\n\"I don't believe in fate or destiny because I think you can change your own world. Fate can't always be a good thing, so I try not to think of it being my destiny. If I do, my head is going to get big. I just take it one tournament at a time.\"\n\nGauff at 15 years and 122 days became the youngest player to qualify for the main Wimbledon draw since the Open era began in 1968.\n\nShe started playing tennis at the age of seven and comes from a sporting family having initially been coached by her father Corey, who played basketball at Georgia State University. Her mother Candi was a gymnast before moving into track and field.\n\nTheir daughter began to deliver in major arenas two years ago when she became the youngest US Open girls singles finalist, aged just 13. And last year she won the French Open equivalent only two months after her 14th birthday.\n\nWimbledon qualifying was a target for Gauff this year, but her ranking of 301 was not high enough to earn a shot. However, while she was shopping online, she found out she had received a wildcard.\n\nDavid Symonds: Never have I been so excited to see an American win something!\n\nDi Johnson: What a match, Coco definitely a name to watch.\n\nChe Seabourne: Well this is turning into quite the story for Coco Gauff! A word too for Polona Hercog - who conducted herself with a lot of composure in the face of a partisan crowd. Hugely entertaining match!\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Helen McCourt disappeared near her home in Billinge on 9 February 1988\n\nThe law should be changed so convicted killers who do not reveal where their victims' bodies are cannot be set free, the mother of a murdered woman says.\n\nMarie McCourt's daughter Helen, 22, vanished near her home in Billinge, near St Helens, in 1988.\n\nIan Simms was convicted of her murder, but has never said where her body is.\n\nMrs McCourt has launched a petition to bring in a law in her daughter's name to ensure killers are not released without disclosing the information.\n\nShe said being denied a funeral for her daughter had caused \"unimaginable suffering\".\n\nShe added: \"For almost three decades Simms has refused to reveal the whereabouts of Helen's body - denying us the chance to grant her the dignity of a funeral and resting place.\"\n\nMarie McCourt said being denied a funeral for her daughter had caused \"unimaginable suffering\"\n\nMrs McCourt is asking Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May directly to \"acknowledge the pain and distress caused to the families of missing murder victims\", by ensuring killers who withhold information about the whereabouts of their victims are never set free.\n\nTwo other mothers whose children were killed and whose bodies have not been found are also supporting Mrs McCourt's campaign.\n\nJean Taylor's daughter daughter Chantel was killed in 2004 in Birkenhead, Merseyside; while Joan Morson's son Paul, from St Helens, Merseyside, was killed in 2011.\n\nPub landlord Simms was convicted of murder after blood and an earring identical to one Helen had were found in the boot of his car.\n\nThe jury agreed she had been attacked at his pub, The George and Dragon, in Billinge.\n\nHe is serving a life sentence and has a parole hearing in January.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ian Paisley failed to declare two luxury holidays paid for by the Sri Lankan government\n\nMPs have voted to suspend DUP MP Ian Paisley for 30 sitting days.\n\nIt follows his failure to declare two family holidays paid for by the Sri Lankan government. He will be absent from Parliament for some key Brexit votes.\n\nHe has also been suspended by the DUP \"pending further investigation into his conduct\".\n\nSpeaker of the House John Bercow called it \"a regrettable state of affairs\".\n\nMr Bercow will now formally inform the chief electoral officer of the decision and she has ten working days to set up a petition which, if signed by 10% of North Antrim constituents, will lead to a by-election and Mr Paisley having to stand down.\n\nSir Kevin Barron, chair of the Standards Committee, said they had concluded Mr Paisley was guilty of \"serious misconduct and his actions were of a nature to bring the House of Commons into disrepute\".\n\nHe also said the inquiry into Mr Paisley could have been concluded earlier: \"The process could have been considerably shorter if Mr Paisley had been more cooperative initially.\"\n\nSir Kevin said Mr Paisley did show a \"greater sense of urgency\" in the later stages of the investigation.\n\nThis is one of the longest bans ever to be handed down at Westminster.\n\nSuspended by fellow MPs, and now the party his late father once ruled without dissent, these are difficult days for Ian Paisley Jnr.\n\nIt's not the first time he's fallen foul of the DUP leadership but this is by far the most serious.\n\nHe's made it clear he intends to fight any subsequent by-election. But what will the DUP leadership do?\n\nSome would undoubtedly like to say farewell to him for good.\n\nBut... first of all he's a Paisley.\n\nSecondly, he's popular with the unionists of North Antrim who may not forgive the party if it cast him permanently aside.\n\nThe DUP had to do something and they've done it.\n\nBut the smart money says that after a period of suspension, Ian Paisley will still be the DUP candidate should North Antrim go to the polls before the end of the year.\n\nMr Paisley has insisted he will fight any by-election to save his Westminster seat if he is forced to stand down.\n\nIn June 2017, an agreement was reached that the 10 DUP MPs would back the Tories in key Commons votes.\n\nWriting in the Ballymena Guardian on Tuesday, the North Antrim MP said he was prepared for whatever punishment came his way.\n\nHe called those pushing for such an election \"opportunists\", but made it clear that he would not run away from any challenge.\n\nThe Officers of the Democratic Unionist Party have considered the report of the House of Commons Committee on Standards on Ian Paisley MP.\n\nThe Party takes this report and the matters contained within it very seriously.\n\nThe Party Officers have decided to suspend Mr Ian Paisley MP from membership of the Party pending further investigation into his conduct.\n\nThe Party does not intend to make any further comment on these matters during the course of the above outlined process.\n\nMr Paisley failed to declare two luxury family holidays in 2013 paid for by the Sri Lankan government.\n\nHe later lobbied the then prime minister on the country's behalf.\n\nSpeaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Stephen Nolan Show on Wednesday, the political editor of the News Letter, Sam McBride, described the scale of the punishment as \"new territory\" for the House of Commons.\n\n\"This is not some minor breach of parliamentary protocol - this is something that parliament frowns upon in such a way that under this new law, they now give voters in his constituency the chance to remove him from his seat so it's very different to what has gone before.\"\n\nAlthough the DUP said party officers took the decision to suspend Mr Paisley, Mr McBride said he believed the leader of the party, Arlene Foster, would have approved it.\n\n\"The leader is ultimately the person who carries the can for this,\" he said.\n\n\"If you're the leader of a party, you call the shots. It's pretty difficult to believe Arlene Foster was not in support of this.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nForest fires raging across Sweden as far north as the Arctic Circle have prompted authorities to ask for international assistance.\n\nOn Wednesday afternoon, 44 fires were burning from Lapland in the far north to the southern island of Gotland.\n\nHot weather and persistent drought are the main causes, and the national weather service has issued fire warnings for almost the entire country.\n\nItaly and Norway have both dispatched firefighting aircraft to help.\n\nSweden said Italy had sent 13 people in two Canadair CL-415 \"waterbombers\", each of which can carry 6,000 litres of water at a time.\n\nNorway's national broadcaster NRK, meanwhile, reported that 10 helicopters had been despatched to aid its neighbour - six on Tuesday and another four on Wednesday - despite the risk of similar fire outbreaks in Norway itself.\n\nThe wildfires have raged in parts for days and without a break in the hot dry weather they have shown little sign of stopping.\n\nMany people have been evacuated from their homes in Sweden, while others have been told to shut off all ventilation to keep smoke outside.\n\nFire chief Britta Ramberg told Swedish media the fire in Jämtland was \"the largest and spreading the fastest\". Official advisories said that this blaze grew from 1,600 hectares to 3,000 on Tuesday alone, and that firefighters had been unable to contain it.\n\nMany firefighters were being recalled from holiday to join the operation.\n\nAbove Karbole, where fires have burned since the weekend, smoke blotted out the sun\n\nNine important public warnings have also been issued - a record number - as temperatures have hovered near or exceeded 30C for an extended period.\n\n\"The last time we saw wildfires of this calibre was 12 years ago,\" a rescue officer in the popular winter tourist town of Jokkmokk told AFP.\n\nSos Alarm, the emergency number operator in Sweden, said its services were stretched because of the fires.\n\nIt said it was also getting higher numbers of calls from people enjoying the long sunny spell who had run into trouble while swimming, boating or biking.\n\nStockholm Fire Department shared this picture, showing the location of each of the fires across the country as of 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) on Wednesday:\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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Facebook content may contain adverts.", "Israel says it fired Patriot missiles at the plane\n\nIsrael says it has shot down a Syrian warplane which entered its airspace - a rare incident between the two foes.\n\nTwo surface-to-air missiles were fired at the Sukhoi fighter jet, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted.\n\nAccording to Israeli reports, it happened over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The pilot's fate is not clear.\n\nSyrian news agency Sana said Israel had targeted the jet over Syrian airspace, but did not say whether it was hit.\n\nSana quoted an unnamed military source as saying the plane was conducting raids against \"armed terrorist groups\" near the southern Yarmouk Valley.\n\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said that Syria had committed a \"blatant violation\" of a 1974 ceasefire agreement, which defines the lines of separation between the two sides' forces on the Golan Heights.\n\n\"We will not accept any intrusion... into our territory, either from the ground or from the air,\" Mr Netanyahu said, adding: \"Our forces acted appropriately.\"\n\nIsrael said the jet was a Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet - a version of which is pictured here\n\nIsrael's Haaretz news website said residents in northern Israel saw interceptor missiles fired and heard explosions.\n\nFlames and smoke were also later seen rising from the area of the fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, AFP news agency reports.\n\nToday's trails of smoke above the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights are another sign of how Syria's war has agitated the dynamics between old foes in the region.\n\nIsrael and Syria fought their last war 45 years ago and later agreed to separate their forces either side of a 50-mile-long buffer zone - a boundary that had remained Israel's quietest since.\n\nBut with President Assad's men closing in on jihadist groups on the Syrian side of the zone - and pictured reportedly hundreds of metres from an Israeli observation post - Israel has been ratcheting up its rhetoric.\n\nIt is concerned most about the threat it sees from Syria's allies Iran and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, saying it will not tolerate any breach of the buffer zone deal.\n\nBut Syria will see the Sukhoi's downing as proof of its belief that Israel has been prepared to help rebel groups to stop the government's advances.\n\nIn a statement after the incident, the IDF said it was on \"high alert\" following \"an increase in the internal fighting in Syria\" and greater activity by Syria's air force in the region.\n\nIt said the fighter jet had infiltrated about 2km (1.25 miles) into Israeli airspace before it was intercepted by Patriot missiles.\n\nAn Israeli military spokesman said the plane had crashed \"most likely in the southern part of the Syrian Golan Heights\". About a third of the Golan Heights is still nominally controlled by Syria.\n\nIsrael considers the occupied Golan Heights, and the airspace above it, as Israeli sovereign territory, though this is not recognised internationally. It has occupied the area since the 1967 Middle East war.\n\nIt is reportedly the first time Israel has shot down a manned Syrian aircraft since 2014. Israel is not directly involved in the Syrian war but has attacked drones which have entered its airspace, and carried out dozens of air strikes on Syrian and Iranian military assets in Syria in recent years.\n\nTuesday's incident comes just a day after Israel deployed its David's Sling missile defence system - designed for use against medium-range missiles - for the first time.\n\nThe system was activated \"in response to the threat\" from two Syrian surface-to-surface missiles approaching Israeli territory, an army statement said.\n\nCorrection 26 July 2018: The headline of this article has been amended to more clearly reflect the IDF's statement regarding the incident.", "Do you think of motorway service stations as refreshing pit-stops? Or just, well, the pits?\n\nWhatever you think, a new survey of England's best and worst service stations will fuel your opinions.\n\nFor the second year running, travel watchdog Transport Focus has asked customers for their views.\n\nTop of the list is Norton Canes on the M6 toll road, with a 100% satisfaction rating. Bottom is Thurrock on the M25, with just 68% satisfied.\n\nIn compiling the list, Transport Focus questioned 9,600 customers on key factors including staffing, food and toilet facilities.\n\nOverall, 92% of motorway service station customers polled were happy with their visit, although only 66% thought that the food and drink available was good value.\n\nTransport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith said: \"As the summer holiday getaway gets into full swing it's good to see motorway services customers feel they get a good experience.\n\n\"Motorway services play an important role in providing the break motorists need. Drivers tell us they feel less stressed and more awake.\n\n\"Motorway service operators need to focus on ensuring customers see their experience as value for the money they've paid - that there is a good range of food on offer and that buildings are maintained to a high standard.\"\n\nAnd relax... a traveller stopping at top-rated service station Norton Canes relaxes with help from a martial arts expert\n\nHeston East is much improved since last year\n\nJudging by the improved performance of last year's worst-rated stations, naming and shaming has had an effect.\n\nThe lowest-ranked site in 2017, Heston East, has gone up from a 62% satisfaction rating to 88%.\n\nAnd the second-worst service station last year, Stafford Southbound with a 70% rating, has changed so much that it is now the second-best, with a 99% approval rating.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMost members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave have had their heads shaved as part of a Buddhist ceremony to ordain them as novices.\n\nTheir coach is also receiving monk's orders. One of the boys is not joining the ceremony as he is a Christian.\n\nThe group will spend nine days living in a monastery, a tradition for males in Thailand who experience adversity.\n\nThey were trapped for more than two weeks before a dramatic rescue.\n\nThe boys were all released from hospital last week and are said to be in good health after their ordeal in the snaking caverns of the Tham Luang caves of northern Thailand.\n\nThis step is intended to be a \"spiritual cleansing\" for the group, and to fulfil a promise by the families to remember one of the divers who died in the rescue operation.\n\n\"They should spend time in a monastery. It's for their protection,\" Seewad Sompiangjai, grandfather of Night, one of the rescued boys told the BBC earlier. \"It's like they died but now have been reborn.\"\n\nThe boys will spend nine days in different monasteries as novice monks\n\nThey will stay in different monasteries until 4 August meditating, praying and cleaning their temple. The length of time they will spend doing this - nine days - is a nod to a Thai lucky number.\n\nCorrespondents say it's seen as normal by Thais for boys and men to spend time as monks as a rite of passage.\n\nSome were blessed by Buddhist monks\n\nOne of the boys, Adul Sam-on, will not be joining the rest of the \"Wild Boars\" football team as he is a Christian. Their coach Ekkapol \"Ake\" Chantawong, 25, will join them for the same period of time but as a fully fledged monk rather than a novice.\n\nThe coach had spent time in a monastery as a novice before this. Although he has attracted some criticism for taking the boys into the cave, he is also credited with helping them through the ordeal by reportedly teaching them meditation techniques to help them stay calm and use as little air as possible.\n\nThe extraordinary story of the group's rescue has been followed by millions worldwide since 23 June, when they walked into the Tham Luang cave after football practice - only to be trapped by sudden monsoon floods.\n\nThe 12 boys and their football coach had spent nine days in the cave with little food or light when British divers helping search for them first reached them on 2 July.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thai cave rescue: Saying sorry to cave spirit Nang Norn\n\nBut with more rain expected, a risky rescue was attempted. Expert divers guided the boys and their coach through darkness and submerged passageways towards the exit.\n\nEach boy was accompanied by a diver who also carried his air supply. The boys were heavily sedated ahead of the rescue to prevent them panicking.\n\nThe boys and their coach were rescued in three stages over three days.\n\nAll 13 were transferred to a hospital in Chiang Rai where they received medical and psychological assistance.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The boys give peace signs as they recover in hospital\n\nHundreds of volunteers, rescue divers and military personnel were involved in the rescue effort.\n\nOne ex-Thai navy seal diver, Saman Gunan, died during the operation while installing oxygen tanks in the cave.\n\nThe cave system has now been closed off, but officials have said it could be reopened in future as a tourist attraction.", "As Italy has turned away NGO ships rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean, the Western Mediterranean route to Spain is now the most popular with migrants trying to reach Europe.\n\nMore people have arrived so far this year than in the whole of 2017.\n\nSetting off from the shores of Morocco, many take enormous risks trying to cross to Europe on flimsy toy boats.", "More than 950,000 antidepressants have been prescribed to children since April 2015\n\nThe number of antidepressants prescribed to children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland has risen over the past three years, figures obtained by BBC's File on 4 reveal.\n\nIn England, there was a 15% rise. Scotland saw a 10% increase. And in Northern Ireland the number rose by 6%.\n\nIn total, there were 950,000 prescriptions issued between April 2015 and March 2018.\n\nExperts have linked the rise to waits for specialist mental health services.\n\nAntidepressants should prescribed to children only under close supervision.\n\nNHS England, NHS Scotland and the Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland all say they are committed to improving child mental health services.\n\nNHS Wales was unable to provide prescription figures because it does not hold the data requested.\n\nThe figures were obtained by Freedom of Information requests and relate to a group of powerful antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).\n\nThe total number of prescriptions rose from 290,393 in 2015-16 to 330,616 in 2017-18.\n\nThe steepest increase was seen in the youngest patients, those aged 12 and under, where the number of prescriptions rose on average by 24%, from 14,500 to almost 18,000.\n\nMental health charity Young Minds links increases in antidepressant prescriptions to the length of Camhs waiting times\n\nDr Bernadka Dubicka, who chairs the child and adolescent faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said: \"Currently only one in four children and young people are treated for their mental health problems.\n\n\"The fact that prescriptions for antidepressants are rising could reflect a slow but steady move towards treating everyone who is unwell.\n\n\"But the importance of giving children access to psychological therapies cannot be overstated.\n\n\"What we don't know from today's data is why these antidepressants are being prescribed, and how.\n\n\"It is vital that they are being used judiciously, monitored carefully, and the risks and benefits of taking them are assessed in each individual case.\"\n\nThe mental health charity Young Minds says waiting times for specialist child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) have been increasing too, making it difficult for families to get support.\n\nMarc Bush, chief policy advisor at Young Minds, said: \"The government recently suggested that the average waiting time for general access to Camhs is around 12 weeks, which is a long time to be in distress.\n\n\"And that is why front-line professionals are turning to prescription pads, because they're thinking, 'I'm seeing someone in front of me in crisis with a level of distress I don't want to leave them with - how do I offer them some kind of alleviation from that?'\"\n\nIn rare cases, antidepressants can trigger thoughts of suicide and self-harm in children.\n\nAnd the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has clear guidelines:\n\nHowever, File on 4 has heard concerns these guidelines are not always followed.\n\nReece Burrowes, 17, killed himself soon after being prescribed the antidepressant Sertraline\n\nReece Burrowes, 17, was found dead in a park in south-east London on 6 December 2015, days after being prescribed an antidepressant called Sertraline by his GPs.\n\nAlthough the inquest into Reece's death recorded a verdict of death by suicide and no blame was assigned to Reece's doctors or Sertraline, File on 4 has been told several of the NICE prescribing guidelines were not followed by doctors.\n\nReece's stepfather, Simon Banks, said: \"There are NICE guidelines, which you know in theory they should follow, but I know one of the concerns is that their thinking, 'If I do refer them to Camhs, there's potentially a waiting list.'\n\n\"From what we've gone through, our view would be don't give the medication, and wait.\n\n\"But I can imagine it's a very difficult call for the doctor to make.\"\n\nDr Shruti Garg, a Camhs consultant at the Manchester Foundation NHS Trust, said problems with young people transitioning out of Camhs services could also be leading to increases in prescription rates.\n\n\"Camhs services across most parts of the country cover only up to the age of 16 - adult mental health services start at 18, so there is a gap for the provision of services across these services.\"\n\nThe Department of Health in England told the BBC it had pledged £1.7bn to transform Camhs.\n\nThis, it said, would help to provide greater access to a wider range of therapies, although there would still be patients who would benefit from antidepressants.\n\nIn Scotland, Minister for Mental Health Clare Haughey said young people's mental health was a priority and £5m has been invested to create a taskforce to improve Camhs services.\n\nThe Health and Social Care Board in Northern Ireland said the vast majority of referrals accepted into Camhs were seen within nine weeks and it was currently planning to spend an extra £1m on Camhs projects.\n\nIf you, or someone you know, have been affected by mental health issues, you can access resources online via BBC Action Line.\n\nFile on 4: Counting the Cost: Anti-depressant Use in Children is on BBC Radio 4 at 20:00 BST on 24 July.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nThe Tour de France had to be stopped temporarily during stage 16 when the peloton was sprayed during a protest by French farmers, with several riders needing medical treatment.\n\nHay bales were thrown across the road 29km into the 218km stage from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon.\n\nTV pictures showed a policeman using a spray on protesters which then blew into the peloton, with riders pulling over to douse their eyes with water.\n\nThere was a delay of about 15 minutes.\n\nThere was a short neutralised section before racing began again properly at the 33km mark.\n\nBriton Geraint Thomas, who is in the leader's yellow jersey, four-time winner and team-mate Chris Froome, and world champion Peter Sagan of Slovakia were among those affected.\n\nSeveral riders went to the doctor's car at the back of the peloton for treatment.\n\nA social media post by the Quick-Step Cycling team read: \"Looks like the tear gas used by the police on the farmers ended up getting to the eyes of some riders.\"\n\nFrance's Julian Alaphilippe won the stage after Britain's Adam Yates crashed on the final descent while leading.\n\nTeam Sky's Thomas retained the yellow jersey and remains one minute 39 seconds ahead of Froome in the general classification.", "Teachers are expected to be among those getting a pay rise after five years of a cap on increases\n\nA million public sector workers are to receive their biggest pay rise in nearly 10 years, the government says.\n\nIt includes 2.9% extra this year for the armed forces, 2.75% for prison officers and up to 3.5% for teachers.\n\nPolice will see a 2% rise, the same increase seen by GPs and dentists.\n\nThe move confirms the scrapping of the 1% pay cap last year and follows campaigns by unions for higher wage rises.\n\nThe government said the increases were affordable within its spending plans. Individual departments are having to fund the pay rises, rather than the money coming from the Treasury.\n\nThe pay rises for doctors and dentists only apply to England, while the pay rises for prison officers, teachers, and police officers apply to England and Wales.\n\nThe armed forces pay offer is for the whole of the UK.\n\nIn June the bulk of NHS staff in Scotland were offered a 9% pay rise spread across three years.\n\nA 3% pay offer to teachers in Scotland was rejected by the unions earlier in the year.\n\nComparing public and private sector pay is tricky because public sector workers are on average better qualified and many lower-paid jobs such as cleaning and security have been outsourced from the public sector to the private.\n\nIf you look at what has happened to growth in pay since 2010, private sector pay has been growing faster, due to the effect of two years of public sector pay freezes starting in 2011, followed by 1% caps.\n\nBut both public and private sector workers have seen their average pay rising more slowly than prices.\n\nThe comparison between public and private sector pay also ignores pension provision, which tends to be better in the public sector, and bonus payments, which are more common in the private sector but excluded from these average earnings figures.\n\nLabour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: \"By increasing the pay levels, albeit by less than the rate of inflation, that can only be paid for by cuts within the public services.\n\n\"And so, if it's local authorities or anybody else, they're going to have to pay for it by either removing their balances, which they shouldn't be doing, or by cutting services further.\"\n\nThe cost of scrapping the 1% cap is estimated at £4bn.\n\nThe move has been seen as a bid to boost staff recruitment and retention as well as improve morale in the public sector.\n\nUnions have been arguing for pay rises closer to 5% to make up for the austerity measures introduced by David Cameron's government eight years ago.\n\nChief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss said the announcement was \"fantastic news just before the summer for a million workers right across the public sector\".\n\nShe said: \"We hugely value the work that people do, whether it's teachers, soldiers or police officers.\"\n\nBut Prospect union deputy general secretary Garry Graham said: \"Today's pay deals for the armed forces, prison workers and teachers are welcome but confirm what we have long suspected, this government have put civil servants firmly at the back of the queue on public sector pay.\n\n\"Instead of playing cynical divide-and-rule games with overworked and underpaid public sector workers, the government should be committing to above-inflation pay rises for all public servants, with no group left behind.\"", "Millions of \"just about managing\" families are no better off today than those in 2003, new research from the Resolution Foundation indicates.\n\nThe remarkable income stagnation for so many reveals that the economy has been failing to generate income for people over many years despite record levels of people in work.\n\nIn 2003, households on the lower half of incomes typically earnt £14,900.\n\nIn 2016/17 that figure had fallen to £14,800, the research shows.\n\nBoth figures are adjusted for inflation and housing costs.\n\nThere are over eight million low and middle income households, just under half of which have children.\n\nAnd it is not just poorer households which have been facing a pay squeeze.\n\nOn average, incomes for all households in 2017/18 increased by just 0.9%, the lowest rise for four years and less than half the average between 1994 and 2007, just before the financial crisis.\n\nFor the poorest third of households, incomes actually fell by up to £150 in the last year.\n\nThe Resolution Foundation report said that surveys revealed that over 40% of low to middle income families feel they would be unable to save £10 a month and over 35% would be unable to afford a holiday for one week with their children.\n\n\"We appear to have a picture of generalised stagnation for many, with lower income households actually going backwards,\" the Resolution Foundation's Living Standards Audit says.\n\n\"The apparent falling away of the bottom from the middle in 2017/18 represents a disturbing new development.\n\n\"This pattern has clear implications for poverty - captured by the number of people living in households with incomes below 60% of the median [the middle figure of a set of income figures ranked from high to low].\n\n\"There are good odds that 2017/18 delivered a notable increase [in poverty].\n\n\"Relative child poverty may have risen to its highest rate in at least 15 years, despite high levels of employment.\"\n\n\"Child poverty\" is calculated by the number of under-16s living in a household that earns less than 60% of the average income.\n\nThe big questions are why the income stagnation has happened and what can be done about it.\n\nOn the \"why\", research by the Foundation - which was set up to look at the problem of low incomes - reveals that the economy has struggled to create wealth for people in work.\n\nAlthough employment rates are high, which is good for those in work, many of the jobs are lower paid.\n\nThat's because people who are moving from unemployment into employment, such as single parents, tend to take jobs towards the lower end of income levels.\n\nOnce in jobs there is also a lack of \"progression\" into higher paid jobs.\n\nProductivity levels for the whole economy - the ability to create more value for every hour somebody works - have also been poor since the financial crisis.\n\nRather than investing in new innovations - such as computer technology or robots which could increase the amount people produce - firms have been holding onto cash to get them through the tougher economic conditions.\n\nWhat are called \"non-wage costs\" have also increased.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The former prime minister says there's a 'real risk' of a rise in child poverty in the UK.\n\nBusinesses now have to pay more into employees' pensions and, for larger firms, have to pay costs such as the apprenticeship levy to encourage better standards of training.\n\nManagers have also been criticised for being too conservative about taking on new ways of working.\n\nBenefit cuts since 2010 also affect lower income households far more than those on higher incomes.\n\nPut those factors alongside the poor economic growth the UK has been experiencing, along with many other developed Western economies, since 2008 and the reasons behind the living standards problem become clearer.\n\nImproving productivity is key to helping people out of poverty\n\nWhen it comes to solutions, the key is productivity.\n\nEconomists argue that once in work, people should be encouraged to apply for promotions, increasing their skill levels and their pay.\n\nFirms should be encouraged to invest in innovations to make their firms more efficient and better able to create wealth for every hour worked.\n\nBetter economic growth, which leads to higher incomes, is reliant on a number of factors - certainty about the future (in relatively low supply at present because of the Brexit process); global growth (Britain is an exporting nation so the better growth is elsewhere, the better for the UK); and investment in better and higher-value skilled jobs (which means focusing on education and skills and making managers better at exploiting opportunities that are available).\n\nWithout a firm focus on such issues, the Resolution Foundation report reveals that, over the next decade, it is likely that \"just about managing\" families are likely to remain just that.", "Olympic rower Helen Glover announced she was pregnant with twins in March\n\nDouble Olympic champion Helen Glover has announced she has given birth to a boy.\n\nGlover and her husband, TV wildlife expert Steve Backshall, revealed the news in a series of posts on their social media accounts.\n\nThe gold medallist, from Cornwall, said she was \"excited to welcome Baby Boy Backshall\" to the world.\n\nThe Team GB rower had been expecting twins but lost one of the babies in April.\n\nSteve Backshall said on Instagram and Twitter: \"The biggest adventure begins.\"\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAfter sharing their news, the couple received hundreds of messages from well-wishers.\n\nAdventurer Ben Fogle was quick to respond to the Olympian's tweet, offering \"huge congratulations\".\n\nOlympic cyclist and double gold medal winner Joanna Rowsell-Shand also wished the couple well, while England international rugby player Ben Morgan responded to Steve Backshall's tweet, saying: \"Congratulations to you both, the fun begins!\"\n\nHelen Glover and Steve Backshall met at a Sport Relief event in 2014 and married in 2016\n\nGlover and her rowing partner, Heather Stanning, won Britain's first gold medal of the 2012 Olympics in London.\n\nShe took part in a victory parade in Penzance after the win and a Royal Mail postbox was painted gold in the town in honour of her winning performance.\n\nThe pair took gold again in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, becoming the first British female rowers to defend their Olympic title.", "A jab that protects against a virus that causes cervical cancer will be given to boys aged 12 to 13 in England.\n\nThe policy decision brings England into line with Scotland and Wales.\n\nHPV vaccine is already routinely offered to girls of the same age at secondary school and is free up until they turn 18.\n\nExperts and campaigners have been calling for equal access to the jab, which can also guard against oral, throat and anal cancers.\n\nHPV is the name given to a large group of viruses, which can be caught through any kind of sexual contact with another person who already has it.\n\nDoctors say most HPV infections go away by themselves, but sometimes infections can lead to a variety of serious problems.\n\nFor boys, this includes cancer of the anus, penis, mouth and throat.\n\nThe vaccine has been offered to girls since 2008 as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme, with boys being said to benefit through herd protection.\n\nBut there is still a risk of infection in those who go on to have sex with other men or with women who have not been vaccinated.\n\nThousands of boys in England are expected to be vaccinated under the programme each year, which is likely to start from 2019-20.\n\nGirls aged 12 to 13 in Northern Ireland are also eligible for the vaccine, but no decision has been taken on whether to make it available to boys living there.\n\nDr Mary Ramsay, Head of Immunisations at Public Health England, said: \"This extended programme offers us the opportunity to make HPV related diseases a thing of the past and build on the success of the girls' programme, which has already reduced the prevalence of HPV 16 and 18, the main cancer-causing types, by over 80%.\n\n\"We can now be even more confident that we will reduce cervical and other cancers in both men and women in the future.\"\n\nShirley Cramer CBE, Chief Executive, Royal Society for Public Health, said: \"It is imperative that the gender-neutral programme is implemented by September 2019 to ensure as many people as possible reap the benefits.\"", "Survivors say they ran into the sea to escape the devastating Greece wildfires, which have killed at least 74 people.\n\nMany are still thought to be missing after the Attica region around Athens was engulfed in flames.\n\nThe country's prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has declared a three-day period of national mourning.", "Fatima Khan posted a video on social media of Khalid Safi as he lay dying\n\nA \"Snapchat queen\" who posted a video of her boyfriend dying in a pool of blood has been found guilty of orchestrating his killing.\n\nFatima Khan, 21, plotted with a love rival to kill Khalid Safi, 18, who she had been seeing for two years.\n\nMr Safi was repeatedly stabbed in the chest by Raza Khan in North Acton, London, in December 2016, jurors heard.\n\nKhan filmed Mr Safi as he lay dying in the street and posted it on Snapchat alongside an offensive message.\n\nThe self-confessed Snapchat addict denied murdering Mr Safi, saying she was \"ashamed\" of the video.\n\nBut a jury at the Old Bailey found her guilty of manslaughter by a majority of 10-1 on Tuesday.\n\nKhalid Safi was stabbed to death in December 2016\n\nThe trial at the Old Bailey heard that Khan arranged for Mr Khan, a rival for her affections, to kill Mr Safi.\n\nProsecutor Kate Bex QC said Khan became upset when, five days before his death, Mr Safi gave her a watch as a gift.\n\nKhan from Ilford, east London, threw the gift at him out of an upstairs window because her family did not know about the relationship, Ms Bex said.\n\nThe lawyer told jurors that Mr Khan was \"a rival for her affections\" and Khan was \"essential to the success of the plan\" to get rid of Mr Safi.\n\nOn the day of the killing, Mr Safi and Khan had gone to a Costa Coffee near to her work at Vigilant Security in North Acton.\n\nMr Khan then arrived in a minicab and walked up to the couple, holding a large knife, Ms Bex said.\n\nRaza Khan is wanted for the murder of Khalid Safi\n\n\"Raza Khan spoke briefly to either the defendant or Khalid Safi and then turned to face him, at which point the prosecution suggest the knife would have been in plain view.\n\n\"Mr Safi produced a screwdriver and they began to fight. The fight lasted 15 seconds at most and it is caught on CCTV.\n\n\"Mr Safi died at the scene having received a number of wounds to his chest, one penetrating his heart.\"\n\nKhan was injured in the fight but left the scene and his whereabouts remain unknown, the court heard.\n\nDefending, Kerim Fuad QC said Khan was ashamed at posting the \"callous and crass\" video on Snapchat.\n\nShe will be sentenced on 30 July.", "Children have flocked to Montreal's water fountains to fight the heat\n\nParts of the world are sweltering in record temperatures - and it's not a problem confined only to summer in the northern hemisphere.\n\nRecords are being broken across the globe - so where have things been particularly bad? And why is this happening?\n\nCities across the region suffered a deadly heat wave in the first week of July, with at least 70 deaths attributed to the record hot spell in Quebec province alone.\n\nIn Canada's capital Ottawa, in Ontario, the humidity index - the method used there to measure the combined humidity level and temperature - hit 47C (116.6F) on 2 July.\n\nMost of the 70 deaths in neighbouring Quebec took place in the city of Montreal. Most victims were aged 65 or over and already had pre-existing medical conditions. The lack of air conditioning in their buildings was a significant contributing factor, doctors said.\n\nOver to BBC Weather's Ben Rich: \"The jet stream has shifted further north than usual, allowing a plume of very warm air to waft northwards across the USA and into large parts of Canada. There was also less rainfall than normal during May and June - and dry ground heats up more quickly, so temperatures have been able to rise well above average.\"\n\nHopefully this bather in Georgia's capital Tbilisi remembered the Factor 50 sun cream\n\nThe whole Caucasus region, a mountainous area on the border of Europe and Asia, has suffered particularly high temperatures this month.\n\nThe capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, hit an all-time high of 40.5C (104.9F) on 4 July, but the heat has put a significant strain on (often ageing) power grids in other countries nearby.\n\nNearby, there have been major power cuts in Iran because demand outstripped the electrical system's capabilities as people try to stay cool. The government there has urged people to conserve energy wherever possible.\n\nThere were major breakdowns in the water supply in Armenia's capital Yerevan as the heat crossed 40C, and, unfortunately, a festival in which people drench each other with water was about to start.\n\nBen Rich: \"Over the past few months low pressure has often been sitting across the south east of Europe. In the northern hemisphere, winds move anticlockwise around a low pressure area, and these winds have drawn very warm air from Africa and the Middle East northwards into Armenia - hence temperatures have been much higher than normal.\"\n\nParts of California have been suffering wildfires brought about by the record heat\n\nRecord after record fell in southern parts of California last week:\n\nThere's been a significant knock-on effect of the record heat in parts of the state - and as in Iran, it led to unprecedented demand on the power grid. As a result, more than 34,000 homes were left without power.\n\n'Red flag' warnings, indicating the risk of serious wildfires, remain in place for large parts of the state.\n\nLast Friday, Peggy Frank, a 63-year-old postal worker, was found dead in her truck in a suburb of Los Angeles where the temperature reached 47.2C (117F). Media reports said the truck did not have air conditioning and Mrs Frank had suffered heat stroke at work once before.\n\nIn essence, it's the same problem that has affected eastern Canada. So are all the high temperatures down to climate change? It's hard to pin it on that and only that, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says.\n\n\"Episodes of extreme heat and precipitation are increasing as a result of climate change,\" it says. \"Although it is not possible to attribute the individual extreme events of June and July to climate change, they are compatible with the general long-term trend due to rising concentrations of greenhouse gases.\"\n\nBear in mind that it is the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere - but despite this, it is scorching in some places.\n\nLast week, the temperature in Sydney topped 24.7C (76.5F) over two days in July for the first time since records began. That's roughly eight celsius higher than the average temperature for this time of year.\n\nThis comes after most parts of the city recorded their hottest-ever autumn.\n\nBen Rich: \"Temperatures rose during early July as an area of high pressure settled to the east of Australia, bringing warm northwesterly winds from the Equator down across the eastern side of Australia. The recent La Nina event may be another factor - sea temperatures in the western Pacific have been a little above average, helping to lift the temperatures over land too.\"\n\nThere are plenty of caveats here, but Africa's hottest recorded temperature may have been registered last week.\n\nSome background: as it stands, the official hottest temperature recorded on the continent was 55C (131F) in Kebili, Tunisia, in 1931.\n\nHowever, meteorologists are unsure how credible that reading is (doubts linger about the way the information was gathered).\n\nNow, there are grounds to believe Africa's hottest reliable record temperature was registered in Ouargla, northern Algeria, on 5 July: 51.3C (124.3F).\n\nSome more caveats: this has not been officially recognised as a record by the WMO, which takes some time to scrutinise the data. However, the WMO does say the record is \"likely\" to have been broken. There's also some suspicion that the proximity of the weather station to the heat of a runway may have skewed the reading.\n\n\"In common with many parts of the world, Algeria has seen a significant rise in heat waves over the past 30 years that experts say is down to rising global temperatures.\n\n\"According to one study, the frequency of heat waves lasting three days or longer has more than doubled between 1988 and 2015.\n\n\"In fact, researchers believe Algeria will be a global hotspot for climate change. A 2014 study from the World Bank suggested that the strongest warming in North Africa would take place in inland Algeria. If the world fails to rein in carbon emissions, and the planet warms by an average of 4C, Algeria could see a sweltering 8C rise by the end of this century.\n\n\"The extreme temperatures of recent weeks may be a foretaste of the norm in decades to come.\"", "A trial where pregnant women were given an anti-impotence drug has been urgently stopped after 11 newborn babies died.\n\nWomen taking part in the Dutch study had been given the tablets to improve growth of their unborn children because they had poorly-developed placentas.\n\nIt appears the drug, which promotes blood flow, may have caused lethal damage to the babies' lungs.\n\nExperts say a full investigation is needed to understand what happened.\n\nThere is no suggestion that there was any wrong-doing.\n\nEarlier trials in the UK and Australia and New Zealand did not find any evidence of potential harm from the intervention. But they also found no benefit.\n\nAt that time, in 2010, researchers said the treatment should be used only in trials.\n\nFoetal growth restriction caused by an underdeveloped placenta is a serious condition that currently has no treatment.\n\nIt can mean babies are born prematurely, with a very low birth weight and poor chances of survival.\n\nA medication that could improve weight or prolong the time to delivery could have significant advantages for these very sick babies.\n\nThe latest Dutch study, which was due to run until 2020, was being carried out across 11 hospitals in the Netherlands, including the Amsterdam University Medical Centre.\n\nIn total, 93 women were given sildenafil (the non-brand name for Viagra) while the remaining 90 were given a dummy drug or placebo.\n\nTwenty babies developed lung problems after birth - three in the placebo group and the rest in the treatment group.\n\nEleven in the sildenafil group died from lung complications.\n\nThe drug used was not made by Pfizer, which manufactures Viagra, and the safety of the use of sildenafil for erectile dysfunction is not being questioned.\n\nProf Zarcko Alfirevic, from the University of Liverpool, who led part of the UK research into sildenafil in pregnancy that found no benefit in terms of improving baby growth, said: \"This finding in the Dutch study is unexpected.\n\n\"We need to be careful at this point to find out more.\n\n\"It needs a thorough investigation because the complications were not seen in the two other, similar trials that have already been done in the UK and Australia and New Zealand.\"", "A simple eye test carried out by opticians could help predict who is at risk of developing dementia, a study suggests.\n\nThe test is usually done to spot early signs of eye disease, by looking at tissue at the back of the eye - the retina.\n\nNow scientists have found people with thinner retinas are more likely to have problems with memory and reasoning.\n\nResearchers believe the test could be used to screen for early dementia.\n\nThe study of 32,000 people measured parts of the retina, and in particular the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL), using optical coherence tomography (OCT).\n\nStudy participants, who were between the ages of 40 and 69, were also assessed on their memory, reaction time and reasoning.\n\nScientists found those with the thinnest RNFLs were more likely to fail one or more of the tests.\n\nThey were also twice as likely to score worse in follow-up assessments over the next three years, the study published in JAMA Neurology found.\n\nMemory loss, difficulty with carrying out familiar tasks and other types of cognitive decline can be early symptoms of dementia.\n\nProf Paul Foster, from the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology, co-lead author of the paper, said OCT tests could help identify people at high risk of developing the disease.\n\nProf Foster added: \"It is likely that treatments will be more effective in slowing or stopping dementia at earlier stages of the disease.\n\n\"Also, by targeting people in the earlier stages, it should be possible to design better clinical trials for treatments that make a real difference and improve people's lives.\"\n\nAn association between deterioration in the retina and optic nerves, and people who have established dementia had already been known.\n\nBut researchers said their study suggested such changes could be spotted with OCT tests even in the early stages of cognitive decline.\n\nExperts say deterioration in the retina may mirror changes going on in the blood vessels in the brain, which could play a role in the development of the disease.\n\nHowever, other scientists have questioned the link between RNFL thickness and dementia, arguing that it does not reliably predict cognitive ability.\n\nResearchers said an advantage of OCT tests is that they offer a relatively inexpensive and non-invasive way to screen for dementia.\n\nBut they said the tests should probably not be done in isolation to screen for dementia, as there would be people with thinner retinas who did not go on to experience cognitive decline.\n\nDr Laura Phipps, from Alzheimer's Research UK, said exploring how the eye can be used as a window into early brain changes was a growing area of research.\n\nShe said it would be interesting to see whether further studies showed that a greater likelihood of cognitive decline in those with thinner retinas also translated into an increased risk of dementia.\n\n\"With future treatments for Alzheimer's and other dementias likely to be most effective when given early in the disease process, research into sensitive and non-invasive early markers of disease is vital.\n\n\"The brain is well protected by the skull and current approaches for detecting brain changes - such as brain scans - can be expensive to use routinely.\n\n\"While a diagnosis of dementia will always rely on results from a number of different tests, further studies should look at how sensitive OCT could be at identifying those most at risk of cognitive decline in the general population.\"\n\nThe charity added that it was co-funding a study which analysed eye scans to look for features that could indicate the presence of dementia.", "A graphic novel has made it onto the Man Booker longlist for the first time.\n\nSabrina by Nick Drnaso tells the story of a girl who goes missing, leaving behind a videotape with clues about her disappearance.\n\nChicago-born Drnaso, who is 29, won an LA Times book prize with his first collection Beverly.\n\n\"Given the changing shape of fiction, it was only a matter of time before a graphic novel was included,\" the judges said.\n\nThis year's Man Booker Prize longlist consists of six writers from the UK, three from the US, two from Ireland and two from Canada.\n\nThe eligibility rules were changed in 2013 to allow international authors to be nominated, as long as their book was written in English and published in the UK.\n\nThe longlist for the £50,000 prize will be whittled down to six in September before the final winner is announced on Tuesday 16 October.\n\nMichael Ondaatje latest novel Warlight is about two orphans in post-war Britain\n\nThe list also includes Michael Ondaatje's latest novel, Warlight.\n\nOndaatje's epic romance The English Patient shared the 1992 Booker prize with Barry Unsworth's 18th Century slave tale Sacred Hunger.\n\nTwo weeks ago, The English Patient won the Golden Man Booker Prize at a festival to mark the literary award's 50th anniversary.\n\nAll 51 previous winners were considered by a panel of judges, who whittled them down to one from each decade.\n\nThe Man Booker Prize has been running since 1969 and is one of the most prestigious awards in literature.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition to stop the release of new Netflix show, Insatiable.\n\nThe teen drama has been accused of \"fat-shaming\" since its trailer came out on 12 July.\n\nThe show stars Debby Ryan as an overweight teenager who takes revenge on bullies after losing weight.\n\nThe actress wears a fat suit in scenes before her character Patty loses a significant amount of weight during the school holidays.\n\nPatty is punched in the face and has her jaw wired shut because of her injuries. It \"lost me more than just my summer vacation,\" the character says in the trailer.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. 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YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\n\"For so long, the narrative has told women and young impressionable girls that in order to be popular, have friends, to be desirable for the male gaze, and to some extent be a worthy human that we must be thin,\" writes Florence, who started the petition.\n\n\"We still have time to stop this series from being released, and causing a devastation of self-doubt in the minds of young girls who will think that to be happy and be worthy, they need to lose weight.\n\n\"This series will cause eating disorders, and perpetuate the further objectification of women's bodies.\"\n\nPatty is seen as unhappy and bullied before losing weight and taking revenge on classmates in the Netflix trailer\n\nThe petition is calling on Netflix to scrap Insatiable instead of releasing the show on 10 August as planned.\n\nDebby, who plays the lead character, has defended Insatiable on social media, saying she \"cares deeply\" about how women's bodies are \"shamed and policed in society\".\n\n\"Over the last few days I've seen how many voices are protective and fiercely outspoken about the themes that come to play in this story,\" Debby wrote on Twitter.\n\n\"I was drawn to this show's willingness to go to real places about how difficult and scary it can be to move through a world in a body, whether you're being praised or criticised for its size, and what it feels like to pray to be ignored because it's easier than being seen.\n\n\"I hope fans will wait and watch the show before passing judgement.\"\n\nDebby says that Patty's weight is not used \"as a punchline\" and the character's \"physical transformation\" doesn't make her happy\n\nNetflix describes the show as a \"dark, twisted revenge comedy\" and sees Patty rise from being a victim of bullying to being coached to become \"the top pageant queen in the country.\"\n\nInsatiable has faced criticism on social media since the trailer's premiere, with actress and body positivity campaigner Jameela Jamil among those who have hit out at the show.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIf you've been affected by any of the issues mentioned in this article, you might want to read these BBC Advice pages for some help.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.", "Supermarket sales have grown at their fastest rate this year with demand stimulated by the World Cup and the warm weather, research suggests.\n\nMarket research firm Kantar Worldpanel said food and drink sales in the 12 weeks to 15 July rose by 3.6% from a year earlier.\n\nIn the week England played Colombia and Sweden, alcohol sales hit a record for a week outside of Christmas and Easter.\n\nTesco still has the biggest share of the grocery market at 27.6%.\n\nThat, however, was down slightly from last year.\n\nAldi, Lidl and the Co-op all saw their market share grow. Aldi now has a record market share of 7.5%, up from 7% last year, while Lidl has a share of 5.4%, up from 5.1%.\n\nKantar said the Co-op was helped by more people shopping locally.\n\nThe rest of the big High Street chains saw their market share remain the same or fall back slightly.\n\nAsda, Iceland and Morrisons held sales while Tesco, Sainsbury and Waitrose both saw their market share fall back.\n\nHome delivery food service Ocado saw its market share grow to 1.2%\n\nFraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel, said: \"Over the past month, football-frenzied customers visited supermarkets an extra 13 million times as they hurried to stock up on World Cup-viewing essentials, with alcohol in particular the stand-out winner.\n\n\"Christmas and Easter aside, the week that the England football team played both Colombia and Sweden saw more spent on alcohol than ever before - a colossal £287m.\"\n\nThe long hot summer has also lead to a sharp rise in barbeque dining, over the past month, sales of firelighters and fresh burgers jumped by 47% and 30%.\n\nKeith Richardson, from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said the data showed where the UK was spending its money.\n\n\"With the heatwave and sporting events in Russia and Wimbledon keeping shoppers away from the High Street, it was the grocers who benefited as shoppers who were spending a little less elsewhere could afford to splash out on strawberries, burgers and beers.\n\n\"With the trend towards staycations and a weaker pound still attracting foreign visitors, supermarkets will be confident of keeping this good run going over the summer.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The BBC's Gavin Lee reports from the seaside village of Mati where burnt wreckage lines the road\n\nIn the coastal resort of Mati, the welcome sign that had advertised what was once one of Greece's picture-postcard tourist villages was hanging down by the side of the road, charred and unreadable.\n\nMati has been strangely split by the inexplicable path the wildfires made as they raged through the town. There are hotels, homes and apartments scorched and destroyed on one side of the road, but on the other, many buildings are completely untouched.\n\nThe luckier residents peer out through unscathed windows, having narrowly escaped the fate of their neighbours.\n\nPeople have been walking around wearing medical facemasks, to protect from the stench and the smoke, as they work out what to do. Some have returned to their homes to check for pets and belongings, despite the government's safety advice to keep away in case their building collapses.\n\nIt's a small village. The main village hub, the Cavos bar, has been destroyed. Most people I speak to know someone who has died or been badly injured.\n\nKaterina Pantelidis (R) said her home was almost completely destroyed \"in seconds\"\n\nKaterina Pantelidis was watching the local news on Monday evening and says the report about wildfires spreading suggested that the wind direction meant Mati would avoid the flames. But, she says, minutes later she smelt burning and looked outside to see the pine trees on fire, and heard her windows smash.\n\nShe picked up her two cats, and attempted to pick up her dog, but had to leave him when he ran into a smoke-filled part of the house. She ran with her parents to the beach, along with hundreds of others escaping the flames and smoke. Her house was destroyed.\n\nMany swam into the sea, but Katerina remained on shore with her cats and elderly parents, breathing through their clothes and waiting five hours for the coastguard. Incredibly, the dog survived - Katerina later found him hiding in a back room underneath a broken window.\n\nAt the nearby Ramada hotel, staff had to evacuate hundreds of tourists, and although the building escaped the inferno, people are being advised not to stay here. Suitcases line the reception and forecourt as holidaymakers work out where to go, while staff and locals face the fact that their main source of income, tourism, will now be affected.\n\nTonight there's still no electricity, many roads are closed off and it is pitch black on the streets apart from the flashing lights of police cars and fire engines as they continue to survey the damage and try to prevent any secondary fires breaking out.\n\nDozens of Greek families who have been left homeless are gathering at the Marathon Beach Hotel, the makeshift relief centre, with volunteers bringing fresh food, water, clothes and comfort to those who have just lost everything.", "A four-year-old boy and a 91-year-old man with dementia have struck up an unlikely friendship.\n\nNatalie Holmes first took her son Daniel to Acorn House care home, in Nottingham - where Stuart Gulliver, 91, lives - when he was 18 months old.\n\nShe wanted him to get used to elderly people.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A Red Arrows engineer recorded video on Sunday as the team returned to RAF Scampton\n\nThe home of the Red Arrows air display team is to be sold off, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.\n\nRAF Scampton, which was also home to 617 Squadron as they prepared for the Dambusters mission in World War Two, has housed the Red Arrows since 2000.\n\nSix hundred people currently work at the site near Lincoln.\n\nThe MoD, which wants to save £3bn by 2040, is also closing RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire where 300 people work.\n\nThe government said RAF Scampton will close in 2022 with the Red Arrows relocating to a site \"more fit for purpose\".\n\nPlans were also confirmed to transfer basic and fast jet training from RAF Linton-on-Ouse in North Yorkshire to RAF Valley on Anglesey in 2019 and cease using Linton in 2020.\n\nRAF Scampton is also where the Dambusters raids were launched\n\nAir Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, Chief of the Air Staff from 1992 to 1997, said: \"Scampton is a very good base. It has an extremely long runway and is situated in a part of the country which is ideal in many ways.\n\n\"I just hope that all of these consequences of closing Scampton are fully understood and appreciated. I'd like to know where they are going to put the Red Arrows.\n\n\"The Red Arrows have been at Scampton for some time. I remember so well in the past we moved the Red Arrows around from pillar to post and it was not a good time.\"\n\nRAF Scampton has escaped previous cuts at the MoD\n\nThe decision behind the closure of RAF Scampton is mostly about saving money. A cash strapped MoD is aiming to sell off about one-third of its estate to make nearly £3bn of savings by 2040.\n\nThe Lincolnshire air base has just about managed to escape previous rounds of cuts, in part because of its history as home to the Dambusters and, more recently, the Red Arrows.\n\nThis will not be a popular decision, but defence sources say the base is looking tired and in need of investment. The RAF has assessed money would be better placed on improving its existing core sites.\n\nTalks are already under way to find the Red Arrows a new home, including discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority to ensure the world renowned display team have the airspace they need to practise their aerobatic displays.\n\nIt's still not clear who'll be buying RAF Scampton, but the MoD says it will look at ways of keeping its history alive. That might include a small museum at the site.\n\nIn May 1943, Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron left RAF Scampton to carry out air raids on the dams of the Ruhr valley.\n\nThe 102-year-old base has been at the heart of RAF operations ever since, but after surviving countless rounds of defence cuts it is now being sold.\n\nBy 2022 the Red Arrows will move to another base.\n\nSir Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, said he was \"saddened\" that the base, which is in his constituency, was to be sold \"as part of cost-saving measures\".\n\nHe tweeted: \"Not the best way to mark the #RAF100: closing the home of the RAF Red Arrows and Dambuster squadron.\"\n\nLincolnshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones said losing the base \"was as serious a blow as Lincoln losing the cathedral\" would be.\n\nThe base has been the home of the Red Arrows since 2000\n\nLeader of West Lindsey District Council Jeff Summers said: \"The RAF has a rich heritage in Lincolnshire and this news will be upsetting for many people.\n\n\"Together with Lincolnshire County Council we look forward to developing a plan for the site to explore the positives to ensure the heritage of RAF Scampton is reflected in future developments that meet the needs of the local economy.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Shagufta Khan was the director of Best Meet and Greet Ltd\n\nA woman has admitted misleading Gatwick holidaymakers who paid for their cars to be stored securely, when instead they were left in fields and public car parks.\n\nShagufta Khan, 42, was the director of Best Meet and Greet Ltd, which West Sussex County Council's Trading Standards team investigated after complaints.\n\nAt Hove Crown Court Mrs Khan admitted engaging in unfair and misleading commercial practice.\n\nShe will be sentenced on Friday.\n\nCars were kept in fields, not in a secure place as advertised\n\nThe court heard the company's website contained cheap short-term offers which pushed customers to book quickly, and it had false testimonies from \"satisfied\" customers.\n\nMrs Khan, of Stace Way, Crawley, also \"misled customers on the characteristics of their car parking\", by claiming vehicles would be securely guarded at all times, when actually they were stored in public car parks and muddy fields.\n\nThe court heard it was \"not likely\" Mrs Khan was the person with ultimate control over the company, and there was a strong chance other people were involved.\n\nCars were brought back filthy after being kept with Best Meet and Greet Ltd\n\nBest Meet and Greet is one of various firms which has been investigated by Trading Standards for similar reasons, including Gatwick First Parking and London Parking Gatwick.\n\nKaren Aldous used the service, and when she returned from her holiday Best Meet and Greet were unable to find the vehicle. After four-and-a-half hours it was returned, but it was dented and covered in mud.\n\nShe said: \"The repairs have been estimated at around £700, and I think Best Meet and Greet should cover the cost of those repairs.\"\n\nThe company website claimed the facility was manned and guarded 24/7\n\nAfter the conviction Richard Sargeant, Trading Standards team manager, said: \"We think this is very serious; customers are being defrauded.\n\n\"This company was making statements on their website and they were false. Consumers paid good money for their cars to be securely parked, but they weren't - they were parked unprofessionally in a field.\"\n\nA Gatwick spokesperson said: \"Gatwick Airport strongly recommends passengers use official on-airport parking, or companies registered with Gatwick's approved off-airport parking operators scheme.\n\n\"While we sympathise with all affected passengers, it is important to stress that Gatwick has no relationship with the parking operator involved in this trial.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The attack happened at a branch of Home Bargains in Worcester\n\nA fifth man has been arrested over a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in Worcester.\n\nThe 41-year-old man from Wolverhampton was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, West Mercia Police said.\n\nPolice said the boy was in a pushchair when he was deliberately attacked at Home Bargains in Worcester at 14:15 BST on Saturday.\n\nFour other men arrested on the same charge remain in custody, police said.\n\nThey are a 39-year-old man from Wolverhampton and three men, aged 22, 25 and 26, from London.\n\nDet Insp Jim Bayliss said: \"Our officers are continuing to work extremely hard on this investigation.\n\n\"At this time we believe this to be an isolated incident and there is not a wider risk to the public.\"\n• None Three arrests over acid attack on boy, 3\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a dam in Laos collapsed late on Monday, flooding several villages and killing at least 20 people.\n\nAt least 100 people are still missing, and thousands have lost their homes.\n\nThe authorities in Attapeu province have been using helicopters and boats to try to evacuate stranded villagers.\n\nThe dam that collapsed is part of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project, which involves Laotian, Thai and South Korean firms.\n\nLocal authorities have appealed to government bodies and other communities to provide emergency aid such as clothing, food, drinking water and medicine.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Villagers seek refuge on roofs of submerged homes in Laos\n\nFootage of the disaster has shown survivors huddled on roof tops of their submerged homes, or wading through water, holding children and their belongings.\n\nOne woman, seen in a video posted by ABC Laos news on Facebook, cried and prayed as she was evacuated on a boat, telling rescuers her mother was still stranded on a tree.\n\nThe dam that collapsed is an auxiliary dam called \"Saddle Dam D\". It is part of a network of two main dams and five subsidiary dams in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project.\n\nThe dam was 90% complete and had been set to start operating commercially next year.\n\nSK Engineering & Construction, a South Korean company with a stake in the project, said fractures were first discovered on the dam on Sunday, before it collapsed:\n\nRatchaburi Electricity Generating Holding, the main Thai stakeholder, said in a statement that the dam \"was fractured\" after \"continuous rainstorm[s]\" caused a \"high volume of water to flow into the project's reservoir\".\n\nAs a result, water \"leaked to the downstream area and down to Xe-Pian River\" about 5km (three miles) away, it added.\n\nLaos has in recent years invested heavily in hydroelectric power - which makes up about 30% of its exports.\n\nThe government plans to double current energy production by 2020 to become the \"battery of South East Asia\".\n\nBut groups warn of the project's impact on the environment and the nations the river supports.", "A record number of primary school children are leaving school severely obese, according to new figures from Public Health England.\n\nData for 2016/17 shows one in 25 10 to 11 year olds were severely obese.\n\nThat's more than 22,000 children, and the highest level since records began.\n\nLevels of childhood obesity have remained fairly stable in recent years, but the new analysis shows that severe obesity has been on an upward trend over the last decade.\n\nThe data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for children for the year 2016/17 has detailed the trends in severe obesity for the first time.\n\nDr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said the trends were \"extremely worrying and have been decades in the making - reversing them will not happen overnight.\"\n\nShe said \"bold measures are needed to tackle this threat to our children's health\".\n\nThe Department of Health recently announced the second phase of its childhood obesity plan to help halve childhood obesity by 2030.\n\nAs part of that, sweets and high-fat snacks will be banned from supermarket checkouts, and there will be tighter restrictions on junk food ads on TV.\n\nCaroline Cerny, of the Obesity Health Alliance, said the government's obesity plans need to be \"fully and swiftly implemented\".\n\n\"It's very concerning that the number of children with a weight that is classified as severely obese is now at an all-time high. Children with obesity are five times more likely to have obesity as adults, putting them at risk of diseases including Type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart and liver disease, as well as associated mental health conditions.\"\n\nDr Max Davie, Officer for Health Promotion for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), said although the new data was \"shocking\" it was \"not surprising\".\n\n\"The Government's childhood obesity plan is encouraging but if the policies within it are not quickly enacted, more children are going to face a life that's limited in quality and expectancy\" he said.\n\n\"Obesity is entirely preventable, so this new data should be the springboard the government needs in order to put these policies in place and begin turning around lives.\"", "The fires that tore through central Portugal last June destroyed lives and left homes in ruins\n\n\"It's been like this every day and it's always about the same thing. The fire.\"\n\nThe phone rings incessantly at Sílvia Bento's desk in the Pedrógão Grande Mayor's office.\n\nIt was on 17 June last year that a wildfire raged through this part of central Portugal, devastating an area four times the size of Lisbon, destroying hundreds of homes and killing 66 people.\n\nMany victims were trapped in their homes or in their cars as they tried to escape. It was the deadliest fire in Portuguese history.\n\n\"It's like it was yesterday,\" says Sílvia Bento.\n\nA year on, the ferocity and the scope of this tragedy are marked by thousands of acres of black and brown mountains and valleys stretching as far as the horizon.\n\nCharred road signs in Pedrógão Grande betray the traumatic events of a year ago\n\nThe constant buzz of chainsaws suggests work on reviving the area has begun. But a lack of funding, a lack of people and the sheer shock of the disaster mean it will take some time for this part of central Portugal to recover.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\n\"Even after what happened, the locals look around and everything reminds them of what happened. Even if they want to avoid that reality, they can't,\" says Ana Santos, an expert in grief therapy at the PIN psychology centre.\n\nShe says there are several cases of mourning and severe trauma in the area surrounding the councils of Pedrógão Grande, Castanheira de Pêra and Figueiró dos Vinhos.\n\nAna Margarida Teixeira, a local psychologist working on the ground since day one, says cases of post-traumatic stress disorder are rare but that almost every week new patients sign in at the public health clinic where she works.\n\n\"The population has been very resilient. They're looking at what happened as an opportunity for growth and there is less stigma regarding asking for help than I thought,\" she says.\n\nSince the fire the government has required 10m either side of a road to be clear of vegetation, but young eucalyptus trees are quickly filling that space\n\nAmong the survivors who has sought help is Lídia Antunes, whose family survived the disaster, but only just.\n\nOn the day of the fire, they fled their house in three different cars. They soon lost track of each other and became cut off on flame-ridden forest roads.\n\n\"I was convinced I was going to die. I was speeding through flames and it was so hot, I though if I tried to U-turn the car would melt,\" she says. \"At some point I got lost and got hit by another car but I just kept speeding. I knew that as soon as the car stopped I would die.\"\n\nShe drove on and ended up saving a couple pleading for help.\n\nLídia Antunes and her family survived but she has asked for help in the aftermath of the disaster\n\n\"I told them to get in quickly, but the back doors of the car had melted, so the two of them had to get in through the passenger's window.\n\n\"An elderly man who was with them couldn't get in and decided to stay behind. To this day I have no idea if he survived,\" she says.\n\nLídia is on medication and still has sleepless nights.\n\n\"Every day I think why did I leave? But then I think I wouldn't have saved those two people if I'd stayed at home,\" she says. \"That makes it a bit easier.\"\n\n47 people were killed on this stretch of road alone, between Castanheira de Pêra and Figueiró dos Vinhos\n\nCastanheira de Pêra, is a town of 3,000 people where everyone has been touched by the fire. And everyone has a story.\n\nMayor Alda Correia still finds it hard to talk about. \"We can repair the physical losses,\" she says, holding back tears. \"But the emotional part, the blackened souls, those I can't mend.\"\n\nAlda Correia is mayor of a town where everyone was touched by the tragedy last June\n\nSo far 157 of the 261 destroyed houses here have been rebuilt, according to the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure.\n\nMs Correia says much has been done so far, but the administration is struggling with lack of funding and depopulation.\n\nFor the Tomás family, who have operated the biggest wood company in the area for the past 40 years, the fire has proved a threat to their livelihood.\n\nTheir lumber plant was destroyed at a cost of more than £4m in damages. The company managed to rebuild and keep all 50 employees' jobs, but it's now struggling with the falling wood prices and lack of raw material.\n\nSandra Tomás fears for the future of her family's business\n\nSandra Tomás, the company's manager, believes they will be forced to move to Spain to look for raw material in two years' time. \"Pines take 40 years to fully grow, what are we and our employees supposed to do until then? Wait?\"\n\n\"Look at all this wood. it's worthless,\" says her husband Nuno, who runs the lumber business.\n\nAround him lie countless piles of pine and eucalyptus logs.\n\n\"There's so much of it that the market is saturated\". The constant echo of chainsaws is a measure of the race against the clock to save the tarnished wood before it rots.\n\nAlda Correia's biggest priority now is to bring in investment so that people stay in Castanheira de Pêra.\n\nShe wants to put the region on the map \"as a getaway from the tourist frenzy sweeping the country\", to boost the local economy and restore its image of natural beauty.\n\nMany houses in Castanheira de Pêra remain derelict a year after the fire\n\nFor grief therapist Ana Santos, the idea of an image tarnished by fire is not uncommon. \"Finding a new goal is important to restore their identity and meaning to their lives,\" she says.\n\nYoung, silver-green eucalyptus trees are beginning to grow in this charred landscape.\n\nNewly built houses painted in white, yellow and pink are bringing colour back to the town.\n\nA tank in which a whole family took refuge during the fire is again feeding the local cattle.\n\nAnd the N-236 road where dozens of people died has a new layer of asphalt and signs where people can leave flowers.\n\n\"Life is getting back to normal,\" says Silvia Bento at the mayor's office. \"People don't talk about it every day any more.\n\n\"But it's in our minds every day. Definitely, we will never forget\".", "Forest fires raging across Greece have killed at least 20 and injured more than 100, forcing the authorities to ask for international assistance.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Raab says there is some 'shifting of Whitehall deckchairs'\n\nTheresa May is taking personal control of Brexit talks with the EU, with Dominic Raab deputising for her.\n\nMr Raab was drafted in as Brexit Secretary to replace David Davis, who quit in protest at the prime minister's proposals for post-Brexit trade.\n\nA special unit in Mrs May's office has played an increasing role in Brexit talks during recent months.\n\nTuesday's announcement, in a written statement by Mrs May, formalises that shift in responsibility.\n\nLabour's Shadow Brexit Minister Jenny Chapman said: \"Dominic Raab has been sidelined by the prime minister before he has even had the chance to get his feet under the table.\"\n\nMr Raab, who was a leading figure in the Leave campaign in the 2016 EU referendum, insisted he had not been sidelined, telling MPs it had always been the case that Mrs May was in overall charge of the talks and the announcement amounted to some \"shifting of the Whitehall deckchairs\".\n\nHe said the prime minister had suggested the changes to him on the day he was offered David Davis's job and he had agreed to them.\n\nHe acknowledged there had previously been \"tensions\" between his department and the Cabinet Office and the changes would ensure there was \"one chain of command\" to \"get the best possible deal\".\n\nStewart Jackson, who was chief of staff for David Davis before he resigned two weeks ago, has previously accused Number 10 of running a \"shadow, parallel operation\" and keeping officials and ministers from the Brexit department \"in the dark\" about Brexit proposals.\n\nThe Europe Unit led by senior civil servant Olly Robbins in the Cabinet Office, which reports directly to the prime minister, will have \"overall responsibility for the preparation and conduct of the negotiations\", Mrs May said in her written statement.\n\n\"DExEU (the Department for Exiting the EU) will continue to lead on all of the government's preparations for Brexit: domestic preparations in both a deal and a no-deal scenario, all of the necessary legislation, and preparations for the negotiations to implement the detail of the Future Framework.\n\n\"I will lead the negotiations with the European Union, with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union deputising on my behalf.\"\n\nMrs May said that DExEU would recruit some new staff to work on preparations for Brexit, while a number of Cabinet Office officials would move over to the department.\n\nThere will be no net reduction to staff numbers in Mr Raab's department, she said.\n\nMr Raab told MPs on the Brexit committee, he would be going back out to Brussels shortly to continue talks with EU negotiator Michel Barnier, alongside Mr Robbins.\n\nConservative MP Craig Mackinlay suggested a \"coup\" had taken place to take control of the Brexit process away from David Davis.\n\nMr Robbins said: \"I honestly don't recognise the picture you are painting.\"\n\nTheresa May with EU negotiating chief Michel Barnier (right) in December\n\nIt comes as the government published a White Paper saying how the UK's EU withdrawal agreement will be put into law.\n\nMr Raab said the proposed Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill would deliver a \"smooth and orderly\" Brexit.\n\nHe said it would kick in only once MPs had given their backing to any deal struck with Brussels in the autumn. If there is no deal it will not be enacted.\n\nThe legislation would amend some parts of the EU Withdrawal Bill, passed last month after a series of knife-edge votes, to ensure the UK statute book continues to function during the 21 month transition period.\n\nIt would not end the supremacy of EU law altogether on 29 March next year, as promised in the EU Withdrawal Bill, with the continued jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice until December 2020, among other things.\n\nLabour's Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said it was now clear that the EU Withdrawal Act \"will need major surgery,\" adding that the 29 March Brexit day was a \"gimmick\" which had come \"unstuck\".\n\n\"I can't remember legislation which has needed such great revision and amendment before the relevant parts have even come into force,\" he told MPs.\n\nThe new bill would create a financial authority to manage \"divorce\" payments, which will total between £35bn and £39bn, to the EU - and aim to protect citizens' rights.\n\nMr Raab told MPs: \"It provides the clarity and certainty to EU citizens living here and UK nationals abroad that their rights will be properly protected.\n\n\"It will enact a time-limited implementation period, giving businesses greater certainty, giving the public finality with respect to our relationship with the EU and it provides for the appropriate means for paying the financial settlement.\n\n\"Above all, with 80% of the withdrawal agreement settled with our EU friends, the white paper is another key milestone on the UK's path to leaving the EU.\"\n\nHe said the publication of the white paper will allow \"maximum scrutiny\" of the government's plans by Parliament.\n\n\"It also sends a clear signal to the European Union that the United Kingdom is a reliable, dependable negotiating partner, delivering on the commitments it has made across the negotiation table,\" he told MPs.\n\nIn a separate development, the UK government guaranteed funding for EU programmes run by UK charities, businesses and universities up to the end of 2020, even if the UK left without a deal.", "Overcrowding on commuter trains to and from London declined slightly last year - but increased on routes into other major cities in England and Wales.\n\nThe Department for Transport said nearly a quarter of all passengers had to stand on trains into the capital.\n\nMeanwhile, significant numbers were also unable to find a seat on services into Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds.\n\nThe fall in overcrowding on services into and out of London reflected a decline in overall passenger numbers.\n\nThe decline in passengers was particularly noticeable in the South East, but outside London there was an increase in numbers.\n\nHowever, the capital still had the highest proportion of overcrowded services, followed by Cambridge and Manchester.\n\nTransport Secretary Chris Grayling said the network was overcrowded, but that the government was investing more money than at any time since the steam age in expanding capacity.\n\nMore than one million passengers arrived into London on a typical day.\n\nSome 55% of those passengers arrived in the morning peak period, which is defined as services arriving at a city centre in a three-hour period from 7am to 10am.\n\nKing's Cross had the highest overcrowding rates in the morning (9%) and afternoon peaks (5.6%) of all the central London stations during 2017.\n\nIn the 2017 morning peak, 23% of passengers were standing on trains arriving into London, and for those arriving into Blackfriars station this was 36%.\n\n\"In London, the most populous region also with the highest population density, more rail journeys were made in 2016-17 than all other regions of Great Britain combined,\" said the Department for Transport.\n\n\"Between 2006-07 and 2016-17, the West Midlands, North West and West Yorkshire saw the fastest growth in rail usage.\n\n\"These regional differences tend to reflect the levels of urbanisation within them. Areas with higher urban population densities are less reliant on car usage and more reliant on public transport, walking and cycling.\"\n\nIt said that the number of passenger journeys made by rail in Scotland had also increased considerably over the past decade, with ScotRail seeing a 31% increase,\n\nRail traffic in Scotland is concentrated around Glasgow and Edinburgh, and all of the country's 10 busiest trains are services to or from these cities.", "Last updated on .From the section Cycling\n\nFrenchman Julian Alaphilippe won an eventful stage 16 of the Tour de France after Britain's Adam Yates crashed late on while leading.\n\nYates crested the final climb alone but fell on the descent 7km before the finish in Bagneres-de-Luchon.\n\nAlaphilippe was applying the pressure behind and swung past to claim his second victory of this year's Tour.\n\nGeraint Thomas kept the yellow jersey and leads fellow Briton and team-mate Chris Froome by one minute 39 seconds.\n\nThe race was delayed 29km into the 218km stage from Carcassonne after a protest by French farmers.\n\nHay bales were thrown across the road before police appeared to use a spray on protesters, which then blew into the peloton.\n\nSome riders, including Team Sky's Thomas and Froome, stopped and doused their eyes with water.\n\nThe race was delayed for 15 minutes while riders received medical attention, before a large group broke clear after the resumption, from which Alaphilippe attacked throughout, also extending his lead in the polka dot jersey mountains classification.\n• None BeSpoke at the Tour: Pepper spray, policeman and the Pyrenees\n• None 'A 65km stage is unheard of' - Cavendish's guide to stage 17\n\nEven before Yates' crash, Quick-Step Floors rider Alaphilippe looked on course to catch the 25-year-old, whose front wheel slipped from under him as he hit a wet patch in the road. Yates finished third, with Gorka Izagirre second.\n\n\"I've taken more risks on more technical descents before and never had any problems, but you never know what is coming round these corners,\" Mitchelton-Scott rider Yates told ITV 4.\n\n\"I've no bad injuries, just bad morale - it's pretty devastating to come that close to winning a stage of the Tour and not win.\"\n\nYates rode a faultless race until his crash, powerfully bridging across to leading duo Robert Gesink and Domenico Pozzovivo on the final climb, the Col du Portillon, before kicking clear as soon as Alaphilippe also made the catch.\n\nKeeping his pedal stroke smooth and only getting out of the saddle on the steepest sections, Yates built up a 22-second lead by the summit, with only Alaphilippe able to respond.\n\nThat set up a dramatic downhill chase in the final 10km, during which Alaphilippe used his tremendous descending skills to cut the gap by eight seconds in 3km by the time Yates fell.\n\nAlthough Yates was back riding quickly, he knew his chance was gone, shaking his head as he was caught by Bahrain-Merida's Izagirre, who sprinted to second, with Yates holding off the other pursuers.\n\n\"We didn't think it was in the bag,\" said Mitchelton-Scott sporting director Matt White. \"Alaphilippe is one of the world's fastest descenders and it put Adam under a lot of pressure to take some risks.\n\n\"We were right behind Alaphilippe in the team car and some of the positions he got in down that descent, I've never seen before in my life.\"\n\nAs with his stage 10 win, victory here was reward for Alaphilippe's attacking instincts, the 26-year-old ensuring he contested every climb to pick up 30 points and extend his lead over Warren Barguil in the king of the mountains competition to 49 points.\n\nAlaphilippe's team-mate Philippe Gilbert is out of the Tour after a heavy fall on the descent of the Col de Portet-d'Aspet, where Italian Fabio Casartelli crashed and died during the 1995 Tour.\n\nBelgian Gilbert locked up on a left-hand bend and flipped over a low stone wall into a ravine, but climbed out to complete the stage. However, a scan later revealed the 36-year-old had sustained a fractured kneecap in the crash.\n• None Thomas or Froome - will Team Sky have to choose?\n\nAfter a 47-man group containing no threats to the main contenders finally established themselves up the road, this was a largely sedate day in terms of the general classification.\n\nAstana and Katusha-Alpecin tried to set something up for their respective leaders, Jakob Fuglsang and Ilnur Zakarin, while Movistar's Mikel Landa, sixth overall, attacked over the final climb and on to the descent.\n\nEach dig was easily reeled in by Team Sky, who calmly led the peloton home 8:52 down on Alaphilippe, but their rivals should have more scope to attack on Wednesday's tough 65km stage.\n\n\"We were expecting fireworks and a lot of attacks but luckily they didn't materialise - they did a bit on the last climb and descent but the boys shut it down,\" said Thomas.\n\n\"We're definitely expecting attacks on stage 17 - maybe from the gun. It's a really demanding day and the last climb is maybe the hardest of the Tour so it will take a gutsy ride to go from the start, but we're expecting the worst.\"\n\nMeanwhile, Peter Sagan secured an unassailable lead in the green jersey points classification as neither he nor second-placed Alexander Kristoff picked up any points.\n\nThe world champion is 282 points ahead with a maximum of 240 remaining in the final five stages and only needs to complete the race to win a record-equalling sixth green jersey.\n\nWednesday's stage 17 is one of the shortest mass start routes in Tour de France history at 65km, but features three punishing climbs.\n\nThe riders will be placed in grids at the start, according to their rankings on the general classification.\n\nIn his stage-by-stage guide for BBC Sport, Mark Cavendish said: \"This stage is something that is unheard of - I don't think the gridding of the riders will have any affect on the race but we start with the Peyresourde and it's a gruelling climb.\n\n\"It will be full gas from start to finish, no matter who you are.\"", "British national Hasnat Karim has been acquitted of involvement in the 2016 cafe siege\n\nA British man detained in Bangladesh following a deadly cafe siege two years ago is to be released from custody.\n\nHasnat Karim was celebrating his daughter's 13th birthday at the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka in July 2016 when it was targeted by Islamist militants.\n\nPolice said an investigation had cleared him of any involvement in the attack.\n\nTwenty-two people, mostly foreigners, were killed during the 12-hour siege, Bangladesh's deadliest terror attack.\n\nEight other suspects have been charged.\n\nMr Karim, who is in his late 40s and has dual British-Bangladeshi citizenship, was taken hostage when gunmen stormed the cafe.\n\nWitnesses at the time said he became a police suspect because he agreed to become a human shield during the siege.\n\nThe head of the police's counterterrorism and transnational crime unit, Monirul Islam, said Mr Karim faced no charges in connection with the attack.\n\n\"None of those arrested alive named Hasnat Karim. His involvement was not found during any stage of the investigation. That's why we have not included his name in the charge sheet,\" Mr Islam was quoted as saying by news site bdnews24.com.\n\nMr Karim's wife told BBC Bengali on Tuesday that he had yet to be released.\n\nThe attack was claimed by the Islamic State group, although Bangladesh disputed this and said a local militant group was responsible.\n\nFive militants inside the cafe were killed by police. Eight others have now been charged over their involvement, six of whom are in custody, according to Mr Islam.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nArron Banks paid thousands of pounds into a government minister's private bank account while seeking a licence to prospect for diamonds in the Kingdom of Lesotho, it has emerged.\n\nThe tycoon acknowledges he gave money to the politician but says it was to help fund his political campaigning.\n\nAn anti-corruption investigator is now probing the alleged link in light of evidence gathered by the BBC.\n\nPaul O'Sullivan, who has the authority to file a criminal case with the prosecutor, said there was a \"serious lack of transparency\".\n\nThe evidence discovered by the BBC focuses on the relationship Mr Banks had with the leader of the Basotho National Party (BNP), Thesele Maseribane.\n\nMr Maseribane - who is also a government minister - admitted that Mr Banks, the Bristol-based businessman, transferred £65,000 into his personal bank account in South Africa.\n\nHe defended the transaction, saying: \"Lesotho is overcome with corruption. I'm not saying my party is, but what I'm saying is we should try and practise a very fair policy.\"\n\nNot only did Mr Banks transfer money to the party leader in 2013, he also covered the costs of campaign rallies, spending £350,000.\n\nAt around the same time, Mr Banks was seeking a prospecting licence for his mining site along the Senqu River in the south of Lesotho.\n\nHe also financially supported Mr Maseribane whilst he was in exile following a military coup in 2014, paying for his accommodation and food.\n\nWhen the BBC visited the Senqu River site, its manager Dirk Veldtman said it was now closing because of a lack of diamonds. In fact, only six diamonds were found in three years, at an estimated value of £28,000.\n\nHe said it was very difficult to secure mining permits and that it helped to \"grease palms\" of various government officials.\n\nEmail excerpts seen by the BBC show that several weeks after £16,000 was transferred into Mr Maseribane's account, Mr Banks' application for a prospecting licence was approved in 2014.\n\nThe BBC showed these interviews to Mr O'Sullivan, a high-profile anti-corruption investigator based in South Africa.\n\nHe said: \"If you are paying the rent, buying food, and financially supporting politicians who could influence and further your own business interests, then there are clear signs of corruption at play.\n\n\"Putting money into the private bank account of a government minister also raises questions. There is a serious lack of transparency.\n\n\"I will be filing a docket, a criminal complaint here in South Africa and I will be sending a file to the Serious Fraud Office in the UK.\"\n\nMr Banks admitted financing Mr Maseribane, but denied that this amounted to corruption.\n\nHe said it was necessary to \"grease palms\" in Lesotho to get things done through government, but denied ever having done that.\n\nHe said his company had made four applications for mining licences, all of which are outstanding. However, he did not deny that Mr Maseribane had spoken to the mining minister on his behalf and that a prospecting licence had been granted in 2014.", "JT was repeatedly assaulted by her stepfather between the ages of four and 17\n\nA woman sexually abused by her stepfather from the age of four has won a landmark case against the \"same roof\" rule, which denied her the right to compensation.\n\nUnder the rule, victims who lived in the same home as their attacker before 1979 were not entitled to damages.\n\nCourt of Appeal decided the rule was incompatible with human rights laws.\n\nThe woman, known as JT, said she had \"finally... achieved something good\" out of \"an awful situation\".\n\nThe solicitors representing JT said \"40 years of injustice\" had been overcome by the Court of Appeal's ruling.\n\nJT's case was brought in England and Wales but there are separate challenges to the rule in Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n\nJT's stepfather abused her between the ages of four and 17 and was later convicted of eight offences including rape and sexual assault in 2012.\n\nHowever when JT applied for damages through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) she was refused because of the \"same roof\" rule.\n\nThe rule was intended to ensure that perpetrators would not benefit from the compensation paid to the victims they lived with.\n\nThis was changed in 1979 so that child victims of domestic crimes could claim compensation, however the change was not applied retrospectively.\n\nFurther changes were made in 2012 but the same-roof rule was maintained amid fears that abolishing it would lead to a rise in the number of claims.\n\nLord Justice Leggatt, who heard the appeal with Sir Terence Etherton and Lady Justice Sharp, said the scheme was \"all the more unfair\" because JT, who was a child when the abuse took place, had no control over where and with whom she lived.\n\nResponding to the judgement, JT said: \"After so many knock backs in my life I was expecting the worst.\"\n\n\"I am delighted at the decision, not just for myself but hopefully this will help others like me.\n\n\"I do not live at the minute - I just exist - I am hoping that I can finally get some sort of life.\"\n\nHer solicitor said the judgement was \"the culmination of five years struggle [by JT] when it would have been easier to give up.\"\n\nThe ruling was also welcomed by children's charity Barnardo's, human rights campaigning group Liberty and the charity Victim Support.\n\nIn a joint statement the organisations said that since 2015, the compensation scheme had refused 180 applications.\n\n\"Today's ruling paves the way for them to receive the justice they deserve, so they can move on with their lives,\" the statement said.\n\nIn April, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommended scrapping the rule.\n\nLawyers representing CICA said the government decision not to extend the scheme to pre-1979 victims was \"justified\".", "Wildfires in Greece's Attica region have killed dozens of people.\n\nMany of the victims were trapped in the village of Mati, 40km (25 miles) north-east of Athens, and died either in their homes or their cars. This village in the Rafina region is popular with tourists.\n\nSmoke rises over a motorway in Neo Voutsa, a suburb of Athens\n\nThe sky turned orange as smoke spread over the beach town of Kineta in west Attica\n\nA firefighting helicopter flies over the town of Rafina on Attica's eastern coast, where fires are a recurring problem in the summer\n\nGreece's prime minister has declared a state of emergency in Attica.\n\nThe government has asked other EU countries for helicopters and additional firefighters\n\nThe fire was particularly deadly in Mati, where 26 bodies were found just 15m (50ft) from the sea\n\nEmergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate residents and tourists stranded along the coast\n\nPeople ran into the water to escape the blaze\n\nWith temperatures set to soar again, Greece is in a race against time to get the fires under control\n\nA spokesperson for the International Federation of the Red Cross told the BBC some people had lost everything", "A water spray kept police officers and pedestrians cool in Kyiv, Ukraine\n\nExperts are warning that a summer heatwave across Europe could lead to a surge in coronavirus infections.\n\nIn England, a hot spell has seen beaches on the south coast inundated with visitors. Some say they are desperate to see the sea after months of lockdown and restrictions on travelling abroad.\n\nBut even if you can enjoy the weather and manage social distancing, you could be vulnerable to heat exhaustion.\n\nYou should cool off immediately if you have the following symptoms: headaches, feeling dizzy, loss of appetite, nausea, excessive sweating, cramps, fast breathing and intense thirst.\n\nIf your body's temperature hits 40C (104F), heat-stroke can set in, which requires urgent medical help. Danger signs include sweat stopping - the person may feel hot, but dry - and breathing difficulties.\n\nHeat-stroke can lead to loss of consciousness and serious complications, including permanent damage to vital organs or even death.\n\nHeat-stroke can set in when the body's temperature rises above 40C\n\nThose most vulnerable include the elderly, people with conditions such as diabetes, young children and people working or exercising outdoors.\n\nBecause our bodies sweat more in hot weather, it is really important to replenish lost water levels. Our physical thirst is not a very reliable indicator of how dehydrated we are (urine colour is better), so you should try to drink plenty before you feel parched.\n\nTry not to drink too much caffeine or alcohol, as they are diuretics that can increase dehydration.\n\nFoods with high water content such as strawberries, cucumber, lettuce, celery and melon can also help you stay hydrated.\n\nAn ice lolly or ice cream may feel like brief relief, but isn't the best for cooling down\n\nTry to avoid large, heavy meals laden with carbohydrates and protein because they take more digesting, which in turn produces more body heat.\n\nAlthough it may not be what you fancy on sweaty days, scientific research suggests spicy and hot foods can actually help cool you down.\n\nIf you're experiencing high temperatures you are not used to, try to keep your activity levels low for the first few days and let your body acclimatise.\n\nIf you need to travel around, try to do it when the weather is at its coolest: early or late in the day.\n\nIf you chose to exercise in heatwaves, listen to your body - it will be under greater strain than in usual conditions so your usual limits may be different.\n\nIf you do intensive exercise, drink lots of water. Isotonic sports drinks can also help ensure you are rehydrating properly.\n\nIn general, stay in the shade or in air-conditioned places as much as possible, especially at the hottest part of the day.\n\nCold showers and blotting with damp, cold materials can also work wonders.\n\nDressing for the weather may sound obvious, but clothes can make a real difference to how our bodies handle heat. Avoid the temptation to strip off, because you may be at greater risk of sunburn, which can affect your body's ability to cool itself.\n\nWear light colours (dark colours absorb more of the light, converting it into heat) and loose garments that can allow air to get in. Hats with ventilation will help and fabric choice is key - materials like cotton and linen are more breathable, absorbing sweat and encouraging ventilation.\n\nAt night, fabric is critical again. Lightweight materials for bedding and nightwear can help you keep cool - as can sleeping naked and avoiding sharing space with partners.\n\nPutting your sheets in the freezer for a bit before you go to bed can help you stay chilled through hot nights.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC colleagues from hot countries give their tips for staying cool\n\nIf you're eco-conscious then you'll want to stay away from air conditioning - which, thanks to the immense amounts of electricity needed to power them, have been linked to greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nBut in a heatwave, this is easier said than done.\n\nHowever, there are some small, environmentally friendly things you can do to keep yourself cool.\n\nTry keeping your face creams and gels in the fridge, so when you apply them to your face they'll feel nice and cool.\n\nAnd while you may want to let the sunlight stream in, leaving your curtains drawn through the day will help to minimise heat in bedrooms - especially if they're light-coloured blackout curtains. Unplugging any unnecessary electrical items will help too.\n\nKeeping a damp towel and water spray bottle handy can also help - and for an even cooler fix, fill up a hot water bottle with ice.\n\nFans are also a good, if obvious, alternative to air conditioning - and placing a bowl of ice at an angle in front of your fan can help cool the air even more.\n\nWeather conditions can play a large role in the ability of wildfires to spread.\n\nIn hot weather, dry vegetation ignite and burn faster, causing fires to grow rapidly.\n\nPeople should be extra careful discarding items such as matches and cigarettes, and local guidance on plant maintenance and burning waste should be followed.\n\nHot weather can lead to wildfires in countries such as Spain\n\nIf you see a fire that is unattended or appears out of control, you should contact emergency services immediately.\n\nNational Geographic recommends learning your evacuation route in advance if you live in a risk area. Clearing a trench around your property and keeping emergency supplies handy is also a good idea.\n\nIf evacuating, close all windows shut off gas supplies and remove combustibles. Filling vessels like bathtubs and bins with water can also deter fire spread.\n\nIf you are caught near a fire, stay calm and seek out somewhere like a river to protect yourself.\n\nIf this isn't possible, find a spot without vegetation and lie face-down, if possible covered in something damp.\n\nA wet cloth over your mouth will help prevent smoke inhalation while breathing.", "The choir was formed in 1994 by Karen Gibson\n\nThe gospel choir who performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have signed a major record deal with Sony Music UK.\n\nThe Kingdom Choir performed Stand By Me in front of an estimated global TV audience of 1.9 billion people at the royal wedding on 19 May.\n\nPrior to that, their biggest show had attracted about 200 people.\n\nTheir performance later topped the US gospel chart, while the YouTube video has been watched three million times.\n\nThis YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on YouTube The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts. Skip youtube video by BBC This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.\n\nThe London-based choir, which features 30 singers, was formed in 1994 by award-winning conductor Karen Gibson, who had previously sung backing vocals for The Beautiful South.\n\nIn 2000, they won BBC Radio 2's Minstrels in the Gallery, a competitive festival of religious music. Two years later, they were nominated for best UK Choir at the Oasis Awards.\n\nThey have since performed alongside Sir Elton John, Luther Vandross, the Spice Girls and Michael Ball.\n\nThe choir have also announced a headline show at London's Union Chapel on 28 November\n\nThe group will go into the studio later this month to begin work on their debut album, which is set for release on 2 November and will include their arrangement of the Ben E King classic.\n\nIn a statement announcing the release, Gibson said: \"The Kingdom Choir are absolutely delighted with the journey of the past few months.\n\n\"It's been a rollercoaster, but we wouldn't have it any other way - first, the honour of being able to sing at the royal wedding, and then the thrill of being signed to Sony.\"\n\nSony Music boss Nicola Tuer said she had \"jumped at the chance\" to sign the group.\n\n\"The choir believe in love, music and power and we are excited to capture this on record for their fans across the globe.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "North Korea has conducted six underground nuclear tests so far and each one has taken it closer to what decades of international talks have tried to prevent - a nuclear weapon in the hands of one of the world's most unpredictable states.\n\nYears of posturing - and attempts at negotiation by foreign powers - culminated in October 2006 with an announcement by Pyongyang that it had carried out its first nuclear explosion.\n\nLike all tests that would follow, it took place underground, in tunnels dug into a remote mountainous site called Punggye-ri, in the north-east.\n\nAll of the tests have been conducted underground at the Punggye-ri site in the north-east\n\nThe device is assumed to have used plutonium, sourced from the North's nuclear facility at Yongbyon.\n\nInternational observers estimated the blast had an energy discharge of about a kilotonne, less than a tenth of the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.\n\nMany believed this indicated a nuclear \"fizzle\" rather than a fully effective blast.\n\nBut the North said it had joined the nuclear club, and that its bomb would contribute to peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.\n\nThe second test was bigger, with an estimated yield of between two and eight kilotonnes.\n\nNorth Korea said it had achieved a \"higher level in terms of its explosive power and technology\".\n\nThe second test, here applauded by Party officials, was seen as an attempt by the North to prove it could still conduct a test despite political uncertainty\n\nThe nuclear tests are initially detected by the seismic waves they generate\n\nWhile the international consensus was that a nuclear test had happened, no radiation was detected. The ability to contain a nuclear test would in itself be a big advance for the North.\n\nIt also followed hard on the heels of a rocket launch which put a satellite in space, but which was seen as a cover for a missile test.\n\nBoth were seen as an attempt by ailing leader Kim Jong-il to prove the North's nuclear capacity before he died.\n\nIn the early hours of 12 February 2013, unusual seismic activity was again detected around Punggye-ri.\n\nThe North said it had tested \"a miniaturised and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force than previously\".\n\nSatellite images in days before the blast had indicated a test was about to take place\n\nThe reference to \"miniaturised\" stoked fears that Pyongyang was closer to producing a device small enough to fit on a long-range missile.\n\nSpeculation was rife that the test involved a uranium device, though this has never been confirmed beyond doubt.\n\nA successful uranium test would mark a significant leap forward in North Korea's nuclear programme. The North's plutonium stocks are finite, but if it could enrich uranium it could build up a nuclear stockpile.\n\nPlutonium enrichment also has to happen in large, easy-to-spot facilities, whereas uranium enrichment can more easily be carried out in secrecy.\n\nThe first indication was again a report of an \"artificial quake\" in North Korea, registering about magnitude 5.1, close to Punggye-ri.\n\nNorth Korea later announced it had conducted its first successful test of a hydrogen bomb.\n\nH-bombs, also known as thermonuclear warheads, are massively more powerful than atomic bombs, using fusion - the merging of atoms - rather than fission to unleash enormous amounts of energy.\n\nThough again it has never been confirmed, that claim alarmed the international community.\n\nObservations from afar suggested the blast detected was not large enough to have been a full thermonuclear device, but may have involved some nuclear fusion.\n\nAgain, North Korea said the device had been miniaturised.\n\nA few months later, on 9 March, Kim Jong-un announced that North Korea scientists had been able to do what had long been feared, and make a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a warhead.\n\nIt came after days of threats to carry out \"indiscriminate\" attacks on the US and South Korea. But analysts at the time said it was impossible to confirm.\n\nNorth Korea announced its fifth nuclear test in 2016 in September.\n\nEstimates of the explosive yield have varied. South Korea's military said it was about 10 kilotonnes but other experts say initial indications suggest 20 kilotons or more.\n\nThe bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of about 15 kilotonnes.\n\nNearly a year later, on 8 August 2017, information leaked to the Washington Post indicated US intelligence officials believe North Korea's claim that it has the technology to fit its missiles with nuclear warheads.\n\nThe new assessment comes only weeks after North Korea tested what intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), it says were capable of reaching the US mainland.\n\nNorth Korea claimed it has successfully tested what the world has worried about - a miniaturised hydrogen bomb that could be loaded on to a long-range missile.\n\nHours before state media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting what it said was a hydrogen bomb\n\nSeismic readings of 6.3 indicated the test was bigger than any other that has been conducted.\n\nSome early estimates said that the test came in at about 100-150 kilotonnes, potentially 10 times larger than last time.\n\nNorth Korean state media called it a \"perfect success\" and a \"very meaningful step in completing the national nuclear weapons programme\".", "Advocate General for Scotland Lord Keen is leading for the UK government side in the case\n\nHolyrood's Brexit bill is \"fundamentally inconsistent\" with UK law and should not be allowed to stand, judges at the Supreme Court have heard.\n\nThe court is hearing arguments about whether the Brexit legislation passed by MSPs should be allowed to stand.\n\nUK law officer Lord Keen said the Scottish legislation would \"undermine\" Westminster's EU Withdrawal Bill.\n\nBut Scotland's Lord Advocate insists that the bill is within Holyrood's remit and should become law.\n\nThe hearing will continue on Wednesday, and a judgement is not expected until later in the year.\n\nThe Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies will also be represented in the two-day hearing, having made submissions backing the Scottish government's stance.\n\nThe UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill - known as the \"continuity bill\" - was passed under emergency procedures with only the Conservatives and a single Lib Dem MSP voting against it.\n\nIt was drafted as an alternative to Westminster's EU Withdrawal Bill, which MSPs refused to give their consent to following a row over how powers currently exercised from Brussels will be used after Brexit.\n\nBut before it could become law, it was referred to the Supreme Court by UK law officers to settle whether it lies within Holyrood's competence.\n\nPresiding Officer Ken Macintosh penned an official memo saying the bill was \"not within the legislative competence of the parliament\", as it would see MSPs \"make provision now for the exercise of powers which is it is possible they will acquire in future\".\n\nThis was denied by Lord Advocate James Wolffe, the Scottish government's top legal adviser, who insisted the legislation was \"carefully framed\" not to cut across EU laws - and said it was designed on the Withdrawal Bill in that regard.\n\nThe UK government's senior law officers said they wanted the Supreme Court to look at the bill to ensure there was \"legal certainty\" about whether it is valid.\n\nSeven Supreme Court justices will hear two days of arguments about the Brexit bill\n\nArguments are being heard at the Supreme Court by Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwarth, Lord Hodge, Lord Kerr and Lord Lloyd-Jones.\n\nLord Keen, the Advocate General for Scotland, opened the first day of the hearing arguing that the Scottish bill is \"fundamentally inconsistent\" with the Withdrawal Bill passed by MPs.\n\nThe Holyrood bill includes several provisions not mirrored in the Westminster one, such as retaining the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights and giving ministers the power to suggest EU laws to \"keep pace\" with even after Brexit.\n\nLord Keen said it was \"perfectly clear\" that the Scottish bill was \"directly inconsistent with the UK Act at the most basic of levels\", saying \"the two simply cannot stand together\".\n\nHe told the court that this would create \"dual and inconsistent regimes\" within the UK, which would \"directly frustrate the purpose\" of the Withdrawal Bill, which was to create a \"single cohesive body\" of EU laws retained after Brexit.\n\nHe also argued that the continuity bill could have a bearing on international relations, a field reserved to the UK parliament. He said that \"withdrawal from the EU is a matter for the UK parliament, and the devolved administrations do not have a parallel legislative competence\" in this area.\n\nHis written argument stated: \"The effect of what the Scottish bill does is to make provision for the future relationship with the EU and EU law when that relationship is under negotiation. That could serve to undermine the credibility of the UK's negotiating and implementation strategy in the eyes of the EU.\"\n\nLord Advocate James Wolffe will continue his submissions to the court on Wednesday\n\nThe Lord Advocate also began his submissions on Tuesday afternoon, arguing that Holyrood was not specifically barred from legislating on Brexit.\n\nHe said the Advocate General had drawn too broad a definition of international relations, adding: \"I say the bill, given it has effect only in the domestic legal order, cannot affect the UK's negotiations with the EU.\"\n\nHe noted that the Withdrawal Bill had not been passed into law at the time the continuity bill was passed, saying that the existence of a UK bill was \"irrelevant to the questions of legislative competence\".\n\nMr Wolffe's written submission also accuses UK law officers of an \"erroneous analysis of the legal consequences of withdrawal from the EU\".\n\nAnd he noted that Westminster has the power to \"amend or indeed repeal the Scottish bill\", but has not moved to do so. He said that \"any uncertainty, confusion or ambiguity arising from the presence on the statute book of these two bills will be consequence of that legislative choice\".\n\nThe bulk of Mr Wolffe's arguments will be heard on Wednesday.\n\nAfter that, judges will also hear from the counsel general for Wales and the Northern Irish attorney general, who have made submissions as interested parties.\n\nBoth have backed the Scottish government's view that Holyrood should be allowed to legislate on Brexit.\n\nThe Welsh government originally had a Brexit bill of its own, which also faced a court challenge, but the legislation was withdrawn after ministers came to an agreement with UK counterparts over the Withdrawal Bill.\n\nThe three options open to the judges are to give the bill the green light, to reject it entirely, or to allow some sections to stand while rejecting others.\n\nShould any part of the bill be struck down, it would go back to Holyrood for MSPs to consider making changes.\n\nThe ruling could have big implications for Scotland's relationship with the EU and with the UK\n\nThe Scottish and UK governments have been unable to agree on how powers currently exercised from Brussels are to be used after the UK leaves the EU in March 2019.\n\nBoth sides agree that certain powers should be used to set up UK-wide frameworks of common rules and regulations, in fields like food standards and labelling. But ministers cannot agree on who should have the final say over how this should be done.\n\nScottish ministers say giving Westminster the final say is a \"power grab\" from Holyrood, while Whitehall ministers say they cannot give MSPs a \"veto\" over UK-wide plans.\n\nWith the dispute deadlocked, MSPs refused to give their consent to the EU Withdrawal Bill, giving fresh importance to the issue of the continuity bill and whether it will be allowed to stand.\n\nThe Scottish government has also indicated that it will not put any of the UK government's further Brexit legislation forward for consent votes at Holyrood until the row has been resolved.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nukes, Trump Towers and human rights - what might peace look like between the US and North Korea?\n\nNorth Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country's north-west.\n\nSatellite images of the Sohae station seen by US-based monitoring group 38 North suggest Pyongyang is complying with a promise made to the US in June.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un had vowed to destroy an engine test site, but did not specify which one.\n\nPyongyang has maintained that Sohae is a satellite launch site.\n\nBut US officials suspect that it has been used to test ballistic missiles.\n\nThe satellite imagery appears to show the dismantling of facilities at North Korea's Sohae site\n\nDuring a landmark meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore last month, the two leaders signed a deal to work towards the \"complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula\".\n\nBut the deal was criticised for a lack of details on when or how Pyongyang would renounce its nuclear weapons.\n\nThe apparent dismantling of the Sohae test site comes amid rising questions over North Korea's willingness to stick to the pledges made at the 12 June summit.\n\nEarlier on Monday, President Trump said that he was \"very happy\" with the progress in relations with North Korea, saying that Pyongyang had not launched any missiles or carried out any nuclear tests during the last nine months.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt follows comments from the US president last week that there was \"no time limit\" for North Korea to denuclearise and no need to rush the process.\n\nThose reports indicate that North Korea's only official nuclear enrichment site at Yongbyon is being upgraded, and that the country was stepping up enrichment at other secret sites.\n\nThe reports cannot be independently verified, but have been deemed accurate by respected North Korea watchers.\n\nNorth Korea has carried out a total of six nuclear tests, the most recent of which took place in September last year.\n\nThe North has in the past two years quickly advanced its nuclear programme, and claims that it has developed an intercontinental ballistic missile that is able to reach as far as the continental US.", "The 25-year-old has sung about her struggle with addiction in the past\n\nPop singer Demi Lovato is being treated in a Los Angeles hospital after a suspected drug overdose.\n\nThe Los Angeles Police Department responded on Tuesday to a medical emergency in the Hollywood Hills, where the Sorry Not Sorry singer lives.\n\nThe 25-year-old was reportedly found unconscious and treated at the scene with naloxone, an anti-opioid medicine.\n\nShe is awake and breathing at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, a family spokesman has said.\n\n\"Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support,\" the spokesman told the BBC.\n\n\"Some of the information being reported is incorrect and they respectfully ask for privacy.\"\n\nLovato has struggled with substance abuse for years, and was feared to have relapsed in recent weeks.\n\nLast month she cancelled her show at London's O2 arena, announcing the news on Twitter hours before the concert was due to begin.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn a single released last month, Sober, she sings: \"Mommy, I'm so sorry I'm not sober anymore. And daddy please forgive me for the drinks spilled on the floor.\"\n\nThe song ends with the lines: \"I'm sorry that I'm here again, I promise I'll get help/It wasn't my intention, I'm sorry to myself.\"\n\nThe track release followed Lovato marking six years of sobriety in March this year.\n\nShe was due to complete the North American leg of her Tell Me You Love Me world tour with a concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Thursday, but reports say that date has now been cancelled.\n\nHer fans say the singer's battles with bipolar disorder, bulimia and addiction - often documented in her music - have helped them with their own struggles.\n\nAs reports of her condition spread, there was an outpouring of support on social media from other celebrities and musicians. Within hours of the report, tens of thousands of people had tweeted the hashtag #PrayforDemi.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ariana Grande This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Ellen DeGeneres This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Brad Paisley This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nIt is unclear what drugs Lovato overdosed on. Early reports said it was heroin but this was later contradicted.\n\nFriends who found Lovato reportedly used Narcan - a brand name for naloxone - on her at the scene to help her breathe. Naloxone is an antidote to opioids including painkillers.\n\nThe US is in the grip of an opioid crisis. According to health officials, 115 Americans die from an opioid overdose every day and more than 250,000 Americans have died of them over the past decade.\n\nRaised in Dallas, Texas, Lovato first entered the spotlight on the children's TV series Barney & Friends.\n\nShe appeared alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 Disney Channel movie Camp Rock.\n\nLovato released her first studio album, Don't Forget, in 2008.\n\nIn a YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated, released last October, Lovato revealed her drug use began when she first tried cocaine at the age of 17.\n\nDemi Lovato first entered the spotlight as a child on a children's TV programme\n\n\"I felt out of control the first time I did it,\" she said. \"My dad was an addict and an alcoholic.\n\n\"Guess I always searched for what he found in drugs and alcohol because it fulfilled him and he chose that over a family.\"\n\nLovato went to rehab for the first time in 2010.\n\n\"I wasn't ready to get sober,\" she said in the documentary.\n\n\"I was sneaking it on planes, sneaking it in bathrooms, sneaking it throughout the night\".", "The man who found the bottle of the nerve agent Novichok which killed his partner said it was in a glass bottle within an \"expensive-looking\" box.\n\nCharlie Rowley, who was also poisoned, said he gave his partner Dawn Sturgess the box - which he believed to be perfume - as a present.\n\nSpeaking to ITV News, he said Ms Sturgess grew ill within 15 minutes of spraying the substance on her hands.\n\nMs Sturgess, 44, died a week later on 8 July in Salisbury Hospital.\n\nMr Rowley was discharged from the same hospital on Friday, 20 July, three weeks after being exposed to the nerve agent.\n\nThe 45-year-old believes he had the glass bottle at his home for a couple of days before giving it to his partner.\n\nHe described the bottle as having a plastic dispenser which was held in a cardboard box with a plastic moulding.\n\nHe said it looked expensive and that Ms Sturgess recognised the brand on the box.\n\nIn an interview with ITV News, he said: \"I do have a memory of her spraying it on her wrists and rubbing them together.\n\n\"I guess that's how she applied it and became ill. I guess how I got in contact with it is when I put the spray part to the bottle... I ended tipping some on my hands, but I washed it off under the tap.\n\nPolice outside the home of Charlie Rowley in Amesbury, Wiltshire\n\n\"It had an oily substance and I smelled it and it didn't smell of perfume. It felt oily. I washed it off and I didn't think anything of it. It all happened so quick.\"\n\n\"Within 15 minutes Dawn said she had a headache.\n\n\"She asked me if I had any headache tablets. In that time she said she felt peculiar and needed to lie down in the bath.\n\n\"I went into the bathroom and found her in the bath, fully clothed, in a very ill state.\"\n\nHe said he felt to blame for what happened but also attacked the \"irresponsible people\" who left the poison behind for others to pick up.\n\n\"It was just so unfortunate. I'm very angry at the whole incident,\" added Mr Rowley who was himself hospitalised after coming into contact with the substance.\n\nRemembering his partner he said she was a \"lovely lady\" and a \"wonderful woman\" who had been planning to move to Amesbury from her sheltered accommodation in Salisbury.\n\nSergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, are still recovering from exposure to Novichok\n\nThe poisoning of Mr Rowley and Ms Sturgess came four months after the case of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.\n\nThe pair were found unconscious on a park bench having come into contact with Novichok.\n\nPolice are believed to have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on Russian former spy Mr Skripal and his daughter.\n\nDeputy Chief Constable Paul Mills of Wiltshire Police said on Tuesday that they may \"never be able to tell\" whether there is \"anything else out there\".\n\nHe said that police were using \"intelligence-led\" methods to uncover the places visited by people who have come into contact with Novichok, and then conducting \"meticulous\" searches.\n\nPublic Health England has advised people living in the Salisbury and Amesbury area not to pick up items such as syringes, needles, cosmetics or objects made of plastic, metal, or glass.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The trade war between the US and China is escalating\n\nThe Trump administration has unveiled a $12bn (£9.1bn) plan aimed at helping US farmers hurt by the intensifying trade war.\n\nThe aid is intended to protect the industry as countries raise taxes on US products such as soybeans in response to the president's new tariffs.\n\nThe US plans to provide subsidies to farmers and buy unsold crops, among other measures.\n\nMr Trump has said his tariffs - which he described on Tuesday in a tweet as \"the greatest\" - are intended to pressure countries to change their policies toward US exports.\n\nIn a speech on Tuesday, he said farmers would be the \"biggest beneficiary\" of the disputes after countries strike new trade deals.\n\nBut the agriculture industry, which draws about 20% of its income from exports, said the president's approach is hurting demand for its goods and causing long term damage to relationships with buyers.\n\nPrices for soybeans have already fallen by more than 15% since April, when China - a major buyer of the crop - announced its plans to retaliate.\n\n\"Farmers need stable markets to plan for the future,\" said Brian Kuehl, executive director of the industry group Farmers for Free Trade, which represents pork producers, corn growers and others.\n\n\"As such, we urge the administration to take immediate action to stop the trade war and get back to opening new markets.\"\n\nMost of the $12bn in aid will go direct to farmers\n\nMarch: US announces tariffs on foreign steel and aluminium. The US imported roughly $46bn of the two metals in 2017.\n\nApril: China retaliates for metals tariffs by raising duties on $3bn-worth of US products.\n\nJune: Exemptions to US metals tariffs for EU, Canada and Mexico expire. The three countries retaliate with tariffs on a total of almost $20bn in US products.\n\nJuly: US and China impose tit-for-tat tariffs of $34bn on the other country's products. A second round of $16bn-worth of tariffs on goods is delayed.\n\nComing up: The US is also considering additional tariffs of more than $200bn on Chinese products, as well as duties on foreign cars and car parts, which represent more than $300bn in annual trade. Canada, Mexico and the EU have said they are prepared to respond.\n\nThe US Agriculture Department said it expects losses of about $11bn as a result of the trade disputes.\n\nMuch of the $12bn in emergency relief, which does not need congressional approval, will go towards direct payments to farmers of commodities such as soybeans, sorghum, and wheat, officials said.\n\nThe US also plans to buy crops such as fruits and nuts, distributing them to food banks and other government nutrition programmes.\n\nSome of the money will also go to boosting export efforts.\n\nThe first assistance is expected to be distributed by the beginning of September.\n\nThe programme, which will be deployed using powers created during the Great Depression, is not intended to extend beyond this year, officials said.\n\n\"This is a short-term solution that will give President Trump and his administration time to work on long-term trade deals that benefit agriculture and all sectors of the economy,\" US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.\n\nSome Republicans and even Democrats backed the aid package.\n\nBut industry groups that represent agriculture, as well as politicians from agricultural states, criticised the relief as a short-term solution to a self-inflicted problem.\n\n\"Time and time again I've heard from farmers that they want trade, not aid,\" said Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin.\n\n\"Instead of throwing money at a problem we've helped create, the better option is to take action to make it easier for our farmers - and manufacturers - to sell their goods at fair prices to consumers around the world.\"\n\nSenator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, tweeted on Tuesday: \"If tariffs punish farmers, the answer is not welfare for farmers. The answer is remove the tariffs.\"\n\nSenator Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, said in a statement: \"This trade war is cutting the legs out from under farmers and White House's 'plan' is to spend $12 billion on gold crutches.\"", "Scientists have captured the first ever image of a phenomenon which Albert Einstein once described as \"spooky action at a distance\".\n\nThe photo shows a strong form of quantum entanglement, where two particles interact and share their physical states for an instant.\n\nIt occurs no matter how great the distance between the particles is.\n\nThe connection is known as Bell entanglement and underpins the field of quantum mechanics.\n\nPaul-Antoine Moreau, of the University of Glasgow's School of Physics and Astronomy, said the image was \"an elegant demonstration of a fundamental property of nature\".\n\nHe added: \"It's an exciting result which could be used to advance the emerging field of quantum computing and lead to new types of imaging.\"\n\nThe entanglement seemed incompatible with elements of Einstein's special theory of relativity\n\nEinstein described quantum mechanics as \"spooky\" because of the instantaneousness of the apparent remote interaction between two entangled particles.\n\nThe interaction also seemed incompatible with elements of his special theory of relativity.\n\nScientist John Bell later formalised the concept by describing in detail a strong form of entanglement exhibiting the feature.\n\nBell entanglement is now harnessed in practical applications such as quantum computing and cryptography.\n\nHowever, it has never before been captured in a single image.\n\nThe team of physicists from the University of Glasgow devised a system that fired a stream of entangled photons from a quantum source of light at \"non-conventional\" objects.\n\nThis was displayed on liquid-crystal materials which change the phase of the photons as they pass through.", "A man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life.\n\nLee Pomeroy was travelling with his 14-year-old son when he was \"savagely\" stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille on the Guildford to London service.\n\nMr Pomeroy died with his son next to him at Horsley station on 4 January, the day before his 52nd birthday.\n\nOld Bailey jurors rejected Pencille's claim he acted in self defence and he was ordered to serve at least 28 years.\n\nMrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said anyone who watched the \"breathtakingly shocking\" CCTV footage shown during the trial would struggle to see how Pencille could claim to have been acting in self-defence.\n\n\"I am satisfied you were the aggressor throughout,\" she told him.\n\nThe judge told Pencille \"you picked on the wrong man - he stood up for himself\", but she also said Mr Pomeroy had not known about Pencille's paranoid schizophrenia.\n\nSentencing, she said: \"Truly this was a senseless loss of life.\"\n\nLee Pomeroy was killed the day before his 52nd birthday\n\nPencille killed the father-of-one when a \"chance encounter\" escalated into a frenzied and fatal attack, the court heard.\n\nHe first stabbed the IT consultant in the neck, then inflicted 17 more injuries in the 20 seconds that followed.\n\nPencille's girlfriend Chelsea Mitchell, of Farnham, Surrey, was found guilty by a majority of 11-1 of assisting him.\n\nShe was sentenced to 28 months in prison.\n\nCharles Falk, representing Mitchell, said in mitigation she had showed a \"misguided sense of loyalty driven by her dependence.\"\n\nThe judge said to her: \"I am sure you were acting under misguided loyalty\", but then added it was not any sort of excuse.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJurors had heard how Mitchell picked Pencille up after the killing.\n\nShe took him to her Farnham flat, where they lived together. There he shaved off his beard and had a shower before she drove him to a Surrey beauty spot and then on to visit his flat in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.\n\nThey returned to her flat later that night and were both arrested there in the early hours after a manhunt by police.\n\nChelsea Mitchell lived with Pencille at her flat in Farnham\n\nThe court heard a victim impact statement from Mr Pomeroy's widow, Svetlana, who described his murder as a \"senseless loss of life\" which had been made worse because it happened in front of their son.\n\nShe said: \"I miss my husband every day and to compound the situation [his son] was with his father when he died.\n\n\"I have lost my friend, my soul mate and my guide. Lee loved life and it's been cruelly cut short.\n\n\"On Friday January 4 my life and that of my son changed forever. My husband of 18 years died in a sudden, violent and distressing way.\"\n\nShe said her husband was a vibrant, highly intelligent perfectionist, a loving father and her \"guiding light\".\n\nWith regards to their son, who cannot be named for legal reasons, Mrs Pomeroy wrote: \"He's frightened to be alone at night. He is terrified of loss and of losing me. He's returned to school but seems to have lost perspective.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The moments leading up to Surrey train stabbing\n\nMr Pomeroy and his son got into the same carriage as Pencille at London Road, Guildford, and made their way down the aisle before the row started.\n\nJurors heard they may have been blocking Pencille's way, prompting him to make the remark: \"Ignorance is bliss.\"\n\nThe row escalated into swearing as Mr Pomeroy demanded an apology, but then Pencille produced a knife and stabbed him in the neck, cutting through the jugular vein.\n\nThe court heard Pencille, who declined to give evidence during his trial, had 14 previous convictions for 19 different offences over a 19-year period, including possession of offensive weapons, violence and dishonesty.\n\nIn 2010, he had stabbed a flatmate in the neck over a minor disagreement.\n\nMitchell had seven previous convictions for 10 different offences, including assault, threatening behaviour, drunk and disorderly behaviour and battery.\n\nAfter Pencille and Mitchell were convicted, Jason Corden-Bowen from the Crown Prosecution Service said Pencille murdered Mr Pomeroy by \"savagely inflicting 18 wounds\".\n\nHe said: \"Although he claimed innocence, Pencille did not give evidence in court. His claims to be acting in self-defence were proved to be false.\"\n\nMr Cordon-Bowen said: \"This was a brutal and senseless killing of an innocent father who has been taken away from his family.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Sam Blackburn, from British Transport Police described the killer as \"devious and dangerous\".\n\nHe said: \"Quite clearly with his previous convictions, where he also stabbed another man in the neck, and his propensity for carrying knives, he showed his dangerous, aggressive nature and that he wasn't afraid to use that knife on that train.\"\n\nSpeaking on behalf of the family, Mr Blackburn said a brief argument resulted in a moment of \"shocking violence\" that ended with the death of an adored father, husband, brother and son.\n\nHe said: \"No argument, however heated, should result in the violence seen that day and no family members should ever bear witnesses to the violent death of a loved one.\"\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of when Big Ben began striking the hour, on 11 July 1859.\n\nThe Houses of Parliament and Big Ben seen from Parliament Square, around 1897\n\nThe Great Bell forms part of the Great Clock in the Elizabeth Tower - commonly known as Big Ben.\n\nThe building is the focal point of the Palace of Westminster, a Unesco World Heritage site and the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.\n\nBig Ben has been being undergoing restoration work since 2017, due for completion in 2021.\n\nThe conservation work has seen the bell remain in place, while the Great Clock has been dismantled, involving 11 tonnes of mechanism material.\n\n\"The Great Clock and its bell have become much loved representatives of our democracy - and the conservation works currently taking place will ensure that it continues to be so for generations to come,\" said Steve Jaggs, keeper of the Great Clock.\n\nOld fashioned pennies on the pendulum help to keep the Great Clock accurate.\n\nThe clock faces are being restored, with the cast iron frames being cleaned and repainted.\n\nThe 324 pieces of glass in each clock face are being swapped for mouth-blown and hand-cut replacements that are opal in colour, matching the originals.\n\nThe design for the clock was decided in a competition, in 1846, won by barrister Edmund Beckett Denison.\n\nClockmaker Edward John Dent died before the work was finished. His stepson finished the clock in 1854 and it was installed in the tower in 1859.\n\nThe bell is thought to be named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the chief commissioner of works in the mid-19th Century.\n\nStone masons have been repairing 700 pieces of stonework, including gargoyle-like grotesques, angels, symbolic creatures and lettering.\n\nCadeby stone from near Doncaster, Yorkshire, similar to the original, has been used for repairs.\n\nThe cast-iron roof of the tower, made up of 3,433 pieces, has been removed, repaired and replaced.\n\nGilding has been applied by hand to a number of decorative elements, such as the carved writing around the clock dials.\n\nA time capsule was discovered hidden in the roof, placed there in the 1950s during repair work for bomb damage.\n\n\"Discovering the time capsule was a great moment in the project,\" said principal architect Adam Watrobski.\n\n\"It gave us a real sense of history and provided a tangible connection to those that have worked to preserve this beautiful landmark before us.\"\n\nThe current project team have now placed their own time capsule at the top of the tower, containing:", "Ben Goldsmith said \"I love her so much and I'm so proud of her\"\n\nThe father of a teenage girl killed in an accident on the family's farm has pleaded to have his \"beautiful, brilliant, kind little girl back\".\n\nIris Goldsmith, 15, reportedly became trapped when her vehicle - said to be similar to a quad bike - overturned at North Brewham, Somerset, on Monday.\n\nHer father Ben Goldsmith tweeted: \"Dear God, please can I have my beautiful, brilliant, kind little girl back\".\n\nHe added: \"And if not, please take extra special care of her.\"\n\nMr Goldsmith said what had happened to his daughter \"hurts me so much I can't describe\".\n\nIris' father Ben, the younger brother of Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith, was previously married to her mother Kate Rothschild.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWycombe Abbey school, where Iris was a pupil, said she would be \"hugely missed by all of us\".\n\nAvon and Somerset Police said her death was not being treated as suspicious.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The bonfire at Avoniel Leisure Centre has been lit\n\nA controversial bonfire that was built in a leisure centre car park in east Belfast was lit as part of the Eleventh Night celebrations.\n\nIt was one of hundreds set on fire across Northern Ireland on Thursday on the eve of the Twelfth of July marches.\n\nEarlier in the day Belfast City Council gave up on its efforts to remove the bonfire at Avoniel Leisure Centre.\n\nIt came after a contractor that was due to remove the bonfire pulled out after graffiti threats appeared nearby.\n\nThe council wants police to investigate how details of removal contractors were leaked and appeared in the graffiti threats.\n\nThe Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Gavin Robinson, the MP for East Belfast, said he believed the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) was involved in the bonfire dispute.\n\nOn Thursday morning, the council warned that anyone in the leisure centre grounds would be regarded as trespassers.\n\nGraffiti threats to contractors asked to remove the bonfire appeared in east Belfast\n\nThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it would investigate the council's complaint about aggravated trespassing.\n\nIt also said officers would meet council representatives to discuss a complaint about the leak of contractors' details.\n\nPolice carried out searches in Avoniel on Thursday after suggestions that a suspicious object had been left in the area but nothing was found.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC's Talkback programme, Mr Robinson condemned the events surrounding the closure of the leisure centre on Sunday.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. DUP MP Gavin Robinson says he believes UVF members are involved in the bonfire dispute\n\nThe council closed it after its entrance was barricaded by men who were behaving in a \"threatening\" way to staff.\n\n\"That's not, in my view, an appropriate expression of culture,\" said Mr Robinson.\n\nAttention is now switching from the bonfire to the investigation into how the names of the contractors were leaked.\n\nAlthough it will focus on Belfast City Hall, the question being asked by some in political circles is whether anyone in the PSNI could have leaked the names?\n\nThere is nothing to suggest they did, but given the theoretical possibility, is it appropriate that the PSNI should conduct the investigation?\n\nHe said that if people recognised bonfires were part of Northern Ireland's \"cultural tapestry\" then agreement was needed about where they took place and how they could be managed safely.\n\n\"Those are the sort of issues that, rather than leave them to the last minute, need to be grappled at an earlier stage by the council,\" he added.\n\nPolice warned on Wednesday there was a risk of \"serious violence\" due to UVF involvement and it \"could not rule out a risk from firearms\" if council workers tried to dismantle the Avoniel bonfire.\n\nDUP councillor George Dorrian said the decision not to remove the bonfire was sensible given that no contractors were available to remove it.\n\nBonfires - like this one in Larne - are lit across Northern Ireland on the Eleventh Night\n\nProtesters said they tried to compromise with authorities but were determined that the event would go ahead on Thursday night.\n\nWelcoming the council's decision, Robert Girvan, from a group calling itself the East Belfast Cultural Collective, which represents a number of bonfire builders, denied any paramilitary involvement.\n\n\"Unless the UVF is 70-year-old grannies and 12-year-old children, there's no UVF involvement here,\" Mr Girvan said.\n\nHe criticised the council's allegation of trespassing, saying that Sinn Féin and Alliance Party councillors were \"denying children the use of a play park\".\n\nTensions had been building ahead of bonfires being lit across Northern Ireland on the eve of the Twelfth of July.\n\nIt is the main date in the Protestant Orange Order marching season, commemorating the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.\n\nThe gates at Avoniel Leisure Centre were open on Wednesday after a barricade was removed\n\nMost fires are lit without major incident but some prove contentious, with the authorities having taken action in recent years on bonfires deemed unsafe and posing a threat to nearby properties.\n\nBelfast City Council's emergency meeting on Thursday was its fourth on the bonfire issue in four days.\n\nThe bonfire at Avoniel Leisure Centre had been contentious because tyres had been placed on it to be burnt and it was built on council property without permission.\n\nBonfire builders voluntarily removed tyres after contractors acting for the council removed 1,800 tyres from another bonfire nearby.\n\nHundreds of people gathered at the Avoniel bonfire on Tuesday to protest against the council's decision to remove it.\n\nA large crowd of people watched as the Drumilly Green bonfire was lit on Wednesday night\n\nIt is estimated there were between 80 and 100 bonfires in Belfast this year, with 35 signed up to an official scheme funded by the council.\n\nIn County Armagh, a large crowd watched as another controversial bonfire was lit on Wednesday night.\n\nThe bonfire at Drumilly Green in Portadown was built close to flats, causing a housing association to advise dozens of residents to leave their homes.\n\nHundreds of windows were boarded up to protect them from the heat of the blaze and fire service sprayed two of the nearby blocks of flats with foam to keep them cool.\n\nIt is thought the Drumsilly Green bonfire is traditionally lit on 10 July to allow people to attend other bonfires on the Eleventh Night.", "Chelsea Mitchell and Darren Pencille were found guilty at the Old Bailey\n\nDarren Pencille has been jailed for life for murdering a man he stabbed repeatedly during a confrontation on a London-bound train, while his girlfriend Chelsea Mitchell was also jailed for assisting an offender.\n\nThe prosecution at his trial painted a picture of a man with a history of mental health issues but also of violence - Pencille had been convicted of an earlier knife attack that bore striking similarities to the killing of Lee Pomeroy.\n\nThe 36-year-old defendant relied upon his girlfriend in court as much as he did on the day he stabbed Mr Pomeroy 18 times and left him to die.\n\nPencille chose not to take the stand and speak in his defence, leaving it to Mitchell to give an account of their lives and their actions that day and to describe their co-dependent relationship.\n\nThe court heard how Pencille could not deal with crowded places - shops, supermarkets, railway stations, trains and hospitals.\n\nLee Pomeroy and his killer taunted one another in the moments before the knife attack, the Old Bailey heard\n\nWhenever panic struck during a rail journey, \"nine times out of 10\" he would call Mitchell, who has borderline learning disabilities and whose IQ is ranked in the lowest 1% of the population.\n\nMitchell, 28, would talk to Pencille - who she called Jimmy - to calm him down and collect him if he had been unable to stay on a train. She would either take him to her flat in Farnham, Surrey, where they lived together, or to a quieter railway station or on to his destination.\n\nShe would do his shopping, sending him WhatsApp images of the items she had bought to make sure they were the right ones.\n\nNeither of them had dealt with the loss of their stillborn son, Romeo, who died the previous summer, the Old Bailey heard during the trial.\n\nMitchell, who met Pencille on a dating website, told jurors their feelings were still raw and the pair had been struggling - the court heard the defendant carried a 20-week ultrasound scan of Romeo in his wallet.\n\nShe said Pencille had supported her when depression after the stillbirth left her unable to get out of bed and she still had to care for her young daughter, who called Pencille \"Daddy\".\n\nMitchell lived with Pencille at her flat in Farnham\n\nWhen she was questioned in court about why, on the day of the killing, it apparently took her more than nine hours to work out what her boyfriend had done, Mitchell said: \"I'm a bit slow.\"\n\n\"If someone tells a joke, I don't pick up on it until five minutes later,\" she explained.\n\nIn the hours after the killing, as Mr Pomeroy's teenage son and other traumatised passengers were supported by the police, on-the-run Pencille had called Mitchell to collect him and take him to their Farnham home, about 15 miles from the scene of the stabbing.\n\nHe discarded clothing and took a shower.\n\nHorsley station was cordoned off as 999 teams responded and a manhunt began\n\nWhile police combed the area around Clandon for the killer, Pencille suggested to Mitchell they visit Frensham Ponds to let off lanterns in memory of Romeo.\n\nThe beauty spot was where they would go to find peace and quiet and \"gather their thoughts\", the young mother told the court.\n\n\"It was quite emotional over Christmas,\" she said. \"We didn't have our son.\"\n\nAfter their trip to the ponds the pair headed to the Sussex coastal town of Bognor where Pencille had a flat. Mitchell gave her daughter dinner and watched EastEnders.\n\nLater that night they returned to her flat in Farnham, where the pair would be arrested early the next day.\n\nBy this point, police knew their prime suspect had used a knife in anger before. In 2010, Pencille admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to an attack on his 24-year-old housemate - although Mitchell said her boyfriend had never revealed his violent past to her.\n\nPencille had gone into his victim's bedroom to borrow cigarette papers but became loud and aggressive and, after a disagreement, followed his housemate out of the room.\n\nSeconds later, after hearing shouting, a witness followed them and saw the man bleeding heavily from his neck - his life-threatening injuries included two stab wounds to the neck and one to the shoulder.\n\nDuring his murder trial, the jury heard that Pencille claimed to be \"hearing voices\" during his confrontation with Mr Pomeroy.\n\nIt transpired that in the months before the killing, he had not been taking his medication.\n\nVarious drugs had been prescribed to treat his anxiety, depression and psychotic conditions including schizophrenia. These included diazepam, mirtazapine and olanzapine, but none of those substances was found in his urine sample after the killing, a forensic scientist said.\n\nDarren Pencille had not been taking his medication in the months before the fatal attack\n\nJurors heard that Mr Pomeroy followed Pencille through the train's carriages as the pair taunted one another, leaving the killer with nowhere to go and no way to get off the moving train.\n\nMr Pomeroy's son described how his father would never start a fight, but also would never \"not reply\".\n\nHowever, his father's killer had boarded the train carrying a knife and, in the attack that followed, Pencille stabbed Mr Pomeroy 18 times in 25 seconds. He severed the 51-year-old's jugular vein and carotid artery, leaving him rapidly bleeding to death.\n\nPencille's unrelenting assault left Mr Pomeroy with a wound to his neck, eight to his torso and others to his arm, his hands and his thigh. He bled so profusely the blood covered his clothing, the area of the train where the attack happened - and Pencille's own clothes.\n\nMr Pomeroy's family told the BBC in March how the murder had left them not only heartbroken but also terrified.\n\nHis sister Kim Pomeroy said: \"If this can happen to a 51-year-old man going about his business on a train in the middle of the day, this terrifies me, because if it can happen to him, it can happen to anybody.\"\n\nShe said the family had lost a loving father, husband, son and brother, a generous man who cared about people.\n\n\"We are absolutely heartbroken. Our family has been destroyed,\" she said.\n\nLee Pomeroy was killed the day before his 52nd birthday\n\nMitchell told the court it was many hours after the attack that she realised what her boyfriend had done, only discovering a man had been stabbed and a killer was on the run after she had put her daughter to bed.\n\nThe 28-year-old said it was at this point that she looked at the day's news coverage on her phone.\n\nDuring the trial, Mitchell was reprimanded for sending a Father's Day card and letter to Pencille in Belmarsh Prison - her bail conditions had barred any contact.\n\nIn the letter, Mitchell urged Pencille to \"stay strong\" and \"keep fighting\".\n\nShe wrote: \"I miss you so much, everything is falling apart. Loosing [sic] everyone I love and all I want us [sic] my family back... Finding everything so hard. All I want is you by my side.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour's general secretary, Jennie Formby, has accused deputy leader Tom Watson of being \"irresponsible\" for criticising Labour's handling of anti-Semitism claims.\n\nMr Watson criticised Labour and Ms Formby, a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, following a BBC Panorama investigation.\n\nMs Formby said he risked \"exacerbating\" fears in the Jewish community.\n\nShe acknowledged anti-Semitism was a \"real problem\" in the party but said steps had been taken to tackle it.\n\nThe Panorama investigation, broadcast on Wednesday, featured claims from ex-party officials that senior Labour figures had interfered in the disciplinary process of dealing with accusations of anti-Semitism.\n\nThis included allegations that officials brought in by Ms Formby \"overruled\" some of their disciplinary decisions and \"downgraded\" punishments to a \"slap on the wrist\".\n\nThe disputes team is supposed to operate independently from the party's political structures, including the leader's office.\n\nIn the wake of the programme, Mr Watson demanded that the party publish its submission to a formal inquiry into the issue.\n\nIn a letter to Ms Formby, he said the response to the UK's equality watchdog the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had been \"withheld\" from the party's executive.\n\nTom Watson said \"only sunlight\" could \"disinfect\" Labour of anti-Semitism\n\nIn reply, Ms Formby said Mr Watson was abusing his \"considerable platform\" to \"denigrate\" the progress that had been made in combating anti-Semitism.\n\n\"Furthermore, traducing my reputation and publicly attacking me when you know I am undergoing chemotherapy and am unable to respond in the media, is another example of the inappropriate way in which you choose to discuss this issue,\" she wrote.\n\nMs Formby said she was \"very concerned\" by the distress suffered by some former staff members shown in the Panorama documentary, but added that \"we were not made aware of these issues at the time\".\n\nShe said she had twice offered Mr Watson the chance to view the document sent to the anti-Semitism inquiry and that he had not raised any concerns when she briefed the shadow cabinet about Labour's response on Tuesday.\n\nShe also denied accusations that she had deleted emails relating to cases of anti-Semitism.\n\n\"By choosing to ignore the steps taken by this party, and commenting so uncritically about the Panorama programme, you are complicit in creating a perception that anti-Semitism is more prevalent in the Labour Party than wider society,\" Ms Formby added.\n\n\"This is deeply irresponsible for the deputy leader of a party which seeks to be in government, and risks exacerbating the fear that Jewish communities will feel.\"\n\nEarlier, Mr Watson had accused some in the Labour Party of attempting to discredit the former staff members who took part in the Panorama documentary.\n\nHe called for greater transparency on the issue, adding: \"Only sunlight can disinfect Labour of anti-Semitism now.\"\n\nIn response, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, another close ally of the Labour leader, tweeted that Mr Watson was \"very wrong\" to imply that Ms Formby was \"dealing with the matter with anything less than her usual professionalism\".\n\nAnd other shadow cabinet members also rallied to Ms Formby's defence in the face of what they said were \"unfair attacks\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe EHRC launched a formal investigation in May into whether Labour had \"unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are Jewish\".\n\nThe Jewish Labour Movement said on Thursday that more than 30 whistleblowers, including current Labour staff, would submit evidence to the inquiry.\n\nThe party has been engulfed in a long-running dispute over the issue, which has led nine MPs and three peers to leave the party.\n\nThe leadership has been accused of failing to get to grips with the problem, with allegations of hundreds of complaints against members remaining unresolved.\n\nLabour said it \"completely\" rejected any claims it was anti-Semitic.\n\nIt also accused the Panorama programme of being a \"seriously inaccurate, politically one-sided polemic, which breached basic journalistic standards, invented quotes and edited emails to change their meaning\".", "Cyclists have reported branches being arranged across tracks at head height\n\n\"Incredibly dangerous\" booby traps have been found on popular cycle paths in the Peak District.\n\nItems found in recent weeks include large rocks moved out of position, pins dropped on the road and branches arranged at head height across paths.\n\nChris Maloney, who runs a local cycling information blog, said while cyclists appeared to be the target, the obstacles could harm anyone.\n\nPolice said they had been made aware and appealed for information.\n\nThe traps have been spotted on trails and roads in Bradwell, Bamford and Aston, near the Derbyshire/South Yorkshire border. There are no reports of anyone being injured.\n\nBlogger Chris Maloney, a member of mountain biking advocacy group Peak District MTB, said: \"The worrying thing is we don't know who it is who's doing this kind of stuff.\n\n\"It's somebody with a vendetta, someone who has something against we assume mountain bikers or riders - but the things they're putting out do not discriminate.\n\n\"It's an incredibly dangerous and reckless thing to do.\"\n\nDerbyshire Police said no official complaints had been made but said there have been previous incidents where tacks were placed on roads in and around some villages.\n\n\"Anyone acting in this manner is putting people at serious risk of injury and, potentially, even death. It is not just cyclists that could be affected - horses and their riders, walkers and other trail users could all be hurt,\" the force said.\n\nSouth Yorkshire Police said it was also aware of reports of alleged trail sabotaging.\n\nTraps have also been found at mountain biking trails elsewhere in the UK, including a plank of wood with 200 nails embedded in it, found in a forest path in Wales.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "John Leslie is accused of committing the assault in Westminster in December 2008\n\nFormer Blue Peter presenter John Leslie has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman.\n\nThe 54-year-old is accused of committing the assault in Westminster in December 2008, when the woman was 30.\n\nScotland Yard said Mr Leslie, from Edinburgh, was charged with sexual touching of a woman on 5 June.\n\nHe is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 25 July.\n\nMr Leslie began his TV career in 1989 when he became a presenter on BBC's Blue Peter.\n\nHe appeared on the children's TV show for five years with co-hosts including Caron Keating, Tim Vincent, Anthea Turner, and Diane-Louise Jordan.\n\nHe then went on to present ITV's This Morning and was also a regular host of the Wheel of Fortune game show.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Allergy patients are being warned of a potential fault with Emerade adrenaline pens.\n\nThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said some have blocked needles, so cannot deliver adrenaline.\n\nAround two in every 1,000 pens are thought to be affected.\n\nPatients are advised to follow the existing advice to carry two pens at all times. Charities said it was a \"very difficult\" time for patients.\n\nThe fault was first found in routine testing by the pens' makers, Bausch & Lomb, in June 2018, but it was believed to be extremely rare, affecting 1.5 per 10,000 pens.\n\nFurther testing led the company to now estimate that the fault affects 2.3 pens per 1,000.\n\nBut the MHRA says that if patients follow the advice to carry two pens at all times, the risk of not being able to deliver a dose of adrenaline falls to virtually nothing - 0.23% to 0.000529%.\n\nAll strengths of solution for Emerade pens could be affected; 150mcg, 300mcg and 500mcg solutions.\n\nNo batches are being recalled.\n\nThere are three brands of adrenaline pens available in the UK - Emerade, EpiPen and Jext - which can all be used to inject adrenaline to treat someone who is having a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction.\n\nReactions can be triggered by certain foods, such as nuts, fish, milk and eggs, medicines and insect stings.\n\nThe MHRA added: \"Healthcare professionals should contact all patients, and their carers, who have been supplied with an Emerade device to inform them of the potential defect and reinforce the advice to always carry two in-date adrenaline auto-injectors with them at all times.\"\n\nIt said Bausch & Lomb had implemented \"corrective actions\", and pens manufactured under the new procedures would come into the market this month.\n\nLynne Regent, of the Anaphylaxis Campaign charity, said they were \"not aware until Thursday that there was a risk of the Emerade auto-injector failing to deliver a dose of adrenaline from the syringe due to blockage of the needle\".\n\nShe said it was \"a very difficult time for patients\" who carry them.\n\nAnd she added: \"We would like to take this opportunity to remind all individuals who are prescribed an adrenaline auto-injector to always carry two devices at all times, to use your auto-injector at the first signs of anaphylaxis and to call 999, ask for an ambulance and say anaphylaxis (pronounced as 'anna-fill-axis').\"\n\nPatients carrying any adrenaline pen should also follow the existing advice, the MHRA said:\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Holidaymakers jetting off on summer breaks could be hit by strike action planned at London's Heathrow airport.\n\nMore than 4,000 workers at the airport - including customer service, engineering and security staff - have voted to strike over pay.\n\nStaff will walk out on 26 July, 27 July, 5 August, 6 August, 23 August and 24 August, which the Unite union said could create \"summer travel chaos\".\n\nHeathrow says it has contingency plans to remain open and operate safely.\n\nUnite said members had voted in eight ballots to support action after an 18-month pay rise offer averaging 2.7% was rejected.\n\nWayne King, the union's Unite regional co-ordinating officer, said: \"There is deepening anger over pay among workers who are essential to the smooth running of Heathrow Airport\".\n\nUnite said the dispute was also in part because of different pay rates for the same job, as well as discontent with the pay package of airport boss John Holland-Kaye.\n\nAccording to the company's annual report, last year the Heathrow boss banked a 103.2% pay increase, from £2.1m in 2017 to £4.2m in 2018, thanks largely to a long-term bonus scheme.\n\nThe union said the airport's current pay offer amounted to £3.75 a day extra for its lowest-paid workers.\n\nHeathrow urged the union to return to the bargaining table to resolve the pay dispute.\n\n\"We have proposed a progressive pay package giving at least a 4.6% pay rise to over 70% of our frontline colleagues. The total package offered is above RPI [Retail Prices Index] and is specifically designed to boost the wages of lower paid colleagues\".\n\nAs the dispute rumbles on, the airport said its contingency plans would ensure flights could still take off and land during one of the busiest period of the year.\n\n\"We will be working alongside our airline partners to minimise disruption caused to passengers as they look towards their well-deserved summer holidays,\" it said.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nRoger Federer moved to within one win of a record-equalling ninth Wimbledon singles title as he beat long-time rival Rafael Nadal to set up a final against another old foe Novak Djokovic.\n\nSwiss second seed Federer won 7-6 (7-3) 1-6 6-3 6-4 against the Spanish third seed before an enthralled Centre Court.\n\nFederer took his fifth match point for a shot at a 21st Grand Slam, while denying Nadal the chance of a 19th.\n\nFederer, 37, will meet Serbia's top seed Djokovic at 14:00 BST on Sunday.\n\nFederer's eight Wimbledon titles are more than any other man in history and if he beats Djokovic he will match Martina Navratilova's success in women's singles.\n\n\"I'm exhausted. It was tough - at the end Rafa played some unbelievable shots to stay in the match,\" Federer told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I had spells where I was serving very well and probably the biggest points in the match went my way.\n\n\"That first set was huge, to get the lead and try to protect it. It was a joy to play.\"\n\nDefending champion Djokovic, 32, goes for his 16th Grand Slam triumph after beating Spain's 23rd seed Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets earlier on Friday.\n\nDjokovic's win ensured it would be a Wimbledon final between two of the 'Big Three' in the men's game for the first time since the Serb beat Federer in the 2015 showpiece at the All England Club.\n• None 'It was a masterclass' - Federer wows Wimbledon... again\n• None Stars are aligned right now - Federer\n\nAnticipation was high for the meeting between two of the men widely considered among the greatest - if not the greatest - to have played the game, particularly because it was their first Wimbledon showdown since an epic 2008 final.\n\nThe names of Federer and Nadal, along with #Fedal40, dominating social media sites signified how the match had captured the attention of fans across the world, while a Royal box featuring stellar names such as Sir David Attenborough, David Beckham and Hugh Grant brought an added sprinkling of stardust.\n\nThat 2008 match, played over almost seven hours because of rain delays and ending in virtual darkness in front of a mesmerised Centre Court, is regarded as one of the sport's all-time great matches and it would have taken something extraordinary for the pair to recreate another occasion of such reverence.\n\nNevertheless, the pair - with a combined age of 70 - did produce a match which will live long in the memory.\n\nLengthy baseline rallies featuring flawless groundstrokes, supreme athleticism belying their advancing years and scintillating winners - particularly from Federer's backhand - left the 15,000 crowd captivated.\n\nFederer was locked into the match from the moment he delivered an ace with the first ball and, apart from that dip in the second set, neutralised Nadal's weapons in a stellar performance.\n\nAfter missing four match points, a dramatic ending saw Federer clinch victory in three hours and three minutes when Nadal whacked a backhand long.\n\nFederer's emotion was clear as a manic celebration - at least by his composed standards - greeted the match-winning point, raising both hands to the sky before wildly punching the air.\n\nFederer, who had more support on Centre Court than his great rival in their 40th meeting, edged ahead when he rattled off the final five points in the first-set tie-break but lost his way in the second as his level dipped.\n\nNadal levelled the match in little over half an hour, but Federer refocused and rediscovered his rhythm to break early in each of the third and fourth sets - and then, eventually, wrap up the match.\n\n19:29 BST: Federer tees up his first match point on Nadal's serve, returning a first serve with a deep forehand winner. He reaches another first serve down the middle from Nadal but guides it long.\n\n19:30: An ace down the middle means advantage Nadal, but a backhand winner down the line from Federer and a forehand into the net by Nadal brings up a second match point.\n\n19:31: Another first serve landed by Nadal, this time out wide, is batted long by Federer and the Spaniard goes on to hold the service game.\n\n19:38: Now serving for the match, Federer sees off a break point when a forehand into the net after a long rally leaves Nadal crouching on court with his head in his hands.\n\n19:39: Federer comes forward to earn his third match point with a volley at the net, Nadal edging a long rally with a forehand winner to save it.\n\n19:40: With Federer's wife Mirka watching through her fingers, an ace down the middle brings a fourth match point... saved by Nadal with a flicked cross-court backhand winner.\n\n19:42: Federer puts away a clean forehand winner for his fifth match point and seals the match when Nadal goes long after a brief baseline exchange.\n\n'Surprising how aggressive and consistent Federer was' - analysis\n\nTim Henman, former British number one and two-time Wimbledon semi-finalist:\n\nHistorically we've seen Nadal dominate when he extends the rallies. At 37, Federer - you felt - might get tired but it was just phenomenal.\n\nNadal was always playing catch up. Federer on his serve was always up 15-love you felt, Nadal was never really up love-15 and able to get the crowd on side.\n\nIt was surprising how aggressive and how consistent Federer was.\n\nOn the back of that performance, it's going to be very interesting to start thinking about the dynamics of the final.\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "Police said no arrests had been made following the crash on Friday morning\n\nA woman riding an electric scooter has been killed in a crash with a lorry in south London.\n\nThe 35-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene at the Queen Circus roundabout, Battersea following the crash at about 08:30 BST.\n\nA Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said her next of kin had yet to be informed and no arrests had been made.\n\nIn July last year a cyclist was killed at the roundabout after being hit by a bin lorry.\n\nA London Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: \"We sent an advanced paramedic, two ambulance crews, an incident response officer and two medics in cars to the scene, with the first of our medics arriving in under four minutes.\n\n\"Sadly, despite the extensive efforts of medics, a woman died at the scene.\"\n\nElectric scooters are illegal to ride on public roads\n\nTransport for London and Wandsworth Council redesigned the roundabout in 2015, which trialled the use of raised kerbs and separate traffic lights to keep cyclists and vehicles segregated at junctions.\n\nConcerns had been raised that the new layout was too complicated.\n\nWhile the cause of the crash is unknown, e-scooters are illegal to ride on public roads, including in cycle lanes or on the pavement.\n\nA Department for Transport spokeswoman said: \"We extend our deepest sympathies to all those involved in this tragic incident, and fully support the police as they carry out their investigations.\n\n\"Safety is at the heart of all our road laws and it is important that retailers continue to remind people at the point of sale that it is illegal to ride e-scooters on public roads.\"\n\nAn electric scooter, or e-scooter, is similar to a traditional children's scooter but has a motor attached.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The oil tanker is suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria\n\nAn Iranian official has said a British oil tanker should be seized, if a detained Iranian ship is not released.\n\nBritish Royal Marines helped officials in Gibraltar to seize the super-tanker Grace 1 on Thursday, after it was suspected of carrying oil from Iran to Syria, in breach of EU sanctions.\n\nA court in Gibraltar has ruled the ship can be detained for a further 14 days.\n\nIran later summoned the British ambassador in Tehran to complain about what it said was a \"form of piracy\".\n\nMohsen Rezaei said Iran would respond to bullies \"without hesitation\".\n\nMr Rezaei - a member of a council that advises the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei - said, in a tweet: \"If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities' duty to seize a British oil tanker.\"\n\nThe BBC has been told a team of about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help detain Grace 1 and its cargo.\n\nGibraltar said there was reason to believe the ship was carrying Iranian crude oil to the Baniyas Refinery in the Syrian Mediterranean port town of Tartous.\n\nThe territory was initially able to detain the ship for 72-hours, but Gibraltar's Supreme Court granted a 14-day extension on Friday.\n\nIran's Foreign Ministry condemned the initial seizure of the vessel as illegal and accused the UK of acting at the behest of the United States.\n\nThe UK Foreign Office dismissed claims of piracy as \"nonsense\".\n\nSpain's Acting Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said, on Thursday, Spain - which disputes British ownership of Gibraltar - was studying the circumstances of the action, but said it followed \"a demand from the US to the UK\".\n\nBBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said, while Britain has been keen to suggest it was an operation led by the Gibraltar government, it appears the intelligence came from the US.\n\nIran's threat to retaliate against the impounding of its super-tanker is an indication of how hurt Tehran is by the UK's action.\n\nIn the eight years of war in Syria this appears to be the first time Iran's supply of oil to its ally has been interrupted, even though EU sanctions have existed for almost the whole duration.\n\nThe episode also reflects worsening relations between Iran and the UK over a range of issues - particularly the continued imprisonment of British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n\nThe tanker and its cargo are probably worth more than $200m (£160m).\n\nIran is looking for ways to respond to what it sees as illegal and an act of piracy. It has the capability to take over a British ship in the Gulf and would see such a move as proportionate.\n\nOn Friday, a senior Iranian lawmaker said the seizure of tanker was proof the UK \"lacks honour\" and takes orders from the US.\n\nMostafa Kavakebian, who leads the Iran-UK parliamentary friendship group, tweeted that the seizure was \"a form of piracy and illegal hostility towards Iran\".\n\nTensions between the UK and Iran have been exacerbated by the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe\n\nWhite House national security advisor John Bolton said the seizure was \"excellent news\". He added that the US and its allies would continue to prevent regimes in Tehran and Damascus from \"profiting off this illicit trade\".\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the swift action would deny valuable resources to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's \"murderous regime\".\n\nThe Baniyas Refinery, where the Iranian tanker was believed to be taking the oil, is a subsidiary of the General Corporation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products - a section of the Syrian ministry of petroleum.\n\nThe EU says the facility therefore provides financial support to the Syrian government, which is subject to sanctions because of its repression of civilians since the start of the uprising against President Assad in 2011.\n\nThe refinery has been subject to EU sanctions since 2014.\n\nThis latest row comes at a time of escalating tensions between the US and Iran.\n\nThe Trump administration - which has pulled out of an international agreement on Tehran's nuclear programme - has reinforced punishing sanctions against Iran.\n\nIts European allies, including the UK, have not followed suit.\n\nNonetheless, there have been growing tensions between the UK and Iran too, after Britain said the Iranian regime was \"almost certainly\" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in June.\n\nThe UK has also been pressing Iran to release British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted for spying, which she denies.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "(File photo) They were arrested in the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province\n\nFour Britons have been arrested in China's Jiangsu province over drug-related offences.\n\nThey are among 16 foreigners - seven teachers and nine students - who were detained last week after testing positive for drug use.\n\nAt least some of those being held are from an international language school, Education First.\n\nPolice did not specify the type of drugs involved and it is not clear where the other foreigners are from.\n\nThere are extremely severe penalties for drug offences in China.\n\n\"We are in contact with the Chinese authorities following the arrest of four British people in Jiangsu province, and are providing consular assistance,\" said the British embassy in Beijing.\n\nOn Tuesday, the Xuzhou Public Security Bureau, located in Jiangsu province, posted a statement on Chinese social media site Weibo saying police had successfully cracked a drug-related case.\n\nIt said 19 people had been arrested, including 16 foreigners.\n\nAccording to police, 18 people had been placed under administrative detention, which carries a maximum detention period of 15 days. One person was placed in criminal detention - a procedure that usually leads to a formal arrest and an indictment.\n\nPolice did not name the school involved, but state news agency Xinhua later reported that some of the teachers were from the Switzerland-based Education First (EF) Centre.\n\nThe EF centre told Xinhua it had a \"zero tolerance\" policy towards drugs, adding that it was deeply regretful that some of its teachers were involved.\n\nIt said the drug-related incident had taken place during \"non-work\" hours.\n\nEF first entered China in 1998 and has around 2,000 English teachers now based in the country.", "Theresa May has announced plans for a new body to monitor government efforts to tackle \"deep-seated societal injustice\".\n\nThe outgoing prime minister said an Office for Tackling Injustices (OfTI) would use data to \"provide the catalyst\" for better policies.\n\nThe pledge to combat \"burning injustices\" was one she made during her first speech as PM in 2016.\n\nBut Labour said Mrs May had failed to tackle injustices while in office.\n\nThe new body would collect evidence on disparities in areas including socio-economic background, ethnicity, gender, disability and sexual orientation.\n\nDowning Street said it would gather information where there was currently a lack of reliable data, but it would not make policy recommendations.\n\nMrs May said: \"I am proud of what we have achieved to make the UK a more just society.\n\n\"But there is more to be done now and in the years to come, if we are truly to say that this is a country which works for everyone.\"\n\nShe added that policies such as mandatory reporting on the gender pay gap had shown how data could be used to tackle existing cases of injustice.\n\nNumber 10 said the new body would follow the approach taken by the Race Disparity Audit, which analyses how a person's ethnicity impacts how they experience public services.\n\nWhen it first published data in October 2017, it showed disparities in educational attainment, health, employment and treatment by police and courts between ethnicities.\n\nIn response, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said: \"On her first day in office, the prime minister promised to tackle burning injustices, but instead gave us the Windrush scandal.\n\n\"Three failed years later, in her last days, she's decided to set up an office.\n\n\"The only way to tackle burning injustices is the election of a Labour government that will transform our country so it works for the many not, the few.\"\n\nRace equality think tank the Runnymede Trust said it welcomed more data collection and the aim of ensuring future governments focus on tackling injustice.\n\nBut it added: \"Data by itself doesn't create change, which needs more concrete actions and policies to tackle decades of racial inequalities.\"\n\nMrs May's announcement comes as 160,000 eligible party members continue to vote for either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt in the Tory leadership contest, with Mrs May's successor due to be named on 23 July.\n\nIn an interview with the Daily Mail, Mrs May warned that \"too many people in politics\" think being prime minister is all about wielding power.\n\n\"All too often those who see it as a position of power see it as about themselves and not about the people they are serving. There is a real difference,\" she said.\n\nThe two leadership contenders will face one-on-one interviews with Andrew Neil later, which will be broadcast on BBC One at 19:00 BST.\n• None Firms may have to reveal ethnicity pay gap", "Protesters blocked some of the busiest roads in central London in April - including Oxford Circus\n\nAlmost 30 climate change protesters have appeared in court charged with a public order offence, after April's Extinction Rebellion action in London.\n\nThe activists, ranging in age from 20 to 76 years old, are accused of failing to comply with an order to stick to an allocated area near Marble Arch.\n\nThere were eight guilty pleas - resulting in conditional discharges - and 21 not guilty pleas.\n\nMore than 1,000 people were arrested over the course of April's protests.\n\nDemonstrators brought parts of central London to a standstill, causing roadblocks on Waterloo Bridge, Oxford Circus and Marble Arch, while others glued themselves to trains and buildings.\n\nThe group's tactics included asking volunteers to deliberately get arrested to cause maximum disruption.\n\nIn May, the Metropolitan Police said they would push for all the 1,151 people arrested - which included Olympic gold medal-winning canoeist Etienne Stott - to face charges.\n\nSo far 232 files of evidence have been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service, with 180 people charged, one cautioned for outraging public decency and 32 released with no further action.\n\nHundreds of others remain under consideration for charges.\n\nFriday's hearings took place in two court rooms simultaneously at City of London Magistrates' Court.\n\nA number of trials were scheduled for September and October.\n\nTwo court rooms are being set aside for a day each week at Westminster Magistrates' Court for 19 weeks to deal with the protesters.\n\nExtinction Rebellion activists gathered outside the court ahead of the hearings\n\nThe youngest defendant, Peter Tyler, 20, of Muasdale, in Argyll and Bute, pleaded guilty to a public order offence relating to Waterloo Bridge on 17 April.\n\nThe oldest defendant - Caroline Hunt, 76, from Bristol - admitted an offence relating to Waterloo Bridge on 21 April.\n\nSimon Kitt 25, of Newton Abbot pleaded guilty to the same offence relating to Waterloo Bridge on 21 April.\n\nSpeaking after his hearing, he referred to the activists who gathered outside the court, saying: \"It's beautiful to see everyone here showing such support for the cause.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nyla Khan knew from a young age that she was \"promised\" to her cousin\n\nNyla Khan says she was taken from Scotland at the age of 17 and forced to marry her cousin in Pakistan.\n\n\"I knew from a very young age that I was promised to my cousin and I always felt very uncomfortable about that,\" she tells BBC Scotland's The Nine. She says she thought it was \"morally wrong\".\n\nNyla, who is now 30, had a \"really strict upbringing\" in a Mirpuri Muslim family.\n\n\"My parents were very paranoid about me becoming Western,\" she says. \"They think they are protecting you.\"\n\nNyla says she wanted to \"have a voice\", express herself, dress differently and get \"more from life\" but extended family members complained she was \"out of control\".\n\n\"It was seen as being too Western,\" she says.\n\nNyla said it felt like her soul had left her body when she was forced to marry her cousin\n\nAt the age of 17, she was taken to Pakistan and woke up to find her whole family in her room.\n\n\"They started saying 'you have sinned', 'you need to marry your cousin now',\" she says.\n\n\"They said 'you've brought shame on the family and the only way you can fix this is if you get married'.\"\n\nIt is like your soul leaves your body because you become so numb because you have absolutely no power of control over what is happening\n\nNyla refused but she says they begged her \"non-stop\" and eventually she felt forced to give in.\n\nShe says: \"I just wanted them to shut up. I just wanted them to be quiet.\n\n\"From there on it is like your soul leaves your body because you become so numb because you have absolutely no power of control over what is happening.\"\n\nAfter five weeks in Pakistan, the family came back to Scotland, without her new husband, who was going to travel on later. A couple of months after that Nyla ran away to stay with a friend.\n\n\"I packed my bags and I ran,\" she says.\n\n\"I did it for a year. I got a lot of abuse from family members, from extended family members, friends and community members,\" Nyla says.\n\n\"I would walk down the road and they would call you 'slut' or something.\"\n\nNyla says she was told she would never see her brother and sister again.\n\nShe says: \"It is like everyone that was your world says 'we don't want anything to do with you'.\"\n\nAfter a year she went back home \"completely broken\" and in tears.\n\nNyla says the community could not believe that her parents took her back after what she had done.\n\n\"It was hard but we worked through it. We put love before religion,\" she says.\n\nNyla got a divorce and went on to study social work at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.\n\n\"I have been an independent Muslim woman ever since,\" says Nyla, who now lives in Edinburgh.\n\nForced marriage is a criminal offence. It occurs when one or both spouses do not consent to the marriage and violence, threats or coercion is involved. Coercion can include emotional force, physical force or the threat of it, and financial pressure.\n\nThe latest figures from the UK government's Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) show they gave advice or support to a possible forced marriage in 1,764 cases last year - a 47% rise.\n\nThe number in Scotland rose from 18 in 2017 to 30 last year.\n\nThe FMU said the increase in cases could be down to greater awareness of forced marriage being a crime and an improved data recording process.\n\nThe unit dealt with cases relating to many countries but Pakistan accounted for 44% of cases in 2018.\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said it had published statutory guidance on forced marriage and was looking at \"refreshing\" this in conjunction with members of the Forced Marriage Network - a group drawn from a broad selection of public sector and third sector bodies, and community based organisations.\n\nNyla says: \"I don't think we have found the proper solution yet. Education is the key, obviously, awareness is the key but I think parents need to understand how much pain your daughter goes through when you are forcing her into a marriage.\n\n\"I think people need to understand the impact it has emotionally, physically, spiritually on a woman when they are forced into a marriage.\"", "Facebook has more than two billion active users worldwide\n\nSocial media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic of Ireland since the European Union's new data protection regulation came into force a year ago.\n\nMost of the major US tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, LinkedIn, Airbnb and Dropbox, are registered for processing personal data in Ireland.\n\nIreland's Data Protection Commission says it has launched 19 statutory investigations, 11 of which focus on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.\n\nTwitter and LinkedIn are also under investigation, and last week the commission launched a probe in to Google over the way it uses personal data to provide targeted advertising.\n\nThis follows on from Google's €50m ($56m; £44m) fine imposed by French data regulator CNIL for \"lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding ads personalisation\".\n\nGoogle is appealing against the decision.\n\nSo the responsibility for policing their compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which started in May 2018 - falls on the country's Data Protection Commission (DPC).\n\nNine of the DPC's investigations were launched after complaints from individuals or businesses, while 10 have been instigated by the DPC itself.\n\nThe most common concerns are about the legal basis for processing personal data, lack of transparency about how a company collects personal data, and people's right to access their data.\n\n\"There has been a huge increase in awareness among individuals about their data rights since GDPR came in,\" says Graham Doyle, the DPC's head of communications.\n\nThis has led to a steep rise in complaints, with the number increasing from 2,500 in 2017 to more than 6,500 now, says Mr Doyle.\n\nAn office of 27 staff has had to be beefed up to more than 130. Mr Doyle expects the number to rise eventually to more than 200 over the next year or so.\n\nA Facebook spokesperson said: \"We spent more than 18 months working to ensure we comply with the GDPR.\n\n\"We made our policies clearer, our privacy settings easier to find and introduced better tools for people to access, download, and delete their information. We are in close contact with the Irish Data Protection Office to ensure we are answering any questions they may have.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect in May 2018 and gives EU citizens more rights over how their personal data is collected, used and stored.\n\nWe have the right to demand a copy of our personal data from companies, and they have to comply within a month.\n\nThat data must be easy to understand and should also be presented in a machine-readable format, so that a customer could transfer all their data to a competitor.\n\nWe can ask for any incorrect data to be corrected or for the whole lot to be deleted if we want.\n\nAnd companies have a responsibility to keep our data safe. If any is stolen or unwittingly shared with unauthorised organisations - and this could pose a risk to people's rights and freedoms - companies have to inform the national data regulator within 72 hours.\n\n\"Big tech is well and truly in the spotlight at the moment following the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and other well-publicised data breaches,\" says Anthony Lee, data privacy expert and partner at law firm DMH Stallard.\n\n\"A lot of these big tech companies are consumer facing so handle a lot of personal data, but come from the US which doesn't have as strong privacy laws as Europe,\" he adds.\n\n\"If they weren't well attuned to the requirements that GDPR imposes, they certainly are now.\"\n\nAccording to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), fines levied for GDPR breaches now top €56m. Fines can be as high as €20m or 4% of annual turnover.\n\n\"In the first year, we've seen tens of thousands of complaints and data breaches,\" says Omer Tene, the IAPP's vice president and chief knowledge officer.\n\n\"But we've yet to see much evidence that the GDPR has led to an improvement in organisations' data practices.\"\n\nIAPP estimates that organisations have appointed more than 500,000 data protection officers with specific responsibility for handling GDPR-related issues.\n\nAnn Bevitt thinks the real effects of GDPR have yet to be felt by businesses\n\nBut it thinks many companies still need to do much more to bring themselves fully into compliance.\n\nAnd Ann Bevitt, partner at law firm Cooley, believes that while some companies have instigated a \"wholesale change in their culture around privacy and data protection\", many others have simply engaged in \"a box-ticking exercise with little to no embedded change in practice\".\n\nA year after GDPR came in to force, she warns that \"to some extent, the impact has yet to be felt, in that we haven't yet seen significant enforcement activity, both in terms of volume and amount\".\n\nThis is likely to change over the next year as the number of completed investigations - and potential fines - rises.\n\nThere is a time lag because investigations can take many months. All parties need to be consulted before the data protection authority can reach a conclusion. Then the decision has to be circulated to all the other EU data protection authorities for approval.\n\nAnd the company under investigation has the right to appeal against the final decision.\n\nIreland's Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon, is expected to circulate her decisions on some cases by July or August, with final rulings made by the end of the year, Mr Doyle predicts.\n\nBig tech firms may be feeling the heat for some time to come.", "Christine Mackie (left) has written the play, and daughter Lois will star\n\nChristine Mackie, best known for playing Coronation Street's genial GP Dr Gaddas, has written her first play at the age of 62, inspired by the suicide of her father, and starring her daughter.\n\nChristine was 11 when her dad, a Second World War veteran, took his own life. He had bottled up the ordeal of war and the depression that followed.\n\nThat was 1968, and his death was a trauma that the young Christine couldn't process at the time. She too bottled her feelings up.\n\n\"Nobody talked about anything,\" says the actress, who is also known as Downton Abbey's Mrs Bryant. \"We just got on and went back to school, went back to work, got on with things. I didn't cry because if I cried it upset mum. If she cried, it upset me. So we didn't cry. I didn't really want to deal with anything until I was about 14, and I went a bit loopy.\"\n\nFor the next three decades, she largely kept her memories and feelings about her father shut away. It wasn't until she was in her 40s that she finally worked through her grief.\n\nBy that time, she had two young daughters. She sought professional help - not initially for herself, but to take advice about how to talk to her girls, worried that they might somehow feel suicide was something that could follow the family.\n\nHer GP referred her to a grief counsellor. \"And it was absolutely transformative for me,\" she says. \"She gave me back my dad. Because in a way, since his death, it was almost like he hadn't been there. Because we didn't talk about him.\"\n\nNow, she has written a one-woman play inspired by the grief caused by the loss of her father and the transformational effects of therapy. It's not a direct retelling of her story - it's set in the present-day and the central character is younger than Christine herself was when she sought help. The character is played by Christine's daughter Lois.\n\n\"We've been approaching it in quite a detached way, in the sense that we're trying not to remember that it's this huge personal thing,\" Lois says. \"That it isn't my grandfather, that it is a character and a job that I'm doing. Keeping it like that has helped a lot.\"\n\nChristine Mackie's father Harry took his life at the age of 45\n\nChristine's father - Lois's grandfather - escaped from a prisoner of war camp in Italy and was hidden by a local family who, she says, would disguise him as an old lady when the army came to the village. \"He was a long time coming home, and when he got back, everybody had got used to him being dead,\" Christine says. \"His fiancé had married somebody else and didn't expect him to come home.\"\n\nIn the play, titled Best Girl, the father figure is a Gulf War veteran. Lois's character is called Annie, who has relationship problems that stem from the damage caused when he took his life. It becomes hard to trust anyone after a tragedy like that befalls you at a young age, Christine says.\n\n\"Even though you are functioning, it's very hard to make relationships. It's very hard to believe that anybody is going to stick around for you. 'Why would you stick around for me when you just met me, when my dad didn't stick around for me?' So that's a time bomb you're dealing with, even if you're still managing to go to the shops and go to school and work and all the rest of it.\"\n\nThankful for her therapy, she describes the play as \"a love letter to the NHS\", and the fictional Annie is allowed to get professional help earlier than Christine was able to in real life. \"I think it is wonderful that Annie makes this discovery and has the chance to be liberated while she's still so young,\" Christine says.\n\nChristine Mackie (right) played Penelope Wallace in the BBC's Doctors in 2016\n\nAs Dr Gaddas, Christine's consultations have included treating Coronation Street's Steve Macdonald for depression. It's fitting that the actress's debut script is an homage to the medical profession. \"She would be very thrilled. She's also quite often in scenes wanting people to talk. This is my fifth year being Dr Gaddas, which is a tremendous joy to me. I love going there.\"\n\nShe films on the cobbles about once a month, popping up whenever one of the Weatherfield residents needs to see their friendly local doctor. She has a trick to making Dr Gaddas slot in seamlessly - imagining that she is actually the star of her own parallel soap opera.\n\n\"Whenever I go in, I know very well my place. The scene is not about Gaddas, it's about somebody else. So in my little head, I have my own soap opera where I'm really busy and I just want to get this scene over so that I can just get on and do something.\n\n\"So that's my energy when I go in, 'Oh, that's very interesting, but you know, there are things I've got to do'. Then something will happen and I'll go, 'OK, tell me more about it'. I like that. It makes me laugh.\"\n\nBest Girl will be performed at the Greater Manchester Fringe before a run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Christine and Lois are giving a portion of the ticket sales to two mental health charities - FirstLight Trust and Young Minds.\n\nYoung Minds provides and campaigns for mental health support for children and young people. The charity's campaigns director Tom Madders said: \"Losing a parent to suicide can be extremely difficult to make sense of for any child or young person.\n\n\"There is no right or wrong way to grieve - what's normal for one person may not be for someone else - but talking to someone you trust, like a friend, a family member, GP or counsellor, can make a real difference. Grief doesn't have a timeline, so be patient with yourself. Remember you don't have to deal with this alone.\"\n\nMeanwhile, FirstLight Trust helps war veterans. Christine Mackie recently visited one of its cafes, where former servicemen and women can go to talk. \"I was looking at these guys chatting and thought, who did my dad chat to?\" she says.\n\n\"Who did my dad talk to, really? Nobody.\"\n\nBest Girl is at Hope Aria House in Manchester from 18-20 July and at the Pleasance Courtyard in Edinburgh from 31 July-26 August.\n\nIf you would like support, you can phone The Samaritans on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org. Calm can be contacted on 0800 58 58 58 (17:00-midnight). Details of other organisations that can help are on the BBC Action Line website.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n• None Best Girl at the Greater Manchester Fringe\n• None Best Girl at the Edinburgh Fringe The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Larrison Campbell (R) said she asked to shadow the Republican candidate Robert Foster on a campaign trip\n\nA Republican candidate for Mississippi governor has refused to be interviewed by a female reporter unless she brings a male colleague with her.\n\nLarrison Campbell, 40, said she had asked to shadow Robert Foster on a 15-hour \"ride-a-long\" on his campaign, but was denied because of her sex.\n\nMr Foster said he was acting out of precaution and he did not want to raise any suspicions about his marriage.\n\n\"This is my truck, and in my truck we go by my rules,\" he said on CNN.\n\nDuring the CNN interview with Ms Campbell and Mr Foster on Thursday, the 36-year-old gubernatorial candidate cited his religion and faith, arguing he had made a vow to his wife to not be alone with someone of the opposite sex.\n\nHe cited the late Christian evangelist Billy Graham, who had said he would not spend time alone with any woman who was not his wife, as well as Vice-President Mike Pence, who has said he will not eat alone with a woman other than his wife.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Robert Foster This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I don't trust the perception that the world puts on people when they see things and they don't ask a question, they don't look to find out the truth,\" he said.\n\n\"Perception is a reality in this world, and I don't want to give anybody the opinion that I'm doing something that I should not be doing.\"\n\nMr Foster said following the #MeToo movement, \"men are under attack all the time\".\n\n\"I'm not going to allow myself to be put in a situation with any female where they can make an accusation against me\" without someone else in attendance, he said.\n\nWhen asked if he would allow the 15-hour interview with a man, Mr Foster said he would, adding: \"I stand my ground.\"\n\nMs Campbell, who has interviewed Mr Foster numerous times, called the decision sexist.\n\nShe argued that if she were expected to go by his rules in his truck, he should provide the male chaperone.\n\nMike Pence said in 2002 he \"never eats alone with a woman other than his wife\" Karen\n\nMr Foster said his campaign staff was too small at the time to provide assistance.\n\n\"What you're saying here is that a woman is a sexual object first and a reporter second,\" Campbell told Mr Foster on Thursday.\n\nShe asked Mr Foster how he could tell voters he would be a good governor if he could not be alone in a room with a woman, citing numerous female staff members in the current governor's office.\n\nMr Foster said he could achieve that by leaving the door open or having people in the room next door, but that the 15-hour vehicle ride was a different situation.\n\nThe debate over Mr Foster and Campbell has drawn renewed attention to the sentiment that men are uncomfortable being with women alone.\n\nTwo years ago Mr Pence made headlines after comments he made in 2002 that he \"never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and that he won't attend events featuring alcohol without her by his side\" resurfaced.\n\nSome argue the practice is a matter of professionalism in the workplace while critics decry it as sexist and unfair to women in professional settings.", "A railway company is to offer free train tickets to all students going to a university's open day.\n\nWest Midlands Railway will provide free travel to the University of Worcester this autumn.\n\nIt follows warnings that disadvantaged families were not able to go to open days because of travel costs.\n\nAnne-Marie Canning, director of social mobility at King's College London, said rail fares had become a major barrier to widening access to university.\n\nJon Harris, of West Midlands Railway, said this pilot scheme was part of a commitment to making rail travel \"accessible for all\".\n\nStudents can register with the university for a voucher for a free ticket for the next open day in September, which can be used on West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway services.\n\nOpen days, where applicants can ask tutors about courses and look at accommodation, have been attracting tens of thousands of families in recent weeks.\n\nBut the BBC has highlighted concerns that the cost of getting to open days had become a significant limit on applying to university.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Ross Renton 🎓 This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nWhen long-distance rail tickets can cost £100 or £200, and students might want to see several potential universities, it can become unaffordable.\n\nMs Canning says her work with families in disadvantaged areas, looking at barriers to university, had found the cost of train tickets to open days had been raised by parents as one of the biggest worries.\n\nThe social mobility charity, the Villiers Park Educational Trust, had also warned that poorer youngsters were limiting their applications to the universities which they could afford to reach on open days.\n\nThere is no obligation to attend an open day, but they have become big recruitment events, where students get a chance to see where they would live and study and to view the facilities on offer.\n\nThe cost of train travel can make it difficult to get to open days, say social mobility charities\n\nThe charity found that young people saw going to university as a major financial commitment - and many would not consider applying to a place they had not visited.\n\n\"We know how important open days are for prospective students. It is a chance to ask questions, speak to lecturers and to get a feel for whether it is the place for them,\" said the University of Worcester's pro vice-chancellor, Ross Renton.\n\nHe said that everyone had a \"fundamental right to education\" and the offer from the rail company would \"help make travel costs less prohibitive for people\" wanting to visit the university.\n\nThe rail company's offer of tickets to open days follows another scheme providing free travel for those going to job interviews or to training courses for job seekers.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Mr Salmond denied all of the charges against him following his court appearance on 24 January\n\nThe trial of former First Minister Alex Salmond on multiple charges of attempted rape and sexual assault will not begin until late January at the earliest, BBC Scotland has learned.\n\nMr Salmond was charged with a total of 14 offences on 24 January this year.\n\nThey include two charges of attempted rape, nine of sexual assault, two of indecent assault and a breach of the peace.\n\nHe strongly denies all of the allegations against him.\n\nBBC Scotland understands that the indictment in the case is not expected to be served until October, with an initial hearing in the case currently pencilled in for 18 November.\n\nThe trial would then be scheduled to start before a jury at the High Court towards the end of January.\n\nMr Salmond was Scotland's first minister between 2007 and 2014, when he stood down following the independence referendum.\n\nPolice launched an investigation following a Scottish government inquiry into complaints of sexual harassment against him.\n\nMr Salmond launched a judicial review against the government over how it had handled its inquiry, saying he had been treated unfairly - with the government later conceding its procedures had been flawed.\n\nMr Salmond was twice leader of the SNP, but quit the party in 2018 after taking legal action against the government", "Thomas Orchard was found unconscious in a cell and later died in hospital\n\nFour police officers involved in the detention and restraint of a mentally ill man who later died will not face gross misconduct proceedings.\n\nThomas Orchard, 32, died seven days after having an emergency response belt placed across his face in October 2012.\n\nA disciplinary panel has concluded the four Devon and Cornwall officers could not get a fair hearing and dismissed the misconduct charges.\n\nParents Ken and Alison Orchard said they had been \"failed beyond belief\".\n\nThey said they \"never really had any faith in this tribunal\", chaired by Assistant Chief Constable Ben Snuggs, of Hampshire Police.\n\n\"As a family we used to believe in the system; we believed that if something bad happened, justice would be served.\"\n\nA panel found that the delays in the case had been \"excessive and unjustified\" for both the family and the officers concerned.\n\nAndrew Berry, chair of Devon and Cornwall Police Federation said the federation has called for an investigation looking into \"what went wrong with disclosure\" and \"how the disciplinary case could drag on for seven years\".\"\n\nIn May 2019 Devon and Cornwall Police was sentenced and fined £234,500 for health and safety breaches in relation to the belt used.\n\nJudge Julian Lambert ruled he could not be sure the belt placed around Mr Orchard's face contributed to his death in April 2019.\n\nOn 3 October 2012 Mr Orchard who suffered with paranoid schizophrenia was arrested for shouting at members of the public and transported to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital after being resuscitated.\n\nThe ERB was placed across his face for five minutes and two seconds to prevent spitting or biting.\n\nHe was declared dead seven days later on 12 October.\n\nTwo civilian staff are still facing disciplinary proceedings.\n\nThe emergency response belt was placed across Thomas Orchard's face after his arrest in 2012", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jamie, 11, said boxing \"helps me get my anger out and it helps me control it\"\n\nThese teenagers all have ADHD and have been excluded from mainstream school. Here they tell how the sport of boxing is helping them channel their excess energy and improve their life skills.\n\nIn an amateur boxing gym in Barry, 14-year-old Levi is tugging on his boxing gloves, ready to join his friends in training.\n\nSome are already practising in the ring, aiming jabs and uppercuts.\n\nOthers are punching the bags or skipping as music plays in the background and the smell of sweat and chalk permeates the air.\n\nHe always has been. In fact, he has been excluded from school twice for disobedient behaviour.\n\nBefore he was diagnosed with ADHD, Levi believed he was just a naughty kid\n\nBut now he's using the discipline of boxing to channel his fighting spirit in a more positive way.\n\nEvery Thursday, he partakes in a two-hour non-contact boxing session at Colcot Amateur Boxing Club, designed to help pupils who have been excluded from mainstream school.\n\n\"I used to lose my temper easily,\" Levi explains. \"I started a lot of fights and used to mess up the classrooms.\n\n\"I used to be really disrespectful to the teachers and felt so down all the time, thinking I was just a naughty kid.\"\n\nOnce excluded, however, and sent to a pupil referral unit in the Vale of Glamorgan, Levi got diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - a condition which causes inattentiveness, impulsiveness and an inability to stick to tasks.\n\nIt is also closely linked with underachievement at school, poor social interaction and problems with discipline.\n\n\"The diagnosis and medication helped,\" he explains. \"But it's the boxing that really helps as I'm always so full of energy and struggle to concentrate.\n\n\"I get excited and want to train my best.\n\n\"Anthony Joshua is my role model and I want to follow in his steps.\n\n\"But my main aim now is just to get my head down and get my GCSEs.\"\n\nAalijah, 14, says the boxing helps her to calm down and concentrate\n\nIt is a similar story for Aalijah, 14.\n\nShe too has ADHD and her inability to concentrate meant she fell behind academically from a young age, causing her behaviour to spiral.\n\nFrustrated with school and feeling like she constantly had to \"catch up\", she was eventually excluded for intimidating her teachers.\n\n\"I don't like school,\" she explains. \"It puts me under pressure and frustrates me.\n\n\"If I try to concentrate on something, my mind is just blank… and with the ADHD, I can't control what I do. It's like my body is locked back and in its own trance.\"\n\nBut if Aalijah struggled with school, in boxing she has found something she loves.\n\n\"The boxing really helps,\" she explains. \"It lowers my energy and calms me down, helping me to concentrate.\n\n\"After it, I feel a lot calmer and more sensible.\"\n\nCoach Nathan Powell is aiming to improve the students' confidence and resilience\n\nAalijah and Levi are just two of the teenagers helped by the weekly boxing sessions.\n\nRun by Empire Fighting Chance, a Bristol-based charity that launched in south Wales in 2016, the classes are designed to teach confidence and resilience, improving the life chances of those involved.\n\nIt is now expanding across the whole of Wales, with sessions due to begin in Rhyl, north Wales, and other locations by the end of the year.\n\nExplaining the benefits, coach Nathan Powell, says: \"Many of the kids we see have anxiety and confidence issues and struggle to work with others.\n\n\"At the start of the sessions, team activities always end in arguments and confrontation.\n\n\"But with work and drills, their confidence grows and they become a member of a team. These kids are also used to failing, so we break things down into mini goals, like building up the number of skips they can do.\n\n\"This helps them reach a target and achieve something. It's very important and makes them feel good about themselves.\"\n\nJamie says boxing helps control his anger - a big part of his ADHD\n\nA third pupil, Jamie, 11, got excluded from primary school when he was just nine despite teachers knowing about his diagnosis. \"Anger is a big part of my ADHD,\" he says. \"If I get annoyed it takes me a long time to calm down.\n\n\"But the boxing helps me get my anger out and it helps me control it.\"\n\nAs for Jamie Parry, head of business development for Empire Fighting Chance, he believes that mainstream education might not be for everyone.\n\n\"Many children need a different way of learning,\" he says.\n\n\"We try to boost aspiration by providing good role models in the form of our coaches, and we drop in personal development tips about nutrition and sleep.\n\n\"The pupils often see teachers as a negative sign of authority so we try to build trust with them.\"\n\nAccording to statistics from the UK ADHD Partnership, children with ADHD have more than 100 times greater risk of being permanently excluded from school than other children.\n\nRoughly 40% of children with ADHD have had fixed-term exclusions from school and 11% have been permanently excluded.\n\nSusan Young, president of the UK ADHD Partnership, said: \"Sporting activities, such as boxing, are so good for children with ADHD.\n\n\"They learn how to interact with people, adapt to an environment and judge situations - skills that will help in real life.\n\n\"Boxing, especially, teaches impulse control and channels emotions in a constructive way.\n\n\"People with ADHD have so many positives. They are often fun, creative and engaging. They might simply need help to channel their energy and sport is great way to do this.\"", "Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nSerena Williams made light work of Barbora Strycova to reach the Wimbledon final and stand one win away from a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title.\n\nThe American was just too powerful for the Czech in a 6-1 6-2 win that set up a final against Romania's Simona Halep.\n\nWilliams, 37, said she tried to \"tap into that younger Serena\" in a dominant display that will make her the oldest Grand Slam women's singles finalist.\n\nShe took just 59 minutes to win and continue her bid for an eighth title.\n\n\"It feels good to be back in the final,\" said Williams, who was runner-up to Angelique Kerber last year and will be appearing in the grass-court showpiece for an 11th time on Saturday.\n• None Halep feels 'mentally stronger' to take on Williams\n\nWilliams proves too much for veteran debutant Strycova\n\nWilliams is aiming to draw level with Australian Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles and also win her first major title since becoming a mum in September 2017.\n\nIn 33-year-old Grand Slam semi-final debutant Strycova, she was facing a player she had met three times before without dropping a set.\n\nAnd she was not going to spoil that record here, establishing breaks in the fourth and sixth games before taking the set with her 44th ace of the championships.\n\nWhile Williams is a firm favourite on Centre Court, the crowd wanted to see more of a match and cheered every half chance, net cord or winner that went Strycova's way.\n\nBut despite the support, the world number 54 seemed lost in the occasion and unable to turn to the serve-and-volley game that had served her so well in the dismantling of British number one Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals.\n\nShe raised her arms ironically in celebration at winning a rare long rally for 0-15 when Williams was serving for the match but soon found herself shaking hands at the net after the American delivered a forehand winner on her first match point.\n\nWilliams said she had thought back earlier that morning to her first Wimbledon triumph in 2002, when she beat her sister Venus in the final, and that it had inspired her.\n\n\"I was trying to tap into those emotions. I was really calm,\" she said. \"[I was] just trying to tap into that younger Serena, trying to tap into how to win basically.\"\n\nWilliams, whose season had been disrupted by injury and illness, teamed up with British former world number one Andy Murray in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon this week.\n\nAnd, as well as providing a crowd-pleasing partnership until their last-16 exit, it turns out it has also helped her singles game.\n\n\"I promise you, when I hit a volley I was like, 'would I have made that if I didn't play doubles?' I don't think so,\" she said.\n\n\"I kept telling you guys I thought the doubles would help me. I really think it did. I don't attack the net that much. I tried to and I want to.\"\n\nWilliams is now into a Grand Slam final for the 13th consecutive year - and that includes being on maternity leave during that time.\n\nShe pulled out of three consecutive tournaments this season because of injury or illness and this is the first major final she will contest this year, having lost in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January and the third round at the French Open.\n\n\"It's good, especially after my year,\" she said.\n\n\"I just needed some matches. I know I'm improving and I just needed to feel good and then I can do what I do best which is play tennis.\"\n\nAt 37 years and 291 days, she will on Saturday overtake Martina Navratilova (37 years 258 days) as the oldest Grand Slam women's finalist in the Open era and remains as motivated as ever.\n\n\"I love what I do, I wake up every morning and I get to be fit and play sport and play in front of crowds like here at Wimbledon - not everyone can do that,\" she said.\n\n\"I'm still pretty good at what I do and it's always an amazing experience.\"\n\nWilliams won the most recent of her Grand Slam titles at the 2017 Australian Open when she was eight weeks pregnant.\n\nShe returned to the Tour in March 2018, saying she had \"almost died\" giving birth to her daughter, and has reached three Grand Slam finals since.\n\nHaving lost in last year's Wimbledon and US Open finals, she will now hope it will be third time lucky on Saturday (14:00 BST).\n\nNine-time Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova on BBC TV: \"The crowd didn't necessarily want Serena to lose. They just wanted to see more of her. Strycova wasn't able to handle the power. How quickly was Serena getting on those balls though? She did her homework and it paid off. She was firing on all cylinders.\"\n\nTwo-time Grand Slam champion Tracy Austin on BBC TV: \"Strycova never felt like she had any time to react. Look at the way Serena was able to manipulate that ball and get it up and down. There was so much consistency. She is locked in.\n\n\"Serena's serve is hard and it's powerful. How can you defend when it's that powerful and near the sidelines? I think the mixed doubles [with Britain's Andy Murray] really helped as well. It brought her intensity up. She had three matches with Andy and we know how intense he is.\"", "Lesley-Ann Dodds, 21, denies aiding and abetting and perverting the course of justice\n\nAn engaged couple has appeared in court charged in connection with the murder of County Down man Pat McCormick.\n\nThe body of the 55-year-old father of four from Saintfield was found at a lake in nearby Ballygowan on Tuesday.\n\nDavid Gill, of Ballyglighorn Road in Comber, County Down, appeared at Newtownards Magistrates' Court on Friday, handcuffed and flanked by police.\n\nThe 26 year old denied a charge of murder and did not apply for bail.\n\nHis fiancée Lesley-Ann Dodds, 21, from Mountcollyer Avenue in Belfast, also appeared, charged with aiding and abetting and perverting the course of justice.\n\nShe denied involvement in the murder.\n\nA detective inspector told the court she could connect both defendants to the charges.\n\nFather-of-four Pat McCormick had been missing since 30 May\n\nMr McCormick was last seen alive in Comber on Thursday 30 May and police had carried out extensive searches for his body for several weeks.\n\nThe court heard there had been text message exchanges and phone calls between the trio before Mr McCormick met the couple at a flat on Castle Street in Comber on the night of 30 May.\n\nIt also heard Mr McCormick was anxious about the meeting as he feared he was being \"set up\".\n\nThe officer said CCTV footage showed Mr Gill leaving the property but Mr McCormick was never seen alive again.\n\nPolice were searching a lake at a former quarry when they found the body\n\nObjecting to Ms Dodds' bail application, police said she had been searching for cheap holidays the day after the murder and there were concerns she may interfere with witnesses.\n\nWhen asked by the defence, the officer accepted Ms Dodds had no physical involvement in Mr McCormick's murder or the disposal of his body.\n\nThe judge rejected bail due to the concerns raised by police.\n\nBoth of the accused are due to appear in court again in August.", "December, 1987: A tanker burns in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war\n\nTankers blazing in the Gulf. American warships answering distress calls. Warlike rhetoric sparking fears of a wider conflict.\n\nWe've been here before: 28 years ago, America and Iran came to blows in the same waters. Ships were attacked, crew members killed and injured.\n\nBefore it was over, an Iranian airliner had been shot out of the sky, by mistake.\n\nThe \"tanker war\" was a moment of high international tension at the end of revolutionary Iran's eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq.\n\nThe two sides had been attacking each other's oil facilities since the mid-1980s.\n\nSoon neutral ships were being hit too, as the warring nations tried to exert economic pressure on the other side. Kuwaiti tankers carrying Iraqi oil were especially vulnerable.\n\nThe US, under Ronald Reagan, was reluctant to get involved. But the situation in the Gulf was becoming increasingly dangerous – a fact underlined when an American warship, the USS Stark, was hit by Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi jet – though Iraqi officials later claimed this was accidental.\n\nBy July 1987, re-registered Kuwaiti tankers, flying the US flag, were being escorted through the Gulf by American warships. In time, it became the biggest naval convoy operation since World War II.\n\nOctober 1987: An escort from the USS Guadalcanal watches a tanker in the Persian Gulf\n\nThen, as now, America and Iran were at loggerheads.\n\nIran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, had been calling America \"The Great Satan\" since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.\n\nWashington was still smarting from the humiliation of seeing 52 of its diplomats held hostage in Tehran for 444 days from 1979 – 1981.\n\nSo even though Iran and Iraq were both responsible for the crisis, the tanker war was quickly part of the simmering, long-running feud between Iran and America.\n\nIt's a feud that has never gone away and which has flared once more in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to apply \"maximum pressure\" after walking away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.\n\nOnce again, the waters either side of the Strait of Hormuz have become the arena in which this almost pathological contest plays out.\n\nWhat, if anything, has changed?\n\n\"Both sides have expanded their capabilities,\" says Dr Martin Navias, author of a book on the tanker war.\n\nIran, he says, is more capable than ever of using mines, submarines and fast boats to attack and damage commercial and military shipping.\n\nAnd it's not just a battle at sea: Iran's ability to shoot down a sophisticated American surveillance drone points to another battle, high overhead.\n\nThe US military identified the drone as a US Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk (file photo)\n\nCould the US and Iran start to exchange serious blows?\n\nIf attacks on tankers escalate, we could see another US-led reflagging and escort operation.\n\nOn 24 July 1987, a re-flagged Kuwaiti tanker hit an Iranian mine on the very first convoy mission. The US deployed more forces and more ships. The two sides were now on a collision course.\n\nIn September, American helicopters attacked an Iranian ship after watching it lay mines at night.\n\nIn the months that followed, more tankers, and a US frigate, were hit. American forces responded with ever greater firepower, destroying Revolutionary Guard bases and attacking Iranian warships.\n\nEventually it ended – but not before an American missile cruiser, the USS Vincennes, mistook an Iranian Airbus A300 for an attacking jet and shot it down, killing all 290 passengers and crew on board.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf killing 290\n\nThe official report into the incident said that \"stress, task fixation (and) an unconscious distortion of data may have played a major role\".\n\nThe US navy invested heavily in technology and training to avoid such catastrophic mistakes in the future.\n\nBut Nick Childs, a naval analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says today's environment, with rivals also exchanging angry salvoes on social media, makes for a febrile atmosphere.\n\n\"The information space has changed,\" he says. \"People get jittery. The danger is that each side is misreading the other.\"\n\nDonald Trump and Hassan Rouhani both say they don't want a war. Hardliners, on both sides, are a little more ambiguous.\n\nDr Navias says we're not yet heading for another tanker war.\n\n\"We're not seeing an anti-shipping campaign, but a signalling campaign,\" he says. \"The Iranians are signalling to the Americans that they could escalate.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter?\n\nFor all the drama of those months in 1987 and 1988, very few tankers were actually sunk and shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz was never seriously disrupted.\n\nNow, 30 years on, the US is far less dependent on Middle Eastern oil. Iran has far more to lose, in terms of imports and exports, from a closure of the Strait.\n\nFor now, another tanker war seems unlikely. But the fact that neither side really wants an all-out confrontation doesn't mean it won't happen.\n\nDr Navias says the dangers are real.\n\n\"This kind of environment is pregnant with possibilities.\"", "Rival demonstrations have been held over the consumption of dog meat, a traditional part of South Korean cuisine, outside parliament in the capital, Seoul.\n\nA vocal group of dog farmers ate the meat and handed out leaflets touting its benefits.\n\nMetres away, US actor Kim Basinger was among animal rights protesters who carried models of emaciated dead dog and chanted slogans.", "Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib were giving evidence to the House Oversight Committee following their visit to detention facilities on the southern border.\n\nJust a few hours later, Vice President Mike Pence was touring a facility and reviewed the conditions there.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Footage shot by a passenger shows the aftermath of the turbulence\n\nAt least 37 people were injured on board an Air Canada flight after the plane hit severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing.\n\nThe plane, carrying 284 passengers and crew, was travelling from Vancouver to Sydney but was diverted to Hawaii.\n\nThirty people were taken to hospital in Honolulu on Thursday. Nine had severe injuries, officials said.\n\nAir Canada said the Boeing 777-200 jet \"encountered sudden clear air turbulence... two hours past Hawaii\".\n\nPassengers reported the cabin being bloodied and dented from passengers hitting the ceiling of the aircraft.\n\n\"We all hit the roof and everything fell down,\" Jess Smith told local TV station KHON. \"People went flying.\"\n\nAlex Macdonald, from Brisbane, told Canadian broadcaster CBC News that those on board were \"extremely shocked\".\n\n\"I saw the people ahead of me hitting the overhead baggage compartments and then just slamming back into their seats,\" she said.\n\nEmergency workers assist passengers on Air Canada flight AC33 after it was diverted to Hawaii\n\nSeveral passengers were photographed wearing neck braces at the airport\n\nPhotographs taken inside the aircraft show that oxygen masks were released and service trolleys thrown over during the incident. An Instagram post from one passenger showed he and others wearing neck braces in the airport.\n\nAn Australian country band, Hurricane Fall, were also on the flight at the time. The band said in a Facebook post that their vocalist had sustained injuries to his arm and elbow but had been released from hospital.\n\nThis Facebook post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Facebook The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts. Skip facebook post by Hurricane Fall This article contains content provided by Facebook. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Facebook cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Facebook content may contain adverts.\n\nThe plane landed in Hawaii at 06:46 local time (16:46 GMT) on Thursday.\n\nIn a statement to the BBC at 23:00 local time (09:00 GMT Friday) Air Canada confirmed that all of those injured had been assessed, treated and released by local hospitals.\n\nThe airline said all passengers from the flight had been accommodated in local hotels, with the flight planned to resume later on Friday.\n\nCAT - clear air turbulence - occurs in otherwise calm, clear blue skies, without any visual indication such as clouds.\n\nIt occurs when masses of air moving at different speeds meet but can't be identified by the naked eye or conventional radar.\n\nPilots use reports from other aircraft, passed on via air traffic control, to keep track of patches of CAT.\n\nAirlines usually recommend passengers always keep their seatbelts on while seated in case of unexpected turbulence.", "Jeremy Hunt says he would boost defence spending by £15bn over the next five years if he becomes prime minister.\n\nThe Tory leadership candidate's promise would mean spending on defence would rise to 2.5% of GDP by 2023/24, from its current 2%.\n\nHe said the move would help combat \"new threats to western values\" and show the UK is \"ready to defend its interests\".\n\nDefence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who backs Mr Hunt, said the government must give the armed forces \"what they need.\"\n\n\"Jeremy's clear commitment to do that is one reason why he has my support,\" she added.\n\nSources close to Mr Hunt suggested the policy would be funded through economic growth and fiscal \"headroom\" set aside by Chancellor Phillip Hammond.\n\n\"I was the person who secured a historic funding boost for the NHS and as prime minister I'll do the same for defence,\" the former health secretary said.\n\n\"My plan for defence will give our brave troops the backing they need and show the world that when it comes to the new threats to Western values, Britain is back and Britain's voice will be strong,\" he added.\n\nMr Hunt's move comes after repeated complaints from US President Donald Trump over the defence spending of Nato allies.\n\nThe UK is one of the few European members to reach the current target of 2% of GDP.\n\nThe foreign secretary has previously said it is not \"not sustainable\" to expect the US to spend 4% of its GDP on defence, while other Nato allies spent between 1% and 2% and has called for the UK to consider \"decisively\" increasing military spending after Brexit.\n\nHis pledge comes after warnings of a funding black hole of at least £7bn in plans to equip the UK's armed forces.\n\nThere has not been a full-scale Strategic Defence and Security Review, looking at future defence challenges and capabilities, since 2015 and one is expected in 2020.", "Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was stabbed to death at her house in Raymead Avenue, Croydon\n\nA man has been arrested on suspicion of the murders of a pregnant woman and her baby son who died days after being delivered.\n\nKelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months pregnant, was stabbed to death in her home in Croydon on 29 June.\n\nHer son Riley was delivered by paramedics but died on 3 July.\n\nThe Metropolitan Police said a 25-year-old man had been arrested and was being held at a central London police station.\n\nHe is the third man to be arrested on suspicion of the murders.\n\nA 37-year-old was released with no further action while a 29-year-old was bailed until a date in August.\n\nMs Fauvrelle's baby was named Riley after he was delivered by paramedics\n\nPolice were called by the London Ambulance Service at 03:30 BST to Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, where Ms Fauvrelle was in cardiac arrest.\n\nDespite the efforts of paramedics, she died at the scene.\n\nMs Fauvrelle's family - including her mother, two brothers, sister and sister's baby son - were all at the home at the time of the attack and were woken by her screams. However, none of them saw her attacker.\n\nHer son was delivered at the scene but died in hospital.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "\"Nobody should ever have to suffer what I did simply for wearing a T-shirt with a flag of a country on it,\" Mr Ahmad said\n\nFifa \"failed to protect\" the human rights of a fan who was allegedly tortured for wearing a Qatar flag t-shirt after a football match in Abu Dhabi, his lawyers have claimed.\n\nAli Issa Ahmad, 26, from Wolverhampton, said he was left with scars after being detained and beaten by UAE police.\n\nHe said he was followed by officers and arrested after the Qatar vs Iraq match in January.\n\nFifa said it had received a complaint from Mr Ahmad's lawyers.\n\nA UAE official accused him of lying and \"attention seeking\".\n\nMr Ahmad, who left UAE custody in February, said he was followed by a group of men after the match who claimed to be police officers.\n\nThey ripped his shirt from him and followed him to his hotel, he said.\n\nWhen Mr Ahmad decided to leave the hotel, he said he was followed again and was attacked in his rental car. When he made it to a petrol station to call for an ambulance, uniformed police officers arrived and subsequently detained and interrogated him, he said.\n\n\"I have scars all over my body now,\" he said.\n\n\"I was beaten up and lost a tooth, I was cut, electrocuted and when I was in a cell I was stabbed.\n\n\"I was forced to sign a statement just to get water.\n\n\"I have so many nightmares now.\n\n\"Not only did they physically torture me but they also called me terrible things, especially because I am black.\n\n\"I never wanted to go public with what happened to me because it is so difficult to keep re-living it, but the UAE keep denying that they did anything to me,\" Mr Ahmad said.\n\nMr Ahmad's lawyers say Fifa failed in its obligations to protect fans' human rights and prevent racial discrimination.\n\nComplaints have also been directed to UAE authorities via the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the UN Human Rights Council, they added.\n\nAli Issa Ahmad says he was beaten while in custody and now has scars from the injuries he received\n\nRodney Dixon QC, head of Mr Ahmad's legal team, said: \"It is a disgrace that Ali was tortured so cruelly and gratuitously while attending an international football tournament in the UAE.\n\n\"No football fan should have to endure this kind of inhuman and racist treatment... Fifa must take action to hold those responsible to account.\"\n\nA Fifa spokesman said: \"FIFA has received a correspondence from Mr Ahmad's lawyers and will provide a response.\n\n\"FIFA welcomes any step by the relevant public authorities to establish the facts of the case and calls for adequate remedy to be provided for any wrongdoing that may be identified.\"\n\nA Foreign Office spokesman said it was asking UAE authorities to investigate.\n\n\"We take all allegations or concerns of torture and mistreatment very seriously,\" he added.\n\nDisputing Mr Ahmad's version of events, a UAE official claimed he had gone to a police station and was taken to hospital by officers after claiming to have been beaten by UAE national football fans.\n\nA doctor concluded his injuries \"appeared to be self-inflicted\", the official claimed.\n\nHe added Mr Ahmad had been charged with wasting police time and giving false statements, which he later admitted.\n\n\"He was categorically not arrested for wearing a Qatar football shirt. This is instead an instance of a person seeking media attention and wasting police time,\" the official added.\n\nThe World Cup is due to be held in Qatar in 2022.\n\nMr Ahmad's lawyers say Fifa failed in its obligations to protect fans' human rights and prevent racial discrimination", "How much does it cost to run an electric car? How can I get a charging point when I don't have a driveway? Are they really better for the environment?\n\nThese are just some of the many questions you have been sending us about electric cars, and with more and more manufacturers investing in and developing these vehicles, more questions are being raised.\n\nThis week the government announced it is pumping nearly £40m into improving the infrastructure for electric vehicles.\n\nBusiness correspondent Theo Leggett and transport correspondent Tom Burridge have been answering some of the questions sent to us by BBC News online readers.\n\nPhil: How much does it cost to put an electric charging point in your home?\n\nTom: The first thing to note is that the government provides a grant of £500. A basic charging unit can cost around the £700 mark so in that case you would have to pay the remaining £200.\n\nHowever the price of installation can vary depending on how far the charging point is from the mains supply.\n\nFaster charging units can cost around £1,500 (minus the £500 grant).\n\nIf you don't buy a charging unit you can still charge your car from your mains supply using a simple bit of kit provided by the car manufacturer, but it will charge more slowly.\n\nSarah: What happens to electric car batteries at the end of their life? Are they sent to landfill to pollute in a different way?\n\nTom: Under European Union law it is illegal for vehicle batteries to be incinerated or sent to landfill. However, the UK currently has no specialist facilities which can commercially separate the metals in the battery for reuse.\n\nThe numbers of used lithium-ion electric car batteries produced in Britain are still relatively low. Any old batteries can be exported to a European country which does have specialist recycling facilities.\n\nThe batteries are then incinerated at high temperatures and roughly 50% of each battery, including critical elements such as the cobalt and nickel, can be recovered.\n\nThe other option is to reuse the batteries. After about 8 to 10 years a lithium-ion electric car battery's performance will drop significantly.\n\nThe battery is then not good enough to be used to power an electric vehicle. However they can be used to store electricity. For example, old electric car batteries are part of a back-up power system at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.\n\nIn the UK, one waste management firm that I contacted, Cawleys, operates a service to safely collect, dismantle EV battery packs and work out which ones are good enough to be reused and which should be sent abroad for recycling.\n\nExperts at the Faraday Institution's ReLiB project are leading UK research to develop more sophisticated techniques to recycle electric vehicle batteries. But in short, recycling electric vehicle batteries in Britain is a work in progress.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nJohn: I live in a mid-terrace house and am restricted to a public car park at the end of the street - how would I be able to charge an electric car?\n\nTom: With some difficulty is, for now at least, the short answer.\n\nA colleague who lives in London did charge his car from his terraced house and covered the cable, which ran across the pavement, with basic safety kit to stop passing pedestrians from tripping up. He okayed everything with his council but ultimately his neighbours weren't happy and he decided to give his electric car up.\n\nCharging points installed inside lamp posts are being rolled-out on some streets in Coventry, Buckinghamshire and parts of London. And the government has just awarded £40m to various companies to develop new technologies such as wireless charging panels and pop-up chargers built into the pavement.\n\nIf you have a public car park near your house then that is another reason for you to lobby your local council to install some charging points.\n\nMore charging infrastructure, especially for areas with no off-street parking is coming but it will take time and how fast it arrives on your street is, to some extent, a post-code lottery.\n\nEmily: Can we produce enough electricity to support everyone having an electric car?\n\nTheo: There are currently 31.5 million cars on the road in Britain, according to the DVLA - and 31 million of them are still petrol or diesel powered. If we are to replace all of them with electric models, of course we will need plenty of power.\n\nBut it isn't just a question of how much electricity will be required. When it will be needed is just as important. If 31 million people come home and charge their cars at the same time, the load on the network will be enormous, but if that demand can be spread through the day, then the strain will be much less.\n\nGeorge Beard from the non-profit Transport Research Laboratory suggests \"customers could be incentivised to charge their vehicle at non-peak times or even hand control of the charging to their energy supplier.\"\n\nTwo technologies are likely to come to the fore here. Smart charging will enable cars to draw electricity from the grid at times of day when supplies are plentiful or when overall demand is relatively low.\n\nVehicle-to-Grid should allow electric cars to act as power banks, not only taking power from the grid, but returning some of that electricity at peak times, to alleviate strain on the system - while making sure that the car is fully charged when it is actually needed.\n\nThe National Grid publishes annual \"future energy scenarios\", in which it attempts to crunch the numbers and work out how much power we will actually need. Its latest assessment says that by 2050 overall electricity demand from transport will rise by between 22% and 30% a year - but PEAK demand could increase by as little as 6% or as much as 22%.\n\nThat does mean we will need to generate more power. National Grid expects a significant increase in solar and wind generation across its scenarios - but it also assumes new nuclear plants will be built to replace our current ageing reactors.\n\nIt believes a minimum of 7GW of new nuclear capacity will be built - or more than double the expected output of the Hinkley Point C station that is currently under construction.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How is Formula E helping us make the shift towards electric cars?\n\nLucille: Can petrol cars be converted to use electricity?\n\nTheo: In theory, there's no reason why you couldn't take the engine out of your car, fit an electric motor and a bunch of batteries, and drive it away. There are even instructions on how to do it available on the internet. But while that might be an entertaining challenge for the home mechanic, it's unlikely to be the best option for your average driver.\n\nPart of the challenge in building an electric car is maximising the energy available from the battery pack, to give the best compromise between range and performance, as well as maximising battery life.\n\nThe new models being built by both mainstream manufacturers like VW and Daimler, and by technology sector interlopers such as Tesla, rely on sophisticated software to do all of this. Your home conversion is unlikely to have the same technological wizardry on board.\n\nAnother issue is weight. Electric cars need lots of batteries, and batteries are heavy. Carmakers have put a lot of effort into making sure that this weight doesn't affect the handling of the car too much. Again, it's hard to do properly at home.\n\nOf course, some manufacturers have themselves converted existing designs to electric power. But that involves compromises - and most of the new models coming onto the market over the next few years will be bespoke electric designs.\n\nMark: When can we expect the range of an electric car to be over 300 miles (483km)?\n\nTheo: In theory, you can already, though it might cost you a fair bit. Tesla claims its Model S Long Range will do 375 miles on a charge, when measured using the new WLTP standard which manufacturers must now use under EU law. In the real world it may be rather less than that, but still in the 300 mile ballpark.\n\nThe problem is, it costs more than £80,000.\n\nIf you want something more affordable, the Nissan Leaf costs about £31,000 - but the standard model has a theoretical range of just 168 miles. The E+ version can do up to 239 miles, but costs about £8,000 more. So you get what you pay for.\n\nBut it's worth remembering that carmakers are falling over themselves to develop new electric cars at the moment - and as the technology becomes more widespread, it will also become cheaper. It wouldn't be surprising if a 300 mile range becomes the norm pretty quickly.\n\nIan: How can electric cars be environmentally friendly when the electricity that powers them comes from power stations that burn fossil fuels?\n\nRoger Harrabin, the BBC's environment analyst, responded to this question:\n\nWhile electric vehicles don't produce \"tailpipe\" emissions like traditional cars, the electricity to power the vehicles has to come from somewhere. This means that there are \"upstream\" emissions.\n\nHowever, the European Federation for Transport and Environment analysed data from a number of studies and found that \"a battery electric car over its lifetime produces 50% less CO2 emissions than an average EU car today\".\n\nIt is also worth bearing in mind that in the first five months of 2019, Britain generated more power from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuels.\n\nHowever, the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions points out that drivers still tend to be choosing hybrid vehicles - rather than pure electric cars - and that will lock in fossil fuel usage into the future.\n\nGet involved in the conversation about electric cars and commuting on our Facebook group 'Your Daily Journey'.", "HMS Duncan is going to become the second UK warship in the Gulf\n\nThe UK has brought forward plans to send a second warship to the Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran.\n\nHMS Duncan is currently in the Mediterranean and is expected to join HMS Montrose in the region next week.\n\nIt comes after the UK government said Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday.\n\nMeanwhile, Iran has reiterated calls for the UK to release an Iranian-owned oil tanker that was detained by Royal Marines in Gibraltar last week.\n\nAn Iranian official, speaking to state news agency IRNA, warned the UK not to get involved in \"this dangerous game\".\n\nThe relationship between the UK and Iran has become increasingly strained in recent weeks.\n\nOn Tuesday, the UK raised the threat to British shipping in Iranian waters in the Gulf to the highest level - where the risk of attack is critical.\n\nThe following day, boats believed to belong to Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) approached the British Heritage tanker and tried to bring it to a halt as it was moving out of the Gulf into the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nHMS Montrose, a British frigate shadowing the BP-owned tanker, was forced to move between the three boats and the ship, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.\n\nHMS Duncan was spotted by a BBC producer in Istanbul on Friday afternoon\n\nHMS Duncan, a type 45 Destroyer, will operate alongside HMS Montrose in the Gulf for a short period, before HMS Montrose goes back to Bahrain for routine maintenance.\n\nA government spokeswoman said: \"As part of our long-standing presence in the Gulf, HMS Duncan is deploying to the region to ensure we maintain a continuous maritime security presence while HMS Montrose comes off task for pre-planned maintenance and crew changeover.\n\n\"This will ensure that the UK, alongside international partners, can continue to support freedom of navigation for vessels transiting through this vital shipping lane.\"\n\nForeign Secretary and Tory leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt - who earlier said events in the Gulf showed the Royal Navy needs more warships - told the BBC the UK wanted to \"de-escalate the situation\" but had \"a responsibility to protect British shipping\".\n\nBritish ministers and officials have been stressing they do not want tensions with Iran to \"escalate\".\n\nThe risk of sending a second warship to the region is that it'll send the wrong signal. How will Iran view it other than an escalation?\n\nThe reality though is there were already plans to send Duncan to join the frigate HMS Montrose already based in the region.\n\nMontrose has been working hard and is due to undergo routine maintenance. Her crew who have been working at a heightened tempo in recent weeks will also need a break.\n\nBoth warships will be operating together in the region for a short period. But in the current climate ministers clearly felt it was too risky to allow a gap in providing a military escort to British merchant shipping in the region.\n\nLast week, Royal Marines helped the authorities in Gibraltar - a British overseas territory - seize the Iranian-owned tanker Grace 1 amid suspicions it was carrying oil to Syria, in breach of EU sanctions.\n\nIran suggested the UK seized the tanker \"at the behest of\" the US government. It also denied the tanker was bound for Syria and threatened to seize a British oil tanker in retaliation.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter?\n\nTensions escalated between the UK and Iran after Britain said the Iranian regime was \"almost certainly\" responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in June.\n\nThe ongoing imprisonment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is also a long-standing bone of contention between the two countries.\n\nThe UK continues to press Iran to release the British-Iranian mother who was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted for spying, which she denies.\n\nRelations between Iran and the US are also under duress, after the Trump administration pulled out of an international agreement on Tehran's nuclear programme and reinforced punishing sanctions against Iran.\n\nThe US blames Iran for attacks on six oil tankers in May and June.\n\nIt has said it wants to create a multi-national military coalition to safeguard waters around Iran and Yemen.\n\nThe US said it was talking to a number of countries with the \"political will\" to support the plans, which would include providing boats to escort commercial ships through the area.\n\nProviding armed naval escorts for commercial shipping is expensive, time-consuming and requires a fair degree of logistical planning and coordination between different countries.\n\nIt's been done before in the Gulf, in the late 1980s, when the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers during the Iran-Iraq war.\n\nMore recently, several navies have provided escorts for shipping passing between Yemen and Somalia, protecting them from attacks by Somali pirates.\n\nBut, ultimately, these military escorts can only be a temporary remedy for a much deeper problem that needs resolving.\n\nIf tightening sanctions on Iran prevent that country from exporting most of its oil then the temptation by its senior commanders to lash out in response will only grow stronger.", "A US Coast Guard crew dramatically boarded a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel suspected to be smuggling drugs.\n\nThe raid was part of a series of drug seizure operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean which has captured 39,000lb (18,000kg) of cocaine in total.", "'We have similarities that we forget about' , published at 00:26 13 April 2021 'We have similarities that we forget about'", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nThe BBC has secured exclusive rights to the 2021 Uefa Women's European Championship in England.\n\nThere will be extensive coverage of every game of the tournament across television, radio and online.\n\nThe BBC showed this summer's Women's World Cup, with a record-breaking 28.1 million people watching the tournament on television.\n\nEngland's semi-final loss to the USA attracted the highest live TV audience of 2019 so far with 11.7 million.\n\nDirector of BBC Sport Barbara Slater said: \"After the success of the World Cup on the BBC and the record-breaking viewing figures for women's football, we're delighted to be the broadcaster of the Uefa Women's Euro 2021 Championship.\n\n\"At the start of this summer we wanted to shift the dial on women's football and I feel the phenomenal coverage from France has done just that. The BBC's sport portfolio continues to go from strength to strength and we're thrilled to add the 2021 Euros to that.\"\n\nThe final of Euro 2021 will be held at Wembley, while eight other venues were included in England's bid.\n\nThe BBC's coverage of women's football this season includes a match from each round of the Women's Super League streamed live, the Women's Football Show, live Women's FA Cup football, including the semi-finals and final, and major international fixtures.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC radio, online and the BBC Sport app with live text commentary on the BBC Sport website.\n\nRoger Federer and Rafael Nadal renew their exalted rivalry on Friday when they meet at Wimbledon for the first time since the epic 2008 final.\n\nSwiss Federer, 37, and Spaniard Nadal, 33, play their tantalising semi-final second on Centre Court.\n\nThey meet after top seed and reigning champion Novak Djokovic plays Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut at 13:00 BST.\n\nFederer is aiming for his 21st Grand Slam title, while Nadal (18) and Djokovic (15) look to close the gap.\n\nFriday's highly-anticipated semi-final will be the:\n• None 40th meeting between the pair in their illustrious careers\n• None 14th meeting at a Grand Slam, having only played in semi-finals and finals\n• None fourth meeting at Wimbledon, with Federer leading 2-1 in the head to head\n\n\"Often we see matches being overhyped but you can't overhype this one - and rightly so,\" three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker told BBC Sport.\n\n\"It is the biggest match of the year because you're talking about two greats of the game.\"\n\n'Unique' and 'exciting' - Federer and Nadal on their rivalry\n\nFederer: \"Rafa has improved so much over the years on this surface. He's also playing very differently.\n\n\"I remember back in the day how he used to serve, and now how much bigger he's serving, how much faster he finishes points.\n\n\"We have a lot of information on Rafa, as does he on us. So you can dive into the tactics like mad, or you say 'it's grass-court tennis so I'm going to come out and play my tennis'.\n\n\"I'm excited to play him again.\"\n\nNadal: \"Playing against Roger is always a unique situation. I'm excited to be back on Centre Court against him after 11 years. It means a lot for me and probably for him, too.\n\n\"The opportunities to play against each other are becoming less, but we still here.\n\n\"I'm not expecting to learn new things about him. I just expect to play against probably the best player in history on this surface.\n\n\"I know he's playing well. He feels comfortable here. I'm playing well, too.\n\n\"I am playing with a very high intensity, playing aggressive, serving well and returning very well.\n\n\"I know that I have to play my best.\"\n\n'The one match that every tennis player alive will watch'\n\nPlayed over almost seven hours because of rain delays and ending in virtual darkness in front of a mesmerised Centre Court, Federer and Nadal's last meeting at Wimbledon is widely regarded as the pinnacle of the sport.\n\nFederer had spent 231 consecutive weeks as world number one and won his past 65 grass-court matches, yet Nadal toppled him to win his first Wimbledon title.\n\n\"I thought it was the best Wimbledon final of all time,\" Becker said.\n\n\"So we're very lucky to have this opportunity again on Friday.\n\n\"It's the one match that every tennis player alive will tune in for.\"\n\nRoger's mobility is incredible - I don't know how he does it\n\nFederer and Nadal have both looked on top of their grass-court games in serene paths through to the semi-finals.\n\nFederer, who has spent an average of one hour and 52 minutes on court, has only dropped sets against quarter-final opponent Kei Nishikori and, more surprisingly, South African debutant Lloyd Harris in the opening round.\n\nIn between, the Swiss has swatted away young Briton Jay Clarke, French 27th seed Lucas Pouille and Italian 17th seed Matteo Berrettini with minimum fuss.\n\n\"I think it was a wise decision for him to play the clay [court season] because physically he is in good shape and it has put him in a position to win the Championship,\" Becker, who also coached Djokovic to Wimbledon glory in 2014 and 2015, said.\n\n\"What has impressed me most about Roger's game is his mobility, he is still able to get to every ball on the court.\n\n\"Technically he has always been the finest, but his physical level is still incredible and it is unbelievable at his age. I don't know how he does it.\"\n\nNadal's passage has been even smoother, having lost just one set in a second-round battle against controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios, on his way to a second successive SW19 semi-final.\n\nAs Federer points out, Nadal's remodelled serve has paid dividends for the Majorcan, who has won 83% of first serve points at the All England Club.\n\n\"I think it is the best grass-court tournament Rafa has played, even though he has won two titles here,\" Becker added.\n\n\"The way he plays has improved a lot, particularly the serve. He's gone through his matches easily against difficult players like Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Sam Querrey, and that's because of his level.\n\n\"If Rafa wins the French Open it is a good year, if he wins another Slam as well it is a great year.\"\n\nRace to be the Goat continues\n\nThe battle to be the man with more Grand Slam titles than any other provides an added element of intrigue to the match between Federer and Nadal.\n\nA third Wimbledon triumph for the Spaniard, who won the 2008 and 2010 titles, would move him just one behind the Swiss, having never been so close to his tally.\n\nFederer, who is aiming for a record-extending ninth men's singles title at Wimbledon, was nine majors clear of Nadal at the end of 2007 - when he was 26 and had already won 12 of his 20 majors.\n\nNadal closed that gap to just two with his 12th French Open title last month, while 32-year-old Djokovic is hot on their heels despite only winning his first major in 2008 and only adding a second three years later.\n\n11 - Successive Grand Slam titles won between them, stretching from the 2005 French Open to the 2007 US Open\n\n12 - Finals reached by Nadal at Roland Garros - a record which Federer is trying to match at Wimbledon\n\n65 - Consecutive grass-court wins for Federer before Nadal ended that run in the 2008 Wimbledon final\n\n70 - The combined age of 37-year-old Federer, who turns 38 next month, and 33-year-old Nadal\n\n100 - Matches won by Federer at Wimbledon, the first man to reach a century at a single Grand Slam\n\n211 - Consecutive weeks sharing the top two spots in the world rankings between July 2005 to August 2009\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nTory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has refused to guarantee that the UK will leave the EU before Christmas, but said he \"expects\" it to happen by then.\n\nHe would not say when Brexit would take place if he became PM, telling the BBC: \"I'm being honest with people\".\n\nRival Boris Johnson said the UK would leave by 31 October \"come what may\".\n\nHe also defended his remarks on the UK ambassador in Washington, who quit this week over leaked criticisms of Donald Trump.\n\nMr Johnson added he did not accept that his failure to support Sir Kim Darroch during a debate on ITV earlier this week had prompted him to resign.\n\nHowever, he said a \"misrepresented\" account of his remarks later relayed to Sir Kim had been \"a factor\" in his decision to step down.\n\nHe added: \"I stood up completely for the principle that civil servants should be allowed to say what they want to their political masters.\"\n\nUp to 160,000 Conservative Party members are voting for their next party leader - and UK prime minister - to replace Theresa May.\n\nThe BBC's Andrew Neil has interviewed both contenders for a programme broadcast on BBC One.\n\nMr Johnson, a former foreign secretary and mayor of London, is seen as the frontrunner in the contest.\n\nMr Hunt warned party members not to \"vote with their hearts instead of their heads\".\n\nHe added that the \"quickest way\" to leave the EU was \"to send to Brussels a prime minister who can negotiate a deal that will get through Parliament - and I'm that person\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nForeign Secretary Mr Hunt, who set up his own business before entering politics, was challenged on whether he had the skills to negotiate effectively with the EU.\n\nHe replied that being an entrepreneur had given him the \"basics\", adding: \"In government those same skills I used to negotiate very complex things - like the licence fee deal with the BBC, the NHS pay awards, the protracted dispute to try and get a peace process going in Yemen - that business of negotiation is something I have been doing all my life.\"\n\nMr Hunt said the main change he wanted to see to the UK's current withdrawal deal was to the Irish border backstop plan - an insurance policy which aims to guarantee there will not be a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.\n\nHe added that changes to this part of the Brexit withdrawal deal - which has been rejected three times by MPs - would \"broadly\" make it acceptable to the Commons.\n\nWhen pushed on what else he would alter, Mr Hunt said that \"there may be other elements\", but did not provide further details.\n\nOn Parliament's attempts to block a no-deal Brexit, he warned that the UK needed to be \"careful\" about the 31 October deadline, and said: \"I think I'm the best person to get a deal… but I can't control what Parliament does.\"\n\nAsked whether Brexit would have happened by Christmas, Mr Hunt said: \"I expect so.\"\n\nHe was then challenged on whether the UK would still be a member of the EU going into 2020, replying: \"I don't believe so.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nIn his interview with Andrew Neil, Mr Johnson said he believed the UK would leave the EU on 31 October, and that if this did not happen it would lead to \"a huge erosion of trust in politics\".\n\n\"I think it is very odd that those who say they would delay even further can't set another date - I mean, how much further are we going to wait?\" he said.\n\n\"I think it's very, very important that we get ready to leave on 31 October, come what may, and we will.\"\n\nMr Johnson said he did not want to prorogue - suspend - Parliament to push a no-deal Brexit through, but he would not rule it out.\n\nThe UK's ambassador in Washington, Sir Kim Darroch, resigned on Wednesday after a row over leaked emails critical of President Donald Trump's administration.\n\nMr Johnson was criticised in the aftermath for failing to fully support Sir Kim in the ITV leadership debate the evening before. This followed angry criticism of Sir Kim by Mr Trump.\n\nMr Johnson said he had spoken to Sir Kim on Thursday to express his sadness over his resignation and the ambassador told him he had not watched the TV debate.\n\nBut Mr Hunt said: \"I think we have to back our diplomats all over the world.\n\n\"Sir Kim was doing his job. He was giving his own personal but totally honest view about the country he was serving in.\"\n\nOn economic policy, Mr Hunt admitted that some of his spending pledges would take longer to deliver if the UK left the EU without a deal.\n\nBut he insisted that even in a no-deal scenario, he would push ahead with his plan to cut corporation tax - adding it would help firms cope with the resulting \"shock\" to the economy.\n\nWhen asked whether he would continue with the current government's self-imposed limits on borrowing, Mr Johnson pledged to \"continue to bear down on our national debt\".\n\n\"We will be setting out in a Budget and a spending review exactly what we will be doing on the fiscal rules and everything else,\" he added.\n\nThe result of the Conservative leadership contest will be announced on 23 July, with the winning candidate taking over from Mrs May on 24 July.", "This is Theresa May's final interview with the BBC before she leaves Downing Street for the last time next week.\n\nThe prime minister tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg of her pride and disappointment.", "Last updated on .From the section Cricket\n\nEngland surged into their first World Cup final for 27 years with a sensational eight-wicket demolition of Australia at Edgbaston.\n\nThe hosts will have the chance to lift the trophy for the first time when they meet New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday.\n\nA first win in a World Cup knockout match since 1992 was secured over the defending champions on a day that will live long in the memory, justifiably alongside anything from the 2005 Ashes or the 2010-11 tour of Australia.\n\nIt was built on a riotous opening seven overs, when Australia were reduced to 14-3 by the new-ball brilliance of Chris Woakes and Jofra Archer.\n\nSteve Smith, so often England's nemesis, held Australia together with 85, helping them to a total of 223 that at least gave them something to bowl at.\n\nBut home nerves over the menacing presence of Mitchell Starc were allayed by a prolific opening partnership between Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow, who added 124 for the first wicket.\n\nRoy crashed 85 before Joe Root and Eoin Morgan took England to their target with 17.5 overs to spare.\n\nThe ease of England's progression to the final was such a contrast to the group-stage defeat by Australia that left them on the brink of elimination.\n\nSince then they have beaten India, New Zealand and turned in this, their best performance of the tournament to date.\n\nThey will start the final, which will be shown as free-to-air on Channel 4, as firm favourites to be crowned world champions.\n• None 'Souped-up, fire-breathing, chest-beating England can go all the way'\n\nUntil Saturday's final round of group games, England were set to play India in this match.\n\nAlthough they would never admit it, the opportunity to play their oldest enemies at a ground where Australia have no win of any kind since 2001 and England had won their previous 10 matches was absolutely perfect.\n\nThe toss seemed like a huge boost for Aaron Finch's men - batting first has been a big advantage in the tournament - but that was to discount the carnage that would follow.\n\nEdgbaston exploded with noise as Finch, David Warner and Peter Handscomb were removed, cheers that were matched in volume by the boos for Warner and Smith.\n\nAlthough Smith ensured what the crowd knew could have been a tricky chase - they cheered as Roy defended Starc's first over - Roy injected belief with an outrageous flick for six off the left-armer.\n\nAs it became clearer that England were strolling, the party moved through the gears.\n\nStarc was serenaded with the song that tortured Mitchell Johnson, and the Hollies Stand howled as Smith was launched for three consecutive sixes by Roy.\n\nBy the end, as the rain fell, the whole of Edgbaston was telling the world that cricket is coming home.\n• None Relive the best clips and reaction to England's victory\n\nMagnificent England peaking at the right time\n\nThis was a complete display by England, who were magnificent with the ball, sharp in the field and dominant with the bat.\n\nWoakes (3-20) and Archer (2-32) nipped the new ball around on a full length. Archer trapped Finch lbw with his first ball, Woakes got one to climb that Warner fended to first slip, then bowled Handscomb through the gate.\n\nArcher also left Alex Carey needing stitches from a blow to the chin, but the left-hander recovered to make 46 in a stand of 103 with Smith.\n\nAt 117-3, the game was delicately poised, before Carey needlessly holed out off Adil Rashid, who removed Marcus Stoinis in the same over and later had Pat Cummins caught at slip in a lovely spell of 3-54.\n\nSmith remained through it all, only to be run out by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler's direct hit that somehow went between the batsman's legs - an action symptomatic of a day when everything went right for England.\n\nAfter the dangerous Starc's early overs were negotiated, Roy cut loose with fearsome power - the third of his sixes off Smith was a monstrous hit into the top tier of the stand.\n\nAlthough Bairstow was trapped leg before by Starc for 34 and an angry Roy was wrongly adjudged to have hooked Pat Cummins behind, Root and Morgan were untroubled in an unbroken stand of 79.\n\nAfter the match, Roy was fined 30% of his match fee and given two demerit points for showing dissent at his dismissal.\n\nGiven their team for this tournament only really came together at the last minute, it is to Australia's credit that they made the semi-finals with such ease.\n\nBut here they were ambushed by England and now must regroup before the Ashes begin on this ground on 1 August.\n\nAs his team-mates crumbled around him, Smith stood tall, blocking out the abuse to accumulate with his trademark fidgety efficiency.\n\nIndeed, had Carey hung around, England's task could have been difficult but, after he departed, wickets fell with regularity.\n\nWhen Smith was beaten by Buttler's throw to become the eighth man out, he shook his head all the way to the pavilion, unable to conceal his disappointment.\n\nTo stand any chance, Australia needed early wickets and when they failed to materialise, they were powerless to prevent Roy's awesome hitting.\n\n'I'm speechless, it was an incredible performance'\n\nEngland captain Eoin Morgan: \"This final is a huge opportunity for us.\n\n\"Looking back to where we were in 2015 compared to now it's such a dramatic improvement and everyone in the dressing room deserves a huge amount of credit.\n\n\"Making the most of it would be brilliant but getting to the final alone is awesome.\"\n\nMan of the match Chris Woakes, who took 3-20 in eight overs: \"I'm pretty speechless. It was an incredible performance from the whole team.\n\n\"It started with the bowling performance and then the way they knocked that off was outstanding.\n\n\"There were some nerves around this morning but that's natural going into a semi-final.\n\n\"The way we produced the goods just showed how good we are and where we are at as a team.\"\n\nFormer England captain Alastair Cook on Test Match Special: \"I can't believe I have just watched that.\n\n\"You always think there will be a twist in the tail but there was no twist. England were so good.\"\n\nEx-England captain Michael Vaughan on TMS: \"England are so big and strong, they might do this to New Zealand on Sunday.\"\n\nAustralia captain Aaron Finch: \"We were totally outplayed today. The way they set the tone with the ball in those first 10 overs was a huge part in the game.\n\n\"You always want to win the trophy but there have been a lot of positives\n\n\"A lot of hard work has gone in from a lot of people. I'm proud of how the group has progressed but this still hurts.\"", "This week's review is different. It is, as they say in the land of promotions, a two-for-one.\n\nWe are looking at Olafur Eliasson's new exhibition at Tate Modern from two perspectives: mine, and further down this page, Laura Hackett's (winner of the Radio 4 Today programme's student critic of the year award). We see things a bit differently…\n\nThere are few crystal balls as opaque as the one into which museum folk stare to see how many punters might turn up to a forthcoming exhibition. Words like \"blockbuster\" or \"niche\"' get bandied about by curators, marketeers, and Dave from finance (whose opinion is never sought and ignored when proffered).\n\nIn my time working at the Tate I sat in countless such meetings. Sometimes we got it about right. Sometimes we erred (too high for Dalí & Film, which was a turkey; too low for Edward Hopper).\n\nBut there was one occasion in 2003 when we truly excelled ourselves.\n\nOur guesstimate for an installation in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall by an unknown Nordic artist was so spectacularly wrong that we were left with no other choice but to blame Dave.\n\nWe thought around 100,000 people would come to see Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project during its six-month run. Of course, we hoped for a few more because it had been very expensive creating the giant sun effect in such a big space (lots of mirrors on the ceiling).\n\nBut we had to be realistic.\n\nThe Weather Project, 2003, saw representations of the sun and sky dominate the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern\n\nIn the end over two million visitors came to see and experience what would become the most famous piece of immersive art in the world.\n\nIt was epic in every sense: an instant masterpiece that was the making of both Tate Modern and Olafur Eliasson.\n\nSixteen years later he returns to Tate Modern with a career retrospective that doesn't include a re-installation of his giant, misty \"Sun\", to the huge and obvious disappointment of a couple of London cabbies to whom I was talking.\n\nHowever, it does have some other notable pieces of his signature immersive art.\n\nThe best of which by some distance is the aptly named Your Blind Passenger (2010), which is the Danish term for a stowaway. It consists of a long walkway of bright, white fog that makes seeing much beyond your outstretched arm impossible. If you're a skier or a hiker, you'd call it a white-out: if you live in Beijing now or were in London in the '50s it is reminiscent of dense smog: a peasouper.\n\nYour Blind Passenger, 2010, takes you through a corridor of dense fog, which the artist says helps \"you realise that you are not completely blind, you have a lot of other senses which start to kick in\"\n\nExcept, the environment Eliasson has created is sweeter (literally, the mist is sugar-based) and gentler.\n\nYou will be disorientated and restricted but the discombobulated feeling is more of purity and wonderment than fear or repulsion. Keep walking and the optical effects start happening.\n\nIf you see someone else the impact is severely diminished.\n\nIt is typical of Eliasson's thoughtful, quietly provocative art, which when at its best stimulates your senses and your mind.\n\nThat's the case with Your Uncertain Shadow (2010), another stand-out work in an otherwise slightly disappointing show.\n\nIt is exploring his primary artistic concerns of light and colour, environment and perception. You walk into a white-walled gallery that doesn't look much until you stand in front of five floor-mounted coloured spotlights and look on the back wall. There you will see, and be enchanted by, your silhouette writ large in five overlapping pastel shades.\n\nYour Uncertain Shadow (colour), 2010, challenges the way we see our environment\n\nWill Gompertz getting into Eliasson's art\n\nEliasson is at his best when there's an element of playfulness in his work, which is evident again in Beauty (1993), a black-box room with misty water falling from the ceiling through beams of light.\n\nHe is less convincing when being overly earnest, as with the scaffold waterfall situated outside the building.\n\nBeauty, 1993, evokes the meteorological phenomenon of a rainbow inside the show\n\nOn the terrace outside Tate Modern you see Waterfall, 2019, a new installation measuring over 11 metres in height\n\nThere's no doubt he is a very good artist with important things to say.\n\nBut this show somehow fails to capture his spirit. It feels disjointed and thin, which is incredible given how prolific Eliasson has been over the years.\n\nMaybe Dave has decided to flex his muscles and imposed some budget restrictions?\n\nEliasson's exhibition doesn't have an obvious entrance. There are doors, yes, but the viewer's experience begins long before that. Outside, you can't avoid his waterfall. With its scaffolding laid bare, the huge sculpture is a testament to the human power to get inside nature and remake it in our own image, but also nature's power to get inside us. Stand beside it and close your eyes, and the busy urban landscape is replaced by an elemental non-human scene.\n\nThe waterfall stands beside a Tate cafe, and if you're peckish you can enjoy a set menu created in conjunction with the chefs at Studio Olafur Eliasson - vegetarian offerings designed to be shared and eaten slowly. The philosophy behind this exhibition has entered you before you have really entered it.\n\nIf you take the lift, you might wonder whether the museum's lights are faulty, but you are in a rebirth of Eliasson's 1997 Room for one Colour - mono-frequency lamps reduce everything to yellow and black, and the uncanny atmosphere continues in the blindingly bright foyer.\n\nIn Room for one Colour, 1997, the space is bathed in light from mono-frequency lamps\n\nEliasson's art is not contained to the exhibition space; it spills outside, refusing the idea of a frame.\n\nInside the exhibition proper, some of the Scandinavian artist's best known pieces from the past 20 years find new meaning.\n\nThe giant moss wall, which will dry out, be watered, and re-grow over the course of the exhibition, has a new sense of urgency in the context of climate crisis. Its overwhelming size is concurrent with its vulnerability, and a sense of misplaced-ness in this pristine environment.\n\nBut often it's the viewer who feels out of place. Water trickles outside the windows, to simulate rain, serving as a reminder of the falsity of our constructed indoor worlds. Buildings are recalibrated as not only forces of protection, but also imprisonment, separating us from the natural world.\n\nOne room is empty, with bright white walls, until you walk in and your silhouette appears in five colours. This piece is titled Your Uncertain Shadow - you might create the art, but your silhouette is split up. You lose structural integrity. Another features a rotating irregular blotch of light which manages to be at once cosmic and embryonic, unbearably close and unimaginably distant.\n\nIf the posters are anything to go by, Your Uncertain Shadow is the leading image of the exhibition, but for me the stand-out piece was Beauty, a darkened room with a spotlight shining through falling mist. As you tip-toe around (this is a space which implicitly demands silence), you might catch a glimpse of a rainbow, and watch the mist change pattern and direction.\n\nEliasson says Beauty demonstrates our capacity to see different things but still be together. It does this, but even more powerfully, it manages to create a space which is both inside and outside, not simply in-between. It forms the climax of an exhibition whose resounding message is the mutual implication of mankind and our environment, an implication which Eliasson believes should be celebrated, but also recognised as a responsibility to protect the world we live in.", "There was a massacre of protesters on the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum on 3 June 2019. This is the story of that massacre, told through the phone cameras of those who kept filming, even as they came under live fire.\n\nBBC Africa Eye has analysed more than 300 videos shot in Khartoum that day. Using them, we bring you a shocking, street-level view of the violence - as well as testimony from men who say they took part in the attack and that it was planned from the top.", "Babies with tongue-ties rarely need surgery to help them feed, a US study suggests.\n\nIt found two-thirds of babies referred for the procedure did not need it and were able to feed with other support.\n\nTongue-tie occurs when the strip of skin connecting the tongue and the floor of the mouth is shorter than usual. It can affect feeding, though not always.\n\nUK experts said the procedure could be avoided \"with the right support\".\n\nBetween 4% and 11% of babies are born with a tongue-tie, or ankyloglossia.\n\nIt can mean babies aren't able to open their mouths widely enough to breastfeed.\n\nA simple procedure called a frenulectomy, where the tongue-tie is snipped, can be offered.\n\nIn very young babies, it can even be done under local anaesthetic.\n\nThe US study suggests the number of frenulectomies is increasing, from 1,200 in 1997 to 12,400 in 2012.\n\nFigures from NHS Digital show at least 4,320 were carried out in England in 2015-16 - and that figure is likely to be an underestimate since it is such a quick procedure it might not always be recorded.\n\nThe US study, published in JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, looked at 115 babies, who on average were about a month old.\n\nAll had been referred for the surgical procedure - but 63% were able to successfully breastfeed with help from specialists, including speech and language therapists.\n\nDr Christopher Hartnick, from Massachusetts Eye and Ear hospital, who led the research, said: \"We have seen the number of tongue-tie and upper lip tether release surgeries increase dramatically without any real strong data to show these are effective for breastfeeding.\"\n\nNCT breastfeeding counsellor Jane Moffett said: \"Many women experience challenges when feeding their babies during the first days and weeks.\n\n\"In some cases, this may be due to tongue-tie.\n\n\"There is limited evidence to indicate which babies need a tongue-tie division and which do not.\n\n\"Services also vary considerably across the UK, with some areas having no NHS provision and concerns about over-diagnosis in others.\n\n\"If you think your baby has tongue-tie, or are worried that he or she isn't feeding properly, get in touch with a breastfeeding counsellor, midwife or health visitor.\n\n\"Getting support early can make all the difference.\"\n\nProf Mary Fewtrell, from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: \"For some, tongue-tie can be the cause of poor breastfeeding and maternal nipple pain and the procedure can correct the restriction to tongue movement and allow more effective breastfeeding for baby, and comfort for mum.\n\n\"However, parents need good breastfeeding support and advice before considering surgery because, as this study shows, it can sometimes be avoided with the right support.\n\n\"Whilst this new study sheds some light on this issue, as yet, we do not have enough data from good quality trials to know what is best for breastfeeding outcomes.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "In an exclusive broadcast interview in Downing Street, the prime minister has told the BBC that she will leave the job with a \"mixture of pride and disappointment\".\n\nSpeaking to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Theresa May said that she didn’t \"recognise\" herself in the criticisms made of her during her time in the job. But she admitted that she had \"underestimated\" divisions in Parliament.", "Yousef Makki, 17, was stabbed in the heart\n\nA boy has been cleared of murdering a 17-year-old he stabbed in the heart with a flick knife.\n\nManchester Grammar School pupil Yousef Makki was attacked in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, on 2 March.\n\nA 17-year-old, who was referred to as Boy A, was accused of killing Yousef in a row over an attempt to rob a drug dealer.\n\nThe boy denied murder, claiming he acted in self-defence, and was also found not guilty of manslaughter.\n\nThe jury reached its decision after a four-week trial at Manchester Crown Court.\n\nFollowing the verdict, Yousef's father Ghaleb Makki exploded in anger and the judge, Mr Justice Bryan, cleared the courtroom.\n\nBBC Radio Manchester reporter Richard Stead, who was in court, said there was \"shock and disbelief\" from the public gallery when the verdicts were announced.\n\nHe said Mr Makki banged on a Perspex divider and began to shout and swear at jurors.\n\nHe was heard to shout \"Where's the justice for my son? Where's the justice?\" before collapsing on the floor in tears.\n\nYousef, from a single-parent Anglo-Lebanese family from Burnage, south Manchester, had won a scholarship to the prestigious £12,000-a-year school.\n\nHe was stabbed in the village, which is popular with footballers and celebrities.\n\nA second teenager, also 17 and referred to as Boy B, was found not guilty of both perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to rob. Both boys were also cleared of conspiracy to commit robbery in the lead-up to Yousef's death.\n\nThe teenager was stabbed in the village of Hale Barns\n\nThe teenagers had previously admitted possessing a knife and Boy A pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by lying to police. Both defendants are due to be sentenced for those charges on 25 July.\n\nThe jury heard the stabbing was an \"accident waiting to happen\" as all three boys indulged in \"idiotic fantasies\" playing as middle-class gangsters.\n\nDespite the privileged backgrounds of both defendants, they led \"double lives\", the court was told.\n\nCalling each other \"Bro\" and \"Fam\" and the police \"feds\", the defendants and Yousef smoked cannabis and listened to rap and drill music, the trial heard.\n\nThey would post videos on social media, making threats and posing with \"shanks\" or knives.\n\nHours before the fatal stabbing, Boy B arranged a £45 cannabis deal and the teenagers planned to rob the drug dealer - a \"soft target\", the trial heard.\n\nBut the robbery went wrong and Yousef and Boy B fled, leaving Boy A to take a beating.\n\nBoy A then later pushed Yousef who punched him in the face, the trial heard.\n\nHe told the jury Yousef pulled out a knife and he responded by also taking out a knife and his victim was accidentally stabbed.\n\nAs Yousef lay dying, the defendants hid the knives in bushes and down a drain, dialled 999 and tried to staunch Yousef's chest wound.\n\nA passing heart surgeon performed emergency surgery in the back of an ambulance but the teenager suffered catastrophic blood loss.\n\nThe defendants told police they had found Yousef stabbed and suggested others were responsible.\n\nA statement released by the family of Boy A said there were \"no winners in this case\".\n\n\"Yousef's death was a tragedy and our son will have to live with the responsibility of his role for the rest of his life.\n\n\"But the Makki family's loss and hurt are infinitely greater. Nothing we can say can make up for that or change it.\"\n\nDet Ch Insp Colin Larkin from Greater Manchester Police said the force was \"disappointed\" at the verdict but respected the decision of the jury.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into the alleged leak of diplomatic emails from the UK ambassador in the US, which were critical of the Trump administration.\n\nAssistant Commissioner Neil Basu said there was a \"clear public interest\" in bringing those responsible to justice.\n\nSir Kim Darroch stepped down as ambassador on Wednesday, saying it was \"impossible\" for him to continue.\n\nPresident Trump had earlier said the US would no longer deal with Sir Kim.\n\nThe US president branded him \"a very stupid guy\" after confidential emails emerged where the ambassador had called his administration \"clumsy and inept\".\n\nAnnouncing the criminal investigation, Mr Basu said he was satisfied the alleged leak had damaged UK international relations.\n\nHe urged whoever was responsible to turn themselves in and \"face the consequences\".\n\n\"I would say to the person or people who did this, the impact of what you have done is obvious,\" he said.\n\n\"However, you are now also responsible for diverting busy detectives from undertaking their core mission.\"\n\nAnyone with information about the alleged leak or those responsible should contact the police, he added.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe advised individuals and the media not to publish leaked government documents, warning this could be a criminal matter, and to instead hand them over to the police or return them to their rightful owner.\n\nThe investigation was launched by the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command, which takes national responsibility for investigating allegations of criminal breaches of the Official Secrets Act, Mr Basu said.\n\nThe government had already opened an internal inquiry into the publication of the memos.\n\nBBC correspondent Dan Johnson said the involvement of counter-terrorism officers gave \"an indication of just how complicated this investigation could be - and how long it may take\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn pay tribute to Sir Kim Darroch's service\n\nSir Kim's resignation prompted widespread support for him - as well as criticism of Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson.\n\nAccording to some Whitehall sources, Sir Kim decided to resign after Mr Johnson failed to fully support him during a TV debate on Tuesday night.\n\nMr Johnson said he had spoken to Sir Kim on Thursday to express his sadness over his resignation and the ambassador told him he had not watched the TV debate.\n\nBut on Friday, Mr Johnson told the BBC a \"misrepresented\" account of his remarks later relayed to Sir Kim had been \"a factor\" in his decision to step down.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Trump: 'I wish the British ambassador well'\n\nPrime Minister Theresa May said Sir Kim's departure was \"a matter of deep regret\" and public servants should be able to give \"full and frank advice\".\n\nShadow foreign minister Liz McInnes said Sir Kim Darroch was \"just doing his job\" and the criminal investigation was \"welcome\".\n\nOn Friday, President Trump said he wished the former ambassador well and that he had been told Sir Kim had actually said \"some very good things\" about him.\n\nIn the emails leaked to the Mail on Sunday, Sir Kim said: \"We don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction-riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept.\"\n\nThe emails, dating from 2017, said rumours of \"infighting and chaos\" in the White House were mostly true.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Anthony Grainger's partner Gail Hadfield-Grainger said his death \"could and should have been prevented\"\n\nA police force was to blame for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, a public inquiry has concluded.\n\nAnthony Grainger, 36, was in a stolen car when he was shot in the chest in Cheshire in March 2012.\n\nA judge said the shooting was legally justified, but criticised senior officers at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for a \"catastrophic series of failings and errors\".\n\nThe force said it believed Mr Grainger was planning an armed robbery.\n\nBut Judge Thomas Teague QC said an operation targeting Mr Grainger had been organised and planned \"incompetently\".\n\nSenior officers \"failed to authorise, plan or conduct the firearms operation in such a way as to minimise recourse to the use of lethal force\", the judge said.\n\nMr Grainger's partner Gail Hadfield-Grainger said \"it has taken seven years but some justice has been done for Anthony\" and the inquiry had shown his death \"could and should have been prevented\".\n\nShe said the report highlighted \"a litany of catastrophic failures\".\n\nMr Grainger's mother Marina Schofield said his \"devastated\" family had \"gone through hell to find out the true facts of what happened that night\".\n\nShe also called for \"lessons to be learned\", adding: \"We only hope that this outcome serves as a lesson for GMP so that others do not have to go through what we have suffered.\"\n\nMr Grainger was shot dead in Cheshire in 2012\n\nMr Grainger, from Bolton, was shot through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth on 3 March.\n\nThe inquiry was told no firearms were found either on Mr Grainger or in the car.\n\nThe officer who shot him told the inquiry at Liverpool Crown Court in 2017 he fired as he thought Mr Grainger had reached down to pick up a firearm.\n\nThe judge said the officer, referred to in court as Q9, had not acted unlawfully because he \"honestly but mistakenly believed Mr Grainger was reaching for a gun\".\n\nHe jumped to that wrong conclusion because of the \"misleading way his superiors had briefed him beforehand\", according to Judge Teague.\n\nGMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said he would like to \"personally apologise\" to Mr Grainger's family for the \"significant organisational failings of GMP that have led the inquiry to conclude that GMP are to blame for the death of Anthony Grainger\".\n\nHe said the \"intention of GMP through the Operation Shire investigation was to protect the public from harm and our failings have led to Anthony Grainger's death and caused unimaginable harm to his family\".\n\nMr Hopkins said steps had already been taken to improve the safety of firearms operations since the death, but said the force would now study the report and discuss what action should be taken with the police watchdog.\n\nMr Grainger was shot dead in a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth\n\nThe inquiry was told Mr Grainger and one of his passengers, David Totton, had been the subject of a GMP operation - Operation Shire - for some weeks, which was investigating their suspected involvement in commercial robberies.\n\nBut Judge Teague said there was no intelligence to suggest the men were armed or had access to firearms on 3 March.\n\nThe judge said if firearms commanders had planned, briefed and conducted the deployment competently, Q9 \"would have been less likely to misinterpret Mr Grainger's actions and might not have shot him\".", "Boris Johnson says veterans should be protected from \"unfair prosecutions\"\n\nPotential prime minister Boris Johnson has pledged to end \"unfair\" prosecutions of Army veterans who served in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Tory leadership contender has joined rival Jeremy Hunt in backing a public campaign supporting soldiers who served during the Troubles.\n\nMany Conservative MPs have called for such a move in recent months.\n\nThe government is working on legislation to deal with the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles.\n\nMr Johnson also reportedly promised on Thursday to appoint a veterans minister if he is chosen to lead the Conservative Party.\n\n\"We need to end unfair trials of people who served their Queen and country when no new evidence has been produced and when the accusations have already been exhaustively questioned in court,\" he told the Sun newspaper.\n\n\"We must protect people against unfair prosecutions. And I will.\n\n\"I totally support the principle of cross-government work to secure world-class care and support for veterans.\"\n\nSinn Féin legacy spokesperson Linda Dillon said Mr Boris Johnson was \"backing a campaign which is about giving these soldiers immunity from prosecution.\n\n\"His comments are a reckless and a highly offensive attack on the rights of victims of the conflict in their search for truth and justice and flies in the face of the views expressed in a public consultation on dealing with the legacy of the past.\"\n\nSix former soldiers are facing prosecution in connection with Troubles-era killings\n\nA number of Northern Ireland veterans are facing charges, including Soldier F, who has been charged in relation to the killings of two protesters on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972.\n\nFormer Northern Ireland Police Chief Constable Sir George Hamilton has previously said official figures show that investigations are not unfairly focused on the armed forces and police.\n\nThe idea of a statute of limitations for former soldiers is backed by many Conservative backbenchers, including some who served in Northern Ireland.\n\nBut it was withdrawn from a legacy consultation document published in May 2018, even though Prime Minister Theresa May had claimed the system for investigating the past was \"patently unfair\".\n\nLast week, the Northern Ireland Office published responses to its consultation, which showed a \"clear majority\" of respondents felt an amnesty for Troubles-related matters would be inappropriate.\n\nNo specific question was asked on the proposal for a so-called statute of limitations for military veterans.\n\nIt would prevent veterans from being prosecuted.\n\nSimon Hoare was elected as the chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in June\n\nHowever, the recently elected chairman of Westminster's Northern Ireland Affairs Committee said he did not think it was right to put timeframes on bringing forward legislation.\n\nSimon Hoare told BBC News NI he had been asked to back the campaign but chose not to because of his committee role.\n\nThe Conservative MP for North Dorset said any solution that did not work for everyone would \"not last very long\".\n\n\"It's more important to get it right,\" he told the Good Morning Ulster programme.\n\nMr Hoare said he did not support Mr Johnson's Tory leadership campaign as he found the former foreign secretary to be \"not be across the detail\" on many matters.\n\nMr Johnson is battling it out with the current foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to become the next prime minister.\n\nThey are trying to convince around 160,000 Conservative Party members to support them in the ballot for the top job, with the winner set to be announced on 23 July.\n\nHere's a quick guide to their positions on Brexit, immigration, tax, spending, health and social care and education.", "Farhad Salah and Andy Sami Star had been \"attack-planning\", the court heard\n\nA man has been found guilty of trying to make a bomb to be used in a driverless car.\n\nFarhad Salah was convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of preparing to commit acts of terrorism.\n\nHe \"posed a very real risk to the safety of our communities\", counter-terrorism police said.\n\nThe jury failed to reach a verdict on his co-defendant, chip-shop owner Andy Star, who was charged with the same offence.\n\nJurors heard how Salah, 24, an Iraqi Kurd, posted on social media about using a driverless car in an attack.\n\nProsecutors told the trial how Salah and Mr Star, 32, were in the early stages of testing small improvised explosive devices when they were arrested in raids on their homes in a Sheffield community centre and a Chesterfield fish and chip shop in December 2017\n\nMr Star has always insisted gunpowder and other items found in his flat above the chip shop were all connected to his long-standing interest in fireworks.\n\nPolice carried out lengthy searches in Chesterfield and Sheffield in December 2017\n\nThe jury was discharged after 15 hours of deliberations.\n\nIt was the second jury to try the pair, said Judge Paul Watson QC.\n\nHe said that another jury failed to reach verdicts on either defendant after a trial last year.\n\nThe judge told Mr Star a decision had been made that he should not face a second retrial and a not guilty verdict was recorded in his case.\n\nHe said Mr Star could go free but that he would continue to be detained on immigration matters.\n\nWhen the judge recorded Star's formal acquittal, a woman shouted \"Terrorist!\" loudly from the jury box.\n\nSalah was found guilty on a majority of 10 to two after the jury deliberated for almost three days.\n\nThe judge said he would be sentenced on 24 July.\n\nCounter-terror police said he was not close to achieving his aim of putting a device in a vehicle but officers believe he was a \"very real risk to the safety of the public in the UK\".\n\nThe raids in Sheffield and Chesterfield happened following the Manchester Arena explosion and the attacks on Westminster and London Bridge, at a time when there were fears another atrocity was being planned for the Christmas period.\n\nGunpowder, homemade fuses and explosive chemicals were found at Mr Star's Mermaid Fish Bar, in Chesterfield, and similar items at the Fatima Community Centre, in Sheffield, were Salah lived.\n\nPolice said they have never been able to identify Salah's intended target.\n\nOpening the case, prosecutor Anne Whyte QC told the jury: \"The intention was to manufacture a device which would be placed in a vehicle but controlled remotely so that no-one had to martyr themselves in the process.\"\n\nShe said that, a week before he was arrested, Salah messaged a contact on Facebook saying: \"My only attempt is to find a way to carry out martyrdom operation with cars without driver...\"\n\nThe court heard how both defendants were Iraqi nationals.\n\nSalah arrived at Heathrow Airport in December 2014 and applied for asylum. This application had not been determined by the time he was arrested.\n\nMr Star was arrested in 2008 on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant, later telling officials he had arrived in the UK by lorry.\n\nHe was given \"leave to remain\" in 2010 and eventually given refugee status, with \"indefinite leave to remain\" in February 2016.\n\nIn a statement released after he was cleared of preparing to commit acts of terrorism, he said: \"I pleaded not guilty on the first day at court, I gave evidence during two trials, I gave a full account in court as to exactly what had happened.\n\n\"I denied being an Isis supporter, I denied being a terrorist, I explained that my family had fought Isis and we continue to do so to this day.\"\n\nMiss Whyte told the jury that Salah was a supporter of so-called Islamic State, despite his being an Iraqi Kurd, a nationality usually associated with the fight against the terror group.\n\nDet Ch Supt Martin Snowden, head of counter-terrorism policing North East, said: \"Salah clearly had an extremist mind set and communication from him indicates that he saw his situation as critical.\n\n\"He claimed he was a terrorist who would be judged by God.\n\n\"While our investigation did not establish the target of a potential attack, Salah posed a very real risk to the safety of our communities.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nA father has been found guilty of manslaughter after shaking his 15-week-old son to death.\n\nCody Rhys Williams-Jones died in December 2016 - it was later revealed he had suffered 13 broken ribs and a fractured shoulder.\n\nMatthew Jones, 26, of Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent, claimed the injuries were caused when he accidentally dropped him.\n\nNewport Crown Court heard Cody suffered injuries similar to \"being thrown many feet from a vehicle\".\n\nA pathologist told jurors he had so many haemorrhages in his eyes, it was impossible to count them.\n\nJones told the jury his son fell on to a mattress and bounced 2ft (0.6m) in the air.\n\nMatthew Jones said he accidentally dropped Cody, but medical evidence contradicted his claims\n\nDuring the trial, prosecutor Paul Lewis QC said: \"The medical evidence is such that an accidental fall can be excluded.\n\n\"Cody's injuries were as a result of deliberate violence probably in the form of both shaking and impact.\"\n\nBethan Morgan was a departmental nurse in charge of A&E at Abergavenny's Nevill Hall Hospital when Cody arrived on the evening of 6 December and was initially told he had suffered a head injury.\n\nShe described Cody's mother Paula Williams, who was not present when he was injured, as \"shocked, very stunned\" and said Jones was crying and \"still very upset\".\n\nShe added: \"Dad [Jones] said he had been holding the baby and stumbled with the baby.\"\n\nSurgeon Daniel Morrison told jurors Cody's injuries were \"the consequence of an impact and/or shaking-type of head injury\".\n\nCody Rhys Williams-Jones died of his injuries when he was 15 weeks old\n\nDr Katharine Halliday, a consultant paediatric radiologist, said the baby's fractured shoulder was usually seen in the context of child abuse.\n\nJones - who was cleared of murder - said he was always \"very gentle\" with Cody and loved spending \"father and son time\" with him.\n\nHe sobbed in the dock when the verdict was read out and will be sentenced on Wednesday.\n\nSusan Crossley of the Crown Prosecution Service said: \"Cody had everything to live for and that chance was taken away by his own father.\n\n\"It is difficult to imagine the heartbreak the family has gone through and our thoughts are firmly with them.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "All 189 people on board the Lion Air flight were killed in October last year\n\nRelatives of people killed in the Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia last year have been cheated out of compensation, their lawyers say.\n\nLawyers told the BBC that many families were persuaded to sign forms preventing them from taking legal action.\n\nBBC Panorama has discovered that other relatives signed similar agreements after two other crashes, stopping them from suing Boeing in the US courts.\n\nBoeing has declined to comment on the agreements.\n\nAll 189 passengers and crew died when the Boeing 737 Max crashed into the sea just 13 minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on 29 October 2018.\n\nWithin weeks, relatives were offered compensation by insurance lawyers.\n\nMerdian Agustin says she was pressured to sign documents\n\nTo access the money, families had to sign agreements that would prevent them from taking legal action against Boeing or the airline, Lion Air.\n\nMerdian Agustin's husband, Eka, was killed in the crash. She says the insurance lawyers tried to pressure her into signing away her rights.\n\n\"They give me some document to sign. The document said you can have the money but you can't sue Lion Air. You can't sue Boeing.\n\n\"They said you should sign this. You should move forward. In one hour or two hours you will get the money and you will continue life, but I don't want it. It's not about the money. It's about my husband's life\", she said.\n\nMs Agustin did not sign, but it is believed around 50 families did. They will get compensation of just under £74,000 ($92,000) each.\n\nThe payouts are controversial because under Indonesian law the families are automatically entitled to £71,000 compensation.\n\nSanjiv Singh, an American lawyer representing some of the families, told the BBC relatives had been pressured into signing away their legal rights.\n\n\"The families who signed the release and discharge [documents] have been cheated out of compensation, they've been preyed upon by insurance companies and by the counsel for those insurance companies, and ultimately, to the benefit of Boeing\" he said.\n\nHe added that families were potentially entitled to millions of dollars in compensation.\n\nThis is not the first time that Boeing has benefited from controversial release and discharge documents.\n\nIn 2005, a Boeing 737 crashed into a residential area in Indonesia, killing 149 people. Families signed agreements which prevented them from suing Boeing in the US courts. Similar agreements were signed after a 737 crash that killed 102 passengers and crew in 2007.\n\nOne unnamed insurance lawyer was involved on all three occasions.\n\nMr Singh says this raises serious questions about whether Boeing was involved in the more recent Lion Air agreements.\n\n\"I think that makes it implausible that Boeing, at the very least, didn't know that the releases were being collected. I think it raises a very significant question as to whether they co-ordinated it.\"\n\nPanorama asked Boeing if it knew about the agreements or had any communication with the insurance lawyers who helped organise them.\n\nBoeing did not answer any of the questions posed by the Panorama programme, instead releasing a statement which said: \"Boeing truly regrets the loss of life and will continue to work with communities, customers and the aviation industry to help with the healing process.\n\n\"The insurers for Boeing are in discussions with other insurers around the world, as is typical and customary in circumstances such as these.\"\n\nThe lead insurer for both Lion Air and Boeing is the British insurance firm Global Aerospace.\n\nSanjiv Singh, a lawyer for the families, says they are entitled to large sums of money\n\nGlobal Aerospace disputed the allegations but declined to comment on the specifics because of client confidentiality.\n\nIt said: \"It is common for aviation insurers to have insured more than one party that is involved in some way in an accident.\n\n\"Global Aerospace, in accordance with industry best practice, strictly divides responsibility for the handling of different clients to ensure that they are each represented separately and that no inappropriate sharing of information takes place in the handling of any claims that may occur.\"\n\nThe company said it was standard practice when settling claims to release the airline and plane manufacturers from future claims.\n\nOn 3 July, Boeing announced it would provide $100m to help communities and families affected by the two recent 737 Max accidents. The second was in Ethiopia in April, when 157 people died.\n\nLawyers for the families say they have not been given details about how that money would be used.", "A woman in the US state of Texas has been arrested after her mother's remains were found in the two-bedroom home she shared with her daughter.\n\nPolice believe the grandmother, 71, suffered a fall in 2016.\n\nThey allege her daughter, 47, failed to provide adequate help at the time for her mother, who died \"within a few days\" of the non-life-threatening fall.\n\nThe skeletal remains were found on a bedroom floor. The mother and daughter slept in the other bedroom.\n\nThe granddaughter was under the age of 15 at the time she was living with her grandmother's corpse. As a result, her mother has been charged with \"injury to a child\" under the age of 15.\n\nThe daughter has been placed in the care of relatives and is receiving assistance from child protection.\n\nHer mother could face up to 20 years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000 (£8,000).\n\nPolice say the grandmother was a respected member of the local community, working as a secretary and teaching assistant at a local school for 35 years.\n\nWhen she retired, she worked collecting tickets at sporting events in Seguin.", "Undocumented migrants are surrounded by police during the protest\n\nHundreds of undocumented migrants have stormed the Panthéon in Paris and demanded the right to remain in France.\n\nThe protesters, who were mainly from West Africa, surged into the building at around midday (11:00 GMT) on Friday.\n\nTourists were evacuated from the mausoleum, where many of France's most famous figures are buried.\n\nThe group called themselves the \"black vests\" - a reference to the yellow vest protest movement that spread through much of France earlier this year.\n\nThey waved papers in the air, chanted, and demanded to hold talks with Prime Minister Édouard Philippe over their immigration status.\n\nThe demonstrators held waved papers and chanted as they demanded the right to stay in the country\n\nThe Pantheon monument is a grand neoclassical building in the centre of Paris\n\nIn a statement, the protest group described themselves as \"the undocumented, the voiceless and the faceless of the French Republic\".\n\n\"We don't want to negotiate with the interior minister and his officials any more, we want to talk to Prime Minister Édouard Philippe now!\" it said.\n\nBetween 200 and 300 migrants took part in the protest, a police spokesman told Reuters news agency. There were 37 arrests made.\n\nBut other estimates - from activist groups and witnesses - said as many as 700 people were involved in the demonstration.\n\nHundreds of mainly West African migrants took part in the protest\n\nSome of the demonstrators suffered minor injuries\n\nThe protesters remained in the Panthéon, a grand neoclassical building in the centre of the city, for several hours before they were evacuated by police.\n\nWriters Émile Zola, Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, and scientist Marie Curie, are among those buried in the building.\n\n\"All of the people who gained entry to the Panthéon have been evacuated,\" Prime Minister Philippe said on Twitter. \"France is a country based on the rule of law which means... respect for public monuments and for the memory they represent,\"\n\nEarlier on Friday, dozens of riot police were pictured barricading the site to prevent people from entering while the protest was taking place.\n• None Who are the 'gilets jaunes'?", "Musician Nathaniel Ernest has had tinnitus for the past eight years\n\nYoung music lovers are being warned about the dangers of loud noise at concerts and festivals which could cause permanent hearing damage.\n\nAbout one in 10 people in the UK have tinnitus and Cardiff-based audiologist Sonja Jones said it was important to wear hearing protection at loud events.\n\nShe said ear plugs - offered by many venues - were seen as \"uncool\" by some.\n\nMusician Nathaniel Ernest, 26, from Cardiff, struggled to sleep after getting tinnitus when he was 18.\n\nHe and a friend went to a gig in 2011 - neither wore ear plugs and both came out with ringing in their ears.\n\nMr Ernest said he had ringing in his ears after gigs and nights out before, but it always went away.\n\nNathaniel makes his band mates in Breichiau Hir wear ear plugs when rehearsing and performing\n\nHe said: \"Both our ears were pretty busted afterwards. The next couple of days mine didn't go away, his did.\n\n\"After about a year I thought this is permanent now. This is going to suck forever.\n\nSleeping became a real problem and he was reluctant to go anywhere where there is loud noise. Even a trip to the pub was difficult as he struggled to hear people talking.\n\nMr Ernest said he eventually got used to the high pitched ringing in his ears over time.\n\nAudiologist Sonja Jones said ear protection costs less than a trip to the cinema\n\nIn a bid to combat this problem, a number of venues in Wales, including the Motorpoint Arena and Tramshed in Cardiff and Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Conwy county, offer hearing protection on request.\n\nMs Jones said: \"Wearing ear plugs will protect your hearing and may prevent any further damage. You can actually hear the music better than you did before with filtered noise plugs.\n\n\"Filtered noise plugs allow you to hear the band, just a bit quieter.\"\n\nEar plugs such as these have removable filters which reduce the sound level without changing the quality", "Home Secretary Sajid Javid has given his backing to the police in their trials of facial recognition cameras.\n\nThe surveillance software, which is designed to help spot suspects in public spaces, has been trialled by several forces, including the Met.\n\nCivil liberties campaigners have criticised the technology, which is the subject of a legal challenge.\n\nBut Mr Javid said it was important that police made use of the latest tools to help them solve crimes.\n\nPolice facial recognition cameras have been trialled at events such as football matches, festivals and parades.\n\nHigh-definition cameras detect faces and compare them with existing police photographs, such as mugshots from previous arrests.\n\nBut the technology has been criticised for being too inaccurate, particularly when identifying black and ethnic minority people.\n\nCivil rights campaigners have also criticised the fact there is no specific regulation governing how police use the software or manage the data gathered.\n\nSpeaking at the launch of new computer technology aimed at helping police fight against online child abuse, Mr Javid said it was right for forces to \"be on top of the latest technology\".\n\n\"I back the police in looking at technology and trialling it and... different types of facial recognition technology is being trialled especially by the Met at the moment and I think it's right they look at that,\" he said.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How one man was fined £90 after objecting to being filmed by police\n\nThe Information Commissioner has previously raised concerns about the technology, saying forces had to demonstrate that it was effective and less intrusive alternatives were not available.\n\nMr Javid suggested longer term use of the cameras would require legislation.\n\n\"If they want to take it further it's also right that they come to government, we look at it carefully and we set out through Parliament how that can work,\" he said.\n\nMr Javid's comments were made as police were given a new set of technological tools to help fight against online child abuse.\n\nAccording to the Home Office, the three new tools will help speed up investigations and limit the number of indecent images of children officers have to view.\n\nThe technology, which cost £1.76m, aims to improve the capability of the Child Abuse Image Database, which holds millions of images.\n\nIt can take 24 hours for police to search through a computer hard drive to see if it contains indecent images.\n\nUsing new technology, which is being rolled out to police across the UK, the analysis will take 30 minutes.\n\nA system is also being made available to reduce the time investigators have to spend assessing the severity of abuse footage.\n\nMr Javid described the techniques as \"game changing\", saying they would help bring perpetrators to justice and protect victims.", "Paramedics fought to save the man's life at the scene in Brighton Road\n\nA teenager has died after three people were attacked with a knife in the same area in south London.\n\nParamedics were unable to save the victim, thought to be in his late teens, after being called to Brighton Road, Croydon, on Thursday.\n\nAnother teenager, also stabbed, was found nearby and a third teenager was later found with a slash wound close to Purley Railway Station.\n\nHe was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and taken to hospital.\n\nThe Met has now launched 11 homicide investigations in the last fortnight.\n\nA number of crime scenes in Brighton Road have been cordoned off\n\nEmergency crews were called at about 21:15 BST, with police and London's Air Ambulance also attending.\n\n\"Despite their efforts, a male, believed to be in his late-teens, died at the scene at 21:50,\" a Met spokesman said.\n\nYou may also be interested in:\n\nA number of crime scenes in Brighton Road have been cordoned off, and a section 60 order has been put in place, giving police special search powers.\n\nThe second stab victim is also being treated in hospital, where his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.\n\nPolice said two other men, whose ages have not been released, were arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and are being held in custody.\n\nNo arrests have been made following a separate stabbing in east London\n\nIn a separate attack on Thursday night, a man aged in his 40s was taken to hospital in a critical condition after he was shot in north-east London.\n\nNo arrests have been made over the attack, which took place at about 23:00 in Malvern Drive, Woodford Green.\n\nEmergency crews were also called to Barking Road in Canning Town, east London at 07:40 on Friday.\n\nA man aged in his 20s was found stabbed multiple times near the junction of Ordnance Road.\n\nHe was taken to hospital. The Met said it was still waiting for confirmation about his condition.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "R. Kelly is in custody after being arrested in Chicago on sex trafficking charges, according to reports in the US.\n\nThere are said to be 13 charges against the singer, including child abuse images and obstruction of justice, according to the US Attorney's Office in Chicago.\n\nThe 52-year-old was arrested by NYPD and Homeland Security officials.\n\nHe's already pleaded not guilty to more than 20 sexual offences.\n\nFor two decades R. Kelly, real name Robert Kelly, has been accused of different sexual abuse allegations.\n\nThey've been brought back into the spotlight following the documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, which detailed stories about him pursuing teenage girls going right back to the start of his career.\n\nThe R&B artist was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in February. He pleaded not guilty and has been released on bail.\n\nThen in May he was charged with 11 more sexual offences, relating to sexual assault and abuse of a minor aged between 13 and 16, which he pleaded not guilty to last month.\n\nIt is not yet known whether the new federal charges are linked to the same cases.\n\nA person can be charged with a federal crime if they've broken laws in more than one state. The charges are generally more severe than state charges.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. R. Kelly speaks directly to the camera during an interview in March 2019\n\nR. Kelly has stood trial on sexual offences once, being acquitted of child pornography charges by a jury in 2008.\n\nNewsbeat has contacted representatives for R. Kelly, as well as police in New York and the US Attorney's Office in Chicago.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "In Myanmar’s Rakhine state, hundreds of new houses have been handed over to families displaced by the violence of the Rohingya crisis in 2017. But none of the homes were for the Muslim minority group.\n\nAlmost two years on, there’s no sign the 700,000 Rohingyas who fled across the border to Bangladesh will be returning soon. Myanmar continues to deny its troops carried out ethnic cleansing and genocide.\n\nThe BBC's Myanmar correspondent Nick Beake has gained rare access to the affected part of Rakhine.", "The organiser of T in the Park has told Newsbeat the event won't ever be coming back.\n\n\"It was an amazing festival, but it ran its course,\" says Geoff Ellis.\n\nT in the Park, which was Scotland's biggest festival, last took place in 2016 before being put on hold the following year because of difficulties at a new site.\n\n\"Everyone loved T and we all had great fun doing it,\" says Geoff.\n\nTRNSMT is now the main focus for Geoff Ellis\n\nGeoff Ellis was speaking ahead of this year's TRNSMT festival, which is now in its third year and is put on by his company DF Concerts.\n\nIt has long been speculated that TRNSMT was a replacement for T in the Park, but the long-term future of the event has never been confirmed.\n\n\"You can always look fondly on the past,\" explains Geoff Ellis.\n\n\"It was really the third major festival in the UK. We've got some great memories…we'll always have them and so will all the people who grew up with it.\"\n\nLots of Scottish acts including Biffy Clyro worked their way up the T line-up to become festival headliners\n\nThe first three editions of T in the Park were held at Strathclyde Park, near Hamilton in Lanarkshire, before it moved to Balado in Perth and Kinross.\n\nIt stayed there until 2015 when the festival moved to Strathallan after \"substantial\" concerns were raised about an oil pipeline which ran under the site.\n\nPromoters said this led to \"continued restrictions\" which had a \"negative impact\" on festival-goers.\n\nThe 2015 event drew the largest number of complaints and negative comments in T in the Park's history, with \"significant traffic congestion\" highlighted.\n\nTwo teenagers died at 2016's festival in separate incidents, while witnesses reported fights and drug taking in the camping area.\n\nTRNSMT is set to host more than 100,000 music fans over the weekend\n\nAfter putting the event to rest, Geoff Ellis says \"it's all about TRNSMT for us now\".\n\n\"Things move on and we keep creating.\n\n\"The festival scene's really, really healthy these days and it's great to still be amongst it.\"\n\nFans have reacted sadly to the news.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nEven if they seem a little unsurprised.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Andy This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nBut, they'll always have the good times.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The sub was filmed by Norway's Institute of Marine Research\n\nNorway has found a radiation level 800,000 times higher than normal at the wreck of a Russian navy submarine.\n\nThe Komsomolets sank in the Norwegian Sea in 1989 after a fire on board killed 42 sailors.\n\nA sample showed radioactive caesium leaking from a ventilation pipe, but researchers said it was \"not alarming\", as the Arctic water quickly diluted it.\n\nThe Soviet-era sub is also deep down, at 1,680m (5,512ft), and there are few fish in the area, they added.\n\nFor the first time a Norwegian remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) examined and filmed the Komsomolets on 7 July, revealing severe damage.\n\nThe submarine is also known as K-278 in Russia, and it sank carrying two nuclear torpedoes with plutonium warheads.\n\nIts front section has six torpedo tubes, and the sub could also launch Granit cruise missiles.\n\nThis appears to be part of the auxiliary diesel system, revealed by the ROV\n\nThe news comes just over a week after fire swept through a Russian nuclear-powered submersible in the Barents Sea, killing 14 naval officers.\n\nThe survivors managed to get the mini-sub back to its Arctic base.\n\nNorway's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA) says the pressurised water reactor powering K-278 in April 1989 shut down quickly when the fire broke out in another compartment.\n\nTwenty-seven sailors survived - they were eventually picked up by two Soviet ships.\n\nThe radiation leak found this week came from a pipe near the reactor. It was 800Bq (becquerels) per litre, while the normal level in the Norwegian Sea is about 0.001Bq.\n\nHowever, some other water samples from the wreck did not show elevated levels.\n\nThe 42 sailors who died in the disaster succumbed to toxic fumes or froze in the icy Arctic waters after the K-278 had surfaced briefly.\n\nThe commander managed to send a distress call about an hour after the fire broke out, but he and four others died when their emergency capsule sank. The submarine was doomed when the fire spread, fuelled by compressed air from a damaged pipe, Russia's RIA news agency reported.\n\nThe ROV is shown here collecting samples from inside the titanium hull\n\nRussia has previously examined the wreck with a manned submersible, and found radiation leaking from the same section.\n\nThe Norwegian radiation specialists and marine researchers were accompanied by experts from Russia's Typhoon Research and Production Association.\n\n\"We took water samples from inside this particular duct because the Russians had documented leaks here both in the 1990s and more recently in 2007,\" said Hilde Elise Heldal, the expedition leader. \"So we weren't surprised to find high levels here.\n\n\"The levels we detected were clearly above what is normal in the oceans, but they weren't alarmingly high,\" she said.\n\nNorway and Russia have been monitoring radiation in the area regularly since the disaster, sometimes on joint expeditions.\n\nThe Komsomolets was launched in 1983, was 117m (385ft) long and could dive to a maximum depth of 1,250m. Its maximum speed was 30 knots (56km/h).", "Donald Trump with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who declined to comment on the remarks\n\nAmid the uproar at Donald Trump's attack on four Democratic congresswomen - an attack which was widely described as racist - there was a notable silence from the president's Republican Party colleagues.\n\nWith a few exceptions, they kept quiet as the world reacted to his suggestion that the four Congresswomen - all women of colour - \"go back\" and \"fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came\".\n\nAll four women are US citizens; three - Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib - were born in the US, and one - Rep Ilhan Omar - came to the country from Somalia as a child refugee.\n\nFor many, the president's remarks went a step beyond anything he had previously said, despite a long history of accusations of racism that predates his political life. The language he used called on a well-established racist trope of telling citizens from minority backgrounds to \"go home\".\n\nBut for a Republican party increasingly aware that its electoral fortunes are tied to the president's national appeal, his remarks did not appear to go beyond the pale - rather the pale had been moved to accommodate them.\n\nThe president's tweets, published on Sunday, read: \"So interesting to see 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done.\"\n\nLeading Democrats were quick to condemn the remarks as racist. A handful of Republicans issued criticisms - Republican representative Will Hurd of Texas told CNN the comments were \"racist and xenophobic\"; Rep Fred Upton of Michigan said he was \"appalled by the President's tweets\"; Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski tweeted: \"There is no excuse for the president's spiteful comments - they were absolutely unacceptable and this needs to stop.\"\n\nBut the party's senior leadership and the majority of its rank and file stayed quiet or declined to call the remarks racist. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - the most senior Republican after the president and vice president - did not comment. The treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin said: \"I don't find them racist.\" Former Republican presidential candidate and Utah Senator Mitt Romney acknowledged that \"a lot of people have been using the word\", but he demurred.\n\nThe House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said: \"The President is not a racist\". \"It's really kind of a socialist battle versus a thing that we believe within America,\" he said.\n\nIt was an illustration of how far the party had travelled since hitching its wagon to Mr Trump's star. When Mr Trump said in 2016, as a candidate, that a Mexican-American judge would be automatically biased against him because of the judge's heritage, the party's most senior figures were unsparing in their condemnation. Majority Leader McConnell jumped to the judge's defence. \"This is a man who was born in Indiana. All of us came here from somewhere else,\" he said.\n\nRepresentative Ilhan Omar speaks at a press conference with her three Democratic colleagues\n\nAmong the Republicans who did criticise the president's remarks on Monday, there was a noticeable trend: criticism of the Democratic congresswomen too.\n\nSenator Lindsay Graham, a close ally of the Trump administration, suggested indirectly that the president \"aim higher\" but called the Democratic congresswomen a \"bunch of communists\" who \"hate our own country\".\n\nSenator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania acknowledged that the citizenship of the congresswomen was \"as valid\" as his own, but prefaced it by saying he \"couldn't disagree more\" with their views on \"virtually every policy issue\".\n\nRep Elise Stefanik of New York said: \"While I strongly disagree with the tactics, policies, and rhetoric of the far-left socialist 'Squad,' the President's tweets were inappropriate, denigrating, and wrong.\" Senator Susan Collins of Maine said Mr Trump's remarks were \"way over the line\", but called the congresswomen \"far-left\". Mr Romney said the congresswomen's views were \"not consistent with building a strong America\".\n\nThe president called them \"Radical Left Congresswomen\" and said they should apologise to the country and to him.\n\nDonald Trump has a long history of being accused of racism, predating his political life\n\nTaken together, the statements appeared to signal a Republican strategy ahead of next year's election of branding the Democratic Party and its four popular new House representatives as far-left and anti-American. Ms Pressley, Ms Ocasio-Cortez, Ms Tlaib and Ms Omar - known affectionately by fans as \"The Squad\" - are already a lightning rod for conservatives seeking to sow fear over a progressive shift in the Democratic Party.\n\nThere may have been other goals behind Mr Trump's remarks. He is well versed in the politics of distraction, and immigration raids he had promised on the same day were not materialising. And in his tweets he attempted to aggravate an existing dispute between the four Democratic congresswomen and their party leadership; in the end his remarks produced a show of unity between the two factions.\n\nWhatever the aim, the relative silence from his own party's leadership over his remarks may have sent a clear signal to the president - that the party was with him in an electoral strategy that accommodated language widely regarded as racist. The president denies any kind of prejudice and has claimed several times to be \"the least racist person you've ever met\".\n\nThe Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday announced a resolution in the House to condemn the president's remarks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would introduce a similar motion in his chamber. \"We'll see how many Republicans sign on,\" he said.\n\nCorrection: A quote from Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado was removed as it did not refer directly to the Congresswomen.", "The migrant was picked up a few miles north of Calais\n\nA migrant has been rescued as he tried to swim across the English Channel to the UK with flippers and a float.\n\nThe man - who was suffering from mild hypothermia - was picked up by the French authorities at 07:30 BST about three miles north of Calais.\n\nMeanwhile, 38 people were caught attempting the crossing in three boats before midday, the Home Office said.\n\nPictures showed a woman and children as Home Office officials processed the migrants in Dover.\n\nAnother photograph appeared to show some of the people wearing orange lifejackets as they were taken to shore in a Border Force rigid-inflatable boat.\n\nThe Home Office said a group of eight men and women were found after a boat washed ashore in Dungeness, Kent. They were medically-assessed and found to be well.\n\nA further two vessels were intercepted off the Sussex coast.\n\nThe two groups - made up of 12 and 18 men, women and children - were taken to Dover and transferred to immigration officials.\n\nDamian Collins, Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, said of the developments: \"People will almost certainly die trying to do this. I don't want to see people dying trying to make this crossing.\n\n\"We have got to do more to spot these people and stop them making these journeys before leaving the French coast.\"\n\nChildren were pictured among the migrants who were taken to Dover\n\nSo far this year more than 600 migrants have attempted the crossing.\n\nFormer coastguard Andy Roberts said of the lone swimmer: \"I've seen every kind of attempted unorthodox crossing of the Dover Strait. This one is absolutely incredible. Anyone who thinks with a rubber ring and some flippers they can swim 21 miles as the crow flies... is really asking for serious trouble.\"\n\nBBC South East reporter Simon Jones said: \"The fact that one migrant was prepared to try to go it alone will no doubt be of grave concern to the authorities.\"\n\nA note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.\n\nFollow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. CCTV images recorded Eric Michels and Gerald Matovu shopping together at Sainsbury's\n\nA serial killer's drug dealer who targeted victims through gay dating apps has been found guilty of murdering a businessman with an overdose of GHB.\n\nAn Old Bailey jury convicted Gerald Matovu, 26, of killing Eric Michels, 54, who was found dead at his south-west London home on 18 August.\n\nThe court heard the pair met in central London through the Grindr app before taking a cab back to Mr Michel's house.\n\nPort was given a whole-life term for the murders of four young men he poisoned with lethal doses of the substance and raped after meeting them on Grindr.\n\nGerald Matovu was found guilty of a string of offences, including murder, following a trial\n\nMatovu, of Southwark, south London, and his co-defendant Brandon Dunbar, 24, of Forest Gate, east London, were convicted of a string of charges including administering a noxious substance, assault by penetration and theft.\n\nProsecutor Jonathan Rees QC said the charges related to 12 gay men who met one or both of the defendants for the purposes of sex, but ended up as victims.\n\nThe court heard Mr Michels, an executive at energy company SSE, met Matovu in the early hours of 17 August.\n\nThe pair went back to the businessman's home in Chessington, where he was given a fatal dose of GHB, a drug used in so-called chemsex but also linked to instances of date-rape.\n\nWhile his victim was incapacitated, Matovu took photos of Mr Michels' bank cards, driving licence and various passwords.\n\nBrandon Dunbar admitted using Mr Michels' card and taking £300 from his account\n\nThat evening Mr Michels' 14-year-old daughter sent him a text but received no response, the court heard.\n\nAfter a follow-up message the next day, she received the \"totally uncharacteristic\" response of: \"Hello hun im a little busy talk soon\".\n\nThat led her to calling her father's phone, but after an unknown male answered and hung up when she said who was calling, she and her mother went to Mr Michels' home and found him motionless in bed.\n\nEric Michels was found dead at his home by his daughter in Chessington in August 2018\n\nAn empty syringe without a needle attached, which contained DNA from both Matovu and Mr Michels and traces of GHB, was found on the floor beside the bed.\n\nMatovu denied administering the drug to his victim, claiming he had taken it of his own will.\n\nAs the guilty verdict was returned on Matovu's murder charge, Mr Michels' family shouted \"yes - rest of your life in prison\".\n\nMr Michels had three children with his ex-wife, from whom he divorced in 2010 after coming out as gay.\n\nHe had once trained as an actor and still made occasional film appearances, including in the James Bond film Skyfall.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Eric Michels' sons said their father was \"a person who just loved life\"\n\nDet Insp Mark Richards, said Matovu and Dunbar had \"a well-rehearsed plan to take advantage of men they met through Grindr to steal their property\".\n\n\"This was their overwhelming motive, rather than sexual assault. Matovu described himself in evidence as a hustler, a liar and a thief - apt words\", he said.\n\n\"Their method in the majority of cases was to drug their victim with enough GBL [which is converted into GBH in the body] to render them unconscious so they could then search their homes, selecting items of interest and photographing bank cards and personal documents for subsequent fraudulent use.\n\n\"They did this at their leisure, sometimes spending hours at an address.\n\n\"But Mr Michels was different - Matovu gave him a fatal dose of GBL.\n\n\"Despicably, while Mr Michels lay dead or dying, Matovu raided his address of many of his belongings, leaving his devastated family to find his body the following day.\"\n\nGerald Matovu and Brandon Dunbar were caught on CCTV using Eric Michels' bank details\n\nMatovu was also convicted of six counts of administering a noxious substance, seven thefts, six counts of having articles for fraud, assault by penetration, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possessing the drug GBL.\n\nDunbar was found guilty of three counts of administering a noxious substance, five thefts, six counts of having articles for fraud, two frauds, assault by penetration, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and dishonestly retaining wrongful credit.\n\nThe pair were remanded in custody for sentencing on 5 September.\n• None The link between a Grindr murderer and a serial killer\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib: \"I'm dealing with the biggest bully I've ever had to deal with\"\n\nThe ongoing row between US President Donald Trump and four non-white Democratic congresswomen has continued to escalate following a controversial campaign rally.\n\nDuring a speech in North Carolina, Mr Trump took aim at Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley as well as Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born lawmaker who he focused much of his criticism on.\n\nHis rhetoric prompted a chant of \"send her back\" from his supporters, which Mr Trump on Thursday claimed he disagreed with.\n\nThe rally fallout follows debate over a series of vitriolic tweets and statements by the president that have been widely condemned as racist.\n\nAll the women are US citizens. So what else do we know of the lawmakers known as \"the Squad\"?\n\nAll four were elected to the House of Representatives in last November's mid-term elections, each making history as a result.\n\nKnown to be progressive, they have clashed in recent weeks with the more pragmatic Speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi - divisions with racial overtones that Mr Trump has tried to exploit with his tweets.\n\nMs Omar speaks at a news conference in Washington DC in June\n\nFirst-term congresswoman Ilhan Omar won a Minnesota seat in the House of Representatives last November, becoming the first Somali-American legislator in the US.\n\nHer family first came to the US as refugees from Somalia, settling in Minneapolis in 1997 after fleeing the country's civil war. She became a citizen in 2000.\n\nThe 37-year-old mother of three is one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to the US Congress.\n\nBefore her election to Congress, she served in Minnesota's state legislature, making her the then highest elected Somali-American public official in the US.\n\nMs Omar's precedent-setting tenure has earned both adoration and criticism.\n\nShortly after her election, she drew praise for fighting to change a 181-year ban on headwear in the House, allowing her to wear a hijab for her oath of office.\n\nBut Ms Omar has also faced repeated accusations of anti-Semitism.\n\nShe was forced to apologise for a series of tweets in February that suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) was buying influence for pro-Israel policies.\n\nLawmakers on both sides of the aisle said the tweets stoked anti-Semitic tropes about Jews and money.\n\nMs Omar later released a statement \"unequivocally\" apologising for her tweets.\n\n\"Anti-Semitism is real and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes,\" Ms Omar wrote.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Ilhan Omar on her journey to becoming the first Somali-American lawmaker in the US\n\nShe came under fire from conservatives again in April for comments on 9/11 that Democrats said were taken out of context.\n\nA clip of Ms Omar apparently describing 9/11 as \"some people did something\" began circulating online, and the president tweeted a video showing footage of the terrorist attacks spliced with Ms Omar's speech.\n\nThe quote was from a speech Ms Omar gave to a civil rights group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), in March. The comments in Mr Trump's video were taken from a point she made about the treatment of US Muslims in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks:\n\n\"For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I'm tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it. Cair was founded after 9/11 because they recognised that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.\"\n\nIn recent weeks, Mr Trump has focused his attacks on Ms Omar saying she \"hates Israel\" and \"hates Jews\", and suggesting she supports the jihadist group al-Qaeda.\n\nUS media reported that Mr Trump's accusations probably reference a 2013 interview where Ms Omar was discussing a college terrorism class.\n\nShe did not praise al-Quaeda in the interview. Ms Omar remarked that a professor said the names of terrorist groups with a different kind of \"intensity\" compared with the tone he used when he said \"America\" or \"England\".\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez and Ms Tlaib at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing\n\nAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, often referred to as AOC, made waves in the Democratic Party last June when she defeated political veteran and establishment favourite Joe Crowley in their party's primary in a new York district.\n\nThe 29-year-old went on to beat Republican candidate Anthony Pappas in the November mid-terms, becoming the youngest ever US congresswoman.\n\nThe freshman lawmaker was born in the Bronx, New York to parents of Puerto Rican descent. She has a degree in economics and international relations from Boston University, and worked as a community organiser, educator and bartender before deciding to run for office.\n\nSince her election, the self-described democratic socialist has become a lightning rod for the political right.\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez has not shied away from the spotlight, frequently taking to social media to hit back at Republicans, members of the media and other critics on a range of issues including immigration, poverty and race.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on detained migrants: 'The women were told to drink out of a toilet bowl'\n\nShe has earned a reputation for her impassioned testimonies at congressional hearings, which are often re-circulated among her nearly five million Twitter followers.\n\nShe has been particularly vocal in her push for environmental policy, serving as one of the sponsors of the Green New Deal resolution, which calls upon the US to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions along with other goals.\n\nMs Ocasio-Cortez has also been outspoken in her criticism of the president, saying there is \"no question\" that Mr Trump is racist.\n\nAnd she recently accused Ms Pelosi of \"singling out\" new congresswomen of colour following a number of clashes over their policy stances.\n\nSocial media savvy, Ms Ocasio-Cortez inadvertently coined the term \"the squad\" after suggesting they hashtag a photoshoot image of the four of them #squadgoals.\n\nMs Tlaib and Ms Omar talk before Mr Trump's second State of the Union address\n\nMuch like the other congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib's election this November made history.\n\nThe Michigan Democrat is the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ms Tlaib is the daughter of Palestinian immigrant parents. Her grandmother still lives in the West Bank.\n\nShe was sworn into office wearing a traditional Palestinian garment stitched by her mother.\n\nMs Tlaib also joined Ms Omar as one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to serve in Congress.\n\nThe eldest of 14 siblings, Ms Tlaib became the first member of her family to graduate from high school, and then from college and law school.\n\nSince assuming office, Ms Tlaib has been an outspoken critic of the president. She courted controversy when she used explicit language when calling for the president's impeachment.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Rashida Tlaib This article contains content provided by Twitter. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nMs Tlaib was unapologetic about the furore incited by her remark, tweeting that she would \"always speak truth to power\".\n\nAfter his twitter storm, she said Mr Trump was \"biggest bully I've ever had to deal with in my lifetime\", and said his attacks were a \"distraction\" from her job of representing people in her congressional district.\n\nCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley, 45, is the first African-American woman to be elected to the US Congress from Massachusetts.\n\nBorn in Cincinnati and raised in Ohio, Ms Pressley is the only child of a single mother.\n\nAfter attending Boston University, she served as a senior aide to Congressman Joseph P Kennedy II, and worked for Senator John Kerry for 13 years.\n\nHer own political career began in 2009 when she waged a successful bid for a seat on Boston City Council, becoming the first woman of colour elected to the council in its 100-year history.\n\nSimilar to Ms Ocasio-Cortez, Ms Pressley's election to the US Congress involved a major political upset: she unseated 10-term Democratic congressman Michael Capuano in their party's primary.\n\nSince assuming office in January, Ms Pressley has been a vocal advocate of abortion rights, pushing to repeal an amendment that prevents Medicaid from covering abortions for low-income Americans.\n\nA survivor of sexual violence, Ms Pressley has also spoken up for better protections for assault victims, writing on her website that \"the people closest to the pain should be closest to the power\".\n\nShe said she could not call Mr Trump the president, only the \"occupant\" of the White House.\n\n\"He does not embody the principles, the responsibility, the grace, the integrity of a true president,\" she told CBS.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'I have to pick an item every eight seconds, or 332 per hour, for a 10-hour day'\n\nThousands of workers in Amazon sites around the world are staging protests about pay and conditions as the online retailer begins its annual sale.\n\nOn Monday, Amazon starts offering discounts to its Prime service members.\n\nUnions say that 2,000 workers are on strike in Germany, while in the US, workers in a Minnesota centre reportedly plan a six-hour stoppage. In the UK, week-long protests are planned.\n\nWilliam Stolz, a picker at a warehouse in the Shakopee warehouse in Minnesota, told the BBC that workers wanted \"safe, reliable jobs\" from Amazon.\n\nHe says he has to pick an item about every eight seconds, or 332 per hour, for a 10 hour day.\n\n\"The speeds that we have to work are very physically and mentally exhausting, in some cases leading to injuries,\" he said.\n\n\"Basically we just want them to treat us with respect as human beings and not treat us like machines,\" he said.\n\nPrime Day begins on Monday, but actually lasts 48 hours. The Seattle-based retailer, founded by Jeff Bezos, says new deals will launch as often as every five minutes \"giving shoppers plenty of reasons to come back again and again\".\n\nOne of the most valuable public companies in the world - making Mr Bezos the world's richest man - Amazon rang up total sales of $235bn (£188bn) of online sales last year.\n\nIn Germany, where Amazon employs 20,000 people, labour union Verdi said more than 2,000 workers at seven sites had gone on strike under the logo \"no more discount on our incomes\".\n\n\"While Amazon fuels bargain hunting on Prime Day with hefty discounts, employees are being deprived of a living wage,\" said Orhan Akman, retail specialist at Verdi.\n\nIn the UK, GMB union officials handed leaflets to workers arriving at the site in Peterborough in the East Midlands, and in the coming days protests are expected at other sites such as Swansea and Rugeley, in the West Midlands.\n\nMick Rix, GMB national officer, said: \"Amazon workers want Jeff Bezos to know they are people not robots. It's prime time for Amazon to get round the table with GMB and discuss ways to make the workplaces safer and to give their workers and independence voice\".\n\nUnions say that 2,000 workers are on strike in Germany\n\nWhile the GMB was not calling on shoppers to boycott Amazon, he said customers could act.\n\n\"We're not calling for economic damage for Amazon,\" he said. \"What we're asking for is for people to be aware. Leave feed back on Amazon\".\n\nIn response, Amazon said it \"provided great employment opportunities with excellent pay\".\n\nIt encouraged people to compare its operations in Shakopee with other employees in the area.\n\nIn the UK, where it employs 29,500 people, a spokesperson said the company offered industry-leading pay starting at £9.50 per hour and was the \"employer of choice for thousands of people across the UK\".\n\nIt said its German operations offered wages \"at the upper end of what is paid in comparable jobs\" and it was \"seeing very limited participation [in strikes] across Germany with zero operational impact and therefore no impact on customer deliveries\".\n\nIn total, Amazon has a global workforce of 630,000, with 300,000 in the US.", "The man tasked with working out how to improve UK railways says a \"Fat Controller\" type figure, independent from government, should be in charge of day-to-day operations.\n\nThe former boss of British Airways, Keith Williams, said government involvement should be limited to overall policy and budget decisions.\n\nBut he said the Department for Transport should not manage the system.\n\nHis review of the rail system will be published this autumn.\n\nThe Fat Controller is a fictional character who manages the railways in Thomas the Tank Engine, the children's television series based on The Railway Series books.\n\nMr Williams said he also believed that, in the future, rail franchises should be underpinned by punctuality and other performance-related targets.\n\nThe government launched the review after passengers in northern and southern England experienced chaos over several weeks last summer following the introduction of a new timetable.\n\nBy December, punctuality across the country had dropped to a 13-year low.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Somebody needs to be accountable to the public'\n\nIn a BBC interview Mr Williams insisted the interests of passengers would shape every aspect of his work and that the creation of an individual or organisation with oversight of the entire rail system would be \"key for regaining public trust.\"\n\n\"Someone needs to be accountable to the public,\" he said.\n\nHe is still to decide on what relationship the individual or organisation would have with government but he said Network Rail, the public company managing rail infrastructure, should not take on an overall managerial role.\n\nThe idea has echoes of the Strategic Rail Authority, a body which, from 2001 to 2006, provided \"strategic direction\" for the industry.\n\nMr Williams had already said that the current rail franchising model was finished, but he has now indicated that a franchise should last longer than the current average of seven to eight years.\n\nHe argues that if train companies were in charge of networks for more time they would have more incentive to invest.\n\nAs things stand, under a franchise agreement, a train company will make a series of commitments to the government which have to be delivered.\n\nAccording to Mr Williams, a franchise should no longer be about \"how many ticketing offices there are in a station\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Hydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future?\n\nHis team is looking into how franchises could focus instead on performance targets such as punctuality and whether or not services have the correct number of carriages - something which continues to be a problem for passengers in the north of England.\n\nThe rail review also looks set to recommend an overhaul of the complicated rail ticketing system, which has not been reformed since the mid-90s.\n\n\"Pay-as-you-go across regions and cities has been difficult to implement because of the fares system that exists today,\" said Mr Williams.\n\nHe said a national system should be created to allow more third-party companies like thetrainline.com to improve the way people buy tickets.\n\nMick Cash, general secretary of rail union RMT, said it had warned that \"Keith Williams had been hand-picked by Chris Grayling and the Tories to try and get them off the hook over the privatised chaos on our railways\".\n\nHe added: \"RMT also warned that Keith Williams would side 100% with his big-business mates and duck the issue of public ownership of the railways - the option supported by over two-thirds of the British people.\n\n\"He has and after months of deliberation has come up with the classic cop-out of another unaccountable quango.\"", "Selwyn Francis died after choking on a piece of meat, an inquest at Ruthin County Hall heard\n\nA man choked to death on a piece of meat about five months after his brother died in exactly the same way.\n\nAn inquest has been opened into the death of Selwyn Francis, 68, who choked on food at a restaurant in Flintshire and died in hospital two days later.\n\nHe died a day after an inquest heard his brother Gwyn Francis had died after choking on a piece of steak at a pub.\n\nTheir brother Kenneth Francis had said he and his two brothers ate quickly without chewing their food properly.\n\nAt a hearing in Ruthin on Monday, assistant coroner Elizabeth Dudley-Jones heard Selwyn Francis had choked on food at a restaurant in the Flint area on 2 July.\n\nHe was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital but died on 4 July.\n\nHis brother Gwyn Francis, 62, of Flint, was taken to hospital on 29 January after choking on his meal at the Mill Tavern in the town, but died on 6 February.\n\nKenneth Francis told the inquest into Gwyn's death that Selwyn had choked on a piece of steak at the same pub 18 months earlier but the obstruction had been cleared by someone performing the Heimlich manoeuvre.\n\n\"I said it should be a warning to us all,\" Kenneth Francis had told the earlier inquest.\n\nMs Dudley-Jones said the provisional cause of Selwyn Francis' death was hypoxic brain injury following a cardiac arrest.\n\nThe inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed.", "Killing Eve stars Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh will battle it out off-screen for the best actress award at this year's Emmys.\n\nThe comedy thriller series has nine nominations in total at the ceremony.\n\nThe show's original writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge is also up for lead actress in a comedy series for Fleabag.\n\nHer show has 11 nominations in total, while Game of Thrones has 32, including acting nods for Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke.\n\nThat's the highest total for any programme in a single year, beating NYPD Blues which received 26 in 1994.\n\nHowever, mixed reviews for the final series of epic fantasy show could damage its chances outside the technical categories.\n\nGame of Thrones goes up against British series Bodyguard and Killing Eve for outstanding drama series, alongside Better Call Saul, Ozark, Pose, Succession and This is Us.\n\nComer, whose portrayal of Killing Eve's psychopathic assassin Villanelle won her a Bafta earlier this year, received her first Emmy nomination on Tuesday.\n\nShe failed to make the cut last year, when her co-star Sandra Oh lost the best actress category to Claire Foy, who played the Queen in Netflix's The Crown.\n\nThis year, both Comer and Oh are nominated alongside Clarke, Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder), Laura Linney (Ozark), Mandy Moore (This Is Us) and Robin Wright (House Of Cards).\n\nHugh Grant is nominated for best actor in a limited series or movie for A Very English Scandal.\n\nHis competition, aside from Harington, is Mahershala Ali (True Detective), Benicio Del Toro (Escape at Dannemora), Jared Harris (Chernobyl), Jharrel Jerome (When They See Us) and Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon).\n\nFleabag, a dark comedy about a Londoner grappling with the death of her best friend and her troublesome family, sees nominations for all five of its female stars - Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman, Sian Clifford, Kristin Scott Thomas and Fiona Shaw - who picks up a second nomination for her role as MI6 chief Carolyn Martens in Killing Eve.\n\nWaller-Bridge, who created both Killing Eve and Fleabag, faces stiff competition in the best comedy actress category.\n\nJulia Louis-Dreyfus, who already holds the record for the most Emmy awards for a single role, will be hoping to pick up a seventh prize for her portrayal of vainglorious US President Selena Meyer in Veep.\n\nVoters may be persuaded to honour the star for her last outing in the HBO series, which ended earlier this year.\n\nLast year's winner, Rachel Brosnahan, is also a favourite for Amazon Prime's comedy-drama The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, in which she plays an aspiring comedian in 1950s New York.\n\nAlthough the BBC's ratings hit Bodyguard, is nominated for best drama series - there is nothing for the show's star, Richard Madden, who picked up a Golden Globe for his performance earlier this year.\n\nThis year's Emmy ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 22 September.\n\nThe nominations and winners are voted for by the 25,000 Emmy members and recognise the best of television. The awards are the biggest TV awards show in the US.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Germany's Ursula von der Leyen has been narrowly elected president of the EU Commission following a secret ballot among MEPs.\n\nThe centre-right defence minister will replace Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on 1 November.", "The age limit for playing the National Lottery could be raised to 18, the government has said.\n\nAnnouncing a consultation on the age limits for all National Lottery games, culture minister Mims Davies said they were some of the few ways under-18s were allowed to gamble.\n\nThe consultation will also look at only increasing the age limit for instant-win scratch cards and online games.\n\nMs Davies said her initial view was that this \"could be the best approach\".\n\nBut Labour said the minimum age for all gambling products should be 18.\n\nAnnouncing the review in the House of Commons, Ms Davies said 18 was the age when people gained full citizenship rights and responsibilities.\n\nShe added that the risk of harm associated with playing the National Lottery was the lowest of any form of gambling, \"but we do know the risk is slightly higher for instant win games than it is for draw-based games such as Lotto\".\n\nThe government could also choose to keep the status quo or raise the age limit for all lottery games, which include EuroMillions.\n\nMs Davies also announced changes to society lotteries - non-commercial lotteries run for good causes - including increasing the maximum draw prize from £400,000 to £500,000.\n\nBut Labour's shadow culture secretary, Tom Watson, said there was \"absolutely no need\" for a consultation on the age limit.\n\nHe said: \"It's our strong view, and I'm sure members across the House will agree, that we already have all the evidence we need. To gamble you should be an adult, so the minimum age for all gambling products should be 18 - it's as simple as that.\"\n\nNational Lottery operator Camelot said it has \"no issue\" with the review.", "The leadership candidates' hardening of position on the controversial Irish backstop is \"significant\", ex-attorney general Dominic Grieve says.\n\nThe views of Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson expressed at a debate seem to rule out any compromise, the MP added.\n\nThey both declared the backstop \"dead\" and rejected the idea of a time limit, which the BBC's Norman Smith said was a \"huge heave\" towards no deal.\n\nBut Mr Grieve warned that a government seeking no deal would collapse.\n\nThe Remain-supporting MP said he believed more Conservative colleagues, including current front benchers, would join him in attempts to prevent the UK leaving on 31 October without a deal.\n\nWork and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said she was \"surprised\" by the contenders' comments on the backstop, but believed they would \"find they have to compromise\".\n\nThe cabinet minister, who has been convinced by her preferred candidate Mr Hunt that no-deal should remain on the table, told Politico: \"I think their views will collide with the reality when, whichever one wins, starts negotiating and starts dealing with a Parliament which may be more difficult than they think to engage with.\"\n\nThe backstop, included in the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU, is designed as an insurance policy to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.\n\nBut this deal was rejected three times by MPs in the Commons, with the backstop a key sticking point.\n\nCritics fear it would be used to permanently trap the UK in the EU customs union, preventing the country from striking its own trade deals.\n\nOther MPs have said the backstop would only be acceptable if it had a strict time limit, or if the UK had a unilateral right to end the arrangement.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Dominic Grieve has vowed to fight against a no-deal Brexit\n\nThe EU has repeatedly said it will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement and insisted the backstop must be part of any deal agreed.\n\nUrsula Von der Leyen - who MEPs have elected to be the next European Commission president - told MEPs on Tuesday: \"The Withdrawal Agreement provides certainty where Brexit created uncertainty, preserving the rights of citizens and in preserving peace and stability on the island of Ireland.\"\n\nTo groans from Brexit Party MEPs in the chamber, she added, \"However, I stand ready for further extension of the withdrawal date should more time be required for a good reason.\"\n\nAt a head-to-head leadership debate run by the Sun on Monday, Mr Johnson said he would not be seeking a time limit to the backstop, insisting: \"It needs to come out.\"\n\nHe said the UK must say \"no to time limits or unilateral escape hatches or all those kind of elaborate devices, glosses, codicils and so on that you could apply to the backstop\".\n\nMr Hunt also said the backstop was \"dead\" and rejected the idea of a time limit.\n\n\"The backstop, as it is, is dead, so I agree with Boris - I don't think tweaking it with a time limit will do the trick, we've got to find a new way,\" he said.\n\n\"But the thing that mustn't die... is a cast-iron commitment to the Republic of Ireland that we will not have border infrastructure.\"\n\nBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have given the UK another almighty heave in the direction of no deal. By ruling out any reworking of the backstop, they have closed off what some regarded as the best route to securing a Brexit deal.\n\nEven some leading Brexiteers had mooted the idea of trying to secure an end date for the backstop. A compromise, they argued, which it might have been possible to sell to Parliament. And which the EU - having already said the backstop would be temporary - might have been prepared to concede.\n\nNow, however, Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson have declared the backstop \"dead\". It means that whoever becomes PM will have to try and construct an entirely new Brexit deal in just three months. It also pre-supposes the EU will be willing to negotiate a fresh deal.\n\nOf course, it's possible this is all bluff, designed to force the EU to blink. If they don't, however, then it's hard to see a likely alternative to no deal.\n\nSpeaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, pro-EU Tory MP and People's Vote campaign co-chairman Mr Grieve said: \"I think it is significant because I have in the past heard it suggested… that there might be some possibility of compromise by the backstop being tweaked and on the face of it, it entirely rules it out.\"\n\nHe said blocking no deal \"might be quite difficult\" on a technical level - meaning that bringing down the government could be the only option in a confidence vote.\n\n\"If a government persists in trying to carry out a no-deal Brexit, I think that administration is going to fall,\" he said.\n\n\"By the end of next week there are going to be more Conservatives who have indicated very clearly that no-deal is unacceptable and I notice that many of them will no longer be on the front bench.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC News NI's political reporter Jayne McCormack explains why the border is an issue\n\nMeanwhile, Mr Grieve and Labour former foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett have launched a report that argues a series of possible Brexit outcomes will probably lead to further political deadlock, including renegotiating the backstop.\n\nEnter the word or phrase you are looking for\n\nThe report from the People's Vote campaign says that another referendum is the \"most popular way of resolving the Brexit crisis\" and the \"only legitimate and democratic solution available\".\n\nThe result of the contest to succeed Theresa May as prime minister will be announced on 23 July, with the winner taking office a day later.\n\nSome 160,000 Conservative Party members are voting in a postal ballot to elect the next leader.", "The world's largest education publisher has taken the first step towards phasing out print books by making all its learning resources \"digital first\".\n\nPearson said students would only be able to rent physical textbooks from now on, and they would be updated much less frequently.\n\nThe British firm hopes the move will make more students buy its e-textbooks which are updated continually.\n\n\"We are now over the digital tipping point,\" boss John Fallon told the BBC.\n\n\"Over half our annual revenues come from digital sales, so we've decided a little bit like in other industries like newspapers or music or in broadcast that it is time to flick the switch in how we primarily make and create our products.\"\n\nThe firm currently makes 20% of its revenues from US courseware, but has been struggling as students increasingly opt to rent second-hand print textbooks to save money.\n\nTo counter this Mr Fallon said Pearson would stop revising print books every three years, a model that has dominated the industry for 40 years.\n\nMr Fallon at the 'Microsoft in Education Global Forum' in 2014\n\nIt means that next year the firm will only update 100 of its 1,500 titles in print - down from 500 in 2019.\n\n\"There will still be [print] textbooks in use for many years to come but I think they will become a progressively smaller part of the learning experience,\" Mr Fallon said.\n\n\"We learn by engaging and sharing with others, and a digital environment enables you to do that in a much more effective way.\"\n\nDigital textbooks can be updated responsively and also incorporate videos and assessments that provide students with feedback.\n\nHowever, many of Pearson's digital products are sold on a subscription basis, raising fears that authors will lose out in the way musicians have to music streaming services.\n\nMr Fallon denied this, saying the firm's plans would provide authors with \"a more sustainable income over time\".\n\nHe added: \"For the Netflix and Spotify generation, they expect to rent not own.\"\n\nPearson has been going through a painful turnaround after years of falling sales and profits, but appeared to have turned a corner in 2018.\n\nIts underlying sales rose 2% in the first quarter of 2019, although the firm admitted revenue in its US business could fall by as much as 5% this year.\n\nMr Fallon said its plans for textbooks would begin in the US, but in time be extended to other markets including the UK.\n• None How digital publishers are shaking up the book industry", "The 1,000 ft tower was planned for 20 Bury Street, beside the Gherkin tower\n\nLondon's Mayor has advised planners to reject proposals for a new skyscraper.\n\nIn April, the City of London Corporation (CLC) approved the 1,000ft (305m) Tulip tower proposed for Bury Street, beside the Gherkin tower.\n\nBut Sadiq Khan said a number of concerns raised in a London Review Panel report meant it would harm the skyline and had few public benefits.\n\nThose behind the project said they were \"disappointed\" and have a right to appeal the mayor's decision.\n\nMr Khan advised CLC planners to reject permission on the basis of reasons outlined by the panel, which included:\n\nA restaurant and sky bar was proposed as well as a floor for education facilities\n\nThe proposed skyscraper would have been the second tallest in London after the Shard\n\nThe London Review Panel concluded The Tulip \"does not represent world class architecture, it lacks sufficient quality and quantity of public open space, and its social and environmental sustainability do not match the ambition of its height and impact on London's skyline\".\n\nA spokesperson for the mayor said Mr Khan had \"a number of serious concerns with this application and having studied it in detail has refused permission for a scheme that he believes would result in very limited public benefit\".\n\nThe Foster + Partners-designed tower was to be built at 20 Bury Street.\n\nThe CLC Planning and Transportation Committee had supported the plan by 18 votes to seven after conditions were imposed such as restricting ticket sales during peak hours.\n\nGondolas would have allowed visitors to ride along an eight-minute loop outside the tower\n\nResponding to the mayor's recommendation, architects Foster + Partners and developers J Safra said: \"The Tulip Project team are disappointed by the Mayor of London's decision to direct refusal of planning permission.\n\n\"We will now take time to consider potential next steps for The Tulip Project.\"\n\nThe applicants have the right to appeal directly to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government within six months if the CLC goes ahead and refuses planning permission.\n\nThe government department may also step in and direct the CLC to hold off a refusal for a period it specifies.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Chemicals tested in the liquids were found to contain the same chemicals found in Spice\n\nNine young people have collapsed after unwittingly using a vaping liquid containing the synthetic drug Spice, it has emerged.\n\nHealth agencies have warned people to avoid products sold as \"THC vape juice\", \"THC vape pens\" or \"THC oil\".\n\nGreater Manchester Drug Alerts Panel said it knew of six incidents since February where people had been taken to hospital after inhaling the drug.\n\nThe vaping liquid, marketed as a \"natural cannabis\", has also been sold as \"cannabis oil\" or \"cannabis vape juice\", the panel said.\n\nIt was sold as both a 10ml bottle and a ready-filled cartridge.\n\nTwo incidents in the Oldham area led to five school-age children collapsing and being rushed to hospital.\n\nMichael Linnell, who coordinates Greater Manchester Drug Alerts Panel, said the liquids contained the same chemicals as found in Spice.\n\nThe panel, which brings together police, NHS, local authorities and drug user support agencies, said incidents occurred in Rochdale, Oldham and Bury between February and June.\n\nManchester has faced problems with the widespread use of the drug in recent years, with one MP describing the situation as a \"crisis\" and asking for government help.\n\nAlso known as Mamba, Spice was formerly referred to as a \"legal high\", before it was outlawed in 2016.\n\nManchester has faced problems with Spice, which is said to leave people in a \"zombie-like\" state\n\nNone of the nine people affected suffered long-term health effects.\n\nBut panel member Dr Prun Bijral described the incidents as \"very worrying\".\n\n\"Fortunately it does not seem likely they will suffer any long-term harm, but we don't want to see anyone else affected, particularly as we approach the school summer holidays,\" he said.\n\n\"Young people who buy this product thinking it will have an effect similar to natural cannabis are not only being ripped off, they are also putting themselves and their friends in real danger.\"\n\nMr Linell said: \"The risk of vaping spice is far more dangerous than from a natural cannabis product.\n\n\"It is difficult for even experienced Spice users to judge dosage.\n\n\"Severe poisoning is far more common with synthetic cannabinoids than with cannabis, and in some cases the poisoning may even be fatal.\"\n\nPublic Health England said it is not aware of any similar incidents in other parts of the country.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "After US President Donald Trump told four US congresswomen of colour to \"go back\" to the countries \"from which they came\", some Americans have been sharing their own experiences of hearing that kind of language.\n\nOne BBC reader said the incident was reminiscent of an experience on a London bus in 1975 when a white woman accusingly said \"you foreigners, why don't you go back to your country?\"\n\n\"Yes, we were foreign students, we felt petrified, yes, we immediately got off the bus on the next stop,\" said the reader, who did not wish to have their name used.\n\n\"Racism is ugly, ignorance and hurtful, and unfortunately it is everywhere,\" they continued.\n\nIn a three-tweet thread on Sunday, Mr Trump accused the four Democrats of \"viciously\" criticising him and the US.\n\nThree of them on Friday spoke out about conditions in a migrant detention centre they had visited, describing alleged mistreatment happening \"under American flags\".\n\nAlthough the president did not name them, it was clear he was referring to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, who were born in the US, and Ilhan Omar, who came to the US as a refugee aged 12.\n\nHis remarks have sparked condemnation in the US and abroad. UK Prime Minister Theresa May said they were \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nLots of other BBC readers have been telling us about their experiences, in the US and elsewhere.\n\nLarry Christopher Bates writes from Bloomington, Indiana, that he has been told to \"go back to Africa\" so many times and at such an early age that he cannot recall the first occasion.\n\nMr Bates, who was born in Indiana, calls it \"one of the first lines of insult from white nationalists\".\n\nIain Tyson says that when he was stopped while driving by a Los Angeles police officer, the officer heard his British accent and - using an expletive - told him to go \"back to where you came from\".\n\nHe said that during his travels in the US, he has frequently been told: \"If you don't like it, why don't you go back to where you came from?\"\n\nJuan Oliveros Müller, who is a Venezuelan living abroad in Estonia for the past seven years, said that when he went to renew his legal residency ID, he was told by an officer to \"go back home since I'm a mañana person' (tomorrow person)\".\n\nMukhtar Barde of Illinois said that when \"white Americans\" tell him to go home, he reminds them that Native Americans were the first people in North America.\n\n\"You would be surprised how many of the same white men then start telling me that they are part Native Americans and belong here.\"\n\nMoroccan Abdel Tazi, who has been living in the UK for the past five years, said that when he took a driving test, the instructor began every sentence with \"in this country...\"\n\n\"At one point, I took a wrong turn and he started shouting at me 'I don't know where you're from, but this is wrong!! Can you not tell your right from your left in your country? You should probably go back'.\n\n\"Without saying anything, I stopped the car, got out and got a taxi home. I was upset for the rest of that day.\"\n\nLittlebird Arzabal says her family are indigenous and have been living in New Mexico since before it became a US state.\n\n\"The white kids would yell at us to go back to Mexico. They had someplace to go back to, we didn't,\" she says.\n\nA reader in Western Australia who did not want her name used said that as an Australian Aboriginal, she has been \"told from a very young age & too many times to count, 'go back to where you came from'.\"\n\n\"This poor effort by perpetrators to condemn me because of the colour of my skin should only be considered laughable, and I will not allow my mind, body, heart or soul to be infiltrated negatively.\"\n\nIf she gives any answer at all, it's sometimes \"ditto with a smile\".\n\nJacqueline, who is mixed race and was born in London in 1954, wrote that she was \"regularly told to go back home throughout my childhood and adolescence\".\n\nShe said that by the 1980s, people had mostly stopped saying it to her, until three months ago in a Manchester shopping centre when a man said \"go home\" as he passed her.\n\n\"It's been at least 35 years since anyone said this to me. I consider this to be one of the effects of the [Brexit] leave vote, which has legitimised overt racism in the UK.\"\n\nKim Read, a dual UK/US citizen, says she is frequently told to leave the country if she \"doesn't like America the way it is\".\n\n\"I vote and pay taxes but cannot have an opinion on healthcare or student debt because of my accent.\"\n\n\"I would wager that a significant portion of minorities have been told to 'go home' or 'go back to their country' at least once in their lives, said a reader who identifies as first-generation American of Korean descent living in New York City.\n\nPeople in New York City - one of the most diverse places in the world, \"viewed me as a non-traditional American or 'technically American' only because I was born in America,\" writes the reader.\n\n\"This always perplexed me since, except for a small percentage of Americans, most ended up here after someone from their family emigrated here and at one point their people were the minorities being told to 'go home'.\"\n\nTweeting from Kansas City, Victor Hwang wrote that he has been told to \"go back to where you came from\" his whole life.\n\nHe said it makes him \"sad\" that \"99% of Americans don't fully appreciate how special this nation is\".\n\n\"I'm the son of immigrants, a woman who escaped communism, a father who pulled himself up from nothing.\n\n\"I get this nation in a way that many people never will. I love America and everything it means for the world. And I belong here.\"\n\nNeera Tanden of the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress said that 2016 was the first time that people on Twitter began telling her \"to go back to India\" and sent her photos of poverty in India.\n\n\"I was born here. But they saw me as less American because I am brown. Now Trump parrots them. That is what we fight.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Neera Tanden This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDr Michael Cornfield, an associate professor of political management at George Washington University who studies political rhetoric, says \"exclusionary\" words like these date back to before America's founding and have arisen at different points various immigrants groups arrived in waves.\n\nIn the early 20th Century, Italians, Irish, Poles and others were villainised by politicians amid concerns about economic stagnation.\n\nIn the 1910s, President Woodrow Wilson \"was an open segregationist that wanted the races kept separate,\" says Mr Cornfield.\n\nBut in the Vietnam era, as politicians became more vulnerable on a national level to charges of racism, the calls for expulsion were normally based on differences in political opinion, rather than race.\n\n\"America, love it or leave it,\" was a popular bumper sticker, and a phrase spoken by many lawmakers.\n\nThe slogan, he says, \"was a test of loyalty to the flag and to the nation\" but was typically \"not racial.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 'Why we want Americans to talk more openly about race'\n\nHe has consistently rejected the accusation that he is racist and on Monday he accused the four congresswomen themselves of stoking racial division.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLater he told reporters that he had no regrets about his comments and many people agreed with him.\n\n\"These are people that hate our country. They hate it, I think, with a passion. If you're not happy here, you can leave,\" he added.\n\n\"So all I'm saying is if they want to leave, they can leave.\"", "London rapper Unknown T, real name Daniel Lena, is due in court on Thursday after being charged with murder.\n\nIt's after 20-year-old Steven Narvaez-Jara was stabbed at a party in Islington, London, in the early hours of New Year's Day 2018.\n\nSteven was London's first stabbing victim last year.\n\nPolice confirmed to Radio 1 Newsbeat the 19-year-old rapper has also been charged with violent disorder.\n\nTwo other men have been charged in relation to the case.\n\nPolice say they were called by the London Ambulance Service in the early hours of Monday, 1 January 2018 to a flat near Old Street Station.\n\nThe dead man - from Belvedere on the border of Kent and London - was found with stab injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.\n\nAnother 20-year-old man who was found at the scene with stab injuries was taken to hospital and recovered.\n\nAll three men charged will appear at magistrates' court on Thursday.\n\nUnknown T and two others have been charged in relation to the death of a 20-year-old at a party in January 2018\n\nThe drill rapper's best-known track is Homerton B, which came out last year, and he's recently teamed up with AJ Tracey for the single Leave Dat Trap.\n\nDrake brought Unknown T, who's from Homerton in east London, onstage during his opening London show at the O2 on 1 April.\n\nHe's also scheduled to perform at BBC 1Xtra's Ibiza 2019 event in August.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "A \"deeply hidden and disturbing side to rural life\" has been laid bare by an 18-month inquiry into domestic abuse in the English countryside.\n\nDomestic abuse victims there suffer for longer, are less likely to report abuse and struggle to get support, it said.\n\nVictims are isolated, unsupported and unprotected in a \"rural hell\" that protects the perpetrators, the National Rural Crime Network report found.\n\nThe government has just set out new plans to tackle the issue.\n\nThe researchers carried out 67 in-depth interviews with people who had experienced domestic abuse, and a set of separate interviews with those working in services supporting victims.\n\nThe inquiry also included a review of academic literature and a survey of a separate group of 881 abuse survivors, recruited for the research with the help of support services.\n\nIt sought to discover how the experience of domestic abuse in rural areas and getting help for it is different from urban areas and why.\n\nNational Rural Crime Network chairwoman Julia Mulligan described domestic abuse as \"the hidden underbelly of rural communities\".\n\n\"We have uncovered a deeply hidden and disturbing side to rural life.\n\n\"Far from the peaceful idyll most people have in their mind when conjuring up the countryside, this report bares the souls and scars of domestic abuse victims, who all too often are lost to support, policing and criminal justice services,\" she said.\n\nRural victims were half as likely to report their abuse to others, and experienced abuse for 25% longer, the report found.\n\nAnd rural isolation is often used as a weapon by abusers, it said.\n\n\"Physical isolation is arguably the best weapon an abuser has and has a profound impact on making the victim feel quite literally captive,\" the report said.\n\nIt cited evidence that abusers move victims to rural settings to further isolate them or systematically use isolation to their advantage if they already live in an isolated place.\n\nThis not only helped abusers control their victims while in the relationship, but made it harder for victims to escape that abuse, it added.\n\nIt also argued that while strong community spirit is one of the joys of rural life, close-knit rural communities facilitate abuse as they can be equally powerful in keeping domestic abuse hidden.\n\nOne abuse victim told the inquiry: \"I found it so hard to find anyone in the village to talk to. They are all perfectly nice people on the surface, but after he shouted at me in the pub that night it was like everyone took a step back from me.\"\n\nThe report also found the policing response is inadequate, with feedback from victims showing the response in rural areas is not as good as that in urban areas.\n\nSome of this is due to a lack of female police officers being available in rural areas, as well as fewer officers with appropriate domestic abuse training.\n\nAnother victim said they had never considered calling the police, adding: \"You don't really have a choice - the police are at least an hour away and if it happens on a Friday or a Saturday night, which it always did, they are busy dealing with other things.\"\n\nIt also found that the reduced availability of public services in rural areas also limited escape routes for victims.\n\nSupport services are scarce - less available, less visible and less effective in supporting victims, even if people do seek help, it said.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said it was committed to tackling the horrendous crime of domestic abuse.\n\n\"Whether it takes place in our rural communities or cities, we are supporting chief constables and police and crime commissioners so they can deploy resources as they best see fit to tackle crime, including domestic abuse.\n\n\"The new Domestic Abuse Commissioner will play an important role in monitoring the provision of services for victims of domestic abuse, including those in rural communities.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Prof Matheson said the evidence was strong for the decriminalisation of drugs\n\nA new drugs tsar has been appointed by the Scottish government to advise on policies to tackle the rising number of drugs deaths.\n\nProf Catriona Matheson's appointment comes ahead of the publication of new figures, which are expected to show drug deaths topped 1,000 last year.\n\nShe will chair a new taskforce, announced by ministers in March, to examine Scotland's drugs laws.\n\nDrug legislation is currently reserved to Westminster.\n\nThe taskforce will examine the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act and consider if elements of it could be devolved to allow medically-supervised drug consumption rooms - so-called \"fix rooms\".\n\nThe rooms would allow addicts to administer their own illegal drugs under medical supervision to curb street injecting.\n\nHowever, the UK Home Office has refused Scottish government moves to relax the current regulations and allow the consumption rooms to be created.\n\nThere were 934 drug-related deaths registered in Scotland in 2017, up 66 (8%) on the previous year, and more than double the UK average.\n\nThe toll was the highest level since current records began in 1996 and more than double the 445 deaths in 2007.\n\nProf Matheson, of the University of Stirling, is a trustee of the Society for the Study of Addiction and convener of the Drugs Research Network Scotland.\n\nShe told BBC radio's Good Morning Scotland programme a \"non-judgemental approach\" was needed to tackle drug misuse and there was strong evidence for decriminalisation.\n\nShe said: \"Although previous drug strategies were well-meaning, sometimes they have been based on a criminal justice-type basis.\n\n\"What is very welcome is that now we have a new strategy based around public health that takes a public health and human rights approach and that is what we need.\"\n\nShe added: \"Decriminalisation, the evidence is strong for that across the world. There is a number of countries that have gone down that route and decriminalisation is really about not putting this group of marginalised drug users into prison and filling our prisons up with people who have problem drug-use because that further marginalises them and makes their recovery all the more difficult.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Festival-goers were forced to evacuate (video provided by Seb Hertz @SHH360)\n\nA music festival in Croatia has been evacuated because of a forest fire.\n\nHundreds of people were forced to leave the Fresh Island music festival on Zrce Beach on Monday night, at the beginning of the three-day hip-hop event.\n\nThe fire forced the closure of the road to the closest town, Novalja, preventing many people from returning to their hotels.\n\n\"Thankfully police are escorting buses through to collect any remaining festival-goers,\" the organisers said.\n\nRappers Stefflon Don and Yxng Bane were among the acts due to perform, with Tyga headlining.\n\nIt is unclear whether the rest of the festival will be cancelled. In a statement, organisers said they were \"doing everything we can to go ahead as planned to continue the parties\".\n\nBritish rapper NOT3S, who was supposed to perform on Monday night, tweeted from backstage:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Not3s This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFootage posted by fans on social media showed flames billowing behind the festival site as they were evacuated.\n\nIn a statement on Twitter on Tuesday morning, festival organisers said: \"The safety of fans is incredibly important to us and we worked with the emergency services to contain the fire over the following hours, transporting festival-goers off site when possible and safe.\"\n\nThey added that emergency services are still trying to contain the fire, \"so we can't say just yet how this will affect today's beach performances\".", "Jacquie (far right) and her sisters Kayleigh and Emma\n\nA woman from Fife has told how her father, mother, two sisters and brother all died because of drugs.\n\nJacquie said losing her parents and siblings \"was like a fire ripping through my family\".\n\nShe was speaking ahead of new figures showing that the number of people who died of drugs in Scotland in 2018 reached more than 1,187, the highest since records began.\n\nShe told BBC Scotland's The Nine: \"It is scary how quick it can take a grip and devastate a family.\n\n\"I feel my life has been ruined.\n\n\"People could say that has been my fault, I understand that with the drug side. I can't help the fact that I have lost all my family to the drugs. And it is hard.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jacquie: \"We are still a family, we are not animals, monsters, or whatever people would call a family of heroin users.\"\n\nJacquie, who began taking heroin at the age of 17 and is now trying to kick the habit, said she could not remember a time when the family wasn't affected by drugs.\n\nShe is the last remaining member of her immediate family - who all lived and died in the Fife town of Glenrothes.\n\nThe first family death came in 2005, when Jacquie's father Thomas died at a property in Glenrothes. He was 40 and his death was attributed to \"adverse effects of heroin\".\n\nTwo years later, in 2007, the first of Jacquie's sisters, Kayleigh, died of a morphine overdose at the age of 21.\n\nTheir mother Margaret, who was hooked on painkillers and had dabbled with heroin, died in 2010, due to \"adverse effects of opiates\". She was 44.\n\nIn May 2018, after a suicide attempt, Jacquie's 37-year-old brother Colin was found dead at a house in Glenrothes as a result of \"multi-drug intoxication\".\n\nAnd then five months later, second sister Emma died aged 29 after taking a cocktail of methadone and diazepam.\n\nJacquie, whom BBC Scotland is not fully naming, continued: \"I would like to think in my head that they would've been able to kick the habit.\n\n\"But in reality, no. My dad was only on it four years and he committed suicide with heroin. My mum was just the same - she started with Tramadol and it led to her taking lines here and there.\"\n\nJacquie's mother Margaret [left], who died in 2010, with Jacquie's sister Kayleigh, who died in 2007\n\nJacquie said her own battle with addiction started in high school where dabbling with alcohol and cannabis escalated to harder drugs.\n\nShe began taking heroin at the age of 17, when she was receiving NHS treatment for alcohol abuse, and her longest period of sobriety was seven years in her mid-20s.\n\n\"I took a mixture of everything really,\" she said.\n\n\"I would take diazepam, any downer really, any sleeping tablets or suppressant.\n\n\"I would have sleeping tablets from the doctor like Zopiclone. It would help with the buzz, to block out everything that was going on in life. With losing all my family, I couldn't cope.\"\n\nJacquie's brother Colin, 37, died in Glenrothes last year as a result of “multi-drug intoxication”.\n\nJacquie told BBC Scotland how she has struggled to cope after losing her brother and sister in quick succession last year.\n\n\"My brother died in May and I'd only just been speaking to him again for five weeks,\" she explained.\n\n\"We'd agreed that me, him and Emma would all go to bereavement counselling to work through everything we'd lost.\n\n\"We would do it, the three of us, so that it would help us bond that brother-and-sister relationship that I desperately wanted and obviously they did as well.\n\n\"I got the phone call from Emma at three in the morning. The police had chapped her up to say that Colin had passed away. She was distraught, devastated, screaming down the phone.\n\n\"I just spent that day with Emma. She was an absolute mess. Then six months down the line, Emma was gone.\n\n\"I've never been right since. I've never been right from any of them but Emma was the worst by far.\"\n\nJacquie's father Thomas who died in 2005, aged 40, due to the \"adverse effects of heroin\"\n\nJacquie said drug abuse and its affect on different generations of families largely remains a taboo subject but she wanted to speak out to show people what it is like to live with the impact of the problem.\n\nShe said: \"Even if I can help one more family, then I have done good.\n\n\"I just want people to see that we are still a family. We are not animals, monsters or whatever people would call a family of heroin users.\"\n\nOn her own addiction problems, the 34-year-old, who has been on methadone for 15 years, said she was \"100% ready to be clean and stay that way\" but acknowledged the path ahead for her was difficult.\n\nJacquie's other sister, Emma, who died from a drugs overdose last year\n\nIf you've been affected by issues explored in this article, BBC Action Line has links to helpful resources including information about drugs , emotional distress and bereavement.", "Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and has imposed ever tightening sanctions on the country in a move designed to force Tehran to curtail their nuclear ambitions.\n\nThe sanctions have led to increased prices and the local currency has fallen significantly. Iranians are being dragged into poverty and the poorest are feeling the effects.\n\nAs tensions rise between Iran, the United States and its allies, the BBC has been given rare access to Iran.\n\nBBC Middle East correspondent Martin Patience, has been in Tehran looking at the impact of sanctions. While in the country, filming access was controlled - as with all foreign media the team was accompanied by a government representative at all times.", "A controversial scene in Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why in which a teenage girl kills herself has been removed, two years after it first appeared.\n\nNetflix said the decision had been made \"on the advice of medical experts\".\n\nThe first series of the show featured a graphic depiction of Hannah (Katherine Langford) taking her own life.\n\nThe version now hosted on the streaming site omits this three-minute scene and goes directly to a later scene in which her body is discovered.\n\nSamaritans said it \"welcomed\" Netflix's decision and that it had been working with the streaming service's UK team \"to provide advice on the safe portrayal of suicide\".\n\n\"While covering difficult topics in drama can help to increase understanding and encourage people to seek help, it's important this is done in a responsible way,\" said Lorna Fraser from the charity's media advisory service.\n\nNetflix said it had been \"mindful about the ongoing debate around the show\", the third season of which premieres later this year.\n\nDr Christine Moutier, chief medical officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, is cited as one of the experts consulted.\n\nWhen 13 Reasons Why launched in 2017, it was praised by some for promoting awareness of such issues as rape, bullying and self-harm.\n\nBut concerns were also raised that it glamorised suicide and went into too much detail about how the Hannah character killed herself.\n\nWriting on Twitter, producer Brian Yorkey said the show had originally portrayed the \"ugly, painful reality of suicide in such graphic detail [to] make sure no one would ever wish to emulate it\".\n\nYet he said concerns voiced by Dr Moutier and others had prompted a rethink.\n\nProducer Brian Yorkey said the show wanted to \"tell the truth\" about suicide\n\n\"No one scene is more important than the life of the show, and its message that we must take better care of each other,\" he said.\n\n\"We believe this edit will help the show do the most good for the most people while mitigating any risk for especially vulnerable young viewers.\"\n\nBased on the 2007 novel by Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why tells of a high school student who finds out why his friend killed herself through a box of cassette tapes she recorded before her death.\n\nIf you have been affected by issues raised in this article help and support is available via the BBC Action Line.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC correspondent Daniel Sandford on the unseen footage of the London Bridge attacks\n\nThe three London Bridge attackers, who killed eight people in 2017, were lawfully killed by police, an inquest has found.\n\nKhuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, ploughed into pedestrians on the bridge before stabbing people around Borough Market.\n\nThey were shot dead by firearms officers less than 10 minutes after the attack began.\n\nJurors concluded the attackers \"ignored clear warning shouts\" from the police.\n\nChief coroner Mark Lucraft QC had directed them that the only \"safe\" conclusion was that the three men were lawfully killed.\n\nHe told the court no-one during the inquest had criticised the officers involved and it was agreed using anything other than \"lethal force\" would not have been appropriate.\n\nMetropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick welcomed the verdict and paid tribute to the \"tremendous courage and professionalism\" shown by armed officers on the night of the attack.\n\n\"Faced with an appalling and confused scene, they acted calmly, quickly, decisively, and in accordance with their training,\" she said.\n\n\"There is no greater responsibility for an officer than having to make the split-second decision whether or not to use lethal force.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe police commissioner said both armed and unarmed police officers should take \"great pride\" in having saved lives on the night of the attack.\n\n\"These dreadful events showed us the very worst of humanity, but it also showed us the very best as well,\" she said.\n\nDuring the inquest, accounts of \"tremendous bravery and compassion\" by both the public and emergency services stood out \"head and shoulders above all else\", she added.\n\nPreviously unseen footage released on Tuesday showed many people approach the attackers, including two bakers who threw crates and a broom at the knifemen.\n\nCity of London Police Commander Karen Baxter paid tribute to three armed officers from her force.\n\n\"They put themselves in the way of danger to protect and preserve life: a principle at the very core of policing,\" she said.\n\nThe response to the attack showed \"how officers from all forces have the courage and dedication necessary to defeat the hatred and fear that terrorists seek to sow in our community\", she added.\n\nDowning Street also praised the emergency services and members of the public who \"showed unstinting courage in the face of such danger and terror\".\n\nMany more people could have suffered were it not for the \"professionalism, speed and bravery of those who responded and defended themselves and others\", the prime minister's official spokesperson said\n\n\"Our police and security services work tirelessly every day to keep us safe and when they are called upon in the most difficult of moments their skill and fortitude must be commended,\" they added.\n\nDuring the inquest, jurors visited Stoney Street, where Butt, Redouane and Zaghba died, and heard accounts of their final moments.\n\nPC Bartek Tchorzewski, 36, one of the unarmed officers who tracked the attackers through Borough Market, said: \"We were just thinking about stopping them.\"\n\nBefore arriving at the scene of the attack, he said he had tried to anticipate what he may encounter, \"but to be honest nothing can prepare you for that\".\n\nOne armed officer who attended the scene, identified only as BX46, told jurors he shouted words to the effect of \"armed police, stand still, drop the knife\".\n\nHe said he thought he was in immediate danger as Butt came towards him with a knife.\n\n\"I believe his intention was to use the knife and stab me, kill me and get hold of my weapons,\" he said.\n\nHe said he then became aware of a belt around Butt's torso, which appeared to be a suicide vest.\n\n\"Now he was an even bigger threat, even with (a distance of) one or two metres, a detonation would be fatal to colleagues, members of the public, anyone in the location,\" he told the court.\n\n\"So I aimed my rifle towards the male and I was moving back quickly and I pulled the trigger.\"\n\nHis colleague BX44 also shot at Butt, but had to turn his attention to Redouane, who was moving towards another officer.\n\nBX44 said: \"I carried on firing until I had to deal with the third threat of Youssef Zaghba who was on top of me.\"\n\nHe said he was backing away from Zaghba when he fell backwards, and continued to fire from the floor through his legs up to the attackers' chest.\n\n\"I thought he was about to kill me,\" he added.\n\nPC Iian Rae, who went to handcuff Redouane as he moved on the ground, said: \"His arms and legs were moving and I knew he had an IED (improvised explosive device) strapped to him.\n\n\"I did not know they were fake. I had to make a split-second decision - if I don't go and do something there is going to be a lot more lives lost.\n\n\"I had to handcuff him and stop him from detonating that device, if they were real or not.\"\n\nBut firearms officers shouted at him to get away and he ran to safety.\n\nThey then used \"lethal force\" to avert the danger that the terrorists would detonate explosive devices, jurors heard.\n\nAn earlier inquest concluded the victims Xavier Thomas, 45, Chrissy Archibald, 30, Sara Zelenak, 21, James McMullan, 32, Kirsty Boden, 28, Alexandre Pigeard, 26, Sebastien Belanger, 36, and Ignacio Echeverría, 39, were unlawfully killed.", "Fishermen are continuing to illegally discard dead fish back into the sea, according to a House of Lords inquiry.\n\nThe inquiry looked at the impact of the ban on fishing discards six months after new rules took effect.\n\nThe committee's report said the new regulations have had \"little impact\", but industry leaders said this was the wrong conclusion.\n\nFishing discards were prohibited after a campaign by the chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.\n\nThe EU regulations were designed to stop fishermen throwing unwanted fish back into the sea dead, instead obliging skippers to land them.\n\nBut the inquiry report claimed little had changed since the ban came into force, with no indications of boats being forced to stop fishing or undersized fish being landed.\n\nThis suggests illegal discarding is taking place, the report concludes.\n\nLord Teverson, chairman of the House of Lords EU energy and environment sub-committee, said: \"Unless the discard ban is properly implemented and enforced the UK's fishing industry could in the future find itself with nothing left to fish.\"\n\nBertie Armstrong, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation, said: \"The simple truth about the landings obligation is that it is a set of totally contradictory rules imposed by the EU which utterly fails to align fishing opportunity with the distribution of stocks.\n\n\"This has been pointed out by the industry to the European Commission and the UK and Scottish governments ad nauseam and they understand the predicament of fishermen.\n\n\"It will be up to those governments post-Brexit to devise a system of practicable regulations that achieve the objective of ending discards without tying the industry up in knots and the fishing fleet at the quayside.\"\n\nRiver Cottage chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall began his campaign after making the TV show Hugh's Fish Fight in 2011.\n\nHe said the practice was a \"huge derogation of duty to protect our vulnerable oceans and sustainably manage our fisheries\".", "For the first time, the BBC can show footage of the moment unarmed officers and members of the public came face to face with the three London Bridge attackers.\n\nThe footage was filmed by Paul Clarke, a member of the public who was at the scene of the attack.\n\nKhuram Butt, Rachid Redouane, and Youssef Zaghba ploughed into pedestrians on the bridge before stabbing people at Borough Market. They killed eight people before they were shot dead by firearms officers.\n\nThis video was shown at both the inquest into the victims' deaths, and the inquest into the attackers' deaths which concluded that the three attackers were lawfully killed by the police.", "The next prime minister should lower the salary threshold for foreign workers in the UK from £30,000 to £20,000, a group of business and education bodies has said.\n\nThey say that such a move would help to avoid \"acute\" skills shortages.\n\nCurrently any non-EU citizen working in the UK must earn at least £30,000, but under current proposals this will be extended to EU citizens after Brexit.\n\nThe Home Office said it was still consulting on the plans.\n\nThe extension of the threshold was proposed in last year's Immigration White Paper, which set out the government's vision for a post-Brexit immigration system.\n\nHowever, the coalition - including the British Retail Consortium, business advocacy group London First, Universities UK, and UK Hospitality among others - warned that more than 60% of all jobs in the UK were currently beneath the £30,000 cut-off.\n\n\"It is vital that the government does all it can to keep the country at full strength at a time of great uncertainty. The thousands of businesses we represent are clear that without a bold move now on immigration reform, the skills shortages many companies face risk becoming even more acute,\" said Jasmine Whitbread, chief executive at London First.\n\nThe coalition also called for more generous temporary and post-study work visas, following curbs in recent years to lower immigration.\n\n\"Without the ability to access international talent, many of our world-class sectors are at significant risk,\" they said in a letter to both prime ministerial candidates.\n\n\"As the UK prepares to leave the EU in the near future, it is imperative that the government puts in place measures that will avoid employers facing a cliff-edge in recruitment, and works towards building a successful economy that is open and attractive.\"\n\nA government target of net migration under 100,000 a year has never been met`\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt - considered the underdog in the race to be the next leader of the Conservative Party - has said he would review the £30,000 salary threshold, while prioritising skilled workers.\n\nThe frontrunner to take over from Theresa May, Boris Johnson, has called for a new Australian-style points-based system.\n\nThis would consider factors such as whether an immigrant has a firm job offer and their ability to speak English.\n\nBoth men also oppose the government's target of bringing net migration down to under 100,000 people a year, which has never been met.\n\nAccording to the Migration Observatory, a think tank, the government is already issuing waivers to allow essential workers to bypass the £30,000 cut-off.\n\nRecent figures gleaned from freedom of information requests show that, despite Home Office rules, 90% of nurses, half of all medical radiographers, 10% of paramedics and a third of secondary schoolteachers earn below the minimum.\n\nA Home Office spokesman said: \"Our new skills-based immigration system is designed to attract the talented workers we need for the economy to continue to prosper, while also delivering on the referendum result following the end of free movement.\n\n\"We know there are a range of views about salary thresholds, and the home secretary has asked independent experts to advise on this issue before the proposals are finalised next year.\n\n\"The new system will reduce the burden on businesses by streamlining and simplifying our sponsorship system and we will create a new temporary work route to allow UK companies access to the employees they need to thrive.\"\n• None Rise in net migration from outside EU", "A legal action taken by MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis is behind the tool\n\nScammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts.\n\nThe feature came about after Martin Lewis, founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, sued over his name and photo being used on fake Facebook adverts.\n\nIn return for dropping the legal action, Facebook agreed to donate £3m to set up an anti-scam programme.\n\nThat money has been handed over to Citizens Advice to build a new service to help victims of online fraudsters.\n\nThe charity has set up a telephone helpline for any type of online scam - not just ones involving fake ads. Face-to-face consultations will even be offered to serious cases - where someone falls into debt or mortgage arrears, for example.\n\nCitizens Advice says it expects to help 20,000 people in the first year of the new service, and warned anyone can be scammed.\n\nThere is no typical profile of victims, the charity said, and scams are becoming more and more sophisticated. Some common red flags include:\n\nInside Facebook, a specially-trained team has been set up to investigate adverts reported through the new tool.\n\nFrom Tuesday, Facebook users in the UK should be able to click the three dots in the top corner of every advert to see more options. On top of the usual ones, there will now be the option to \"send a detailed scam report\" after choosing to \"report ad\" and selecting \"misleading or scam ad\" as the reason.\n\n\"Scam ads are an industry-wide problem caused by criminals and have no place on Facebook,\" said the company's vice-president for Northern Europe, Steve Hatch.\n\nA few years after her husband of 30 years died, Amanda - not her real name - joined an online dating site at the urging of a friend.\n\nAfter a while, she started exchanging emails with someone who seemed interesting. A few weeks later, \"he asked if I could send him some money\", she said.\n\n\"He had not been paid and needed to travel back home from Ireland. I never thought much of it and transferred him the money.\"\n\nThe pair continued to build up \"a nice friendship over the months\" - and he asked for some money on a few other occasions.\n\nBut something did not feel right - and Amanda decided not to message him any more.\n\nA few weeks later she got a new message from the dating site – with the same picture, but a different name and location.\n\n\"That's when I realised that the person I had been speaking to was probably not the one on the picture,\" Amanda said.\n\nOver the course of a few months, she had transferred around £2,500 to whoever was really on the other end of those emails.\n\n\"I think that maybe some of the men join the site knowing that there will be women like me who genuinely want a friendship and use that and take advantage of our loss,\" she said.\n\nThe tool - and the dedicated team to examine the reports - are unique to the UK as a result of the lawsuit taken by Mr Lewis.\n\nThe journalist and TV presenter took the legal action against Facebook after a series of ads ran with his face and name, claiming he backed questionable investment schemes.\n\nHis website recommends what it believes are the best-value financial products for different purposes. Mr Lewis claimed the fake adverts on Facebook damaged his reputation.\n\nHis defamation case, he said, was \"bizarrely the only law I could find to try to make big tech firms understand the damage their negligent behaviour has caused\".\n\nThe faked ads implied Mr Lewis backed some of the schemes being advertised\n\n\"Millions of people know a scam when they see it, and millions of others don't. So now, I'd ask all who recognise them to use the new Facebook reporting tool, to help protect those who don't,\" he said.\n\nIf you or someone you know has been scammed, Citizens Advice recommends you:", "The man was fatally injured at Asda in the Longside Road area of Peterhead\n\nA man has died after an industrial accident at a supermarket in Peterhead.\n\nEmergency services were called to Asda in the Aberdeenshire town's Longside Road area shortly before 12:30.\n\nPolice Scotland later said that a 58-year-old man had died, despite the \"best efforts\" of those at the scene.\n\nDet Insp Sam Buchan said: \"My thoughts are with this man's family at this very sad time. Inquiries are at a very early stage.\"\n\nAsda said in a statement: \"We can confirm that our Peterhead store is currently closed due to a tragic incident on site this afternoon.\n\n\"We are working with the relevant authorities to support their investigation and our deepest condolences are with the family of the man involved.\n\n\"We're working to support our colleagues on site and are grateful to our customers for their understanding.\"\n\nThe Scottish Ambulance Service said it was alerted to the accident at 12:26 and two ambulances were dispatched to the scene.\n\nThe Health and Safety Executive said it was aware of the incident and was liaising with Police Scotland.", "Rescuers are searching debris to find those trapped inside the building in Dongri\n\nAt least 10 people have been killed and many remain trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, officials say.\n\nThe cause of the collapse in the Dongri area of southern Mumbai is not clear.\n\nReports say the building was up to 100 years old. Recent monsoon flooding may also have been a factor.\n\nIt's estimated disasters such as this kill about 2,000 people a year in India. Poor construction standards and dilapidated buildings are often blamed.\n\nRescue teams from the fire department and the national disaster response force are looking for those who remain trapped by the debris.\n\nSome 15 families are believed to have been living in the building, police said. Ten people have been declared dead, including three children. Eight others have been admitted to hospital.\n\nLocal news reports showed images of people forming a human chain to remove debris with their bare hands.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by ANI This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"We heard a loud noise. Everybody shouted, 'building is falling, building is falling'. I ran. It felt like a big earthquake,\" a witness to the collapse told the NDTV news channel.\n\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi has offered his condolences to the families of the dead.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by PMO India This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nDozens of buildings have collapsed in Mumbai and other parts of India in recent years, often during the monsoon season between June and September.\n\nThe roads leading to Tandel street, where the Kesarbai building stood, are buzzing with sirens from ambulances and fire trucks.\n\nPolice have barricaded much of the way, allowing only rescuers and hospital staff to pass through. It's a crowded neighbourhood that is full of tiny lanes. Tandel street itself is so narrow that only one person can walk through it comfortably at a time.\n\nSo, locals have formed a human chain that stretches through the narrow lane and into the wider main street to pass through any materials necessary for the rescue. Ambulances and fire trucks have been forced to park some distance away as the lane is too narrow for them to enter. The monsoon rains, which have brought Mumbai to a standstill in recent weeks, have fortunately let up.\n\nCries of fear and concerned voices can be heard all around as people await news of their friends or relatives. Local residents are watching the rescue from their balconies; they appear both worried about their neighbours and scared for themselves.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Officials estimate around 2,000 people in India die each year when buildings collapse\n\nIn August 2017, three different buildings collapsed in Mumbai.\n\nThe city witnessed one of its worst accidents in 2013 when a building still under construction collapsed in the Thane neighbourhood, killing more than 70 people.", "Ryanair has said it will be forced to cut the number of summer flights it operates next year blaming further expected delays before the Boeing 737 Max is allowed to fly again.\n\nThe airline said it could be as late as December before regulators clear the aircraft to return to the skies after two fatal crashes.\n\nIt was awaiting delivery of 58 planes before next summer but it now expects to receive just over half of those.\n\nIt could also close bases as a result.\n\nThe airline said it was in talks with airports about which of its hubs could suffer cuts.\n\n\"We are starting a series of discussions with our airports to determine which of Ryanair's underperforming or loss making bases should suffer these short term cuts and/or closures from November 2019,\" the airline's chief executive, Michael O'Leary, said in a statement.\n\nRyanair added that it would talk to its staff and unions about the planned closures, which it said were \"directly caused\" by the delays delivering the 737 Max.\n\nThe airline is now expecting to carry 157 million passengers in the year to March 2021, five million fewer than it had been planning for.\n\nThe BBC has seen a letter which Ryanair sent to pilots last week.\n\nIt says the \"economic backdrop for European short haul airlines continues to be very challenging.\"\n\nAs a result of the grounding of the 737 Max the airline says it has a surplus of around 300 pilots which \"may get worse with any knock-on effect of Max delivery delays\".\n\nIt's looking increasingly unlikely that the 737 Max will be flying again before late autumn - and quite possibly not before next year. So should we be surprised?\n\nIn a word, no. The stakes are too high, and this is one decision the regulators simply can't afford to get wrong.\n\nThe Federal Aviation Administration has already faced heavy criticism for allowing the aircraft into service in its original form, with flight control software that has been implicated in two separate accidents and the loss of 346 lives.\n\nA repeat would be simply unthinkable - and for the sake of its own reputation the FAA not only needs to be thorough but to be seen to be thorough.\n\nSo its analysis appears to have gone well beyond the fresh software developed to solve the original problem - and is now addressing a range of other potential issues.\n\nBoeing does desperately want to get the 737 Max flying again and resume deliveries to customers - it's running out of parking space at its Renton factory for a start. Airlines also need the new plane.\n\nBut the message from the FAA has been consistent: it will lift the ban on flying \"when we deem it is safe to do so\".\n\nAirline analyst Chris Tarry told the BBC that the move to cut routes was \"entirely predictable\" after the 737 Max was grounded.\n\nHe said the plane was \"unlikely, even with a following wind, to return to the skies before the end of the year\".\n\nThere's a finite number of aircraft that Ryanair can use, he said, explaining that the airline would use those planes on the most profitable routes.\n\nAnother airline expert, John Strickland, said the grounding was likely to have an effect on the airline's growth plans. At present Ryanair has around 455 planes but it plans to expand its fleet to roughly 600 by 2025.\n\n\"A lot of it is about limiting growth rather than cutting back,\" he said.\n\n\"In the summer they would have expected to grow strongly, having additional bases and additional routes.\"\n\nNo Max planes have flown since March after issues with its software were linked to crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, which killed 346 people.\n\nRyanair has a total of 135 of the controversial Boeing models on order, the first five of which are due for delivery this autumn.\n\nIt has become the latest airline to cancel flights as a result of the aircraft's grounding.\n\nOn Sunday, American Airlines said it was extending for a fourth time cancellations of about 115 daily flights. The cancellations will now continue into early November due to the continued grounding of the 737 Max.\n\nHowever, the firm added: \"American Airlines remains confident that impending software updates to the Boeing 737 Max, along with the new training elements Boeing is developing in coordination with our union partners, will lead to recertification of the aircraft this year.\"\n\nBut airlines are still putting in orders for the aircraft. At the Paris airshow last month, International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways, announced plans to buy 200 Max planes at a discount, referring to them as \"B737 aircraft\".\n\nBoeing has yet to convince regulators that updates to its software are enough to ensure the Max's safety.\n\nAnd last month the US Federal Aviation Administration, which must reapprove the jets for flight, uncovered a new flaw that Boeing estimates will take until at least September to fix.", "Labour is pledging to end in-work poverty within its first five years in office if it wins the next election.\n\nIn a speech in London, John McDonnell promised to tackle the issue with a \"structurally different economy\", \"public services free at the point of use\" and a \"strong social safety net\".\n\nThis includes a \"real living wage\" and stopping the Universal Credit roll-out.\n\nBut the Conservatives said the policies would \"harm the people [Labour] claim they want to help the most\".\n\nPoverty among people who are working has risen since the mid-1990s.\n\nThe Institute for Fiscal Studies said the proportion has gone up from 13% in 1994-95 to 18% in 2017, meaning about eight million people living in working households are in relative poverty.\n\nA household is defined as being in relative poverty when its income is less than 60% of the average - less than £17,040 a year, on the most recent figures.\n\nThe IFS research said the rise had been partly driven by higher housing costs and lower earnings growth.\n\nSpeaking at the Resolution Foundation, the shadow chancellor said his goal was to eradicate poverty, since \"nothing less should be the aim of a socialist government\".\n\nWhile the next Labour government would re-distribute income between the richest and poorest, he said this would only \"paper over the cracks\" unless there were major changes in the way the economy worked to address inequalities in opportunities and productivity.\n\nHe listed a number of policies - some which have been announced before - that he says will see a Labour government achieve their goal within a Parliamentary term of five years.\n\n\"Behind the concept of social mobility is the belief that poverty is OK as long as some people are given the opportunity to climb out of it, leaving the others behind,\" he said.\n\n\"I reject that completely, and want to see a society with higher living standards for everyone as well as one in which nobody lacks the means to survive or has to choose between life's essentials.\"\n\nPledging to end the \"modern-day scourge\" of in-work poverty, he added. \"As chancellor in the next Labour government, I want you to judge me by how much we reduce poverty... how much we create a more equal society... by how much people's lives change for the better.\"\n\nWhile immediately ending the most \"damaging\" aspects of Universal Credit, he said Labour would not seek to replicate the system of tax credits, designed to top up the incomes of the lowest-paid, introduced by Gordon Brown when he was chancellor.\n\nInstead, a future government would \"take a step back\" and looking at designing a welfare system that helped people \"find work and progress in work\".\n\nThe main way poverty is assessed is by using a relative measure - \"relative poverty\".\n\nIt's calculated by taking the median income in the country - that's the midpoint where half of the overall population have income more than that amount and half have less. It was £507 a week in 2017-18, or £437 after housing costs.\n\nThen you take 60% of this middle amount and anyone who has less income than this is considered to be living in relative poverty.\n\nIn 1998-99, 34% of children in the UK were living in relative-poverty households. Today, this proportion is 30%, which represents about 4.1 million children.\n\nStatistics on income after housing costs and benefits received are more widely used as this gives a better idea of how much disposable income someone might have.\n\nBut, some say relative poverty is flawed as a measure because the poverty line moves when average income changes. In times of recession, for example, when lots of people's wages decrease, relative poverty rates improve.\n\nCampaigners say the benefit freeze in place for most of the past decade has been the biggest factor in exacerbating poverty levels among working families with children.\n\nRather than rising each year in line with inflation, to reflect the rising cost of living, most working-age benefits and tax credits have been frozen in value each year.\n\nThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation says this has pushed 200,000 people into poverty since 2016 and a further 200,000 could follow by 2020.\n\nClaire Ainsley, the organisation's executive director, said ending in-work poverty should be the government's \"number one priority after Brexit\".\n\n\"In-work poverty is the problem of our times as millions have been swept into poverty through low wages, low hours and rising costs,\" she said.\n\nWork and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said it is \"essential\" that the freeze is lifted next year although she had acknowledged it will be up to the next prime minister.\n\nBut Conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis dismissed Labour's wider pledge, saying its plans for the economy \"would lead to worse living standards\".\n\nHe added: \"Just this week we have seen wages rise by their fastest in 11 years, giving people more money in their pockets, and record numbers of people getting the security of a wage.\n\n\"Thanks to (the Conservatives') balanced approach, we've also cut taxes for 32 million people, taking millions of the lowest paid out of paying income tax altogether, and taken action to reduce the cost of living.\"", "The Ministry of Justice acted \"unlawfully\" in allowing the Sex Offender Treatment Programme to continue for five years - despite initial research which suggested it wasn't working, a government analyst has said.\n\nKathryn Hopkins said she presented research in 2012 which showed the SOTP made sex offenders more harmful, but the programme wasn't halted until 2017.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News after bringing legal action in an employment tribunal, she estimated around 180 more crimes will be committed by sex offenders who were treated during the five years - compared with those who weren't.\n\nBut the MoJ said Ms Hopkins' research was \"flawed\".\n\nA spokesperson said: \"Ending the programmes with no proper evidence and no alternative would have meant letting sex offenders out of prison without treatment - a risk that no responsible Government could take. We stopped the programmes as soon as that evidence existed.\"\n\nThe department commissioned Ms Hopkins, who was a senior researcher in its analytics unit, to study the effects of the SOTP, which had been used in various formats since 1991.\n\nThe scheme involved group sessions and cognitive behavioural therapy and was designed to challenge the behaviour of male sex offenders with psychological techniques to change their thinking.\n\nMs Hopkins said her initial results suggested prisoners who took part in the scheme were more likely to reoffend than those who did not.\n\nWhen the SOTP was eventually abandoned in 2017, the MoJ published a research report acknowledging that it was not working.\n\n\"The final report confirmed what the claimant [Ms Hopkins] had been saying all along, i.e. that there was a higher rate of reoffending by prisoners who had undertaken the SOTP,\" Employment Tribunal Judge Tamara Lewis declared.\n\n\"We can understand the claimant's frustration that it took five years to publish a report on such an important matter of public policy,\" she said.\n\nMs Hopkins said the MoJ had \"allowed people to continue attending the course\" while knowing \"it could be harmful\".\n\nShe indicated that victims and convicted perpetrators of sex attacks, who were told to complete SOTP, could sue the government if the crimes would otherwise not have taken place.\n\nThe MoJ explained the five-year gap between the original findings and the final report by saying that it had to check and revise the research that had been conducted.\n\n\"Both internal and external experts who reviewed Ms Hopkins' research judged that it was not of sufficient quality and that the methodology needed to be changed to remove the risk of bias and inaccurate results,\" a spokesperson said.\n\nKathryn Hopkins said the Ministry of Justice waited years before it decided to scrap the treatment.\n\nAfter the study confirmed the findings, the MoJ said it replaced the SOTP with two new programmes, Horizon and Kaizen.\n\nMs Hopkins suggested that, over an eight-year follow-up period, at least 178 more sexual offences would be committed by prisoners who'd been treated between 2012 and 2017 than by those who were not.\n\nThe figure is likely to be an under-estimate, she said, because it did not take account of the increasing number of sex offenders beginning the SOTP in those five years compared with earlier years.\n\nAccording to MoJ statistics, 2,861 prisoners started the scheme.\n\nThe total also did not include sex offences that will not come to the attention of police, breaches of court orders and non-sexual offending.\n\nThe Employment Tribunal panel found that Ms Hopkins, who now works for HMRC, had been unfairly marked down in a performance review in 2014 because she'd raised concerns about the SOTP.\n\nShe was given a 'must improve' rating which Judge Lewis said \"caused her enormous distress\" and prompted her to start a grievance procedure.\n\nThe judge said: \"It appears to us to be disproportionate and therefore very surprising that the claimant was marked 'must improve'.\"\n\nHowever, the claim failed on a technicality because Ms Hopkins had waited too long to bring proceedings.\n\nShe said it was important to bring the case to ensure that other government research isn't \"sidelined\" or \"covered-up\", as she had alleged hers was.\n\nShe said: \"It questions the integrity of those analysts' work if they're not supported to be independent and there's a possibility that government researchers will be perceived as not being independent from now on,\" she said.\n\nThe MoJ said: \"Numerous internal and external experts who reviewed Ms Hopkins' research judged that it was not of sufficient quality and that the methodology needed to be changed.\"\n\nIt added the government stopped the programmes as soon as \"proper evidence\" existed.", "Joanne Edwards captured this image of the Moon over Flintshire\n\nSkywatchers across the UK have witnessed a partial lunar eclipse, 50 years to the day since the US mission to put men on the Moon lifted off.\n\nThe surface of Earth's satellite appeared red or dark grey at the height of the eclipse at about 22:30 BST.\n\nLunar eclipses occur when the Earth crosses between the Sun and Moon - casting a shadow on the lunar surface.\n\nThe Apollo 11 mission carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off on 16 July 1969.\n\nFour days later Armstrong became the first man to step on to the Moon's surface.\n\nDuring a partial eclipse, some - but not all - of the Moon passes through the darkest area of shadow behind the Earth, the central region called the umbra.\n\nThe Moon was clearly visible over Blackheath in south east London\n\nThe partial eclipse was seen from Avon beach in Mudeford, Dorset\n\nThe Moon appeared red above London as the Earth came between it and the Sun\n\nMostly clear skies also allowed the partial lunar eclipse to be seen from Stoodley Pike in West Yorkshire\n\nBBC Weather was expecting mostly clear skies, meaning the eclipse could be seen across much of the UK.\n\nThe spectacle could be seen from Tynemouth Priory on the north-east coast of England\n\nThe event was visible across Europe and was also expected to be seen from Africa, much of Asia, the eastern part of South America, and western Australia.\n\nLunar eclipses can only occur on the night of a full moon.\n\nThe next partial lunar eclipse is not expected until 19 November 2021.\n\nThe partial eclipse could be seen across the world including in Brasilia, Brazil\n\nThe Moon appeared red ahead of the partial eclipse in Speyer, Germany\n\nThe last total lunar eclipse - sometimes known as a \"super blood wolf moon\" - was visible in the UK in January.\n\nSkywatchers in the UK will not get the chance to see another until 2029 - weather permitting.", "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016\n\nNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for alleged spying, is now in a hospital psychiatric ward, her husband says.\n\nRichard Ratcliffe said he feared the Iranian Revolutionary Guard could be isolating his wife in a Tehran hospital to press her to sign denouncements.\n\nIt comes after Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, went on hunger strike for 15 days last month in protest at her detention.\n\nShe was jailed in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.\n\nIn a press release, the Free Nazanin Campaign said it was not known what treatment she was receiving or how long she was expected to remain in hospital.\n\nHer father said he visited the hospital on Tuesday but was not allowed to see his daughter and that she had not been allowed to contact her family.\n\nThe campaign said before being transferred, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had told relatives: \"I was healthy and happy when I came to Iran to see my parents.\n\n\"Three and a bit years later and I am admitted to a mental health clinic.\n\n\"Look at me now - I ended up in an asylum. It should be an embarrassment.\n\n\"Prison is getting harder and harder for me. I hate being played in the middle of a political game. I just hate it.\"\n\nRichard Ratcliffe went on hunger strike outside the Iranian embassy in London\n\nHer transfer follows her hunger strike last month in protest at her \"unfair imprisonment\", during which time Mr Ratcliffe also did not eat and camped on the pavement outside the Iranian Embassy in London.\n\nIn January, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, from London, went on a three-day hunger strike in protest against being denied specialist medical care.\n\nMr Ratcliffe said he felt \"euphoric\" when he heard his wife had been moved to a hospital, thinking it could be a prelude to getting treatment or even her release.\n\nHowever, after her father was refused access to visit her in hospital or allowed to speak to her on the phone, the family grew increasingly concerned.\n\nSpeaking to BBC News, Mr Ratcliffe said his fears could be misplaced, but added that when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were involved \"bad stuff happens\".\n\nHe said the last time she was alone with the guards, they pressured her to sign various denouncements. He said he had asked embassy officials to visit her as soon as possible.\n\nEarlier he said it was \"unnerving\" not knowing what was happening, adding he would follow up the case with the next prime minister.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why one mother's personal plight is part of a complicated history between Iran and the UK (video published August 2019 and last updated in October 2019)\n\nEarlier this year, foreign secretary and Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt granted Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in a bid to resolve her case.\n\nLabour MP Tulip Siddiq, who is Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's MP, thanked the government for granting her constituent protection, but asked whether the government had protested against her treatment, and questioned what further steps were being made to secure her freedom.\n\nShe said: \"The time for sentiment is over. This has gone on for too long and we need to see decisive action, right now, today.\"\n\nMs Siddiq also questioned whether Grace 1, the Iranian supertanker seized by Royal Marines and the authorities in Gibraltar, is linked to the latest developments in Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case.\n\nIn response, Foreign Office minister Andrew Murrison said: \"I don't believe the two are directly linked.\"\n\nHe said the UK is seeking consular access and wanted to appeal to the \"better nature\" of people in Tehran to \"do what is right for Nazanin\".\n\nIn 2017 Conservative leadership contender, Boris Johnson, apologised after saying that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in Iran \"teaching people journalism\" - despite her family's insistence she was there to visit relatives.\n\nHe also told MPs the government was in \"no doubt that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in Iran on holiday and that was the sole purpose of her visit\".\n\nHe has repeatedly said the responsibility for her continued detention lies with the Revolutionary Guard.\n\nIn a statement, the Foreign Office said it was \"extremely concerned about the welfare of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe\".\n\nA spokesman said: \"We urge Iran to allow family members to visit and check on her care as a matter of urgency. We will continue to call for her release at the highest levels.\"\n\nMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport in April 2016 and has always maintained the visit was to introduce her daughter, Gabriella, to her relatives.\n\nThe couple's five-year-old daughter, Gabriella, has stayed in Iran with her grandparents since her mother's arrest.\n\nBefore being transferred, she was being detained in Tehran's Evin Prison.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. \"Sorry New Zealand but it's now our time to shine\"\n\nA street in north Wales has been declared the steepest in the world.\n\nResidents in Harlech, Gwynedd, are celebrating after Guinness World Records verified the gradient of Ffordd Pen Llech at 37.45%.\n\nThe title had been held by Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, with a gradient of 35% at its steepest.\n\nCampaigner Gwyn Headley said: \"I feel utter relief - and jubilation. I feel sorry for the New Zealanders - but steeper is steeper.\"\n\nBanners have already gone up in the town celebrating the new official status\n\nNew Zealanders could not resist joking about the defeat.\n\n\"I'm still angry, I'm angry over lots of things in the world this week but this has really just ruined my week - thank you,\" said Hamish McNeilly from the New Zealand news website Stuff.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Do you think it looks like a street?\n\n\"I've been covering high jinx and stories to do with Baldwin Street since 2008, there's been lots of interesting things happen on that street, many of which have gained worldwide attention, there's been a dip there, lots of high jinx world records broken and of course the ultimate world record was broken today by a Welsh town.\n\n\"I'm not going to get over this, this follows the cricket for me so we're still very angry. It's a bad week, it really is.\"\n\nHe added that a street in San Francisco was now understood to be looking at taking the title away from Wales.\n\nThe street is near the town's famous castle in Snowdonia\n\nMr Headley and Sarah Badhan know just what an uphill struggle life can be for those living on Ffordd Pen Llech.\n\nWhile most live at the bottom of the hill, the chemist and post office are at the top.\n\nMr Headley's research found the street was the steepest in Great Britain, though a different methodology was used to calculate Baldwin Street in New Zealand.\n\nSo they engaged surveyors and measurements taken in January showed Fordd Pen Llech had a one in 2.67 gradient at its steepest part, compared with the current record holder's one in 2.86.\n\nMs Badhan said: \"We're absolutely elated and exhausted of course after the hard work over the last year... We can't quite believe it.\n\n\"It was quite a lengthy process because there were 10 criteria set by Guinness for us to reach.\"\n\nShe added it was hoped the street would now become a tourist attraction, as well as being a big part of life in the town.\n\n\"I can remember as a little girl walking up this road every Sunday to Sunday school. It's very much part of our culture here.\n\n\"This street would be used particularly by locals living down the bottom of the town because it's the quickest, albeit most difficult, way to reach the top.\n\n\"I think it could be potentially transformative for Harlech because we rely so heavily on tourism here... I think it would be absolutely fantastic for us, for all the businesses and all the people.\"\n\nTourists regularly visit the previous record holder, Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand\n\nMr Headley said: \"Guinness World Records were ultra-specific in the criteria and although we were confident in meeting or exceeding nine of them, I was worried about the tenth.\"\n\nCriteria for the record stated the street must be a public thoroughfare, fully surfaced and have buildings alongside the carriageway.\n\nHowever the Harlech bid was able to justify the absence of blueprints before 1842 because the street was thought to have existed for more than 1,000 years.\n\nCraig Glenday, Guinness World Records Editor in Chief, said the residents' \"will-power\" had paid off.\n\nHe added: \"I hope Harlech enjoys the celebrations and that the new title brings lots of people to the beautiful town, to experience the world's steepest street for themselves.\"\n\nA celebration is being planned for Saturday close to the Harlech street.\n\nBaldwin Street may need to change its sign\n\nMr McNeilly said residents on the New Zealand street had to cope with a lot of tourists, especially from cruise ships at the nearby harbour.\n\n\"The background of Baldwin Street is that a town planner from back in the UK had no idea of the topography of Dunedin being very steep due to previous fault lines thousands of years ago so this street was just planned out.\n\n\"People have always lived on it, they've coped with the climatic variations that we have here, we have snow and ice, people love it because that side of the valley gets the sun, gets the view.\n\n\"It got a bit of worldwide attention when it got the record and every year it's become more and more popular.\n\n\"It's just a constant stream of tourists going there each day and that of course brings problems. I talked to a lady today who often has tourists wandering around her house taking photographs inside, around her garden, people think it's some kind of Disneyland attraction.\"\n\nHe said they would now claim the street was \"the southern hemisphere's steepest street\" or \"the second steepest street\".", "Ahdaf Soueif had been a trustee since 2012\n\nAn Egyptian writer has resigned from the British Museum's board of trustees, claiming it is \"immovable\" on its sponsorship deal with oil company BP.\n\nAhdaf Soueif also cited the museum's positions on worker relations and the repatriation of cultural artefacts as reasons for her departure.\n\nIn a blog post she called on the museum \"to take a clear ethical position... on issues of critical concern\".\n\nTrustee chair Sir Richard Lambert said the board regretted her decision.\n\nHe said Soueif - author of 1999 Booker Prize nominee The Map of Love - had been \"a much valued voice\" since becoming a trustee in 2012.\n\nBP's sponsorship of the British Museum and other cultural institutions, including the Tate and the RSC, has prompted protests from environmental campaigners.\n\nLast month, Sir Mark Rylance resigned from the Royal Shakespeare Company over its ties with the oil giant.\n\nSoueif said the money BP gives to support British Museum exhibitions such as this year's Troy: Myth and Reality could be attained elsewhere.\n\nShe suggested its continued acceptance of such sponsorship was motivated by a desire not to \"alienate a section of the business community\".\n\nShe also claimed this mattered more to the museum \"than the legitimate and pressing concerns of young people across the planet\".\n\nSir Richard said BP's sponsorship had \"made it possible for [the museum] to put on exhibitions and programming that four million people have seen\".\n\nThe museum's deal with BP has been the subject of numerous protests\n\nSoueif went on to berate the institution for \"rarely speaking\" on the vexed issue of repatriation, despite being in \"a unique position to lead a conversation\".\n\nSir Richard disagreed with that assessment, saying the museum was \"playing a very important part in the debate\".\n\nSoueif also criticised the museum for allegedly refusing to engage with outsourced staff whose futures were made uncertain by the 2018 collapse of service provider Carillion.\n\nA museum spokesperson said the collapse had been \"a difficult situation\" and that it had \"made it a priority to re-tender for new service providers\".\n\n\"Given the timescales involved and the limited resources within this small organisation, bringing the services in-house at very short notice was not a viable option.\"\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boris Johnson (l) and Jeremy Hunt (r) made the comments during a head-to-head debate run by The Sun newspaper\n\nBoth candidates to be the UK's next PM have condemned tweets by Donald Trump which called on four Democratic congresswomen of colour to \"go back\".\n\nDuring a head-to-head debate run by The Sun, Jeremy Hunt called the remarks \"totally offensive\", while Boris Johnson said they were \"unacceptable\".\n\nBut neither would go as far as branding the US president's comments racist.\n\nMr Trump said the women \"originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe\".\n\nHe faced a backlash for the series of tweets on Sunday aimed at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley - who were all born in the US - and Ilhan Omar - who went to the US as a child refugee when she was 12.\n\nHis remarks were widely condemned as racist, and as having gone beyond previous statements and actions by the president that drew allegations of racism.\n\nBut Mr Trump doubled down on his comments on Monday, accusing the congresswomen of \"hating our country\".\n\nEarlier, he also launched another Twitter tirade, calling on the women themselves to apologise.\n\nAll the women called the president racist and were backed by members of the Democratic Party.\n\nAsked about the tweets during the debate, Mr Hunt - who is married to a Chinese woman - said he would be \"utterly appalled\" if someone said the same thing to their three children, who were born in the UK.\n\n\"It is totally un-British to do that, so I hope that would never happen,\" he added.\n\nMr Johnson said: \"If you are the leader of a great, multi-racial, multi-cultural society, you simply cannot use that kind of language about sending people back to where they came from.\n\n\"That went out decades and decades ago and thank heavens for that.\"\n\nHe also echoed comments made by outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May, who earlier called the tweets \"completely unacceptable\".\n\nAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left), Rashida Tlaib (centre) and Ayanna Pressley (right) accused the president of racism\n\nBut asked by The Sun's political editor, Tom Newton-Dunn, if they thought the comments were racist, neither candidate would say.\n\nMr Hunt said: \"Look, I'm foreign secretary, this is a president of a country which happens to be our closest ally, and so it is not going to help the situation to use that kind of language about the president of the United States.\n\n\"I can understand how many people in this country would want politicians like me to use those words and would feel that sentiment, but...I hope I have made absolutely clear how totally offensive it is to me that people are still saying that kind of thing.\"\n\nMr Johnson said: \"I simply can't understand how a leader of that country can come to say it.\"\n\nPressed again, he added: \"You can take from what I said what I think about President Trump's words.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe candidates were also questioned about the possibility of a future trade deal with the US.\n\nMr Hunt said whenever he had met with the US president and his administration, they had \"stressed how enthusiastic\" they were to do a deal.\n\nBut he admitted that Mr Trump would be a \"very tough and crude\" negotiator.\n\nMr Johnson agreed, calling the administration \"ruthless\" and saying the country would put \"tough conditions\" on any agreement with the UK.\n\nBut he added that this did not mean it was \"impossible to do a good deal\".", "NCSC staff protect the UK from cyber-attacks from their office in central London\n\nAn attempt to defraud thousands of people using a bogus email from a UK airport was one of a range of cyber-attacks prevented last year.\n\nThe scam used a fake gov.uk address, but the messages were prevented from ever reaching their intended recipients.\n\nThe details were revealed by GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre in an annual report.\n\nIn all, NCSC disclosed it had stopped 140,000 separate phishing attacks.\n\nThis refers to the attempted online theft of bank details and other sensitive information by impersonating a trustworthy person or organisation.\n\nIn addition, the agency said it had taken down 190,000 fraudulent sites.\n\nThis often happened quickly. The centre said that 64% of illegal sites were offline within 24 hours of being discovered and 99.3% eventually went dark.\n\nThis is the second time NCSC has published a progress report for its Active Cyber Defence programme. The effort - which uses a mix of automated processes to defeat internet-based threats to the UK - was launched in late-2016.\n\nOne focus is to take down malware and phishing sites. This is normally done by finding out who hosts the websites involved and then telling them that their clients are running a criminal operation. Most providers take down the pages quickly, although there are some exceptions.\n\nNCSC has not shared the name of the airport the fraudsters attempted to impersonate last August.\n\nBut it did say that the failed scheme involved sending 200,000 emails to members of the public asking them to pay a fee in order to receive a larger refund.\n\nHad the intended victims paid the sum, they would have got nothing in return.\n\nThe security centre also took the criminals' real email address offline to ensure they could not receive any replies.\n\nAnother success was an apparent reduction in the number of attacks in which fraudsters had posed as HM Revenue and Customs.\n\nScammers often pretend to offer individuals tax refunds if victims provide bank accounts and a facilitation payment.\n\nAt the start of January 2016, HMRC was the 16th most popular disguise used in phishing emails.\n\nBy the end of 2019, a series of new measures had reduced its global ranking to 146th.\n\nEfforts were also made to prevent 1.4 million employees in the public sector from visiting malicious sites.\n\nThis involved a service known as PDNS (protective domain name system), which effectively refuses to query the internet's address book when appropriate.\n\nSo, for example, if a user typed in a web address whose domain name had previously been linked to illegal activity - eg dodgysite.com - the service would refuse to provide the related internet protocol address - eg 216.58.111.789 - required to connect to its computer servers.\n\nNCSC said that PDNS had handled a total of 68.7 billion queries in 2018, of which it had blocked 57.4 million.\n\nThe PDNS system prevents connections to computer servers that are known to host ransomware, phishing attacks and malicious sites\n\nThis included frustrating 450,000 queries related to WannaCry - the malware that took down parts of the NHS in 2018.\n\nA further 230,000 queries were obstructed relating to another piece of malware called BadRabbit.\n\nThe system even found evidence of attempts to spread the Conficker worm, which was released as far back as 2008.\n\nNCSC added that BT has been working on its own version of PDNS, and is blocking an average of 110 million malicious connections per month.\n\nOther incidents flagged by the report included:\n\nIn the future, the NCSC said it wanted to do more to map the UK's use of the internet, in a piece of research it calls the Internet Weather Centre.\n\nThe aim is to understand questions like what are the most commonly used cloud services, and then use that knowledge to understand related vulnerabilities.\n\nIt also wants to do more work to allow public sector users to scan and check how their infrastructure is exposed to the net to spot potential risks.", "At the Made in America showcase, the president responded to questions about the meaning behind his weekend tweets, which some critics say were racist toward four Democratic members of Congress.", "Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud\n\nA man accused of inventing a VIP paedophile ring lies as habitually as someone having a cup of tea every morning, a court has heard.\n\nCarl Beech, 51, is on trial over claims he was a victim of an alleged paedophile network made up of high-profile figures from politics, the military and intelligence agencies.\n\nProsecutor Tony Badenoch QC also said Beech was a \"sophisticated paedophile\".\n\nBeech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud.\n\nDuring a nine-week trial, the jury heard that Beech has admitted downloading indecent images of boys and filming a child using the toilet.\n\nIn his closing remarks at Newcastle Crown Court, Mr Badenoch said: \"The defendant Carl Beech is a sophisticated paedophile. I make no apology for saying it, the evidence proves it.\n\n\"At some stage Carl Beech appears to have convinced himself that such behaviour is acceptable for whatever purpose he had.\n\n\"Spying on children, covertly filming (a child), gathering literally hundreds of images of the rape and abuse of children, each of them a criminal offence.\"\n\nBeech's allegations, which included a claim that three young boys were murdered, led to a £2m Metropolitan Police investigation between 2014-2016 that ended with no further action being taken.\n\nMr Badenoch said Beech, from Gloucester, operated under different names at different times.\n\nHe listed some of them as Lucy Samuels, his pen-name for a book on nursing, \"Nick\" the name used by the police and media, his Twitter personas, and identities he used whilst hiding from the Swedish authorities.\n\n\"He presents himself at any given moment as he chooses to at that point in time,\" Mr Badenoch told the court.\n\n\"False identities, creating fictional people, pretending to be someone else, but all the while knowing very well that he was doing it, because he did so consciously, and being prepared to tell deliberate lies about the same.\n\n\"That sort of conduct in the life of Carl Beech was as habitual and easy as starting the day with a cup of tea might be to some of you.\"\n\nBeech, from Gloucester, accused Field Marshal Lord Bramall, a former head of the British Army, of being involved in the paedophile ring.\n\nDuring the trial, the jury saw a video of his police interview in which the peer banged on the desk as he insisted he had no sexual interest in children.\n\nMr Badenoch said: \"Lord Bramall answered all questions fully and truthfully, gave details, spoke about his life, spoke about things intimately personal to him.\n\n\"Compare what he was to say and the manner in which he was to say it, to this defendant, shifting, shuffling and lying, and deceiving and dancing and twisting and twirling and running.\"\n\nLord Bramall was interviewed by police in April 2015 when he was 91\n\nHe said Beech picked out Lord Bramall - and his fellow generals Sir Roland Gibbs and Sir Hugh Beach - among his abusers after choosing his late step-father, who was a Major, as the \"entry point\" to the rich and powerful.\n\nMr Badenoch said that while Major Beech was a violent person, there was no evidence he had sexually abused his stepson.\n\n\"The defendant's word on this topic is hopelessly discredited because he cannot get his story straight,\" he said.", "Irn-Bru maker AG Barr's share price fell sharply on Tuesday after the company issued a profit warning.\n\nThe Cumbernauld-based said it expected sales to drop by 10% and profits by up to 20% as they struggle against a strong year in 2018.\n\nIt cited poor weather and \"challenges\" facing some of its brands, particularly its Rockstar energy and Rubicon juice drinks.\n\nBarr's share price was down by more than 28%, at 623p, by 16:30.\n\nIn a pre-close update, the company said trading so far this year had been below its expectations.\n\nIt added: \"This has been exacerbated by some specific brand challenges, particularly in Rockstar energy and Rubicon juice drinks, as well as disappointing spring and early summer weather, most notably in Scotland and the north of England, and compounded further as we approach the half year when the prior year comparative weather was at its peak.\"\n\nAG Barr's Rubicon division has faced challenges since the introduction of the sugar tax, with several drinks companies having to change their recipes to reduce sugar levels.\n\nThis has led to a backlash among some customers, who have complained about the new tastes.\n\nThe Rockstar energy division has also had to contend with a crackdown and awareness-raising by campaigners about teenagers drinking high-caffeine drinks. Several supermarkets have banned sales of the products to under-18s.\n\nChief executive Roger White said it had been a \"challenging start to the year\" for the company\n\nAG Barr chief executive Roger White said that although the cocktail mixer division Funkin was growing well, it had been a challenging start to the year for the rest of the company.\n\nHe added: \"Weather comparatives and trading, particularly in the impulse on-the-go market, have been even tougher than expected which, along with some brand-specific challenges, have led to a short-term impact on our financial performance.\n\n\"We are focused on returning to growth and will continue to take the actions we believe necessary to succeed in the dynamic environment within which we operate.\"\n\nThese actions include launching three new Rockstar drinks by the end of the summer and \"recipe improvement activity\" for Rubicon juice drinks.\n\nHowever, the company warned \"the benefit of these actions will not be felt until later in the second half of the financial year\".\n\nSales for the 26 weeks to 27 July are now expected to be about £123m - down 10% on last year - and further one-off costs can be expected to be announced later in the year, the company added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Labour MP Emily Thornberry was taken to hospital after coming off her bicycle in an accident outside Parliament.\n\nThe shadow foreign secretary was involved in a collision with a vehicle in Parliament Square, Westminster, outside the House of Commons on Friday.\n\nThe Islington South and Finsbury MP was taken to hospital in an ambulance.\n\nA spokesperson for Ms Thornberry said she had now been discharged and was \"hugely grateful\" for the support of the paramedics and A&E staff.\n\n\"She will be back to work and back on her bike as soon as possible,\" the spokesperson added.", "The man was targeted near a supermarket in Shettleston\n\nA pedestrian has been deliberately struck by a car in an apparent murder attempt in Glasgow.\n\nPolice said the 33-year-old was walking with two male friends in Amulree Street, Shettleston, when he was targeted at about 15:00 on Friday.\n\nThe white car, possibly a 4x4, chased them into Pettigrew Street where the man was struck by the vehicle.\n\nHe was not seriously injured but detectives have begun an attempted murder investigation.\n\nDet Colin Thapar, of Shettleston CID, said: \"Although the man, who we believe was the intended target of the attack, was not seriously injured and didn't seek hospital treatment, to deliberately drive a large car at someone in the middle of a busy street in the middle of the afternoon is reckless and dangerous and could have involved at lot more people.\n\n\"However, thankfully no one else was injured and so far we have had a good response from the public who were around, however, we are still keen to get information, especially dash-cam footage, of the incident.\"", "Gloria De Piero said she had received online abuse from people wanting to overturn the result of the EU referendum\n\nLabour's shadow justice minister has quit its front bench and decided not to stand at the next general election.\n\nGloria De Piero, MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, said she was unsure she could \"sustain the energy and commitment of the last nine years\".\n\nShe campaigned for Remain in a strongly pro-Brexit seat but does not support a second referendum.\n\nIn her speech to party members, she also hit out at a \"lack of tolerance\" in the Labour Party.\n\nShadow chancellor John McDonnell said her decision was \"disappointing\".\n\nSpeaking to members on Friday, Ms De Piero said: \"I've had time to think about whether I can continue to give you all the energy and personal sacrifices that you need as a Labour champion for this constituency. You deserve the absolute best.\"\n\nShe added: \"The Labour Party is made up of mostly good people who sometimes disagree on how to achieve good. There is nothing wrong with that. It's good and it's healthy and it should be welcomed.\n\n\"The lack of tolerance for different viewpoints in the Labour Party frankly worries me.\n\n\"We have to have respect for each other, even if we disagree, because we are all part of this Party.\"\n\nShe also said she received \"grim\" abuse on social media from people wanting to overturn the referendum result.\n\nEarlier this month, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn challenged the next Conservative leader to hold another referendum before taking the UK out of the EU, saying Labour would campaign for Remain.\n\nIn the EU Referendum 69.8% of voters in Ashfield voted Leave, on a turnout of 72.8%.\n\nMs De Piero has represented the traditionally safe Labour seat since 2010 but at the last election won by only a few hundred votes.\n\nShe continued: \"This party is about a set of values not any individual and we would all do well to remember that.\n\n\"And while I'm at it, and it doesn't happen in Ashfield, but when I hear people being called right-wing in the Labour Party I find it utterly offensive.\n\n\"We are all left-wingers in this party - that is why we joined the Labour Party.\"\n\nMr McDonnell said he thought her speech was \"lovely\" but added: \"We worked together as a team, [I'm] disappointed she's standing down, but we're a broad church in the Labour Party and we always will [be].\n\nThe shadow chancellor said he had been to visit Ms De Piero to help fundraise only a few weeks ago\n\n\"If there's any evidence of intolerance, we've said to our MPs and members, let us know and we will take action.\"\n\nMs De Piero finished her speech by saying she \"actually believes\" in Brexit and would continue to campaign for a soft version of it, before inviting members back to her home for drinks and frozen pizza.\n\nCorrection 9th October 2019: This story has been updated to clarify that Ms De Piero said she was stepping down for personal reasons, not directly because of her views on a \"lack of tolerance\" within Labour.\n\nFollow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "FGM is banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but persists in some communities\n\nPrimary schools in England should start teaching pupils about female genital mutilation when a new curriculum is introduced next year, campaigners say.\n\nSecondary school pupils are to be taught about FGM from 2020.\n\nBut experts fear that for some vulnerable girls these lessons will come too late.\n\nMost girls who are subjected to the mutilation undergo the practice - often abroad - before they are 10, according to the National FGM Centre.\n\nThe process, which involves removing a female's external genitalia, was banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2003, and Scotland in 2005, but persists in some communities.\n\nEarlier this year, England saw its first successful prosecution of an FGM case, which involved a three-year-old girl mutilated by her mother.\n\nThe National FGM Centre - a partnership between children's charity Barnardo's and the Local Government Association - wants to see female genital mutilation eradicated by 2030.\n\nIt says teaching the issue across the country, regardless of the demographic of the community, is beneficial as children learn their body belongs to them and no-one is allowed to harm them.\n\nIt has called for primary schools to start teaching pupils about FGM when the new relationships and health education curriculum is introduced next year.\n\nLeethen Bartholomew, head of the National FGM Centre, said: \"While some may have reservations about children being taught about this issue at primary school, the work of the National FGM Centre has shown this can be done in a child-centred, age-appropriate way.\n\n\"By teaching primary school pupils about FGM, we are empowering the next generation to speak up about the issue.\n\n\"But it's not just down to the next generation to break the silence.\n\n\"Everyone, regardless of their community, gender or profession must be part of this conversation, so FGM becomes less of a hidden crime.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. What are the four types of FGM?\n\nThe National FGM Centre has produced guidance for primary school teachers about how to introduce the subject and how to engage with parents and support them in discussion with their children.\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Education said: \"It is important that all children understand that FGM is an abhorrent crime which causes immeasurable harm to its victims and their families.\n\n\"From September 2020, as part of the new relationships and sex education curriculum, all children will be taught that FGM is a criminal offence and about the emotional and physical damage it causes.\n\n\"Whilst it must be taught in secondary school, primary schools can choose to teach it if they think it is appropriate for their cohort of pupils, and provided it's taught in an age-appropriate way.\"", "Angela Merkel visited an exhibit in Berlin in July on anti-Nazi conspirator Claus von Stauffenberg\n\nGerman Chancellor Angela Markel has used the 75th anniversary of the most famous plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler to call on citizens to counter rising right-wing extremism.\n\nMs Merkel thanked the German officer, Claus von Stauffenberg, and other plotters who tried in 1944 to kill the Nazi dictator with a briefcase bomb.\n\nStauffenberg and some 200 co-conspirators were caught and executed.\n\n\"This day is a reminder to us, not only of those who acted on July 20, but also of everyone who stood up against Nazi rule,\" she said in her weekly video podcast.\n\n\"We are likewise obliged today to oppose all tendencies that seek to destroy democracy. That includes right-wing extremism.\"\n\nThe right-wing party Alternative for Germany in May became the country's largest opposition party in parliament with an anti-immigrant and nationalist agenda.\n\nIn recent years there has been a rise in far-right attacks, including the murder of a German politician, whose death prosecutors believe was politically motivated and carried out by assassins with neo-Nazi extremist links.\n\nAccording to government figures, there are 24,000 right-wing extremists in Germany. Nearly 13,000 are believed to have a tendency to violence.\n\nCount Claus von Stauffenberg pictured with his children in 1940\n\nThe German colonel was 36 years old when he tried to kill Adolf Hilter during a meeting at the Nazi leader's secret headquarters - called the Wolf's Lair - in a forest in East Prussia.\n\nHitler survived the assassination attempt with minor injuries after someone had moved the bomb, concealed in a briefcase, next to a heavy table leg, deflecting much of the explosion.\n\nStauffenberg and his co-conspirators were branded as cowards and traitors, and executed within hours. Their plot to seize control of the regime and make peace with Western allies to end World War II went relatively unrecognised for decades.\n\nThe plot, known as Operation Valkyrie, came back to prominence with the 2008 film of the same name, starring Tom Cruise as the former count attempting to over-throw Hitler's Nazi regime.", "Last updated on .From the section African\n\nAlgeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time as a freak early goal secured a 1-0 win against Senegal in the final in Cairo.\n\nBaghdad Bounedjah's shot took a huge deflection off Salif Sane and looped over goalkeeper Alfred Gomes.\n\nSenegal, who have never won the competition, were awarded a penalty for handball in the second half but it was overturned after a VAR review.\n\nAlgeria closed out the rest of the game to win their first title since 1990.\n• None Quiz: How well do you remember the tournament?\n\nSenegal's players collapsed on the pitch in tears at the final whistle.\n\nLiverpool forward Sadio Mane, who said before the game he would swap his Champions League winners medal for Africa Cup of Nations success, looked disconsolate as Algeria players celebrated around him.\n\n\"Without the players I am nothing,\" said Algeria boss Djamel Belmadi. \"They are the main ones. I suppose the staff played its part in guiding the players but they applied the instructions incredibly well.\"\n\nSenegal, making only their second appearance in the final since 2002, dominated for large periods but struggled to make the most of their possession.\n\nM'Baye Niang was at the centre of two of their best chances as he flashed a fierce drive over the bar just before the break, and rounded keeper Rais M'bolhi early in the second half only to shoot wide from a tight angle.\n\nM'Bolhi also did well to palm over a stinging effort from Youssouf Sabaly.\n\nThe decisive moment for Senegal was the reversal of the decision to award a penalty on the hour mark.\n\nIsmaila Sarr's cross was blasted straight at Adlene Guedioura's arm, referee Neant Alioum pointed to the spot, but, just as the Senegal players started celebrating the decision, he quickly indicated that a VAR review was under way.\n\nAfter watching the replays on the pitch-side monitor, which clearly showed Guedioura's arm being by his side, Alioum reversed the decision.\n\nAlthough the decision was correct, the result was harsh on Senegal, with Algeria managing only one shot on goal.\n\nThe game was billed by many as a battle between Liverpool's Mane and Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez, but both were on the periphery of this encounter.\n\nMahrez's lack of contribution was largely down to Algeria's defensive approach after taking the lead, but Mane will perhaps be disappointed with his input.\n\nHe was clearly the player Algeria fans feared most - every touch of the ball was met with boos - but he showed only glimpses of his pace and danger on the ball, possibly showing the signs of fatigue following a long season for club and country.\n\nIt is 363 days since Mane began pre-season with Liverpool - and he will only have a couple of weeks rest before the new campaign gets under way on 9 August.\n\nAlgeria were very lucky to get their first goal from a deflected shot by Bounedjah. But they made the most of their luck.\n\nTheir defence has been formidable all tournament and as much as Senegal tried to create chances, it was just so difficult for them.\n\nThe Teranga Lions raised their level after half-time and had a great chance that was missed by Niang, one of two players Algeria were giving very close attention - the other, of course, being Mane.\n\nOne goal was enough for Algeria to win a well deserved tournament even though they weren't their best in the final. Senegal were so close this time but they needed luck and more clinical finishing - and they found neither.\n• None Attempt blocked. Salif Sané (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.\n• None Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.\n• None Sadio Mané (Senegal) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Attempt missed. Krépin Diatta (Senegal) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "An emotional Rory McIlroy said missing the cut at his home Open hurt but the \"love\" from the crowd spurred him on to a remarkable round at Royal Portrush.\n\nAfter an eight-over-par opening round, McIlroy faced a huge task to make the weekend for what is Northern Ireland's first staging of The Open in 68 years.\n\nThe Northern Irishman, 30, carded seven birdies in a second-round 65 but missed the cut line by one shot.\n\n\"I wish I could have been a part of it for two more days,\" he told the BBC.\n\n\"But I'll look back at this week with nothing but fondness and positivity and I can't wait to come back here and play in another Open Championship.\n\n\"I am so proud of Portrush, this country, Northern Ireland, the R&A for bringing it back here, and everyone involved. It means the world to me.\"\n• None I'm not going to be consistent at my age - Woods\n\nWorld number three McIlroy shot a course-record 61 on the Dunluce Links when he was 16 years old but a 64 would have done it for the four-time major winner on Friday.\n\nHe made two birdies on the front nine and, after clawing three strokes back in as many holes after the turn, the support for the home favourite grew louder and the atmosphere more intense with every shot.\n\nA bogey at 13 threatened to derail McIlroy, but he hit straight back with another birdie and that seemed to hype up his fans even more.\n\nMcIlroy pulled another back at the imposing 16th, known as Calamity Corner, and made his way to the 17th tee 'high-fiving' children in the knowledge that one more birdie in the final two holes would do it.\n\n\"It was one of the most fun runs of golf I have ever played,\" he said.\n\n\"Today I really felt the love from the crowd, so many of them out there willing me on and wanting me to be there for the weekend.\"\n\nA birdie eluded McIlroy at 17, but a drive to the middle of the fairway on the final hole had fans sprinting and jostling their way along the ropes to try and find a good view of the 18th green.\n\nMcIlroy's approach drifted left, but the noise cranked up once more and the ferocious roars echoing around the grandstand made it feel like this was the final group on Sunday playing for the Claret Jug rather than a man chasing the cut.\n\nThe 2014 Open champion had left himself too much work. He made it up and down from the fringes in two strokes for par, but that was one too many.\n\nRory McIlroy shot a second-round 65 and missed the cut. Just think about that.\n\nIt just shows us what a class act he is. But the point still remains that yesterday was an absolute golfing disaster.\n\nWe said all along this would be a very special Open for all sorts of reasons. This was one of those moments which tells you why. I'd never seen such scenes for a player trying to make the cut on a Friday evening.\n• None Sign up to get golf news sent to your phone", "Sarah Boyle was misdiagnosed with cancer after noticing problems breastfeeding her son Teddy\n\nA mother underwent a double mastectomy after doctors wrongly diagnosed her with an aggressive form of cancer.\n\nSarah Boyle, 28, was told she had triple negative breast cancer after she had difficulty breastfeeding her baby.\n\nMrs Boyle underwent chemotherapy and later needed reconstructive surgery before the mistake was noticed, leaving her \"traumatised\".\n\nThe hospital that treated her apologised, saying it was \"human error\" that led to her being misdiagnosed.\n\nMrs Boyle said her treatment had made life difficult for her family\n\nMrs Boyle, from Stoke-on-Trent, said life had been \"incredibly difficult\" for her, as well as her husband Stephen, 31, and their two sons since she was told she needed treatment at the end of 2016.\n\n\"Being told I had cancer was awful, but then to go through all of the treatment and surgery to then be told it was unnecessary was traumatising,\" she said.\n\nShe went to Royal Stoke Hospital when she noticed her six-month-old son Teddy becoming \"very distressed\" when she tried to feed him from her right breast.\n\nAfter a biopsy and a scan, she was told she had breast cancer and was sent for treatment.\n\nThe hospital trust said it understood \"how devastating this has been\" for Mrs Boyle\n\n\"Ultimately the misreporting of the biopsy was a human error,\" said a spokesperson for the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNW), which runs the hospital.\n\nMrs Boyle said her treatment meant she was unable to breastfeed her second son, Louis, who is seven months old, and now she was concerned about future health complications, including \"actually developing cancer\".\n\nThe trust offered an \"unreserved apology\" to Mrs Boyle and said it \"understands how devastating this has been\".\n\nIt said all cancer diagnoses were reviewed by a second pathologist.\n\nMrs Boyle is now pursuing a legal claim against the trust, which has admitted liability.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Netball\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and app from 15 July; Follow daily live text commentaries online.\n\nEngland missed out on the Netball World Cup final once again as they fell to an agonising 47-45 defeat by New Zealand in Liverpool.\n\nThe Roses were unbeaten in the group stage but fell short in the semi-finals against an inspired Silver Ferns side.\n\nNew Zealand go on to face holders Australia in Sunday's final for a sixth consecutive tournament.\n\nEngland have now lost eight straight World Cup semi-finals and face South Africa in the bronze-medal match.\n\nThey will match their achievements from 2015 if they beat the Proteas, who were narrowly beaten by Australia in the opening semi-final.\n• None As it happened: England fall to semi-final defeat\n\nTracey Neville's Roses famously fought back to snatch a late win in the gold-medal match against the Diamonds at the Commonwealth Games in 2018.\n\nBut this time they were on the receiving end of the disappointment.\n\nNew Zealand showed their intent by surging into a 5-0 lead as England panicked, but the Roses regrouped to take a three-goal lead into half-time.\n\nUntil this match, England had not come from behind in the tournament and as the Silver Ferns pushed back in front, they looked intent on staying there.\n\nEngland threw everything at the Kiwis in the final quarter - but their opposition soaked up the pressure and played down the seconds left on the clock.\n\nWhat went wrong for England?\n\nEngland did not look like the confident team who came through the group stages without losing a quarter.\n\nShooter Jo Harten's form dropped dramatically in the first half, compared to her heroics in the previous game against South Africa, and she only improved when she moved to goal attack.\n\nEngland's engine room and captain Serena Guthrie was also guilty of failing to bring the goods on the day.\n\nHead coach Neville said her side's \"basic errors\" cost them the game.\n\n\"New Zealand came out really strong in that first quarter, \"she said. \"We didn't learn our lessons quickly enough. We seemed to be chasing the game, which is something we haven't done in this tournament.\n\n\"We gave it our all but didn't have the legs. This tournament is quite brutal. We've got another game tomorrow and we go again.\"\n\nGive it a go yourself! Find out how to get into netball with the BBC Get Inspired guide\n\n'We've already won in some respects'\n\nIt was a rocky road to this final for New Zealand. They failed to reach the Commonwealth finals in 2018 for the first time and dropped to fourth in the rankings, one place behind England.\n\nOff the court, key player Laura Langman, who has made more than 100 international appearances, was out of the set-up for 18 months because she chose to play her club netball in Australia.\n\nBut the arrival of coach Noeline Taurua in 2018 led to those club rules being relaxed and now Langman, along with veteran defender Casey Kopua, will get a shot at gold again in what is likely to be their last World Cup.\n\n\"I'm a bit lost for words,\" said Taurua. \"We've got one more game to go to get the gold and that's what we're going for.\n\n\"We've already won in some respects. We were underdogs coming into this game. There's nothing else for us to worry about.\"\n\nNew Zealand came close to beating the Diamonds in the preliminary stages and this victory over the hosts will surely give them the belief they need to beat their long-time rivals.\n• None Find your netball position from how you use your phone\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Some learner drivers need as many as 21 attempts in a calendar year to pass their practical test, new data shows.\n\nThe Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) released the information after a Freedom of Information request for the 10 most prolific candidates every year between 2009 and 2018.\n\nIn 2016, one driver passed on their 21st try that year, while a learner in 2018 failed 19 times before passing.\n\nIn 2009, 2015 and 2017, a learner failed all 19 tests they took.\n\nRules mean a learner has to wait 10 working days between failing and taking their next test.\n\nCommenting on the FoI data - requested by the Press Association - the DVSA said its priority was to \"help everyone through a lifetime of safe driving\".\n\n\"Candidates should only attempt their test when they've gained a broad range of experience and are ready to drive safely and independently,\" it said.\n\n\"Anyone who fails their driving test has to wait at least 10 working days to take another.\n\n\"This ensures the candidate has time to undergo additional training and improve any faults noted by the examiner before they take their test again.\"\n\nSeparate data from the DVSA showed the car driving test pass rate was 45.8% in the year 2018/19, the lowest figure since 45.3% in 2008/9.\n\nSome 18,922 learners passed the practical test with zero faults in 2018/19, up from 18,410 the previous year.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nMore than 20,000 protesters have gathered in Moscow demanding free and fair elections in the Russian capital.\n\nProtesters are calling for opposition candidates to be allowed to register for the September polls.\n\nThe authorities have refused to register them despite each candidate gathering the minimum 5,000 signatures needed to be eligible to run.\n\nOpposition leaders including the most prominent, Alexei Navalny, joined supporters at the rally.\n\nActivists opposed to the government of President Vladimir Putin say the authorities have wrongly declared supporters' signatures invalid. Around 30 candidates were barred from running.\n\nThousands attended the rally in Moscow on Saturday\n\nSpeaking at the event Mr Navalny told protesters: \"We will show them this is a dangerous game. We should fight for our candidates.\"\n\nHe vowed that there would be a bigger rally next week unless authorities register a number of candidates for the vote.\n\nOne candidate, Lyubov Sobol, has been on hunger strike for more than a week, demanding that she be allowed to run.\n\nProtesters are demanding that opposition leaders be allowed to run in the September elections\n\nOrganisers said on Facebook that they were protesting for a Russia \"without bandits, fraudsters, swindlers and thieves\".\n\nLocal authorities gave permission for the rally to take place.\n\nLast week, police arrested dozens of protesters at another rally in defence of independent election candidates.\n\nThe protests come amid a drop in approval ratings for Mr Putin and anger over declining living standards and widespread corruption.\n\nOrganisers said they were calling for a Russia without \"fraudsters\"", "Bin collections are one of the outsourced council services Labour has targeted\n\nLabour wants councils in England to carry out services themselves rather than employ private firms, the shadow chancellor has said.\n\nJohn McDonnell said he wants to limit the outsourcing of services such as bin collections by obliging councils to run them when existing private contracts expire.\n\nCleaning and school dinners could also be taken back in-house under the plans.\n\nThe government said decisions should be left with local councils.\n\nThe Confederation of British Industry said Labour's proposal was \"an extreme move devoid of evidence yet dripping in dogma\".\n\nIn a speech on Saturday, Mr McDonnell said outsourced contracts were costly and lacked accountability as decisions were often made \"behind closed doors\".\n\nHe added: \"It is the business model of outsourcing which is broken and that is why it needs replacing.\n\n\"Remember we've had the experience of Carillion, for example, collapses and you have something like 200 schools who have been affected, large numbers of councils, things not being built, services not being delivered and people being laid off.\"\n\nMr McDonnell said changing the law to ensure services are brought back in-house would be achievable within the first term of a new parliament.\n\nHe would expect councils to comply with the plan unless there were \"significant\" barriers to doing so.\n\nMr McDonnell added: \"It's the councillors who are demanding this change.\n\n\"If you look at example after example, where the council themselves say 'look, we've had enough of being ripped off by private contractors, we've had enough of poor service'.\n\n\"They have brought things in-house already and they have saved money and had a more efficient service.\"\n\nA spokesman for Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said: \"It should be left for local councils and communities to decide which services to outsource, not Mr McDonnell.\"\n\nMatthew Fell, CBI chief UK policy director, said: \"Rejecting the innovation, investment and cost savings suppliers can bring to vital public services and infrastructure is an extreme move devoid of evidence yet dripping in dogma.\n\n\"The vast majority of public-private partnerships are successful, delivering investment and high quality services.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Last updated on .From the section Netball\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and app from 15 July; Follow daily live text commentaries online.\n\nAustralia reached their eighth successive Netball World Cup final after edging a 55-53 win against South Africa in Liverpool.\n\nThe 11-time winners squandered an eight-goal half-time lead as the Proteas stormed back to within one with four minutes remaining.\n\nBut the Diamonds held on to reach Sunday's gold-medal match.\n\nAustralia now play New Zealand in Sunday's final as they bid to win their fourth consecutive title.\n\nThe Kiwis beat England 47-45 in the other semi-final on Saturday.\n\n\"I'm proud of them. They're a bunch of fighters. They played smart when we needed it and that's exactly what we have to do in pressure games,\" said Australia coach Lisa Alexander.\n\nGive it a go yourself! Find out how to get into netball with the BBC Get Inspired guide\n• None Find your netball position from how you use your phone\n\nHaving sailed through the first five matches of the group stages, Australia only just came through their match against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand by a single goal to set up a meeting with South Africa.\n\nAs the world's best side, they were firm favourites to progress against a team ranked four places below them on Saturday.\n\nDiamonds coach Alexander made some big calls with her starting line-up, opting for a completely fresh shooting partnership in Caitlin Thwaites and Gretel Tippett, and it paid off in the first half.\n\nThe Australians looked at home on the big stage and their confidence came through in the second quarter. They patiently turned the screw and pushed into a 31-23 lead at half-time, with both shooters finishing on 100% accuracy.\n\nThe Proteas were well beaten by England in their last group match but did not want to settle for second best in this semi-final.\n\nGoal defence Karla Pretorius produced a number of aerial intercepts, as did goal keeper Phumza Maweni, who had by far her best game of the competition - while Lenize Potgieter was able to convert as South Africa pounced on turnovers.\n\nHowever, even against a team playing out of their skin, a fired-up Australia attack can always find a way through.\n\nThey made three substitutions in the final quarter and never panicked - even when their lead was cut to one.\n\nUltimately, South Africa's inexperience of playing in their first semi-final was exposed by Australia, and the occasion was a step too far for Norma Plummer's side, who will now play England in Sunday's bronze-medal match (14:30 BST)\n\n\"I'm absolutely delighted for where we've taken the number one team in the world,\" said 74-year-old Plummer, who went on to confirm she would step down at the end of the tournament.\n\n\"We could still get a medal. Tomorrow is my 50th Test match with South Africa, and then I'm handing over the reins. I've done four years and shown them the way. It's up to them now.\"\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Watch as Zimbabwe netballers celebrate their top-eight finish at the World Cup by dancing their way on to BBC Two's TV coverage while Hazel Irvine is still presenting.\n\nFollow live coverage of the Netball World Cup this weekend on BBC Two, the BBC Sport website & BBC iPlayer.\n\nAvailable to UK users only.", "He said he had to check on his 65-year-old mother despite fracturing his hip earlier in the day. When officials told him he couldn't take the stairs to see her, he found another way.", "ASAP Rocky will stay in a Swedish jail for at least another week after prosecutors were granted more time to investigate an alleged assault.\n\nThe American rapper has been held since being arrested on suspicion of assault on 3 July.\n\nA prosecutor now has until 25 July to decide whether to charge him, Stockholm District Court decided.\n\nOne of ASAP Rocky's alleged victims is also being investigated for abuse, assault and attempted assault.\n\nHearings to decide whether to keep two other men detained - who were arrested with ASAP - are ongoing.\n\nThe court decided ASAP should stay in custody \"because of the flight risk\", says prosecutor Daniel Suneson.\n\n\"This gives us time to complete the investigation.\"\n\nPresident Trump has said he plans to intervene after speaking to Kanye West about ASAP.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nASAP and Kanye first collaborated in 2015 on ASAP's track, Jukebox Joints.\n\nOn 5 July, the rapper was held for an extra two weeks while the investigation carried on.\n\nNow that two weeks is up prosecutors have applied for another extension until 25 July to formally charge him with a crime.\n\n\"We have worked intensively with the investigation and need more time, until Thursday next week in order to complete the preliminary investigation,\" Mr Suneson says.\n\nProsecutors say ASAP - real name Rakim Mayers - was involved in a fight in Stockholm on 30 June, where he'd been playing at a festival.\n\nA video published online appeared to show him punching another man in the street.\n\nBut the rapper also put videos of his own up on social media. He says they're from before the fight and they show the man following him.\n\nASAP's bodyguard, who had also been arrested on suspicion of assault, was released earlier in July.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Kim Kardashian West This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nKim Kardashian West has also revealed she's been involved in trying to help ASAP.\n\nShe tweeted a link to a story on TMZ, which reported that she and husband Kanye West had spoken to President Trump about getting ASAP released.\n\n\"President Trump is very much aware of A$AP Rocky's legal sitch in Sweden - and he's got his team working to get him freed ... thanks in part to Kim K and Kanye West,\" the report says.\n\nKronoberg remand prison, where ASAP Rocky is being held awaiting trial\n\nThe prison holding the rapper denied he was being held in poor conditions after it was claimed Kronoberg prison is like \"walking into a toilet\".\n\nThat was what showbiz website TMZ reported was said by a US Embassy official.\n\nA source reportedly told them he was being made to sleep on a yoga mat with no blanket, drink water that was not clean, and had only been given an apple to eat each day during his first five days at the prison.\n\nBut the prison's governor Fredrik Wallin told Newsbeat in a statement that the prison is in \"good condition\".\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "Police have released images of two people they want to speak to\n\nPolice are looking for two men after suspected CS gas was released during a fight on a London Underground train.\n\nIt happened at 09:13 BST on board a Victoria line Tube train at Oxford Circus in central London.\n\nBritish Transport Police (BTP) said a number of people were treated at the scene by paramedics for coughing and shortness of breath.\n\nThe force has appealed for witnesses and released CCTV images of the two men they would like to speak to.\n\nBTP added that other than the symptoms shown by the passengers, there were \"no further concerns for their health\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nPassenger Michael Roberts was with his girlfriend on their way to Oxford when he said he saw two people \"looking into the next carriage had seen some sort of a commotion\".\n\n\"Then two guys stumbled into our carriage and all the people on our carriage moved naturally away from the door.\n\n\"That's when everybody realised we couldn't breathe properly.\"\n\nOxford Circus is situated on the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street\n\nThe 26-year-old said at first he thought the men were drunk \"because they were trying to frantically get into the carriage\" while the train was moving northbound between Green Park and Oxford Circus.\n\nMr Roberts said he had his T-shirt over his mouth because he could not breathe and his girlfriend was \"spluttering\".\n\nHe said the effects of the gas lasted about an hour and described the ordeal as \"pretty frightening\", adding the train was about half full at the time.\n\nOxford Circus Tube station is situated at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street and serves the Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines.\n\nA Transport for London spokeswoman said the train had been taken out of service and to a depot for quarantine.\n\nCS gas, also known as tear gas, can cause a burning sensation around the eyes and difficulty in breathing.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Karina Canellakis took up the baton after being encouraged by Sir Simon Rattle\n\nKarina Canellakis has made history, as the first woman to conduct the First Night of the BBC Proms.\n\nThe US musician led the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers in a stirring and dramatic programme culminating in Leoš Janáček's utterly unique Glagolitic Mass.\n\nThe landmark performance came just two years after Cannellakis's conducting debut at the Proms.\n\n\"I'm honoured - and I'm very sweaty,\" she said after leaving stage.\n\nThe 38-year-old New Yorker started her career as a violinist after graduating from the Julliard School.\n\nThe seeds of her conducting career were sown at the BBC Proms in 2008, as she performed Mahler's emotional 6th Symphony as part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.\n\n\"I was playing second violin, and I played my heart out,\" she told BBC Radio 3, \"and I remember just looking up and thinking I had never seen the ceiling so far away.\"\n\nBut it was British conductor Sir Simon Rattle who finally convinced her to swap the violin for the baton.\n\n\"He told me: 'You may not see many people that look like you up there, but I really think you could do this,'\" she told the bachtrack website earlier this year.\n\n\"That was the thing that changed my pattern of thinking and gave me a little bit of a push towards... making music without the instrument in my hand, which in the beginning was quite terrifying.\"\n\nOn Friday night's evidence, she has ably grown into the role.\n\nHer opening night kicked off with a complex, layered new work by Canadian composer Zosha Di Castri.\n\nLong Is the Journey - Short Is the Memory was commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and explored everything from the dark, brooding exploration of space to man's first weightless steps on the lunar surface.\n\nKarina Canellakis embraces composer Zosha Di Castri after premiering her new work\n\nDi Castri managed to convey the eerie loneliness of that first moonwalk in a section where the orchestra rubbed together paper bags, blew compressed air into milk bottles, and scraped tuning keys across harp strings, while a lone oboe represented the awestruck wonder of astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.\n\nThe chorus, meanwhile, sang an evocative text by Chinese-British author Xiaolu Guo: \"We stepped out and bounced, skipped, swang wide, set the flag on the silent lunar surface.\"\n\nResearching the piece left a major impression on the composer, who had never before considered the monumental human effort behind the Moon landings.\n\n\"To be honest, it was something that I took as fact - that we've been to the Moon,\" she said. \"This brought back the sense of awe.\"\n\nThe first half concluded with a lovingly-shaped rendition of Dvořák's The Golden Spinning Wheel, receiving its first-ever performance at the Proms.\n\nZocha Di Castri's piece is the first of many Proms to mark the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings\n\nPart two was devoted to Janáček's elemental Glagolitic Mass - one of the greatest 20th Century choral works.\n\nA setting of a ninth-century liturgical text, it is essentially the atheist composer's hymn to nature.\n\n\"Always the scent of the moist forest - that was the incense,\" said the Czech musician. \"I felt a cathedral grow before me in the vast expanse of the hills and the vault of the sky\".\n\n\"It is as much pagan ritual as it is a mass,\" acknowledged Canellakis ahead of the concert, \"and it switches drastically from one section to another.\"\n\nUnder her watch, the BBC Symphony Orchestra expertly navigated the shifting celestial and confrontational tones, while organist Peter Holder deservedly received an ovation after untangling the labyrinthine solo.\n\nMezzo-Soprano Jennifer Johnston described the Glagolitic Mass as having a \"filmic quality\"\n\nSoloists including tenor Ladislav Elgr and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston were crisp and clear - despite being unclear on how the text should sound.\n\n\"Glagolitic was the precedent to the Cyrillic alphabet [and] the result is we don't really know how it's meant to be pronounced,\" she explained to BBC Radio 3.\n\n\"It's our best guess, along with academics who've given us some guidance.\"\n\nThe piece also highlighted a theme of the 2019 Proms season, which is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Wood. The Proms founder-conductor presided over the premiere of the Glagolitic Mass at the Queen's Hall in 1930.\n\nThe modern-day Proms, of course, are based in the Royal Albert Hall - where more than 1,000 of Friday's concert-goers were \"Prommers\", who had queued all day in the rain to snap up \"on the day\" tickets for just £6.\n\nFor Canellakis, it is those concert-goers who give the festival its unique flavour.\n\n\"I love the enthusiasm of the audience here,\" she said. \"It's not an eight-year-old whose grandma drags him to the opera and he falls asleep in the back row.\n\n\"These people have waited for hours to get tickets and many of them are standing through the whole performance - and you feel that, as a performer.\"\n\nThe conductor, who has played the Proms every year since taking up the baton, is guaranteed to be back - and could conceivably follow in the footsteps of Marin Alsop, who in 2013 became the first woman to helm the festival's iconic closing night.\n\nThe 2019 season continues until 14 September, with highlights including a sci-fi Prom, the premiere of a new work by Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood, and performances from cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and \"the Queen of African music\" Angelique Kidjo.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Transport for Wales is investing heavily in new trains to run on tracks in Wales\n\nTo the east and west of Cardiff, there are cities that are about 45 miles away.\n\nSo why does it cost £3,156 a year to travel to Bristol and £1,796 to go in the opposite direction to Swansea?\n\nFollowing the M4 relief road's scrapping, ways are being explored to get cars off the motorway near Newport.\n\nHowever, the end of Severn tolls and higher cost of tickets into England leave little incentive for commuters to get the train.\n\nYou can even get a first class ticket (£2,692 a year) to Swansea cheaper than a standard to Bristol, according to the National Rail Enquiries website.\n\n\"It shows that Wales and England are very much different countries for rail,\" said transport expert Stuart Cole.\n\nHe pointed to many examples - a year's ticket from Aberdare to Cardiff - about an hour - costs £1,176, while travelling a similar distance into London is about £3,000.\n\nProf Cole said devolution of train travel in Wales allowed the Welsh Government to influence fares through its operator Transport for Wales (TfW).\n\nIt has done this partly by having two operators - TfW (formerly Arriva Trains Wales) and Great Western Rail running between Swansea and Cardiff.\n\n\"This has incentivised competitive fares for passengers on this route,\" a Welsh Government spokesman said.\n\n\"However, the route between Cardiff and Bristol has only been served through regular services by the Great Western franchise, which was last subject to competition by the Department for Transport in 2006.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHe said requests had been made to the UK government for TfW services to run to Bristol, but it \"turned these down\".\n\nHowever, it was announced on Friday that Grand Union Trains will become a second operator on the line from 2021.\n\nThe Welsh Government supported the proposal as rail travel is a key part of its transport strategy.\n\nIt has allocated £50m for a new park and ride rail scheme at Llanwern in eastern Newport, which would be 30 minutes from both into Cardiff and Bristol.\n\nThis would help ease congestion on the M4 - especially during major events such as rugby matches and pop concerts at the Principality Stadium.\n\nWork is also planned to start in 2020 on Cardiff Parkway Station - which the government described as being of \"strategic significance\".\n\nAs well as linking 32,000 St Mellons residents to the South Wales Metro, the aim is to connect commuters to Swansea and Bristol, keeping them off the M4.\n\nKatherine Simpson, a business manager who lives in Cardiff and works in Bristol said: \"The train is not an option really.\"\n\nShe spends about £2,000 a year - £40 a week - on fuel, considerably less than a £3,156 annual or £78.90 weekly train ticket.\n\n\"I work just outside Bristol and there's only train transportation into central Bristol,\" she said.\n\n\"It would mean a train then bus - so the train ticket is just the start of it. The bridge has made a difference as it has made working in Bristol affordable.\"\n\nTolls on both the M4 and M48 bridges over the River Severn were scrapped last year\n\nNicholas Allan, a Bristol-based sound editor, makes the journey in the opposite direction to visit family in Cardiff.\n\n\"I consider myself quite environmentally aware and believe it to be madness we all drive around in individual metal boxes, so I usually take the public transport option,\" he said.\n\n\"But considering the train fare is more than the equivalent fuel cost, it's too often a close-run decision.\"\n\nHe believes train prices and scrapping Severn tolls makes it easy for people to take the \"environmentally damaging option\".\n\nGreat Western Rail said the setting of fares goes back to the days of British Rail, which operated most overground train services until 1997.\n\nFactors that affected prices included distance, speed and frequency of journey, subsidies, location and demand.\n\nTherefore, if fewer people travelled to Swansea at the time, that meant the price was cheaper in order to encourage people to use the trains, along with the other variables listed above.\n\n\"We recognise that these historical differences occasionally create fare anomalies and we continually look for cost-effective ways to remove anomalies where possible,\" a TfW spokesman said.\n\nThese have included public consultations and discussions with wider industry.\n\nThis piece was inspired by a question from reader J Davies: Why is an annual rail season ticket from Cardiff to Bristol £3,156 but to Swansea it's just £1,796? Better rail service would ease M4 congestion.\n\nWhat questions do you have about Wales, or its people and places?\n\nIs there anything you've always wanted to know?\n\nUse this form to send us your questions:\n\nIf you are reading this page on the BBC News app, you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question on this topic.\n\nWe may get in touch if we decide to follow up on your suggestion.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nVolunteers are trying to record the 250-year history of Jews in south Wales before it is too late, they say.\n\nA century ago, there were 6,000 Jewish people in Wales, with the figure now in the hundreds and many aged 80 or over.\n\nThe Jewish History Association of South Wales (JHASW) has crowdfunded £3,000 towards an archive.\n\n\"Of the 72 people we've interviewed since August 2017, seven of them have already died and the average age of the others is 85,\" said Klavdija Erzen.\n\n\"So it's vital we create a permanent record of their lives in Wales.\"\n\nMs Erzen, who is JHASW's project manager on the scheme, explained \"time is of the essence\".\n\nA mobile exhibition of 72 oral histories and 6,000 images is currently touring Wales.\n\nBut volunteers want to create a more lasting legacy, which could cost £60,000 to place online and at museums.\n\nIt is hoped Heritage Lottery Fund money could help cover this and \"train and coordinate volunteers to comb museums and libraries across Wales\", according to Ms Erzen.\n\nThe interior of Merthyr Tydfil's synagogue which was open from 1877 to 1982\n\nHe explained that finding records and accounts of Jewish people could be difficult because they generally \"aren't filed as such\".\n\nSouth Wales' first Jewish community was established in Swansea in the 18th Century, with a plot of land allocated for a Jewish cemetery in 1768.\n\nThe Industrial Revolution attracted workers from Russia and other areas of eastern Europe.\n\nBy the late 19th Century there were also thriving communities in Merthyr Tydfil, Brynmawr, Aberdare and Pontypridd.\n\nIn the 1940s, so many Jewish workers had flocked to support the war effort that the predominant languages heard on Treforest Industrial Estate, Rhondda Cynon Taff, were Polish, German and Czech.\n\nJewish businesses in Pontypridd became so successful that the town's high street was colloquially known as \"Jewish Street\".\n\nYet by 1999, Merthyr Tydfil's once 400-strong community had disappeared altogether when George Black, known as \"The Last Jew in Merthyr\", died aged 82.\n\nPontypridd's synagogue was open from 1895 to 1978, and is now a block of flats\n\nMs Erzen said the reasons for the decline are complicated.\n\n\"Partly it's a success story,\" she said. \"The first-generation immigrants worked as labourers and hawkers, but they wanted their children to move into the professions, for which they had to move away.\n\n\"Also, in common with many other groups, the decline of heavy industry in south Wales forced Jewish people to look elsewhere for work.\"\n\nThis created a \"snowball effect\", where more and more people moved away, leading to the closure of synagogues and community services.\n\nMs Erzen added: \"Today there are no Jewish schools or kosher facilities like butchers and delicatessens in Wales.\n\n\"Food has to be delivered from London every fortnight.\"\n\nThe Wartski family ran a shop on Bangor high street - the history of Jews in north Wales has been documented with a walking trail by Bangor University\n\nIf the grant is successful, it is hoped Bangor University researchers will help create a walking trail around Cardiff - similar to one in north Wales.\n\nThere are also plans to research names of Holocaust victims listed on a tablet at the Cardiff Reform Synagogue.\n\n\"We have managed to collect memories from non-Jewish people too, telling us what the communities and businesses meant to them,\" Ms Erzen added.\n\n\"It would be easy to dwell on the stories of anti-Semitism, but I think that would overlook the many hundreds of positive experiences, and the immense Jewish contribution to Welsh culture, sport, enterprise and life in general.\"\n\nThe JHASW mobile exhibition is touring Wales until the end of September.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "-8 -7 -6 -5 B Koepka (US), J Spieth (US), A Puttnam (US), D Frittelli (SA)\n\nRory McIlroy agonisingly missed the cut at his home Open as Ireland's Shane Lowry produced a four-under-par 67 to take a share of the lead.\n\nMcIlroy's 79 on Thursday left him eight shots shy of the cut at one over, and he almost achieved his feat but failed to pick up a birdie at the last.\n\nLowry, 32, is on eight under alongside USA's JB Holmes, with England's Tommy Fleetwood and Lee Westwood a shot back.\n\nAnother Englishman, Justin Rose, is on six under after a 67 at Royal Portrush.\n\nWorld number one Brooks Koepka and 2017 Open champion Jordan Spieth are a shot further back on five under, but former winners Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Darren Clarke all missed the cut.\n\nIt is the first time both Woods and Mickelson have gone out of the same major after the first two rounds.\n\nThe crowd following McIlroy around the County Antrim course began to grow in size as he sank birdie after birdie on the inward nine.\n\nBy the 18th the cheer that greeted the 2014 champion was as if he was going for his second title rather than a mission to make the cut.\n\nHowever, his hopes faded with his approach to the green as the wind took the ball down the bank. The following chip landed wide and ended the 30-year-old's hopes of winning a major on home soil.\n\n\"Part of me is very disappointed not to be here for the weekend. I'm emotional but happy with how I played,\" said McIlroy.\n\n\"The support I got out there was incredible and you could see on the back nine, I went with it today and that's what I was planning to do all week.\n\n\"Yesterday gave me a mountain to climb but I dug in and showed good resilience.\n\n\"It's going to hurt for a bit. I've been looking forward to this week for a long time.\n\n\"I didn't play my part but everyone in Northern Ireland came out to watch me and played theirs.\"\n• None Relive live coverage of the Open's second day\n\n'My goodness, have we got a long way to go'\n\nIt has been quite an eventful 12 months for Lowry who has risen to from world number 90 to 33 following victory in Abu Dhabi in January and an eighth place at the US PGA.\n\nHis best performance at a major to date was tied second at the 2016 US Open. However, he is now targeting his first major.\n\n\"I'm obviously going to be thinking about it tonight,\" he said when asked about the prospect of winning the Claret Jug.\n\n\"There's no point in shying away from it. I'm in a great position but, my goodness, have we got a long way to go.\n\n\"As a golfer you have such a long career. I've been 10 years now and it's just a rollercoaster. I think the reason I'm so good mentally now is I know - I think - how to take the downs.\"\n\nClarke, who got the 148th Open under way, will also miss the weekend after he finished on three over. However, Graeme McDowell, born a short distance from the course, managed to sneak through on one over as did last year's champion Francesco Molinari, who carded a 69.\n• None The Cut podcast: It's all about the cut\n\nWoods & Mickelson out but Koepka & Spieth in contention\n\nUnlike McIlroy, three-time winner and current Masters champion Woods never looked like making the cut, and finished on six over.\n\nIt is only the third time in 21 attempts the 15-time major winner has not made the weekend at The Open, and only the 10th time in majors he has missed the cut. Seven of those have come in the past 13 tournaments.\n\nFellow American and 2013 champion Mickelson ended his campaign with a 74 for eight over.\n\nFormer champions Paul Lawrie and Padraig Harrington also missed the cut, as did European Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter. Another former winner, David Duval, ended his sorry campaign on 27 over after he followed Thursday's 91 with a 78.\n\nThe biggest challenge to a European win might come from world number one Koepka and Spieth, who are both on five under.\n\nAmerican Koepka, seeking his fifth major in two years, followed Thursday's 68 with a 69, and compatriot Spieth produced an eagle on the par-five seventh on his way to a 67.\n\nAustralia's Cameron Smith and Justin Harding are among those in contention, on six under.\n\nLowry, along with Westwood, Fleetwood and Rose are Europe's best hopes of stopping a possible American clean-sweep of this year's majors.\n\nFleetwood, last year's US Open runner-up, has gradually improved his final placing at his home major over the past few years.\n\nHe missed the cut in his first three attempts before a tied 27th in 2017 and tied 12th in 2018.\n\nOn Friday, the 28-year-old continued his impressive start to this year's campaign with six birdies en route to a 67.\n\n\"I felt like I was a lot more stress-free,\" said Fleetwood, whose last win was in Abu Dhabi in January 2018.\n\n\"I made two or three good par-saves, but I enjoy the challenge.\"\n\nWestwood, 46, has also yet to win major although he has finished among the top-three places on six occasions, including a second-placed finish at The Open in 2010.\n\nThis year the Worksop player has been aided in his mission by girlfriend Helen Storey, who been working as his caddie at a major tournament for the first time.\n\n\"She's delighted to be caddying at a major because she doesn't have to rake the bunkers and get sand on her trainers,\" said Westwood, who sunk four birdies in an unblemished round of 67.\n\n\"Obviously I get on well with Helen. She doesn't know too much about golf but she knows a lot about the way my mind works, so she keeps me in a good frame of mind, and keeps me focused on the right things at the right times.\"\n\nLast year, Rose finished tied second but only after just making the cut. The 2013 US Open has given himself a better platform from which to challenge for his second major.\n\n\"That weekend would be worth everything if you could put it all together when it counts,\" said Rose, who also recorded a 67.\n\n\"Obviously last year it almost counted. It was great. But it was important for me to have that weekend because it made me believe I could win this tournament.\n\n\"I'm comfortable with how much I expect of myself and that makes it easier tomorrow and the next day.\"\n\n\"We have to give Rory McIlroy credit for what he did in equalling the best round of the day. He made a great effort but all the damage was done on Thursday. The crowd expect so much of him and at least he delivered in his second round.\n\n\"We all want to see the greatest players here at the weekend but there's a new breed of player coming through and you have to play your best at majors. It's disappointing McIlroy and Woods are not here but there's a great leaderboard and so many great players. Just because you have played well in the past doesn't give you the right to be here.\n\n\"Shane Lowry's first 10 holes were amazing but the excitement got a little bit to him in the end and he needs to try to relax and lay out a plan. He then has to stick to it because the last few holes here are very difficult.\n\n\"Lee Westwood is running out of chances to win the Open and would be a very popular winner. He's one of the best players in the world not to have won a major. He has all the qualities - he's so good tee to green but sometimes his putting lets him down. He's putting well this week and there's no reason why he can't be standing there with the trophy on Sunday if he can keep that form going.\"", "Netanyahu still faces a tough fight for his political survival\n\nBenjamin Netanyahu has become Israel's longest-serving prime minister, surpassing the record set by the country's founding father.\n\nMr Netanyahu has led for 4,876 days - one more than Israel's first prime minister, David Ben Gurion.\n\nHe secured his fifth term earlier this year but has called fresh elections after failing to form a government.\n\nMr Netanyahu is currently facing a series of possible corruption charges and calls for him to resign.\n\nHe has denied any wrongdoing and alleges that the case is politically motivated.\n\nMr Netanyahu won his first election in 1996, becoming Israel's youngest-ever prime minister at the age of 46. He is also the first leader born after the creation of the state in 1948.\n\nAs head of the right-wing Likud party, Mr Netanyahu has a reputation as a hardliner on the Israel-Palestinian peace process.\n\nAlthough he carried out a partial withdrawal from the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank in 1998 - handing most of it over to the Palestinian Authority - he is a staunch opponent of the land-for-peace formula.\n\nHe has since declared there will be no more evacuations of Jewish settlers or settlements under his rule, nor the creation of a fully fledged Palestinian state.\n\nWhile Mr Netanyahu - colloquially known as Bibi - remains popular with his party base, he is a divisive figure in Israel, where critics see him as venal and even anti-democratic.\n\nHe faces a tough challenge from political opponents seeking to topple him in elections on 17 September. Among them are another former prime minster, Ehud Barak, and a former military chief-of-staff.", "Scientists say the Amazon has suffered losses at an accelerated rate since Mr Bolsonaro took office\n\nBrazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has accused his own country's national space institute of lying about the scale of deforestation in the Amazon.\n\nHe said the institute was smearing Brazil's reputation abroad by publishing data showing a dramatic increase in deforestation there.\n\nThe far-right president said he wanted to meet with the head of the agency to discuss the issue.\n\nThe National Space Research Institute (Inpe) says its data is 95% accurate.\n\nMr Bolsonaro's comments on Friday came a day after preliminary satellite data released by Inpe showed that more than 1,000 sq km (400 sq miles) of the rainforest had been cleared in the first 15 days of July - an increase of 68% from the entire month of July 2018.\n\nSpeaking in a meeting with foreign journalists, Mr Bolsonaro said the data \"doesn't relate to the reality\".\n\nScientists say the Amazon has suffered losses at an accelerated rate since Mr Bolsonaro took office in January, with policies that favour development over conservation.\n\nAs the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How is the rainforest helping limit global warming?\n\nOfficial figures suggest that the biggest reason to fell trees there is to create new pastures for cattle.\n\nOver the past decade, previous governments had managed to reduce deforestation with concerted action by federal agencies and a system of fines.\n\nBut Mr Bolsonaro and his ministers have criticised the penalties and overseen a dramatic fall in confiscations of timber and convictions for environmental crimes.\n\nSeveral scientific institutions, including the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, have defended Inpe and the accuracy of its data.\n\nIn his comments to foreign journalists on Friday, Mr Bolsonaro also denied the existence of hunger in Brazil. He said there are no \"people on the streets with skeletal physiques as seen in other countries\", the Reuters news reports.\n\nAccording to data from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, some 5.2 million people suffered from hunger in Brazil in 2017.", "This crisis was entirely predictable, but was it avoidable?\n\nAt the start of this month the Gibraltarian authorities - aided by a detachment of Royal Marines - detained a tanker which was believed to be carrying Iranian oil destined for Syria.\n\nThis would have been a breach of EU sanctions directed against various Syrian entities and individuals.\n\nGibraltar and Britain insist they were acting entirely legally, but Tehran has described the episode as piracy.\n\nAnd ever since the vessel was detained, the Iranians have been threatening to seize a British-flagged ship in retaliation.\n\nIndeed, an earlier effort by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to divert a British tanker into Iranian waters was only averted by the muscular intervention of a Royal Navy warship, the Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose.\n\nBut there is a limit to what one warship can do.\n\nThis time it appears not to have arrived on the scene quickly enough and the Stena Impero and its crew are now in Iranian hands.\n\nA second ship that was detained by the Iranians was subsequently allowed to go, underlining the fact that this seems to be a direct retaliation for the arrest of the tanker off Gibraltar.\n\nWell the first thing to remember is that this specific row between Tehran and London is only one aspect of an already highly volatile situation in the Gulf.\n\nThe Trump administration's decision to walk away from the international nuclear deal with Iran and to re-apply sanctions is having a hugely damaging impact on the Iranian economy.\n\nWhile it denies some of these actions, the US and its allies believe it was responsible for attacking several vessels with limpet mines.\n\nIt has also shot-down a sophisticated US unmanned aircraft.\n\nAnd, as if to underline the risk of conflict, the US claims more recently to have shot down an Iranian UAV (drone) that approached one of its vessels. The Iranians deny the loss.\n\nSo the first order of business is to try to calm tensions and avoid escalation.\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has made it clear that way ahead will rely upon diplomacy not force\n\nForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has made it clear that he wants this problem resolved urgently, but that the way ahead will rely upon diplomacy not force.\n\nHe has already spoken with his US counterpart - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.\n\nHe has tried, but so far failed, to speak to his Iranian opposite number.\n\nThere are likely to be many more bilateral conversations in the hours and days ahead as Britain seeks to develop as wide a coalition of countries as possible to try to encourage Iran to release the Stena Impero.\n\nWhile Britain will not want to have this presented as a simple exchange of vessels - it maintains that Iran's actions, contrary to its own, are illegal - it is highly likely that the fate of the Grace 1 - the vessel detained off Gibraltar - will have to figure in any future arrangement.\n\nSince Iran's threats to UK-flagged shipping were well known, this episode is highly embarrassing for the British government.\n\nThe priority now will be to ensure the safe return of the vessel and its crew.\n\nBut difficult questions will have to be answered concerning the decisions that have been taken and the resources available.\n\nGiven the highly fragile and volatile situation in the Gulf, together with the desperate need to bolster the flagging Iran nuclear accord, was it sensible to detain the vessel carrying Iranian oil off Gibraltar?\n\nWhat did ministers think Iran would do?\n\nAnd did they really believe that this arrest could be insulated from the wider crisis in the Gulf?\n\nSecondly, why was UK shipping not adequately protected in the Gulf?\n\nThere are only a relatively small number of UK-flagged vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, but, as events have shown, far too many for one hard-pressed warship and its crew to provide security.\n\nA second warship is on its way, the Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan.\n\nWe are told that the decision to announce the despatch of the second vessel was thought about long and hard - balancing the need for security against a desire not to do anything to escalate tensions.\n\nNonetheless, Iran was signalling its intentions loud and clear. It was neither deterred nor dissuaded from seizing a British tanker.\n\nThe episode raises some uncomfortable issues regarding Britain's global maritime role.\n\nThe UK has the pretence of playing a significant naval role in the Gulf.\n\nThis today amounts to a naval base, one frigate, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary amphibious landing ship and four mine counter-measures vessels - what used to be called minesweepers.\n\nOne destroyer is on its way and another vessel is due to head to Gulf waters in due course.\n\nThis force was not configured to protect British shipping.\n\nNaval experts believe that the Royal Navy simply no longer has sufficient numbers of work-horses - frigates and destroyers - to be able to surge vessels into the Gulf when a crisis beckons.\n\nYou clearly cannot be everywhere at once.\n\nBritain must tailor its armed forces according to its means. But this crisis did not erupt yesterday.\n\nAnd for whatever reason, the naval presence there was insufficient to prevent the seizure of a British merchant vessel.\n\nPerhaps Iran's warnings were not taken seriously enough?", "Ireland's Shane Lowry produced one of the great major championship rounds with a sensational eight-under-par 63 that sees him take a four-shot lead into Sunday's final round of The Open.\n\nLowry, who called it \"one of the most incredible days of my life,\" carded eight birdies to finish on 16 under overall at Royal Portrush.\n\nEngland's Tommy Fleetwood is Lowry's closest rival on 12 under after a 66.\n\nJB Holmes is third on 10 under, one head of Justin Rose and Brooks Koepka.\n\nWorld number one Koepka, who won this year's US PGA Championship and finished runner-up at the Masters and US Open, finished with successive birdies on the 17th and 18th holes to keep himself in contention to win a fifth major in his last 10 appearances.\n\nBut the day belonged to the 32-year-old Lowry who started the day tied at the top of the leaderboard alongside Holmes and was in sensational form from the first hole until the last, hitting 17 of the 18 greens in regulation as he set a new course record.\n\nA partisan crowd at the Northern Irish course cheered his every birdie, the noise being so raucous that Fleetwood and playing partner Lee Westwood, who were in the group in front, had to wait to play their tee shots on the 18th.\n\nAnd there were incredible scenes as Lowry walked down the last. Scenes usually reserved for the final day of the championship, as fans stood to applaud and cheer their man as he completed a memorable round of golf.\n\nWith adverse weather forecast for Sunday, tee times have been brought forward with the first tee time at 07:32 BST with the leaders beginning their final round at 13:47 BST.\n\n'Nowhere I'd rather be'\n\nWith home favourite Rory McIlroy - who shot a 61 on this course before two new holes were created on the Dunluce Links for The Open - missing Friday's halfway cut, the fans put their support behind Lowry, and he rose to the occasion.\n\nHe came agonisingly close to matching Branden Grace's major-championship record of 62, set at The Open two years ago at Birkdale, but his effort for birdie on the 18th missed by an inch.\n\nNevertheless, his 16-under overall total of 197 is the lowest after 54 holes in Open history and he has, so far, shown little signs of faltering in his pursuit of a first major success.\n\nEven as Fleetwood rose up the leaderboard Lowry kept his cool, picking up a shot on the par-five fourth before taking the outright lead with another gain on the 12th before successive birdies on the 15th, 16th and 17th stretched his advantage to four.\n\nAnd amid the chaotic scenes on the 18th as Lowry putted for par, his playing partner Holmes holed a birdie putt to ensure a positive end to a mixed round.\n\nThe American had kept pace with Lowry through the first 12 holes, sinking three birdies without dropping a shot, but bogeys on the 13th and 14th allowed Lowry to move clear. Holmes finished with a two-under 69 and starts Sunday's round six shots off the pace.\n\nHowever, Lowry knows as well as anyone that there is still a long way to go. Three years ago he went into the final round of the US Open with a four-shot lead only to let that tournament slip from his grasp with a final-round 76.\n\n\"I hope I'm going to be able to deal with it better,\" said Lowry. \"I know it's going to be difficult and hard but hopefully I am ready for it.\n\n\"I have a tough 24 hours ahead of me, but there's nowhere I would rather be. I have a four-shot lead in an Open in Ireland. Sunday is going to be incredible no matter what happens.\"\n\nWaiting to pounce should Lowry slip up, however, is Fleetwood.\n\nThe Southport native is aiming to become the first English winner of the Open since Nick Faldo in 1992 and he, like Lowry, made the most of the calm conditions to shoot a low score on the front nine, hitting three birdies to reach the turn in three under.\n\nFleetwood picked up another birdie on the par-five 12th but finished with six straight pars to post a bogey-free 66.\n\n\"We'll see what happens, but Sunday is going to be special and very loud,\" Fleetwood told BBC Radio 5 live.\n\n\"It will be a challenge to keep your concentration all day but I wouldn't have it any other way.\"\n\nEngland's Rose, who finished in a share of second place at last year's Open Championship at Carnoustie, threatened to trouble the leaders when an eagle on the par-five 12th followed by two birdies propelled him up the leaderboard.\n\nHowever, a bogey on the par-three 16th meant he finished with a three-under 68 and will start Sunday seven shots behind Lowry, alongside Koepka, who shot six birdies and two bogeys.\n\nCompatriot Lee Westwood briefly climbed to the top of the leaderboard after a run of three successive birdies from the second, sparking hopes the 46-year-old might finally break his major duck, but his form slipped on the back nine and two bogeys meant he signed for a 70 to finish on eight under.\n\nBut it was a good day for 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett as the Yorkshireman shot the second lowest total of the day.\n\nThe 31-year-old hit six birdies without dropping a shot, giving him the clubhouse lead halfway through the round but Lowry's scintillating display likely leaves Willett needing another strong final round to just put himself in contention for a second major victory.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nUS President Donald Trump has said Boris Johnson would do \"a great job\" as UK prime minister and they would have \"a very good relationship\".\n\n\"He's a different kind of a guy but they say I'm a different kind of a guy too,\" Mr Trump told reporters.\n\nOutgoing prime minister Theresa May \"has done a very bad job with Brexit\", he added.\n\nMr Johnson is the frontrunner in the contest to become the next Tory leader and UK prime minister.\n\nHe and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt are the final two candidates, with the winner announced on 23 July and taking office the next day.\n\nPresident Trump said he had spoken to Mr Johnson on Thursday, adding: \"We get along well.\"\n\n\"I like Boris Johnson, I always have,\" he told reporters in the Oval Office in Washington DC.\n\nCommenting on the UK's Brexit negotiations, he said: \"It's a disaster and it shouldn't be that way.\"\n\n\"I think Boris will straighten it out,\" he added.\n\nThe US president has previously said Mr Johnson would be an \"excellent\" choice as Conservative leader.\n\nHe has also been critical of Mrs May's Brexit policy in the past, saying he was surprised by how \"badly\" the negotiations had gone.\n\nSome 160,000 Conservative Party members are voting in a postal ballot to elect the next leader. Ballots must be returned by 17:00 BST on Monday.", "The BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell has been interrupted on air by pro-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong.\n\nThere have been mass demonstrations in the city in recent weeks against a proposed extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to China for trial.\n\nThis weekend is seeing mass protests by both pro- and anti-China demonstrators in Hong Kong.\n\nRead more: Why are there protests in Hong Kong? All the context you need", "December, 1987: A tanker burns in the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war\n\nTankers blazing in the Gulf. American warships answering distress calls. Warlike rhetoric sparking fears of a wider conflict.\n\nWe've been here before: 28 years ago, America and Iran came to blows in the same waters. Ships were attacked, crew members killed and injured.\n\nBefore it was over, an Iranian airliner had been shot out of the sky, by mistake.\n\nThe \"tanker war\" was a moment of high international tension at the end of revolutionary Iran's eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq.\n\nThe two sides had been attacking each other's oil facilities since the mid-1980s.\n\nSoon neutral ships were being hit too, as the warring nations tried to exert economic pressure on the other side. Kuwaiti tankers carrying Iraqi oil were especially vulnerable.\n\nThe US, under Ronald Reagan, was reluctant to get involved. But the situation in the Gulf was becoming increasingly dangerous – a fact underlined when an American warship, the USS Stark, was hit by Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi jet – though Iraqi officials later claimed this was accidental.\n\nBy July 1987, re-registered Kuwaiti tankers, flying the US flag, were being escorted through the Gulf by American warships. In time, it became the biggest naval convoy operation since World War II.\n\nOctober 1987: An escort from the USS Guadalcanal watches a tanker in the Persian Gulf\n\nThen, as now, America and Iran were at loggerheads.\n\nIran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, had been calling America \"The Great Satan\" since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.\n\nWashington was still smarting from the humiliation of seeing 52 of its diplomats held hostage in Tehran for 444 days from 1979 – 1981.\n\nSo even though Iran and Iraq were both responsible for the crisis, the tanker war was quickly part of the simmering, long-running feud between Iran and America.\n\nIt's a feud that has never gone away and which has flared once more in the wake of Donald Trump's decision to apply \"maximum pressure\" after walking away from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.\n\nOnce again, the waters either side of the Strait of Hormuz have become the arena in which this almost pathological contest plays out.\n\nWhat, if anything, has changed?\n\n\"Both sides have expanded their capabilities,\" says Dr Martin Navias, author of a book on the tanker war.\n\nIran, he says, is more capable than ever of using mines, submarines and fast boats to attack and damage commercial and military shipping.\n\nAnd it's not just a battle at sea: Iran's ability to shoot down a sophisticated American surveillance drone points to another battle, high overhead.\n\nThe US military identified the drone as a US Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk (file photo)\n\nCould the US and Iran start to exchange serious blows?\n\nIf attacks on tankers escalate, we could see another US-led reflagging and escort operation.\n\nOn 24 July 1987, a re-flagged Kuwaiti tanker hit an Iranian mine on the very first convoy mission. The US deployed more forces and more ships. The two sides were now on a collision course.\n\nIn September, American helicopters attacked an Iranian ship after watching it lay mines at night.\n\nIn the months that followed, more tankers, and a US frigate, were hit. American forces responded with ever greater firepower, destroying Revolutionary Guard bases and attacking Iranian warships.\n\nEventually it ended – but not before an American missile cruiser, the USS Vincennes, mistook an Iranian Airbus A300 for an attacking jet and shot it down, killing all 290 passengers and crew on board.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. In 1988, a US warship shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf killing 290\n\nThe official report into the incident said that \"stress, task fixation (and) an unconscious distortion of data may have played a major role\".\n\nThe US navy invested heavily in technology and training to avoid such catastrophic mistakes in the future.\n\nBut Nick Childs, a naval analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says today's environment, with rivals also exchanging angry salvoes on social media, makes for a febrile atmosphere.\n\n\"The information space has changed,\" he says. \"People get jittery. The danger is that each side is misreading the other.\"\n\nDonald Trump and Hassan Rouhani both say they don't want a war. Hardliners, on both sides, are a little more ambiguous.\n\nDr Navias says we're not yet heading for another tanker war.\n\n\"We're not seeing an anti-shipping campaign, but a signalling campaign,\" he says. \"The Iranians are signalling to the Americans that they could escalate.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter?\n\nFor all the drama of those months in 1987 and 1988, very few tankers were actually sunk and shipping through the strategic Strait of Hormuz was never seriously disrupted.\n\nNow, 30 years on, the US is far less dependent on Middle Eastern oil. Iran has far more to lose, in terms of imports and exports, from a closure of the Strait.\n\nFor now, another tanker war seems unlikely. But the fact that neither side really wants an all-out confrontation doesn't mean it won't happen.\n\nDr Navias says the dangers are real.\n\n\"This kind of environment is pregnant with possibilities.\"", "The chairman of the High Speed 2 rail project has reportedly warned that its cost could rise by £30bn.\n\nHS2 chairman Allan Cook has written to the Department for Transport to say the high-speed line cannot be delivered within its £56bn budget, according to the Financial Times.\n\nThe DfT said a review of HS2's costs is continuing.\n\nThe line will connect London, the Midlands and northern England using trains capable of travelling at 250mph.\n\n\"The chairman of HS2 Ltd is conducting detailed work into of the costs and schedule of the project to ensure it delivers benefits to passengers, the economy and represents value for money for the taxpayer,\" the DfT said in a statement.\n\n\"This work is ongoing. We expect Allan Cook to provide his final assessment in due course.\"\n\nThe first segment of the project between London and Birmingham is due to open at the end of 2026, with the second phase to Leeds and Manchester expected to be completed by 2032-33.\n\nAn HS2 spokesperson said: \"We don't comment on leaks or speculation.\n\n\"We have previously noted that our chair, as you would expect, continues to scrutinise the programme, and regularly reports back to the Department [for Transport].\n\n\"We are determined to deliver a railway that rebalances the economy, creates jobs, boosts economic growth and is value for money for taxpayers.\"\n\nMr Cook was appointed to head HS2 in December 2018 after his predecessor, Sir Terry Morgan, resigned as chairman because of delays at the Crossrail project in London which he was also leading.\n\nThere has been no denial that this letter was sent by the chairman of HS2 to the top civil servant at the Department for Transport.\n\nAnd none of my contacts have rubbished the \"potential £30bn overspend\" idea outright.\n\nSources at HS2 and at the DfT insist Allan Cook's review is ongoing and that he has not settled on a final figure.\n\nThat may be true, but there has been a subtle shift of tone in recent months from both HS2 and the government; a creeping acceptance that the project, in its current form, is increasingly unlikely to come in within its £56bn budget.\n\nAnd there has already been plenty of evidence suggesting that the project's original estimates of how much it would cost to purchase land and property along the route were significantly below the true values.\n\nThis leak, which feels at the very least like a case of 'no smoke without fire', comes at a very sensitive time.\n\nTransport Secretary Chris Grayling, who has repeatedly insisted that the project HAS to be delivered within budget, is possibly leaving his post in a matter of days.\n\nBoris Johnson - considered the front-runner to be the UK's next prime minister - is by no means a die-hard fan of the scheme.\n\nAnd Mr Johnson has already nominated a former HS2 executive, Douglas Oakervee, to carry out a separate review of the project if he gets the keys to No 10 next week.\n\n£56bn was already a hefty sum. As a former senior official at the Treasury puts it: \"In terms of value for money it [HS2] scores lower than lots of other projects.\"\n\nAnd the government \"is taking quite a big risk\" by putting so much money into high-speed rail, the source told me.\n\nThat risk looks set to rise.", "The puppies catch up on some sleep after their ordeal\n\nSix puppies stolen by machete-wielding burglars have been reunited with their mother after they were found by police.\n\nThe litter was snatched on Saturday morning when two men followed a man into a flat in Harpurhey, Manchester.\n\nThe five-week-old puppies were shoved into carrier bags and their mother was slashed in the face when she tried to defend them, police said.\n\nOfficers later recovered all six puppies from a property in Moston.\n\nA 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary and remains in custody for questioning.\n\nGMP initially believed seven puppies were taken but on Sunday they said six puppies had been stolen.\n\nZena was injured with a machete while trying to defend her puppies\n\nDet Con Nick Kershaw said: \"The puppies are all safe and well, and have been reunited with their mother, Zena, who was absolutely delighted to see them.\n\n\"It has been a huge effort from the team to reunite the puppies with their mother before the worst happened, however our investigation is not finished there and we are keen to speak with anyone who can help us.\"\n\nA man at the Fernclough Road flat was also attacked during the burglary and suffered \"defensive wounds\" to his hands and arms, Greater Manchester Police said.\n\nOfficers said the burglars - who also took cash, keys and a phone - were both black, slim and wore dark clothing with their hoods up.\n\nBoth men were thought to be in their 20s.\n\nOne is believed to have been about 6ft 3in and was wearing a grey and black camouflage face covering while the other is slightly shorter and wore a plain black face covering, police said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Gen Kenneth McKenzie, Commander of US Central Command, visited Saudi Arabia on Thursday\n\nThe Pentagon has said US troops are being deployed to Saudi Arabia to defend American interests from \"emergent credible threats\".\n\nThe move comes amid heightened tensions with Iran over the safety of shipping lanes in the Gulf.\n\nSaudi Arabia confirmed that King Salman had approved the move \"to strengthen regional security and stability\".\n\nThe kingdom has not hosted US combat forces since 2003, when Donald Rumsfeld announced their withdrawal.\n\nThe US presence in Saudi Arabia started with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.\n\nBBC North America correspondent Peter Bowes says the US is understood to be deploying Patriot air defence missile batteries manned by 500 soldiers to Prince Sultan Base in Saudi Arabia.\n\nThe US also plans to send a squadron of F-22 stealth fighters to the base.\n\n\"This movement of forces provides an additional deterrent and ensures our ability to defend our forces and interests in the region from emergent, credible threats,\" a statement from US Central Command said.\n\nTensions between the US and Iran have worsened since Washington unilaterally withdrew from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. The US has since tightened sanctions it re-imposed on Iran's oil sector.\n\nLast month, Iran shot down a US surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, accusing it of violating Iranian airspace. The US insisted the drone had been over international waters at the time, and condemned it as an unprovoked attack.\n\nThe US has also called on Iran to release a Panamanian-flagged tanker and 12 of its crew, which was seized by Revolutionary Guards on Sunday during a naval patrol. Iran said the vessel had been smuggling fuel.\n\nThen on Thursday President Donald Trump said a US warship had destroyed an Iranian drone that came too close. Iran has denied losing a drone.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Iran releases video which it claims show its drone still flying\n\nOn Friday tensions ratcheted up even higher when Iranian forces seized the UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Gulf saying it was in breach of regulations.\n\nUK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt demanded the tanker's release, saying there would be \"serious consequences\" if Iran continued to detain it.\n\nThe US has also blamed Iran for two separate attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman in May and June - an allegation Tehran has denied.", "Netball World Cup: England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa battle for final Last updated on .From the section Netball\n\nCommonwealth champions England will bid to reach their first Netball World Cup final when they take on New Zealand in the last four in Liverpool on Saturday. The Roses are unbeaten in their home tournament so far but this will be their toughest test yet. Four-time winners the Silver Ferns have contested the last five finals, playing Australia on every occasion. The Aussie Diamonds are the holders and play South Africa in the first semi-final at 11:15 BST. The Proteas, ranked fifth in the world, were runners-up in 1995 but had not reached another semi-final prior to this year's tournament. There will be live coverage of England v New Zealand from 14:30 BST on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, Red Button and online, with Australia v South Africa live on the Red Button and BBC Sport website and app from 11:00 BST.\n• None All you need to know about the final weekend\n• None Find your netball position from how you use your phone 'This will be a fantastic battle' The Roses have reached the World Cup semi-final consistently since the tournament was reformatted in 1991 but have yet to advance to a final. Most recently, at the 2015 tournament in Sydney, they lost 50-39 against New Zealand and went on to claim bronze. However, England have beaten the Silver Ferns in their previous three meetings and having also won Commonwealth gold in 2018 are aiming to lift the trophy on home soil. So far, coach Tracey Neville has had two difficult matches to negotiate, but they came through unscathed against world number two side Jamaica and finished the group stage in some style with a 57-48 win over South Africa. New Zealand, meanwhile, will have to pick themselves up after losing by a single goal against Australia in their final group match. Of Saturday's opponents, Roses defender Geva Mentor said: \"I highly rate Noeline Taurua as a coach and she'll have done her homework on every single one of our players. \"They had a great game against Australia and they're in great form. They look really fit so it's going to be a fantastic battle.\" On paper, it is almost impossible to see past an Australia semi-final victory given they have won 11 World titles - including the last three - and three Commonwealth golds. They have the best domestic league in the world, the biggest financial backing and the most competitive development programme. The Diamonds cantered through their first five games of this tournament, and, just like England, were not outscored in a single quarter until they came up against New Zealand in that final group game. Underdogs South Africa beat the higher-ranked Jamaica convincingly in the group stage but were then outplayed for large periods in the loss to England. The Proteas lost their influential captain Bongi Msomi in the first quarter and they will be sweating on her fitness for the Diamonds clash. Coach Norma Plummer, a former world champion and Australia player, has turned the team into championship contenders since she took over in 2015, and the thought of receiving a substantial bonus for winning gold or silver will also be added motivation for the 74-year-old's players. BBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here. Give it a go yourself! Find out how to get into netball with the BBC Get Inspired guide", "HM Courts and Tribunals Service said it treats security \"extremely seriously\"\n\nThousands of knives and sharp objects are being confiscated annually at London family courts, with campaigners saying it showed how \"desensitised\" some people were to carrying weapons.\n\nEighty-six knives with blades longer than 3in (8cm) were seized in 2018-19, a big rise from just 18 a year earlier, Ministry of Justice data revealed.\n\nAlmost 4,000 shorter blades were found in 2018-19, the figures showed.\n\nHM Courts and Tribunals Service said it treated security \"extremely seriously\".\n\nFamily courts mainly deal with private family disputes that involve parents and concern their children, and public work when local authorities take action to remove children from their parents' care.\n\nThe figures, revealed following a Freedom of Information Act request from the BBC, covered 15 of the courts based in the capital.\n\nMandatory bag searches, metal detectors and surveillance cameras are used to find blades and anything considered an offensive weapon is reported to police.\n\nThe number of longer-bladed weapons confiscated had fallen before increasing dramatically last year.\n\nIn the financial year 2015-16, 41 were taken by court staff but that dropped to 11 in 2016-17 and 18 the following year, before soaring back up to 86 in 2018-19.\n\nThe number of knives with shorter blades increased steadily from 1,814 to 3,893 over the same four-year period.\n\nThe figures for shorter blades include items of cutlery, razors, pen knives, key rings and scissors which have been confiscated, as well as weapons.\n\nPatrick Green, chief executive officer of anti-knife charity The Ben Kinsella Trust, said the increase was likely to be partly down to improved security, but also showed how carrying a knife had become \"normalised behaviour\" for some people, even in places where they knew they would be searched.\n\n\"It defies logic to the majority of us but it shows their thinking and association with carrying knives,\" he said.\n\nThe president of the Family Division of the High Court has expressed a similar view.\n\nDuring a lecture in May, Sir Andrew McFarlane said the judiciary \"do not believe that most, indeed any, of these knives were necessarily being brought in for use in the court building\".\n\n\"It simply seems to be a facet of everyday life in 2019 for some members of the population.\"\n\nThe courts service said staff confiscated items to \"keep our sites free of any article that could be used as a weapon\".\n\n\"HMCTS has a robust security and safety system to protect all court users and the Judiciary,\" they said.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of central London in a march against Brexit and Conservative Party leadership hopeful Boris Johnson.\n\nThe pro-European March for Change is holding a \"No to Boris, Yes to Europe\" event, and includes a blimp depicting him.\n\nCampaigners are asking for Mr Johnson to \"stop the Brexit chaos\".\n\nEither he or Jeremy Hunt will be named as Theresa May's replacement as prime minister next week.\n\nFormer foreign secretary Mr Johnson, who has declined to comment on the march, is seen as the frontrunner in the contest.\n\nMany protesters waved the European Union flag as they demonstrated through central London\n\nHe said the UK would leave the European Union by 31 October \"come what may\" under his tenure, while Mr Hunt said he expected this to happen by Christmas.\n\nMr Johnson has claimed Brexit \"done right\" could \"cement and intensify\" the union between the UK nations.\n\nThe balloon depicting Mr Johnson has \"£350m\" emblazed on its front, symbolising the leave campaign's pledge of money towards the NHS during the 2016 referendum.\n\nThe March for Change organisers said: \"We won't put up with a hard Brexit PM being imposed on the country and hurtling us towards the cliff edge.\"\n\nThe march began in Park Lane and ended with a rally in Parliament Square\n\nProtesters used placards to share their feelings on Brexit\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Some tweets called for the release of drill rap artist Digga D\n\nThe Metropolitan Police's website has been hit by hackers who posted a series of bizarre messages.\n\nA series of tweets were sent from the force's verified account, which has more than a million followers, including one about rapper Digga D.\n\nA stream of unusual emails were also sent from the force's press bureau at about 23:30 BST on Friday.\n\nScotland Yard confirmed its website had \"been subject to unauthorised access\".\n\nFollowing the incident, US President Donald Trump renewed his attack on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, in a tweet quoting right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins.\n\nMs Hopkins said \"they have lost control of London streets\" and \"apparently they lost control of their twitter account too\", while Mr Trump added: \"With the incompetent Mayor of London, you will never have safe streets!\".\n\nThe Mayor's office has declined to comment on Mr Trump's tweet.\n\nThe force said it used an online provider called MyNewsDesk to issue news releases and said \"unauthorised messages\" appeared on its website, Twitter account and in emails sent to subscribers.\n\nThe Met's account has more than a million followers\n\nThe tweets, which have been deleted, contained offensive language and mentioned the names of several people.\n\nThe posts also linked to press releases about the rapper and an apparent missing child.\n\nBBC home affairs producer Daniel De Simone tweeted that the hack was a \"serious issue\" and added: \"The press and public relies on comms from the Met during emergencies such as terror attacks.\"\n\nA Met spokesman said the force was working to establish exactly what happened.\n\n\"We have begun making changes to our access arrangements to MyNewsDesk,\" he added.\n\n\"At this stage, we are confident the only security issue relates to access to our MyNewsDesk account.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Ministers have pledged to put an end to the use of so-called \"poor doors\" in housing developments in England.\n\nThe separate entrances for social housing tenants living in new builds \"stigmatise\" and divide them from private residents, the government said.\n\nCommunities Secretary James Brokenshire said he had been \"appalled\" by the examples of segregation he had seen.\n\nUnder the new measures, planning guidance is to be toughened in a bid to create more inclusive developments.\n\nDevelopers are often required to build social or affordable housing units in private developments as a condition of being granted planning permission.\n\nBut in some cases, social housing tenants have been excluded from using some facilities, and made to use different entrances from those which give access to privately owned homes.\n\nIn March, one development in south London was reported by the Guardian to have blocked children living in social housing from using a communal playground.\n\nThe BBC also visited a London apartment block in 2015 where there were separate entrances for private and social housing tenants.\n\nLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan promised during his election campaign in 2015 to ban the practice, describing it as an \"appalling form of social segregation\".\n\n\"Poor doors segregate people who are living side by side, they drive a wedge between our communities,\" he said at the time.\n\nAs part of new measures, the government said a new design manual will set expectations for the inclusivity of future developments and help ensure planning decisions promote social interaction in communities.\n\nThe measures come as a survey commissioned by the government to mark 100 years of social housing found older people were less likely to feel comfortable about living close to council and housing association properties.\n\nAccording to the survey, 38% of over-65s reported feeling comfortable, compared with 53% of 18 to 25-year-olds.", "The tourists were also fined €950 (£853)\n\nPolice in Venice have fined two German tourists who were caught making coffee on the steps of the Rialto bridge.\n\nThe backpackers, aged 32 and 35, were fined a total of €950 (£853) for preparing coffee on a travel cooker. They were also asked to leave the city.\n\nVenice has introduced a law on a series of public order offences - including picnicking at certain sites and not wearing a shirt in public spaces.\n\nAbout 30 million tourists visit the city every year.\n\nThe tourists from Berlin were spotted making coffee at the foot of the Rialto Bridge - the oldest of the four bridges on the Grand Canal. They were reported to police by a passer-by.\n\nVenice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said: \"Venice must be respected and those impolite people who come here and do what they want must understand that. Thanks to the local police, they will be sanctioned and removed.\"\n\nThe pair, from Germany, were asked to leave Venice\n\nThose found flouting the rules will have their identities shared with the embassy of their home country.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A cruise ship crashes into a dock in Venice in June\n\nVenetians have long complained about mass tourism in the city.\n\nLast December, the city won approval to introduce an entry fee of up to €10 for short-stay tourists.", "Passengers at London Heathrow were handed letters from BA explaining the suspension of the Cairo flights\n\nBritish Airways has cancelled all flights to the Egyptian capital Cairo for a week as a security \"precaution\".\n\nPassengers about to board a BA flight to the city from London's Heathrow Airport were told that it was cancelled - and that there would be no alternative flights for a week.\n\nThe airline did not specify what the security issue was.\n\nA spokesman for Cairo airport told the BBC the airport had yet to be notified by BA of any such changes.\n\nA BA spokesman said: \"We constantly review our security arrangements at all our airports around the world, and have suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a precaution to allow for further assessment.\n\n\"The safety and security of our customers and crew is always our priority, and we would never operate an aircraft unless it was safe to do so.\"\n\nGerman airline Lufthansa also cancelled flights to Cairo on Saturday. However, flights to the city would resume on Sunday, a spokesman said.\n\nChristine Shelbourne, 70, from Surrey was due to go to Cairo for a week on Saturday with her 11-year-old grandson. She said she managed to check into the flight at 1500 (1400 GMT). However, her boarding card wouldn't open the barriers.\n\nMs Shelbourne said her husband knew about the cancellation before the airport staff\n\nShe said: \"The check-in staff reissued my boarding pass and I tried again but that didn't work either and we were told to try again in half an hour.\n\n\"Whether they knew anything I don't know, but my husband told me the flight had been cancelled before they did. There were no suggestions or help from staff about alternative flights.\"\n\n\"My 11-year-old grandson is heartbroken - he's been looking forward to the trip for months. We're just not going now,\" she added.\n\n\"It was handled badly to be honest. My grandson is currently looking for flights for us - he's devastated.\"\n\nOne passenger named Dan said the airline had given customers £5 food vouchers \"meant to last 24 hours\".\n\nMichael Khalil, 42, from Guildford says he is about £1,200 out of pocket as a result of his flight being cancelled.\n\nMichael Khalil said he rushed to another terminal to catch an alternative flight to Cairo\n\nHe was booked on the flight earlier on Saturday but ran to Terminal 2 and used his own money to book onto another flight.\n\nMr Khalil works in training and development. He says he has an important business meeting on Monday and told the BBC: \"I have no choice. I have to be there.\"\n\nSafaa Almaghrabi was due to fly to Cairo on 24 July with her husband and six children for her sister's wedding on 26 July.\n\nThe 31-year-old says she cannot find any direct flights. When there were some available earlier on Saturday, they were more than £35,000 for the whole family.\n\nShe told the BBC: \"We contacted British Airways and they had two nonsense solutions. The first was to book us a flight on the 31st July, the earliest flight they can. And this way we'll miss the wedding.\"\n\nThey also offered her a full refund which she says is \"really disappointing and unfair.\"\n\nThe only indirect flights she can find are via Dubai, and Jordan which she said \"will be horrible for six kids.\"\n\nShe said: \"I cannot afford to go but I have to go.\"\n\nThe UK Foreign Office updated its advice for Britons travelling to Egypt.\n\nThe advice includes the warning: \"There's a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation. Additional security measures are in place for flights departing from Egypt to the UK.\"\n\nFollowing the bomb explosion that destroyed a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai peninsula in October 2015 after it had departed Sharm El Sheikh airport, the UK was one of a number of countries to temporarily suspend flights to and from the country.\n\nThe Foreign Office continues to advise against travel to certain parts of Egypt.\n\nHave you been affected by flights to Cairo being cancelled by British Airways? Please get in touch by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk\n\nPlease include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:", "MEPs are in Strasbourg and have begun the first full sitting of the European Parliament since May's EU elections.\n\nIt comes as European leaders remain deadlocked over who should get the EU's top jobs, with talks between them resuming over in Brussels.\n\nThe European Parliament has the power to block or amend EU laws, and will have the final say on whether to ratify a Brexit deal with the UK.\n\nHere are four things look out for as the new-look parliament gets back to work.\n\nBrexit Party leader Nigel Farage will be back in Strasbourg\n\nThey are the parliamentarians who were never meant to be elected - but with Brexit delayed, the UK has sent 73 MEPs to take up their seats in Strasbourg.\n\nWith 29 MEPs, The Brexit Party will not only be the largest British party, but the joint-biggest party delegation in the European Parliament overall.\n\nThe party has yet to announce if it is joining a new trans-national group, which requires MEPs from at least seven different EU countries.\n\nGroupless parties have more limited access to speaking time, and their leaders don't get to speak at the front, as the BBC's Adam Fleming points out:\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe Liberal Democrats have increased their representation from a single MEP to a group of 16 - and will no doubt want to use the platform for their pro-Remain message.\n\nBut with uncertainty surrounding the length of their tenure, it is unclear what role the British MEPs will be given in the running of the new parliament, including piloting legislation through the chamber and chairing its numerous committees.\n\nJean-Claude Juncker is due to step down at the start of November\n\nThis month could prove an early test of mettle for MEPs in the process of deciding who becomes the next boss of another EU institution, the European Commission.\n\nThey have previously insisted that the Commission's next boss must be one of the spitzenkandidaten - or lead candidates - put forward earlier this year by the assembly's various political groups.\n\nThis process resulted in Jean-Claude Juncker - who was the candidate of the centre-right EPP group - becoming the current Commission President in 2014.\n\nHowever the convention is not precisely defined in the EU's treaties, and some leaders are keen to do away with the idea altogether.\n\nThe previous parliament threatened to reject anyone put forward who was not a lead candidate when they face their confirmation vote in the assembly.\n\nThis week's sitting will provide a first opportunity for MEPs to react if a non-spitzenkandidat emerges as the leaders' preferred candidate.\n\nThey will have to decide how far they are willing to go to preserve the principle, ahead of the confirmation vote due later this month.\n\nThe president chairs debates in the chamber and represents the parliament internationally\n\nMEPs are also due to make a decision on who should serve as the European Parliament's next president.\n\nThe job runs until early 2022, the mid-point in the new parliamentary session.\n\nCandidates must be nominated by the assembly's political groups or a group of at least 38 MEPs, with the winner decided in a series of secret ballots.\n\nCurrent incumbent Antonio Tajani has insisted the process is \"entirely independent\" of the haggling over other major positions among EU leaders.\n\nBut it remains to be seen whether agreement between leaders on the Commission presidency could result in a side-deal for the Parliament role, which would see the major political groups unite behind a common candidate.\n\nIndeed according to one compromise deal discussed by EU leaders, the role has already been offered to German MEP Manfred Weber as a consolation prize if his bid to become the Commission president fails.\n\nWith new personnel comes a change in the political groups which house the myriad national parties represented in the parliament and provide a basic structure governing the allocation of funds, positions and speaking time in the chamber.\n\nThe National Rally party of Marine Le Pen and Italy's right-wing League party have clubbed together with Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) to form a new group called Identity and Democracy.\n\nWith 73 MEPs, they will be the fifth-largest group in the new parliament - and be a bigger presence than the former ENF group they have essentially replaced.\n\nThe liberal group, formerly known as ALDE, now includes MEPs from President Macron's Renaissance delegation and has rebranded as 'Renew Europe'.\n\nThe centre-right EPP and centre-left S&D remain the biggest groups but have lost the combined majority that underpinned their traditional dominance.\n\nWith the liberal, anti-EU and green groups all boosting their numbers, the power structure in the new assembly will be more fragmented.\n\nSome of the largest groups are in talks to see if they can reach agreement on shared objectives in areas such as trade, climate change, and migration.\n\nBut even if a deal is reached, compromise could be more difficult, particularly in policy areas where the divide between parties on the left and right is often more important then where they stand on the EU project overall.", "Scotland struggles to retain many of the doctors it trains\n\nScottish universities are to recruit more medical students from Scotland at the expense of those from elsewhere in the UK.\n\nThe move will see the number of medical students who live north of the border increase by 100.\n\nThe number accepted from England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be reduced by the same amount.\n\nIt is hoped the move will ensure more doctors stay in Scotland after finishing their training.\n\nThe Scottish government said in 2016 that it would increase the number of medical school places by 190 over the next five years as part of efforts to tackle a shortage in doctors.\n\nHowever, it fears that the Scottish NHS will not fully benefit from this increase unless more doctors actually stay and work in Scotland once they have graduated.\n\nThe government says medical students from other parts of the UK are twice as likely to leave after finishing their training than those who are from Scotland.\n\nAnd it says Scotland currently has far fewer \"home\" domiciled medical students than England and Northern Ireland.\n\nThe government has estimated that increasing the number of Scottish medical students by 100 will lead to 36 new doctors working in the Scottish NHS each year.\n\nIt hopes the move will also encourage some of the 100 or so Scots who study medicine elsewhere in the UK every year to train in Scotland instead.\n\nThe government has acknowledged that the new policy has \"caused concern\" with universities as it will disadvantage students from the rest of the UK, but it argues that the \"positive gain\" in the Scottish workforce justifies the move.\n\nScottish universities can charge £9,000 a year in fees to students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.\n\nA Scottish government spokeswoman said: \"Evidence shows that Scots domiciled graduates remain working in NHS Scotland in the longer term at a significantly higher rate than graduates from elsewhere in the UK or overseas.\n\n\"Following discussion with universities, a new target for Scottish domiciled and the rest of EU medical student intake for 2019-20 was introduced in line with Scottish government guidance to increase retention of medical students.\"\n\nUniversities Scotland said it was pleased that more Scots would be able to study medicine in Scotland - but it was \"unfortunate\" that students from other parts of the UK would lose out.\n\nIts director, Alastair Sim, said: \"We will continue our constructive dialogue with the Scottish government about how workforce needs across the NHS can be met, including monitoring the success of this initiative.\"\n\nThe British Medical Association said Scotland should be careful not to turn down the most talented students purely because of where they live, and said the focus should instead be on making the Scottish NHS a more attractive place to work.\n\nThe Scottish Conservatives said it was \"no surprise\" that universities were concerned about the new policy, which it claimed was \"yet more evidence of the deeply damaging discrimination inherent within SNP higher education policy.\"\n\nAs a general rule, universities are free to choose how many fee paying students from the rest of the UK and countries outside Europe to admit.\n\nThey have always strongly denied claims that Scots were deprived of places to let more fee paying students from elsewhere in.\n\nOrdinarily they describe these suggestions as being like comparing apples and pears.\n\nThe number of places for Scots (and, at present, nationals of EU countries outside the UK) is agreed between universities and the Scottish Funding Council. Scots are not denied places, they insist, to give more fee paying students a chance.\n\nSo why should an increase in the number of places for Scots studying medicine mean a drop in the number of opportunities for those from the rest of the UK?\n\nThe nature of the courses mean that it simply would not be practical to quickly increase the overall number of students. So more places for Scots mean, for now at least, that there will be fewer opportunities for others.\n\nThis may lead to some debate within universities which are always keen to portray themselves as international institutions.\n\nOrdinarily though, any increase in the number of SFC funded places on a course would not lead to a directly corresponding drop in the number of places available to those who pay fees.", "FlyBe has denied racism was the reason it stopped a British group getting on a flight from the Netherlands to the UK.\n\nVideos posted to social media by the sister of Chloe Williams - who was one of four women who were denied boarding - accused the staff of \"racial profiling\".\n\nThe airline says it stopped the passengers from boarding because of their \"disruptive behaviour\".\n\nChloe, 20, told Radio 1 Newsbeat her family would take legal action.\n\nThe group of friends had been in Amsterdam for the Oh My! Festival to celebrate the end of their year of studying.\n\nChloe says the problem started when the flight they were meant to be on - which was taking them back to Birmingham on Sunday - began boarding.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by kai$£r This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe 20-year-old, from London, said her group were first in line but weren't seated in the seat numbers that had been called for boarding - so they were asked to stand to the side.\n\nBut when it was their turn she claims their passports were briefly taken and they were told they wouldn't be allowed on.\n\n\"The attendant said 'It's my plane, I decide who goes on',\" Chloe says.\n\nFlyBe denies that the group's passports were taken at any stage, by them or by the Dutch police.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by kai$£r This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nChloe claims that airport staff threw a \"barrage\" of insults at her and her friends - and denies that any of them were threatening towards FlyBe staff.\n\nThe airline says it's taken the allegations made by the group \"extremely seriously\" and they were investigated \"as a matter of urgency\".\n\nIt told Radio 1 Newsbeat: \"Flybe's third party ground services' agents did feel threatened by the aggressive behaviour and language used towards them by this group of passengers.\"\n\nVideo footage of the incident was posted by Chloe's sister - who was not part of the group - on to Twitter where it went viral with more than 20,000 retweets.\n\nFlyBe claims the word \"disgust\" used towards the group was \"misinterpreted\" in the video and was meant to refer to the fact the gate agent was \"disgusted by their behaviour\".\n\n\"There was no intention for this to be communicated or received as a personal insult to any of the passengers involved.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. 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The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFlyBe says it \"stands by its decision\" to stop the passengers boarding because of their \"disruptive behaviour\".\n\nIt also claims to have been in touch with a family member of the passengers involved - something Chloe says hasn't happened.\n\nThe group eventually made it back on the Eurostar train - 24 hours after the flight they were supposed to be on had left.\n\nChloe says the tickets cost her friends £240 each.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. WATCH: Fans are accusing TikTok creators of exploiting them for cash\n\nVideo-sharing app TikTok says it is \"sorry\" that some children and other young people have felt pressured into sending money to their favourite influencers on the app.\n\nTikTok lets fans send their favourite videomakers \"digital gifts\", which can cost up to £48.99.\n\nA BBC investigation found influencers promising to share their phone numbers with fans in exchange for the gifts.\n\nTikTok said it would strengthen its policies and guidelines but did not explain exactly how.\n\nClaire (not her real name) told BBC News she regretted spending £100 to obtain her favourite TikTok star's phone number - and he had never answered his phone.\n\nClaire, 12, who lives in the north-west of England, sent TikTok star Sebastian Moy a £48.99 \"drama queen\" gift to show her appreciation for his videos.\n\nAnd when he had asked for another one in exchange for his personal phone number, she said she was swept up in the moment.\n\nThe US-based video-maker has 3.8 million fans on TikTok and has not broken any of the app's rules.\n\nHe has not responded to the BBC's requests for comment.\n\nTikTok is the fastest-growing social media app, with about 500 million regular users, although the company doesn't disclose its userbase. It's estimated to have been downloaded more than a billion times on app stores.\n\nThe app lets people post 15-second videos. It is known for clips of teenagers lip-syncing and dancing to the latest trending music.\n\nThe company says it is most popular with 16- to 24-year-olds but there is evidence that many users are under 13, which is against the app's rules.\n\nThe firm has already been fined $5.7m (£4.5m) by a US regulator after being accused of collecting under-13s' personal details without their parents' consent. And on Tuesday, the UK's Information Commissioner revealed she had also launched an inquiry into whether the app was doing enough to safeguard its youngest users.\n\n\"We do have an active investigation into TikTok right now, so you can watch that space,\" said Elizabeth Denham.\n\nVideomakers with more than 1,000 followers are allowed to broadcast live on the platform. It is during these live streams that fans can send digital gifts to show their appreciation.\n\nGifts appear as on-screen animations and cost between 5p and £48.99. The app's biggest stars can earn thousands of pounds in one live stream.\n\nTikTok declined to say how much of that money it kept - but several influencers told the BBC they took home 50% of all gift revenue earned.\n\nOver 10 weeks, the BBC monitored dozens of live streams in which the app's stars asked fans for gifts.\n\nIn exchange, they promised shoutouts on their live streams, said they would follow back fans on social media or offered to make \"duets\", which allow users to collaborate with TikTok stars in a split-screen video.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nOne creator promised to talk to a fan on Instagram \"for a week\" and was given three gifts worth a total of £147.\n\nSome creators routinely offered personal messaging details and phone numbers in exchange for gifts.\n\nThe BBC also found a group who scoured the app for people giving gifts and then contacted them directly asking for money in exchange for \"likes\" and \"follows\".\n\nStephanie Barbour, from Toronto, found her 11-year-old daughter had run up a bill for $400 (£240).\n\n\"I was shocked when I found out what the money was spent on,\" she said.\n\n\"I said to my daughter, 'So you don't actually get anything for it?' and she said, 'No.'\n\n\"Adults should know better. And even other teenagers should know better - that you do not ask children for money.\"\n\nAnother TikTok fan, Kelly, told the BBC she had spent £500-£600 of her own money on digital gifts. She no longer sends them because she feels she was exploited.\n\n\"I understand people need to make money these days off social media but I just think it's force-fed down young people's throats that they need to pay money to get attention or feel appreciated,\" Kelly said.\n\nRhys, 20 said he had spent more than £1,000 without realising it.\n\n\"Gifting on TikTok is a little bit like gambling,\" he said \"It gets addictive. I really didn't see anything wrong with it at the time but now I don't think it's worth it.\n\n\"I have nothing to show for it. It was my personal choice but I do think there should be some sort of age restriction or timeout function.\"\n\nThe BBC contacted several of the TikTok stars seen using such techniques but most of them did not reply.\n\nThe Neffati brothers have amassed 2.5 million followers in just six months on the platform.\n\nThe 25-year-old Polish twins who live in Blackburn, Lancashire, are famous for their dancing and comedy sketches.\n\nThey offer to follow back fans in exchange for a \"drama queen\" gift, worth £49 and promise to write fans' names on their heads if they send multiple gifts.\n\nThey told the BBC that they had only started offering perks in exchange for gifts because they had been receiving them regularly.\n\nThey said they were simply following the lead of other creators on the platform and that most of the fans that sent gifts were about 30 years old.\n\nBut they said they did feel guilty when they received gifts from young fans.\n\n\"We don't like it when our gifters are young, so basically we ask them if their parents know about it,\" they said.\n\n\"But we can't stop them. We can't stop it. We are going live not only for the money but we are going on the live to get more audience.\"\n\nRhia, from south Wales, and has 2.5 million fans thanks to her creative video-editing skills.\n\nShe said her average fan was about 10 to 14 years old and they were always happy with the perks she offered in exchange for gifts.\n\nBut she also feels uncomfortable when she receives several gifts from very young followers.\n\nAnd she would like to see stricter age limits on gifting.\n\n\"It would give us peace of mind as creators,\" she told the BBC.\n\n\"It would make you feel more ethical because taking money from children is not a good way to earn a living really.\"\n\nLivestream gifting originated in China - where TikTok's owner Bytedance is based. The practice is far more popular there. Professional \"cam girls\" earn huge amounts from their audiences.\n\nIn the West, tipping has become more common especially on gaming platforms such as Twitch.\n\nHowever, the rapid rise of TikTok is testing the business model like never before.\n\nTikTok declined to answer specific questions but told the BBC it was investigating digital gifting.\n\nIn a statement, it said: \"We do not tolerate behaviours that are deceptive in nature and we are sorry to hear some of the users' experiences.\n\n\"We recognise there is always room for improvements in terms of making guidelines and information more accessible, clear and easy-to-understand for all users.\n\n\"We value your feedback and will further strengthen our policies and product features.\"\n\nThe company gave no details on what policies or community guidelines it would change.\n\nAlessandro Bogliari, from the Influencer Marketing Factory, said there was wider pressure on TikTok to make changes.\n\n\"These sorts of stories are not good for a social network that is becoming popular with brands and marketers,\" he said.\n\n\"The app has major potential but there is clearly work to do to improve things.\n\n\"I think more parental-control features would be a good idea and some sort of cap on the amount users can gift per day or per livestream.\n\n\"They could also make the guidelines more clear and ban the use of certain terms that 'hard sell' to users.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe Dalai Lama has apologised for controversial comments about the possibility of a woman succeeding him.\n\nSpeaking to the BBC last month, the Tibetan spiritual leader said that any future female Dalai Lama should be \"attractive\".\n\nBut a statement from his office apologised for his words, suggesting he had been joking.\n\n\"He is deeply sorry that people have been hurt by what he said and offers his sincere apologies,\" it said.\n\nIn the interview, the spiritual leader, who is 84 this week, touched on topics including US President Donald Trump, his dreams of returning to Tibet, and refugees.\n\nHowever, it was his comments on the prospect of a female Dalai Lama that raised eyebrows.\n\n\"If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive,\" he said in English, while laughing.\n\nThe statement apologised for any offence caused and put it down to a misunderstood joke.\n\nThe Dalai Lama \"has a keen sense of the contradictions between the materialistic, globalized world he encounters on his travels and the complex, more esoteric ideas about reincarnation that are at the heart of Tibetan Buddhist tradition\", the statement said.\n\n\"However, it sometimes happens that off the cuff remarks, which might be amusing in one cultural context, lose their humour in translation when brought into another. He regrets any offence that may have been given.\"\n\nThroughout his life, the Dalai Lama has opposed the objectification of women and supported gender equality, it added.\n\nThe statement also said comments in which he said refugees in the European Union should ultimately return home \"may have been misinterpreted.\"\n\n\"He certainly appreciates that many of those who leave their countries may not wish or be able to return,\" it said,\n\nHowever, there was no apology for his comments on Mr Trump who, he said, had a \"lack of moral principle.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nHeavy rain has caused at least 18 deaths and triggered massive rail, road and air transport disruptions in India's financial capital Mumbai.\n\nThe victims died when a wall collapsed on them in the early hours of Tuesday after persistent rainfall for two days.\n\nAuthorities have declared a public holiday on Tuesday and have requested people to stay indoors.\n\nMet department officials have confirmed that this is the heaviest rainfall in the city for a decade.\n\nExperts have blamed rapid construction and bad urban planning for what many call Mumbai's annual rain chaos.\n\nThe victims were mostly labourers working at a construction site in the suburban area of Malad. Authorities said the wall had weakened after several days of rainfall.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC Weather's Nick Miller looks at the torrential rain and flooding in Mumbai.\n\nAt least 15 people were killed when a wall collapsed during the torrential monsoon downpours\n\nMany parts of Mumbai are heavily flooded\n\nThe city has witnessed continuous rain in the past two days, causing flood-like situations in many areas.\n\nOfficials have requested people to be cautious.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nRailway officials have also announced that the suburban rail network, which is known as the city's lifeline, will not be running on several routes, with officials from the central railways - one of the three main lines in the city - calling it \"nature's fury\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Central Railway This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAviation authorities have also shut down the main runway at Mumbai's international airport after a plane skidded off the runway while landing amid a heavy downpour. Officials said no passengers were injured in the incident.\n\nMumbai, which is the financial capital of India, has the second busiest airport in the country.\n\nSo far, more than 50 flights have been diverted with at least another 50 cancelled.\n\nThe second runway continues to be in operation but several flights are likely to be delayed or cancelled.\n\nThe city's low-lying areas have turned into flood zones and residents are being forced to stay indoors.\n\nSome have blamed the city's civic authorities for not preparing for the heavy rainfall.\n\nThe city's low-lying areas have turned into flood zones\n\nThousands of people migrate to the city every day in search of jobs which fuels rapid construction\n\nMumbai was also brought to a halt in 2017 as well when heavy rain lashed the city. And it witnessed one of its worst disasters in 2005 when at least 900 people died in rain-triggered floods.\n\nThousands of people migrate to the city every day in search of jobs which fuels rapid construction, which is very often unregulated. Many areas in the city have ageing drainage systems and that causes flooding as well.\n\nMeanwhile, at least nine people have died in other parts of Maharashtra state, taking the overall death toll to 27.", "Tributes have been paid to a \"very popular\" 13-year-old boy who was found dead in a river.\n\nAn investigation has been launched into how Christopher Kapessa ended up in the River Cynon in Fernhill, Rhondda Cynon Taff, on Monday.\n\nEmergency services were called to the scene at about 17:40 BST and police said he was confirmed dead \"shortly after\" his body was found in the water.\n\nIt was \"a terrible tragedy\", a Mountain Ash Comprehensive School governor said.\n\n\"Our thoughts are with his family,\" chairwoman Pauline Jarman added. \"It's knocked us for six to be honest.\"\n\nThe main road in Mountain Ash was closed while police attended the scene\n\nDozens of tributes have been left on the main road near the scene.\n\nA group of pupils from the school came to lay flowers.\n\nBethany, 13, was one of Christopher's friends and said: \"He was a lovely, funny boy. He was like the class clown.\"\n\nThe girls added friends of the boy who were with him at the time had tried to help but were unable to save him.\n\nBethany's grandmother Heather Llewellyn, from Cwmbach, was with Bethany on Monday when she got the news.\n\n\"Beth was sitting next to me and she said, 'My friend's died'.\n\nAnother tribute called him the funniest boy in the world, adding: \"You meant the world to me. Your laugh changes everybody's mood.\"\n\nOne tribute at the scene read: \"I miss you so much already\"\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan said in a statement: \"This is devastating news, but I know that the local community will rally around and offer its full support to the family and his friends at this incredibly difficult time.\"\n\nRay Thomas, from Fernhill Community Centre, said the family of the boy, from Pontypridd, had not lived in the area very long.\n\n\"As a community we have been left devastated by the tragic events that unfolded last night,\" he said.\n\n\"We cannot begin to comprehend what the family and friends of the victim are going through.\n\n\"The family have not lived in our community long but that has no relevance to us, when you live in our community you become one of our own.\n\n\"We all feel incredibly saddened by this tragedy and would like to express our sincere heartfelt condolences to the family and close friends of this young lad and extend our offer of support to anyone who has been affected.\"\n\nHis football club Mountain Ash Juniors, said in a tribute on social media that Christopher was a \"lovely lad, a great friend and teammate to many\".\n\nLawson, 13, a classmate and teammate in the football club's under-13s side, came to leave a football shirt in his memory.\n\nOne girl cried on her friend's shoulder after placing her flowers alongside the ever-growing pile of tributes.\n\nRhondda Cynon Taf council said it was \"saddened\" to hear about the incident and added pastoral support would be offered to those affected.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Severomorsk is the main base of Russia's Northern Fleet\n\nA fire aboard a Russian navy research submersible has killed 14 crew members, the Russian defence ministry says.\n\nThe crew was poisoned by fumes as the vessel was taking measurements in Russian territorial waters on Monday.\n\nThe ministry gave no details about the type of vessel. But Russian media reports say it was a nuclear mini-submarine used for special operations.\n\nThe fire was later put out and the vessel is now at Severomorsk, the main base of the Russian Northern Fleet.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Will Vernon This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. End of twitter post by Will Vernon\n\nThe defence ministry did not say how many crew members were aboard at the time. Reports in local media say several crew were injured and taken to hospital.\n\nAn investigation into the incident has begun under the commander-in-chief of the navy.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin later on Tuesday pulled out of a scheduled event in the Tver region, north-west of Moscow, to discuss the issue with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.\n\nMr Putin described the incident as a big loss for the Russian Navy, and expressed \"sincere condolences\" to the victims' families.\n\nSeven captains and two service personnel awarded Russia's highest honorary title, Hero of the Russian Federation, were among those who died on board the vessel, the president said.\n\nMr Shoigu was ordered to go immediately to Severomorsk.\n\nIt's still not clear what caused the fire, which the crew ultimately brought under control; we don't know how many men survived.\n\nAnd there are still questions over exactly what vessel was involved.\n\nPresident Putin said the dead included two heroes of Russia and seven \"captains 1st rank\"- which seems unusually senior - for research work.\n\nSome media in Russia are citing sources saying they could have been on board a nuclear-powered submarine, possibly even the secretive AS-12. It is thought to be used for highly sensitive missions.\n\nMr Putin returned especially to the Kremlin from out of town to order his defence minister to oversee the investigation.\n\nThe president is clearly keen not to repeat his disastrous handling of the Kursk submarine disaster in August 2000, when 118 men died.\n\nThat accident was shrouded in secrecy - and Mr Putin initially stayed on holiday for several days.\n\nSubmersibles are generally smaller vessels with limited crew on board supported by ships on the surface, while submarines are larger vessels capable of operating autonomously over long distances.\n\nThe Kursk submarine, which was destroyed by the blasts in the Barents Sea, was also part of the Northern Fleet.\n\nAccidents involving underwater vessels are rare. Here are some of the most serious:", "Last week's record breaking heatwave across much of Europe was made \"at least five times\" more likely to happen by climate change, say scientists.\n\nTheir rapid attribution study says that rising temperatures \"super-charged\" the event, making it more likely to happen than through natural variability alone.\n\nHeatwaves in June are now about 4C hotter than they used to be, the researchers said.\n\nGlobally, the average temperature for June was the highest on record.\n\nHeatwaves naturally occur in summertime but last week's event in many European countries was unprecedented because it happened so early, and the recorded temperatures were so high.\n\nRecords were broken at locations in France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Spain.\n\nThe new French record, established at Gallargues-le-Montueux last Friday, was more than 1.5C above the previous high mark.\n\nMuch of the concern about the heat focused on France, with red alerts in several areas, many schools were closed, exams were postponed and health minister Agnès Buzyn warned that \"everyone is at risk\".\n\nThe immediate cause of the heatwave was the weather, with hot air drawn in from northern Africa, caused by high pressure over central Europe and a storm stalling over the Atlantic.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nBy lucky coincidence, the authors of this new study happened to be in Toulouse, France, at a conference on climate change and extreme events.\n\nThe researchers, members of the World Weather Attribution Group decided to use the opportunity to analyse the link between human-induced climate change and the heatwave.\n\nThey defined the heatwave as the highest three-day averaged daily mean temperature in June, arguing that this is a better indicator of health impacts than maximums or minimums.\n\nThe researchers compared the observations of temperatures recorded during the month of June with climate models that can show how the world would be without the human influence on the climate.\n\nThey found that, over France, the probability of having a heatwave had increased by at least a factor of five. However, the researchers say that this influence could be much higher still, by a factor of 100 or more.\n\n\"We are very confident that this lower boundary of factor five is valid - but we are not confident we can say much more than that,\" said Dr Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, senior researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.\n\n\"The reason we are fairly careful is because we found fairly large discrepancies between the modelled properties of heatwaves and the observed properties of heatwaves. They all show stronger heatwaves but the trend in the observations is much larger than in the trends in the model.\"\n\nThe scientists say that the observations indicate a heatwave trend of around 4C in June, where the models show a much lower trend.\n\nAccording to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, June generally was more than 2 degrees above the long term average. Globally the temperature was also the highest for June on record, being about 0.1C higher than 2016.\n\nHeatwaves in the 1970s and 1980s in Europe were limited somewhat because of what's termed aerosol cooling. This is essentially the impact of air pollution which for a number of years exerted a cooling influence. However, as the air has become clearer, heatwaves have come back with a vengeance.\n\nAccording to those involved with this study, this trend in heatwaves is likely to get worse.\n\n\"We experienced a heatwave whose intensity could become the norm in the middle of the century,\" said Dr Robert Vautard, Senior Scientist, CNRS, France.\n\n\"The new record of 45.9C set in France last Friday is one more step to confirmation that, without urgent climate mitigation actions, temperatures in France could potentially rise to about 50°C or more in France by the end of the century.\"\n\nThe researchers believe that if global warming continues to the 2C level envisioned in the Paris climate agreement, heatwaves like the one experienced last week will become the norm in June.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Spectators cheered as the total solar eclipse took place\n\nThousands of skywatchers gathered in South America on Tuesday to witness a rare solar eclipse.\n\nBeginning in the Pacific, the 6,000-mile long band of darkness carved its way across areas of both Chile and Argentina.\n\nThe eclipse also made its way across several of the world's most powerful telescopes, all located in the region.\n\nAs always, people were urged to take great care during the eclipse. Gazing into the Sun can damage the eyes.\n\nProper protection is needed, such as the use of approved solar glasses.\n\nThe Moon's great shadow, or umbra, first touched the ocean surface east of New Zealand.\n\nThe first - and only - piece of land in the Pacific to lie in the path of the eclipse's \"totality\" was tiny Oeno Island - part of the Pitcairns British Overseas Territory.\n\nThis uninhabited atoll was plunged into darkness for nearly three minutes, starting at 10:24 local time (18:24 GMT).\n\nChile is home to some of the world's most powerful telescopes\n\nThe umbra then reached across to the coast of Chile, near La Serena, arriving at 16:38 local time (20:38 GMT).\n\nIts path stretched out across several parts of Coquimbo in northern Chile, an area known for its dark skies and numerous observatories.\n\nTickets worth $2,000 (£1,588) each sold out in three minutes for the privilege of watching the eclipse alongside astronomers at the European Southern Observatory, high in the Atacama desert.\n\nThe umbra passed swiftly over the Andes mountains and across the continent. Among those last to experience totality were the inhabitants of Chascomús in the district of Buenos Aires at 17:44 local time (20:44 GMT), not long before sunset.\n\nSome of the classic features of a full solar eclipse were on show. These included \"Baily's beads,\" which arise as the last shafts of sunlight drive through valleys on the Moon; and the \"Diamond Ring\", which is the single brilliant point of light that signals the beginning and end of totality.\n\n\"But I have to say, no matter how long it lasts - it feels like eight seconds. You're so completely caught up, you find yourself saying, 'go back, go back; I wasn't done! It all goes by in an instant.\"\n\nPeople were advised to wear proper protection to protect their eyes from sunlight during the eclipse\n\nDr McCarthy watched this event in Chile. He's Vice President of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) facility, which is being built in the Atacama Desert.\n\nThe path of totality passed fractionally to the south of the telescope site, and so the astronomer, colleagues and friends took a short drive to make sure they were in just the right spot.\n\n\"Going into a total solar eclipse is a remarkable feeling,\" said Dr McCarthy. \"The colours get bluer, the shadows change and everything on the ground looks washed out. It's as if the world is becoming darker, almost monochromatic.\"\n\nThe GMT is a next-generation telescope that will have a 24.5m-wide primary mirror system. Its infrastructure is steadily being put in place atop Cerro Las Campanas, with first observations of the sky due to begin in late 2026, with full operation expected in 2028.\n\nAlthough the emphasis in a total solar eclipse is always on the narrow path of full shadow, a wider area is able to appreciate a partial event of varying darkness.\n\nOn this occasion this meant all of the rest of Chile and Argentina, as well as Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and parts of Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Panama. It was really just the northern coast of South America that missed out.\n\nSouth America is also expected to see the world's next total solar eclipse - this time on 14 December, 2020.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aaron Singh wants Wales to follow England and reverse the ban\n\nA ruling that amateur fighters in Wales must be clean shaven is discriminatory, a Sikh boxer has said.\n\nAaron Singh, 20, said the rule used by the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association (WABA) prevents him from competing because of his faith.\n\nThe English amateur body, England Boxing, reversed the ban following a campaign from Sikh and Muslim boxers.\n\nThe WABA said whether or not the rule was discriminatory would be decided this month by its members and board.\n\nIt added it would also consider if the \"sporting integrity\" of amateur boxing would be affected by abandoning the rule.\n\nMr Singh, who is from the East Midlands but is studying philosophy and economics at Cardiff University, said: \"For me to compete, they're asking me to shave all of my beard off, which is against my religion.\n\n\"I spoke to the WABA on the phone and they told me that it was a health issue.\n\n\"To have someone tell me that I'm not allowed to participate in something like a sporting event because I've got a beard - I personally see that as being wrong.\n\n\"Personally I do feel that the rule is discriminatory. I can do it an hour away but as soon as I come here it's not allowed.\"\n\nThe Sikh principle of Kesh prevents the removal of any hair on the body, because it is considered sacred and a gift from God.\n\nAmerpreet Singh, a prominent figure within the Sikh community in Cardiff, agrees with Mr Singh and said: \"To me, it's 100% discriminatory. By saying you cannot fight in Wales as an amateur boxer because you have a beard is heartbreaking.\n\n\"Sikhs fought in the first and the second world war. When we fought in those wars, they didn't fight with a trimmed beard. They fought with their turbans and their full beards.\n\n\"It hurts that they're trying to tell us that we can't do amateur boxing in Wales because we have a beard, but yet we were fine to fight for freedom in those wars.\"\n\nAmateur boxing is governed internationally by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), under which boxers continue to be prevented from competing with facial hair.\n\nBut AIBA was stripped of its Olympic status in May, meaning the International Olympic Committee will set its own regulations for boxing in next year's Tokyo Olympics.\n\nProf Carwyn Jones is a lecturer in sports ethics at Cardiff Metropolitan University. He said he understood the WABA's reasoning for the rule, but does not feel it justifies the current ban.\n\n\"It seems there's some evidence that having facial hair may impede the referee and the doctor's ability to recognise and treat injuries,\" he said.\n\n\"The question from the equality point of view is whether the potential harm or injury are significant enough to warrant a rule that is fairly discriminatory against certain religions.\n\n\"If this was Formula One, for example, and somebody said for religious purposes I can't wear a safety belt, you could say well that's a significant enough risk to say actually you have to.\n\n\"With this rule, boxing is a dangerous sport. Boxers know the risks and they take precautions.\"\n\nMr Singh fears the rule has already hampered his prospects of a career in the sport.\n\nHe said: \"I've missed out on a lot of experiences. We've had home shows at Cardiff University that I've not been able to participate in, which to me is quite upsetting.\n\n\"I would like to get this rule changed not just for myself, but for all my Sikh brothers, my Muslim brothers, and anyone out there who has a beard.\"", "Protesters have stormed Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) building and are occupying the council's chamber.\n\nHundreds of demonstrators forced their way into the building by smashing through doors and steel shutters.\n\nThe group are a breakaway part of a peaceful protest involving hundreds of thousands of people on the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.\n\nIt is the latest in a series of protests against a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China.\n\nThe group of breakaway protesters smashed their way into the LegCo building.\n\nMany were wearing hard hats, face masks and glasses.\n\nImages from inside LegCo show protesters smashing up the chamber building and flying both the union jack and colonial flag.\n\nOnce they entered the chamber, the Hong Kong emblem was spray painted black and a colonial Hong Kong flag was placed on the seat of the legislature's president.\n\nHong Kong is a former British colony and has been part of China since 1997 under a \"one country, two systems\" deal. Pro-democracy events are held every year on the anniversary of the handover.\n\nHowever, the anniversary this year comes in the midst of protests against the extradition bill.\n\nThe Hong Kong emblem in the LegCo building was spray painted black (above).\n\nProtesters also sprayed slogans onto the walls of the chamber building.\n\nPortraits of some legislative council members were damaged and ripped from the walls. The outside walls of the building were also daubed with graffiti.\n\nProtesters then left the building after police warned that they would \"take reasonable force\" to remove them from the area.\n\nTear gas was fired at the protesters who chose to stay in the area.", "Five whaling ships set sail from Kushiro in Japan for the country's first commercial hunt since 1986.\n\nThe ships are allowed to catch up to 227 whales in Japanese waters, after it pulled out of an international whaling moratorium.\n\nShigeto Hase, the Director General of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, said many people had been hoping for this moment but conservationist groups like Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd remain critical of Japan's resumption of whaling.", "Tom Holland, Letitia Wright, Adele, Lady Gaga and Winston Duke have been named among 842 new members added to the Oscars Academy.\n\nThat's the group of people who decide who win Oscars each year.\n\nAnd after criticism of its lack of diversity, the new additions are 50% women and 29% are people of colour.\n\nYou might remember #OscarsSoWhite being used in 2015 and 2016 in protest at the lack of actors of colour being nominated for top acting awards.\n\nThe new additions are more inclusive and representative of the movie industry following this criticism.\n\nOverall female membership is now 32% - up from 25% in 2015.\n\nPeople of colour make up 16% of the Academy's membership now - double what it was four years ago.\n\nGemma Chan, Winston Duke and Lady Gaga are also new names in the Oscars voting academy\n\nIn 2016, people like Jada Pinkett Smith and director Spike Lee said they would boycott the Oscars when only white actors were nominated for the big awards.\n\nTo address this, the people asked each year to join the voting panel since then has become more diverse.\n\nPeople like Riz Ahmed, Priyanka Chopra, Gal Gadot and Naomie Harris joined in 2017.\n\nAnd 2018 saw Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Amy Schumer, Daniel Kaluuya and Timothée Chalamet added.\n\nOther new names on the 2019 list include Captain Marvel and Crazy Rich Asians star Gemma Chan and British actress Claire Foy, who you may have seen in The Crown.\n\nJamie Bell, Elisabeth Moss, Archie Panjabi and Amanda Peet have also been added.\n\nThey've been selected from 59 countries from around the world.\n\nIt's estimated there are now 10,000 voting members of the Oscars academy.\n\nListen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.", "New laws should be brought in within six months to protect elections from online interference, MPs have said.\n\nThe Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee said rules around political advertising and campaign funding were wholly inadequate for the digital age.\n\nIt wants stronger checks for online donations, clearer records on digital spending and information about who is behind adverts.\n\nThe government agreed there needed to be \"robust safeguards\".\n\nA spokesman said they had already pledged to hold a consultation on the issues later this year.\n\nThe select committee has issued its plea in a report as a response to the consultation on the government's online harms whitepaper - which closed on Monday.\n\nThe committee said the paper \"has scant focus on electoral interference and online political advertising\" or analysis about foreign players targeting voters, despite its recommendations.\n\nDamian Collins, chair of the DCMS Committee said: \"We know that our electoral laws are not fit for purpose.\n\n\"Political campaigns are fought online, not through the letterbox, and our laws need to be brought up to date with the digital age.\n\n\"We've repeatedly highlighted threats to our electoral system and it's essential that public confidence is restored.\"\n\nA spokesman for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said: \"The government agrees we need robust safeguards against hostile states, foreign lobbyists and shadowy third parties in place for the digital age.\n\n\"We have already pledged to publish a consultation paper on electoral integrity - it is an important convention that the laws affecting political parties should not be changed by governments without proper consultation and discussions with political parties.\"\n\nThe call comes after a row over party funding in the European elections earlier this year.\n\nThe Electoral Commission visited the offices of The Brexit Party to review how it receives funding after it was accused by former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown of receiving a large amount of money via small \"undeclared, untraceable payments\" online.\n\nIt later said the party's funding system left it open to \"a high and on-going risk\" of impermissible donations.\n\nBut the Brexit Party's leader, Nigel Farage, accused Mr Brown of \"a disgusting smear\" and said no rules had been broken.\n\nUnder UK law, donations of £500 or above must be made by a \"permissible donor\" - someone who is listed on the electoral register or a company registered in the UK.\n\nAmounts below that do not have to be declared, but some critics have said there is no way of telling whether those smaller amounts come from British or foreign sources, and therefore the system may be being abused.\n\nOther political parties - including the Conservatives and Labour - also use PayPal to collect donations on their websites.", "Coverage: Watch live on BBC One or iPlayer, listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, read live text commentary on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nEngland against the United States is a perfect semi-final.\n\nWhen the Lionesses line up in Lyon on Tuesday they will have a better chance to beat the USA in a World Cup match than ever before.\n\nPlayer for player, the American team is the stronger side and you have to think they will get through - but England have the better manager, tactically.\n\nWe're going to see tactics come into play in this game more than in any other match in this tournament so far, which is why I'm excited to see what Phil Neville has in store.\n\nI have a new-found excitement and admiration for this England side because of how well they've been doing under Neville over the past 18 months.\n\n'I would have loved to play for Neville'\n\nThese Lionesses have a new sense of confidence and belief about them, with a swagger that I've never seen them have before.\n\nI believe that's testament to Neville's leadership and the confidence he instils in his team.\n\nHe's a true leader. He takes responsibility and he shows courage. He's a coach I would have loved to play for.\n\nHe holds his players to account and everybody wants to step up to the plate and perform under his leadership.\n\nAnd they are certainly performing for him, winning the SheBelieves Cup earlier this year and now showing their quality with a 3-0 win over Norway in Thursday's quarter-final.\n• None Alex Scott's tips on how to make it as a pundit\n\nThe USA may fear England for the first time\n\nIn the past, England were always respected and admired by the USA, but not feared.\n\nThe two teams have met 16 times and the USA have won 10 of those, including a 3-0 victory in their only World Cup meeting in 2007.\n\nThis summer, after victories over Scotland, Argentina, Japan, Cameroon and Norway to reach the last four, there might be a small sense of fear from the United States for this England team.\n\nAnd that's not how the US have ever operated previously - we simply do not fear teams.\n\nThere's a sense of arrogance in the fact that we like to instil fear in others, and we don't operate with fear ourselves.\n\nWhat's different in 2019 is that every team now has to fear England just a little bit - whether that's because of their attacking play, their midfield, Ellen White scoring goals, or Lucy Bronze and Nikita Parris flying down the right-hand side.\n\nThis American team won't admit it, but the Lionesses can instil a tiny bit of fear in Jill Ellis' defending champions.\n\nIn 2015, when the USA won the World Cup for a third time, that simply was not the case. There was no sense that England could do damage to us, but that is different now.\n\nEngland must watch out for Heath\n\nA lot of people are looking forward to the head-to-head match-up between Megan Rapinoe down the USA's left and England right-back Lucy Bronze.\n\nHowever, for me this game is also about whether the Lionesses can shut down Tobin Heath on the other flank, because both of the holders' wingers are dangerous.\n\nYes, Rapinoe scored those two important goals against France in the quarter-finals, after getting two more against Spain in the last 16 - but Tobin has been at the heart of the US attacks throughout this World Cup.\n\nSo England should be really concerned about closing her down as well, because their left side is not as strong as their right side with Lyon star Bronze.\n\nThis is also a match in which USA striker Alex Morgan can really be successful because of her speed.\n\nIf she can get behind the two centre-backs, Steph Houghton and Millie Bright, this could be her game, her semi-final, her moment.\n\nMeanwhile, at the other end of the field, can White can get in between Abby Dahlkemper and Becky Sauerbrunn? I think she can.\n\nEllen is a smart attacker who likes to play in between the two centre-backs and sneak off their shoulders.\n\nThe Manchester City striker has been scoring fantastic goals against great opponents - not just the weaker teams - throughout this tournament, so she's deserving of the Golden Boot.\n\nThere will be turnovers if England press this USA defence, through Parris and White, and that's the way to beat them.\n\nThey have to force turnovers and go straight for the counter-attack once they win the ball back.\n\nEngland have improved their fitness quite a bit, but it may be an issue for them to face the USA in this heat here in Lyon, because I know the Americans' sports science programme has been light years ahead of every other team for some time.\n\nThat said, these Lionesses are fitter than I've seen them in past tournaments, but the US are still more experienced and have greater endurance.\n\nBecause of that, things are edging more in the way of the USA, so I think they're going to just come out on top and reach Sunday's final against either the Netherlands or Sweden.\n\nNevertherless, I would not be surprised if it went the other way.\n\nIt comes down to tactics. England have to play a smarter game than the USA. And that's why, ultimately, this will come down to Neville.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "George Alagiah, Lauren Laverne and Andrew Marr all make the cut\n\nThe BBC has published the latest list of its highest-paid stars later as part of its annual report.\n\nSome stars have had pay increases, while others have dropped down the list and there are also some new joiners.\n\nBear in mind that not all earnings are published - for example, Zoe Ball's earnings for Strictly: It Takes Two are not included, as that is produced by BBC Studios, which is classed as a commercial entity.\n\nThe stars of other high profile programmes produced by BBC Studios - such as Top Gear and Doctor Who - are also missing for the same reason.\n\nHere's a list of the biggest earners at the BBC in 2018-19:\n\nMatch of the Day, Sports Personality of the Year and World Cup\n\nEvans left the BBC and began working for Virgin Radio in January. So his figure reflects nine months of work on the Radio 2 breakfast show before leaving in December, and not his full annual salary.\n\nBBC Radio 2 Saturday show and BBC TV fee for a range of programmes such as Eurovision - but not including his BBC One chat show.\n\nBBC News and and news specials. The BBC has previously reported he's taken a pay cut.\n\nMatch of the Day and World Cup\n\nStart the Week, The Andrew Marr Show and documentaries\n\nBall's figure will only cover what she earned for hosting the breakfast show in the first three months of this year, plus her earnings for the Saturday-only Radio 2 show she hosted prior to that. Strictly's It Takes Two isn't included as it's made by BBC Studios.\n\n2017/18: Not on the list presumably because her then Saturday Radio 2 show didn't put her in the £150,000 or above wage bracket.\n\nRadio 1 breakfast show and then moved to Radio 1 drivetime\n\nVarious sports including athletics, football, rugby, Commonwealth Games and Sports Personality of the Year\n\nThe Scott Mills Show on Radio 1, Radio 1 Breakfast Show cover, Biggest Weekend and festival coverage, Eurovision Song Contest\n\nBBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "The girl's mother told BBC correspondent Fiona Lamdin her daughter was \"traumatised\" by what had happened\n\nA 10-year-old girl from Bristol was stopped from flying to Djibouti from London because of fears she was at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM).\n\nThe girl was detained by police at an airport on Thursday and is now the subject of an FGM protection order.\n\nHer mother said the family was being \"treated like criminals\" and they had \"done nothing wrong\".\n\nBristol City Council said: \"Where there is concern for the welfare of children and families we will act.\"\n\nNimko Ali said she would rather parents \"felt a little bit offended\" than a child \"be subjected to one of the most horrific forms of child abuse\"\n\nThe girl's mother, who did not want to be identified, spoke to BBC correspondent Fiona Lamdin.\n\nShe said: \"Why do I have to tell them where I am going? Why? We have no freedom of movement. We have done nothing wrong. I'm not going to send my daughter to an unsafe place.\n\n\"I have a sister who is five years younger than me and she hasn't had FGM and she is a mum now, she has daughters and even my nieces they haven't had any FGM so I wasn't even thinking of that.\"\n\nAnti-FGM campaigner Nimko Ali said: \"When it comes to FGM I think the key indicator is that children - girls specifically - are being taken out of school just before the summer holidays because that is the specific time when FGM risk is heightened.\n\n\"I can understand that the family is upset that their holiday plans might have been interrupted but I think the police and the border agency had a legitimate reason in order to stop a child being taken out of the country during term time.\n\n\"Ultimately, I'm actually really grateful and thankful that the police and border agency have put the child's safety above that of community relations and walking on cultural eggshells.\"\n\nA Bristol City Council spokesman said: \"Our commitment continues to be one where we put the safety of children and families first but to do so in an inclusive fashion supported by open dialogue.\n\n\"Agencies remain in communication with the family impacted by this case, and will continue to be so, to explain the action taken and the reasons why.\"\n• None FGM- What is it- - BBC News\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Therapy dogs are used in more than 1,000 universities and colleges in the US\n\nStress among students really can be reduced by spending time with animals, according to research from the US.\n\nIt has become increasingly common for universities to bring \"therapy dogs\" on to campus - but claims about their benefits have often been anecdotal.\n\nNow, scientists say they have objective evidence to support the use of dogs.\n\nPatricia Pendry, from Washington State University, said her study showed \"soothing\" sessions with dogs could lessen the negative impact of stress.\n\nDogs are also used to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder\n\nThe study of more than 300 undergraduates had found weekly hour-long sessions with dogs brought to the university by professional handlers had made stressed students at \"high risk of academic failure\" or dropping out \"feel relaxed and accepted\", helping them to concentrate, learn and remember information, she said.\n\nA children's hospital in California got its first therapy dog this year\n\n\"Students most at risk, such as those with mental health issues, showed the most benefit,\" said Dr Pendry.\n\nThe study was supported by the Mars group, which as well as funding animal research, includes chains of veterinary surgeons, pet hospitals and pet-food brands.\n\nIn the US, about 1,000 campuses are using therapy pets.\n\nIt has also become more common in the UK, with Buckingham, University College London, Cambridge, Nottingham Trent, London Metropolitan and Swansea among those deploying dogs.\n\nThe University of Middlesex has even put \"canine teaching assistants\" on to the staff, to stop lonely students dropping out.\n\nStudents spent an hour with dogs, brought to the university by professional handlers\n\n\"There does seem to be something specific about the reducing of anxiety from the petting of animals,\" said Dr Pendry.\n\nMiddlesex University has put dogs on the staff as \"canine teaching assistants\"\n\n\"Do we fully understand the mechanism? No,\" said Prof Nancy Gee, a psychologist at the State University of New York and researcher from the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, also part of the project.\n\nBut students appeared to \"feel calmer and more socially supported\", giving them more confidence in their studies.\n\nEven just looking at animals could sometimes lighten the mood, Prof Gee added.\n• None Every school 'needs dog as stress-buster'", "Councils have a legal duty to provide a range of services, including waste collection\n\nCouncils in England and Wales have warned they are \"completely in the dark\" about how much money they will get from central government next year.\n\nThe Local Government Association says councils need \"urgent guarantees\" they will get enough to provide key services like child protection and social care.\n\nMore than 90 of its members fear they will run out of money to meet their legal obligations within five years.\n\nMinisters said councils had been given extra funding for vulnerable residents.\n\nThe Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government said total funding for local authorities had gone up by nearly 3% this year to £46.4bn, with an extra £650m to help councils provide care for the elderly.\n\nThe recent cash crisis at Northamptonshire County Council - which is to be scrapped and replaced by two separate new authorities - has highlighted the financial plight facing local government.\n\nAhead of the start of the LGA's annual conference in Bournemouth on Tuesday, council leaders have warned the future financial viability of other local authorities is in doubt.\n\nIncreasing demand on councils for adult social care and children's services meant likely cuts elsewhere, the body - which represents more than 300 councils - warned.\n\nNearly 50 councils have told the organisation they may not be able to fund services they are legally obliged to provide - such as care for the elderly, shelter for homeless people, bin collections and libraries - by 2022-3.\n\nA further 40 or so councils fear they will run out of money to properly fulfil their legal duties by 2024-5.\n\nThe annual funding councils get from government each year has fallen 49% in real terms since 2010.\n\nIn 2016, councils agreed a four-year financial settlement with the government, giving them greater financial freedom in return for shouldering more responsibility for care provision and hitting efficiency targets.\n\nBut hopes many councils would become virtually self-funding by the end of the decade, by allowing them to retain up to 75% of the business rates they charge on High Street shops, have proved optimistic as financial pressure on their core services has grown more acute.\n\nAccording to the LGA, the funding \"gap\" facing local government is set to rise from an estimated £3.1bn next year to £8bn by 2024-5 unless urgent action is taken.\n\nLord Porter, the outgoing chair of the organisation, said the situation was not helped by uncertainty over Brexit and the Conservative leadership.\n\nJames Brokenshire has insisted government is listening to councils' concerns\n\nThe Conservative peer, who will step down this week, said whoever succeeds Theresa May in Downing Street must make the financial sustainability of councils their top priority in the government's Spending Review due in the autumn.\n\n\"Councils would normally have started their budget-setting planning process but remain completely in the dark about how much funding they will have next year,\" he said.\n\n\"Communities relying on the vital local services that make a difference to their lives deserve better.\n\n\"Urgent guarantees are needed that councils will have the funding they need to ensure our vital public services survive the uncertainty ahead.\"\n\nAt the very least, he said ministers must confirm the continuation of key funding programs, such as the Better Care Fund, worth £1.8bn this year.\n\nHe also called again on local authorities to be able to raise council taxes by whatever amount they felt necessary without having to get the consent of residents through a referendum if increases were deemed excessive.\n\nBoth Tory leadership contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, have pledged more money for social care although this could be put in doubt by a no-deal Brexit.\n\nThe government is currently consulting on local authorities' changing financial needs and resources, the outcome of which is likely to influence future funding settlements.\n\nCommunities Secretary James Brokenshire has said ministers recognise the financial pressure on councils and have sought to meet their demands for more resources.\n\nThese include £4.3bn in ring-fenced resources for adult social care this year, £100m to end rough sleeping and nearly £60m to help councils prepare for the UK's departure from the EU.\n\nIn a statement, the department said councils had received nearly £200bn over the past four years and their future needs would be considered in the Spending Review.\n\n\"Ultimately councils are responsible for managing their own resources and we are working with local government to develop a funding system for the future,\" it said.", "Eight students and two teachers died in the May 2018 school shooting\n\nA man who claimed to be a substitute teacher and survivor of a school shooting in Texas in 2018 never actually worked at the school, officials say.\n\nDavid Briscoe told news outlets he had protected students from harm while working at Santa Fe High School, where 10 people were killed.\n\nThe Texas Tribune revealed the truth behind his false claims on Monday.\n\nBut not before CNN, Wall Street Journal and others had published his lies.\n\nMr Briscoe told CNN at the time he had been teaching English when he heard screaming and gunshots.\n\nHe said he had barricaded his classroom door with tables and desks, turned off the lights and told his students to get down.\n\n\"It felt like hours before we got out of the school, but one of my students said it was 30 to 45 minutes,\" Mr Briscoe told the news outlet. \"I had around 10 to 15 students and I'm grateful they were safe.\"\n\nOn Monday, Texas Tribune journalist Alexandra Samuels revealed Mr Briscoe had contacted her in April 2019 to do a follow-up piece in light of recent suicides by mass shooting survivors.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nShe says she spoke to him on the phone for 31 minutes, during which he claimed to have \"quit teaching after the massacre\" and had become depressed.\n\nHe said \"just knowing that there's blood on the walls\" meant he could not go back to the school.\n\nThe \"insane story\" roused her suspicions and the journalist contacted the local school board who confirmed no one of his name had ever worked in the district.\n\n\"We are extremely disappointed that an individual that has never been a part of our school community would represent themselves as a survivor of the mass violence tragedy that our community endured,\" Santa Fe ISD Superintendent Leigh Wall said in a statement.\n\n\"This situation illustrates how easily misinformation can be created and circulated, especially when the amount of detailed information available is limited due to the still ongoing investigation.\"\n\nA student is in custody facing murder charges for the killing of eight other students and two teachers in the May 2018 attack, the fourth deadliest shooting at a US school in history.\n\nThe Texas Tribune reports that public records show Mr Briscoe's only home address is registered in Florida.\n\nSome original stories that included his accounts have been corrected by outlets since the allegations emerged on Monday.\n\nAfter tweeting about the shooting at the time, the account @Daviddbriscoe was approached by the BBC.\n\nMr Briscoe claimed in a private Twitter message to have been a teacher at the school who had got scared and had left the scene. The BBC did not pursue him further or use any of his quotes in its coverage.\n\nSocial media handles registered to his name have now been deactivated or had their names changed.\n• None The problem with mass shootings and the media", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nBritain's Andy Murray has confirmed he will play mixed doubles with Serena Williams at Wimbledon.\n\nMurray, a two-time singles champion at SW19, will compete in both the men's and mixed doubles less than a month after returning following hip surgery.\n\nAmerican Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles winner, had earlier told journalists: \"If you guys really want it... all right, done.\"\n\nThe pair are expected to play their first match together on Thursday.\n\nMurray, who won Queen's with Feliciano Lopez, will partner Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the men's doubles.\n\nThe Scot was turned down by world number one Ashleigh Barty before suggesting he might pair up with 37-year-old Williams, who has won seven doubles titles at Wimbledon.\n\nMurray said: \"Serena is obviously a brilliant player, has a great doubles record and is brilliant on grass obviously. She's arguably the best player ever.\"\n\nLaughing, he added: \"So she'd be a solid partner.\"\n\nThe only issue will be whether the American's knees will cope with the extra demands of playing doubles as well as singles - and whether Murray's fitness holds up to what will be a packed doubles programme if they have a good run.\n\nWilliams has struggled with a knee injury this year but beat Giulia Gatto-Monticone on Tuesday.\n\nMurray played mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2006 where he teamed up with Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens and reached the second round.\n\nHe was also a silver medallist with Laura Robson in the London 2012 Olympics which were played at the All England Club.\n\nWilliams is a two-time mixed doubles Grand Slam champion, having partnered Max Mirnyi to win Wimbledon and the US Open in 1998.\n\nSome 64 pairings compete in the mixed doubles, which is played over the best of three sets.\n\nJust before the pairing was confirmed, Williams had remained coy about the prospect at a news conference following her first-round singles victory.\n\nJournalist: \"When do you think you could make that decision? Next three hours? In the morning?\"\n\nWilliams: \"This is crazy. I don't know. I'm still kind of in the singles mode, trying to figure that part out. We'll see. I could use extra matches, though, so... could be something.\"\n\nJournalist: \"Could you give us a rough percentage of how likely you think it is you would play with Andy?\"\n\nWilliams: \"I don't know. If you guys really want it, then maybe I'll do it.\"\n\nJournalist: \"We do really want it.\"\n\nWilliams: \"Yeah? All right, done, just for you guys. Don't forget.\"\n\nAsked what she likes about Murray, Williams replied: \"We're a lot alike on the court! I've always liked that about him.\n\n\"Talking about work ethic... His work ethic is just honestly off the charts. That's something I've always respected about him. His fitness, everything.\n\n\"To do what he's done in an era where there's so many other great male tennis players, so much competition, to rise above it, not many people have done it.\n\n\"There's so many things to be admired. Above all, he really stands out, he really speaks up about women's issues no matter what. You can tell he has a really strong woman in his life. I think above all that is just fantastic.\"\n• None Relive the coverage of day two from Wimbledon\n• None Williams through with Barty and Kerber\n• None Konta among five Britons to reach second round on Tuesday\n• None Theatrical Kyrgios sets up Nadal tie as Tomic loses in under an hour", "Zoe Ball, Claudia Winkleman and Vanessa Feltz have all moved up the list\n\nClaudia Winkleman, Zoe Ball and Vanessa Feltz have all moved up the BBC's star salaries list after the corporation's efforts to tackle an equal pay problem.\n\nThe top 12 earners were all male last year, but Winkleman is now eighth, Ball is ninth and Feltz is joint 10th.\n\nMatch of the Day's Gary Lineker is still at the top of the list, on an unchanged £1.75m per year.\n\nThe total talent bill has risen by £11m to £159m, with the number of stars earning over £150,000 up from 64 to 75.\n\nOf those 75 presenters and correspondents, 60% were men, down from 65% when the list was first published in 2017.\n\nThe stars' salaries are published as part of the BBC's Annual Report and covers the period from April 2018 to March 2019.\n\nHowever, as usual the list is not a fair or complete reflection of what all celebrities at the BBC earn.\n\nActors and some entertainment presenters who work for the corporation's commercial arm BBC Studios are not included.\n\nAs a result, the stars of some of the BBC's biggest programmes - like Top Gear and Doctor Who - are absent from the list.\n\nIn the past 12 months, Chris Evans has left for Virgin Radio, replaced by Zoe Ball. As a result, his figure reflects nine months of work on the Radio 2 breakfast show before leaving in December, and not his full annual salary.\n\nSimilarly, Zoe Ball's figure only covers what she earned for hosting the breakfast show in the first three months of this year, plus her earnings for the Saturday-only Radio 2 show she hosted in the nine months prior to that.\n\nBBC director general Tony Hall said the budget for paying talent was now a smaller proportion of total programming costs than last year.\n\nSpeaking about Lineker's pay, Lord Hall said the success of BBC Sport, which reaches 40% of the UK population, has \"much to do with Gary\", adding that he \"does an excellent job\".\n\nBBC chairman Sir David Clementi said he had \"seen no evidence we are paying anyone above the market rate\", adding: \"What I've seen suggests the opposite.\"\n\nThe figures show that some male stars including Jeremy Vine, John Humphrys and Steve Wright have taken significant pay cuts.\n\nVine earned around £290,000 in 2018/19 - down approximately £150,000 on the previous year. Humphrys is now on the same level, a cut of about £110,000.\n\nWright has lost roughly £85,000; Stephen Nolan is down by around £75,000; and Nicky Campbell is reduced by approximately £70,000.\n\nNolan hosted a huge number of programmes for the BBC - around 350 editions in total including shows for Radio Ulster and 5 Live. Vanessa Feltz presented more than 400 editions of her shows across Radio 2 and BBC London.\n\nOf the biggest risers, Zoe Ball and Sara Cox are both new entries on the list after landing the Radio 2 breakfast and drivetime shows respectively.\n\nOther new entries include former footballer Jermaine Jenas on £210,000, BBC Breakfast's Louise Minchin on £205,000 and news presenter Clive Myrie on £200,000.\n\nOf those who were also on the list last year, the biggest rises have gone to Jo Whiley (up approx £100,000), Jason Mohammad (up approx £95,000), Justin Webb (up approx £85,000) and Sarah Montague (up approx £80,000).\n\nLauren Laverne and Fiona Bruce both saw their salaries rise by roughly £75,000, while Sophie Raworth was up by around £60,000.\n\nThree major figures have left for the commercial sector in the course of the year - Chris Evans, Simon Mayo and Eddie Mair.\n\nThe corporation's overall gender pay gap has fallen from 7.6% last year to 6.7% this time, BBC media editor Amol Rajan said.\n\nWoman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey, who leads a campaign group called BBC Women, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: \"I'd like to congratulate the three women who have made it into the top 10.\n\n\"That's 30% of the top 10. Of course it would be nice if it was 50, or maybe even more than that. Who knows, we might reach that state of nirvana at some point in my life.\"\n\nTrevor Nelson and Greg James have started new shows on Radio 2 and Radio 1\n\nShe said she had sympathy with the viewers and listeners who felt the salaries were still too high. \"Perhaps it would have been better to cut more male salaries rather than to up some female salaries,\" she said.\n\nIn a statement, BBC Women said: \"There has been some progress in the last two years, but many women at all levels of the BBC are locked into slow, inefficient and demoralising internal processes.\n\n\"New equal pay cases are still emerging and staff are yet to have confidence that pay inequality is in the past.\"\n\nLord Hall said the public supported the BBC to give high salaries to \"big stars\" because they were \"talented and entertaining\".\n\nIn an article for The Huffington Post, he wrote: \"The BBC was rightly criticised for a lack of female representation when we first published details of our highest earning stars two years ago.\n\n\"But the reality is that on pay we have come a long way to becoming a fairer organisation since then.\"\n\nDamian Collins, the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said: \"It is welcome to see more women named on the high earners' list. However, this masks the wider issue of equal pay across all levels of the BBC workforce.\n\n\"The rising talent bill is concerning in light of plans to remove free TV licences from all but the poorest of those over 75. We'll be raising this with BBC executives when they appear before the committee later this month.\"\n\nThe cost of providing free licence fees to over-75s is £745 million. This used to be paid for by the government, but in 2015 it was announced the BBC would absorb the cost by 2020 as part of a licence fee settlement.\n\nLast month, the BBC announced that only low-income households where one person receives the pension credit benefit will continue to receive free TV licences. All other pensioners, around 3.7 million, will have to pay for a TV licence from June 2020.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "A Sikh boxer says a rule that amateur fighters in Wales must be clean shaven is discriminatory.\n\nCardiff University student Aaron Singh, 20, says the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association is preventing him from competing because of his faith.\n\n\"It's not right and it's not fair,\" he said.\n\nA similar rule was dropped in England and professional boxers have been allowed to compete with a beard for years.\n\nThe Welsh Amateur Boxing Association said it was waiting for guidance from the International Boxing Association.", "A US Navy Seal has been found not guilty of killing a young Islamic State group prisoner in Iraq and other murder charges in a San Diego military court.\n\nSpecial Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, 40, was accused of stabbing the injured teenager to death as well as randomly shooting Iraqi civilians.\n\nHe was convicted of posing with the 17-year-old's corpse, but acquitted of all other charges.\n\nAnother Seal had testified that he was the one who killed the prisoner.\n\nGallagher, a decorated combat veteran who served eight tours, denied all the allegations against him.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Donald J. Trump This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nThe seven-person military jury, which included five Marines and two sailors, delivered the verdict after about eight hours of deliberation.\n\nThe maximum sentence for posing for photos with a corpse is four months - but Gallagher has already served nine months in pre-trial confinement.\n\n\"We have a sentencing to do, but the maximum sentence of what they're about to sentence him on is much less than the time that they've already had him in the brig,\" Gallagher's lawyer, Tim Parlatore, said after the verdict, according to NBC News. \"So he is going home.\"\n\nThe allegations against the chief had come from members of his own platoon in the special operations branch of the US Navy.\n\nBut in a surprising twist, Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott testified earlier this month that he had asphyxiated the wounded militant while the teenager was in US custody.\n\nThe Seal medic said he had witnessed Gallagher unexpectedly begin stabbing the fighter after the two men had stabilised his injuries following an airstrike, but that the stab wounds had not appeared to be life-threatening.\n\nWhen the chief walked away, Mr Scott said he had plugged the youth's air tube as an act of mercy. When asked why, Mr Scott replied, \"I knew he would die anyway.\"\n\nMr Scott was granted immunity from being prosecuted for criminal charges before he testified. Prosecutors accused him of trying to protect Gallagher, alleging he had never mentioned committing the crime in previous interviews.\n\nIn the San Diego courtroom, I watched the seven men on the jury, knowing that six of them had served in combat. The fact that most of them had gone through battle meant they were more likely to be sympathetic to the accused, a veteran of eight deployments.\n\nThe verdict shows that the jurors did not believe there was enough evidence against him for a murder conviction - but enough to find him guilty of posing with a dead body.\n\nOverall, the verdict reflects an understanding that people can be transformed by combat and act in ways that are out of character.\n\nThis will reassure those who are concerned about being unfairly punished for their actions during wartime.\n\nAt the same time, the verdict will upset those who thought that the evidence against Gallagher was compelling. Regardless of how one sees the outcome of the trial, one thing is clear: it will be closely studied by those in the military for years to come.\n\nThe case drew the attention of some Republicans in Congress as well as President Trump, who tweeted in support of Gallagher and had reportedly weighed a pardon for him.", "George Osborne and his wife Frances are divorcing, with the couple saying they will remain \"good friends\".\n\nThe former chancellor, who is now editor of London's Evening Standard, said the end of their 21-year marriage was sad but had been a mutual decision.\n\nThe couple have two teenage children.\n\nMr Osborne left government in 2016 after the Brexit referendum, but recently endorsed Boris Johnson's Tory leadership bid, prompting speculation of a return to frontline politics.\n\nThe pair met at a friend's house over Sunday lunch, before marrying in 1998.\n\nFrances Osborne, the daughter of former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Howell, is a successful writer.\n\nHer best-selling books include The Bolter, a biography of her great-grandmother, the English aristocrat Idina Sackville.\n\nIn a statement released on Monday, the couple said: \"George and Frances Osborne have sadly decided to divorce after 21 years of marriage.\n\n\"This is a long thought-through and mutual decision. They remain good friends and jointly devoted to their wonderful children.\n\n\"For the sake of their children, they ask that the family's privacy is respected. Neither George nor Frances will be making any comment.\"\n\nAs well as editing the Evening Standard, Mr Osborne, 48, has a number of other jobs, including chairman of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership.\n\nHe stood down as MP for Tatton in Cheshire in 2017.", "The person is believed to have fallen from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi on Sunday afternoon\n\nA suspected stowaway who is believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a flight into Heathrow Airport has been found dead in a London garden.\n\nThe body - believed to be that of a man - was found in Offerton Road, Clapham just before 15:40 BST on Sunday.\n\nPolice said it was thought the individual fell from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi.\n\nA neighbour said the body fell a metre away from a resident who had been sunbathing in the garden.\n\nThe man, who did not want to be named, said he heard a \"whomp\" so he looked out of an upstairs window and saw the body and \"blood all over the walls of the garden\".\n\n\"So I went outside, and it was just then the neighbour came out and he was very shaken,\" he said.\n\nThe neighbour, who asked not to be named, said a plane spotter, who had been following the flight on an plane tracking app from Clapham Common, had seen the body fall.\n\nThe plane spotter had arrived almost at the same time as the police and told them the body had fallen from a Kenyan Airways flight.\n\n\"If it had been two seconds later, he would have landed on the common where there were hundreds of people - my kids were in the garden 15 minutes before [he fell]\", the neighbour added.\n\n\"I spoke to Heathrow. They said this happens once every five years.\"\n\nDescribing the victim, he said: \"One of the reasons his body was so intact was because his body was an ice block.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Where do stowaways hide on planes?\n\nOfferton Road in Clapham, on a bright summer's day, is a tranquil and leafy corner of south-west London.\n\nYou could be forgiven for thinking nothing of any significance had happened here recently.\n\nOther than journalists arriving, there is little activity, with many people presumably out at work.\n\nBut every 30 seconds or so the quiet is punctured by the din of jet engines travelling overhead, indicating the road's position directly underneath a major highway for aircraft, heading for Heathrow from across the globe.\n\nThe Met Police said a post-mortem examination would be carried out in due course and the death was not being treated as suspicious.\n\nKenya Airways said the aircraft was inspected and no damage was reported.\n\nA bag, water and some food were found in the landing gear compartment on the aircraft when it landed.\n\nThe discovery of the stowaway who started his journey from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi has raised questions about the effectiveness of security checks in place there.\n\nThe airport is already under a state of heightened security largely responding to the threat posed by the militant group al-Shabab, based in neighbouring Somalia.\n\nA similar incident took place in 1997 when the body of a young man was found hanging in the nose-wheel bay of a British Airways flight from Nairobi after it landed at Gatwick Airport.\n\nThe Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) says a team has been assembled to investigate how the stowaway got on board the plane.\n\nThe KAA carries out security drills at the airport - most recently in November 2018.\n\nA spokesman for Kenya Airways said: \"The 6,840km (4,250-mile) flight takes eight hours and 50 minutes. It is unfortunate that a person has lost his life by stowing aboard one of our aircraft and we express our condolences.\n\n\"Kenya Airways is working closely with the relevant authorities in Nairobi and London as they fully investigate this case.\"\n\nIt is not the first death of this kind on the Heathrow flight path.\n\nIn June 2015, one man was found dead on the roof of notonthehighstreet.com's headquarters in Richmond, west London, while another was found in a critical condition after they both clung on to a British Airways flight from Johannesburg.\n\nIn August 2012, a man's body was found in the undercarriage bay of a plane at Heathrow after a flight from Cape Town.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The chess piece had been bought by an Edinburgh antiques dealer for £5 in 1964\n\nA medieval chess piece kept in a drawer of an Edinburgh home has been sold at auction for £735,000.\n\nIts previous owners had no idea that the object was one of the long-lost Lewis Chessmen.\n\nThe chessmen were found buried in a sand dune on the Isle of Lewis in 1831 but the whereabouts of five pieces have remained a mystery.\n\nThe Edinburgh family's grandfather, an antiques dealer, had bought the chess piece for £5 in 1964.\n\nThe new owner of the piece has not been named. Sotheby's said the price set a new record for a medieval chess piece at auction.\n\nThe Edinburgh antiques dealer had no idea of the significance of the 8.8cm piece (3.5in), made from walrus ivory, which he passed down to his family.\n\nThey have looked after it for 55 years without realising its importance, before taking it to Sotheby's auction house in London to be auctioned.\n\nThe chessmen are thought to have been made in Scandinavia, possibly Norway\n\nThe Lewis Chessmen are among the biggest draws at the British Museum and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.\n\nMade in Scandinavia, possibly Norway, they are seen as an \"important symbol of European civilisation\".\n\nSotheby's expert Alexander Kader, who examined the piece for the family, said his \"jaw dropped\" when he realised what they had in their possession.\n\nThe newly-discovered piece is a warder, a man with helmet, shield and sword, which \"has immense character and power\".\n\nThe identity of the new owner of the warder has not been revealed\n\nFollowing the sale, Mr Kader said: \"This is one of the most exciting and personal rediscoveries to have been made during my career.\n\n\"It has been such a privilege to bring this piece of history to auction and it has been amazing having him on view at Sotheby's over the last week - he has been a huge hit.\n\n\"When you hold this characterful warder in your hand or see him in the room, he has real presence.\"\n\nDespite not knowing its significance, the late 12th/early 13th Century chess piece had been \"treasured\" by the family.\n\nThe previous owner's late mother believed it \"almost had magical qualities\".\n\nThe chess piece has been in the care of an Edinburgh family since the 1960s\n\nThe Lewis Chessmen set includes seated kings and queens, bishops, knights and standing warders - the medieval version of rooks on a modern chess board - and pawns.\n\nSome 82 pieces are now in the British Museum and 11 pieces held by the National Museum of Scotland. As well as the chess pieces, the hoard includes 14 \"tablemen\" gaming pieces and a buckle.\n\nSince the hoard was uncovered in 1831, one knight and four warders have been missing from the four combined chess sets.\n\nSotheby's said the price set a new record for a medieval chess piece at auction\n\nThe discovery of the hoard remains shrouded in mystery, with stories of it being dug up by cattle grazing on the dunes.\n\nIt is thought it was buried shortly after the objects were made, possibly by a merchant to avoid taxes after being shipwrecked, and so remained underground for 500 years.", "Tony Hall says the BBC's current fixed income is \"not sustainable\"\n\nThe publication of this report shows the perennial difficulty of reporting any financial year, and the disadvantages of removing BBC Studios from the equation of salaries disclosed.\n\nWhile there has been some progress in improving the overall balance of this list - on which my own name appears - the top of the list is still dominated by men.\n\nHad BBC Studios' salaries been included, there would have been a better balance of men and women overall on the list, and more of the names at the very summit of the list would have been female.\n\nBut the BBC argues that it needs BBC Studios to flourish commercially, and publishing names there would put it at a disadvantage.\n\nThe other problem for the corporation is that, because the figures here reflect the past financial year, major changes - whether some men being paid less, or some women being paid more - aren't in the figures available today. They will only filter through next year.\n\nThis is the sense in which such financial reporting always seems a year behind.\n\nWhile the issue of equal pay and the gender pay gap will dominate headlines, the annual report mentions an existential question for the BBC, which the director-general also addressed when I spoke to him.\n\nLord Hall of Birkenhead says the current model of the BBC, in which it has a fixed income in a super-inflationary market - where the likes of Amazon, Netflix, and Disney are all spending billions building direct-to-consumer, global offerings - \"is not sustainable\".\n\nI asked him what he intends to do about this. Apparently the BBC board are turning their attention to this in the autumn, making it a priority after August. But it already feels late.\n\nDevising a plausible solution to the BBC's fixed revenue model, perhaps in conjunction with other public service broadcasters - or failing to do so - will be an even bigger part of Lord Hall's legacy than equal pay.\n\nIf you're interested in issues such as these, please follow me on Twitter or Facebook; and also please subscribe to The Media Show podcast from Radio 4. I'm grateful for all constructive feedback. Thanks.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nCoverage: Watch live on BBC One or iPlayer, listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, read live text commentary on BBC Sport website and app.\n\nWhen England take on the world's number-one ranked side in Tuesday's Fifa Women's World Cup semi-final, they will also be up against two Englishwomen at the very top of the sport.\n\nThe United States' Hampshire-born head coach Jill Ellis and Newcastle-born high performance coach Dawn Scott are integral to the holders' bid for a fourth world title.\n\nEllis and Scott have worked together for nine years in varying capacities. Their childhoods lacked opportunities to play competitive girls football, so how did they progress to become global leaders in their fields?\n\nIf I'd stayed in England I might not be coaching - Ellis\n\nEllis, 52, grew up near Portsmouth, having being born when women's football was still banned in England by the Football Association.\n\n\"I grew up playing with boys in the yard: with my brother in the backyard and boys in the schoolyard. I just loved the sport, loved the game,\" Ellis said.\n\n\"I truly think if I'd have stayed in England, I'm not sure I'd would be in coaching.\n\n\"At the time, it was not even a career path. It was a rare career path in the States but it wasn't a career path [in England] for sure.\"\n\nBut that changed after she moved to the USA in the 1980s.\n\n\"I was just fortunate to move to the States and have an opportunity to play organised football as we know it,\" said Ellis.\n\n\"What America gave me was the dream, the opportunity and the ability to follow that path.\"\n\nEllis is the best at the moment - Neville\n\nSince taking full charge of the US national team, Ellis has overseen 2015's World Cup win and two wins at the Concacaf Championship. She was also the Fifa World Coach of the Year for Women's Football in 2015.\n\nBut having supported Manchester United since the age of seven, she believes her love for football would not be what it was if she had grown up in any other country than England.\n\n\"What America gave me was an environment to put on my first-ever team uniform in terms of soccer,\" she said. \"I always loved the sport and then that just gave me a vehicle to experience it even more.\n\n\"But the whole British culture I experienced growing up is still with me. I'm very grateful for that.\n\n\"Had I grown up in another country, I don't think the passion for football would be what it is, for sure.\"\n\nEngland boss Phil Neville has questioned the USA's 'etiquette' in the build-up to Tuesday's semi-final between the teams - after at least one member of Ellis' staff was spotted at his team's hotel in Lyon.\n\nHowever, he made clear that he is a big fan of Ellis.\n\nHe said: \"I have an unbelievable amount of respect for her. She is the best at the moment.\n\n\"As she is a Manchester United fan, that instant connection is probably because we both support the same team. We have a lot of respect for each other.\"\n\nUSA's sports science set-up 'second to none'\n\nBut while Ellis' leadership has been one key factor in the USA's success, they have also received widespread praise for their fitness and sports science expertise.\n\nFormer USA number one goalkeeper Hope Solo feels the team have been 'light years' ahead of the competition, thanks in part to sports science expert Scott.\n\nSolo told BBC Radio 5 live: \"The sports science aspect on the US team is second to none.\n\n\"Of course, we took Dawn Scott, our fitness coach, from you guys in England.\n\n\"We train at altitude, we train in humidity and we train in the heat, so we know how to take care of our bodies.\"\n\nScott worked within the England set-up from 2001 to 2009, before switching to the USA's programme in 2010.\n\nSo how did a Newcastle United fan end up with a gold medal sitting on a Los Angeles mantelpiece?\n\n\"I oversee everything in terms of physical fitness or physical status of players, monitoring physical training every day with GPS heart rates,\" Scott told BBC Sport.\n\n\"I oversee the recovery side in relation to hydration and nutrition, whether that's ice tubs, pool session recovery or stretching.\n\n\"And then a new area we are focusing on as well is monitoring menstrual cycles and paying attention to certain things in players' diets around that as well.\n\n\"When they players are not in camp, I prescribe their training loads and training programmes and then work in conjunction with NWSL clubs, minimising injury risk and then optimising physical performance.\"\n\nFormer Worcester University lecturer Scott worked under former England boss Hope Powell for eight years, culminating with the Lionesses' run to the final of the 2009 European Championships.\n\nTimes have changed since her arrival at the FA 18 years ago.\n\n\"In 2001, when I started working with England, there was no sports science programme,\" she said.\n\n\"Back then, sports science was even new in the men's game, and on the women's side it was non-existent.\"\n\nWhat was also non-existent was girls football near Scott's Newcastle home when she was growing up - at least not until a plea on local radio.\n\nScott recalled: \"When I was 14, my Mum actually called up the radio station, Metro Radio, and said: 'My daughter loves playing football - does anybody out there know if there are any teams?'\n\n\"Through that way, we found a team, Whitley Bay Ladies, but we didn't have a car back then and it was two bus rides away and took about 90 minutes to get there.\n\n\"I would go but I was also at school, and I'd be getting back at like 22:30, 23:00 at night because it was so far away.\"\n\nProud of her Tyneside roots, the former Newcastle United season-ticket holder recalls being \"gutted\" when they narrowly missed out in the 1996 Premier League title.\n\nShe has gone on to have her own success, helping the USA win gold at the 2012 Olympics in London - where they played at St James' Park along the way - and then the 2015 World Cup.\n\n\"You don't get an Olympics medal [on the backroom staff] but all of the support staff received gold medals at the 2015 World Cup, and mine has pride of place on my mantelpiece at home, alongside a signed shirt from the team as well.\n\n\"I'm very fortunate to be working with this group. The drive of these players is so amazing.\n\n\"They still want to get better every day, whether that is technical, tactical, game understanding or the physical side of it.\n\n\"If you're not highly motivated and highly driven yourself, you could not work with this team, because they demand that from you.\n\n\"Jill and I know each other very well. I feel like she trusts me and challenges me, which I enjoy as well, otherwise you could become stale in what you do.\n\n\"We have a really good relationship and that is so important at the elite level, to have high-performance sports science and have a really good relationship with the head coach and the technical staff.\"\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.", "Tony Hall said Evans had been under \"pressure\" after his salary was revealed\n\nBBC director general Tony Hall has said the publication of star salaries was a factor in radio presenters Chris Evans and Eddie Mair choosing to leave.\n\nLord Hall told a committee of MPs the pay disclosures had \"made it harder for us to retain people like that\".\n\nEvans is moving from Radio 2 to Virgin, while Mair has joined LBC from Radio 4.\n\n\"We have to recognise we're not going to attract people at the kind of mega sums others in the commercial sphere might be able to pay,\" Lord Hall said.\n\nEddie Mair earned more than £330,000 at Radio 4 in 2017/18\n\n\"For three or four days he was the centre of a lot of attention,\" he said.\n\nLord Hall told the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee: \"[It has a] bearing on when you think about where you want to work in the future. I think he's a remarkable presenter. He's a loss to the BBC, a loss to our audiences.\"\n\nHowever, Lord Hall also said: \"I have no complaint, disclosure is a good thing.\"\n\nHe added that Evans, who was paid £1.66m in 2017-18, also wanted to leave so he could find a new challenge.\n\nMPs asked the BBC director general about the recent Sir Cliff Richard court case\n\nLast year was the first time the pay of stars earning more than £150,000 had been made public. The BBC was compelled to reveal the information under the terms of its new royal charter.\n\nLord Hall said the corporation would \"find the next generation of talent\" and promote from within rather than compete with the \"mega\" salaries on offer from commercial rivals.\n\n\"A lot of [current BBC] presenters I know could make possibly more money outside but actually are not doing it for that - they're doing it because they're committed to the BBC and I admire them hugely for that,\" he said.\n\n\"But of course we will lose some people and of course we have lost a couple of people for a large number of reasons, but no doubt disclosure and the fact people know their pay has been a factor in some of those losses.\"\n\nClaudia Winkleman (left) is still the best-paid woman on the BBC pay list\n\nLord Hall was asked about equal pay at the corporation, given that the top 12 earners on the BBC's latest list of star salaries are all men.\n\n\"Myself and the team want to get to the point where the top 20 are made up equally of men and women and not just women at the bottom and men at the top,\" he said.\n\nThe director general also revealed he had approached Sir Cliff Richard personally ahead of the recent court case involving the BBC.\n\nIn July, Sir Cliff won his privacy case against the corporation over its coverage of a 2014 police raid on his home.\n\nThe singer said the BBC's reporting of the raid, which included helicopter footage of his home being searched, was a \"serious invasion\" of privacy. He was never arrested or charged.\n\nLord Hall said: \"We approached Sir Cliff's lawyers and... I approached Sir Cliff on a couple of occasions suggesting could we sit down and try to sort this out without going to the court.\n\n\"But sadly, and, I guess understandably, the legal view came back that, 'We don't want to talk.'\"\n\nLord Hall added that Sir Cliff's team said they were only prepared to reach a settlement if the BBC admitted it had acted illegally, but he said he didn't think the corporation had acted illegally.\n\nHe said: \"We are really sorry about what Sir Cliff has been through.\n\n\"We reported accurately what happened but we overdid it, the helicopter overdid it, it was something to report but [further] down the bulletin.\"\n\nLord Hall also said the BBC would be publishing a new edition of its editorial guidelines later this autumn, following the Sir Cliff episode.\n\nThe committee also discussed the BBC licence fee concession for over-75s.\n\nThe government used to meet this cost in its entirety but it was agreed in 2015 that the BBC would take on the full cost of the concession over a phased period.\n\nThe BBC is due to absorb the full cost from 2020/21 - but Lord Hall said the corporation will review whether it continues to offer the arrangement after that time.\n\nLord Hall said it was \"a difficult balance between what people can afford and our need to give proper services\".\n\nThe total financial liability for licences for over-75s for 2017/18 was £655m.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Bureaux de change and currency transfer businesses are to be raided by police in a week-long crackdown on suspected drugs money laundering.\n\nThey hope targeting the cash will reduce street violence linked to disputes between gangs by disrupting their activities.\n\nPolice say 12 businesses in London will be raided on Tuesday - the first day of the operation\n\nInspectors will visit another 39 to check they are complying with the law.\n\nThere are around 9,000 money exchanges in London, handling tens of billions of pounds each year between them - about a fifth of the UK market.\n\nDetectives say the vast majority of these companies operate legitimately, but a \"significant number\" - which they call \"launderettes\" - are involved in illegal activity.\n\nThis can include receiving bags or holdalls full of cash from drug deals and processing it to make it look as though it has come from a legitimate source.\n\nAbout £100bn is laundered through the UK every year, but it is not known much of this goes through money service businesses.\n\nThe crackdown is a joint operation between the Metropolitan Police, HM Revenue & Customs and financial services watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority.\n\nMost of the debate about ways to curb knife crime has revolved around short-term measures, including stop-and-search, and long-term solutions, such as the 'public health' model pioneered in Glasgow.\n\nBut with much of the violence believed to be linked to drug disputes over territory and unpaid debts, police are stepping up their efforts on that front too.\n\nDrug gangs exist to make money, the argument goes, so impeding the flow of their ill-gotten gains will disrupt their activities and reduce the violence.\n\nThe \"launderettes\" - the illegal money transfer businesses that conceal and process the drugs money - are a key target in the anti-violence campaign.\n\nDet Ch Supt Mick Gallagher, who is co-ordinating the operation, said: \"Money drives drug dealing, drives violence.\"\n\nHe added: \"The cash is the lifeblood of this. If you choke off the ability to trade effectively, then you disrupt the network.\"\n\nFollowing a similar operation in 2011, police described the use of legitimate bureaux de change by money launderers as a \"weak point\".\n\nA number of people were convicted of offences linked to drug dealing or money laundering in a case that exposed one London firm's links to organised crime networks from all over the UK.", "Last updated on .From the section Tennis\n\nCoverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and online with extensive coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.\n\nFifteen-year-old American qualifier Cori Gauff caused a stunning upset by defeating five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in the first round.\n\nFellow American Williams had won four Grand Slam titles - including two at Wimbledon - before Gauff was born.\n\n\"It's the first time I have ever cried after winning a match,\" said Gauff, who previously said Venus and sister Serena were her \"idols\".\n\n\"I don't know how to explain how I feel.\n\n\"I definitely had to tell myself to stay calm, I had to remind myself that the lines are the same lines, the courts are the same size and after every point I told myself 'stay calm'.\"\n• None Edmund & Watson through to round two\n\nGauff will play Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova - 15 years her senior - in the second round.\n\nWilliams turned professional 10 years before her opponent was born, with Gauff being the youngest player to qualify for the main Wimbledon draw since the Open era began in 1968.\n\nShe previously said the Williams sisters inspired her to first pick up a tennis racquet.\n\n\"Venus told me congratulations and keep going, she said good luck and I told her thanks for everything she did,\" Gauff added.\n\n\"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her - I told her she was so inspiring and I've always wanted to tell her that but I've never had the guts to before.\n\n\"My parents will be super happy, my dad was jumping up every time I won a point. I'm so happy they spent all their time on me and my brothers and making sure we're successful.\n\n\"I never thought this would happen. I'm literally living my dream right now.\n\n\"I'm really happy Wimbledon gave me the chance to play, I never thought I would get this far.\"\n\n'The sky's the limit' - a debut to remember\n\nIn a sharp introduction to the Wimbledon stage, Gauff initially struggled to return Williams' serve but she soon impressed with big serves of her own.\n\nGauff, who won the French Open junior title last year, went a break up on Williams for 3-2 in the first set, proving a solid wall that her veteran opponent simply couldn't break down, hitting only two unforced errors throughout the set.\n\nAfter sealing the set in 35 minutes, she went a break up in the second after Williams double-faulted, only to do the same herself on her own serve as Williams looked to claw back.\n\nShe went on to scupper three match points before Williams created a break point, but she failed to capitalise on the chance as Gauff clinched a memorable win on the fourth time of asking.\n\nIt marks only the second time Williams has been beaten in the first round at Wimbledon since her 1997 debut.\n\nAsked about Gauff's future, Williams said: \"I think the sky's the limit, it really is.\n\n\"She did everything well today. She put the ball in the court, which was much better than I did. She served well, moved well. It was a great match for her.\"\n• None Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone", "MPs on the public spending watchdog committee attacked the \"breathtaking complacency\" of a system of healthcare fines in England in which 1.7 million penalties were overturned as incorrect.\n\nThe Public Accounts Committee was inquiring into a National Audit Office report showing confusion and errors in fines over eligibility for free dental treatment and prescription charges.\n\nSir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, accepted that the system was \"problematic\" and promised significant changes.\n\nBefore fines are issued, he said there would be a new stage in which people could put forward evidence showing they were entitled to free treatment.\n\n\"It gives people a clear opportunity to say that we've got it wrong before we get into the penalty charge notice process,\" Sir Chris told MPs.\n\nThe British Dental Association described this as a \"huge victory for patients\".\n\nThe cross-party committee repeatedly challenged the credibility of a system which has been accused of unfairly charging hundreds of thousands of people for fraudulent use of health services.\n\nThe National Audit Office had shown that since 2014 almost a third of the fines issued, worth £188m, were subsequently withdrawn.\n\nA series of BBC stories had highlighted concerns from families who believed they had been unfairly hit by penalty charges after getting dental treatment.\n\nDentist Charlotte Waite has raised concerns about vulnerable people being wrongly fined\n\nCharlotte Waite of the British Dental Association said many of those getting caught up in the penalty fine process were \"vulnerable\" people, who might be brought to the dentist by carers or relatives.\n\nThis might include people with dementia, learning difficulties or the very elderly, who either might have ticked the wrong exemption box or who were not able to supply the required information.\n\n\"We're very concerned about this hitting innocent patients,\" she told MPs.\n\nEven if the fines - often of about £100 - were levied in error, Ms Waite said many people might pay up.\n\n\"Appealing is stressful and difficult. How many people don't appeal? How many just pay the fine?\" she asked.\n\nConservative MP Anne Marie Morris said the fining regime was effectively \"putting the frighteners on people\".\n\nMeg Hillier warned \"something has gone pretty badly wrong\"\n\nThis was rejected by Brendan Brown of the NHS Business Services Authority, who described the process as taking people on a \"customer journey\".\n\nMeg Hillier, chairwoman of the committee, said it was very rare to have such unanimous levels of concern from MPs about what had been revealed.\n\nThe Labour MP said that when so many people were contacting MPs over the fines, it showed \"something has gone pretty badly wrong\".\n\nSir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown challenged representatives of the NHS and the Department of Health as to whether the \"vastly over-complicated\" penalty system was even \"fit for purpose\".\n\nThe Conservative MP said there was a poor financial return from the fines, which involved \"chasing some of the poorest people in the land\".\n\nHe questioned an \"easy read\" guide to eligibility for free treatment that stretched for 21 pages.\n\nSir Chris told MPs: \"We're not trying to claim that the system is simple.\"\n\nBut Ms Morris said: \"My concern is that you're not doing anything about it.\"\n\nWitnesses told MPs about the problems of patients either being unable to understand the rules of eligibility for free treatment or who had falsely been identified as fraudsters.\n\nDan Scorer, of the mental health charity Mencap, told MPs it was a \"real problem\" causing a \"lot of confusion among people with learning disabilities and their families\".\n\nGeoffrey Clifton-Brown asked whether the system was \"fit for purpose\"\n\nLaura Cockram of Parkinson's UK said that vulnerable patients were left \"shocked and anxious\" when they received penalty fines.\n\nSir Geoffrey said in six years serving on the Public Accounts Committee, this has been one of the most critical hearings he had ever attended.\n\nHe warned of a fining process which was \"scaring large numbers of the most vulnerable in society\".\n\nThe Cotswolds MP said it was \"staggering\" that the forms for not paying prescription charges still did not include a box for universal credit.\n\nLabour's Shabana Mahmood said the \"system is indefensible\" - and was not about a political policy choice, but poor public administration\".\n\nShe warned of \"breathtaking complacency and arrogance\".\n\n\"We have heard of real distress caused to our citizens because of this system,\" said Ms Mahmood.\n\nThe committee heard from the British Dental Association that low-income patients had been deterred from going to the dentist because of fears over fines.\n\nMs Waite said there had been a fall of 23% in low-income patients attending the dentist.\n\nLabour MP Bridget Phillipson such a big drop should have \"set off alarm bells\".\n\n\"Isn't there a risk that people are just not getting the treatment they need because they're worrying about whether they are going to end up with a fine?\" asked Ms Phillipson.\n\nSir Chris said there was a need for \"further progress\" but said that \"taking a harder line\" could be a deterrence for fraud.\n\nHe said there would be trials of a \"real-time checking system\", so that people getting prescriptions could see if they were eligible for free treatment before ticking a box to claim it.\n\n\"We don't deny at all that it is a very complicated system and some of our processes can cause people distress,\" said Sir Chris.\n\n\"We think it can be improved.\"", "Announcing the nominations for the four top posts in the EU, European Council President Donald Tusk has hailed a \"perfect gender balance\" of two men and two women.\n\nIf approved by the European Parliament she will become the first female in the job.\n\nIMF chief Christine Lagarde was also nominated to head the European Central Bank.", "Mr Magid said he was \"visibly different\" and \"didn't intend to fit in\"\n\nA newly-elected Green MEP claims he was asked to leave the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on his first day.\n\nMagid Magid, 30, was wearing a baseball cap and a T-shirt with swearing and an anti-fascist slogan on it when he was asked to leave.\n\nThe former Lord Mayor of Sheffield was elected as one of six MEPs for the Yorkshire and Humber region in May.\n\nThe European Parliament said no member of staff was involved in the incident.\n\nMr Magid said he did not know who the person was who asked him to leave, although he believed that individual to be an official.\n\nHe said the person asked if he was lost and then suggested he leave.\n\nHe added: \"I make people feel uncomfortable, people don't know how to react.\"\n\nIn a tweet, he said: \"I know I'm visibly different. I don't have the privilege to hide my identity. I'm BLACK & my name is Magid.\n\n\"I don't intend to try fit in. Get used to it!\"\n\nHe said the exchange said a lot about what people thought politicians were supposed to look like, and he did not leave the building.\n\nA spokeswoman for the European Parliament said: \"We investigated the matter immediately after our attention was brought to it and can safely say that no member of Parliament staff was involved.\"\n\nMr Magid was attending the opening of the new five-year session of the parliament, though the length of the UK's involvement remains in doubt.\n\nUK MEPs may sit in the parliament until the country formally leaves the EU.\n\nMr Magid came to Sheffield aged five from an Ethiopian refugee camp \"to find a better life\".\n\nHe was a contestant on Channel 4's reality show Hunted, and was elected Broomhill and Sharrow Vale Green councillor in 2016 and became the city's youngest Lord Mayor in 2018.\n\nHe went on to cause controversy when, in July 2018, he \"banned\" visiting US President Donald Trump from Sheffield.\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Northern Ireland's politicians have jointly called for Group B Strep screening for all pregnant women.\n\nGroup B Strep is the most common cause of serious infection in newborn babies in the UK.\n\nA cross-party letter has been sent to Department of Health officials.\n\nIt says it is unacceptable that a baby born in Northern Ireland has a higher chance of developing the infection than one born elsewhere.\n\nThe letter was prompted by the death of Hollie Maguire shortly after her birth in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital in 2016 from congenital pneumonia.\n\nAt her inquest last month, her parents, Brendan Maguire and Susan Ho-Maguire from Dunmurry, warned other mothers-to-be to take a simple test for the Group B Streptococcus bacteria that caused their daughter's death.\n\nGroup B Strep is also one of the leading causes of neonatal pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis.\n\nOn average, two babies each day in the UK develop a Group B Strep infection and each week one baby dies.\n\nEach year in the UK, between 400 to 500 babies are born with Group-B streptococcus (GBS) - a bacteria which can cause serious illness or death in newborns.\n\nMost will fully recover with treatment, but GBS can lead to pneumonia, meningitis and a dangerous blood infection called sepsis.\n\nAbout 150,000 pregnant women - one in five - carry GBS and if it is undiagnosed, there is a chance they could pass it to their baby.\n\nGBS can be especially dangerous to babies who are born prematurely.\n\nThe government has launched a new screening trial across 80 hospitals in Great Britain\n\nMost strains of the new born infection can be prevented by testing during pregnancy and providing intravenous antibiotics to women in labour.\n\nHowever, the UK does not routinely test for GBS, unlike the United States, Canada, Germany, France and Spain.\n\nExperts worry that routine testing would see antibiotics given to many more women.\n\nIn 2017, independent experts said there was not enough proof that a national screening programme would benefit mothers and babies. Campaigners disagree.\n\nIn May, the government said screening would be offered as part of a trial at 80 hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland.\n\nThe trial will compare two tests with the current approach of testing only \"high risk\" pregnant women.\n\nMr Maguire said he was pleased to see the issue had united the parties.\n\n\"I'm so pleased to see the political parties united in support of group B Step screening,\" he said.\n\n\"Nothing can bring Hollie back, but if Northern Ireland introduced routine screening, other babies like Hollie would be protected and other families wouldn't have to go through the heartbreak we have.\"\n\nBrendan Maguire and Susan Ho-Maguire have called for all pregnant women to be tested for Group B Strep\n\nThe letter signed by representatives of the DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP and Alliance parties is also backed by the chief executive of charity Group B Strep Support.\n\nThe letter outlines that while Northern Ireland has made significant steps forward in its prevention of Group B Strep infection, improvements are possible.\n\n\"In America, Canada, France, Germany or Italy, Mrs Maguire would have been tested to see if she was carrying Group B Step bacteria and offered antibiotics in labour, which would very likely have prevented Hollie's infection,\" it states.\n\nJane Plumb who founded the B Strep support group told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster that the UK national screening committee had recommended against routine testing.\n\n\"We believe their decision is flawed,\" she said. \"Most developed countries are screening and have seen their rates fall quite dramatically.\n\n\"In ours, the rates are just going up. If we just keep doing what we're doing, we're going to get the same thing happening.\n\n\"It is not good enough. One baby a week in the UK is dying from GBS. We must change this.\"\n\nMs Plumb said that the test for GBS was costed by the NHS at £11 to £12.\n\n\"It's inexpensive, simple and safe. When you consider the costs of having a baby who develops GBS, the financial costs associated for that are absolutely huge before you even get onto the emotional costs.\n\n\"We can be protecting these babies and for the sake of £11 for this test for each pregnant woman, we absolutely should be making this available.\"\n\nShe welcomed news that Northern Ireland politicians had united to call for screening and noted that NI had made \"significant steps forward\" in recent years in preventing GBS.\n\n\"We can be doing so much more because babies and families are being let down by the current approach.\"", "Gary Lineker is now top of the list, followed by Chris Evans and Graham Norton\n\nThe top 12 earners on the BBC's latest list of star salaries are all men.\n\nMatch of the Day host Gary Lineker has overtaken Chris Evans as the best-paid person on the list, earning between £1.75m-£1.76m in 2017-18.\n\nEvans, Graham Norton, Jeremy Vine and John Humphrys are among those to have seen their pay drop since last year.\n\nClaudia Winkleman is still the top woman, on £370,000-£379,999. Mary Berry and Newsnight's Emily Maitlis are among eight women to have joined the list.\n\nWinkleman was eighth last year but has now dropped to 13th as a result of a shake-up of the corporation's structure.\n\nShows like Strictly Come Dancing, which are made by BBC Studios, are no longer included on the list because BBC Studios is now considered a commercial entity.\n\nThe BBC said the published salaries do not yet fully reflect some pay rises and pay cuts, which will not filter through until next year's list.\n\nLast year, Sarah Montague and Emily Maitlis were revealed to earn less than male co-hosts\n\nThis is the second year that the BBC has published the salaries of its best-paid presenters, although actors, comedians and some hosts have been removed this time as a result of the BBC Studios change.\n\nLast year, the top seven were all men and the list sparked an outcry about gender inequality, with some men shown to have been paid more than female co-hosts.\n\nThere were also complaints about a lack of ethnic diversity. This year, the figures at the top of the list are all white again, although the BBC said the overall number of BAME stars on the list is rising.\n\nThis year's list includes on-air presenters who earned more than £150,000 in the financial year 2017/18 from news, sport and radio as well as some TV entertainment shows.\n\nDirector general Tony Hall said the BBC was \"making progress\" and that he wants a 50/50 split on the list as a whole, but that \"these things take time\". The BBC has pledged to close the gap by 2020.\n\nBut Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey, who is one of the eight women to join the list, told Radio 4's PM programme the pace of change was \"absolutely glacial\".\n\nShe said: \"There needs to be a proper conversation about why in 2018 we are still fighting the same old battle on equal pay and why the work of women just isn't valued in the same way as the work of men.\"\n\nRadio 2 said Steve Wright's pay cut will be reflected next year\n\nThe other new entries include Europe editor Katya Adler and Radio 4 presenter Sarah Montague, with Maitlis earning between £220,000-£229,999 to make her the highest new name.\n\nFour men have also joined, including BBC media editor Amol Rajan on £200,000-£209,999, which also covers other radio presenting work.\n\nOf the 12 people who have moved down the salary bands because their pay has dropped since the previous list, eight are men. But four of the five to have moved up the pay bands are also men.\n\nThose moving into a higher salary bracket include Radio 2's Steve Wright and Ken Bruce; Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw; and Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen. The only woman to move up a pay band is Sophie Raworth.\n\nBBC Radio 2 said: \"Steve has just signed a fresh two year contract with Radio 2 which will show a considerable pay reduction - the BBC annual report is a year behind for him as his old contract had yet to expire.\"\n\nSome names have dropped down or been removed from the list since last year because they work for BBC Studios, which has been classed as a commercial entity since April 2017.\n\nAs part of its latest disclosures, the corporation also published figures for 2018-19 to show it is on the way to rectifying the gender imbalance.\n\nExcluding BBC Studios, 59% of on-air figures earning more than £150,000 in the current financial year are men, it said. That compares with 76% in 2016-17.\n\nClaudia Winkleman is still the best-paid woman on the list\n\nLord Hall said: \"I've made it absolutely clear that's not good enough and I want to get to 50/50, and that will mean changes in the range of what people are paid right across [the organisation].\"\n\nHe added: \"We are making progress and you must understand that. We're trying to get a balanced range of men and women and their pay right across the organisation.\n\n\"I am concentrating on what is a huge change, which is going from 25% of women to 40% of women being in the top, over £150,000 pay... These things take time.\"\n\nThe salary details were published in the BBC's latest annual report, and come a week after the corporation said its overall median gender pay gap had reduced from 9.3% to 7.6%.\n\nAnd it comes two weeks after former China editor Carrie Gracie received an apology and back pay from the BBC after discovering on last year's list that she had been paid less than her male counterparts.\n\nIn last year's report, Claudia Winkleman was the best-paid woman, earning between £450,000-£499,999. This year, she is still the top earning female star, but has slid down the rankings with earnings between £370,000-£379,999.\n\nThat means the top of this year's list appears more male-dominated than last time.\n\nWinkleman's Strictly co-host Tess Daly has dropped off the list all together, as have The One Show's Matt Baker and Casualty's Derek Thompson, among others.\n\nThat's because most entertainment, factual and drama programmes are made by BBC Studios which, as a commercial entity, no longer has to declare the salaries it pays its staff because it is competing with other production companies.\n\nBBC Studios chief creative officer Mark Linsey said: \"We are at a significant disadvantage if we don't have a level playing field. It's a bunfight out there for talent.\"\n\nSo Claudia's actual earnings will exceed the amount given in this year's annual report. The same can be said for the likes of Graham Norton, Mary Berry and Fiona Bruce, who also make shows for BBC Studios.\n\nThis year's list doesn't fully reflect the pay cuts for some male presenters - and pay rises for some women. In a number of cases, these will be enacted over several years.\n\nFor example, John Humphrys has seen his published salary drop from £600,000-£649,999 to £400,000-£409,999. But in 2018-19 - which will be shown on next year's list - his pay for the Today programme will be in the £250,000-£299,999 bracket.\n\nSimilarly, Nicky Campbell and Huw Edwards have also taken pay cuts, which have started to filter through to the list - but are being staggered over a number of years.\n\nMeanwhile, the BBC annual report also revealed that the corporation received 48 complaints of sexual harassment and assault in 2017/18.\n\nNine resulted in formal cases or disciplinary action, the BBC said. The remaining 39 did not for a variety of reasons - including the complaint being withdrawn or the individual being complained about no longer working for the BBC.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.", "Whirlpool has admitted that there could be as many as 800,000 faulty tumble-dryers in homes around the UK.\n\nIn June, the government said it would issue a recall notice of up to 500,000 dryers which pose a fire safety risk.\n\nBut when pressed by MPs on the Business Committee, company executives admitted the number of unmodified machines could be higher.\n\nA fault in Whirlpool machines was blamed for at least 750 fires over an 11-year period, the government said.\n\nWhirlpool said it had logged 54 fires caused by a build-up of fluff in its tumble dryers in recent years, three of which were in machines that had been modified.\n\nCharlie Pugsley, deputy assistant commissioner at the London Fire Brigade, said his service had seen a wide range of faults causing fires in machines that had already been modified.\n\nJemma Spurr was one customer whose modified dryer caught fire.\n\nShe told the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee that despite repeated attempts to get in touch with Whirlpool directly, she had never received the report on the cause of her fire, or an apology from the company.\n\nWhirlpool executive Jeff Noel apologised to Ms Spurr during the hearing and said the company had modified every machine bought to its attention.\n\nMs Spurr also claimed that Whirlpool asked her to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) about the incident. She did sign it but has spoken out anyway.\n\nWhirlpool said non-disclosure agreements were standard industry practice during insurance settlements.\n\nFaulty dryers, months to wait for a fix, continued problems even after modifications, and a full product recall. It's a string of bad publicity for a company trying to brand itself as a provider of \"quality home appliances\".\n\nIt isn't the first time that the company's corporate vice-president has had to defend his products to a parliamentary committee. Jeff Noel previously responded to safety concerns about the company's fridge-freezers which were blamed as the cause of the Grenfell fire.\n\nCustomers are understandably frustrated, and the white goods market is particularly dependent on trust.\n\nResearch by Deloitte suggests that people are more likely to read online reviews, and ask family and friends for recommendations of household appliances than any other purchase.\n\nThe string of damaging news has put Whirlpool in a real spin, as it comes at the same time as increased competition from the likes of Samsung, Bosch, Siemens and Zanussi.\n\nThe company also confirmed that, during the recall period, customers can either have their current dryers modified or get a brand new machine free of charge, including installation.\n\nIn a statement, the Whirlpool Corporation told the BBC: \"The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) recently concluded a comprehensive year-long review of the dryer programme which confirmed that the modification is effective in resolving the issue.\n\n\"Safety is always our number one priority and we remain committed to resolving all unmodified dryers affected by this issue.\n\n\"As we updated the committee, we are expanding our recall campaign to include further options to encourage remaining consumers to come forward and remedy their unmodified appliances.\n\n\"The crucial message to anyone who still owns an affected dryer and has not already had it modified by Whirlpool is to contact us immediately on 0800 151 0905, or visit https://safety.hotpoint.eu/, https://safety.indesit.eu/ or https://safety-swan.eu.\n\n\"As advised by OPSS, consumers whose tumble dryers have been modified can continue to use them safely and there is no need to contact Whirlpool at this time.\"\n\nSue Davies, strategic policy adviser at consumer group Which?, said: \"With Whirlpool admitting it has only managed to provide a modification or replacement for a tiny proportion of affected machines in the last two years, it's clear that the company is failing to do enough to keep customers safe.\n\n\"Now it has acknowledged that modified machines are still catching fire.\n\n\"If the safety of Whirlpool's fire-risk tumble dryers cannot be assured, secretary of state Greg Clark must step in and ensure that all potentially dangerous machines are immediately removed from people's homes.\"", "Ann Drummond's death is being treated as suspicious\n\nA woman who died after being discovered in a burning car in West Lothian \"lived a brave and exciting life\", her family have said.\n\nAnn Drummond, 47, had serious burns and a head injury when she was found near Dumcross Farm, Bathgate.\n\nA man, also 47, was found next to her and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.\n\nMs Drummond died at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Thursday. Her death is being treated as suspicious.\n\nIn a statement, her family said: \"Our mum was a talented, compassionate and happy woman who was infinitely strong and lived a brave and exciting life.\n\n\"We are proud and honoured to call her mum and are all utterly devastated to have lost her.\n\n\"We ask that you respect our privacy at this time.\"\n\nDet Insp Nick Brookfield, of Police Scotland, said: \"Our deepest sympathies remain with Ann's entire family and we are continuing to support them while at the same time progressing our inquiries into her death.\n\n\"If you believe you have any relevant information to assist with this investigation then please contact police immediately.\"\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Boys with asthma are twice as likely as girls to visit their GP with worsening symptoms during the first weeks of the new school year, research suggests.\n\nIt found a tripling of appointments related to \"back to school\" asthma in England.\n\nBeing exposed to new viruses at school and a relaxed use of inhalers over the holidays could be factors, experts say.\n\nAsthma could turn into \"a ticking time bomb\" during the summer holidays, Asthma UK said.\n\nIn recent years, there has been a sharp rise in school-age children with asthma being admitted to hospital in September, around the start of the autumn term.\n\nThese increases, called the \"back to school\" effect, were also found in Scotland and Wales.\n\n\"Back to school asthma\" is thought to account for up to a quarter of serious bouts of asthma in many northern hemisphere countries.\n\nThis Public Health England analysis, based on data from hospitals and GPs surgeries in England from 2012-16, also found evidence of the effect in pre-school children, as well as in five- to 14-year-olds.\n\nCompared with the summer holidays, doctors' appointments related to asthma were two to three times higher in the weeks after school began.\n\nAnd this was particularly marked in boys, according to the research, in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, although it is not clear why.\n\nThere were no post-summer peaks in children over 15, when girls were more likely than boys to seek treatment.\n\nThe researchers said there could be many reasons for the \"back to school\" effect.\n\nDr Alex Elliot, consultant epidemiologist at Public Health England, said: \"The reasons underlying 'back to school' asthma are complex, most likely involving seasonal viruses and environmental factors and a greater understanding of these elements will help design future public health approaches.\"\n\nHe also suggested the role of fungal spores could be an area for future research to investigate.\n\nDr Andy Whittamore, clinical lead for Asthma UK and a practising GP, said: \"While boys are more likely to get asthma than girls, it is still shocking that boys with the condition are twice as likely to need GP treatment than girls.\n\n\"In fact, all children with asthma are at risk during the summer holidays, when their asthma can turn into a ticking time bomb.\n\n\"Many fall out of the routine of taking their daily asthma medication during the summer and this, combined with an abundance of cold and flu in the autumn, which are known asthma triggers, puts them at a higher risk of having a life-threatening asthma attack when they go back to school,\" he said.\n\nDr Whittamore said parents should ensure their child used their preventer (brown) inhaler every day as prescribed over the summer holidays.\n\nThis helps calm the inflammation in their airways and prevents them having an asthma attack if they come into contact with one of their triggers.\n\n\"If your child is using their reliever inhaler (usually blue) three or more times a week, coughing or wheezing at night or feeling out of breath and struggling to keep up with their friends, book an urgent appointment with their GP,\" he added.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "The UK's biggest gambling firms have agreed to contribute more money to fund treatment for problem gamblers.\n\nThe owners of William Hill, Ladbrokes Coral, Paddy Power Betfair, Skybet and Bet 365 will increase their voluntary levy on gambling profits from 0.1% to 1% up to 2023 - a contribution of £60m.\n\nIt will be \"a step change\" in how they tackle addiction, the firms claimed.\n\nIt comes amid criticism of the industry on how little it spends to help addicts compared with its marketing budget.\n\nEarlier this month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens warned betting firms could be taxed to pay for addiction treatment.\n\nMr Stevens condemned the \"fraction\" spent by industry on helping those struggling with addiction, compared with the amount spent on advertising and marketing.\n\nThe companies said cumulatively they would spend £100m on treatment over the next four years.\n\nLast month, when the BBC broke the news of the plans, a source said the industry had to act: \"The industry is on a precipice - if we don't get ahead of this, we will end up where the alcohol industry was 10 years ago, and tobacco 30 years ago.\n\n\"The fear is that we face a ban on touchline advertising or football shirt sponsorship.\"\n\nPeter Jackson, chief executive of Flutter Entertainment - the holding company name for Paddy Power Betfair - said the agreement marked \"an unprecedented level of commitment and collaboration by the leading companies in the British betting and gaming sector to address gambling-related harm\".\n\nHe told the BBC's Today programme: \"We think that is an important step to make.\n\n\"We do think we need to increase the amount of money that is available to protect the young and vulnerable.\"\n\nMarc Etches, chief executive of charity GambleAware, told the BBC: \"We welcome this initiative by the leading operators as it's essential there is sufficient funding to provide for treatment and support for both problem gamblers and for those who are 'at risk' - particularly the young and vulnerable.\n\n\"Customers should be able to gamble in a safe environment, where help and advice is readily available at the point of need.\n\n\"It is vital that we work closely with the commission, government and other organisations to ensure that operators continue to focus on making gambling products safer, and that treatment and support is properly funded alongside other initiatives including the Safer Gambling campaign, Bet Regret.\"\n\nThe five firms have also agreed to increase safer gambling messages in their adverts and review the \"tone and content\" of their marketing and sponsorship material.\n\nThe Gambling Commission estimates there are 430,000 people with a serious gambling addiction in the UK. If you include those they deem at risk of addiction, the number rises to more than two million.\n\nOf these, around 55,000 are children and young people aged 11 to 16.\n\nJeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, said the gambling industry had a responsibility to tackle problem gambling and contribute to the cost of treatment to rebuild the lives of those affected.\n\n\"We will monitor closely the progress of these new measures and encourage the wider industry to step up. The government will not hesitate to take further action to protect people from gambling related harm.\"", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nThe chancellor has called on Tory leadership candidates to \"stop and think\" about their spending promises.\n\nBoth Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have announced a raft of policies during the contest, including cutting taxes and increasing spending on public services.\n\nBut Philip Hammond said they needed to \"be honest\" as the policies \"greatly exceed\" the Treasury's coffers.\n\nHe also said available money would be needed to support the UK economy in the case of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nAsked by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg if the candidates were being honest with the electorate, he said: \"I think they need to be very careful about setting out these ambitions and being clear about the consequences of them.\"\n\nThe warning comes after Mr Hunt said he would decide by the end of September whether there was a \"realistic chance\" of reaching a new deal with the EU were he to become PM.\n\nThe foreign secretary said he would deliver a provisional \"no-deal Brexit budget\" in early September, but abandon talks at the end of the month if there was no \"immediate prospect\" of progress - instead moving to a no-deal footing.\n\nHis rival Boris Johnson has vowed to leave \"come what may\" by 31 October.\n\nSpeaking to reporters on Monday, Mr Johnson said it was important to have a \"hard deadline\" for leaving, adding that previous no-deal preparations had \"sagged back down\" after exit dates were not met.\n\nThe Conservative Party's 160,000 members will begin voting next week and Theresa May's successor is expected to be announced on 23 July.\n\nMr Hammond said the Treasury had \"built up fiscal headroom to protect against the cost of a no-deal Brexit\" and that money could be released \"if we have a smooth Brexit with a transition period in an orderly way\".\n\nBut he said the current proposals on the table from Mr Hunt and Mr Johnson would already require increased borrowing beyond the government cap, or spending cuts or tax rises elsewhere - even without a no-deal Brexit-shaped \"hole\" in the public finances.\n\nJeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have been busy spraying around hypothetical cash - whether on defence, on care for the elderly, on schools, for more police, the list goes on.\n\nIt is not politically surprising that they both want to signal they would turn on the spending taps a bit after a long, long period of cuts. But one of their erstwhile colleagues seems to have had enough.\n\nAfter making some carefully crafted warnings in the last couple of weeks, Chancellor Philip Hammond has tried to call a halt, telling the BBC that both of the candidates have to resist the temptation of a bidding war, worrying that the party's reputation is at risk too.\n\nMr Hammond told me the candidates needed to \"stop and think\". And that by his calculation, both of the candidates' plans \"greatly exceeds\" the amount of wriggle room they will inherit from No 11 if they are lucky enough to be the one that moves in next door.\n\nMr Hammond also said the headroom wasn't \"a pot of money sitting in the Treasury\", but a way of borrowing more without breaching government limits.\n\n\"Whether it is a leadership competition or a general election, there is always a temptation to get into a bidding war about spending more and cutting taxes,\" he said.\n\n\"But you can't do both, and if we're not careful, all we end up doing is borrowing more, spending more on interest, instead of on our schools, hospitals and our police, and delivering a bigger burden of debt to our children and grandchildren.\"\n\nHe said the candidates' policies were \"sensible and interesting ideas\", but said the government had \"built up a reputation for fiscal responsibility... and it is very important we don't throw that away\".\n\n\"We have to live within our means and people have to be honest about the consequences of either spending more money or of cutting taxes that will have implications for borrowing or spending elsewhere,\" he added.\n\nCabinet Office Minister David Lidington has also warned the candidates about their spending promises, saying they had to \"raise the money honestly from somewhere\".\n\nThe de-facto deputy prime minister said: \"While in a short term crisis you can ease up on the borrowing, money borrowed has to be repaid by the next generation with interest - so you shouldn't take on extra borrowing lightly, nor should we be wanting to impose more taxes on people already working very hard.\n\nHe said the \"stewardship\" of Mr Hammond meant \"money is available\" to \"cushion the impact\" of a no-deal Brexit.\n\nBut, he added: \"I don't think any of us should pretend that no-deal would be easy even with the most meticulous and thorough planning.\"\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Jeremy Hunt: Who is the Conservative leadership contender?\n\nMr Hunt has said he wants to negotiate a new deal with the EU and would be building a team to create an \"alternative exit deal\" to be published by the end of August.\n\nHe would then engage with other EU leaders, but keep up preparations at home for a no-deal Brexit.\n\nBut BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the timeline Mr Hunt was setting out was very tight - especially given the notice the government's fiscal watchdog, the OBR, usually needs to prepare for a Budget.\n\nEarlier, one of Mr Johnson's leading backers, Health Secretary Matt Hancock, told the Times the days of public sector \"pay freezes\" under Theresa May and David Cameron would be over if Mr Johnson was elected.\n\nBut during a campaign visit in Kent on Monday, Mr Johnson declined to make a detailed pledge on public sector pay, saying only that remuneration should be \"decent\".\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. BBC political correspondent Chris Mason's guide to the political life of Boris Johnson\n\nA no-deal exit on 31 October remains the default position in UK law after MPs rejected the deal Mrs May had agreed with Brussels three times.\n\nIf that does happen, the UK will automatically begin trading with the EU under the basic World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.\n\nUnder these rules, the tariffs - the taxes on imported and exported goods - will be different to what the UK currently trades under.", "A disabled fan who booked an access ticket for R&B star Janelle Monae may not get a seat, she has been told.\n\nVirginie Assal, who has a serious back condition, booked the ticket in 2018 so she could sit down, but the seats have now become \"first come, first served\".\n\nShe has to arrive early to get a seat at the 4 July concert at Manchester International Festival (MIF).\n\nMIF said access was a \"priority\" and it had made adjustments to accommodate as many disabled people as possible.\n\nHowever, it has emerged only provisions for wheelchair-users are guaranteed.\n\nMs Assal, who has a serious back condition and is the diversity and liberation co-ordinator at the University of Manchester, which focuses on inclusivity, says this is the first time a concert in the UK has not been accessible to her.\n\nThe 25-year-old said when she booked her ticket to see the popular US singer, who's just played Glastonbury, she was asked what she required - a seat away from the crowd - and was told \"that was fine\".\n\nThe situation changed last week when she looked at the festival's website and saw there were only provisions for wheelchair-users to reserve spaces and that seats for mobility impaired people could no longer be assured.\n\nMonae addresses social and sexual politics on her new album, Dirty Computer\n\nMs Assal messaged MIF. In messages seen by the BBC, it replied: \"We will have an accessible seating area available for the performance. As we have limited capacity, we'd advise turning up early as the seating area will be first come first served.\"\n\nMs Assal responded: \"So booking an accessible ticket doesn't guarantee me to be in the accessible area? What time should I arrive?\"\n\nShe was told the accessibility area has \"unreserved seating\" and is limited so she should arrive \"as soon as doors open\".\n\nMs Assal queried what happened if more people needed seats than were available.\n\n\"It made me upset,\" Ms Assal said. \"How do I enjoy the concert now? I have scoliosis so my back isn't straight. It means I can't stand for a long time statically and I'm always worried in a crowd that I might get pushed and fall and really hurt myself.\n\n\"I really need a seat because it means I'm in pain if I don't have one and I don't really want to burst into tears because of the pain, or sit on the floor because of the pain, or put myself in a vulnerable position.\"\n\nMs Assal says she's now not sure whether to attend the concert at Castlefield Bowl, or not.\n\n\"I don't want to arrive early and get a seat and then find another disabled person has been turned away. I'd prefer them to have my seat.\"\n\nChris Fry, managing partner of Fry Law, which specialises in equality and human rights, says operating a \"first come, first served\" policy can be a breach of the Equality Act 2010.\n\nUnder the act, any organisation supplying a service to the public has a duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that a disabled person's experience is as close as possible to that of someone without a disability.\n\nMr Fry said it was the duty of the service provider, in this case MIF, to ensure the venue is accessible.\n\nHe said: \"It's fairly well established that whilst 'first come first served policies' appear to offer a level playing field, if the outcome creates a systemic disadvantage to disabled people then they are a form of indirect discrimination and are unlawful.\n\n\"Whilst it's justifiable... for there to be a limit to the number of wheelchair spaces for evacuation and safety reasons, there's no reason why disabled people who do not use wheelchairs should be restricted to seating in those spaces.\"\n\nIn a statement to the BBC, MIF said: \"MIF does not manage or run the venue. We have made reasonable adjustments within the constraints of an outdoor standing event, with limited capacity space, to accommodate as many disabled people as possible.\n\n\"We are not offering a 'first-come, first-served assistance policy' as suggested, we offer the same opportunity to book tickets and select access preferences to everyone.\"\n\nMIF said it has 40 unreserved seats available for use in its access area at Castlefield Bowl.\n\nFor more Disability News, follow on Twitter and Facebook, and subscribe to the weekly podcast.\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Scotch whisky is among the products targeted by the US for a possible range of new tariffs on imported goods.\n\nThe US has threatened to impose tariffs on European Union imports worth up to $4bn (£3.2bn), although it is not known when tariffs would be imposed.\n\nWhiskey from Ireland, cheeses including Parmesan and Gouda, pasta and olives are other items affected.\n\nThe US Trade Representative said it was \"in response to harm caused by EU aircraft subsidies\".\n\nIn April, the US announced proposed tariffs on $11bn of EU goods.\n\nThe moves are part of a 15-year dispute at the World Trade Organization between the US and EU over subsidies given to plane-makers Airbus, from Europe, and the US's Boeing.\n\nThe United States is the world's largest export market for Scotch whisky by value - £1.04bn in 2018. By volume, it is the second largest, with 137 million 70cl bottles exported last year.\n\nA spokesperson for the Scotch Whisky Association told the BBC: \"Exports of Scotch whisky to the US have been zero tariff for 20 years, so it is disappointing that Scotch whisky has been drawn into this dispute.\n\n\"The Scotch whisky industry has consistently opposed the imposition of tariffs, which harms economies on both sides of the Atlantic which depend on trade for their continued prosperity.\n\n\"There is a close relationship between the US whiskies and Scotch whisky, not least due to the use of bourbon casks for maturation which generates around £70m for the US economy each year.\n\n\"We continue to urge the UK government, the EU and the US government to resolve this situation.\"\n\nScotch whisky makes up 12% of the total whiskey market in the United States, with US whiskey accounting for 48%.\n\nThe Distilled Spirits Council of the United States warned that the move may harm both jobs and consumers in the country.\n\n\"We strongly oppose the inclusion of distilled products in the proposed retaliation list,\" said spokeswoman Lisa Hawkins.\n\n\"US companies - from farmers to suppliers to retailers - are already being negatively impacted by the imposition of retaliatory tariffs by key trading partners on certain US distilled spirits.\n\n\"These additional tariffs will only inflict further harm,\" she said.", "Pro-democracy activists stormed the building during a day of protests on the anniversary of Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty to China from Britain.\n\nThe BBC's Nick Beake has been inside to see the damage.", "Arizona has pulled a $1m grant to help Nike build a new factory in a dispute over the firm's withdrawal of a trainer allegedly featuring racist symbolism.\n\nThe state's governor had condemned Nike's decision, which was prompted by complaints about its use of an old US flag embraced by white nationalists.\n\nNike-sponsored sportsman Colin Kaepernick had criticised the trainers, now selling on websites for $1,500.\n\nBut governor Doug Ducey said Nike had bowed to political correctness.\n\nThe special edition Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July trainer features the Betsy Ross flag.\n\nWith a circle of 13 stars representing the first US colonies, the flag was created during the American Revolution. Although opinion is divided over its origins, the flag was later adopted for use by the American Nazi Party.\n\nNike said it withdrew the trainers \"based on concerns that it could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation's patriotic holiday\".\n\nOn Tuesday the trainers were selling for well over $1,500 on StockX, the online marketplace for trainers.\n\nColin Kaepernick was a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers for six years\n\nEarlier, Mr Kaepernick, a former NFL star, reportedly told Nike that he found the flag offensive because of its connection to the era of slavery. Other critics also raised concerns with Nike.\n\nLast year, he became the face of Nike's advertisement marking the 30th anniversary of the company's \"Just Do It\" slogan.\n\nThe former American football quarterback had previously sparked a furore by kneeling during the national anthem before games to protest against police violence against African-Americans.\n\nMr Kaepernick was joined by other players, but their actions caused fury among some Republicans.\n\nUS President Donald Trump said the players had shown \"disrespect\" to the US flag, adding that they should be sacked.\n\nThe Betsy Ross flag was used by the American Nazi Party as a symbol, here seen at a German American Bund rally in Madison Square Garden in 1939\n\nDoug Ducey, the Republican governor of Arizona, said in a series of tweets: \"Words cannot express my disappointment at this terrible decision. I am embarrassed for Nike.\n\n\"Instead of celebrating American history the week of our nation's independence, Nike has apparently decided that Betsy Ross is unworthy, and has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism,\" he said.\n\nLater, the governor's office confirmed that the $1m from the Arizona Commerce Authority' Competes Fund had been withdrawn. The fund is designed to attract, expand or retain businesses to the state. The factory was expected to generate about 500 jobs.\n\nNike said in a statement it remained committed to making \"a significant investment in an additional manufacturing centre which will create 500 new jobs\". It did not mention the Arizona plant by name.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Doug Ducey This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nGeorgia Lord, the mayor of the city of Goodyear in Arizona where Nike is building the new factory, said the city \"had found itself in the middle of a difficult situation\".\n\nShe said the Goodyear City Council had recently \"unanimously approved a job creation agreement with Nike\".\n\n\"This deal is expected to bring more than 500 jobs and a significant investment to the city. We will honor the commitment we made in our agreement,\" she added.\n\nTexas Senator Ted Cruz also dismissed Nike's move as unpatriotic, writing on Twitter that the shoe giant \"only wants to sell sneakers to people who hate the American flag\". Other Twitter users called for a boycott of Nike products over the move.\n\nHowever, Nike also received widespread support, with Twitter users pointing out that the flag had been used by white nationalists.\n\nMatt Powell, senior industry adviser at the research and consultancy group NPD, said Nike would probably find support among its core consumers.\n\n\"I think it's important to understand who Nike's core demographic is here. They're really focused on teens and looking at the commentary on Twitter and so forth, I don't see a lot of teens coming out with a negative attitude here,\" he said.\n\nMr Kaepernick has not played in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2016 season, and sued the organisation, arguing team owners deliberately froze him out because of his activism, later settling with the NFL.\n\nBetsy Ross was credited with sewing the first \"Stars and Stripes\" flag in 1776, although this version of events has been rejected by modern US scholars.\n\nNike is not the only company to recently face a backlash over products labelled racially insensitive. In December, Prada pulled products accused of depicting blackface.\n\nAnd on Monday, reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian said she would rename her Kimono line after people in Japan said her use of the term was disrespectful.", "Fifteen-year-old Alex became an internet sensation after performing on stage with rapper Dave at Glastonbury.\n\nThe rapper was performing on The Other Stage on Sunday afternoon when he asked the teenager to join him on stage. \"I was so nervous,\" he says.\n\nThe pair performed the rapper’s track with AJ Tracey, Thiago Silva – named in honour of the Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain football player.\n\nThis video has been removed for rights reasons", "Lauren Bullock, Morgan Barnard, and Connor Currie died as they queued to get into an event on St Patrick's night\n\nThe Police Ombudsman is starting a criminal investigation into five PSNI officers for alleged misconduct over the Cookstown disco crush tragedy.\n\nFour of the officers attended an incident at the Greenvale Hotel in County Tyrone where three teenagers died on the night of 17 March.\n\nThe other officer was involved in call handling that night.\n\nThe PSNI had asked the ombudsman to look into the actions of the first officers arriving at the hotel.\n\nThe ombudsman's office confirmed it was considering whether the five officers committed the offence of misconduct in public office.\n\nMorgan Barnard, 17, Lauren Bullock, 17, and Conor Currie, 16, died as hundreds of young people queued to get into an event on St Patrick's night.\n\nThe PSNI said at the time that officers who responded to a 999 call \"withdrew to await further police support\".\n\nThe then Chief Constable Sir George Hamilton has since described the officers' actions as \"brave\" but later apologised for doing so.\n\nNone of the officers under investigation has been suspended, the BBC understands\n\nMorgan Barnard's parents have said serious questions must be asked of the police.\n\nThe inquiry \"does not come as a surprise\", according to the Barnard family's solicitor Darragh Mackin.\n\nThe ombudsman's decision to investigate \"exonerates the family's efforts to ensure that no stone has been left unturned in the pursuance of truth\", he said.\n\nThe PSNI said it would \"cooperate fully throughout\" the ombudsman's investigation.\n\n\"We have full confidence in the office of the Police Ombudsman to complete a thorough and independent investigation,\" said Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin.\n\n\"Until this is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.\n\n\"Our thoughts remain with the families of Morgan Barnard, Connor Currie and Lauren Bullock who tragically died at the event and the police investigation into the circumstances surrounding their deaths continues.\"\n\nIt is understood none of the officers under investigation has been suspended but that position is being kept under review.", "The S&P 500 index of US stocks has closed at a record high amid signs of progress in US-China trade talks.\n\nThe index closed at 2,964.33, beating 21 June's previous high, with technology stocks driving the rise.\n\nMarket watchers say more optimism around a potential trade deal between the US and China led to the movement.\n\nAnd gold, often seen as a safe asset in times of uncertainty, fell 2% to $1,382 per ounce, the biggest drop since June 2018.\n\nThe Dow Jones closed 0.44% higher at 26,717.43, while the Nasdaq finished 1.1% higher at 8,091.16.\n\nIn Europe, both the UK's FTSE 100 index and Germany's Dax closed 1% higher.\n\n\"We're right back on track,\" US President Donald Trump said after the countries agreed to restart trade talks.\n\n\"Gold tends to do well during times of concern over growth, market volatility or when markets think the powers-that-be are losing control of events,\" said Russ Mould, investment director at stockbroker AJ Bell.\n\n\"A trade deal would deal with all three issues and markets are happy to take the view that a deal is coming. Though it could still be a long time coming, if there is to be one at all.\"\n\nNegotiations between China and the US have dominated market moves for months as positive statements are often followed by extra tariffs, sending stock, currency and commodity markets up and down.\n\nThe latest moves follow a pledge to renew talks between the US and China, an agreement that was reached at the G20 summit in Japan.\n\nUS President Donald Trump agreed to hold off on $300bn of new tariffs on goods and relaxed restrictions on Huawei, while China agreed to make new purchases of US farm equipment.\n\nLast year, the US imposed three rounds of tariffs on more than $250bn worth of Chinese goods. China hit back by imposing tariffs ranging from 5% to 25% on $110bn of US products.\n\nA truce agreed last December collapsed and in May the US raised tariffs on $200bn of Chinese products to 25% from 10%. Again China retaliated with tariff on $60bn of US goods.\n\nThe price of gold is also retreating after gaining 8% in June, with prices exceeding $1,400 per troy ounce.\n\n\"Gold has just had a strong run. Nothing goes up in a straight line,\" said Mr Mould.\n\nWhile it earns no income, like a share or a bond would, gold's indestructible nature and its place in history as a store of value make it attractive to some investors in times of strife.\n\nOther safe-haven assets also declined, including the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc. The dollar rose 0.4% against the yen to 108.26, and advanced 0.7% on the franc to 0.9830 francs.", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Fans of the Los Angeles Angels pay tribute to Tyler Skaggs\n\nThe Los Angeles Angels baseball team has confirmed the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. He was 27 years old.\n\nThe announcement was made on the team's Twitter page and came hours before they were scheduled to play against the Texas Rangers.\n\nSouthlake Police said he was found unconscious in his Hilton hotel room in Texas on Monday afternoon. No foul play is suspected, police said.\n\nSkaggs debuted in the MLB at age 20 as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.\n\nThe starting pitcher was drafted directly out of high school by the Angels in the team's first round of selections in 2009. He had last pitched for the team on Saturday, according to the MLB.\n\nSo far this season he has started 15 games, most recently on 29 June against the Oakland Athletics.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Southlake DPS This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"Tyler has, and always will be, an important part of the Angels family,\" the team said in a statement.\n\n\"Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Carli and his entire family during this devastating time.\"\n\nHe was due to turn 28 in less than two weeks.\n\nA police spokesperson told the LA Times that \"suicide is not suspected\". The Fort Worth Star-Telegram quotes an unnamed police source saying \"in these early stages of the investigation, it does not appear at this time that suicide was the cause of death\".\n\nA post-mortem examination is scheduled for Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for the Tarrant County Medical Examiner.\n\nOn Sunday, Skaggs posted a photo to Instagram of him and the team wearing cowboy hats with the caption \"Howdy y'all\".\n\nThis Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Instagram The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip instagram post by tskaggs45 This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\n\"I am deeply saddened by today's tragedy in Texas,\" MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.\n\n\"All of us at Major League Baseball extend our deepest condolences to Tyler's wife Carli, their family, their friends and all of his Angels' team-mates and colleagues.\n\n\"We will support the Angels' organisation through this most difficult period, and we will make a variety of resources available to Tyler's team-mates and other members of the baseball family.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Los Angeles Angels This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nFellow Angels pitcher Parker Bridwell tweeted his condolences after the news broke, writing: \"I can't believe this, my heart and prayers go out to his wife and family! We lost an amazing human being. Rest In Peace brother.\"\n\nSkaggs was born in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Woodland Hills and attended Santa Monica High School.", "Princess Haya fled her husband in Dubai and is in hiding in London\n\nPrincess Haya Bint al-Hussein, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, is in hiding in London and said to be in fear for her life after fleeing her husband.\n\nSheikh Mohammed, 69, who is a billionaire racehorse owner and has often been seen conversing with the Queen at Ascot, has posted a furious poem on Instagram accusing an unidentified woman of \"treachery and betrayal\".\n\nThe Jordanian-born and British-educated Princess Haya, 45, married Sheikh Mohammed - owner of Godolphin horse racing stables - in 2004, becoming his sixth and \"junior wife\".\n\nSheikh Mohammed reportedly has 23 children by different wives.\n\nPrincess Haya fled initially this year to Germany to seek asylum. She is now said to be living in a £85m ($107m) town house in Kensington Palace Gardens, in central London, and preparing for a legal battle in the High Court.\n\nSo what prompted her to flee her luxurious life in Dubai and why is she said to be \"afraid for her life\"?\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.\n\nSources close to her have said that Princess Haya had recently discovered disturbing facts behind the mysterious return to Dubai last year of Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler's daughters. She fled the UAE by sea with the help of a Frenchman but was intercepted by armed men off the coast of India and returned to Dubai.\n\nPrincess Haya then, along with the former Irish president Mary Robinson, defended Dubai's reputation over the incident.\n\nThe Dubai authorities said the runaway Sheikha Latifa had been \"vulnerable to exploitation\" and was \"now safe in Dubai\". But human rights advocates said she was forcibly abducted against her will.\n\nSince then, it is alleged, Princess Haya has learnt new facts about the case and consequently came under increasing hostility and pressure from members of her husband's extended family until she no longer felt safe there.\n\nA source close to her said she fears she may now be abducted herself and \"rendered\" back to Dubai. The UAE embassy in London has declined to comment on what it says is a personal matter between two individuals.\n\nPrincess Haya was educated in Dorset and Oxford and is thought likely to want to stay in the UK\n\nThere is, however, a wider, international element to this story.\n\nPrincess Haya, who was educated at Bryanston School in Dorset then University of Oxford, is thought likely to want to stay in the UK.\n\nIf her estranged husband demands her return then this poses a diplomatic headache for Britain, which has close ties to the UAE.\n\nThe case is also awkward for Jordan since Princess Haya is the half-sister of Jordan's King Abdullah. Nearly a quarter of a million Jordanians work in the UAE, sending back remittances, and Jordan cannot afford a rift with Dubai.\n\nThe BBC documentary Escape from Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess will be re-broadcast on BBC Two at 23:15 BST on Thursday.\n• None BBC Two - Escape from Dubai- The Mystery of the Missing Princess", "After England reached the Women's World Cup semi-finals, we asked you for your stories of meeting Lionesses players - and you did not let us down.\n\nHere is a selection of your tales.\n\nI watched Steph Houghton play up front for Sunderland when she was 14 as my flatmate also played for Sunderland at the same time. If my memory is correct, her dad used to give her money for every goal she scored. I bumped into her again a couple of years ago, she was as down to earth as she always was. I have followed football my whole life but the dedication, determination and humility of the women's game will always set the ladies apart. You can natter to a women's England international player about the passion and pride of representing their nation. Bring football home ladies.\n\nI was working at a conference at St George's Park while the Lionesses were in residence. I happened to stumble across a couple of the players. One was Alex Scott, my daughter's favourite player. I asked her if I could have a selfie and the other player said: \"Do you want me to take the picture for you?\" The picture was duly taken, and I thanked the players. Later on in the day I discovered that the other player who had kindly taken the picture was Steph Houghton! How embarrassing to have not been bothered to ask the England captain for a picture with her too! Sorry Steph! Come on the Lionesses!\n\nEllen White was a pupil at The Grange, Aylesbury. I was her history teacher in Years 7 and 8. I recall her as a positive, keen and able student. She had immaculate handwriting, taking care over her work and I kept one of her exercise books for many years as an exemplar piece! She had a sporty group of friends and was, at that stage, playing for Arsenal juniors. I recall her as able, conscientious, polite, friendly and sporty, of course! She is now the same age as I was when I taught her! I can easily tell it's her; only she's bigger now! Ellen - we are proud of you!\n\nMy daughter Amelia met with Ellen White while she was a Birmingham City player. She took part in a coaching session and Ellen was watching on. She later spoke to her, told her she had talent and gave some really positive advice which only inspired her further. Four years on and my daughter now plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers and always speaks about that moment with Ellen when she gave her the belief that girls could play football too.\n\nMy sister Nicola was good friends with Ellen White when they were at school. Ellen used to come to our house for dinner after school, and my sister would get annoyed because Ellen and I would end up playing football in the back garden while my sister sat there and watched! Ellen was probably seven or eight years old at the time. I'm four years older than her, but even at that age you could see how good she was - miles better than me!\n\nI remember going to watch my local team Aylesbury United at Buckingham Road. Pre-match entertainment was a kids' five-a-side and I saw there was a long-haired blonde girl playing. It was the first time I had seen a girl play football and thought stupidly \"this will be funny\". The girl in question wiped the floor with them all, scoring goals for fun and was by far the best player on the park. Turns out that girl was Ellen White. Ellen, Aylesbury is proud of you!\n\nIn 2009 my family went to the Women's European Championship in Finland for a 10-day holiday to support England. They faced Finland in the quarter-finals and we couldn't get tickets. I walked in to the England team hotel and left a note for the FA explaining our holiday and if they had any spare tickets. Later that evening I got a call saying we could possibly have two tickets but in fact they gave us four. England won and I think we were the only England fans who weren't family at the stadium. The FA invited us to dinner with the players and I remember the amazement on my girls' faces, as they sat with Karen Carney. The next day the FA offered us a lift on the coach back to Helsinki. They even offered us more tickets for the semi-final but we had to catch our flight in time for the girls to be back at school. We remain great fans of England and also saw them at Euro 2017 and went to Nice for the Japan game and try to get to as many home games as possible. A great group of women and amazing role models for today's generation.\n\nSeveral years ago my girls' primary school football team were playing in a local schools tournament at St George's Park near to Burton. This team included several girls who had never played a competitive game in their lives. We were told that a couple of women from the Lionesses would be coming down for a five-minute photo shoot. This they duly did. One of the two was Karen Carney. The tournament organisers emphasised how very important and very busy the two Lionesses were. Not only did the ladies make a little speech and let everybody have their pictures taken with them but they stayed with my girls for TWO hours! Two years later, same scenario, Karen Carney again and once more she stayed with them for another two hours, encouraging and supporting my seven to 11-year-olds as they began their footballing careers. She was humble, enthusiastic and charming. What a role model, what an inspiration and, in a world of over-hyped, over-paid athletes, what a genuine hero. I have been a fan of women's football and the England Lionesses since then. She has never disappointed me and could never disappoint me. Karen, because of what you did for my girls, you are my hero.\n\nMy mum was Keira Walsh's teacher at primary school and was also her netball coach (she was my mum's star player). She was asked to write a reference for Keira to help get her into her preferred high school. In the letter, my mum said: \"Keira will play for England, I don't know at what sport, but she will play for England.\" Turns out she was right!\n\nAt the 2017 Euros I was staying in the same hotel as the Lionesses. They thumped Scotland 6-0. When the England team returned to the hotel they found some very dejected Scottish supporters. The England players were all very gracious victors but Jill Scott stood out among them - she spoke with the young Scotland supporters, posed for pics and even brought out the match ball for them to be photographed with. What a lovely young woman. I will always support the Lionesses now (unless they are playing Scotland, of course).\n\nMy daughter (11 at the time) broke her wrist playing football for her grassroots team in April last year. As she also attended an Arsenal Under-12s weekly training programme, I informed the club she would be absent for a few weeks while she healed. Within 24 hours, we received a personalised video message recorded by Leah Williamson wishing my daughter a speedy recovery, reassuring her she'd soon be fine to play again; sharing a story of when she herself once broke her arm in a game. My daughter and I were absolutely blown away by the kindness and thoughtfulness of the gesture, and for Leah telling her she would bounce back very soon. Leah has been her footballing heroine ever since.\n\nWatching coverage of one of France's group games, you interviewed Rachel Daly. I thought \"she looks familiar\". A quick Facebook and Google search later, I realised that a young Rachel Daly was in my school - Saltergate Juniors. She was a year below us but played alongside me up front for the school team! Playing boys a year older than her, Rachel definitely scored the lion's share of our goals. #ItsComingHome", "This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brexit Party MEPs turned their backs as Ode to Joy was performed\n\nBrexit Party MEPs turned their backs during the EU's anthem, while Lib Dem MEPs wore yellow \"Stop Brexit\" T-shirts as the European Parliament returned.\n\nBrexit Party leader Nigel Farage said his 29 MEPs were \"cheerfully defiant\".\n\nHe accused European Parliament President Antonio Tajani of \"taunting\" his MEPs by insisting they should \"stand for the anthem of another country\".\n\nSome criticised the stunt on Twitter using the hashtag #notinmyname.\n\nBut one of the party's MEPs, Ann Widdecombe, said they had received \"volumes of support\" from others.\n\nShe told BBC News: \"What we did was symbolic. We didn't make a noise, we didn't disrupt anything… we just turned around to say 'we reject this.'\"\n\nMr Farage said his MEPs made their \"presence felt\" and while they always planned to turn their backs, they were particularly enraged by Mr Tajani's remarks.\n\n\"I think when Tajani talked about the fact the European Union is now a country that was it for me,\" he told LBC radio.\n\nBBC Brussels reporter Adam Fleming said he did not think any action would be taken against the MEPs as he did not think there had been any breach of parliamentary rules.\n\nUKIP's MEPs - then led by Mr Farage - performed the same move at the start of the session in 2014.\n\nUK MEPs are back in Strasbourg following May's elections, when the Brexit Party and Lib Dems made gains and the Conservatives and Labour suffered heavy losses.\n\nThe UK's elected representatives will only have their European Parliament seats for four months if the country leaves the EU on the current deadline of 31 October.\n\nThe MEPs turned their backs as musicians played the anthem in the chamber\n\nLiberal Democrat MEPs wore \"Stop Brexit\" T-shirts on the first day of European Parliament\n\nAnother Brexit Party MEP, David Bull, told BBC Radio 5 Live he and his colleagues turned their backs did so because it was a \"federal anthem\".\n\n\"We were not turning our backs on our European friends and colleagues, we do not believe in a federal European state and an anthem is a symbol of that,\" he said.\n\n\"If it had been a national anthem we would have respected it. No-one in Europe has voted to have an anthem.\"\n\nWhen asked by Emma Barnett whether he would be collecting a European Parliament pay cheque Mr Bull said: \"I have submitted my bank details because we are working.\"\n\nA number of MPs criticised the move on Twitter. Labour's Lilian Greenwood called the stunt \"childish, disrespectful and damaging to our country's interests\". Her colleague Luciana Berger called it \"beyond pathetic\".\n\nThe Brexit Party's Nigel Farage and Ann Widdecombe took their seats in the European Parliament\n\nAfter the stunt, #notinmyname began trending on Twitter.\n\nUnite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said the move was \"embarrassingly pathetic\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post by Steve Turner This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nLabour Party member Maria Carroll tweeted that it was disrespectful, saying: \"Build Bridges not borders.\"\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 2 by Maria Carroll Labour PPC Carmarthen East This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nAnd actor Richard Armitage questioned the message it sent to other countries. The Lib Dems' stunt was \"equally unacceptable\", he said, adding they should \"just do the job\".\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 3 by Richard Armitage This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nOther MEPs refused to stand at all as the EU's anthem - composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1824 - was played by a jazz ensemble.\n\nMeanwhile, on the other side of the political divide, Lib Dem MEPs wore yellow \"Stop Brexit\" and \"bollocks to Brexit\" t-shirts.\n\nEuropean Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt tweeted in support of the pro-EU MEPs.\n\nThis Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. View original content on Twitter The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Skip twitter post 4 by Guy Verhofstadt This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\n\nTuesday marked the opening of the new five-year session of the parliament.", "Stephen Nolan earned between £325,000 and £329,999 from the licence fee in 2018-19\n\nThe BBC presenter Stephen Nolan's pay fell by about £75,000 in 2018-19.\n\nHe earned between £325,000 and £329,999 from the licence fee, compared with just over £400,000 in 2017-18.\n\nThe figure is contained in the BBC's latest annual report, which gives details of the pay of its top earning stars.\n\nThe reduction in Mr Nolan's pay is mainly down to the fact he presented 40 fewer radio and TV programmes in 2018-19 than the previous year.\n\nMr Nolan no longer presents Question Time Extra Time on BBC Radio 5 Live on Thursday nights, which accounts for 30 of the programmes.\n\nThe report also reveals that the pay of BBC Northern Ireland director Peter Johnston rose.\n\nHe earned between £175,000 and £179,999 in 2018-19, compared with between £150,000 and £159,999 the year before.\n\nMr Nolan and Mr Johnston are the only two figures who work mainly in BBC Northern Ireland whose salaries were revealed in the report.\n\nIt also states that Mr Nolan presented 210 programmes on BBC Radio Ulster, 10 editions of the television show Nolan Live and 120 programmes on BBC Radio 5 Live.\n\nUnder the terms of the BBC's charter it has to publish the details of those who earn more than £150,000 a year from the licence fee.\n\nDetails of the pay of stars working on programmes for BBC Studios - the corporation's commercial arm - are not included in the figures.\n\nPayments stars receive from independent production companies are also not revealed.\n\nGary Lineker was again the BBC's best paid star, earning about £1.75m during the year.\n\nClaudia Winkelman and Zoe Ball were the best paid female presenters, earning between £370,000 and £374,999.\n\nZoe Ball, Claudia Winkleman and Vanessa Feltz have all moved up the list\n\nOf the pay that is being made public, 75 BBC presenters earned more than £150,000 in 2018-19 - 45 men and 30 women.\n\nData for 2019-20 in the report suggests that 74 will earn more than £150,000 this year - 41 men and 33 women.\n\nThere has been controversy over the salaries paid to the BBC's top earning stars and staff, especially within the context of the corporation's recent decision to scrap free TV licences for around 3.7 million pensioners.\n\nThere has also been controversy over the gender pay gap at the BBC, though the latest report suggests the gap is closing.\n\nThe report reveals the gap between the average yearly earnings of men and women working for the BBC has fallen from 7.6% in 2017-18 to 6.7% in 2018-19.\n\n\"The BBC is well ahead of other organisations but we're still not where we want to be,\" the report said.\n\nThe 2018-19 annual report also gives some details of how the BBC's budget is spent and its audience figures in Northern Ireland.\n\nIn 2018-19, the BBC spent 3.1% of its overall television network expenditure in Northern Ireland, the same level as two years ago but up from 2.4% in 2017-18.\n\nThis video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Belfast has been a fantastic home for Line Of Duty, says writer Jed Mercurio\n\nDramas set in Northern Ireland broadcast during the year, for instance, included Come Home and Death And Nightingales, while others like Line Of Duty and Mrs Wilson were filmed in Northern Ireland.\n\nThe Radio 2 Folk Awards and the 6 Music Biggest Weekend concerts were also held in Belfast in 2018.\n\nThe BBC collected £97m from the licence fee in Northern Ireland, while spending £55m on Northern Ireland-specific output.\n\nHalf of adults (50%) in Northern Ireland watch dedicated BBC Northern Ireland news programmes each week, while 80% watch any BBC television.\n\nSix in 10 adults listen to BBC radio each week, with BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle the most listened to station in Northern Ireland.\n\nHowever, the average time viewers in Northern Ireland spent watching BBC television and listening to BBC radio each week fell.\n\nAdults spent an average of six hours and 46 minutes a week watching BBC TV in 2018-19, compared with 7 hours and 22 minutes a week the previous year.\n\nThey spent an average of seven hours and 26 minutes a week listening to BBC Radio in 2018-19, 17 minutes less than the previous year.\n\nHowever, BBC Northern Ireland has expanded its online service with more digital news output for instance.\n\nThe BBC has also announced a range of plans to change the way its programmes are offered online.\n\nThese include making programmes on the BBC iPlayer available for 12 months rather than 30 days and starting Britbox - a new subscription streaming service with ITV that aims to compete with rivals like Netflix.", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nEngland's dreams of reaching their first Women's World Cup final were dashed as Steph Houghton's late penalty was saved in a dramatic semi-final loss to holders the United States.\n\nThe England skipper's 84th-minute spot-kick was held by Alyssa Naeher, shortly before Houghton's fellow centre-back Millie Bright was sent off for a second bookable offence, as the Lionesses exited at the last-four stage for a third major tournament in a row.\n\nWinger Christen Press and striker Alex Morgan scored with headers either side of Ellen White's instinctive equaliser as the USA took a deserved 2-1 lead in a frenetic first half.\n\nA spirited Lionesses side improved after the break and White thought she had equalised with a low strike from Jill Scott's flicked through ball, only to be found to be marginally offside on a video assistant referee (VAR) review.\n\nWhite was then clipped in the area and Phil Neville's side were awarded a penalty after another VAR review.\n\nBut Houghton could not convert from the spot and the wait for a senior England side to reach a first global final since 1966 goes on.\n\nThe USA, who were backed by the majority of the 53,512 crowd in a gripped Stade de Lyon, are through to their third consecutive World Cup final and will now bid for a record fourth title when they face either Sweden or European champions the Netherlands on Sunday.\n\nThose two sides meet on Wednesday, with the losers taking on the Lionesses in Nice in Saturday's third-place play-off.\n\nSo close but yet so far for England\n\nThe Lionesses were the first senior England side to reach the semi-finals of three consecutive major tournaments, after their third-place finish at the 2015 World Cup in Canada and their run to the last four at Euro 2017.\n\nAfter winning the invitational SheBelieves Cup in the USA earlier this year, victories over Scotland, Argentina and Japan saw them top Group D in France, as belief grew that they could win their first major trophy.\n\nConsecutive 3-0 victories over Cameroon and Norway in the knockout stages followed, but Neville's side were unable to play with the same composure on the ball against the confident defending champions.\n\nEngland came under intense pressure in the early stages and may have been slightly relieved to be only 2-1 down at half-time, after the lively Rose Lavelle twice went close for the holders.\n\nEngland had the better of the second 45 minutes and were rewarded with a late chance to level when Becky Sauerbrunn made contact with White's shooting leg when the Manchester City striker was poised to tuck home.\n\nHowever, Houghton's penalty was weak and Naeher saved low to her right - the third spot-kick out of four England have missed in this tournament.\n\nTwo minutes later Bright was dismissed for a second yellow card for a clumsy foul on Morgan.\n\nSome of the devastated England players sank to the ground in despair as the final whistle extended their wait for a first major title.\n\nPre-tournament favourites the USA, who have reached at least the semi-finals of every Women's World Cup, will now contest their fifth final.\n\nAfter narrow 2-1 wins over Spain and hosts France in their past two games, they showed their experience and clever game-management to see out a third consecutive win by the same scoreline.\n\nThey were rampant early on, and led through Press' powerful header, continuing their record of scoring inside the first 12 minutes in all of their games so far in this tournament.\n\nThey had almost netted even earlier, when Lavelle nutmegged Bright in the fourth minute and rounded Demi Stokes, only to see her close-range shot well saved by Carly Telford, who played in goal for England with number one Karen Bardsley out with a knock.\n\nMorgan's sixth goal of this tournament put her level with White again at the top of the standings in the battle for the Golden Boot, after White had turned home Beth Mead's excellent ball from the left to level for England.\n\nHampshire-born coach Jill Ellis' side went through without their star of the previous two matches, winger Megan Rapinoe, who was a surprise late absentee with a hamstring injury.\n\nThroughout this tournament, England head coach Neville - who took charge of the Lionesses in January 2018 - has insisted his side's style is \"non-negotiable\", but he raised eyebrows by tweaking his line-up tactically for Tuesday's semi-final.\n\nRather than playing wide on the right, Lyon winger Nikita Parris was moved to a more central role, playing as a deep striker in something closer to a 4-4-2 formation than the tried-and-trusted 4-2-3-1 that had seen the Lionesses through to the last four.\n\nToni Duggan and Fran Kirby were left out with versatile winger Rachel Daly and Arsenal's Beth Mead coming in to the side to start as wide midfield players. England had a 4-2-4 feel when they were attacking, but Neville's team were frequently overrun in midfield in the first half.\n\nThe introduction of Kirby at number 10 after the break and Parris' switch back out to the wings appeared to propel England back in to the game, as they rallied and saw more of the ball in the USA's half.\n\nUltimately, they remain without a win over the USA in the World Cup, having lost 3-0 in 2007's quarter-finals and being beaten in 10 of their 16 contests overall.\n\nBut the Lionesses have won over millions of new supporters at home, with record television audiences watching their run to the latter stages.\n\nAnd their next major tournament will be on home soil, with 2021's European Championship to be played in England.\n\n'I've moved on from this already' - reaction\n\nEngland boss Phil Neville: \"We'll have to allow 24 to 48 hours for this to sink in and for them to get over this disappointment. Nothing I can say will make them feel better.\n\n\"Elite sport and being on top of the world means that on Saturday in Nice [in the third-place play-off] we have to produce a performance. It will tell me a lot about my players.\n\n\"I've moved on from this already and now I'm looking forward to Saturday's game. I'll see the attitude, commitment of my players. They won't let me down, because they never have.\"\n\nEngland captain Steph Houghton: \"It's hard to put into words. We took one of the best teams in the world all the way. I'm so proud but I'm disappointed with the penalty and the goals we conceded.\n\n\"Ultimately we know that we can beat them and our aim was to win and we didn't do that. I got told today [that I'd be taking any penalty] and I've been practising them a lot and I was confident.\n\n\"I just didn't get a good connection. I'm gutted. I've let the team down. I'm gutted and heartbroken. We were so close but I'm proud of everyone because we gave it everything.\"\n\nUSA boss Jill Ellis: \"I can't even express how proud I am. It was such a great effort from everybody. Everyone stepped up, and that's what this team's about.\n\n\"That was her [Alyssa Naeher's] shining moment. We have one more game. I couldn't be prouder of this group. We have four days this time in between, so that will help.\n\n\"I told them [in a post-match huddle]: 'Stay humble. We've got one more.'\"\n\nEngland off the spot - the stats\n• None USA become the first side to reach three consecutive World Cup finals - they played Japan in 2011 and 2015.\n• None USA set a new World Cup record of 11 successive wins with victory, beating Norway's previous mark of 10 in a row (1995-99).\n• None Steph Houghton is only the second player to miss a penalty in a World Cup semi-final. Both misses have been against USA, also Germany's Celia Sasic in 2015.\n• None England's Millie Bright became the fourth player to be sent off at the World Cup.\n• None Christen Press' opening goal ended England's national record run of 381 minutes without conceding at the tournament.\n• None USA have never lost a World Cup game they have scored first in, winning 36 and drawing four.\n• None Ellen White is only the third player in World Cup history to score in three consecutive knockout games, after Carli Lloyd (2015) and Abby Wambach (2011).\n\nHow has the World Cup inspired you?\n\nWhat impact has the Women's World Cup had on you? Has it inspired someone you know to take up football? Has it sparked an interest in the game you are going to continue into the new season? Let us know here and we will publish the best stories.\n\nBBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame this summer to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC this summer, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions. Find out more here.\n• None Carli Lloyd (USA) wins a free kick on the right wing.\n• None Nikita Parris (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Second yellow card to Millie Bright (England) for a bad foul.\n• None Attempt blocked. Francesca Kirby (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.\n• None Penalty saved! Stephanie Houghton (England) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.\n• None Becky Sauerbrunn (USA) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.\n• None Delay over. They are ready to continue. Navigate to the next page Navigate to the last page", "Last updated on .From the section Women's Football\n\nEngland missed out on a place in the Women's World Cup final after losing 2-1 to holders the United States in Lyon. Ellen White was your star performer for the Lionesses. Here's how you rated the players out of 10.", "IV drips for healthy people are \"an expensive way of filling your bladder\", says one doctor\n\nA wellness company has withdrawn a £250 IV \"fertility drip\" after experts said it could \"exploit vulnerable women\".\n\nGet A Drip offers therapies including the \"slim drip\", \"anti-ageing drip\" and \"mood-boost drip\" at locations such as Westfield shopping centre in London.\n\nThe British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) said there was \"no evidence\" its treatment could improve fertility.\n\nGet A Drip defended the product's nutritional benefits but apologised for \"insensitivity\".\n\nThe company, which opened its clinic in the west London shopping centre earlier this year, says it aims to take a wellness trend that began in high-end clinics into the main stream.\n\nIt says it employs medical staff, including qualified doctors and nurses, and administers vitamins and minerals along with rehydrating saline solution directly into customers' veins.\n\nProducts start at £75 for \"basic hydration\" - using a solution of salt, bicarbonate, potassium and calcium - and rise to £3,000 for a three-stage \"skin brightening\" therapy, which adds the antioxidant glutathione and a high dose of vitamin C.\n\nRichard Chambers, the company's founder, said he stood by the benefits of the vitamins and minerals in the fertility drip but conceded: \"We understand that the issue of fertility is much deeper than nutrition.\"\n\n\"We are deeply sorry for the insensitivity of the fertility drip and apologise wholeheartedly for any upset caused,\" he said.\n\nBut he said IV drip therapy was \"an effective, medically supported treatment to help the body reach optimal nutrition\" for people who were not absorbing sufficient nutrients through the gut.\n\nPeople given the IV therapies were given a \"thorough medical consultation\", including medical history, a pulse check, blood-pressure reading and temperature check, he said.\n\nKatherine O'Brien, associate director of communications and campaigns at BPAS, said the fertility drip offered an unproven \"quick fix at an extortionate cost\".\n\n\"There is no evidence that an IV drip of any combination of vitamins can improve a woman's fertility,\" she said.\n\n\"In promising hope to women at a very desperate time, we are concerned that, aside from providing no real benefit, these drips may be causing real damage to women's emotional wellbeing.\"\n\nThe only medically recommended supplements for women trying to conceive are folic acid and vitamin D, said Gwenda Burns, head of operations of Fertility Network UK.\n\nCompanies charging sums such as £250 for an IV vitamin drip were \"exploiting their customers and offering false hope\", she said.\n\nTom Dolphin, a consultant anaesthetist, highlighted the company's therapies on social media, calling them a \"dubious, costly medicalisation of basic nutrition/hydration\".\n\n\"It's an expensive way of filling your bladder,\" he told the BBC. \"People who are healthy definitely don't need IV drips.\"\n\nWhile a long-term vitamin deficiency could affect aspects of health, including fertility, he said a one-off IV drip would not help.\n\nHe said: \"If you've got a chronic deficiency, you should be having oral supplements on an ongoing basis.\"\n\nA spokeswoman for the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said clinics offering IV nutritional therapies had to make it clear if they were offered for \"non-medicinal purposes\".\n\nShe said IV vitamin therapies that made medical claims needed to be licensed and tested for \"safety, quality and efficacy\", as well as complying with legislation on advertising.\n\n\"The MHRA has previously taken action against a number of clinics who have advertised IV vitamin and mineral drips for medical purposes,\" she said.", "Protesters have been removed from Hong Kong's parliament after an hours-long siege.\n\nPolice fired tear gas into the remaining crowd outside the building as they advanced. Most of the demonstrators had left the building by then, though a few still remained in the central chamber.\n\nHong Kong was marking the 22nd anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule. But as officials raised their glasses in celebration, protesters were rallying on the city's streets.", "Stanley was visiting the house when he was fatally shot by Albert Grannon with a modified weapon\n\nA man who shot dead his six-year-old great-grandson with an unlicensed air rifle has been jailed for three years.\n\nStanley Metcalf died in hospital after being hit in the abdomen by a pellet at Sproatley, near Hull, on 26 July.\n\nAlbert Grannon, of Church Lane, Sproatley, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court.\n\nAfter Grannon had pulled the trigger on the adapted weapon, the boy told the 78-year-old: \"You shot me granddad.\"\n\nStanley's mother said the pensioner has never apologised.\n\nGrannon admitted possessing an air rifle without holding a firearms certificate, along with the charge of manslaughter by gross negligence.\n\nThe youngster was shot by Grannon from a few feet away at a family gathering at the pensioner's house, prosecutor John Elvidge QC told the court.\n\nAlbert Grannon shot his great-grandson Stanley Metcalf with an air rifle\n\nMr Elvidge said Grannon kept the gun in a cupboard with a curtain over it and it was normally left loaded. The weapon needed a firearms certificate because its power meant it was categorised as \"specially dangerous\".\n\nHe said members of the family who were in the garden heard a loud bang and rushed in to find Stanley bent over in the kitchen with a wound the size of a 5p piece in his stomach.\n\nMr Elvidge said the pellet from the .22 rifle had gone all the way through, severing an artery.\n\nStanley's condition deteriorated in the ambulance and he died within two hours.\n\nThe prosecutor said Grannon told police the gun went off as he was checking whether it was loaded and the pellet must have ricocheted off the floor.\n\nBut, he said, forensic tests revealed that this could not have been the case.\n\nAt the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, mitigating barrister Paul Genney said his client accepted that he pointed the gun at Stanley as he squeezed the trigger to check the gun was not loaded, \"but not, of course, deliberately\".\n\nReading a statement to the court Stanley's mother Jenny Dees said: \"Never once did he say sorry and now if he did, it would be meaningless and too little too late.\n\n\"It was through his [Grannon] recklessness, stupidity and lack of forethought that caused Stanley to be taken away.\n\n\"I hope he can live with himself and the pain he has caused\".\n\nGrannon showed no emotion as he stood to be sentenced.\n\nThe boy was shot in the abdomen with the air rifle, but died later from the injuries\n\nMr Justice Lavender told Grannon: \"You ended a young life and you brought lifelong grief and misery to his parents and to the whole of his family.\"\n\nHe said: \"What you did was obviously a very dangerous thing to do. Why on Earth did you do it?\"\n\nThe court heard how Stanley's extended family had been split by the incident and some relatives sat in the court itself while others were in the overhanging public gallery.\n\nMany were in tears as the sentence was passed.\n\nAs he was taken down, one woman shouted from the balcony: \"Love you Dad.\"\n\nFollow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk\n\nThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.", "Christine Lagarde is known as the \"rock star\" of international finance\n\n\"No, no, no no, no no,\" was what Christine Lagarde was reported to have said when asked last year if she was interested in running the European Central Bank (ECB).\n\nYet just a few months later, she has been nominated as the institution's new president.\n\nMs Lagarde - known as the \"rock star\" of international finance - said the new role was \"an honour\".\n\nPoised, chic and known for her straight talking, she has become one of Europe's most influential ambassadors in the world of international finance.\n\nUntil this weekend, the main contenders for the ECB job were male central bankers.\n\nBut assuming the nomination is approved she will become the central bank's first ever female leader, responsible for the euro and the monetary policy of the eurozone.\n\nMs Lagarde is legendary for her stamina\n\n\"First ever female\" is a tag that has followed Ms Lagarde throughout her career.\n\nThe former lawyer was the first woman to chair global law firm Baker McKenzie, the first woman to serve as a finance minister from any Group of Seven nation and then the first to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF).\n\nUnsurprisingly she has long championed promoting women into powerful positions, saying it's the key to improving the world economy.\n\n\"As I have said many times, if it had been Lehman Sisters rather than Lehman Brothers, the world might well look a lot different today,\" she said earlier this year.\n\nThe silver-haired 63-year-old is legendary for her stamina. A former synchronised swimmer for the French national team, she is reported to exercise daily, even during meetings if necessary.\n\nIn her current role, she has been praised for steering the Washington-based IMF through the aftermath of the financial crisis.\n\nChristine Lagarde's status as rock star of international finance is beyond doubt.\n\nShe has a high profile as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, building on her experience as a cabinet minister in France.\n\nWhat she doesn't have is the technical expertise as a central banker. The previous presidents of the ECB did.\n\nAll three had been governors of their own national central banks. Mario Draghi in particular presided over the bank at a time when it faced the eurozone financial crisis and a weak economic recovery. The response was both innovative and technical.\n\nChristine Lagarde would not be the first ever central banker to be in that position. But there could well be challenges.\n\nThe eurozone is struggling with inflation that is persistently below its target. Getting it back up might require more innovation. Ms Lagarde would need to draw on the expertise of the ECB's technocrats.\n\nHer career has however had one significant negative, when she was investigated for abuse of authority during her time as French finance minister in 2007.\n\nIn 2016, she was convicted in a French court for failing to challenge a €404m award to flamboyant French businessman Bernard Tapie in 2008 over the sale of sportswear brand Adidas. She did not serve a sentence.\n\nBernard Tapie was ordered to pay back the €404m with interest\n\nMs Lagarde has always defended her decision, saying it was \"the best solution at the time\".\n\nIt's a determination that she learnt at a young age after her father's death when she was 17. Her mother, widowed at just 38, bought Ms Lagarde and her three younger brothers up alone.\n\n\"My mother was a very strong character. I learnt a lot from her,\" she told the Financial Times in an interview.\n\nMs Lagarde knew how to \"impose calm\" a former colleague says\n\nConsistently ranked among the top 10 most powerful women globally, Ms Lagarde has helped to rebuild the IMF's credibility following Greece's 2010 bailout, which bent the fund's rules.\n\nShe also presided over the IMF's biggest bailout, a $57bn deal for Argentina last year that many credited with arresting emerging market turbulence.\n\nMs Lagarde has admitted before that she lacks economic experience, telling the Guardian in 2012: \"I've studied a bit of economics, but I'm not a super-duper economist.\"\n\nMany don't believe this will hold her back.\n\nOne former IMF official said her leadership of the fund meant she was \"exceptionally qualified\" to run the ECB.\n\n\"She knew how to impose calm without posing as morally superior,\" instead displaying \"a touch of humanity,\" said a former colleague.\n\nMark Sobel, a former US Treasury official 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